The Witcher 3’s open world is an open invitation

Confession: I didn’t finish The Witcher 2. I certainly wanted to. The action-role-playing franchise based on the Polish fantasy novels by Andrzej Sapokowski ticks just about all of the marks on my list of desired game features . But clunky combat and an ever-present feeling of being lost on the storyline held me back. I just couldn’t get into it.

But I had no problem spending over three hours playing The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt at a press event last week. Really, with the setting there — a nice display, a comfortable couch, and some good snacks — I could have played all day, and probably into the next. Here’s why the final chapter of this story is doing it for me.