A reader explains why he’s by no means favored The Witcher 3 and why he thinks Skyrim remains to be the superior motion role-player.
With the information that CD Projekt is having to delay the next gen versions of Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3 into subsequent yr there was quite a lot of discuss how The Witcher 3 has aged over the past six years (sure, it’s actually been six years!). This has coincided with a latest Reader’s Feature which argued that Skyrim shouldn’t be thought to be a basic, which I don’t agree with in any respect.
For apparent causes, the 2 video games have all the time been in contrast as whereas there are essential variations, most clearly Skyrim being first individual, they’ve quite a lot of similarities and, until you’re a giant a Dragon Age fan, are the plain front-runners for finest fantasy motion role-player. Besides… I’ve by no means actually favored The Witcher 3.
Within the spirit of the earlier function, which made some completely cheap factors with out getting nasty about something, I’ll say that The Witcher 3 is a good recreation. The dialogue choices and script are positively a lot better than Skyrim, and actually most video games, however for me that’s not almost sufficient to make up for the remainder of the sport.
In interested by why it’s the recreation by no means clicked with me one of many central issues is Geralt. I don’t notably like him or his voiceover and I don’t wish to play as him for such an extended recreation. I feel it’s a mistake to play as a named character in an open world recreation, until that character says little or nothing themselves – as in Zelda and Far Cry (besides the brand new one, I feel?).
I don’t wish to be enjoying as another person, particularly somebody I don’t actually like, for 60 hours in a recreation that in any other case is meant to be all about freedom and making your individual selections.
The extra apparent downside with The Witcher 3 is that the fight is basically unhealthy. That will appear a bit hypocritical on condition that it’s not nice in Skyrim both, however not solely is first individual melee fight largely not possible to get proper however whereas it’s a bit hole Skyrim’s fight works as supposed and by no means will get too boring or in the best way of what you’re doing, in contrast to The Witcher 3.
There have been many nice video games with third individual sword fight and magic so, in contrast to with Skyrim, there’s no query that it may be executed. However The Witcher 3 is clunky and sluggish, with poor suggestions. There’s far an excessive amount of of it and much an excessive amount of of it is vitally related. Particularly as this combines with the monitoring and detective imaginative and prescient elements, that are most likely the second worst side of the sport.
The horse using can be poor. Driving ‘Roach’ round works from a gameplay perspective by it’s by no means enjoyable. You don’t wish to journey round as a result of using is entertaining in its personal proper, you simply wish to get from A to B or discover a new space. I really feel that goes for principally all the motion on this motion role-playing recreation.
I’d say these are common factors that many would agree with, even these which are followers of The Witcher 3, however as my ultimate, extra private, level I’d say there’s something off in regards to the recreation’s tone that I simply didn’t like. It’s not grimdark precisely, however it’s so cynical, and there are so few genuinely good folks, that I discovered the entire thing more and more draining to play.
I’m all for video games having ambiguous characters and morals however for me the entire recreation appeared too determined to indicate that everybody was flawed (and by affiliation CD Projekt have been being actually mature and grownup) and I discovered that obtained me down after some time. I feel Geralt and his good friend circle have been meant to carry the temper however since that side of the sport didn’t work for me there was by no means any aid.
So for me Skyrim remains to be the one to beat. It simply could possibly be, by the proper recreation, however for me it’s nonetheless high canine when it comes to motion role-players with a fantasy setting and The Witcher doesn’t actually come shut.
By reader Gosford
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