Beat the first level of nightmare. they might have gotten one egg. i'd agree with the bad game design after beating normal.

So.. In this witcher game, I decided to get as many quests as I possibly could to make the game longer. Did some gambling, arm wrestling, fight club stuff, all pretty easy except the arm wrestling which can be frustrating against the harder guys.   So I make it to this out-of-the-way area to do a side quest and jesus fucking christ, on the way there I fought some enemies who were pretty non-badass but still take me out in 2-3 hits. and when you're fighting 4 at a time, it's pretty fucking easy to get hit even if you dodge.  

I made it to the quest area, first two enemies are fucking impossible. I pretty much gave up, go online to see what the deal is.  Evidently, the game is pretty hard. But nobody likes the combat system, and I'd agree it's pretty shitty.  At least in Dark souls you can dodge, riposte, attack pretty fluidly.  This game, you just fucking hit the A button , mash it really, until the enemy dies. The thing though - even the fucking loser enemies take 5 hits. So during that button mashing, I gotta watch out for the other baddies trying to hit me.  Sure, there are some skills you get that supposedly make it a bit easier, but the combat system blows.   Maybe one on one it's ok, but even then.  

Some people said they wasted their money, the combat system sucks, the game is too hard.  if you think this battle is hard wait until you get to later fights.  blah blah blah.  

One guy said something like "i really wanna like this game ,but the combat sucks"

The game is all dialogue/story.  Not bad if the story is ok.. so far it's not bad. one person commented that the voice acting sucks, I didn't pay that much attention but it never distracted me, so it mustn't bad that bad.