Is The Witcher 3 better than Skyrim?

The Witcher 3 has gone down as a success, it's safe to say. But is it a better game than Skyrim, one of the greatest RPG's of all time? In this opinion piece Gamespresso's Steve compares the two.

[FreakOrama]

For me it is.

But discussing it a bit more, those who value experience, immersiveness, story / story-engagement will find W3 to be better than Skyrim.

While those who value a lot of mechanics and customization with raw feedback, will see Skryim better than W3.

That's how I see it from having a lot of discussions with my friend about it.

[joab777]

For me it's easily TW3. I played Skyrim for over 200 hrs b/c there's so much to do, but there's no real challenge to it. You can literally do everything, and max whatever you want.

I need a challenge and feel the progress in an rpg.

[susanto1228]

200 hrs?? please most real SKyrim fans have over 1000 hours I have 1600 hours in and still playing if you only played 200 hours you don't understand how to play a Elder Scrolls game I probably spent 200 hours just creating armor and weapons

[Griever]

@Susanto1228

I have played Skyrim for 3,000 hours and still play it for 30 hours every day!
Seriously though if you what you said is true... 1600 hours!? WTH have you been doing in the game?? Dont you get bored of the monotony? Is it the only game you own?

On topic, IMO Witcher 3 is miles better. It has a story, characters, deep challenging gameplay, beautiful world and meaningful quests/content.

[Grap]

1600 hours??? wtf?!!!!!!!!

[zidane1341]

1600 hours in skyrim? That sounds hella boring. By the time you reach level 50 you have seen most of the unique things. The lack of item variety made that game boring after 200 hours. Which isn't bad but not all of us have all the free time in the world.

[cplus]

@susanto1228 Are you really bragging about wasting 1600 hours of your life on a game with 200 hours making weapons and armor lmfao.

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[nitus10]

For me one of my Skyrim builds was 200 plus hours on expert and I have hardly touched the main quests (I have all DLC). Once you can do a double enchantment on either Dragon or Daedric artefacts, weapons and armour the game becomes almost ridiculously easy so it is usually best to increase the difficulty which is very easy to do.

Note: Decreasing the difficulty, especially "on the fly" would be IMHO cheating. Still you can do it if you want although most Skyrim Adventures would sneer at you if you admitted it. :-)

I have not played any of the Witcher series much less 3 so I cannot really comment. Still if I can see a bundle for that plus Bloodborne and possibly Dark Souls 2 and/or Dragon Age Inquisition I would buy a PS4 immediately until then I have a BC PS3 and have a pile of PS3 and PS2 (many look good on my 55" HDTV) games that can keep me entertained.

[SeanScythe]

@susanto1228
It's easy to see where the 1600 hours comes from. It's from installing all the nude and sexy mods and then gawking at them for hours and making them do things to his own perverted wishes.

[oSHINSAo]

1600 hours?? someone invoke a 10 years old minecraft player

[Antifan]

TW3 shits all over Skyrim. More creature types, bigger cities, better minigames, better combat, sea exploration, better ecosystem/weather trends, better story, better loot when exploring caves and dungeons, more diverse weapons and gear, better everything really.
The only thing Skyrim did better was the sandbox/rpg elements where you can play as any type of class. The city of Novigrad is bigger and more detailed than all of Skyrim cities combined.. Whiterun is just a subdivision compared to Novigrad lol. Skyrim feels like an incomplete game compared to W3 lol. Only 4-5 types of monsters in skyrim, but w3 has over 40 breeds/types, Bethesda definitely ran out of time or last generation consoles held it back.

[eklektic]

Now now brown cow the witcher is only better at a few things mostly because of it being what 8 years younger. The tech is far better now then it was then. Witch makes me laugh that there is even a comparison considering witcher one was out at the time of skyrim i believe. And we all know who won then. I still think skyrim was and is far superior. Im sure I'll get hate for it but the freedom you have in skyrim has yet to be touched by any other game. The fighting is better in the witcher i agree. But we're talking about a huge gap in tech and a mostly first person experience vs a 3rd.

[Irishguy95]

eklektic

Just saying...Having **** combat is a stable of the elder scrolls series. Demons souls still has better combat than both Witcher 3 and Skyrim.

Gameplay mechanics are hardly influenced by tech these days, especially the likes of the RPG's. Bethesda just cater to casuals to much

Literally the only things thats any good in Skyrim is the actual exploration and customization. The game mecahnics in every area suck, literally, puzzles suck, combat sucks, questing sucks...

[zidane1341]

Yeah skyrim has half of the awesomeness of this game. It was too copy paste with everything.

[ArchangelMike]

TW3 for me as well - it's just a much more polished game, but I understand why ppl would pick SKyrim over TW3, for example character cutomisation, sneaking, lockpicking etc etc. But personally I think TW3 more than makes up for it in every other aspect.

[Magicite]

Skyrim got shitty combat.

[on_line_forever]

i agree with you the game play and combat in Skyrim is really shitty . especially in 3rd person view

and the story in Witcher is better than Skyrim

[Letthewookiewin]

I really loved Skyrims leveling, and crafting system plus being stealthy with a bow was so awesome, but Witchers world and the story telling that comes with it is truly incredible. Very hard for me to decide.

[TheXgamerLive]

Immersion is #1 for me, graphics etc.. also play an important roll but immersion for me, their have only been 4 games that have brought me TOTAL IMMERSION.

The original SPLINTER CELL on Xbox, KOTOR on Xbox, FALLOUT 3 on Xbox 360 and now with THE WITCHER 3 on my Xbox One.

These 4 games totally captured my attention to a near possessed level.
I'm a very happy man right now.

[Bigpappy]

I love and played all of those games you mentioned. That includes W3 that I have started but am holding off on until I complete Dragon age (which I am currently enjoying). I realized that I am confusing the missions gameplay when I try to play both. S0 I which I had waited to pick up the Witcher.

As for the comparison with Skyrim, Even with a few hours in, I can tell the witcher is not quite and advanced as Skyrim in the areas like under water exploration and NPC having a work sleep cycle. So I am sure there will be more. Having said that, I still have to play the Witcher and can already tell I am going to love it more than I did W2. Have to see if I prefer it to Skyrim (Doubtful). The only thing I didn't like about Skyrim, was the NPC's auto leveling, and that you couldn't really fine unique armor and weapons that you couldn't build on your own. As I all ways said Morrowind is the bench mark of all opened world RPG's. I am yet to play one better.

[-Foxtrot]

Well it's an RPG so customization in my character is a number 1 thing in the genre.

With the Witcher your character is already made, he has a name, a background, fighting class but in Skyrim you are a blank slate.

I mean it's not like in the Witcher you can begin the game and choose what you want to be... Geralt is a warrior at the end of the day. You can't become a mage or a theif your stuck with what you have because the story revolves around who he is.

It's not a bad thing but in RPG games you want to be able to pave your characters path in any direction...not being restricted.

Only game I've seen do this right is Mass Effect but the problem with that game is as an RPG it's not as open since all the worlds are in Hubs.

[wsoutlaw87]

I would take the story of geralt over being able to give my character a name and dress him. Im not worried about the lable of rpg, just how much I enjoy it. I would argue in the wotcher you get more freedom over who he actually is in the choices you choose than in skyrim. For me games also have to have great gameplay to want to play it for hundreds of hours and skyrim never had that. Id play the sims if I wanted to make houses and get married and all that.

[wsoutlaw87]

The witcher is what skyrim should have been. It has a bigger map with some actual diversity. The missions are unique and not just go clear the same copy/paste dungeon over and over. The story is actually interesting with good voice acting and cut scenes. The voice acting for the side quests and stories behind them in skyrim were very lacking. The skyrim world is much more immersive. The biggest difference and most important for me, is gameplay. Skyrims combat was terrible and just felt like a pointless after thought of swing/strafe. The combat and variety in fights make the witcher much better and more enjoyable than skyrim. I cant think of one thing skyrim did better other than the way their leveling system rewarded grinding and crafting daggers over and over which some find very addictive.

[wsoutlaw87]

Tw3 world is more immersive*

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[magiciandude]

I find myself having the most fun in a wRPG since Skyrim with TWIII. Skyrim had many terrible flaws but it was still an enjoyable game in the grand scheme of things. The Witcher III has a great story and characters, but Skyrim has a better sense of exploration, all in my opinion anyway.

[mic_cala]

TW3 by farrr, not say skyrim wasnt awesome but W3 for me trumps it easily.

Story is better, world is better, side quests better, ur choices have consequences, more adult like world.

[Flipgeneral]

What a joke.

W3 is superior in every way. Story, mechanics, combat. I can't think of anything that Skyrim does better than Witcher.... Anything....

[nitus10]

Personally I prefer job classes and the ability to generate a character male/female and even non-human. Crafting magical or even physical items is also quite interesting with it's own challenges than just buying armour/items/spells/weapons at a town.

Still when I do get to play TW3 at some time I most likely will enjoy for it own right rather then trying to compare it against other games.

Of course newer RPG games should be much better however I do feel you should hopefully enjoy each game and let it stand on it's own merit rather than trying to hold one up as the greatest and rubbish the rest.

[Hereiamhereibe2]

Just because you back out of every conversation you get into doesnt mean there was no story or a worse story, you just chose not to enjoy it. Skyrim is better than Witcher hands down without a doubt. Better combat, better, longer story. More stories, better lore, better dialogue/acting, better graphics (ya i went there), bigger world, more mechanics, endless gameplay, better random events, better protagonist and antagonists, better DLC and MOD SUPPORT. So to everyone that clicked on this article to look for a comment that says witcher is better, the commenter is wrong. They have not taken the time to truely exprience both games and see what they all have to offer. I have, trust me Skyrim is to Witcher as the Super Bowl is to Little leagues.

[DarkOcelet]

Two different games entirely.

Both are amazing and thats what matter.

[Ark_]

Mario Kart and The Witcher are to entirely different games. Skyrim and The Witcher are definitly comparable: both singleplayer openworld RPG in a medival fantasy settings. Just sayin'...

The comparison doesn't matter to me as well. As you stated: they are both amazing.

[Halo2ODST2]

Theres always someone being cheap, why ocelet why?? If you can't think of anything to say that contributes to to this disscusion then don't say anything at all. I can guess you are bad at writing essays if you're to lazy state an argument?

[DarkOcelet]

I did say both are amazing so that's a contribution to the discussion lol.

And i cant say i am bad at writing essays but i cant say i am the best either.

English is not my first language but i sure as hell can say that i can speak and write better than some people that has English as their native language.

And how about you state an argument yourself before trying to call someone lazy.

And its not "to lazy" its "too lazy". Sheesh

[Halo2ODST2]

Both games are comparable. Simple... you're try now.

[unkcizzle]

Yea Ocelet...You are try now like he said.

[Hereiamhereibe2]

Because Ocelot realizes that Witcher is not even in the same ballpark as Skyrim.

[wsoutlaw87]

Two different games entirely? Well...no. They are pretty much the closest comparable games in the genre.

[Hereiamhereibe2]

In the what way? Setting? So James Bond and Call of Duty should be compared too right?

[SanctuaryExitia]

Yeah wsoutlaw87, in the what way like he asked?

[KryptoniteTail]

Not even close.

[il-JumperMT]

Yes because Morrowind >>> Skyrim

[Kappa Mikey]

Morrowind>>oblivion>s kyrim

[Jalva]

Nostalgia > Logic

[TheFirstClassic]

Liking Morrowind better isn't neccessarily nostalgia, it might have the biggest flaws of the three but also the biggest strengths.

Not that morrowind being better or worse than skyrim has anything to do with the topic.

[nitus10]

I have played Oblivion and Skyrim and both are great games in their own right although if you don't set your major and minor preferences correctly in Oblivion very soon the game gets too difficult unless you use the difficulty slider to make the game ridiculously easy (not sporting IMHO). A level 10 fighter and a level 10 character is going to get clobbered in every encounter.

Skyrim on the other hand is IMHO has more of a traditional levelling system.

Hint: In Oblivion set your minor preferences as those you really want to level up and set your major ones as those that will let your character level up very slowly. As an example it is possible to have a level 50 Fighter and level 100 Mage while having your character at level of 10.

[Psychotica]

Witcher 3 is better than Skyrim because Morrowmind is better than Skyrim?

[Idree]

Although TW3 is the more polished game, Skyrim just was more enjoyable gameplay wise.

Hence TW3 will probably be the popular pick for now, it's like comparing a hyped blockbuster game with a a slightly flawed but insanely popular & immersive indie game.

Edit: I'm pretty sure 10 years from now people will remember Skyrim as a classic compared to any of The Witcher games. Had the same discussion when Dragon Age released, same thing tbh.

[pyroxxx]

Would sooner say that Skyrim is more polished,..(and that game is buggy as shit Billions of glitches and bugs in the Witcher 3 (not only technical,..but quest braking ones) Witcher plays way better though (but that is really not hard) and witcher is a third person experience,.. so combat systems cannot be directly compared between them,.. maybe with Risen games,.. and Witcher is at least as good if not significantly better,.. but compared to fromsoft games it is still pretty weak (like every game out there)

[wsoutlaw87]

I don't think you remember how many game breaking issues skyrim had.

[IamTylerDurden1]

Yes, more style, better looking, more adult.

Oblivion > Skyrim.

[Kappa Mikey]

Oblivion gets to much hate in my opinion. I still think morrowind and oblivion were better than skyrim

[GUTZnPAPERCUTZ]

Yes, the Lore, The immersion, and the gameplay is better to me than Skyrim.

[psplova]

The music's not, that's for sure. Man, Skyrim's music alone makes it better than any other game I've ever played before or since. It just seemed like it teleported me into that universe like no 'game soundtrack' ever has been able to. I miss that. I am really enjoying TW3 either way so far, but a skyrim killer? Not as of yet for me..

[djdrake13]

Yeah, skyrim had some dope beats!!

[IVanSpinal]

games with epic music: Killer Instinct, Halo 1 & 2, Blood Wake, Turok 2, Fallout (all), The Elder Scrolls 3, 4 & 5, F.E.A.R. 1, GODS(snes), Ninja Gaiden (xbox, PS3 version), Serious Sam, TimeSplitters 2, Super Castlevania IV, Perfect Dark, Too Human(grendal's lair song) & Splinter Cell (Theme From Battery)

[psplova]

I also dug Castlevania SOTN's soundtrack as well.

[Yo Mama]

Skyrim is better, imo. I like the stealth and sneaking into people's homes with the danger of waking them and getting arrested. I've yet to experience that in Witcher 3.

There are other reasons too, but this is the one that sticks out at the moment.

[WizzroSupreme]

It seems to have a better story than Skyrim at the very least.

[Summons75]

That's because Witcher IS story driven whereas TES is adventure based. TES encourages you to create your own adventure, world is first thought then story. Witcher is centered around the story and the world built around it. I think they are both equal. Witcher 3 has huge open areas but it's not completely open world whereas Skyrim you can go wherever you want, no boarders or loading different areas. Really disappointed when I wasn't allowed to sail myself to Geralt's home got to the edge of the map and it turned me around. Though each area is Massive it kinda makes up and masks the fact you can't walk end to end seamlessly but it does have a really fun story.

[zsquaresoff]

Witcher 3 is incredible. Story, visuals and gameplay is top notch.

Even after not playing the first 2 games, it still feels like you know everything.

Not an easy thing to do that.

[spicelicka]

The one thing that I just loved about Skyrim and Oblivion was that you could leave any object anywhere in the world and it would pretty much remain there for the entire game. Something about that felt so immersive, also the fact that you could do quests in dozens of ways, even some ways that weren't intended by the developers.

I'll never forget following a guy to a bridge and pushing him off and stealing keys off his dead body, instead of having to upgrade my sneaking and stealing skills.

Now I've only started Witcher 3 yet and I have barely played it, but I'm so looking forward to what i can experience in it. I hope it's amazing.

[MysticStrummer]

I don't know about TW3, but I'm not as interested to play it as I always am for an Elder Scrolls game. I'll play TW3 eventually, I don't feel the need for a new game right now, but Elder Scrolls easily gets me to a midnight launch.

[Germany7]

I still prefer Skyrim.

[windblowsagain]

Skyrim bored me shitless as did oborion.

Witcher 3 is by far the best RPG ever made.

[Nirvaniac]

They both rule.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Agreed. They are a bit too different to compare. Skyrim is a bit more complex as you can have many different player builds, races etc. Both have their place, but both can't really be compared.

[kbozz71]

They're both great. /thread

[InTheLab]

Is Skyrim really the bar though? Game launched broken, magic was pointless, stealth was broken, the story was basic, and mods are the only reason people continue to talk about it. Really dumbed down the franchise... I mean, you can max out every skill in a matter of hours in Skyrim. Remember that time you became the Archmage in Skyrim but that lizard in the library still yells at you like you're an apprentice? Or that one time you took over the thieves guild but still got sent on dummy missions? Skyrim might be one of the most overrated games in history.

[F0XHOUND]

Both great, and both offering different aspects of what make the best game. Imo, skyrim isn't even the best TES game, I found Oblivion a thousand times better, and morrowind too. The witcher has the challenge and movie quality "well, its based off a book" story and probably is a better game overall. Games like skyrim just seem to edge it for me over the witcher due to the sheer character and personality it offers. Right now all I can hear in my head are the awfully awesome voices of Oblivion "be seeing you" by every npc you walk past, or the same voice acter saying... you are like a dark gift, sent by the night mother herself" lol, on top of the first experience I had in a world so open in TES, they are truly classics while the witcher is one of the best games made in its own right, its just not as iconic.... for me!

[wynams]

I am in a minority here, but I think The Witcher 2 was better than Skyrim. Haven't enjoyed a TES game since Morrowind.

I enjoyed Two Worlds II more than Skyrim tbh ... instanced caverns and monsters leveling to your level is just not rpgish to me.

[phantomexe]

Your not alone i enjoyed two worlds 2 better then skyrim. Shame really people over looked two worlds 2 after the frist one and never even gave it a chance.

[scientificreasoning]

ROFL yes yes it is by far...Skyrim is overrated , worst combat in any major rpg and it's many rpg systems are terrible.

[Wii_nes_007]

Skyrim job all day. TW3 is great but its an open regional game, not a true open world like Skyrim. Geralts movements are really sluggish and the combat is all over the place. Plus Skyrim offers 3rd or 1st person which is nice. Dont get me wrong, I love TW3 but Skyrim, all the way from the epic intro to the very end is a better game to me. But then again theres no proving which game is better, its all opinion.

[starchild]

"not a true open world like Skyrim"

I find this to be the most nonsensical and disingenuous complaint of all. Velen alone is bigger than Skyrim. So you're telling me that because there is a loading screen between Velen and the Skellige isles that it somehow detracts from the open-worldeness of the game? By that standard Skyrim is vastly more fragmented, because there are loading screens every time you enter a city or interior environment.

And combat is excellent in the Witcher 3 --responsive, tactical, challenging and fun. It's really strange you try to put down the combat in The Witcher 3 and then turn around and say Skyrim is the better game when Skyrim's combat isn't even close to a good as The Witcher 3's combat.

That said, I can understand someone preferring Skyrim more overall. I just don't find the things you said to be particularly convincing or fair.

[samchez77]

You have a fantastic point about the loading screens for building and towns for Skyrim. On console, the load times really killed the game momentum. PC was not so bad. Solstheim had to load too.........Far more framented than having to load a few MASSIVE area's in the Witcher 3

I love the combat in TW3, it's exciting.

[Pintheshadows]

Yes.

Skyrim isn't even in my top three Elder Scrolls games. Daggerfall, Oblivion, and Morrowind are far superior.

[iistuii]

i prefer Skyrim. Finding it hard to get into the witcher.

[Kingscorpion71]

Witcher was always better to me Skyrim, ever since the first two games. It's one of the reason why I build PCs just to play games like this. I can't wait to see what CD Projekt Red do next. I heard that their next game is a PC exclusive after Cyberpunk 2077

[Yukonsbud]

I think the combat system for W3 is much better than Skyrim, also W3 story telling is more immersive. The only thing I wish W3 had is the 1st to 3rd person mode. If it did it would be incredible, though the game already is incredible... Or a camera slider would be cool too. But whatever, the game is still the best game I've played on XB1!

[oIITSBIIo]

1000000x times better than Skyrim.

[titans9999]

You can't compare these two games....I enjoy both and am happy to have great developers dedicated to giving us all an enjoying gaming experience!

[alexkarkar]

witcher 3 is a broken game that isn't nowhere close to skyrim. i regard this question as a sacrilege. that's the simple truth.

[EdoubleD]

Wasn't nearly as broken as Skyrim was. That's the truth

[sarlucic]

Well witcher got better combat, story, more living world and what not. Buuuut with that said, i had more fun with witcher, but i had fun for a longer time in skyrim.

But yeah they are both open world rpg games, but truth to be told they are not very similar, and seeing as they release 1 good rpg every 3 or so year, stop whining and play both.

[Dyldog69]

No

[Drasill]

Skyrim doesn't come close.

[jznrpg]

Hard to compare a brand new game to a old last gen game. Maybe Witcher 3 and TES6 would be a slightly better comparison.

[Clown_Syndr0me]

Omg just the thought of a current gen Elder Scrolls (not ESO) made me do a little wee.

[feedphil]

Two completely different games. I liked exploring a little more in skyrim the world seemed a little bigger to me but its been years since I last played it. I seem to remember enjoying joining the guilds more than the main story. Crafting and alchemy seemed pointless other than enhancing your weapons with elemental damage. But I enjoyed the fighting until it was slash and kill in one hit. I lucked out and didnt encounter a game breaking glitch which I know people who did.
The Witcher on the other hand benefits from new consoles so it is more fluid and easier on the eyes.
The sign system is pretty sweet, I combo quen axii for the most part obviously traps are important for certain enemies. The endless stream of loot is amazing. I just wish there was more witcher gear but I guess if you do it right you get to utilize th individually more. I have georges armor right now and about to complete the cat set. The main story is awesome, the side quests are entertaining and dont seem usesless and repetitive like dragon age.
So ya overall from a console perspective I think the witcher is better but for its time Skyrim was a great game and it is not right to compare it to a game released 6 years later.
Its like comparing ff7 to ff10 to me. Clearly everything about 10 was better but the nostalgia ff7 gives me makes me appreciate it a little more. So if you are someone who holds skyrim up on a pedestal because it takes you back to a certain time you have no reason to be ashamed because it is being put up against the witcher in a clickbait article som 5 years later which is a testament to its greatness. As I am sure the next great rpg will be put up against the Witcher 3 years down the road.

[--bienio--]

Both games are amazing.

[samchez77]

I absolutely LOVE Skyrim. I have invested 100's of hours on both PS3 & PC. It has been my all time favourite game..........until now.

Skyrim still has apsects to it that TW3 fails to replicate.

However, at this early stage, I must admit TW3 is taking a huge steaming dump on Skyrim.

Time will tell though. Will I still be playing TW3 in 3 years? We'll see. I'll wait until the initial 'wow' factor wears off before coming to a definitive decision.

[PlayableGamez]

Story wise yes...
Adventure wise, no.

[aLiEnViSiToR]

This is like asking if Ferrari car better then Monster Truck lol they are both unique in their own way... why chose when you can have both :D

[JudahWarrior]

TW3 is the greatest RPG i've ever played ever!

[TomRL]

What a boring article. "In the end it comes down to which one you had most fun with", boring. Witcher 3 absolutely obliterates Skyrim. The one strong part of Skyrim was the world and atmosphere. Narrative, combat and gameplay as a whole was nowhere near what the Witcher 3 is.

[Scatpants]

It absolutely is to me. The quests are all far more interesting and the combat is more fun. I got through the main story of Skyrim in like 8 hours. Very disappointing even if there are tons of sidequests.

[Apollosupreme]

Yes and so is Witcher 2.

[animalia85]

skyrim was broken on the ps3, not the xbox 360. skyrim has more interesting things going on in its world. skyrim has more varied environments, enemies, weapons, and lets not forget that is has an enormous amount of different spells and shouts. Skyrim has way more and better written books and each book on a bookshelf can be picked up and read/take, wild hunt has a book shelf with 20 books and only one of them is real. I see more details in skyrim than wild hunts pulled back perspective. the storyline, hand to hand and weapon combat is better in wild hunt, but that's because they didn't have to worry about spells to open locks... and the graphics and animations that go along with it. I like the witcher but I love Skyrim, ive put 700 hours between 3 separate playthroughs. im sorry but you sony fanboys are butthurt that Bethesda's games were buggy as shit on the ps3. Bethesda is my favorite developer by a mile. skyrim was fun and it had so much replay value, I doubt ill replay wild hunt once I beat the game and all side quest. tell me why wild hunt is better ? and don't give me that crap about it not being buggy so its better.

[samchez77]

I played 100's of hours on PS3 without a single problem. The only hassle was the DLC delay.

Xbox fanboy huh? How does it feel to be on the losing side this gen? By far.......

[animalia85]

I have ps4 and xbox one, I think the xbox is the better system. im not a fanboy, I just hate sony fanboys this gen. you guys took the place of the xbox troll.and as far as the losing side, id ont remember this gen being over. the ps4's lead is not insurmountable and you would be wise to not make predictions so early in this generation. come talk to me in 2 years and we will see who is on the losing side. xbox has so much more going for it futurewise than the ps4. keep holding on to that "power gap" its all you trolls have.

[Apollosupreme]

A quick search on Google will show a very well documented batch of major problems with the PS3 version. Most issues were fixed but it took them a very long time. Is it possible you bought the game later and missed out on all the problems?

[TheHaloGuy]

Lol yes.

[masa2009]

Quests look more flexible in The Witcher, with some sequence breaking allowed.
In Skyrim, if a quest giver has not let you in through a scripted sequence, you can't enter many quest locations.
You do have more gameplay systems in Skyrim than Witcher 3: lockpicking, stealth, stealing... But they are not always put to good use with a lot of cut and paste dungeons, and some keys or doors whose use can be arbitrarily limited to make the quest design more manageable for the devs.
In Skyrim, the choices are very self contained, and other than a couple specific choices precooked by the devs, quests are often pretty rigid and roleplay doesn't matter.

For me Skyrim is not even the best of the Bethesda published RPGs, New Vegas is.

[Clown_Syndr0me]

To me they're too different.
Skyrim smashes it for freedom, and I really enjoyed the hundreds of dungeons. I feel exploration in Skyrim is second to none.

However when it comes to interesting quests, deep characters and story telling The Witcher 3 is leagues ahead.

[StarLord_Who]

ssssssubjective!!!

[Javery]

Obama suck.

[Ch1d0r1]

Just because one is better doesnt mean they are the best. For example i prefer a game like dark/demons souls. Im not a big fan of the gopher type quests found in skyrim. But what makes skyrim awesome are the mods!

[Sirk7x]

Absolutely, but is Witcher 3 better than Morrowind? :P

[kevnb]

I think I would have liked skyrim a lot better if I hadnt already played morrowind, oblivion, and fallout 3. I really liked skyrim and all, but not nearly as much as everyone else seems to.

[iceman600]

"Is The Witcher 3 better than Skyrim?"

um is the whitcher a rpg with actual combat better than a stiff outdated rpg with a poor excuse for combat? lol hmmmm

[ThePain1]

WtF! This guy is comparing two games but he is yet to play one of them! So really his opinion is based of other peoples opinions on the game either from reading up on other peoples articles or watching other people play the game ..so this is really just a waste of a read!

[Kuma]

Hands down Witcher is the better of th two.

[IamTylerDurden1]

I love Bethesda even though they are horrible programmers, their games always look bad and run even worse. I know they make massive open games and this is partly to blame but look how lazy their PS3 ports were, look at the framerate their games boast. I adore Fallout 3/NV but im just being honest.

Witcher 3 imo is far better than skyrim i thought skyrim was overrated and i enjoyed Oblivion more as it was far more groundbreaking for it's time.

Skyrim was boring imo and Witcher 3 owns skyrim in

Grfx and visuals - even Witcher 2 on 360 looks better than Skyrim, Witcher has more style and uniqueness in esthetic design.

Story and Narrative - Witcher 3 has a story you can care about, skyrim is very open and not focused on narrative, Witcher is based off a series of novels of course it's going to have a better story.

Combat - Witcher 3 has enjoyable and smooth combat, skyrim is very weak in terms of combat.

Though skyrim was overrated it still is impressive with it's freedom and size. Both games are impressive and Witcher 3 is just more my style. CD PR nailed it with the entire series i am anticipating Cyberpunk 2077 more than both of these games.

[leemo19]

Its hard to really say, If I was saying scale of map TW3 runs circles around Skyrim. TW3 one section alone is the same size if not bigger than Skyrim. There's tons of more comparisons you can do, but for now I leave it at a tie, both are great games in their own way.

[ziratul]

ABSOLUTELY NOT!

No Mods, boring dialogues, rpg elements...

[RiseofScorpio]

You can't compare a last gen game to a next gen one in world size and immersion. TES VI whenever the hell that comes out is a better comparison.

[smolinsk]

Skyrim for me, alot more freedom in Skyrim, Witcher is great but it lacks the real open world feel to it, first person and bow and arrow.

[MadLad]

Proper writing, combat, and a lot of real choice vs a level-scaling, weightless combat lootfest with almost nothing in the way of interesting writing or combat.

Yeah.
I would say that Witcher 3 is the better game.

[WickedLester]

I love both games but I miss the cave-dwelling in The Witcher. That's the one aspect of Elder Scrolls games that I enjoy over The Witcher.

[Ahmay]

Well, for someone who doesn't play these games, W3 looks more appealing to me...

[Tzuno]

In some departments yes, Skyrim is still a solid rock.

[Wilazone]

They both are two of the greatest games I've played. Of course TW3 is better because skyrim came out 4 years ago in 2011. Even more so, TW2 came out the same year as Skyrim and in my opinion Skyrim is better than TW2. Really it's only fair if TW3 gets compared to a new elders scrolls game on next gen.