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i need another witcher 3 in my life
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nkarafo
Member
The Witcher 3 would be perfect if the loot wasn't as useless. If you focus on making Witcher green gear, which is very easy, all you need is materials. But every other weapon/armor that drops from monsters, even ones much higher than your level, are always vendor trash.
Also, after a certain level, the highest level Witcher gear becomes under-leveled. That means, all the trash weapons/armor that drop from mobs have higher stats and damage, but at the same time they lack the special bonuses you get from the completed Witcher gear sets. So near the end game you have to "pick your poison" when it comes to gearing, something i never had to do in the rest of the game.
Also, after a certain level, the highest level Witcher gear becomes under-leveled. That means, all the trash weapons/armor that drop from mobs have higher stats and damage, but at the same time they lack the special bonuses you get from the completed Witcher gear sets. So near the end game you have to "pick your poison" when it comes to gearing, something i never had to do in the rest of the game.
Bulletbrain
Member
Maybe it's just me, but i think Witcher games should not focus a lot on loot. I thought of witchers as monster hunters that are just getting by with regard to finances. Maybe repairing and upgrading their existing gear with whatever they can get their hands on. Once in a while they might get some wind of some legendary gear hidden away, but those should be rare rare instances. I realise the system in Witcher 3 was contrary to what I describe above, but I think the solution is to focus less on random loot, and make gear collection rare but involved side quests
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RoadHazard
Gold Member
Good news then, it's being released again!
But no, I agree. TW3 and BotW are the two games from recent years I feel that way about. We have a sequel to the latter coming pretty soon at least.
But no, I agree. TW3 and BotW are the two games from recent years I feel that way about. We have a sequel to the latter coming pretty soon at least.
RoadHazard
Gold Member
Great game, last dlc was even better. Loved every part of it.
I still haven't played the DLC, will be doing that once the next-gen patch drops. I just need to decide if I'm gonna do another full playthrough of the base game as well or just do the DLC on my finished save.
anthony2690
Member
Don't worry, you'll have another version of the Witcher 3 in your life on the 14th December 
gaming_again
Member
I am with you, brother. No game world has ever felt so alive to me. Here's hoping they don't fuck up the Dec 13 upgrade.
lostinblue
Banned
Not judging, but that's a like a boring whatsapp simulator with redundant information always being fed to you and no redeeming qualities, for me. So I really don't understand how it could be put on a pedestral, Persona 2EP/IS, Persona 3, Persona 4 are all so much better.
I finished it, but hated every minute of it after the first/second dungeon, it never picked up and everything kept being generic. Even the battle system felt barebones (rock, paper scissors) in a way prior games didn't even if they already had similar systems in. Did you play P5 Royal? I got the vibe that P5 Royal must be even worse because if there's something that P5 doesn't need is added content/text.
Witcher 3 is amazing.
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buenoblue
Member
. I bin straight up called out en it 
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Bragr
Banned
CD Projekt RED has a fetish for loot, it's the same in Cyberpunk.
Remove the combat and story and The Witcher 3 is like playing as a walking trash can. The amount of shit you carry around makes no sense.
Markio128
Gold Member
I love The Witcher 3 as well - the story, world and characters (the Baron story is the single greatest, most impactful story in any RPG that I’ve played) are fantastic and I couldn’t be more excited to try the PS5 version in a few weeks.
And you’re also right, in that very few games are able to scratch the same itch. I also agree with the world of RDR2, however, I did get bored of the gameplay unfortunately, so I’ve never managed to complete the game - maybe a current gen upgrade could lure me back, but doubt that will happen now.
The game that triggered my imagination the most was Morrowind. It was my first experience of an open world RPG and it blew my mind.
Edit: And a shout out to Omikron on Dreamcast. The game itself has some terrible design choices at times, but I really felt part of the world and loved the atmosphere.
Edit 2!: I’d put the first two Shenmue games in this camp, of feeling part of a place and time.
And you’re also right, in that very few games are able to scratch the same itch. I also agree with the world of RDR2, however, I did get bored of the gameplay unfortunately, so I’ve never managed to complete the game - maybe a current gen upgrade could lure me back, but doubt that will happen now.
The game that triggered my imagination the most was Morrowind. It was my first experience of an open world RPG and it blew my mind.
Edit: And a shout out to Omikron on Dreamcast. The game itself has some terrible design choices at times, but I really felt part of the world and loved the atmosphere.
Edit 2!: I’d put the first two Shenmue games in this camp, of feeling part of a place and time.
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Kenpachii
Member
DLC is basically a entire new game but shorter, its really good. I would say just replay the main game to delay it as much as possible so u have something to look forwards too. I would even say 100% the main game first, just to delay it even more. U can only experience it once for the first time and then never again. The last DLC is by far my favorite part of the game its really good.
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Drizzlehell
Banned
Yeah, same here OP.
I remember when I used to spend months on an end playing through The Witcher trilogy, and then replaying TW3 like 3 times in a row, with base game first and then again with each subsequent expansion. I remember how excited I was about making each new discovery, how blown away I was by the quality of storytelling and the overall presentation. I was completely enthralled with that game and I wanted to know everything about the lore and backstory, which also led me back to the source and I read all the books.
The only other games/franchises that managed to grab me to that degree were KOTOR and Mass Effect, with Dragon Age to a slightly lesser extent. However, there was no other game to come out since The Witcher 3 that would manage to top it for me, or at least make an equal impression.
A lot of the times you can hear someone saying "that game ruined other games for me", and I think it's not really about how you won't be able to appreciate other games after playing that one, personal Holy Grail. It's more about how you will now always try out new games that seem to be doing something similar, and expect them to deliver the same kind of experience only to fall flat somehow. I remember being pretty excited when I first had a chance to try out Horizon Zero Dawn or Ghost of Tsushima because I heard some flattering comparisons to The Witcher 3 around the internet. But every time I was sorely disappointed and it probably made my opinion of those games much more critical than it would be if I didn't have those huge expectations for them.
I'm kinda hoping that Starfield would be the next game that I will fall in love with like that because it sounds like everything I want out of a video game on paper. I sincerely hope it will be every bit as awesome as it looks on those previews.
I remember when I used to spend months on an end playing through The Witcher trilogy, and then replaying TW3 like 3 times in a row, with base game first and then again with each subsequent expansion. I remember how excited I was about making each new discovery, how blown away I was by the quality of storytelling and the overall presentation. I was completely enthralled with that game and I wanted to know everything about the lore and backstory, which also led me back to the source and I read all the books.
The only other games/franchises that managed to grab me to that degree were KOTOR and Mass Effect, with Dragon Age to a slightly lesser extent. However, there was no other game to come out since The Witcher 3 that would manage to top it for me, or at least make an equal impression.
A lot of the times you can hear someone saying "that game ruined other games for me", and I think it's not really about how you won't be able to appreciate other games after playing that one, personal Holy Grail. It's more about how you will now always try out new games that seem to be doing something similar, and expect them to deliver the same kind of experience only to fall flat somehow. I remember being pretty excited when I first had a chance to try out Horizon Zero Dawn or Ghost of Tsushima because I heard some flattering comparisons to The Witcher 3 around the internet. But every time I was sorely disappointed and it probably made my opinion of those games much more critical than it would be if I didn't have those huge expectations for them.
I'm kinda hoping that Starfield would be the next game that I will fall in love with like that because it sounds like everything I want out of a video game on paper. I sincerely hope it will be every bit as awesome as it looks on those previews.
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
Agree with you mate, played it for many hours and it felt boring. Exploration felt meaningless and the combat very poor, both gameplay and balance wise.
Happy for the OP tho, it's cool to have a game you like so much. I don't think I've put so many many hours into a single game, aside from Dragon's Dogma which I really recommend. Doesn't have a lot of story tho, it's more like an open-world beat-em-up with RPG stuff thrown in there.
gaming_again
Member
I had fallen out of love with games since like 2009, bar Mario Galaxy. Witcher 3 brought me back.
Sentenza
Member
As a side note, the total conversion mod Archolos released one year ago is every bit as good as vanilla Gothic 2 and a must play for any fan of the series.
It's more or less the Gothic 3 I always regretted NOT getting from Gothic 3.
It's a stand-alone installation that only requires to own Gothic 2 in your library (the Steam version, at least).
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Kurotri
Member
Different strokes for different folks, I guess. Yah I played Golden and 3 FES, they are also at the top for me. I just love them.
Rhazer Fusion
Member
A lot of people don’t like Witcher 3? I thought most people either liked it or loved it.
lostinblue
Banned
My bad, I meant P5 Royal but my brain wrote Golden instead.
I loved every Persona (minus the first one) until Persona 5 hit. Never bought the Royal edition after it was so hard for me to soldier on with the normal version.
Denton
Member
Depends how you define a lot. Are 4% out of 608,113 people a lot? If so, then yeah, a lot.
Von Hugh
Member
Same here. Loved Persona 4, but Persona 5 felt worse in almost every single aspect. Couldn't even finish it.
cartman414
Member
Not dislike so much as feel that its acclaim is overblown to degrees unseen since Final Fantasy 7.
Guilty_AI
Member
As an RPG its pretty shallow. Combat also isn't very good, and even the story has tons of lows. So there's plenty of reason to dislike it.
I think most of the appeal comes from the sense of adventure. A cool MC traveling around a huge world, getting involved with the locals, accompanied by with cool sights and soundtrack, etc.
Honestly you can get that from most JRPGs, but i guess TW3 is more mainstream and western friendly.
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Seems like you are a "bit" disingenuous, eh?
Which of them is a "cinematic game" again?
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Guilty_AI
Member
tbf cutscenes in TW3 are still part of "the game" since you're still controlling the character through conversation choices
samoilaaa
Member
not at all , first of all its 13 hours of cutscenes from a 60-70 hour game at least , in god of war one third of the game is cutscenes
2nd you usually make decisions during those cutscenes or at the end that affect the story , i might return make another decision and the story changes
alabtrosMyster
Banned
Buy it on switch, PC, ps4, xbone, etc. Get all versions you don't already own!
Games of Today
Member
Have you played Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning? That game has awesome mage powers.
Mr Branding
Member
Me too man. I’ve finished this game and it’s dlc multiple times and it engrossed me into it’s world each and every time. Also a big fan of Morrowind/Oblivion/Skyrim and am also dying for a similar in-depth open world rpg.
Does Elden Ring fit the bill? Previously finished DS1 and BB but I’m wondering if the open world is as immersive or just a typical FromSoft level but on a larger scale.
Does Elden Ring fit the bill? Previously finished DS1 and BB but I’m wondering if the open world is as immersive or just a typical FromSoft level but on a larger scale.
gaming_again
Member
Elden Ring does not scratch that itch, no. It’s pure action and the world has been built to serve that.
samoilaaa
Member
i did , im still waiting for the announcement of the sequel or reboot from thq nordic
samoilaaa
Member
that would really be an adventure , unfortunately women dont like me very much , maybe because of my anti social personality
) , who knows
AJUMP23
Parody of actual AJUMP23
There may be someone....put yourself out the there.that would really be an adventure , unfortunately women dont like me very much , maybe because of my anti social personality