Just finished Witcher 3 and got the bad ending. Properly traumatized.
Edit: As far as I can understand, the 3 places I went wrong were: Telling Ciri she doesn’t have to be good at everything, joining as backup with the mage meeting, and not trashing the lab (I thought the necklace scene was sweet).
I agree it is traumatizing but definitely worth experiencing, and maybe most true to world of witcher.
I agree, but after playing through the trilogy and wrapping up the third with 100+ hrs, it hit hard. I wish I could have experienced a good ending first. Who knows though? Maybe I’ll look back and be glad for it. It was a masterpiece of story telling and like you said, probably the most realistic ending.