If there’s anything you learn from the video game community, it’s that Witcher 3 is a perennial fan favorite RPG, along with the series in general. Pretty much everyone loves it.

Well, I’ve finally got around to give it a shot, and I suppose it’s time for me to join the club.

Been wanting to do this for a long time, and I’ve had the game (and DLCs) in my library waiting patiently.

It’s not actually the first time I play the series though, a long time ago I took Witcher 2 for a very short spin. Wasn’t in the mood, didn’t get into it, and never got around to give it a second chance. I meant to, especially since I know I’m slow to get into these kind of games, but it didn’t happen.

At some point I figured I might as well jump to Witcher 3 directly, and learn about the Witcher world, including the stories and events of the first two games, from documents and videos.

A tough decision, as I remain convinced that Witcher 2 is a really good game, but time is finite and my backlog isn’t. It seems like most think Witcher 3 is (somewhat) better anyway.

Now I’m 50+ hours into the game. That’s many hours, but I feel like I’ve barely scratched the surface. That includes a lot of side quests though, and a fair amount of Gwent. The remaining quest list is long and growing ever longer, and I’m having a blast, and I hear some people put an ungodly amount of hours into this game even in a single playthrough — so I don’t need to rely on conjecture to conclude that I will keep going for a good long while.

Indeed, I do enjoy the experience a lot, there’s much to love in this game. More posts to come.

(Incidentally, this hypes me even more for Cyberpunk 2077, although I’ve been hyped ever since the announcement and that first teaser, years ago.)