No clue … Not my original post :)

Personally I think Witcher 3 will rock but not likely end up as GOTY because it isn't from a connected enough company

The only GOTY award that really counts is the watch's GOTY award. ;)
And I think it will have good winning chances.

GOTY it may be, but lets not forget you'll have to buy a brand new rig to play it, and a fancy one if you want to make the recommended specs.

By RGOTY he probably meant runner-up GOTY behind GTA V.

Not such a fancy one really. I'm on a tight budget but I have managed to put together something very close to the recommended specs. The only difference being GTX 760 rather than 770.

GTA V shouldn't even be considered as it was originally released last year.

I have already re-played both the first two games during this past summer. Now I am knee deep into the books. Though I am not sure what to expect from the this up and coming third game.

I was very excited about it a few months ago, now I am not to sure what I feel about it.

The open world and adding a second playable character. The more I think about this the more it seems like there could be a lot of failure in making these choices in how the game has been made.

I am sure it will look great and what I have seen of the combat I like. But will it be as story driven? How will it all change with the second character?

I will still be looking to buy a new system sometime now in April instead of right now. I am not going to cancel my pre-order either. I just hope they haven't taken on more than they needed too.

For the right 'donation' they could get Dungeon Lords considered by most magazines/sites ;)

Yea, I choked on my porridge when I saw the specs they were recommending. I felt like John McEnroe shouting, "You cannot be serious!" Not sure if the new laptop I have in mind will meet even the minimum CPU spec.

I don't get why you're so concerned about being able to play as Ciri. You do realize it's only for certain parts, right? It's not as if they're having to write a second perspective for the entire game.

Why are we talking about this now? I say let's take it up once it's released and we've played through it :)

After playing bit of DAI, I am also bit worried how the open world aspect will affect Witcher 3. I really enjoyed story and NPC interactions in the past Bioware and Witcher games. However I feel that story and NPC have taken backseat in DAI due the open world aspect. I am a good 40 hours into DAI but I don’t feel that I have progressed with the story or got to know my party members. In fact I don’t think I have recruited all the possible party members yet! In the past Bio games, 40 hours is bit more than 50% of the game!

Anyway don’t get me wrong, I am having lots of fun with DAI but its different kind of fun to what I was expecting.