Goodnightmoon said:
OdinHades said:
I'm totally with you on this one. The controls in Witcher 3 just feel awkward. Geralt moves like a tank, he never does exactly what I want him to do. I heard there was a patch sometime for better controls, but I didn't check the game out since then. Fallout on the other hand plays flawless and very fluid. I also like the world much more. Not only is the scenario more interesting imo, the open world itself is also much more full of stuff. Witcher 3 might have a big world, but there is barely anything to see. I very rarely stopped to investigate something. Mainly I just stumbled upon some bandits or stuff. In Fallout 4, there is something interesting in every corner. There are so many times when I'm on my way to somewhere and I just find other stuff everywhere. I investigate some building, find myself some Holotapes or other clues and before I know it I have started a new quest! I absolutely love that. You're not tied to some characters giving you quests, you can just stumble right inside a quest. And that's only one aspect why I'm seriously in love with Fallout 4 right now. I bought both games at release for PS4 by the way and easily invested more time in Fallout 4 already.
Not saying that the Witcher is a bad game or anything, but it's just not for me. It didn't suck me in, I never played it to the end.
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Shhhh don't say that or someone may accuse you of being a liar or a hater.
But seriously I feel exactly the same about both. Is really amazing the amount of things you can find in every corner of Fallout 4, for me is mindblowing, I tried to explore some of the most hidden and recondite places of the game, places that anybody would think they are empty, and no, I always end up finding something new. And frequently I discover places that tell a short story even without words, little things that are not relevant for the overall story but make the world feel so real, alive and interesting to explore, I love that game, and I wasn't expecting it tbh, because I was having the feel this was going to be just more of the same but worse, and I was wrong, I think is better than Fallout 3 at least from a gameplay and world design pov.
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After about 35 hours of Fallout 4 now, the one thing that sticks out for me is the terrible effort in side quests, which is a staple of Bethesda games of late. Side quests are a huge factor in RPG's. And the combat in Fallout 4 is way too easy, I have yet to use VATS a single time myself since you can just blast everything in Sneak mode, not unlike bow + arrow + sneak in Skyrim.
Overall, I loved The Witcher 3 combat, it's challenging and I loved the controls myself. But I can see how some would be put off by them, it feels heavy and awkward compared to most games, because they didn't want combat like in most games. It reminds me a fair deal about the Souls games, which is a good thing. I also enjoy the contract killings and the preparation/sign/bomb and weak/strong attack combos, makes for some spectacular fights at times.
