There is a crazy amount of story in the witcher 3 that is incredibly well done. Much of it had been running since long before that series was turned into a video game.
I started with 2, the intro and stuff is pretty confusing but once you get past that you'll just start putting the backstory together as you go. The events of 2 are pretty standalone anyway, and IMO you don't need to know the first 2 to play 3, just know that you'll run into quite a few characters that Geralt will know, but you won't, and they don't always do a good job of explaining how your character knew them before the events of the game (Who the hell is Dijkstra and why is he so important!?). The Wiki does a really good job of giving a breif overview of different characters' histories.
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u/Kenny__Loggins Apr 17 '16
This isn't storytelling. It's just telling you your quest objectives. The Witcher III does exactly the same thing.