I have taken about a ten year break from any serious gaming. I recently picked up a new gaming laptp and started building a backlog of my favorite genre, RPG's. I bought the Witcher 3 a few months ago but when i went to play it i was really hesitant to just jump in and play the third game of a series that had gotten such great reviews. In addition, since i am ten years behind a ten year old game doesnt feel that bad to me. I got The Witcher EE and The Witcher 2 on sale for less than $5. I am only about 15 hours in but i am entirely happy with my decision to play through this one first. There is no hurry and its a great value. It took most of act 1 to hook me but now i am in. The combat is different but i have enjoyed it. There are plenty of different tools between signs, weapons, alchemy and fighting styles to approach hard problems from different angles. Anyhow, if you are torn about jumping right into Witcher 3 without playing the previous games, my choice was to give it 10 hours and i if didnt love it i would bail and play 2 or 3. Im in for the duration now. Im excited to get the whole experience.
