re: BoTW, horizon or Witcher 3

The Bloody Baron mission was what really sucked me in. Very well done.

Bloody Baron stuff is basically the first big push in the story when you get to Velen. If I had to put a number on it, I'd say that's maybe five-eight percent into the vanilla game.

Not sure how others played, but I basically got to a new town/area and took everything off the bulletin board. It highlights not just new side quests and contract missions, but points of interest, too. Then I'd knock out all those that I was appropriately leveled to do. If I came across a POI that had a red skull icon, I'd skip them and save for later. Then, I'd move on to the next area.

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For you Witcher 3 guys, where did the game really pull you in? How many hours or what significant quest did it get you?

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I was pretty much pulled in right whenever I finished in White Orchard and got to the Velen map and realized that I had a LONG way to go. Even more so when I got to Skellige.

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When I first started playing it I was into it, but it eventually just felt too big.

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The thing you have to realize is that a lot of the stuff are things you don't have to do. You can beat the game doing on a small number of side missions and don't feel the need to check out every '?'. I just did it because I'm completionist and got tired of looking at them.

However, I do recommend doing as many sidequests as possible because there is a chance for solid loot and they typical aren't super shitty to partake in.

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I feel like it was relatively early in the game. Where does that part fall into the rest of the game?

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You were probably like 15-20% into the game.