The Witcher 3 vs. Bloodborne

Vote for your Game Of The Generation!

  • The Witcher 3

    Votes: 458 51.1%

  • Bloodborne

    Votes: 438 48.9%
  • Total voters
    896
  • Poll closed .
Witcher 3 is objectively a great RPG with really impressive side quest/choice that matters/writing.
But honestly, it felt too long (but it was my first big openworld game so it might not have help) and it didn't gave me the feeling it was a masterpiece.
The art direction is more than classic and the real letdown for me was the combat.
However I still want to replay it now that I am more used to big open world/RPG.

Bloodborne on the other hand... It just push all the buttons for me. Combat, art direction, atmosphere, storytelling...
It's just an almost perfect game (the perfect one is Dark Souls).

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Witcher 3 is good but has some pretty huge gameplay flaws. The exp system was crap and quickly made you too overpowered for many sidequests. The combat system was garbage but it gets a pass because the bar is so low due to everyone else doing that sluggish Bioware MMO style crap with inconsistent rubber banding (you can move freely but some attacks randomly ignore distance). The ending conditions are botched and you can very easily get a crappy (as in, low quality) ending through some very arbitrary decisions (like doing a snowball fight or choosing a dialog option that makes no sense in context). It also has a lot of filler, but, again, the bar is very low so it is usually given a pass. PCRPGs went to crap for the most part since imho some time around KOTOR 2 and that makes Witcher 3 seem a lot better than it really is. None of its individual systems are actually good and it's like nobody remembers the precedent set by past games like Morrowind, VtM:Bloodlines...

Bloodborne on the other hand has exceptional gameplay and all the elements of the game are married perfectly.
 
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Bloodborne is better

- better atmosphere
- unique artstyle
- good and challenging gameplay

Witcher 3's combat is just too bad to consider the game a gotg contender, even though the world is vast and beautiful.
 
sponk said:
Bloodborne is better

- better atmosphere
- unique artstyle
- good and challenging gameplay

Witcher 3's combat is just too bad to consider the game a gotg contender, even though the world is vast and beautiful.
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Yeah at the end of the day I'll take the game that plays better over everything else.
 
xxxKarma said:
Let's go White Wolf! Don't let the 15fps and no story gang defeat you!
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You just got to watch a few hours of vaatividi (sp?) and read this:
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The Paleblood Hunt A Bloodborne Analysis by “Redgrave” Dedicated to all those with a story to tell I didn’t really like Dark Souls. Objectively speaking, it’s a great game. The gameplay is solid; the world is compelling; the characters are interesting. Maybe i...
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There's plenty of story. Didn't you read the flavor text of every item?
 
kingpotato said:
You just got to watch a few hours of vaatividi (sp?) and read this:
docs.google.com

Paleblood Hunt-Finalized

The Paleblood Hunt A Bloodborne Analysis by “Redgrave” Dedicated to all those with a story to tell I didn’t really like Dark Souls. Objectively speaking, it’s a great game. The gameplay is solid; the world is compelling; the characters are interesting. Maybe i...
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There's plenty of story. Didn't you read the flavor text of every item?
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Can't seriously compare to Witcher 3 - best story driven game of the gen.
 
A game with a shitty horrendous combat as Witcher 3 shouldn't be compared with one of the greatest piece of art/entertainment ever made, Bloodborne.

Bloodborne excels in what matters the most, gameplay, combat mechanics, level design, boss battles, soundtrack and art direction. It is indeed a masterpiece, it is perfection. Bloodborne, I bow 🙇 before you.
 
This is the hardest shit ever. Basically it's gameplay vs game-world. I got so sucked into the Witcher series, I even loved the first two games and 3 was just the perfect sequel..but man Bloodborne is everything I love about challenging gameplay..and that aesthetic doesn't hurt it either.

I CAN'T CHOOSE FUCK

Touch fuzZy. get BizZay said:
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Your vote counts. Make Bloodborne win again!
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Matt Lees is in bloodbourne!?
 
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The true finals.

The Witcher 3 is the best rpg I've played since I was a kid playing the classic Final Fantasies. It showed how utterly trash open world rpgs have been with their quests. It has incredible side quests and memorable characters. Definitely one of the best games ever made.

Bloodborne is something special. The lore and story are second to none, and the slow unraveling and how it is unveiled to the player is a masterclass in game design and storytelling in a way only a game can provide. Impeccable combat and atmosphere.

For me personally, Bloodborne introduced Fromsoft games to me, and the souls series has become my favorite of all time. Bloodborne is a truly special video game that deserves to be among the talks for greatest game of not only the generation but for all time.
 
Witcher 3 is probably my favorite game of all time, its just such a masterpiece. Gotta go with it.

These two should have been on opposite sides of the bracket!
 
If the witcher 3 loses to bloodborne and rdr2 lost to mgs, this place is a shithole when taste is concerned

Not an actual shithole, I ❤ you all
 
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HE1NZ said:
Can't seriously compare to Witcher 3 - best story driven game of the gen.
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I played both and yeah, it's a better game.

Witcher 3 had great story moments, but doesn't hold up to the focused thematic narrative of Bloodborne.

Biggest gripes about both:

W3 - The combat in witcher falls somewhere between laughable and a chore, the inventory management was frustrating and the amount of bullshit to fill the map was obscene.

Bb - Performance was horrendous on base PS4, but playable on PS4Pro, loading times at launch were insanely long, but patched to be a bit better, character creator was more grotesque than the creatures in the game.
 
Malakhov said:
If the witcher 3 loses to bloodborne and rdr2 lost to mgs, this place is a shithole when taste is concerned

Not an actual shithole, I ❤ you all
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No you're right, it's a shithole.

Witcher 3, RDR 2, and Monster Hunter World all deserved better. Tekken 7 didnt even make the list.

Amateurs.
 
I would normally say Bloodborne, because I liked it a little bit more. Its descend into fucked up town was great and I loved the combat. It was such a unique experience and truly special.

W3 on the other hand had a good story with great characters and side stories in a beautiful world. The DLCs were also amazing.

BUT W3 on a beefy PC with a healthy amount of .ini tweaks looks just so good and runs good as well. Bloodborne on the other hand..... I bought the DLC but didn't even play it. I just couldn't stomach the awful performance anymore.

So it's Witcher 3 for me. It would be Bloodborne but the bad performance is unacceptable. Like, not even a PS4 Pro patch?
 
Malakhov said:
I'll take greatest immersion and story with average gameplay over excellent gameplay and average to non existent story.
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Games still have crap story compared to other entertainment media.

A game with great gameplay has far more replayability.

smorgasbird said:
Witcher 3 is good but has some pretty huge gameplay flaws. The exp system was crap and quickly made you too overpowered for many sidequests. The combat system was garbage but it gets a pass because the bar is so low due to everyone else doing that sluggish Bioware MMO style crap with inconsistent rubber banding (you can move freely but some attacks randomly ignore distance). The ending conditions are botched and you can very easily get a crappy (as in, low quality) ending through some very arbitrary decisions (like doing a snowball fight or choosing a dialog option that makes no sense in context). It also has a lot of filler, but, again, the bar is very low so it is usually given a pass. PCRPGs went to crap for the most part since imho some time around KOTOR 2 and that makes Witcher 3 seem a lot better than it really is. None of its individual systems are actually good and it's like nobody remembers the precedent set by past games like Morrowind, VtM:Bloodlines...
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What about Divinity: Original Sin 1 & 2 and Disco Elysium?
 
Malakhov said:
Bloodborne is more immersive than the witcher or rdr2? 😂

Here let me try to go through this for the 10th time, I'm so immersed...
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I can do that too: waiting for Geralt to finish talking to peasant #7 is so immersive. Peasant #7 wants you to find his goat so you turn on detective mode and run around in the woods from scripted event to scripted event. You're extremely overlevelled because you did 3 side quests out of the available 11 so you melt all the enemies. Turns out the goat was killed by a monster of some kind. Use detective mode to find and kill it in 1 hit and then go back and get 12 gold from peasant #7. Can't wait to do this 25 more times.

I actually like W3, but it's seriously flawed.
 
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witcher 3 is really good imo but it needs specific profile (people who can ignore games features ) to shine the best.
it pushes boundaries of the media.
in comparison bloodborne is more beautifull and oriented action ps3 game very good at what it do.
but what witcher do for the industry transcend the game itself.
it's also the standard bearer of a way to push content
An important thing to me especially this gen.
 
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smorgasbird said:
I can do that too: waiting for Geralt to finish talking to peasant #7 is so immersive. Peasant #7 wants you to find his goat so you turn on detective mode and run around in the woods from scripted event to scripted event. You're extremely overlevelled because you did 3 side quests out of the available 11 so you melt all the enemies. Turns out the goat was killed by a monster of some kind. Use detective mode to find and kill it in 1 hit and then go back and get 12 gold from peasant #7. Can't wait to do this 25 more times.

I actually like W3, but it's seriously flawed.
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That's sidequests, not the actual story and not required, it's filler. Can't say that I've played them since I've learned a long time ago to stick to main quests and story or I burnout on these games. With kids and being a single parent I have no time for that shit anymore.
 
martino said:
but what witcher do for the industry transcend the game itself.
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What? I may be missing the effect you are referring to.

If nothing else Bloodborne made a bunch of people fall in love with the Souls games. Everyone uses the term souls-like to describe certain game mechanics or difficulty. What have people said witcher-like or CDPR-like about?
 
sponk said:
Bloodborne is better

- better atmosphere
- unique artstyle
- good and challenging gameplay

Witcher 3's combat is just too bad to consider the game a gotg contender, even though the world is vast and beautiful.
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Gameplay does not mean combat, which is what most people seem to equate it to for some reason. Everything you do in the game is gameplay
 
martino said:
witcher 3 is really good imo but it needs specific profile (people who can ignore games features ) to shine the best.
it pushes boundaries of the media.
in comparison bloodborne is more beautifull and oriented action ps3 game very good at what it do.
but what witcher do for the industry transcend the game itself.
it's also the standard bearer of a way to push content
An important thing to me especially this gen.
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It does look like ps3 game indeed
 
kingpotato said:
What? I may be missing the effect you are referring to.

If nothing else Bloodborne made a bunch of people fall in love with the Souls games. Everyone uses the term souls-like to describe certain game mechanics or difficulty. What have people said witcher-like or CDPR-like about?
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souls not borne you're making a confusion and that happened the gen before.
 
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Balducci30 said:
I can't get past the beginning of Witcher 3 it's just far too slow and doesn't grab me at all - Bloodborne was great tho
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Yea it is a little slow, I feel playing Witcher 1 and 2 beforehand help a lot as seeing how much has changed since 2 basically leaves your jaw dropped for a long while haha.
 
The GOAT battle right here, lads. Nothing comes close to these two titles for me in this generation that is about to close.

I'm going with Bloodborne. Was my introduction to the Soulsborne series and have since been a huge fan of the games. Something completely new for me. That just leaves more of an impression than an open world RPG, no matter how good that one also really is, I've played those before.
 
Combat gameplay in Witcher 3 sucked, but everything else was god tier. Also 30 million vs 2,5 sold copies made me vote for Witcher 3.
 
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And I like the Witcher 3 as well but the way some people talk about it you would be led to believe it isn't just some cookie cutter AAA open world RPG propped up by an amazing story and world building.
 
smorgasbird said:
The ending conditions are botched and you can very easily get a crappy (as in, low quality) ending through some very arbitrary decisions (like doing a snowball fight or choosing a dialog option that makes no sense in context).
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Precisely that is my only gripe about this game. Yea, I got the bad ending initially, and I'm still very salty about it ;)
But seriously, (spoiler alert) letting Ciri light a building on fire is good parenting/good friendship? When she's depressed, a snowball fight is that much more helpful than a night out with friends (aka, drinking)? Even in retrospect, some of the choices simply didn't make any sense to me.

Anyways, witcher 3 is still my favorite game ever, so it gets my vote.
 
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