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Which game has the better gameplay?

Fallout 4 67 29.39%
 
The Witcher 3 160 70.18%
 
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CrankyFlameBunny on 17 November 2015

I've played both the Witcher 3 and Fallout4. Honestly so far Witcher 3 has been worth those 60 Dollars for me. I still love the Fallout 4 gameplay, but I have constant bugs and problems launching the game.



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shakarak on 17 November 2015
Goodnightmoon said:
Hynad said:


Exactly this.

I don't understand the complaints some here have with the controls (and some of those complaints comes from people I doubt have played the actual game in the first place, but that's an other story). Controls are tight, and some battles are really challenging on higher difficulties. You need to be smart and patient with some enemies, carefully using your potions, bombs, oils and signs, along with waiting for the right opening for swordplay. 

The Witcher 3 stands easily at the top of this gen's RPG list. It might not allow you to do as many useless things as in Fallout 4, but what it does, and the way it does it, is damn near flawless. Plus, the main story is actually really compelling compared to Fallout 4, and its side quest are all fleshed out in unique ways, with proper backstory, and many of them affects the rest of the game in some capacity depending on the way you handle things.

Truly a masterpiece, and a great achievement for CD Project RED, especially considering it is their very first open world game yet they managed to outclass just about every other devs with long track record of making such games.

Well, I´m the only one that has said that so this is pretty obviously a false accusation against me only because I found TW3 controls boring. I have The Witcher 3, I don´t like it, I have Fallout 4, I like it. Get over it. Controls are weak, combat is dull, and I´m not the only one who thinks that, it was one of the most criticized things about the game, if some cool sidequests made you forget about it, cool for you, It didn´t for me, but don´t accuse me of nothing just because I've enjoyed the other more. 

Controls I can understand they are very weighted and many people may get turned off by that.  However calling the combat dull in the Witcher on harder difficulties it is extremely satisfying due to how much preparation and how careful  and patient you must be to win some battles.  It's like calling the combat in Dark Souls boring.



Hynad on 17 November 2015
Goodnightmoon said:
Hynad said:


Exactly this.

I don't understand the complaints some here have with the controls (and some of those complaints comes from people I doubt have played the actual game in the first place, but that's an other story). Controls are tight, and some battles are really challenging on higher difficulties. You need to be smart and patient with some enemies, carefully using your potions, bombs, oils and signs, along with waiting for the right opening for swordplay. 

The Witcher 3 stands easily at the top of this gen's RPG list. It might not allow you to do as many useless things as in Fallout 4, but what it does, and the way it does it, is damn near flawless. Plus, the main story is actually really compelling compared to Fallout 4, and its side quest are all fleshed out in unique ways, with proper backstory, and many of them affects the rest of the game in some capacity depending on the way you handle things.

Truly a masterpiece, and a great achievement for CD Project RED, especially considering it is their very first open world game yet they managed to outclass just about every other devs with long track record of making such games.

Well, I´m the only one that has said that so this is pretty obviously a false accusation against me only because I found TW3 controls boring. I have The Witcher 3, I don´t like it, I have Fallout 4, I like it. Get over it. Controls are weak, combat is dull, and I´m not the only one who thinks that, it was one of the most criticized things about the game, if some cool sidequests made you forget about it, cool for you, It didn´t for me, but don´t accuse me of nothing just because I've enjoyed the other more, and not only because the controls, I found F4 being a much better open world over all.


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Mystro-Sama on 17 November 2015
SvennoJ said:

The Witcher 3 is cheaper now and after 10 major patches pretty stable with a lot of improvements over the launch version.

I'm currently hooked more on Fallout 4 than I was on TW3. TW3 has superior story telling both in main and side quests, although the quality does go down a bit towards the end. Fallout 4 is great too, yet a bit familiar after playing the previous entries. You do have more freedom to tackle quests in F4. Don't want to bother with a quest, murder everyone to get what you want. TW3 is very restrictive in who you can kill.

Fallout 4 has the superior open world, more interesting, more diverse and the settlement building is actually quite a lot of fun. The Witcher 3 got very samey in the open world department with lots of repetitive ? locations and contracts. It does feature 2 full different open world locations and a few smaller ones.

Inventory management was a pain in TW3 yet that's mostly fixed with lots of short cuts added and ingredients don't add to the weight anymore. In Fallout 4 you'll be hitting the weight limit a lot now that junk items all serve a purpose. Both are absolutely bloated with loot, TW3 wins in sheer amount of loot able items.

Crafting is easier and more versatile in Fallout 4. Yet hunting for recipes and templates in TW3 added another reason to explore everything in sight. Plus you craft better versions of your spells in TW3. It's just a bit lacking in the armor and weapon department. In F3 I've already made some crazy sniper rifles, custom deep pocketed armor and some crazy looking melee weapons.

F4 has the different perks to define your character (and unlock more upgrades). TW3, you just need a higher level to be able to craft better items and defeat higher level enemies. The amount of damage you do and receive is based more on the level difference than anything else. It's also very easy to out level quests in TW3. I haven't played F4 long enough to see what effect level has on enemies. (I'm lvl 15 after 35 hours, taking my time)

Movement was sluggish in TW3 yet maybe that's fixed too. I find moving around in Fallout 3 a lot more responsive even with the dips to 25fps. Plus you get to choose between 1st and 3rd person in F4. TW3 is 3rd person only. Swimming is simple but just works in F4, it was annoying in TW3.

Both games are glitchy yet TW3 has the benefit of 10 patches by now. The save system in F4 is better. Multiple auto save slots, near instant quick save (also multiple slots).

Anyway what do you prefer
- Fantasy or Sci-fi
- Swords or guns
- Horse or dog
- Follow a story or create your own

Create your own character from scratch, do what ever you want and build your own place to live.

Me in my penthouse suite of the 5 story hotel I build in Sanctuary.

Or become Geralt and get to know a set of very interesting characters in a colorful world

Part of the Skellig isles, awesome map to explore.


Woah, thats a pretty nice breakdown. I'll definitely be playing both though.



ironmanDX on 17 November 2015

W3.



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Shiken on 17 November 2015

Gameplay=Fallout 4
Visuals=Witcher
World Lore=Fallout 4
Overall story=Witcher
Combat=Fallout 4
Freedom=Fallout 4

Both are fantastic, but Fallout 4 is slightly better to me as it just does a better job of creating a world that you can do ANYTHING in. This is a choice however between two games that are pure gold, so there is no wrong answer here.

While you can probably get a good deal on Witcher however, I am gonna lean towards Fallout 4 on this in the end. I am loving it too much right now not to lol.



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StephanieCurry on 17 November 2015

to give u a nice breakdown

Story
-Fallout has a more personal and engaging story while the witcher has better writing and probably a better story overall if you had played previous witcher games and know the lore, however if u dont id say its probably harder to care about those characters

Technical issues
-They have both launched with their fair share of glitches and framerate problems however i feel they are generally overstated as i didnt run into any big problems in either games, 70 plus hours for each

Graphics
-Id say from a technical perspective witcher and from an art style fallout

Gameplay
-this one has to go to fallout for me, the gun play has been greatly improved and vats is always fun to use, the combat was probably one of the weaker aspects of the witcher for me, it's okay but it is pretty button mashy also the crafting is vastly superior in fallout and the settlement building is a great new addition

Rpg system
-they are both pretty similar as you can choose to level up one thing everytime you level up, however id say fallout is much more versatile, as u can have a speech character a melee character so on and so forth.

World
-i think bethesda is unmatched in open world design , there are no other games i can really sink so much time into and feel like the hours have just flown by, their worlds are both locked behind loading screens, bethesda for buildings and witcher for parts of the map, which is why i think fo4 is superior for exploring.

All in all I'd say fallout is a better game because it is simply the better one to play, an example id use is i think saints row 2 is a better game then gta 4 as it is simply the better one to play, gta maybe prettier, more polished and have better writing but it just isnt as fun as saints row 2, and thats y i can see myself returning to fallout for a second playthrough and not witcher



Mr Puggsly on 17 November 2015

Get both, play both. Gravitate towards Fallout 4.



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HoloDust on 17 November 2015
Mystro-Sama said:
HoloDust said:
Depends on what you prefer, for me Witcher 3 and Fallout 4 are not really comparable, apart from 'open-world' and 'RPG' labels.

If you're looking for a solid story and memorable characters set in open world with stronger RPG focus, pick W3.
If you're looking for open-world with some story and FPS with RPG elements (calling FO4 an RPG is really a stretch) pick FO4.

I prefer Witcher 3 to FO4, but then again I have strong feelings about what Bethesda did with Fallout IP in FO3 and especially in FO4.


I'm not asking you to compare them. I'm just asking which gameplay is more fun.

When you title the thread 'Game A vs Game B', then I would assume you're asking for comparison...anyway, I think by now there are enough people that have already dissected both games, so you can make your educated decision...well, more of a guess frankly, if you haven't played any game like Witcher 3 or Fallout 4 before, you can only presume what will be more fun for you.

For me, both games are quite 'fun' to play, but also as a long-time c/W/RPG fan, both games have some annoying design flaws...honestly, both are solid choices and if you get the chance play them both.



LudicrousSpeed on 17 November 2015

They are both amazing ass games that warrant playing. And you shouldn't play both at the same time. They're both open world and both have a lot of RPG elements, but that's kind of where the similarities end. Witcher is a more traditional RPG and has a deeper inventory system and magic elements. It also has better writing. You get a grand story with many elements and paths to take to get there. In Fallout it's more about exploring and surviving. I prefer Fallout's combat but Witcher's combat is also great.

As others have said, I would buy Witcher 3 and spend 100+ hours on that, and then later pick up Fallout 4.