Is The Witcher 3 overrated?
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And once again for anyone who still hasn't played it, Steam has the GotY edition back on sale for $19.99 which is the lowest it seems to get currently. Even better yet, they also have The Witcher 2 EE steeply discounted to only $2.99.
It's a great time to be a witcher.
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Oh please, everything can't be Fortnite or Metal Gear:SurviveBabyfartsMcgeezaks said:
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Im not a fan of open world games in general I just find them mostly empty populated with areas of activity that I have to get to and which I feel would have been much more engaging if it had happened in a linear fashion so I didnt have to waste my time traversing empty pointless space. The only exception I can think of is the elder scroll series where I do enjoy just wandering around.
However I try things which I am likely not to like now and again so I have the possibility of getting a nice surprise and recently have gotten in the sale Horizon zero dawn and the Witcher 3 and er yeah neither are engaging me that much.
The Witcher 3 is one I honestly want to like a lot more as I like the characters, world and lore but damn its a hard slog and seriously those controls and the combat are absolute garbage barely functional even. As for the map I just think its mostly empty like most open world games there just isnt really much emergent gameplay. As for the writing I am enjoying it oh and the weapon degradation stuff yeah likein most games that have it I find that it does little but provide a constant annoyance.
I will keep going for a bit because as I said I do like the world and characters but damn its a slog atm.
As for Horizon I feel that has better combat and controls than the witcher 3 and an interesting world but with slightly less interesting characters and somehow even less interesting quests. I think they are both superior in almost every way to something like GTA3/4/5 though.
However I try things which I am likely not to like now and again so I have the possibility of getting a nice surprise and recently have gotten in the sale Horizon zero dawn and the Witcher 3 and er yeah neither are engaging me that much.
The Witcher 3 is one I honestly want to like a lot more as I like the characters, world and lore but damn its a hard slog and seriously those controls and the combat are absolute garbage barely functional even. As for the map I just think its mostly empty like most open world games there just isnt really much emergent gameplay. As for the writing I am enjoying it oh and the weapon degradation stuff yeah likein most games that have it I find that it does little but provide a constant annoyance.
I will keep going for a bit because as I said I do like the world and characters but damn its a slog atm.
As for Horizon I feel that has better combat and controls than the witcher 3 and an interesting world but with slightly less interesting characters and somehow even less interesting quests. I think they are both superior in almost every way to something like GTA3/4/5 though.
In what ways? It?s far smoother than the previous two games and TW2 was already regarded as pretty smooth. If anything the camera can get annoying in tight places, at least with KB/M. The combat is simple though so maybe that?s what you meant.Maximum Bert said:
Pretty much what happened to me as well. It's the writing and the world building more than anything, I think. I care about that stuff a lot in video games.RiseOfTheWhiteWolf said:
People ignoring a game's faults doesn't make a game overrated. Every game has faults. It's the ability to love a game despite it's faults.trunkage said:
Fact of the matter is Johnny is right. If you liked the game, then no it isn't overrated. If you didn't, then yes.
I feel the same way towards Breath of the Wild. I hated the game and think people way overblow how "good" it is. But to them it doesn't matter. I think Zelda is a trash game, but that doesn't mean that it's a bad game to those that enjoyed it.
Why does it matter what people say about a game. If you didn't like it, then fine. But calling something overrated is just a spiteful way to mock the people that had fun with a game that you didn't.
How about we all let people enjoy the things they like and take opinions as merely individual opinions?
I thought it was okay. Not bad for a bloated massive open world game. Great visuals. Good characters. Geralt is cool as f*ck. Solid overall story. Some good side quests. But the world is too big, and there were too many tedious side quests, and too many filler bandit camps and smugglers caches. The combat is also mediocre at best.
I think if you're someone who can mostly stick to the main story, can identify and skip filler, and don't mind missing a gem side quest here and there as a consequence, it can be a very good game. If you're someone like me who is an OCD completionist and feels compelled to do all the quests and explore every marker on the map, the game becomes a slog.
So I wouldn't call it "overrated." I'd just say that the game is not for everyone.
I think if you're someone who can mostly stick to the main story, can identify and skip filler, and don't mind missing a gem side quest here and there as a consequence, it can be a very good game. If you're someone like me who is an OCD completionist and feels compelled to do all the quests and explore every marker on the map, the game becomes a slog.
So I wouldn't call it "overrated." I'd just say that the game is not for everyone.
Here's quite a few interesting mods [https://www.pcgamer.com/the-best-witcher-3-mods/] that could help make it not over rated as well, for anyone who thought it was in the first place.
I'm surprised people having problems with Gerald. At first I too thought he was the generic angry though guy most western games have for the lead role but I was caught off guard how little Gerald resembled that type of character. Gerald's a merry guy who cracks jokes, often has a sarcastic comment to make and has a rich social circle which he shares cute inside jokes with. He even willingly allows himself to take part in all sort of wacky favors for his friends like becoming an actor or poorly pretending to be a bandit so his friend can look like a hero to some girl.
Or dressing up in his girlfriend's clothing and drunk dialing mages.Hades said:
Geralt is funny because he is also so serious, but he's also sarcastic as hell and his deadpan delivery really makes people guess if he's kidding or not.
Sure, he's a bit of a Gary Stu, but by god when he's funny he's hilarious.
No, it isn't. A thread titled like this one is a good way to artificially stimulate "conversation" though. "Is [Popular Thing] Overrated? PLZ Comment Within I Am Terribly Lonely."
Here's a new and a pretty good rundown of how the combat works in that mod that I was talking about
Nah, it's quite good. It does a number of things better than I've ever seen from any other game. It manages to make a massive world that doesn't feel horribly empty and devoid of interest like I felt from Skyrim. Also its expansions managed to both be better than the base game. Wouldn't fall into my top ten games, the areas I care about the most it doesn't really shine in, but it's hard to argue it's anything but a very well made game.
whether you liked it doesn't determine it overratedness. The general populace determines whether it's well rated overall. Your personal experience compared to this overall rating is how you personally gauge overratedness. If there is a bunch of people who use this rubric to find that it's overrated, then a large group think it's overrated. It doesn't mean everyone think it's overrated.CritialGaming said:
Also, and I'm going to point this out again. I thought it was the best game of the year. I didn't hate it at all. That doesn't stop it from being overrated.
Now, as to faults, we're going to have to disagree. I really dislike people dismissing faults becuase the rest is good (or vice verse). Another example would be Spec Ops the Line. It has a great story but that doesn't cover up the fact that it has terrible game play. I enjoyed it but I can understand someone deciding that it was distasteful. Or Mass Effect 3 with its inerfectual ending which covers up that most of the game is good. IMO, ME3 is only regarded so negatively becuase the expectation of awesomeness was put there by EA beforehand. I would guess that a lot of people who think that Witcher 3 is overrated is becuase the community set a high expectation and they felt it fell short.
