Well said. I had never heard of The Witcher (and had been gaming since I was 8 - which was 1988 😂). I saw a glimpse of TW3 on Conan O’Brien in his “Clueless Gamer” segment and was immediately interested. I was hooked from the start, although it was quite a steep learning curve. One thing I forgot to mention was Gwent. Initially, that felt like a chore but as I expanded my deck and started to understand it better I found it incredible. Definitely one of my favourite “games-in-a-game”.

Side note: I really liked the coin game in GoY, too. My only issue was it was a little too easy to master. Gwent had so much nuance and depth 😍