thinking about witcher 2 now

now that i’m just replaying HOTS on Newgame+ waiting for Blood and Wine, i am seriously thinking about playing witcher 2 for the first time.

what turns me off initially is the graphical difference– for instance, looking at triss in witcher 2 is painful now that i see what witcher 3 is capable of.

but what about the rest? how’s the story, how’s the character development, and gameplay? you guys recommend it? any mods you guys recommend to make it a more beautiful game?

i know there’s a mod out there that replaces witcher 2 triss with witcher 3 yen, how about a more ambitious replacement of all existing characters in the witcher 2 world if there’s an existing witcher 3 counterpart with a graphical improvement?

thinking about witcher 2 now