Whenever I see a new open world game coming out all that comes to mind is
>meh, Witcher 3 did it better
Has the bar for open world games been raised?
>>341417405
Witcher 3 had Opened ZONES its not an open world. Open World means you can get from one place to another w/out fucking restrictions
GET IT RIGHT.
>>341418712
GTA V isn't open world then?
>>341418859
GTAV doesn't tell you to turn around and go back.
>>341418712
You're a retard.
>>341418936
What open world doesn't have an edge to the world? GTAV does tell you to turn around and go back by killing you once you've gone too far. Wow, so much better.
>>341418712
So no game truly is open world then, since in the end it's either surrounded by water and you can only go so far, or have mountains that you can't pass.
>>341419093
Can you go over the top of that twin peaked mountain in toussaint w/out an AI telling you to turn back?
>>341417405
The Witcher 3 literally destroyed the open world rpg genre.
The Witcher 3 is so good, that even the BBC (Big Business Companies) can't compete.
>>341419219
You can get there via some console command and find an easter egg if I'm not mistaken about the place
>>341419480
How exactly?
>>341417405
Im with you on this one OP. Witcher 3 was just so far ahead of the curve in every aspect. The fucking side quests for example were as brilliant and some of the best story missions in other games. It was just so well polished.
>>341417405
>Has the bar for open world games been raised?
new Zelda
>>341419536
Actually my bad, it was in the fairytale land.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heaev2XEzEE
>>341419759
LOL
>>341419719
can't wait
>>341417405
>skyrim
>gta
>fallout 3
all better faggot
>>341419868
Prove it
What's so great about the Witcher outside of presentation and tons of talking, oh and that card game.
There's not a ton to mess with, no real sandbox elements, just towns with shops/quests and areas full of monsters to kill.
>>341419093
No Man's Sky
>>341418712
it's open world, each map is complete world on its own. it's just multiple "world".
>>341419970
>no real sandbox elements
Because it's not a sandbox game.
Witcher 3 is the pinnacle of open world.
Any "city" Bethesda shits out from now on will be compared to it, and people will realize that those little hamlets that literally litter Witcher 3's game world are as big as the "Capital" cities of TES.
Novigrad is beyond the scope of Bethesda's shitty old game engine and beyond the creativity of its developers.
By the same token I hope it means the open world meme is over. Witcher 3's ambitious size burnt out a lot of its players, who ended up 'just wanting to get it over with'. The encounter designs could've been more complex if it had stuck to a stricter narrative, too--like, the Witcher 3 didn't have any big video-gamey bossfights like the Kayran in Witcher 2. The closest I can think of was that FUCKING elf with the tower shield and giant mace. Holy shit that nigga didn't play around and then he drops his shield and goes berserk trying to ram it up your ass.
>>341420167
>mfw Crow's Perch had more houses than the capital of Skyrim
>>341417405
nothing will ever top Skellige
>arrived at Skellige
>riding Roach across the map for first time
>that music, that scenery
>tfw
>>341420319
The only thing i liked in skellige was the redhead that the game didn't let me fuck.
>>341420319
>that atmosphere in Skellige
If only it wasn't so fucking full of smuggler caches that made me dislike that region a bit.
>>341420319
Oh yeah, the lolis were cuter too.Cirila was the ugliest loli for some reason
http://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/1458/?
use this mod to take away those pesky borders.
Is Iris good?
I want to use it in honor of my bro Olgierd but its ability looks weird
>>341420167
the frost giant was played up and then went down like a chump
level 30 something archgriffin for one of the late game contracts gave me a hell of a run for my shekels though
>>341419719
im hyped for the new zelda but the world is not as dense compare to witcher 3. it doesn't feel "alive"
i dont know how to put it into words. im not native eng speaker on top of that but u get the point
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj2hml6wHd4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzrCG_cmeqc
>>341419093
anoyingly enough, minecraft. it just keeps making more and more and more world.. unless you count that bullshits 3 times the size of the earth level hax so people get to the fragmented ragged edges of the game.
>>341420815
No, it's not. There are a lot better swords than that.
The lady of the Lake's sword is miles better.
>>341419842
The movement looks really clunky.
>>341420890
THat's the limit of the Wii U bro.
>>341421093
It's unarguably the best silver sword in the game.
>>341421093
>The lady of the Lake's sword is miles better.
That's a silver sword, Iris is steel.
>>341417405
Like someone always points out, Witcher 3 raised it in a sense it showed RPGs don't have to ditch good stories and characters to have open world or big zones, whatever you want to call them. Kinda like Witcher 2 showed your game doesn't have to look like shit just because it's an RPG.
>>341420890
Skellige looks and sounds great but the actual content bar main quests is fucking dreadful
Nonstop guarded treasures and smugglers caches. There's absolutely no reason to explore unless you just like looking at pretty stuff.
Blood and Wine is the absolute peak of open world, its places of interest are actually well implemented and are more enjoyable to go through (Are actually involved with quests like building the statue, solving the winery problems, being a Knight Errant, etc.), plus there's also things like huge combat zones (Hanses) and abandoned sites that actually turn into more varied things like taverns.
The main game of Witcher 3 obviously suffered from every area bar Novigrad just not getting enough attention, while Toussaint is just chock full of content in the best way.
>>341420167
>Witcher 3 is the pinnacle of open world.
Not really, open world is more of a weight around W3's ankles than advantage in any real way. Open world in W3 exists primarily for the sake of immersion in my opinion, it's not like TES where that's the main draw and you're expected to spend hours upon hours just exploring the world. W3 is still a story heavy RPG at heart.
>>341421216
the manticore steel sword is miles better because it has 300 armor piercing.
ITT: Bitcherfags doing damage control
Face it, the Bitcher sucked ass
>>341421389
>tfw it never rains in Toussaint
>>341417405
>Whenever I see a new open world game coming out
I just groan now. I'm getting sick of open world, all it ever adds to my game-play these days are minutes of travel time to where I need to be.
Open-zone linear-story is better.
>>341420319
Am I the only one who thought Skellige was the weakest part of the game? From visuals and music to the actual quests, it just felt weak as fuck.
>>341417405
Witcher 3 world is shit
>>341421910
Prove it
>>341421889
well, people have different taste.
personally i like Novigrad most. city, gangster and shits
>>341421997
Same here, actually. It could've used more (good) political plots, but it's still my favorite part of the main game.
>>341421771
I feel ya bro. After WItcher 3 None of the games at E3 gets me hyped anymore. Except South park.
>>341417405
I'd kill a man to live in Toussaint.
Witcher 3's open world adds nothing to the game.
Would have been better off without it.
>>341421506
It does though.
>skellige thundersnow
I really want to go back and play W3 again and experience the DLC but if I do the backlog will never end
>>341418712
Better that than more useless space to travel across which the time to implement would have been better used on actual level design.
>>341417405
not really for open worlds, but I think it did story and side quests pretty well and shits all over TES or other "RPGs"
>>341423526
You can play both DLCs separately from the menu.
>>341421151
Surfing his shield man!
>>341423526
Blood and Wine is shit mind. Toussaint is nice but the main story writing is really bad.
>>341424493
explain
>>341421151
Female players.
>>341424563
It's fine
Regis is the best character in the game
>>341423535
Skyward sword did this.
>>341419056
Did you play the Witcher 3. There were different zones. You couldn't just walk from the bottom of Temria to the Vizima Castle. There are different zones. I love the Witcher 3 but it is not an example of an open world.
If GTA V were to do the same, you would have to fast travel from San Andreas to Trevor's airfield.
>>341424782
>HELP ME I HAVE AUTISM
>>341424493
Better than W3's main story, still nowhere near HoS or W2.
To be honest, I can overlook the weak main story in BnW, though. Everything else about it is god-tier.
>>341421889
Yeah, Skellige's the one part that I've never really felt like I'm spending hours and hours there just getting to know the place. I'm just fast travelling about constantly. Especially when you don't go into the side quests, for the main story you're in and out in a few hours
Witcher lacks verticality and interactivity. Otherwise nice though, but Zelda has exactly what open world games should to not feel pointless.
>>341424563
Dettlaff is a bad guy but then he's a good guy but then he's a bad guy and Annarietta is a bitch and he's going to destroy the city because ... reasons?
>>341421889
I thought it was fine, but the map design made exploring tedious.
>>341424931
Wow you're retarded.
>>341424824
Yeah, HoS story is much better. To be honest I haven't explored Toussaint much - normally leave that stuff to a second playthrough. I'm considering just restarting BaW altogether though. Supposed to be fighting 'the Wicked Witch' atm and I just could really not give a fuck. Might drop the difficulty down to minimum just to get it out of the way.
>>341417405
Witcher 3 is a great VN, but a terrible game otherwise. The poles just can't get their shit together and make a half-decent combat.
>>341425059
>Geralt tells him Syanna has betrayed him for no reason
>instead of doing anything there Dettlaff leaves and lets Syanna return to her family
>Annarietta doesn't care that Syanna is a murderer
>Geralt and Regis do absolutely nothing for the 3 days Dettlaff gives them
>again, WHY ON EARTH WOULD HE WANT TO DESTROY THE CITY
>>341417405
>All open worlds are exactly the same and comparable because they are open world.
Allright buddy.
>>341425225
Dude's an Emotional faggot. that's why. He's in a rage. even Regis tells you that.
What would you do if you were an Emotional person in that situation?
>>341424782
CANADA
>>341425225
Wow you're retarded, like genuinely, did you skip half the dialogue or what?
>>341425363
It just feels like a first draft that hasn't really been hammered into shape. Dettlaff is an unsatisfying villain. Syanna is an unsatisfying villain. The story is unsatisfying.
Witcher 3 didn't raise any damn bars. Red Dead Redemption is still better, and Zelda will be better too.
>>341417405
>has the bar been raised?
probably. Hopefully, this will help the genre to fucking die already. I'm sick of the open world in my rpgs. I want story driven rpgs with good quality quests and writing that accounts for branching stories within the game.
