I was late to The Witcher 3, but after the release of the Complete Edition, I decided I would take a chance and pick it up. I hadn't played the other two games in the series, but I thought I could probably piece together the lore thanks to the game's curated notes.
I wasn't ready, however, for the amount of time I would have to invest in the game itself. I'm no stranger to lengthy questing games - I'm a huge fan of the Fallout series specifically - but I rarely get time to sit down and play video games for an extended amount of time during the work week. The Witcher 3 has taken me months to get through, and even now, despite the fact that I've completed the regular content, I'm still trying to get through the two DLC packs before I can truly put the game aside.
For me, The Witcher 3 has gotten to be a chore at this point. After investing hundreds of hours into the story itself, watching the lengthy dialogue scenes and attempting nearly every sidequest the game has to offer, I'm feeling burnt out. I'm now skipping through the cutscenes, reading the dialogue instead of listening to it; I'm trying to run through battles rather than face my adversaries; I've given up on Gwent and alchemy. The fun has worn thin.
The problem probably lies with me - I'm a completionist, after all. But it still feels like The Witcher 3 has far too much going on, as though it's bursting at the seams with pointless things to complete. Many side quests feel like copies of other main missions, and Gwent seems wholly unnecessary with so much else to do. Skellige is teeming with question mark areas that are all exactly the same, and monster battles tend to devolve into dodge-attack-dodge patterns. The things that I used to like doing in the game have become tedious, and I think that's the biggest problem that The Witcher 3 faces besides its clunky movements.
Most people probably don't complain about having too much content, but for me it feels like The Witcher 3 isn't just huge: it's also purposely a time-sink. Have you ever felt like a game is just too big?