I think my enjoyment of The Witcher 3 has suffered greatly from two other games: Breath of the Wild and Elden Ring. These two games gave me freedom without taking me by the hand, through their visual interface or the design of the world. I wanted to feel what these two games gave me in The Witcher 3, but I rarely got that. When you enter areas that are not visited until later in the main story, an emptiness with little gameplay variety reveals itself.

Apart from that, I can only agree with many other voices. The fighting gameplay is okay-ish, but also quite lacking in variety. The game really shines with its entire narrative, especially the worldbuilding and the characters. And the voice acting of Geralt is wonderful. All in all, The Witcher 3 is a very high-class game that didn't completely hit my individual nerve, but is still worthy of all honour.