If only its gameplay was up to snuff with all its good qualities.
Yea, I never used any spells or any of the special effect drinks . I used Aard and the fire, barely used the shield spell and never used the mind control shyt (will do if I play thru again). I still had enough fun with the shyt I did use, the shyt was actually real deep with a lot of tricks with weapons, spells, and potions. This shyt had the deepest inventory/combat/modification system gaming has ever seen.
I was Like You just hitting the Fire Spell but now using The Mind Control Spell more is Dope when Used on Human Enemies,Level it Up good and itll make them Turn on the Rest of them while saving You the Work....The Purple Ring Spell is dope for the Undead Enemies and The Shield Spell is very Useful before You go into a Combat Area
I will say that as someone who started over after Going into a Cave looking for Ciri and couldnt get out and started over,The Combat and Player Movement on Foot and On Roach is Terrible so to speak (Imagine if it had GoT's Player Movement )but in The Name of Grinding and getting the Levels Up by getting my Alchemy/Spell Game up it does Grow On You,just remember to Mash that Dodge Button at all times like a James Harden Step Back