They sure can build worlds but they populate them with nothing characters. Remember that House Hlaalu dude who made you take your pants off in Morrowind? Thirteen years later and he's still the best they got.
A lot has been made of Theron - she's very good after all - but I thought Hardy was great also. Peculiar in his mannerisms, almost feral at times. His and Furiosa's relationship was one of the high points of the movie for me.
I don't disagree entirely but if we're talking tedious the original Witcher was hardly a benchmark where combat was concerned. Hard as it was, at least combat in The Witcher 2 was more involved.