I am going to get in trouble with some people because of this because I am well aware of the fact that this is rated as one of the best games ever made. However, I think the game is exceptionally slow at the start.
It's not that I don't like my games to be narrated by moody Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) or anything, i think the voice acting in this movie is fantastic. The problem I have with it (at least from the start of the game) is that between the intros and various cinematic displays I have been involved with this game for about 2 hours and 1.5 of that was spent with the controller sitting on my desk, waiting for the story to carry on.
Don't get me wrong, it is a fantastic story, but am I in the minority when I say that I don't want a cinematic sequence to interrupt the gameplay once every 8 minutes? I am sure this will change later in the game but for F**k's sake, I don't even remember what the controls do because the overall control of the game is taken away from me so often.
Ok. This is not going to be a review because I haven't seen near enough of the game and everyone raves about how awesome this game is. When I told my friend that I played this movie that has about 10 minutes of playable content in the first 1.5 hours called Witcher 3: Wild Hunt... he responded "yeah, it's a pretty story-heavy game, but stick with it... it's awesome."
Stick with it i shall. I am not trying to invoke the wrath of anyone out there and yes I realize that Witcher 3 is one of the highest rated games and to be honest i love the Skyrim feel to it. I will come back and redeem this game for sure. For now, i just wanted to say that I think they went a little bit overboard with the cinematic interludes that take place during the first part of the game. I hope that changes.
