I don't see the hype as goty. I'm starting right now to get into finding Ciri missions (played the first mission you get to play as her), all i was told is how awesome the sidequests are but I'm already starting to feel my desire to keep playing waning.
The combat sucks that's for sure, and having to follow people around to get somewhere is pretty old. I'll keep trying to give it a shot though. I feel like i have to be missing something.