VI, IX and XII are my favorites so I kind of enjoy this theory.

Awesome. On the whole, I'll consider it a net positive.

I haven't played it in years but it always felt like they tried too many new ideas that either had unintended consequences (magic junctioning, scaling enemies) or were totally pointless (cars?). That said, I still found it interesting enough to stick 90 hours into…

I just played both Witcher games back to back. Loved the games but yeah, the sex cards were beyond ridiculous.