Amazing game, love it, it has become my favourite. The story is incredible, engaging and fun, with enjoyable fights, some great characterisation, genuinely difficult decisions that effect the outcome of the game, and of course Gwent; the cardbased minigame within the game.
It's a large free roam world with lots of fun and intriguing side quests.
The background/landscape visuals are very pretty and the music is great.
The gameplay itself I enjoyed and theres lots of different features, I only had a little trouble with one of the fighting mechanics, relating to the movement but you get used to it.
My only irk (other than a few small bugs here and there) is that for me the ending felt a bit rushed and kinda anticlimactic.
Although the whole rest of the game and DLCs were so good and so worth it, that I just cannot fault it.
I had not played the previous games or knew anything about the lore but I still was able to understand everything and was drawn in by the lore, storytelling and characters. Such a cool world and really enjoyable game.
The game got me into the Witcher Netflix show and the books that both are based on, both of which I would recommend checking out also.