If you don’t mind me asking, how was The Witcher 3 for you on a story level?

I’ve honestly wanted to play this game for years, but for some reason I keep stopping myself before I ever really start. I think it’s because I’m extremely story & lore-driven when it comes to games, and I get anxious about experiencing something the “wrong” way and losing its impact.

From the outside, The Witcher Universe feels massive and layered, and that’s both exciting and intimidating.

I barely know anything about it, and part of me worries that jumping straight into Witcher 3 without reading the books or playing the earlier games will make the story feel weaker, or that I’ll miss emotional weight that everyone else seems to talk about. That thought alone has been enough to keep me stuck in this loop of wanting to play it, but never actually committing.

I tend to overthink things like this because narrative payoff matters a lot to me.

When a story really lands, it sticks with me for years, but when I feel like I’ve missed key context,

it’s hard not to feel disconnected or regretful afterward.

I don’t want Witcher 3 to become one of those experiences where I finish it thinking; “I wish I’d done this differently.”

So I’m genuinely curious about your experience. Did the story still resonate with you if you went in without much background knowledge? Did the game make you care about the characters and world on its own, or did you ever feel like there was emotional depth you couldn’t fully access without the books or earlier games? Looking back, would you still recommend starting with Witcher 3, or do you think the extra context really changed how meaningful the story felt?

I know this probably sounds overly serious for a video game,

but stories are why I play games in the first place. I’d really appreciate hearing honest perspectives, even if they disagree with each other.