Huh. I’ve played around with D a few years ago… don’t exactly remember his opinions coming to light, but I can’t say I’m surprised either.
I couldn’t really get into Witcher 3. It was more the combat than the story but the story didn’t interest me much either…
for me, Horizon Zero Dawn was the real “wow, open-world storytelling can be that good and not classic Bethesda nonsense” moment
Moved most of my stuff there a while ago, has been pretty great.