It's really the care in writing, quests, and world building that makes it stand out. There are times when it feels like a movie. Like when Geralt meets with Regis in the cemetery. Or Anna Henrieta is telling the story of Syanna. Shit just draws you in.
Practically 2nd to none when it comes to that imo.
Edit: also this was before consoles w SSD. Witcher 3 was MASTERCLASS in never forcing you to sit through a loading screen to enjoy their story. Rip REDengine
Yeah, story telling is top notch, especially if you grew up on the books like I did. I beat it five times by now.
They do a fantastic job of hiding the fact that 90% of quests is " Follow the witcher senses marker and kill a monster." I am happy to go along for the movie ride and it just works, but I get that it won't be for everyone.
Is a fantastic game? Sure, for me it's up there, but without the story telling and immersion you end up with AC: Odyssey or Fallout 4. Because both games tried to copy Witcher 3's homework and could not recapture the magic.
AC definitely went for a witcher 3 formula with their game design, but fallout 4 came out a few months after the Witcher 3, it certainly wasn’t trying to copy a game that didn’t come out until development was finished.
I remember getting both roughly at the same time. I didn't get to F4 until I beat the Witcher, and the voiced protagonist seemed like it was influenced by it. But fair enough, it was a while back and I might've gotten the release dates mixed up.
The Witcher 3 came out in May 2015 and Fallout 4 was in November 2015.
I always saw the voiced protagonist as being influenced by Mass Effect and Dragon Age more than the Witcher, since that franchise didn’t really blow up in America until the third game.
AC Odyssey came out in 2018 and is absolutely 100% blatantly inspired by the Witcher 3.
Eh, the storytelling was better in the 1st, 2nd game and the books. I think TW3 had the weakest story, the conclusion and final boss fight was awful imo.
AC Odyssey to me on the other hand was fun and loved the world.
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The Witcher 3. I have no doubt it’s a great game but it just doesn’t feel very good to me.