O.K., I just finished a playthrough of The Witcher 2. Here's how I played which will give you an idea of my choices:
+ I agreed to help Roche find the Kingslayer.
+ During my escape I released the La Valettes.
+ A short time after arriving in Flotsam Geralt gave Triss a Rose of remembrance.
+ They made love.
+ Geralt then agreed to walk away from the whole thing to be with Triss.
+ Triss offered to search for Yennefer with him.
+ Geralt agreed and, in a round about way, told Triss he loved her.
+ Triss was then kidnapped and from that moment onwards Geralt's only concern was finding Triss.
+ He worked with Iorveth who he felt could help him find her.
+ He searched Vergen and surrounding areas only to become convinced she was on the other side of the mist.
+ Geralt crossed a Wraith infested Mist with only one thing on his mind - finding Triss.
+ Geralt found she'd been turned in to a Statuette and been taken to Loc Muinne.
+ He lifted the curse and helped Saskia but whilst he espoused her ideals, she was a means to an end (find Triss).
+ Geralt followed Triss to Loc Muinne and there he split up from Iorveth, agreeing to search for Phillipa.
+ Whilst Iorveth wanted to find Phillipa to lift the spell from Saskia, Geralt needed her to find Triss.
+ Geralt found her in the dungeons, but refused to release her for fear it would put Triss in danger.
+ Geralt hacked his way through a Nilfgaardian camp to find Tirss chained to a wall.
+ Geralt freed Triss and asked her about the lodge.
+ Geralt believed her. He then told her he'd travelled half the world to find and free her.
+ He killed the Dragon and let Letho go and set off with Triss to find Yennefer.
At no point whatsoever in my playthrough did he agree to end their relationship. At no point whatsoever in my playthrough did they agree to go their separate ways and at no point whatsoever in my playthrough did Triss betray him. So why the bloody hell does The Witcher 3 completely contradict my playthrough when it comes to my existing relationship with Triss?
I start my The Witcher 3 playthrough, set six months after the events of The Witcher 2.
I set out from Loc Muinne six months ago with Triss and suddenly I'm with Vesemir. No explanation is given as to why.
I told Triss I wanted to be with her and gave her a Rose of remembrance as a symbol of my love for her, travel half a continent to find and rescue her only to find out we're no longer in a relationship. No explanation is given as to why.
Dandelion recites the tale through the narration of the second game, speaking of Geralt and Triss' love several times so why does everyone on the bloody planet think I'm still in a relationship with Yennefer?
I started this playthrough because I had begun to doubt myself, thinking perhaps I must have missed something. After all, I had only played the original version, not the Enhanced Edition (which I've just completed - and by the way CDPR, that's now two copies of that game I own). Honest to god I feel utterly infuriated after playing that game and seeing how all the choices I made, my decisions, my concerns, my priorities and my choices all be ignored without even the slightest explanation as to why. Where in the blazes does Vesemir come from? He was either on the path or at Kaer Morhen, the former making the chances of finding him remote, the latter being simply too far away to reach and then travel back to Nilfgaard, through war torn Tameria to pick up Yennefer's trail and follow it back North again. Sure you might try to argue Triss could open a portal but to what end? We agreed to go together and we needed to go South, not North.
Having played The Witcher 2, I had thought the story line of The Witcher 3 would make more sense but amazingly enough, it makes even less sense. It reduces the first few hours of the plot to complete and utter bollocks. Why do I get the opportunity to decide whether or not Aryan La Valette lives or dies, whether or not Síle de Tansarville lives or dies or whether Letho lives or dies yet I cannot decide whether or not I romanced Triss.
As a result, the game is fundamentally flawed in its current state. You did a marvellous job with combat, the game engine, the audio, the acting is of an extremely high calibre as is the quest system and, by and large, the story telling for all the side quests but the main quest is completely broken all because you didn't allow us to choose whether or not we'd previously romanced Triss; and while I'm on a rant, the ending is nonsensical as well. Having spent the entirety of the game trying to save Ciri from the Wild Hunt, she then buggers off to kill a snowstorm. I'd laugh if it wasn't so tragic.