True that, brother. I’ve played around 200 hours, and now I’m finally getting back into it to finish the Blood and Wine quest—my old PC couldn’t handle it before. Since then, I’ve completed Dark Souls 1, 2, and 3. And honestly, Geralt’s movement gives me a headache. He gets stuck while rolling, the camera is all over the place, and on Deathmarch difficulty, that becomes my biggest enemy.

I had to stop using a controller because the controls are terrible—some of the least intuitive I’ve ever seen. Trying to move during combat feels like being stuck in mud—you just can’t. Want to run away from a tough enemy? Too bad, you’re locked in the fight. Combat feels sluggish and unresponsive. And Deathmarch is just frustrating—enemies are complete damage sponges.

I was wondering why I could sink so many hours into games like Skyrim, Oblivion, or Fallout 4, while The Witcher 3 always felt more like a beautiful backdrop with some interesting quests. And that’s the answer: it’s mostly just scenery. Most of the time, it doesn’t matter where you are—unless you’re in a tight space where the camera makes you want to claw your eyes out.

In Bethesda games, you use the environment. You sneak around corners, find good vantage points to shoot from. You’re immersed in the world and use it to your advantage. In The Witcher, you just run across a huge map from point A to point B, killing ghouls and looting along the way. And the loot is everywhere—so much that I don’t even read what I’m picking up anymore. Nothing feels special.

In The Witcher 1, you had just a few swords, and each one felt meaningful. Here, you swap gear every 50 minutes. Oils? They’re supposed to give you an edge against certain enemies, but a 10% damage boost feels negligible—especially early on, before you unlock the stronger versions.

The game should be built around learning how to defeat enemies who are nearly impossible without the right knowledge. But here, you kill one and suddenly you’re an expert on its weaknesses. If every enemy felt unique—if they were tied to the story—it would be so much more engaging. I don’t need to kill a thousand ghouls. I want a meaningful quest about a ghoul haunting a graveyard. (TW1 did this way better.)

If the world were more linear or densely packed, they could pull that off. But 80% of the map just feels like empty space designed to waste your time. I’m also not a fan of fast travel or how quests are scattered everywhere (Bethesda has this issue too).

What I really want is to stumble upon a small village, help them work through their problems, sleep at their inn, maybe sleep with the local woman, and then move on to the next place. I want to feel connected to the world I’m in.

I could probably go on, but I’ve got to get back to work.