What exactly about the game do you not like?

I would say after the main quest. It’s kind of a lead in for Geralt’s retirement.

Maybe it’s because you have a pre-made character rather than being able to create your own and fill in the blanks? I know some gamers prefer to write their own tale rather than having so much of it written for them.

It really is an immensely beautiful game. The game as a whole always did a great job with all of it’s regions. Velen felt truly depressing and hopeless, Novigrad was always expansive but also darkly oppressive, and of course Skellige had a northern “land of wonder” type of feel to it. As a result, Toussaint does a…

I completely agree. I went in having played Witcher 2, but it’s definitely not mandatory.