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The combat was so complicated for me at first that I almost stopped playing. It took me a long time to understand it, realize what to do, realize how I should remap keystrokes all of it. But mastering it was a great challenge.
Visually and sonically it is gorgeous.
And finally (I can't believe I'm saying this): Gwent. I ignored it the first time I played it. Then I started paying attention to it the next time. Then I became obsessed with it. It really is an excellent game of strategy. And it was nice, from time to time. to take a break from the heavy story and just have a nice simple challenge of a game. The next time I play, I'm going to just run through all the rest of it, keeping the game play on easy but the Gwent difficulty on hard.
And the voice acting is top-notch. Very good. Getting Charles Dance (Tywin Lannister himself) as Emhyr? Fantastic.
When TW3 came out (almost 10 years ago already, omg), I also just finished reading all the novels in which the game is based, and played TW1 and TW2, but I do not consider it that important. I can say that I have never ever been so inmersed in a game due to the background the novels gave me and the reasons I gave above. The game has moments that are a far, far more emotional if you have read the books, and there are lots of references to them.
I have always liked fantasy RPGs so it wouldn't have been difficult for me even if I did not read the books, but for anyone that likes reading fantasy, I consider it a crime to play TW3 without having read the novels.
There are games that do many things in a half-decent or good way.
But there are very few games that do many things superbly. Such games can quickly gain legendary status in the gaming world filled with millions of games - and rightfully so.
The Witcher 3 is considered a masterpiece of gaming, precisely because it is awesome in many things: story, world-building, graphics, sound, locales, weather effects, characters, monsters, quests & sidequests (and remember, this is the game that made sidequests into awesome little story adventures of their own; as a player, you never know when a random almost-overlooked sidequest you half-heartedly picked up, will lead you to something truly amazing & memorable), and even combat (the combat can feel unwieldy or cumbersome, but at high levels, the White Wolf is a veritable tour-de-force one-man-army that can nimbly evade and fluidly skillfully take down a big mob of deadly enemies with beautiful ease; the game rewards you to be smart with the combat, that's why there are specific potions against specific monsters. Geralt the Witcher is a mutant superhuman, but even he is not infallible or immortal).
The Witcher 3 (TW3) is like a slow burn, you need to peel its layers one by one revealing its mysteries and delights (and yes, Gwent is one of those delights; it's so great that fans demanded and got it as a separate new game). You need to ease into TW3, and a mere 10 hours won't be enough to even lick the wrapping of what this game is all about.
Please remember that this game is a masterpiece in the previous generation of consoles and gaming PCs, and much of what it pioneered and offered has been eagerly embraced and improved upon by the gaming industry for new-age consoles & gaming PCs, but this old game still holds own innocent charm and intoxicating mystique in a greedy era of microtransactions and bad ideas in many current AAA games.
I can't stand Gwent but i understand it's fascination, It's another great part of being Geralt if you want to go into that part.
Mine was collecting every weapon and armour set there was available and swapping out parts to get specific bonuses for my play style. You haven't got to that stage yet. Your potions and Oils etc will develop over time and you will hone in on specific ones and hardly ever use the vast array you learn. Again it's all about what works for you.
The different areas are amazing and complex, Your going to spend days or even weeks exploring and having fun in each one. You haven't been to the expansions which will blow you away. I could spend forever trying to explain the magic of playing but i would be here forever. My advice is to explore and get past the opening chapters to fully appreciate what is there for you.
Maybe the game... is just not for you? Does the score say 100%? No. Which means there are people who don't like it, yet an "overwhelming" amount of people do like it. Doesn't mean you're one of them.
No big deal! Obviously the game is not your thing, so just move on and play stuff you like!
There are thousands of super-high-action games out there, so go and have fun with them!
Sort of like -- why force yourself to enjoy bean soup when you much prefer hamburgers.
Just saying, you might just be trying to hard to like something you just don't. Nothing wrong with not liking something popular. I don't like battlefield, or call of duty, nor would I ever attempt to force myself to like them.