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I like that the game uses intentional annoyance to break up tense moments...

I'm something of an expert of game design and I feel 'annoyance' is a very mis-used mechanic and Witcher 3 uses it very well.

Firstly, Geralt himself expresses annoyance exactly as the player does, which is great ludonarrative

Secondly, much of the annoyance is a result of gamer error - not plot error, which is just perfect: An example, all the many many many many candles in the game. It's in-universe and world appropriate for Geralt to light and unlight candles as he sees fit, but from a gamer point of view lighting/unlighting a candle when you're trying to loot is a short annoyance (via the short Igni animation) that serves as a failure state to your looting... THAT is well applied annoyance.

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Also... it seems a Witcher's greatest weakness is gravity.