witcher 3 for me as well. I really love the story of the witcher but I can never get past how awful it feels to play....I'm going to give it another shot eventually but I've just never been able to do it.
I've watched the entire thing on YouTube though, amazing writing.
Have you tried turning on quick casting? I originally stopped playing it during the training sequence because I rejected the idea of having to pull up a tedious menu for my spells every single time.
After I eventually came back and found out about quick casting the game was 1000% more enjoyable to the point where I went from not liking it at all to 120+ hours
Honestly I don't remember because it's been a while since I've tried to play through it. But I plan on trying again soon, so I'll definitely turn that on. Thanks.
For me it's the general feel of it all. It feels bad for me to play
Obviously my opinion and it's a small opinion, game's critically acclaimed and its weird if you dont love it. I dont like how it feels to play, and I hate levelling systems where to stop a player from exploring they put a high level enemy in a spot so you have to come back like 20 hours later
Shit irks me. Especially in single player games. Made worse when past this high level enemy there's now much lower level enemies again. What was the point of gating it.
You should give it another try. I started playing it like three years ago and couldn’t get into it and eventually lost interest. I picked it back up maybe a three months ago and spent about a month playing it, totally hooked. Once you get used to the controls, it starts to feel fluid and natural.
I love Witcher 3, just started a new playthrough a month ago, but the controls absolutely do not feel fluid and natural. Geralt has the same turning ability as a fully-loaded semi truck. I’ve had to do three-point turns to get Geralt in a doorway. The “getting out of water” mechanism is absurdly frustrating. I don’t know how many horse races I’ve lost because I turned a little too hard and Roach went careening off the trail. The dodging mechanism is weird; you can wait for a gargoyle to start the rock-throwing animation, dodge, and yet somehow the rock still smashes Geralt in the face.
I love the game, but man, I spend a lot of time screaming “What the fuck are you doing?” because of how fucked up the controls are.
I had a miserable time with this game early on in part because it's easy to wind up badly under leveled in the early game. Once I actually got my level up and started getting decent equipment the game was a much smoother experience. That said, I also only played the game years after launch and I heard early versions had some really miserable issues with combat and the menus.
Same for me. Enjoyed the story and characters but the gameplay was just awful. The funny thing is Cyberpunk had amazing gameplay, but Witcher's combat mechanics are some of the worst I've seen in modern games.
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u/OrangeBomb7 Aug 19 '26
witcher 3 for me as well. I really love the story of the witcher but I can never get past how awful it feels to play....I'm going to give it another shot eventually but I've just never been able to do it.
I've watched the entire thing on YouTube though, amazing writing.