The Witcher 3 and Mass Effect Andromeda thread

Wicther 3 is a better game, it is also better than any of Bioware's prvious outings, as well as new games like Horizon Zero Dawn. That doesn't make Andromeda bad anymore than having the next action adventure shooter you play not being Uncharted 4 makes that bad. The stuff in the article tied to previous games (like Yenn and Triss) are not even fare to compare to Andromeda because they build on a multi game story, as well as a book canon that only few of the player's will even be familiar with. The Gaunter O'Dimm section is right on, since the Heart of Stone is the best DLC I have ever played, even better than the larger Blood and Wine DLC (but I am a Doctor Faust enthusiast so what do I know). The one thing I disagree with is the part on Geralt. Most of the character conflicts the writer tries to wring out come from the player and not the character. He has a blase kind of way of moving through the world as if he doesn't care about anything. The degree with which one enjoys playing as Geralt is made up entirely by how much you either like that, or prefer a stoic brick wall kind of character who doesn't emote too much. I prefer passionate characters (like Ciri) myself, and would prefer to play as her than Geralt. On one last note, the ME trilogy has never been as unblinkingly bleak of a horror show as the Wicther is. Even the trilogy is a box of sunshine compared to it. You could never get the depths of anguish you can in Witcher from the Bloody Baron story from a Bioware game without fundamentally warping what they are. Bioware gets it's feelings from the comradery and relationships you forge in your party and with LI ( for example I don't give a shit about any of Geralt's friends in this world, like  Dandelion or Zoltan, outside of how well they are used in the game) and the grand adventure of it all. Witcher's feels come from successive gut punches in the stomach and the nightmarescape of it's world. It has a great story, but the actual dialogue writing is kind of bland and serviceable ( I say this as someone who just stopped playing it). It's good, but not a highlight.

tw3 is superior in every way, is a real adult, mature, non linear story
great written characters and story, plot,
MEA is a gay, feminazi, dumbed down version of some simple elements of the trilogy, sad but true

the open world in tw3 is full of life, is a living breathing world, anywhere you go, people, elves, dwarves, monsters live and do their things everyday,
they react when you pass by, in MEA, the npc's are statues they stay forever in the same place just waiting for you to go to talk to them

main characters, secondary characters and some questgivers or sidequests givers in tw3 are interesting, different among each other, they have a life, a story,
the sidequests are all different, even those simple quests that "go talk to Rorik for the monster contract, then kill the monster, then get reward" something so simple is always different, there are always different characters, and not always the problem is the monster and it's dificult to recognize the real monsters sometimes, even those simple quests are complex, you can always investigate more and find totally different outcomes, or even find the truth

in MEA all sidequests are boring fetch quests, just filler repetitive content to keep players occupied instead of entertained, just fetch quests or boring exploration in lifelss planets and maps to waste time
you can complete the main story in 10-15 hours, for the side content you need at least 130-160 hours
in MEA all side quests are forgettable, tedious, in tw3 every single side quest or witcher contract is handcrafted, is a little piece of art, every ingle one has its own magic and you will remember them and the characters,
i completed tw3 4 times and i want to complete it again, with both expansions

i completed MEA once and i'm done, it's enough, i've seen everything, it's tedious

in tw3 characters have their own story, they live their lives, they do what they do wether you like it or not, you find yourself in the most strange or fun or involving situations, the player discovers complex adventures, in MEA everything is served, everyone is happy yo see you, admiring you, smiling even when ships with thousands of space persons are lost and maybe destroyed, even when they lost a quarter of their population, etc

when you interact with characters in tw3 you can find anything , they treat you nice, or they despise you, they love you they fear you, is a very complex and mature interaction, sometimes very funny and that is even when geralt is neutral and has no emotions it's soo much more interesting than the ryders, in MEA 99% of the characters are dull, tedious to talk to,

i love ME but andromeda was very disappointing in many ways, it's sad
tw3 is a masterpiece with some flaws

wow...I know gays and feminazis are hiding under your bed and are like, super scaryand all,  but if you just turn the lights on and open the closet doors at night they will all go away.

I was thinking of starting one tomorrow. Even though I've never played a Witcher game. I just can't get enough of these threads. The Witcher hype is real. Especially after that last excellent post by derrame. Tomorrow I'm buying TW3. Was going to start with the first but the hype for 3 is too real. Almost bought it today even, but decided to give Andromeda another chance. Didn't go so well. Basically gave up on gaming all day, and everything else, and was in a sad bad posture slump on the couch all day. I need to get out of this abusive Andromeda relationship.

The Witcher 3 is God's gift to gaming.

Never said they shouldn't be compared, just all of the comparisons should be combined into a single thread. 

Alright, you guys can await the next merger then. I'm outta here for the night. Hasta la bye, bye.

I really hope the next game, if there will be one, will revolve around Ciri. 

Oh look, another TW3 thread to merge with the one on the front page already.

 I don't really care about CC either. Except with DAO and DAI I pretty much use defaults every time. I'll take a set character as well, as long as I want to play as said character (bye bye Geralt, hello Ciri). I really don't think Aloy is all that great really. She is rather monochrom with a bland personality, but she is a hell of a lot of fun to play as (I prefer the combat in HZD over MEA but then I'll always take Lauara Croft style bow and arrow action over laser guns so I am biased).

Horizon's story also is not better than MEA. I figured out the plot twist with Aloy the first time they revealed where she was found early in the game. Also, outside of the story set in Meridian, the rest of the main quest is god damn boring. It's comprised mostly of reading notes and watching holograms (and if you already figured it out or have already played it, it can get tedious). Don't get me wrong, I really liked the game and am excited to see where it goes next, but I can't agree it is better written than MEA  (I was genuinely shocked by the Angara reveal, I never was by anything during HZD). As far as CDPR replacing Bioware as the RP go to, they need to make more games than one every blue moon before that will happen. If they do, then, yeah, I could probably see myself with you there.