Originally posted by Beavis The Monkeyspanker:

Am I the issue?

I doubt. I had the same issue in 2018. I think these games just aren’t for you. Try something else
There’s nothing wrong that you don’t like these games

Your serotonin receptors are probably ♥♥♥♥♥♥, go do some sport all day and come back to play at night.

Originally posted by Kremuh:

Your serotonin receptors are probably ♥♥♥♥♥♥, go do some sport all day and come back to play at night.

Getting old, too much gaming killed the gamer in me ?

Its a great game, but it does start kinda slow. I'd suggest you play it super casually until it "clicks".

Slow start games. Playing these for 1hr is nothing, have you even found 5 fast travel points yet?, I'll bet you are still in velen.

W3 does have a setting to concentrate less on the story and more on the combat, try that setting, though why you would in a story driven game is beyond me

Sounds like you want instant gratification, stick to online shooters/racers.
oh and don't buy No man's sky or even think about playing chess.

neither is wrong, it's pretty normal to me.

sometimes i felt that too. there's nothing wrong with the game or you, it is what it is.

Play the game because you are having fun while playing it not for the trend or FOMO.

Originally posted by themig29:

Slow start games. Playing these for 1hr is nothing, have you even found 5 fast travel points yet?, I'll bet you are still in velen.

W3 does have a setting to concentrate less on the story and more on the combat, try that setting, though why you would in a story driven game is beyond me

Sounds like you want instant gratification, stick to online shooters/racers.
oh and don't buy No man's sky or even think about playing chess.

I played no man sky a lot and I play chess, I don't know what you're yapping about thinking you're a mentalist or something but thanks for the try.

Its pretty tedious but hey, its 10+ year old. Still very solid RPG, RPG genre havent changed that much, especially after Veilfguard and Avowed didnt raise the bar either. Sure, Avowed had cool stuff. Obsidian makes some stuff very well, maybe CDPR and Obsidian should collab in the future?

I personally think ES6 and Witcher 4 are gonna set the course for RPG genre.

Originally posted by Beavis The Monkeyspanker:

Originally posted by Kremuh:

Your serotonin receptors are probably ♥♥♥♥♥♥, go do some sport all day and come back to play at night.

Getting old, too much gaming killed the gamer in me ?

I had kinda similiar feelings with online game but Diablo 4 is fun. Idiots removed RMAH though, there isnt any reason to play. We are still running in hamster's wheel. Hopefully if CDPR ever adds online, they get it. Why on Earth, I wanna grind 6 month for nothing?

if you have play ubisoft game then this game is just a better and less bloated version ubisoft games

Originally posted by Beavis The Monkeyspanker:

Game looks great and stuff I really like it, but everytime I install it I play 1h and feel super bored.
Anyone feeling the same? Am I the issue? (I have this feeling on cyberpunk too)

yeah it happens with me too, but slowly this game becomes addicted to you, trust me

Same thing in 2017 when i first played, then i put in like 300 plus hours, just do all the stuff and at some point it clicks and you get drawn in the story

Originally posted by Beavis The Monkeyspanker:

Am I the issue?

Depends on how you look at it.

On one hand Yes you are, but not in a bad way. I really do mean this with respect to you because, these games aren't for everyone, and I struggled to like The Witcher when I first played it, I struggled to like Cyberpunk when I first played it. You learn to love them, or you just don't mesh well with them, that's subjectively a "you problem", And it is okay.

On the other hand, No you're not the issue, again the games aren't made for everyone, you don't have to like it, there's a game out there for you, seems like this one probably isn't it. That's not a bad thing, don't beat yourself up. In this case its subjectively the Dev's problem
They set out to grab anyone and everyone willing to listen to their story, and some people got bored and left. It happens, and like I said there's a game out there for you.

I learned to love cyberpunk for its story telling, taking a moment to enjoy the surroundings they made for the game, and just enjoy the character I made, Maybe I just take a break and use the photo mode, or listen to NPC's cycling through their dialog, find a spot on the map I haven't been, or just drove past really fast without thinking about it. You'd be surprised at the stories you can tell just from looking at a single thing.

The witcher 3 was a lot more difficult to love, it has these clunky movement controls, and the horse riding is not all that good. I modded the Camera movement out of the game when you're on foot with Geralt, and that was it, The rest of it I learned to love.

I've found each and every Witcher game, and Cyberpunk strangely difficult to "crack" - to the point where I've put each of them off multiple years before finally getting past the first 3-4 hour mark.

...but in each case, when I finally have, they've ended up some of my favourite games of all time.

I bought Witcher 3 on release, and 10 years later, I'm just now getting around to actually playing it, and I'm hooked... but that's after about 3-4 non-starter attempts over that decade.

I think a lot of games front-load the appeal of the game, make everything very approachable and smooth and refined, but often those games trail off and just end up a tedious slog to complete.
CDPR games seem to be somewhat the opposite - it always takes a good 10 hours minimum to get going, to even start to see some of the best parts, and the systems seem muddled and fiddly and confusing at first... there's very much a wall of awkwardness to break through, before everything starts to click into place, you start to build muscle-memory for the controls, you get drawn in by some compelling characters, etc. They very often save the best content for mid-to-late game, rather than packing it in early to hook people.

In short, as much as it's practically a meme at this point, and generally pretty stupid advice... in this instance, I'd genuinely suggest giving it at least 10-20 hours before giving up. You might just find you make it past the initial hump of tedium and discover an *amazing* game on the other side.
...or you might not.

Originally posted by Dan:

I've found each and every Witcher game, and Cyberpunk strangely difficult to "crack" - to the point where I've put each of them off multiple years before finally getting past the first 3-4 hour mark.

...but in each case, when I finally have, they've ended up some of my favourite games of all time.

I bought Witcher 3 on release, and 10 years later, I'm just now getting around to actually playing it, and I'm hooked... but that's after about 3-4 non-starter attempts over that decade.

I think a lot of games front-load the appeal of the game, make everything very approachable and smooth and refined, but often those games trail off and just end up a tedious slog to complete.
CDPR games seem to be somewhat the opposite - it always takes a good 10 hours minimum to get going, to even start to see some of the best parts, and the systems seem muddled and fiddly and confusing at first... there's very much a wall of awkwardness to break through, before everything starts to click into place, you start to build muscle-memory for the controls, you get drawn in by some compelling characters, etc. They very often save the best content for mid-to-late game, rather than packing it in early to hook people.

In short, as much as it's practically a meme at this point, and generally pretty stupid advice... in this instance, I'd genuinely suggest giving it at least 10-20 hours before giving up. You might just find you make it past the initial hump of tedium and discover an *amazing* game on the other side.
...or you might not.

Same here, I made it midway into the story a couple times when I was younger, ended up waiting for the next gen upgrade to play on PC, and now I'm finally appreciating the game to a depth I never could in the past.