My only exposure to The Witcher is from the advertisement crossover quest in Monster Hunter World. The quest was cracking me up the whole time because Geralt was so stereotypical "cool grizzled guy" in his dialogue and voice acting that I half expected him to say "Psssh… Nothin Personnel… Kid…"
Is he this much of a weenie in The Witcher 3 or did Monster Hunter do him dirty?
I think Witcher 2 does a pretty cool job of fleshing this out, Witcher 3 relies more on the "omg cool swords and bewbz" that it's harder to see the characterization
Yeah, I never played 3, and didn't finish 2, but I remember being really impressed with the characterization and some of the storylines in two. It was ages though so I don't remember specifics.
You're better off, i think. If I remember correctly, 2 ends with some "genociders and resistance just as bad" lib-ass take. It doesn't detract from the characters, but it's just a dumb plot.
The whole universe reeks with liberalism
It's unavoidable, really. The whole thing was written by a middle-aged, cranky Polish man.