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Why The Witcher 3 is a Better RPG than Fallout 4 - MMORPG.com News

SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
edited December 2015 in News & Features Discussion

imageWhy The Witcher 3 is a Better RPG than Fallout 4 - MMORPG.com News

As the year draws to a close, gamers and critics around the world are figuring what their best games of the year were. In the RPG category there are two clear contenders: Fallout 4 and The Witcher 3. Fallout is a phenomenon years in the making. On the other hand, The Witcher 3 is a grassroots success that has taken the gaming world by storm. Despite a long, beloved history and mighty publishing power of Bethesda, The Witcher 3 is by far the better roleplaying game. Here's why.

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  • XarkoXarko Member EpicPosts: 1,180
    Fallout 4 is a great game, but shitty RPG.
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  • gunmanvladgunmanvlad Member UncommonPosts: 281
    Witcher 3, for me, has been 100% the best RPG of the year, and dare I say, one of the best games I have ever player. Absolute masterpiece.
  • Colt47Colt47 Member UncommonPosts: 549
    I need to get back to and finish that game.  Ended up buying it during a release period for a bunch of other games and got sucked into some other titles.  Fallout 4 is more about being a sandbox / playpen for developer talent to work with, while also being an entertaining game in other ways.  

    However, the reason it's got such a huge following right now is because literally every other game fell flat somehow.  We all expected fallout 4 to have optimization issues, but we didn't expect Battlefront to be a bare bones, Call of Duty III to be an upgrade over ghosts but still a downgrade over MW2, and Just Cause III to have so many optimization issues.

    If there was ever a time to look at your backlog for some fun games, it's definitely this X-mas season.  Even Destiny: the Taken King is probably better than a lot of games that were released.
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  • RoinRoin Member RarePosts: 3,444
    I would probably agree if they were both Fantasy or both Sci-Fi. I really dislike it when genre's are compared. It's like apples and oranges. Both fruit, both sweet (depending on type of apple). Yet very very different from one another.

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  • ChaserzChaserz Member RarePosts: 338
    I quit in the middle of Witcher 3. His combat was like riding on roller skates. The story line of, "Find my daughter" (mostly) was OK I guess. It didn't do it for me. Glad I didn't pay full price. I picked up Dragon Age Inquisition for $15.00 on a Black Friday sale. Most the launch issues are gone and it's a solid game with a very deep story line. I enjoy how the NPCs impact the story and how they interact with one another.
  • fivorothfivoroth Member UncommonPosts: 3,916
    They are not really comparable as they are very different types of games. It's like saying apples are better than oranges.....

    They are both amazing games but for different reasons. There are too many good games out at the moment yet I haven't had much time to play them - fallout, witcher, battlefront, halo 5 etc. And more coming up mass effect, deus ex, quantum break etc.

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  • jonassmjonassm Member UncommonPosts: 24
    So let me get this straight, you wanted to play as a peaceful character in Fallout 4 and didnt invest in Charisma ok... i mean the few things that remained that had the Fallout RPG feel from the other games and you dont even put points on it lol.

    Leveling system in Witcher 3 is a joke, the stats are simplistic, about 4 hours in the game you already seen every runestone the game has to offer and later in the game its just a little % difference, crafting is pointless, the fact that you somehow praise one of the most terrible combat systems in a game is somewhat funny, also nice sidequests, if you like CSI series or something because honestly that clue system was fucking repetitive and annoying.

    The only good points about the game were some quest lines, everything else was average or unoriginal when you think about rpgs(if you think that Witcher 3 was the only game with meaningful choices that came out in 2015 get real), still a good game and a improvement from the other 2, but overrated as fuck.
  • ShodanasShodanas Member RarePosts: 1,933
    The Witcher 3 is GotY as a whole. However, imho the RPG of the year is Pillars of Eternity.
  • MadFrenchieMadFrenchie Member LegendaryPosts: 8,505
    Shodanas said:
    The Witcher 3 is GotY as a whole. However, imho the RPG of the year is Pillars of Eternity.
    I really wanted to like PoE, and I can't say it's a bad game..  I just can't get over the whole "limited usage of spells per rest" thing.  I never liked that system.  :(

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  • Righteous_RockRighteous_Rock Member RarePosts: 1,234
    It's not a sandbox, otherwise I would play tw3.
  • DanitaKusorDanitaKusor Member UncommonPosts: 556
    I could never get into the Witcher series. A game that doesn't let you design your own character isn't a really a RPG in my opinion, it's missing the whole role playing part.

    The Enlightened take things Lightly

  • Nickhead420Nickhead420 Member UncommonPosts: 251
    Can't comment on The Witcher 3. I opted not to get it solely based on how aweful The Witcher 2 combat was. Story doesn't mean dick when gameplay is bland and boring.
  • SulaaSulaa Member UncommonPosts: 1,329
    A game that doesn't let you design your own character isn't a really a RPG in my opinion, it's missing the whole role playing part.
    I guess then one of greatest RPGs of all times Planescape Torment is actually not an RPG then.

    I don't think role playing actually means what you think it means.

  • ElRenmazuoElRenmazuo Member RarePosts: 5,361
    Played both and liked both, but liked fallout 4 more still.  Im just into the wasteland warrior thing and sci-fi
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  • rojoArcueidrojoArcueid Member EpicPosts: 10,722
    edited December 2015
    I dont own Fallout 4 so i cant say anything about it other than ive never been a fan of Fallout series and FO3 left me with a sour taste so im not that interested in 4. I never got to play Brotherhood of Steel on Playstation 2 back in the day and that one got my interest. Ill probably get it cheap on amazon.

    Witcher 3 definitely is my western RPG of the year.


    EDIT: I do hope that mmorpgs take note from Witcher 3 and develop meaningful gameplay involving exploration, interesting quest chains that you find while exploring in any direction and diversity in rewards and findings just for going all out exploring the world. CD Projekt Red nailed in one game what mmorpgs have constantly failed to do in years.




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  • SovrathSovrath Member LegendaryPosts: 33,139
    edited December 2015
    I could never get into the Witcher series. A game that doesn't let you design your own character isn't a really a RPG in my opinion, it's missing the whole role playing part.
    The whole idea of acting in a play/movie is to "play" a character and it's more often than not a character you create.

    This is really not that different especially as you can play Geralt a few ways.

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  • BelgaraathBelgaraath Member UncommonPosts: 3,206
    I just started playing the Witcher 3 on my PC just over a month ago. I patiently waited for all the bugs to be ironed out and the right mods to be released. As I've been a gamer since Pong, I have to say that this is in my top 3 games of all time. I haven't been this addicted and immersed in a storyline for well over a decade. The graphics on their highest settings coupled with the fantastic voiceovers, deep questing, all of the attention to detail (lighting, shine, reflections, etc) are a masterpiece. The development team deserve medals for this effort :-)

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  • rojoArcueidrojoArcueid Member EpicPosts: 10,722
    DMKano said:

    IMO as far as actual gameplay goes, Witcher 3 can't hold a candle to Fallout 4 even with Fallout's crap story.
    Fallout is a shooter so gameplay comparison between the two is subjective.




  • holdenhamletholdenhamlet Member EpicPosts: 3,772
    Combat in Witcher 3 was atrocious.  I couldn't finish the game.

    Really enjoyed Fallout 4 much more.  Much better gameplay, I liked the story and tons of often funny sidequests and side characters a lot more, and I felt you had much more choice in how you want to play than Witcher 3.
  • holdenhamletholdenhamlet Member EpicPosts: 3,772
    DMKano said:
    I played once through Witcher 3 and IMO it's highly overrated. After 200 hours still having fun with Fallout 4.



    IMO as far as actual gameplay goes, Witcher 3 can't hold a candle to Fallout 4 even with Fallout's crap story.


    I don't even think the story is that crap, especially when you consider the TONS of intricate side-stories.

    As far as the main story goes, I was actually pretty enthralled near the end of the game with the story, and I haven't been that way with an RPG for a long time.

    Otherwise, I agree.
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