Why do people claim Souls games have better map design than Witcher games?
>here's an area you're going too, look, on the horizon
>and now you reached it. look back, there's an area you passed, on the horizon. you can also teleport.
>oh, this door doesn't open from this side? well by golly i bet yer gonna find that other side soon-ish!
They don't even have sprawling maps or weather system. Granted, Witcher's HUD is shit and waypoints need to go, but just compare the fucking flora.
People who compare The Witcher to Souls are retarded, including you OP.
>>335954457
Goodness me, didn't know I shouldn't compare two third person action RPG games when map design is concerned!
>>335954735
different styles mate
>>335954735
Fucking kill yourself.
>>335954875
Map design has nothing to do with style, it's about how the routes are designed, vantage points and the like.
>>335954890
What caused this outburst?
>>335955305
>witcher 3
>open world, a bunch of fucking nothing
>souls
>level based, tightly packed
There you go.
Shit thread.
>>335955817
Most Souls games are very linear and only have options for paths after advancing past a shortcut.
However, the second game was somewhat open world and non-linear, and it was terrible.
Witcher 3 is a different kind of game, and if you actually played it you'd know it has a very similar design philosophy to Souls. If anything there is more than enough evidence to say that Witcher 3 is a contained open world, where meticulous choices were made to fill the wilderness with things related to the world and plot.
It is not like Bethesda, where set pieces are far apart and a few small sprinkles of meaningful landmarks fill the procedurally generated terrain.
Comparing souls maps to witcher maps is like comparing Ninja Gaiden maps to GTA.
They're fucking different games with different focuses and styles and gameplay.
The only legit way to compare them is to simply give a subjective measure of how much you liked them. I liked DS more than witcher, but plenty of people feel the opposite.
Opinions you niggerfuck.
>>335955817
So basically just refrain from comparing things that Souls games do not have and compare the rest.
>>335952881
>map design
>just compare the fucking flora
your """""argument""""" has no weight at all you silly knobhead
>>335956737
>souls games have forest areas
>witcher games have souls areas
it's unfair to compare the two forest designs... why exactly?
Dark Souls has more than two weapons.
Checkmate, atheists.
>>335957981
movesets > weapons
ITT: Assmad Soulsfags, and I haven't even played DaSIII or Witcher
>>335958068
Anon, both are
>spin, spin, spin
>>335958068
kek 2 move set. And in fact its 1 since heavy atk are useless. Even a fucking random mob in a souls game got better patterns than Geralt.
Why do people try to compare Souls games to other games? Does this board ever shut the fuck up about these games?
You're better off comparing The Witcher to stuff like RDR or Zelda.
>>335952881
It's the level and map DESIGN. Not the fucking eye candy you idiot, that's a totally subjective thing.
>>335958150
Congrats your opinion means nothing then, summershit
>>335952881
The only reason people compare witcher and soulds is because they're both third person and have swords and rolling. That's it.
All similarity ends there, and people need to realize that.
>>335952881
holy shit turn off the sharpening
witcher 3 has better graphics and a cleaner art direction than any soulsborne.
but for gameplay, souls utilize the level design better.
>>335958842
> better graphics
No
>cleaner art direction
Kek.
>>335958737
map design is perspective dependant and therefore you can make an objective comparison.
>>335958842
no they don't they have zero technology.
>>335959069
you have zero technology
>>335952881
Who are you quoting?
The games are barely even in the same genre, one is an action game, the other is an open-world game. The only thing that combines them is the fantasy RPG aspect
Also there's no such thing as "Souls games", that's neither a genre or a series
>>335959015
Volumetric fog, volumetric smoke, better fire effect, particles effect, better lighting, ect.
>>335959131
no, souls games have
>>335959152
>open world
what happens when you come to the end of the map?
didn't think so.
open world is just a bigger map.
>>335959170
witcher 3 has pretty good all of those
>>335952881
Why did I get bored as fuck from playing the W3 and dark souls 3 is fun and repayable
>>335959293
>Witcher 3
>Volumetric anything
>>335959424
kay, now post a current patch max settings screenshot
Guys, Pokemon Puzzle League vs NBA JAM which had better map design?
>>335959494
this is a gameplay trailer fucking tard. If you've played TW3 you would have known that fire effect consist in a 2d shit effect.
>>335959720
so? post an updated pic instead of refering to a youtube screenshot
>>335959810
Go ahead post it. I just proved my point. You turn.
>Implying its youtube fault that the fire looks like shit.
>>335959494
>having excuses for a shitty launch
Thats like defending early access games on launch for just being finished. What happened to /v?
>>335952881
Souls games have substance and are not just huge for the sake of being huge. And there is much more to map design than just full maps with good graphic. The souls games have atmosphere and every place feels different not like witcher where you visit the same village or the same forest for the 10th fucking time.
Also the Souls games and by far most Bloodborne benefit form having a great Art Team behind it that values style over everything else.
>>335959989
>chromatic aberration
>looks good
wow, nice example friend
Souls games make far better use of their space due to the nature of the gameplay. It's kinda stupid to compare the two because one is about very tightly designed and varied challenges in small levels while the other's about exploring a massive world.
>>335960036
>Changing the subject.
Btw i'm waiting your witcher's screenshot showing the "volumetric" techs. (spoilers : There's none since they got removed with the downgrade).
>>335960381
im on a system that cant max out witcher 3, i have no way of making my own.
>>335960510
Why are you even opening your big mouth then if you can't prove your point ?
>>335960829
cause bloodborne is a blurry looking game that struggles to run at 30fps while witcher 3 is crispy clean and runs at 60fps on medium graphic settings
Quality thread OP, upvoted
>>335960934
Oh so you admitted that bloodborne looked better than witcher 3, thats good. Chromatic aberration is has nothing to do with graphics, its just a filter.
If you wanna play at 60 fps buy dark souls 3, since you are talking about "souls game" in the 1st place. I just picked bloodborne pic to show you the fire/volumetric smoke. (btw still no screenshot of tw3).
CDPR shills will never stop shitposting about Souls for some reason
I wish Witcher 3 was more souls-like, especially when it comes to combat
Getting fucking sick of batman clones
This is a shit thread
>>335961373
The same can be said about Fromdrones
>>335958842
Witchers may have better or more advanced graphics but it's art is very bland, it really has no flavor. Just compare it's art direction to Bloodborne.
>>335964193
Bloodborne's art direction is bland too.
>>335952881
Witcher 3 has literally the same map design as Skyrim
>>335964193
Yeah, that road where you pass a thousand copypasted tombstones leading to a cliff from which you see 15 cathedrals lined next to each other really makes the whole setting tie itself together.
