BloodBorne and the Witcher are 2 completely different games. Many people are bored from BB endless load screens, the repetive action that only requires fast reflexes, almost no RPG elements beyond what gear choices and pistol/weapon you use, and no decisions except to take path 1) or path 2) They both lead to the same exact goal but 1 path has harder fights.

Do you see how generalizing 2 games that are very different is problematic? I'm sure you love most JRPGs, a lot of people find them too fixated on aesthetics and story. I won't compare a game like FF15 to Dragon Age 3 because it sounds silly to think they're in the same genre. That seems to look like how you came up with this blunt comparison to air your issues on Witcher 3

These BB elitist are aggravating. People don't like BB, the solution is not to "play more BB" Beyond dodging what about BB combat is so engaging? It's so repetetive it makes my eyes bleed seeing the same mobs die from the same attacks over and over and over. I don't know if they fixed it but it's hard to "play more BB" when u have to wait ~3 minutes for a load screen after each death.

Perhaps for some, maybe even most people, not for me - not saying it's bad, I've enjoyed the combat fairly enough, but not as much as Souls - honestly, bigger problem is I don't really like the setting that much, but eventually I'll play it, don't intend to skip it.

That said, I really have to say it again - only thing that Souls/BB and Witcher have in common is they both fall into action-RPGs and all comparison between two is just plain silly  and it seems to me that it's mostly done by people who really don't play WRPGs a lot.

did you expect it to be fun? i dont see how you could go into it expecting the gameplay to be captivatingly fun. its a story.

Seriously, posts like this are why people are bitching about toxicity.

what's that? i havent heard of it. 

I havent had enough time with the game to decide wether its a problem or not, but it wasnt something that poped in my mind while playing.

With that said, i'm not defending the game. I hated the combat on the Witcher 2. But the OP's post is all about how he likes Bloodborn and wishes that this game was just like it. That is not a problem with the game, its a problem with him.

If i went into this game expecting a Xenoblade and made a thread saying how all those things are so much better and how i love it more on Xenoblade, it would be absolutely the same. Its a problem of misplaced expectations. He undermined his enjoyment of the game since the start.

Admittedly, I've played it only briefly, but what I've got from it is that its combat is more offensive than Souls - which is precisely why I like Souls more. That said, sometime in the future I do intend to play it, it does seem as a game worth playing, though I don't really care much for Van Helsinglish setting.

Anyway, although it's made by same dev and some similarities/comparsions are to be expected, I really don't consider BB as another Souls game, nor do I judge it by how it compars to Souls. Bottomline, again, comparing Witcher to any of those, being they are quite different games, is, again, just silly.

If anything, Witcher 3 could be compared to Gothic, and, though I can't speak for all, it seems to me that for us who are fans of later, this is the game quite up our alley.

Witcher 2 was critically acclaimed but I just could not force myself to play it. I was hoping W3 would be better and simpler.



This gen is unlike any other. People are still looking for that "next gen" feeling so anything that promises that will sell well. People that would have avoided this game years ago are now hyped for it. More power to them.

The game is very intimidating, and won't be for most. It requires you to actually plan for these encounters, spend time reading through the menu's until it makes sense. The type of game that won't come together until about 10 hours, and then you'll have a great sense of accomplishment. I agree that the going from run to stop is annoying, but otherwise it is an amazing game in all aspects.
Sounds like you'd like Dragon Age: Inquisition more as it plays a little more casual.