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 .
xxxKarma said:
To understand The Witcher 3 story I don't have to go and watch an explanation in YouTube.

Checkmate 20fps lovers
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100+fps of 20fps input processing < 30fps of 30fps input processing.

You can render sluggish movement very fast and I guess it's cool being able to check out the scenery with the smooth responsive camera while Geralt stumbles around like a gorilla.
 
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Bladed Thesis said:
Banter insinuates an exchange of playful or friendly teasing.

So "oh my god, BB should be winning, everybody is so dumb" or "BB isn't winning? this site has no taste" probably doesn't fall under the umbrella of banter.
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We have different criteria for what's acceptable. I wouldn't get angry at all if someone called me a weeb for preferring Bloodborne.
 
smorgasbird said:
We have different criteria for what's acceptable. I wouldn't get angry at all if someone called me a weeb for preferring Bloodborne.
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Well, somebody poking fun at your for liking BB by calling you a weeb sounds a lot more like banter than "oh my god this site has no taste" I'm sure you can agree with that.

And my criteria was the actual definition for banter...
 
Witcher 3 and it aint even close. Witcher 3 is probably the best non-izometric/top-down RPG ever made. Bloodborne aint even the best souls-like game, one of the most overrated games in the history of gaming, the only thing top notch about it is the art direction.

Witcher 3 has god tier soundtrack that I still listen to this day some select songs from it, great chars, story, content, probably the best DLCs EVER MADE; the only thing average about witcher 3 is the combat. Masterpiece.

I'm sorry but I just cant comprehend a trashbin "you died, try again" game even compare to such a behemoth. There, someone had to say it.
 
YuLY said:
Witcher 3 and it aint even close. Witcher 3 is probably the best non-izometric/top-down RPG ever made. Bloodborne aint even the best souls-like game, one of the most overrated games in the history of gaming, the only thing top notch about it is the art direction.

Witcher 3 has god tier soundtrack that I still listen to this day some select songs from it, great chars, story, content, probably the best DLCs EVER MADE; the only thing average about witcher 3 is the combat. Masterpiece.

I'm sorry but I just cant comprehend a trashbin "you died, try again" game even compare to such a behemoth. There, someone had to say it.
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If you practice enough, I'm sure you can beat Cleric Beast... some day!
There is no need to be upset.
 
KungFucius said:
This is silly. One is a game that has a fanatical following that most people don't really enjoy and the other in a best seller enjoyed by millions on all platforms. I wonder how much the Bloodborne vote is tainted by PS console war BS.
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Ok but this poll and competition is about which games neogaf users prefer. How popular these games are on a larger scale among the hundreds of millions of people that play videogames is pretty much irrelevant.

Not to mention the whole "b..but sony games will win by default because fanboys and SonyGaf!!!" argument went down the drain now that we have 4 games left and this is literally the only Sony exclusive that's still in the competition (and it was only codeveloped by an actual first party studio)
 
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YuLY said:
Witcher 3 and it aint even close. Witcher 3 is probably the best non-izometric/top-down RPG ever made. Bloodborne aint even the best souls-like game, one of the most overrated games in the history of gaming, the only thing top notch about it is the art direction.

Witcher 3 has god tier soundtrack that I still listen to this day some select songs from it, great chars, story, content, probably the best DLCs EVER MADE; the only thing average about witcher 3 is the combat. Masterpiece.

I'm sorry but I just cant comprehend a trashbin "you died, try again" game even compare to such a behemoth. There, someone had to say it.
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Witcher 3 has very little role playing available. Your build matters very little.

It does give you branching storyline similar to David Cage game.

Witcher games are more about getting immersed, similar to Elder Scroll series.
 
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Fbh said:
Ok but this poll and competition is about which games neogaf users prefer. How popular these games are on a larger scale among the hundreds of millions of people that play videogames is pretty much irrelevant.

Not to mention the whole "b..but sony games will win by default because fanboys and SonyGaf!!!" argument went down the drain now that we have 4 games left and this is literally the only Sony exclusive that's still in the competition (and it was only codeveloped by an actual first party studio)
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Yea but what I think Firestartah Firestartah is saying is that the vote wouldn't even be this close if it were not for Sony Fanboyism influencing the count to some extent. The indication would be that even Sony fans who never played Bloodborne would lean towards picking Bloodborne because it's an Sony Exclusive. Not to mention that the Witcher 3 plays better in every way on the X1X with the enhanced patch.

It's just as likely though that there is some skew from Xbox fanboys as well. People who desperately don't want a Sony exclusive to win.

And then there's those folks who never played either of the games and it come down to what they can surmise from the thread's banter itself.

Regardless, the sample is what it is and the people have spoken, in the end I don't think the reasons people voted the way they voted matters.
 
xxxKarma said:
Bloodborne, all the game, at launch and now.

BTW, I don't know what you're talking about, I played TW3 on PC.

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The last thing i know it runs 30fps with the Pro the only problem is the framepacing issue. The Witcher 3 don't remember i think it runs 30fps too on the Pro. They run the same to me. Played both and loved both. The FPS problem felt it more in Witcher 3 than BB.
 
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vaibhavpisal said:
Witcher 3 has very little role playing available. Your build matters very little.
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Lets be honest, do builds in any PvE game ever really matter?
Unless the player is a complete noob most games are intuitive enough to help you choose beneficial stats intelligently, up to a certain point. Everything beyond is just optimizing stats to squeeze out that dmg% in order to make it easier on higher difficulties.
 
Kamina said:
Lets be honest, do builds in any PvE game ever really matter?
Unless the player is a complete noob most games are intuitive enough to help you choose beneficial stats intelligently, up to a certain point. Everything beyond is just optimizing stats to squeeze out that dmg% in order to make it easier on higher difficulties.
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this is highly satisfying and whole point of rpgs for a lot of people.
 
Anyone actually surprised that a multi-platform title will have an advantage over a single-platform release in a vox-pop?
 
Kamina said:
Oh I agree, and that can also be done in W3. I have seen Adrenaline or Potion builds that are sick.
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yes you can put effort if you wanted to.

my personal preference for enjoying witcher games is enjoy music and scenery. button mash when combat begins with dodge wherever necessary. most of my potions and signs remain unused for some reason as its hardly necessary.
 
mcz117chief said:
The biggest problem I have with Witcher 3 is Witcher 1. I just can't get through that game. The story is pretty uninteresting, the combat isn't anything special and the quests are very generic. The only really good thing about Witcher is the music which really helps with setting the mood, but I feel like by the time I beat Witcher 1 and 2 I'll be one foot in the grave.
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Komatsu said:
You can ignore W1, which was developed with the rather janky Aurora engine licensed from BioWare, and go straight to Witcher 2, which is an amazing game. 3, however, is in a class of its own.
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Do NOT skip Witcher 1. Some characters pop up in Witcher 3 that you won't have seen since the first game as they never show up in 2. Witcher 1's story is fucking awesome and next to it's music, is it's best aspect. It's absolutely worth the jank to play through Witcher 1. It's still very immersive, the "lesser" races live in the slums and ghetto's, NPC's run for shelter during fights or bad weather. It's all very immersive and should be played. Witcher 3 is the culmination of everything they learned from Witcher 1 and 2.

You don't need to play either of the Witcher's to enjoy 3, but you'll enjoy Witcher 3 a whole lot more if you did play both before.
 
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YuLY said:
Witcher 3 and it aint even close. Bloodborne aint even the best souls-like game, one of the most overrated games in the history of gaming, the only thing top notch about it is the art direction.

Witcher 3 has god tier soundtrack that I still listen to this day some select songs from it, great chars, story, content, probably the best DLCs EVER MADE. Masterpiece.

I'm sorry but I just cant comprehend a trashbin "you died, try again" game even compare to such a behemoth. There, someone had to say it.
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This post is funny, because you could almost take those two lines, switch Bloodborne/Witcher 3 around, and it would still be right from someone else' perspective. lol
 
Arachnid said:
This post is funny, because you could almost take those two lines, switch Bloodborne/Witcher 3 around, and it would still be right from someone else' perspective. lol
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Um, Witcher 3 is actually the best Witcher game, where as Bloodborne is not the best souls game. That award goes to the original Dark Souls. bloodborne is on par with DS3 so it could go either way, better than DS2 in my opinion and I've given my reasons over and over again. I wouldn't say Witcher 3 is overrated either. I also wouldn't say Bloodborne is overrated. It's a great game. I don't remember the soundtrack from Bloodborne, probably because Souls games use music fairly strategically...like only during boss battles, while at camp or...the title screen? Witcher 3's soundtrack is very good. So much I often listen to it on Spotify while playing other RPG's and MMO's.

The "You died, try again" comment was a step too far though. I love the souls formula. Kill me morrrrrrre!

So I wouldn't say the names are exactly interchangeable.
 
Jigsaah said:
Um, Witcher 3 is actually the best Witcher game, where as Bloodborne is not the best souls game. That award goes to the original Dark Souls. bloodborne is on par with DS3 so it could go either way, better than DS2 in my opinion and I've given my reasons over and over again. I wouldn't say Witcher 3 is overrated either. I also wouldn't say Bloodborne is overrated. It's a great game. I don't remember the soundtrack from Bloodborne, probably because Souls games use music fairly strategically...like only during boss battles, while at camp or...the title screen? Witcher 3's soundtrack is very good. So much I often listen to it on Spotify while playing other RPG's and MMO's.

The "You died, try again" comment was a step too far though. I love the souls formula. Kill me morrrrrrre!

So I wouldn't say the names are exactly interchangeable.
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Yeah, that's why I italicized almost. They're not exactly interchangeable. Do you know how many times I've seen people praise Bloodborne for soundtrack, characters, lore, full content, and the FANTASTIC DLC expansion? That part fit almost word for word. Also, IMO (and many others) Bloodborne is the best souls-like ever made. It currently has the the highest rated aggregate so this isn't some uncommon opinion. Plus, switch out souls-like with open world RPG, and that part would still be very arguably interchangeable.

Meanwhile, I've seen tons of people criticize Witcher 3 and call it the most overrated game this gen with the exception of art design and story (though I have seen plenty of people call Witcher 2's story better). The main story in Witcher was nothing to write home about anyways. There were more interesting side quests in the game, and both the DLCs were better,
 
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Arachnid said:
Yeah, that's why I italicized almost. They're not exactly interchangeable. Do you know how many times I've seen people praise Bloodborne for soundtrack, characters, lore, full content, and the FANTASTIC DLC expansion? That part fit almost word for word. Also, IMO (and many others) Bloodborne is the best souls-like ever made. It currently has the the highest rated aggregate so this isn't some uncommon opinion. Plus, switch out souls-like with open world RPG, and that part would still be very arguably interchangeable.

Meanwhile, I've seen tons of people criticize Witcher 3 and call it the most overrated game this gen with the exception of art design and story (though I have seen plenty of people call Witcher 2's story better). The main story in Witcher was nothing to write home about anyways. There were more interesting side quests in the game, and both the DLCs were better,
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What's great about anecdotes is that you don't need evidence. I've heard so many more people than you say that Bloodborne is the most overrated game this gen with the exception of art design and combat (though I have seen plenty of people call Dark Soul's combat better). The main story in Bloodborne was nothing to write home about anyways. There were more interesting side quests in the game, and the DLC was better.
 
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Krappadizzle said:
What's great about anecdotes is that you don't need evidence. I've heard so many more people than you say that Bloodborne is the most overrated game this gen with the exception of art design and story (though I have seen plenty of people call Dark Soul's story better). The main story in Bloodborne was nothing to write home about anyways. There were more interesting side quests in the game, and both the DLCs were better.
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It's just an observation. It's not meant to be or start an argument. Bloodborne is regularly praised for all that, in the same way he praised Witcher. In the end, it's all opinion anyways so it doesn't really matter (which is why I stated "from someone else's perspective").
 
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Arachnid said:
It's just an observation. It's not meant to be or start an argument. Bloodborne is regularly praised for all that, in the same way he praised Witcher. In the end, it's all opinion anyways so it doesn't really matter.
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I'm just saying that when you use anecdotes as evidence, you don't leave much room for ACTUAL evidence because you are so sure that your personal experience is THE definitive experience.

Whether one is better than the other is subjective to each individual. What is NOT subjective is sales figures, Witcher 3 being one of the best selling games of the generation, on top of being single player, from a studio that I'm sure many had never even heard of. It's a hell of an accomplishment from a small Polish studio that turned itself into a juggernaut with the release of 1 game.

From Software has been around for 30+ years and have put out some bangers in that time, Armored Core 2, Adventures of Cookies and Cream, Otogi 1 + 2, etc....they've been doing it for a long time and I'm a huge fan of them.

But if I compare individual games, I think Witcher 3 takes the cake. What people complain about the most, is combat, and I've only ever really spent time playing it modded on PC and have enjoyed the hell out of it so that complaint doesn't resonate with me. I've played through Bloodborne twice and gun to my Momma's head and I couldn't tell you what it's about...A virus got released in a victorian like england place and Cthulu Monsters come?!?

One has to watch Vaatividya lore videos to understand it. And while I think it's interesting, it's not THAT interesting that I care enough to put the effort into piecing it all together bit by bit. It's fucking boring.
 
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YuLY said:
Witcher 3 and it aint even close. Witcher 3 is probably the best non-izometric/top-down RPG ever made. Bloodborne aint even the best souls-like game, one of the most overrated games in the history of gaming, the only thing top notch about it is the art direction.

Witcher 3 has god tier soundtrack that I still listen to this day some select songs from it, great chars, story, content, probably the best DLCs EVER MADE; the only thing average about witcher 3 is the combat. Masterpiece.

I'm sorry but I just cant comprehend a trashbin "you died, try again" game even compare to such a behemoth. There, someone had to say it.
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It isnt too late to delete this bro
 
Krappadizzle said:
I'm just saying that when you use anecdotes as evidence, you don't leave much room for ACTUAL evidence because you are so sure that your personal experience is THE definitive experience.

Whether one is better than the other is subjective to each individual. What is NOT subjective is sales figures, Witcher 3 being one of the best selling games of the generation, on top of being single player, from a studio that I'm sure many had never even heard of. It's a hell of an accomplishment from a small Polish studio that turned itself into a juggernaut with the release of 1 game.

From Software has been around for 30+ years and have put out some bangers in that time, Armored Core 2, Adventures of Cookies and Cream, Otogi 1 + 2, etc....they've been doing it for a long time and I'm a huge fan of them.

But if I compare individual games, I think Witcher 3 takes the cake. What people complain about the most, is combat, and I've only ever really spent time playing it modded on PC and have enjoyed the hell out of it so that complaint doesn't resonate with me. I've played through Bloodborne twice and gun to my Momma's head and I couldn't tell you what it's about...A virus got released in a victorian like england place and Cthulu Monsters come?!?

One has to watch Vaatividya lore videos to understand it. And while I think it's interesting, it's not THAT interesting that I care enough to put the effort into piecing it all together bit by bit. It's fucking boring.
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Which is fine. The anecdotes aren't meant to be evidence because I'm not trying to prove anything factual. I'm not even saying Bloodborne is better than Witcher 3 (you could find an earlier post in this thread that names both as my personal games of the gen, though I prefer Bloodborne). Plus, could you honestly tell me you've never seen anybody praise Bloodbornes lore or soundtrack (there are even live orchestral tours that play BB pieces; the soundtrack was one of the best I've ever seen in a game)? I've seen both in this very thread, not to mention reviews.

The lore is fantastic, though I don't blame you for not wanting to do the research to get it. I can see why it'd be annoying. These games are gameplay first anyways. It does enhance the experience in soulsborne games though. If you don't know who Gwyn is, you're just fighting some old guy with a fire sword at the end of Dark Souls 1. If you don't know what an outright bastard Pontiff Sullivan is in DS3, you're probably not quite as fired up about killing him. Ludwig in BB was sad as shit (not to mention set up in the main game), and that combined so well with the soundtrack and his second phase shift when he regained his humanity right before death.

Witcher 3 and Bloodborne both do things differently. IMO, Witcher has better story/characters and more of it. Bloodbornes combat and gameplay loop are better than Witchers to me. I played and loved both for different reasons, and both gave me an experience in what they're good at that isn't topped or even matched by many games in their respective genres. I do have gripes with Witchers combat (I even played on Death March to really try to experience), but it was serviceable to me and not really why I enjoyed the game anyways.
 
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