Is Witcher 3 really as bad as /v/ says it is?

Probably not.

I liked it a lot, but I loved 1 and 2
The open world is completely superfluous, just do the quests. There is no point "exploring" cause all you'll find is another monster nest you press a button on

>>715342035
You find out the open world is worthless pretty quick but thankfully you never have to engage in it.

The combat is kind of shit. Basically the only way to play it is to build stupidly overpowered builds or you get shot to death by archers while you ballerina dance across the battlefield.

>>715342213
>make Sign build because that shit was cash in W1
>having a great time
>get to the endgame
>all the bosses specifically have shields that let them be immune to Igni firestream
>all the gargoyles and golems are almost immune to signs

>>715341807 (OP)
Just download W3EE Redux or Ghost Mode if you care about combat that much.

>>715341807 (OP)
The only good part of TW3 base game is Novigrad. The DLC are stellar. 2 is far superior. If the Witcher series was all games as small in scope as 2 and Blood and Wine the games would be much better

>>715342275
They fixed these issues with the 4.0 patch. Aard and Yrden do crazy damage to all enemies now, and with the B&W mutations you can create some truly OP builds.

>>715341807 (OP)
No.

>>715342558
Based. I miss act-based games where you can explore a small section

>>715341807 (OP)
Combat gets fixed by installing the mod that removes the soft lock. You freely attack without the forced snap on movement and can freely cast signs hitting inbetween enemies to strike multiple ones, works with sword swings too but also lets you miss if you don't do the manual footwork. It's not even funny how this little mod improves the controls, it becomes player skill based. You can also dodge past an enemy swings and hit them in the back with a crit.

>>715342558
2's structure is better but it's not a better game

>>715342590
Yeah that problem was on release. I don't remember which mutation I used in the DLC. I think at that point I was fully focussed on what I did in the endgame (use my stamina regen to do heavy attacks with that decoction that makes them do % damage) so I probably used a toxicity thing

>>715342665
TW3's open world is empty, the MSQ is awful and the side quests are filler shit. 2 was much tighter in scope.

>>715342638
>controllernigger still seething that he has to actually aim at enemies
Classic, reminds me of W2 threads

>master swordsmith makes you an incredible sword
>you can find a better one 20 minutes later in some random swamp
Also unless you're playing on the hardest difficulty, the oils on weapons become absolutely useless and a chore to use. I don't use them on entire playthroughs, simply because it's annoying to keep applying them to my weapon.
Gwent was great though, so were the DLC's

>>715341807 (OP)
>from a gameplay standpoint
It gets old fast. It has Asscreed style of gameplay with more advanced mechanics attached
>However….
If you really really like the medieval fantasy genre, you’ll really like it.

>>715342769
>and a chore to use
Absolutely use the mod to auto apply oils based on enemy type

>>715342731
Nah

>>715342754
Are you retarded?
The mod actually enables manual aiming and movement, vanilla has forced autotraget and auto movement making combat on rails. I play with kb&m.

>get filtered by vanilla combat
>call the game shit
>install mods to make the game easier
/v/ every time

>>715342924
>play RPG
>wtf, the combat is stat-based? AAAIIIIIIEEEEEE
/v/ is so funny

>>715342924
>can't read
>make shit up just to shitpost
You are brown.

+music is great
+dialogue and voice acting is great
+story is okay and a nice end to Geralt's story with the DLC's
+gwent is amazing
+map is huge
+world looks pretty good

-quest variety sucks ass
-almost all witcher contracts are the same
-combat is trivial
-main villain and the entire wild hunt is an absolute joke
-map is mostly empty and the rare times you find an interesting monster, it's like level 30+ to fight it, so you have to avoid it for ages anyway

7/10 overall for me. Plenty of content for a playthrough, but after a while it becomes tedious.

>>715341807 (OP)
Kino setting
Kino story
Kino artstyles
Good graphics
Loads of content
Combat is shit
Most of the side quests are fetch quests

The expansions improve the combat and quests over the base game though.

Good game with average gameplay and combat.

>>715343172
Yeah it's a shame it took them until the expansions to figure out how to make interesting boss fights. Some of the expansion boss fights are legit kino tier.

>>715341807 (OP)
I could not play it without yawning every 30 seconds. The combat is bad and the only thing that is somewhat engaging is the story, so at that point why not just watch it on Youtube like a movie?

it's worse, the game aged like shit

>>715342275
>all the gargoyles and golems are almost immune to signs
lol just use yrden traps

>>715341807 (OP)
>Is one of the best games ever made bad

>>715341807 (OP)
It's not bad, just aggressively mediocre.

>>715342558
>>715343154
>>715343172
>>715342769
The Anons are correct about the expansions. They are far better than the main game. I liked the main game on release but didn't think it was amazing. The expansions though were pristine. It's cool that they let you play them standalone as well.

>>715342275
Arrd works against shield, golems and gargoyle. Also Yarden works against them.

>>715343281
You truly have one of the most generic low test gen a & z shitty opinions

>>715343478
I had sezo with Shania

>>715342924
The combat system is objectively garbage.

>>715341807 (OP)
Hmm...I wonder WHO could be telling you that Witcher 3 is bad.

The Witcher3 was so extremely long to play through that cdred went the opposite direction with Cyberpunk2077 and made the campaign too short. Open worlds is hard work.

>>715343616
Pathetic.

>>715341807 (OP)
it's the best RPG of all time

>>715343732
It's not even a RPG.

>>715343172
>Most of the side quests are fetch quests
No they aren't retard.

>>715343732
yep, and its not even close

>>715343760
it's literally the best RPG of all time

>>715343794
Yes they are, there is a bit of variety but most of them are basically fetch quests or just go to x and kill monster, collect thing then return it to quest giver

>>715343550
I'm sure she appreciated that.

>>715344096
By that logic, every quest in every video game is fetch quest.

>>715344136
She did

>>715343498
Aard did miniscule damage back then

>>715341807 (OP)
One of the best RPGs ever made, but it does have flaws(like all other rpgs do). Mostly in the combat being easy and gear and potions being meaningless, so there is not a lot of rpg expression. The world building, exploration and side quests feel top tier.

>>715344096
Witcher 3 has a very solid formula, it's getting a contract while exploring the game world, investigating clues, discovering what monster it is, researching the monster to know its weaknesses, preparing for the confrontation, fighting and besting the monster, and then being presented a moral dilemma with choices.

>>715344280
This. Just use the dev console to give yourself the best weapons, armour and a load of money.

>>715344141
The type of disingenuous faggot you're replying to never explains what they mean or provide examples of anything.

>>715344280
>>715344372
good morning saars

>>715344280

>>715341807 (OP)
none of the succubi in TW3 want to have sex with geralt

>>715341807 (OP)
no, but it's also not a top tier game either. the combat is pretty dogshit, and the exploration is rather bleh. the highlights are easily the questing and presentation, and the latter can be dodgy at times.
anyone shocked at cyberpunk being particularly jank even after all the patching has no idea how fucking jank witcher can get in all 3 games