I've always loved the idea of a witcher. A lone wanderer drifting from place to place, getting into adventures, slaying monsters, and briefly finding themselves tangled up in other people's problems, for a price, of course. These rootless mercenaries shun a comfortable life to walk The Path, and there's something incredibly compelling about that. Whether it's Toshiro Mifune's from Yojimbo, the Man With No Name, or, more recently, The Mandalorian's Din Djarin, I've always been a fan of this character archetype.
It's also my favourite way to play The Witcher 3. Yeah, the story is great, but I'm never happier in the Northern Kingdoms than when I'm just riding around on Roach doing nothing in particular. When I replay CDPR's masterpiece, I always select the option to immediately start the Blood and Wine expansion. This starts you out with a levelled up Geralt, somewhere in Velen, with all the story quests completed. But, and here's the best bit, every side quest is left untouched. Now it's the wandering samurai game I always wished existed.
