Remember their lies about cyberpunk.

Start now it’s a big game and one of the DLCs is as big as the main game itself. I don’t think you’ll be missing anything by starting without the new DLC being available. I’m gonna play it and I haven’t played the Witcher 3 in years. I may even replay the whole game again just to prepare.

It'll take a long while to complete the game. Better to start now...

I personally would wait for the improved controls in the remaster, but it’s free so there’s no reason not to try and see if it feels good or not.

If you start playing now you’ll have lots of time to play the existing base plus expansions. Blood and Wine took about as long as the base game for me.

It’s a long game. Very good story and characters, but long.

Also, don’t be an idiot like me: I got the bad ending by choosing funny options not knowing it affected specific outcomes and later events. No spoilers, but you don’t want that. I suggest playing in character (however you feel your Geralt should be) and sticking with it.

I have played it before (twice, never completing it) and I thought about giving it another try but I am going to wait since there are a lot of changes. Thinking on the skill tree as it is going to get revamped.

It is on GoG, no drm.

Probably to playtest a new iteration of their engine to make it ready for Witcher 4. While W3 is old, it's updated version would require PS5/Xbox Series X/S.

It's a very slow burn experience. Expect 100+ hours to get through, especially with the DLC. It's not for everyone certainly, but there's a lot of great stuff in it. Two hours in you've seen very little of the game, or it's story - which I think is it's strongest part.

If you’re having a hard time getting into it, I’d skip all the side quests until you get to Novigrad. I started and dropped it a few times because I got bored of wandering around the swamp, but to me the game comes alive in Novigrad

My experience as well. I would say try to reach bloody baron quest, that’s after white orchard. That’s when you’ll know if this works for you.

Especially given how easily many seem to have willfully forgotten the horrendous Cyberpunk launch, they could've easily pulled a Nintendo with this stuff.

They are trying to build hype for Witcher 4, it’s calculated not charity

HoS is a phenomenal piece of DLC that you’re supposed to play alongside the main story. It has a truly fantastic villain. BaW is a nice capstone for Geralt’s story, which takes place after the events of the main story.

I tend to fall into the “DLC is bad” camp, but both W3 expansions are perfect examples of how DLC can be good. I tend to dislike DLC because it tends to break (at least) one of the following criteria:
The base game is already complete, and doesn’t require the DLC for a full experience.
The DLC meshes neatly within the base game without feeling bolted onto the side.
The DLC adds genuinely interesting content to the game.
All three critera are what I would typically complain about with DLC, and Witcher 3’s DLC passes all three litmus tests. So any complaints I would have about them would essentially boil down to personal preference rather than objective reasons.

https://www.cdprojekt.com/en/media/news/the-original-witcher-game-is-being-remade-from-the-ground-up/

Announced almost 4 years ago

They have also made the first two expansions free. So if you have a base game you get the upgrade and both expansions.

Aye. The last one was okay-ish (for a free thing) even though it sucked.

But do w1 or w2. W1 preferred, as this one aged the worst.