Anyway so the tutorial was enjoyable. Short, sweet and to the point, it never overstayed its welcome nor did it bore me with pointless text.
In fact, I think I would have actually preferred it to be longer, the Keep did have a huge nostalgia factor.
In comparison to the first and second I'd say it's miles beyond the first and on par with the second (but for different reasons.) It eases you in nicely whilst still keeping to the general overtones of the franchise.
Plus, giving us an introduction to Vesemir again is important; we haven't seen the dude in years.
Cinematics were gorgeous, the animations were on point and I have to hand it to them since the facial expressions have gone so far ahead to the usual stoic, stiff-jaw impressions we got in the last two games.
Even on my 660 and on low settings the game still looked great, but I guess those more in the loop with graphical details and such would have far better insight to whatever I would spew. Still, what I see as important is all there. Even being just a tutorial the Keep was designed to a great level of detail.
It's why I wished the tutorial was longer, so I could see more of it.
I've already taken a liking to Ciri, and it's funny since I'm sort of indifferent towards her in the books. I guess a voice actor does wonders, no? Geralt's voice actor has gone a loooooong way since the Witcher one and the improvements are there. It sort of reminds me of Mark Meer's Shepard. Say what you want about Mass Effect 3, his voice acting was brilliant in that game.
I have problems with the dodge button being on alt, it kind of makes things awkward for me and the whole 'press shift + mouse left' for a strong strike took me ages to master.
But that's just me sucking.
So yeah, the usual. The Witcher never fails to impress.
P.S
Holy hot in fcuking hell has Geralt gone overboard in sexy.
PP.S
lol @ Thomas Hobbes "life is nasty, brutish and short."