In the shadow of The Wither 3, it certainly pales in comparison. Comparing the two is inevitable, but not really fair considering it is older. However, on its own it is a really great game. It is much more story driven with less open world than TW3 and thus quite a bit different. I played through before buying TW3 in order to get the back story. You don't need to play TW2 to enjoy 3, but I'm glad I did. Lots of references and even gwent cards make sense in TW3.
