Q: The Witcher 3 or Fallout 4?

I consider buying either The Witcher 3 or Fallout 4 for PS4. I read a few reviews about both games but I can't decide yet.

I bought D.A. Inquisition when it came out, but I never played it much as I couldn't really get into the story. From my experience the game was also very unclear at the beginning: barely any tips or a tutorial that got you used to the game and quests to start with.

Besides that I'm not really a hardcore gamer in a way that I can spend hours on gaming each day.

D.A. Inquisition was kind of a waste of money for me and I don't want to make that same mistake again, so having all of this in mind, what would be the best game for me to buy? I hope you can help me out!

Gideon

Buy The Witcher 3... game of the year.

Fallout 4 is say, had tons of fun on it and still playing it now despite having already completed it.

Havnt played witcher 3 yet though.

Fallout 4 if you have the time to put in to it.

haven't played witcher 3 but fallout 4 is epic, tons of fun, great storyline and just a huge amount of stuff to do!!!

Thanks for the feedback!

What I'm also looking for in a game is things to do beside fighting. I know you can build your own settlements in Fallout 4. Does anyone know what side things The Witcher 3 has to offer?

There is the whole Gwent mini game in The Witcher 3. I probably spent around 100 hours just playing that card battle game, so much fun.

I haven't played Witcher . but I'm 17 hours into fallout and ITS FREAKING AMAZING . I also don't have a lot of time because I spend hours studying for university ( 17 hours is actually in two weeks ) . but I'm glad to have Fallout 4 on my lap top to play in the free time . very entertaining , fun and full of stuff to do . I say get fallout .

@quatoe: I heard about it, most people seem to really enjoy it! But in lets say the main game, are there things to do other then fighting?

@kingcrimson24: Thanks a lot! Right now I'm learning towards FO4. I'm getting the idea that it has more diversity in its gameplay. Is there anyone who can (dis)confirm that?

@26gid: Mainly exploration and finding treasures, and doing Witcher contracts.

Fallout 4 is amazing. Witcher 3 is too, but there is no doubt more content in Fallout 4. I spent about 100 hours into the settlement system as well. Plus, it will be a highly modifiable game, whether on PC or console.

@dragonheart: more content in Fallout? I heard the map of The Witcher is much bigger, but there's less to do there?

the witcher 3.

Much more content in Fallout. I've thoroughly played both, and there's much more to do in Fallout.

I preferred Fallout 4 over Witcher 3. I played Witcher 3 a little after the part where your defending against the Wild Hunt in that castle and I did a crap load of side quests. Got bored of the game way before I completed it. I was captivated with it for a while, loved the gothic, folklore and the lore, but in the end I got bored of the clunky combat which was also rather easy and either boiled down to dodge hit or trade blows and eat food until win. The magic was weak and after trying it out I reset as I felt like I was gimping myself trying to make my game flashier. I wasn't all that impressed with Geralt as a character, a lot of people on this site seem to go nuts over him but he's not my type of character. These days I'm not really into stoic, hard men have been the foundation of video games for like, 30 years, it's as old and tired as he looks.

It's just not my game, where i have had a blast with Fallout 4, which I can make a huge list of the things that I fell in love with on the game. A lot of people want to slag it off to be all rebellious, but I think that rebellious nature should be aimed at something else. It doesn't matter mind, the games done well, is received well and half the people who slag it off have probably clocked out about 180 hours playing it, which speaks for itself.

It's not for everyone, but it's certainly for me.

Another thing, Witcher 3 I'm forced to play beardy weirdy Geralt... Fallout 4 I can play a hardcore lesbian steam punk chick. Get over.

Get Witcher 3 if you only plan on playing one of the games. Otherwise start with fallout then go into Witcher. I played both, about 65 hrs into fallout 4, Witcher I did about 200 hours.

From my experience, witcher is better. You want to do other things than combat? The game has plenty of that, in fact, between the two games, Witcher gives more choices on how to approach certain situations. Persuading, using powers, threatening or physically. These choices have much more impact.

The story itself and the decision you make in game are so much more impactful. I was stunned by some decisions because you knew the impact it would have on game play. Witcher also has a lot of side things to do, most popular being Gwent. In fact it has quests talored to it. The combat is so much more enjoyable, you read descriptions of monsters and their weaknesses. You apply it on your weapons and suit up for it.

I'm not saying fallout is bad. In fact, I do like it. The problem with it is that there is so much stuff to do but it feels pointless. You can build settlement but it has no impact in anything. Choices feels like there is no impact. The way you respond definitely feels like things are predetermined or already decided. Combat while enjoyable doesn't change as the game progresses; it's static. The world is almost as big as Witcher but it's barren and fees like I've been there before because it's nearly similar to fallout 3.

So go with Witcher 3

I don't think any choice you'll make between these two will be a mistake, both are great games.

Fallout 4 feels like a slight upgrade to Fallout 3. It's an okay shooter with some okay side-features. The story and writing are dull, the quests are all "go here, shoot everything", building settlements is completely pointless, and the first 30 hours of the game are going to be pretty identical to the last 60 hours of it. There's a lot to do, but it's the same stuff over and over.

I'd give Fallout 4 a solid 7/10. It's fine. It doesn't excel at anything in particular. It isn't outstanding or memorable in any way.

The Witcher 3, however, is brilliant. Top-quality questing everywhere you look for well over 100 hours. The production values are some of the best of any game, ever. It doesn't insult your intelligence like Fallout 4, it maintains a level of maturity and authenticity that Bethesda have never been able to reach, and your choices actually matter, often in very clever ways.

The Witcher 3 is a thing of beauty. It's probably the best RPG of the last decade. It's an easy 10/10, and it gets my recommendation here.

Thanks a lot everyone for your advice!

I think the quests, storyline/dialogues and graphics are better on The Witcher, so I definitely want to play it.

Right now I'm wondering if I should get Fallout 4 first, sell it after and then play The Witcher. However, Fallout 4 has mods that could be funny after you've finished the game. So maybe I should play that as second game and not sell it? But someone here said that Fallout simply isn't as enjoyable after the Witcher, so I'm not sure what to do!

Which has the bigger sale I guess...

Fallout 4

No reason to make it either or. Get both. I'd play Fallout first since it's shorter and currently has no DLC. They're both amazing games and two games from this year I can definitely say were worth $60 (although Witcher is probably 40 now). I played both without playing the previous games in either series. Witcher 3 definitely takes more "work" to get into the story, but you can easily google articles that give a brief back story. It's very dense at first but makes way more sense once you get into it. Fallout is self explanatory but as a downside definitely a shorter campaign. Both are easily 60-140 hours of gameplay though if you make it. Both highly recommended if you have the time for them

Overall I state The Witcher 3 as the superior RPG.

Out of the two the only one (I've completed) is Fallout 4 which I spent just over 20 hours playing till the game started to bore me. It's a good game but when compared to a great game, that's just that.

Both have horrible level design let's just get that out the way right now! They're focused on being expansive and huge, and looking good from viewing at a distance. When up close inside houses, caves, and etc can be horrible to navigate. Even then; The Witcher 3 has less frustration for this, and W3 is both technically superior, and has far more to see. Fallout 4 however has less to see than previous Bethesda Studio games, going so far as to lock most the houses up.

Gameplay I'm actually giving to Fallout 4. However it's a game of how long does it stay fun. As it's not the best at what it does but very meaty and satisfying. The shooting mechanics are far better than FO3, at the cost of dumbing down all RPG mechanics, turning a once popular clone of Oblivion into a FPS open-world game. FO4 is as much an RPG as Bloodborne is an RPG, which is as bare-boned as it gets.

*It's also worth noting the balance in Fallout 4 is pretty unappealing. It starts off quite exciting with how tough a fire fight will get. At level 20 you could be on very hard and swatting DeathClaws like a sweetroll_

Moving on you can experiment more in The Witcher 3s gameplay and difficulty remains consistent (on hard), and plays far more like the RPGs you know. But the actual combat or interaction never reaches decent heights, this is mostly from clunky movement that continues even after the input (based on PS4 version) can't tell you how I must bash the (x) button just to get on the horse. & this effects all actions. It has a noticable delay on the next thing you are trying to do. (If this effects other versions please post)

Story it's easily The Witcher 3, even without finishing the main quest line I can state without a doubt the impact of doing side quests had felt very satisfying. On FO4 everyone just sees you as some sort of delivery boy who can only respond back in one way having no impact at all.

If you want a dumb game that let's you blow up faces before D00M hits shelves? Get Fallout 4.

For every other reason, get The Witcher 3.

Do you like med-evil games or post apocalyptic games? I bought Witcher 3 for $27(with shipping) used, in excellent condition, online and got it a few days ago. Definitely slow starting but I can tell I'll be spending many many hours on this game. I've been looking for a good med-evil RPG since Skyrim and I think I found it.

I have played both and they are each great in there own ways. If you have played fallout 3 or new vegas then fallout will feel familiar and be enjoyable as long as you liked the others. If you wanna do awesome quests in a beautiful world then I would lean toward witcher. Do you like guns or swords? would you be interested in the settlement building in fallout or the card game gwent in witcher? Seriously you cant lose picking either.

Witcher 3 I would say is a step above Fallout but that said if you had issues getting into the story of Dragon Age : Inquisition then you might have some issues with the same thing with Witcher 3 since it does to a minor degree expect you to have played the previous ones so you can identify various characters as the story progresses.

Both are good. Though... I kinda got bored of Fallout 4 about 80 hours in, without beating the story. Waiting for mods now. I pumped a good 200 hours into Witcher 3 on a single play-through, and there was still a ton of stuff to do. What are you in the mood for? Open world make your own adventure gun game or open world, good story and characterization, sword and spell slinging game?

Why not both? Each has their strengths and weaknesses, but both also play different even though both are RPGs.

I think The Witcher 3, ruined Fallout 4 for me this year. I played Fallout 4 for about a week, and then ditched it to start another play through on harder difficulty on the Witcher 3.

I may be slightly alone in thinking that the combat in The Witcher 3 is superior to Fallout 4's. It's world feels amazingly alive. Honestly I haven't had an RPG scratch that "itch" like The Witcher 3 has since Skyrim.

If I would not have payed Witcher 3 I would have thought nothing could beat Fallout 4. But since I have played both....Witcher 3 hands down. So much to do, and you can actually see where your choices made a difference. Example, instead of taking some loud mouths down with my sword in a bar I chose to buy them a drink. Later in the game I was able to acquire something from one of the people I spared. If I would have chosen differently I would have had an entire different way I would have approached a task. Trying to keep this vague as I don't want to spoil anything. I can say that if you like RPGs, you will think you bought the correct one no matter which one you buy. I like Witcher 3 better, but both are very good. I would maybe purchase by price at this point.

The Witcher 3

The Witcher 3 is the game of the year and one of the best games ever. Don't worry DA:I can't even hang out with TW3 I had the same problem that you had regarding DA:I. I played DA:I and couldn't get into it, but I put in The Witcher with a little doubt and never took it out of my PS4 after that. Start to finish the game is masterful and full of life. I can't comment on F4, but after playing The Witcher 3 I have very little interest in playing it haha. Best of luck!

It's fun to just screw around and explore in Fallout 4 but it's story is pretty weak. If you'd rather play a relaxed game and do explore the wasteland and build settlements go Fallout 4.

Whicher is more about the story and choices/consequenses. It's alot more serious and dark in tone and more focused on quests rather than aimless exploration. If that's your bag go Witcher3.

Though didn't get far in W3 because i couldn't get past the controls and you're stuck playing a pre-made character. After playing Bloodborne Geralt controled like a pile of bricks. Probably will pick it up again though.