The Witcher III: Wild Hunt Named Game Awards Game of The Year
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I haven't played Xenoblade Chronicles X, but The Witcher 3 set a new gold standard for action RPGs. It's the living, interesting world that Bethesda has never quite achieved. It's also the most technically impressive game of the year. Monolith and Nintendo can only stretch the capabilities of last-gen hardware to a limit. Especially given that generation of console hardware had already overstayed its welcome.lol. The Witcher 3 was a mainstream choice but honestly not GOTY. and this is just TGA GOTY; there are hundreds of "GOTY" awards given out annually.
Xenoblade Chronicles X (beaten it btw) is a better choice, but, it comes out tomorrow. And it's way larger than Witcher 3, not buggy at all, just as engrossing, and super fun. Witcher 3 is a good game but honestly the GOTY choices were not very good.
It maybe be good, but why it can't be worse than Xenoblade X, that almost nobody have played yet? I remember when Mass Effect 3 was RPG of the year, even though it was poor triquel, while Xenoblade 1 had better gameplay and story (not visuals of course), but finished only as RPG number two.I haven't played Xenoblade Chronicles X, but The Witcher 3 set a new gold standard for action RPGs. It's the living, interesting world that Bethesda has never quite achieved. It's also the most technically impressive game of the year. Monolith and Nintendo can only stretch the capabilities of last-gen hardware to a limit. Especially given that generation of console hardware had already overstayed its welcome.
Bottom line: The Witcher 3 isn't just the mainstream choice, it's also the obvious choice. It will probably receive GOTY awards from the most different sites/reviewers this year.
Get the audiobooks, they're excellent and really put you in that "slavic fantasy mood" which is distinct from western D&D-style fantasy settings. Highly recommended!I'm so pumped to play this game. I read all the short stories of Geralt the White Wolf in anticipation. After I finish the Nathan Drake Collection I'll speedrun through The Witcher 1 and 2 and then be ready to take on this bad boy.
Xenoblade had an awful, predictible story and stereotypical, copy-paste characters (Dunban = Jesus/Yoda/Obi-Wan, born with a gift, suffers for everyone, falls with his Monado-shaped cross so that the angsty teen could take his place; Shulk = young and angsty teen thrown into an unexpected adventure, least likable and obnoxious, ergo prime material for a JRPG protagonist, see: Cloud Strife, Squall Leonhart; meat-head friend I forgot the name of = as himself; Love Interest Woman = obvious target practice dummy for drama effect, dies but not really, it's all bland and textbook-simple), gameplay-wise it was a typical grind, it didn't even come close to Mass Effect 3, let alone The Witcher 3, I suspect X is the same - bland JRPG mush. I fell asleep after 4 hours, the game had no direction whatsoever. The first 15 minutes as Dunban are great, then you switch to Sulking Shulk and immediately throw the game away because nobody wants to be Shulk, not even Shulk.It maybe be good, but why it can't be worse than Xenoblade X, that almost nobody have played yet? I remember when Mass Effect 3 was RPG of the year, even though it was poor triquel, while Xenoblade 1 had better gameplay and story (not visuals of course), but finished only as RPG number two.
The Witcher 3 was a mainstream choice but honestly not GOTY.
Compared to equivalents in the genre (Dragon Age, Skyrim) it was fluid and graceful, it made fighting feel like a ballet as compared to random bashing "until you win". I loved it, it really put some weight behind every connecting hit and made combos a blast. My only complaint was the way you select signs, but alas, controllers have only so many buttons, so I could understand the choice of the Mass Effect-y wheel over fixed buttons.personally witcher 3 bored me to death. combat system was nothing new and was downright obnoxious.
Different strokes for different folks, I guess. Combat in Skyrim is basic and I can appreciate that, my problem is that it feels rigid. You're like a Rock'em Sock'em robot repeating the same swing over and over for effect. The Witcher 3's combat, although more difficult and harder to master, offered fluidity and finesse, it felt more natural to me. That said, as I mentioned above, it's a matter of taste - both games are good for different reasons.i loved skyrim. the combat was basic but at least it wasn't obnoxious. witcher 3's combat system just bored AND annoyed me.
Different strokes for different folks, I guess. Combat in Skyrim is basic and I can appreciate that, my problem is that it feels rigid. You're like a Rock'em Sock'em robot repeating the same swing over and over for effect. The Witcher 3's combat, although more difficult and harder to master, offered fluidity and finesse, it felt more natural to me. That said, as I mentioned above, it's a matter of taste - both games are good for different reasons.
that's funny. i felt exactly the opposite way. in skyrim i have tons of options to choose from. it's in witcher 3 that i felt like i had virtually no options. oh enemy does A? then i better do B. etc etc. i honestly completely hate the combat system of all of the witcher games. skyrim's might not be amazing or anything but it works for the game. i'm usually a big fan of RPGs (FF, skyrim, pokemon, tales, suikoden, mass effect, etc etc) but witcher 3 (and 1 & 2) just didn't do it for me :/. You're like a Rock'em Sock'em robot repeating the same swing over and over for effect. The Witcher 3's combat, although more difficult and harder to master, offered fluidity and finesse,
same here. and i LOVE black flag. one of my favorite games. but the combat is ass (imo) in black flag (and the other AC games) too.It reminds me a lot of Assassin's Creed with the parry's and such.
That's a good idea. Noted. I'm also watching The Hexer series on YouTube, which I know people shit on... But I actually like it. I like it the same way that I liked the Adam West Batman series. It's a little campy, but it's still good with the budget that it had. I know that I could technically just jump into The Witcher 3 without any lore but luckily I'm invested!Get the audiobooks, they're excellent and really put you in that "slavic fantasy mood" which is distinct from western D&D-style fantasy settings. Highly recommended!
Keep in mind that nothing in The Hexer is canon - it mixes and matches stories with little regard to chronology, filling in the gaps with completely made up stuff. Still, I liked it too, it's just an alternate version of the legend.That's a good idea. Noted. I'm also watching The Hexer series on YouTube, which I know people shit on... But I actually like it. I like it the same way that I liked the Adam West Batman series. It's a little campy, but it's still good with the budget that it had. I know that I could technically just jump into The Witcher 3 without any lore but luckily I'm invested!
Yeah beforehand I looked up differences on the wiki. Seems like they take a lot of liberties (there is no Witcher code, etc.) but it still introduces me to the characters and it incorporates the books in a different way. They picked a perfect actor for Geralt too. But since I already read the short stories I'm interested in how it's all added. Besides, Geralt has no memory in the first game. This won't stop me from reading the novels, but it'll be in addition to it. Excited to meet some of the bigger characters soon.Keep in mind that nothing in The Hexer is canon - it mixes and matches stories with little regard to chronology, filling in the gaps with completely made up stuff. Still, I liked it too, it's just an alternate version of the legend.