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Hynad on 15 January 2017
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Goodnightmoon said:
Volterra_90 said:

Let's hope Horizon turns out to be a good game, I can't deny it looks great. I have to take care of both Switch/PS4, Horizon will probably be my next purchase aftee Zelda. And I totally agree on TW3. I don't think it's by any means a bad game. I've finished all the DLCs and side quests after all XD. But it could do with a better combat, it was boring at times.

Yep, That's why I stop playing after 25 hours of so (which is not bad btw) I just don't like the combat and I felt like it was too restrained for an open world, but sure is great in other aspects like the writting, the graphics and the quality of the sidequests.

While The Witcher 3 is my current GOTG, I agree that the combat felt a bit tedious at times because of how repetitive it can get. But there were so many other aspects it did well. When taken as a whole, the positive far outweigh the negative. The writing and side quests were all very well fleshed out and kept things interesting. 

That being said, The Witcher 3 simply doesn't have the gameplay diversity for which the Zelda franchise is known for. That is mostly due to the fact that Zelda relies on an inventory of items and weapons to spice things up the more you progress, and each of those items opens up new gameplay possibilities and features. While The Witcher 3 relies on the same gameplay aspects throughout its entirety, combat, horse riding, Gwent, exploration and detective work. Zelda has almost all of those, but with the varied inventory, I expect BOTW to be much more enjoyable to explore, even if its world ends up being much smaller.

So from a gameplay perspective, Zelda will more than likely be much more fun than The Witcher 3. But I think it won't have the edge when it comes to story and writing. Nintendo will offer a much more fleshed out story, much more emotional than what the series is known for, but I doubt it will reach the maturity and depth that's found in The Witcher 3.

Overall though, I think I will enjoy Breath of the Wild more than The Witcher 3, simply because it will be much more fun to play through multiple times. I did almost everything that's possible in The Witcher 3, and after that, I went into New Game + and I simply can't play more than an hour at a time because of how repetitive it gets once you know everything the game has to offer.

I fully expect Breath of the Wild to take the GOTG crown from The Witcher 3.