MGS 5 or Witcher 3?
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MGS5 has better gameplay.
Witcher 3 has the better world
I personally prefer the plot to MGS but that's my own personal preference.
Witcher 3 has the better world
I personally prefer the plot to MGS but that's my own personal preference.
At a quick glance, it's like 60-40 for the Witcher 3.
MGS5 has a better gameplay but very very repetitive, Witcher 3 does everything else better. (Open world, music, story, enemies variations)
I finished every single thing in Witcher 3, currently working on MGS 5, about 30 hours in. It's shocking how little story there is in that game, soundtrack is basically non existant as well so far.
So in the end I'd recommend Witcher 3
I finished every single thing in Witcher 3, currently working on MGS 5, about 30 hours in. It's shocking how little story there is in that game, soundtrack is basically non existant as well so far.
So in the end I'd recommend Witcher 3
qa_engineer
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MGS5 has excellent game play and the addition of open world is nice and all, it just feels extremely barren and repetitive.
The Witcher 3 felt like it had a lot more variation and the world felt a lot more dense IMO. I haven't beaten MGS5 yet so I withhold final judgement but that's just my take at the moment.
Edit: I'm thinking MGS5 could have benefited from current gen console and PC development only. The addition of previous gen console most likely neutered their design decisions.
The Witcher 3 felt like it had a lot more variation and the world felt a lot more dense IMO. I haven't beaten MGS5 yet so I withhold final judgement but that's just my take at the moment.
Edit: I'm thinking MGS5 could have benefited from current gen console and PC development only. The addition of previous gen console most likely neutered their design decisions.
Hmm did you miss the part of my post where I recommended the TPP solely to die hard MGS fans?
And yeah MGS 3 gameplay is great..
But the stealth sandbox gameplay and bag of goodies you can play with in V elevate it above all other Metal Gear games.
This makes me think, there isn't a single mission I've played so far that is even close to as good as the main one in GZ, both objective and layout wise. I hope that changes, I'm about 40 hours in so far though.
sloppyjoe_gamer
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I love that this thread is still going!!
Just a quick update that i got to play Witcher 3 for an hour last night and so far i REALLY love it!!!! Gonna dig in more tonite but so far im very happy with my purchase. Im still gonna get MGS5 down the line too!
Just a quick update that i got to play Witcher 3 for an hour last night and so far i REALLY love it!!!! Gonna dig in more tonite but so far im very happy with my purchase. Im still gonna get MGS5 down the line too!
RandomSeed
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You'll probably play W3 for 125 hours, finish MGS V twice, and people in here will still be going back and forth.
Make sure you turn on the alternate movement setting in Witcher 3.
MiamiWesker
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Yeah it comes down to what you want from the game, a story driven game with an interesting beautiful open world you play witcher. But do you want some of the most incredible gameplay ever put in a game, you go MGSV. I play games to play them, it's no contest for me, MGSV.
Witcher 3 has boring repetitive gameplay. Every battle plays out the same way, most every quest will have you follow a glowy red line that takes you exactly where you need to go and then you fight something, that's mostly the whole game.
MGSV provides unparralleled gameplay freedom. Everythng from a mission to a side op can be done any way you want. It's incredible.
Witcher 3 has boring repetitive gameplay. Every battle plays out the same way, most every quest will have you follow a glowy red line that takes you exactly where you need to go and then you fight something, that's mostly the whole game.
MGSV provides unparralleled gameplay freedom. Everythng from a mission to a side op can be done any way you want. It's incredible.
luckygodzilla
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If you want to take one thing away from this thread it's this.
Yes because this is the only thing to consider when deciding what game to play.
johnnydrama
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Right.
sloppyjoe_gamer
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You'll probably play W3 for 125 hours, finish MGS V twice, and people in here will still be going back and forth.
Make sure you turn on the alternate movement setting in Witcher 3.
Whats that do?
eXistor
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MGSV by a country mile. I love the Witcher 3 btw; it's a must play and one of this years better games, but that game is clunky as hell, overstays its welcome by quite a few hours and falls into the very same trap many of its peers fall into: repetition.
MGSV has so unbelievably much depth to its gameplay, the sheer number of possible ways to tackle any given mission is just incredible. The world design is great as well, but it's obviously very different from the Witcher 3's world. For me gameplay will always be king and MGSV is one of the best games I've ever played in that regard. But again, play the Witcher 3 as well, it's got other great elements to it that don't quite work as well in MGS like the story.
MGSV has so unbelievably much depth to its gameplay, the sheer number of possible ways to tackle any given mission is just incredible. The world design is great as well, but it's obviously very different from the Witcher 3's world. For me gameplay will always be king and MGSV is one of the best games I've ever played in that regard. But again, play the Witcher 3 as well, it's got other great elements to it that don't quite work as well in MGS like the story.
Hatty
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Are you the type that endlessly played MGS 1, 2, 3, and 4 by just messing with guards and using all your cool tools to entertain yourself for hours? Then you should buy MGS5 because this game takes that to the Nth degree. Make your horse poop in the road in front of a moving car and have them slide into a mine or C4 and see how far they fly. Cool dumb stuff like that
SplitYourInfinities
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So you are saying that MGSV is a bad open world game. Wow. Just wow. People is crazy.
It is a great game that didn't need to be an open world game.
CGwizz
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If people cared about performance first maibe publishers would give a shit and dont release games with disgusting performances or plain brken like skyrim ps3 was.
Words I would never expect to read about a Metal Gear Solid game.
RandomSeed
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Removes some of the momentum from Geralt's movement and makes turning easier. Helpful in tight spaces, and better overall IMO.
plasmawave
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The same could be said about the Witcher 3.
Why do you think that is? Skellige is when I got hooked on the Witcher... What was missing from Velen/Novigrad and White Orchard, I wonder...?
It's a barren open world.
The wasteland in the Mad Max game has more life to it, as ironic as that may sound. The open world of TW3 is on another level.
Well, Witcher 2 felt really limited with its contextual jumping/climbing and there wasn't much to do with Flotsam/Vergen.
So unlike some people, I feel witcher 3 got enhanced by being an open world game
Interfectum
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Not really. The world of Witcher 3 is amazing to explore and adds a ton of depth and character to the overall game.
Interfectum
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I would have rather had MGS5 have multiple "Ground Zeroes" style levels instead of gigantic world hubs.
His Majesty
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I very much preferred the level design in Ground Zeroes. I don't think going open world added much value to the game.
plasmawave
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Sure, if you enjoy exploring really boring caves and whatnot.
Well at least it had places to explore.
What's the point making the map so big with barely anything in it?
plasmawave
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That was pretty much a waste of time.
To you maybe.
Interfectum
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Caves, towns, hidden items, world building atmosphere, etc. Don't be so bitter.
One man's time wasted is another man's time well spent.
And there is more than caves in Witcher 3
If you're world building and attempting to captivate people in your clockwork world, then an open world provides clear benefits.
As I stated earlier, MGS is clearly zoned around bases. I mean, there is nothing to see or do outside of these large zones. Snake isn't going to randomly meet an NPC or find a hidden cave somewhere, you're not uncovering a world, everything is clearly visible. All your discovery happens while infiltrating.
They're pretty close for me, it's tough to say. Both have their positives and negatives.
MGS V's story and some of the characterization (like mute Snake and boring Ocelot) is pretty disappointing. But the gameplay is incredible. There are so many options at your disposal and pretty much all of them are fun and viable. It also controls really well and the performance on PS4 is sublime.
Witcher 3's world is incredible with literally dozens of interesting questlines filled with great writing. I also really like Geralt as a character. Buuut the combat can become kinda grating after a while and the performance is total shit in certain areas on PS4.
I'd probably go for MGS V just because it's so fun to play and has yet to get old even after dozens of hours.
MGS V's story and some of the characterization (like mute Snake and boring Ocelot) is pretty disappointing. But the gameplay is incredible. There are so many options at your disposal and pretty much all of them are fun and viable. It also controls really well and the performance on PS4 is sublime.
Witcher 3's world is incredible with literally dozens of interesting questlines filled with great writing. I also really like Geralt as a character. Buuut the combat can become kinda grating after a while and the performance is total shit in certain areas on PS4.
I'd probably go for MGS V just because it's so fun to play and has yet to get old even after dozens of hours.
plasmawave
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And most of them are boring.
Most of the towns/villages might as well be not there as it adds nothing to the game.
It's either abandoned or filled with people that has only one line of dialogue.
Meh, performance really isn't a problem to anyone but extremely nitpicky people. It's fine for most of the time, there are only certain parts of the game where it's slightly bigger a problem, but all-in-all the game is perfectly playable as is. Even if they fix the performance, the game would still have shitty side-content, janky & simplistic combat, horribly designed skill tree, repetitive & unimaginative quest design, all-too-often annoying horse-riding, way too much back & forth travelling and other problems. I personally consider those far worse problems than the framerate being a bit spotty here & there.
Witcher 3 excells in world-building & story, and even then the ending isn't all that fantastic. From a gameplay POV, it's somewhat broken & plenty flawed.
Interfectum
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So what you're saying is you don't like open world games.
plasmawave
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In terms of open world RPGs I find Bethesda games a lot more fun and rewarding.
Most of the small villages have side quest attached to it with their own unique stories or contracts.
Most of the outposts in MgsV just exist in the world, sometimes they have cassette tapes.