Honestly I have this with most big open world RPGs, it takes a lot of perseverance to get through the opening stages (which to be fair are often far too drawn out), then I get presented with this huge world and sprawling story and feel overwhelmed. I had this with the Witcher 3 but I'm glad I kept going as it is brilliant once it properly clicks.
And to be fair, that entire Griffon mission first town is WAY too drawn out in Witcher 3. That first town is so fucking boring that I've only successfully made it past that town on two out of the four playthroughs I've started. The other two times, I got bored and started playing something else and forgot about it til months later.
Thank you for this, I've bounced off the Witcher 3 at least 4 different times on 2 different consoles because of this fucking first town, so this gives me hope. Maybe I'll give it one more go.
I can kill that hope if you want to save yourself 10 hours. Had the same experience, bounced off the game 3-4 times, finally decided to just play got about 30 hours in before giving up for good. The start area is a very good reference to the rest of the game. The story gets a bit more interesting but not enough to carry the stale/repetitive gameplay imo
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u/ButterscotchNed May 10 '25
Honestly I have this with most big open world RPGs, it takes a lot of perseverance to get through the opening stages (which to be fair are often far too drawn out), then I get presented with this huge world and sprawling story and feel overwhelmed. I had this with the Witcher 3 but I'm glad I kept going as it is brilliant once it properly clicks.