What I appreciated with the first Witcher is seeing the story from all sides and I dont recall it feeling black and white. Humans were shown as hating elves for their attacks, but then you get to the elves and learn their part of why they were attacking. The writing feels raw with hints of racism, vulgarism and the like. It felt right for the setting.
The Botching story line (the barron) in W3 was probably my favorite in that game and that was a side quest. I didnt feel the same momentum going forward in the main story of W3.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'd argue that there's plenty of that in 2 as well, and by 3 it's more about taking things to their conclusions as all the characters we've built relationships with start bouncing off each other but fair enough.

[–] PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

I remember it being in W2 as well. Its just been so long since I've played either, I really cant articulate it well why I liked it so much. I just know I did but didn't feel the same way about W3. In the end, I loved each of the games because they all had their own thing going for them. I don't have a favorite.