OK, so I made a thread for The Witcher 3 in the old Gaming Group a few weeks ago, which got surprisingly few replies
I'm making it here, because I think its an awesome game, with real depth and strategic approaches needed to actually succeed in the game world. (Well, at least if you play on anything above the lowest difficulty).
Genuinely, I'm surprised that more people in our community don't seem to be giving this game a real go. It's set in a very similar game world to Elder Scrolls. There is magic of sorts ('Signs), heavy used of potions, enchantments, oils etc to enhance weapons and armour. The lore is solid and coherent, and the storytelling is amazing. Even simple side quests have a lot going on, at least compared with the generic 'kill the bandit leader' quests you got in Skyrim
All in all, its a LOT of fun
Anyone else playing and enjoying The Witcher 3?
Just beat it. Absolutely fantastic. However I have one big issue with the story: Ciri. Her character is great, nothing wrong there. More accurately I have a problem with Ciri's role. I feel like there is so much missing. At one point Ciri even says, "This is my story." And she's right. She's the chosen one, kind of. Geralt's just a simple witcher.
I'm trying to think of how to convey this. It's like they should've been building up how important Ciri is throughout all the games and have her develop a bit more slowly into the most powerful character in the entire game. It's like Witcher 3 only gave me a taste of the full story (which is probably actually true considering there are like seven Witcher Saga books).
I appreciate how they present the fact that Ciri is Bi in a respectful way. They could have just given her sex scene after sex scene like Geralt with any male or female available. Considering what happens to the two people in her life before the games... Yeah, understandable why she didn't sleep around...
*Pretty huge spoilers* Honestly I wouldn't have minded Dijkstra being in charge. But he shouldn't have tried to kill Roche and Ves, two people who helped me defend Kaer Morhen without a second thought, in front of me. Bearing in mind, Dijkstra told me to piss off when I asked him. Not a smart move (in fact it's a stupid enough move for me say it was out of character. Did Dijkstra really think he could take on Geralt with a few thugs?).
I'm not really sure what you expected, Shaun. It's not like gamers will instantly fall in love with this brand new character while sidelining a love interest that they've had two games to form an attachment with.
And I will say The Witcher games and The Witcher Saga are a different canon (think A Song of Ice and Fire and HBO's Game of Thrones), likewise book Triss and game Triss are different characters as well.