Feels like I waited too long to play this one
I started this game the day after I finished the first Witcher game and I immediately didn't like it, everything they changed felt wrong and this game was frustratingly hard right off the bat; mostly because of how different the two games are. I never felt the need to gear up or grind levels in the first game, while these things are almost required here, especially at the start of the game where you are incredibly weak. as the game goes on and you get more powerful, things seem to get too easy with the exception of a few encounters. This game is much more ambitious graphically but I think it's starting to look very dated now where I didn't get that feeling about the first game overall.
I didn't like:
-have to meditate to use potions, no potions during combat just mean I'm going to ignore them until I get stuck, that sucks.
-Witcher powers seemed mostly useless, not enough damage, not reliable, waste of time.
-combat overall felt really weak, not that the first game was good, but it was different.
-too many characters so I ended up not really caring about any of them very much.
-story was a little up it's own arse.
-I died a lot in this game, mostly at the start, the load times to get back into the action are brutal.
What I liked:
-The quests were more involved here, especially the side quests
-Some interesting lore.
-Not as much pointless running around as in the first game.
I think I liked the first game better but this one wasn't bad.
