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 .
Maybe It's Medicine? said:
The third game in a series that appeals to casual and core gamers alike on every platform under the sun, with a strong following of fans of the books and tv series vs a niche game on a single platform in what is currently a one off title. Hmm gee, let's see how far this forum's Sony bias carries bloodborne I guess 🤔

I'll give this much to bloodborne, for the amount of undeserved hype Sony's first party titles get, it was the only one that unquestionably earned it. The Witcher 3 was better in every way except raw combat and if combat is the deciding factor here, where the fuck are the myriad of games like DmC5 at that did it better than Bloodborne?
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Fact is if TW3 was sony exclusive the poll here on gaf would read 80% v 20% in favor of Witcher.
 
Maybe It's Medicine? said:
The third game in a series that appeals to casual and core gamers alike on every platform under the sun, with a strong following of fans of the books and tv series vs a niche game on a single platform in what is currently a one off title.
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I'm not trying to flame mate but painting Bloodborne as a stand alone title in anything but name and setting is about as dishonest as you can get here.
 
DanEON said:
Really, 51% only for TW3? lol
People take the exclusive thing too serious. OMG.
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Maybe some people genuinely dont like the witcher 3? Like some don't like Bloodbourne. There so many games I preferred to it.

I played it for 3 hours and couldn't carry on. I literally tried to like it.
The combat in the 1st 2 games was better.

Its preference. To me the lore, atmoshpere and combat in Bloodbourne is too good.

I mean you try saving a little girl that gets eaten by a Pig on the way to the safe area while you find her ribbon stuck in its butt....
 
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Tschumi said:
Can i just say, and i preface this by saying i haven't really seen much of this combat, but can i just say that this looks like the same button mash/parry/roll away combat in so many other games, including witcher 3?

Going through this video step by step for a few moments.. first is a button mash sword swing into midair, he gets rightly punished by the enemy lunging in on him. Then it cuts to some other part where he's done the ciri teleport in an attempt to get behind the mob, which he does. Then it cuts again to two more ciri teleports and a bunch of hits on the mob. Finally it cuts to the guy getting stabbed because he ciri teleported into the mobs hitbox for a long stab.

So, basically, Witcher 3 except with, i guess, less expansive areas and harder, unoptional enemies vs. your level? Everyone says BB combat is some kind of extra-videogame experience but from what i can tell it's not that different from what's in Witcher 3, or most other such titles.
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Bloodborne is FAR from button mashing. The difference between it and other games is the technicality to that parry/dodge/attack loop. If you mistime it, you get punished big time. If you try to button mash like you say, you won't make it out of the starting area. The beauty in Soulsborne combat comes from all the enemy variety, the pace, and the fact that even the smallest enemy has an unpredictability to their attack pattern that could end you.

In Witcher 3, if you fight one drowner, you get the general idea. You hit them 2-3 times and they always, without fail, go for that same lunge attack that powers through your attacks (which you always easily sidestep into another combo until the same exact thing happens). If you don't attack, they always close the distance and attack you with that double swipe lunge. I got too comfortable fighting drowners in Witcher. I could wipe out multiple on death march difficulty in a way that's almost kind of brainless. Hell, you could spam dodge in Witcher and not have much of a problem avoiding any attack all game while your health refills to max from some food in a few seconds on death march (instant healing on lower difficulties). After a while, you could just power through and button mash/decapitate every single enemy without much thought.

In Bloodborne, I still pause when I encounter the two werewolves on the bridge to the first boss. I can comfortably take one, though even one will get a good combo on me here and there. You can't spam dodge because that drains stamina, and you need to manage your stamina in soulsborne games or it leads to you getting facerolled by enemies. Enemies are quick and lethal, so you have to choose your openings and know when to go on the offensive or defensive. You have to understand attack patterns of tons of enemy types in a game where any enemy can 1-4 shot you, all while managing your own stats. Different enemies have different weaknesses that make them more managable (which you have to figure out by yourself; the game doesn't have a bestiary that spells it out for you). These games have 30+ bosses with super diverse move sets (it never gets predictable like Witcher or God of War 3), and all the bosses have multiple phases that throw in completely new movesets. Looking at that 3 second gif it looks like any other hack and slash game, but this isn't Bayonetta. It definitely isn't Witcher 3. The beauty in Soulsborne combat is in the technical aspect. People praise the combat in these games for a reason.
 
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Touch fuzZy. get BizZay said:
So polls can be rigged after all. this thread is evidence now
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Obviously the work of alts.
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My one complaint in this entire thing is you couldn't see WHO voted for who.
 
TW3 baby let's go!!

LazyParrot said:
Easy choice. Combat in The Witcher sucked, Geralt's raspy voice was super annoying, and the music was lame, too. Combat in Bloodborne was great, my character never opened his mouth and the music was great too.
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Lol I loved his voice. As a matter of fact I just recently played through the entire base game and DLCs in Polish with English subs and while there were a lot of good performances in there (Olgierd and Roche sounded so cool) I missed Doug Cockle's raspy Geralt. Couldn't disagree more about the music either, there were some amazing tracks, Blood and Wine's music especially.
 
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- What if Bloodborne makes it?
- No exclusive game will win.
- But what if it does?
- It won't.
*looks at the pool result*
-What does that mean?
- It doesn't mean anything.
People won't allow a game their system of choice don't have to win.

Kudos to those who got the reference.
 
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Enzo88 said:
So TW3 has no gameplay now? XD
It`s a walking simulator?
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It would have been better served as a Telltale game rather than a paint-by-numbers open world aping combat and detective mechanics from the likes of Assassin's Creed and Batman, albeit less successfully.
 
I'm a huge Witcher 3 fan, but I don't really see any loss here. No matter which of these won, you're looking at a wonderful representative for gaming.

Actually, I think it's really cool that a gamer's game like Bloodborne has made it so far.
 
-Arcadia- said:
I'm a huge Witcher 3 fan, but I don't really see any loss here. No matter which of these won, you're looking at a wonderful representative for gaming.

Actually, I think it's really cool that a gamer's game like Bloodborne has made it so far.
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I partially agree with you. Finished Witcher 3 and almost finished BB.
One is the best example of open world we seen so far but it has its flaws. The characters and quests alone carry the game throughout.
The other is IMO and I believe several here will agree, one of, if not the best Soulsborne ever created. It's the formula pushed as near to perfection as possible. If that doesn't scream GOTG to people, I can't see what does.
 
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You guys are clownin' around voting for Witcher 3. I fell off that wagon at Kaer Morhen. I've even tried multiple times to pick it up and finish it but it just doesn't do it for me. Those goofy ass gambesons didn't help.

Bloodborne. I have no idea how many hours I put into that game. It may be my favorite game ever made.
 
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Umbral said:
You guys are clownin' around voting for Witcher 3. I fell off that wagon at Kaer Morhen. I've even tried multiple times to pick it up and finish it but it just doesn't do it for me. Those goofy ass gambesons didn't help.

Bloodborne. I have no idea how many hour I put into that game. It may be my favorite game ever made.
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We lost to the casuals.

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bender said:
It would have been better served as a Telltale game rather than a paint-by-numbers open world aping combat and detective mechanics from the likes of Assassin's Creed and Batman, albeit less successfully.
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bender said:
We lost to the casuals.

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Witcher 3 is for that guy at the party who doesn't look like a nerd but then he casually drops that he plays games, bro. He knows you're whispering "did you know that cool guy was into games?" He used to do that popped collar thing in the 2010s but he stopped because he realized it was a bit douchey even for him.

He's above those juvenile games like that Mario crap and that animu souls shittu. Women would judge him for it. He only likes games where you get to play as a gruff dude who kills things with prejudice, but it's all just part of his job and really he has a sensitive and romantic side. This reflects his real life personality so he hopes the women pick up on that (any day now).
 
John2290 said:
How do I down vote this awful nonsense.
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If you ever touched a pad to play The Witcher 3, you should notice how Geralt acts nothing like what you want him to. If you think that a game whose protagonist is glued to ground has better combat than Bloodborne, let me think you are mistaken. A game that profoundly needs v-sync disengage to become more playable, could be a good "triple A experience", but could certainly learn a thing or two about the the word "game".
 
Explosive Zombie said:
Do you play games for gameplay or story? NeoGAF plays for story... you know you can just READ the Witcher books, right?
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I've read the books and the games continue on from them. A bit of recycling from here and there over the trilogy but by the third game it tells a very good story in its own right, especially in the expansions.

bender said:
I'd love to see the intersection of Witcher 3 fans and Twilight fans.
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I'm not intersecting with them no matter how much you pay me.
 
PhoenixTank said:
I've read the books and the games continue on from them. A bit of recycling from here and there over the trilogy but by the third game it tells a very good story in its own right, especially in the expansions.


I'm not intersecting with them no matter how much you pay me.
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Damn some of you people really seem infantile bashing either game too hard in here.
Both are amazing games! And unlike what people think there is no Sony-mafia made for voting exclusives on NeoGaf higher in the battle of the gen either. The fact that an exclusive made it this far and is this close to one of the most praised games overall this gen shows just how great that game is and you probably should think that you missed something in it if you don't like it at all. Someone even saying the combat in Bloodborne was bad/nothing special LOL!

And The Witcher 3 is also great and one of the best RPGs ever made, including classics. The combat in The Witcher 3 is severly underrated and like a bit clumsier Dark Souls combat basically.

People insulting the other game in this poll would probably side with on of their kids if both of them got in a fight as well. Both of these games deserve the game of the generation status. I still root for Bloodborne since it is my personal favorite after some consideration but I surely wont find it weird if it looses to a cross-platform game that had DLC that won game of the year awards.
 
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DogofWar said:
Damn some of you people really seem infantile bashing either game too hard in here.
Both are amazing games! And unlike what people think there is no Sony-mafia made for voting exclusives on NeoGaf higher in the battle of the gen either. The fact that an exclusive made it this far and is this close to one of the most praised games overall this gen shows just how great that game is and you probably should think that you missed something in it if you don't like it at all. Someone even saying the combat in Bloodborne was bad/nothing special LOL!

And The Witcher 3 is also great and one of the best RPGs ever made, including classics. The combat in The Witcher 3 is severly underrated and like a bit clumsier Dark Souls combat basically.

People insulting the other game in this poll would probably side with on of their kids if both of them got in a fight as well. Both of these games deserve the game of the generation status. I still root for Bloodborne since it is my personal favorite after some consideration but I surely wont find it weird if it looses to a cross-platform game that had DLC that won game of the year awards.
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Yeah, people seem to take a lot of these match ups a little too seriously.

I'm happy. My personal game of the gen is Bloodborne, but Witcher 3, MGSV, and BOTW are all my runner ups. The fact that they all made it to the finals is actually impressive. Good job, Neogaf.
 
Arachnid said:
Yeah, people seem to take a lot of these match ups a little too seriously.

I'm happy. My personal game of the gen is Bloodborne, but Witcher 3, MGSV, and BOTW are all my runner ups. The fact that they all made it to the finals is actually impressive. Good job, Neogaf.
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Maybe you aren't taking this serious enough. Ever thought of that?

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Enzo88 said:
Wait till God of War wins game of the gen and then we are gonna have a talk about bad taste around here XD
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