I spent 10 hours doing every sidequest and fully exploring the 1st village. I've got over 100 hours and I've yet to complete the main story, and still have not touched the two expansions.
And I've still got hundreds of places to do and see judging by my map. As of 123 hours in, I have done 174 quests, and am nowhere near finished.

This game is what Final Fantasy 7-9 was to games back on the playstation.
Just unreal levels of depth to story and world-building. And the story really hits. I've gotten chills, gotten angry, and even felt a bit choked up on more than one occasion just from what transpires.

There must literally be over 30 hours of voiced dialogue. Every single quest fully voiced, you hear a ton of lore just walking by the townsfolk.

The combat system is the weakest part (much like final fantasy) but the game rewards everything you do so completely with consequences of your actions and choices, you always go back in for more. The depth of the combat is in the potions, poisons, and spells, which make finding new alchemy that much rewarding.

Again like final fantasy, the card side-game of Gwent is fun, and collecting and just looking at the cards and reading them is enjoyable in itself. I must have 5-10 hours of just playing Gwent.

I am not one to buy into the hype, but this game is one of the few where the massive hype was still not enough. I love this game, and I love this world.

And I've never played much of either Witcher before.

I spent 10 hours doing every sidequest and fully exploring the 1st village. I've got over 100 hours and I've yet to complete the main story, and still have not touched the two expansions. And I've still got hundreds of places to do and see judging by my map. As of 123 hours in, I have done 174 quests, and am nowhere near finished. This game is what Final Fantasy 7-9 was to games back on the playstation. Just unreal levels of depth to story and world-building. And the story really hits. I've gotten chills, gotten angry, and even felt a bit choked up on more than one occasion just from what transpires. There must literally be over 30 hours of voiced dialogue. Every single quest fully voiced, you hear a ton of lore just walking by the townsfolk. The combat system is the weakest part (much like final fantasy) but the game rewards everything you do so completely with consequences of your actions and choices, you always go back in for more. The depth of the combat is in the potions, poisons, and spells, which make finding new alchemy that much rewarding. Again like final fantasy, the card side-game of Gwent is fun, and collecting and just looking at the cards and reading them is enjoyable in itself. I must have 5-10 hours of just playing Gwent. I am not one to buy into the hype, but this game is one of the few where the massive hype was still not enough. I love this game, and I love this world. And I've never played much of either Witcher before.