Assassin's Creed Odyssey Vs. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Who Did It Better?

Assassin's Creed Odyssey recently launched to a lot of positive reviews. Many are praising the latest game's open world and branching story, a first for the series, while also complementing the refined naval and melee combat. However, how does it hold up when compared to CD Projekt RED's The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt? A game that is known for delivering one of the best experiences this generation.

[Chaosdreams]

Witcher 3 is still leagues ahead in terms of storytelling and world building. This isn't to say the new Assasin's Creed isn't enjoyable, it is, it's just nowhere near the same calibre as the Witcher 3 (but hey if that's there goal - keep at it, we won't complain).

[TheKingKratos]

When it comes to gameplay AssCreed is leagues ahead though

[Chaosdreams]

The parkour feels great and so does the fighting mechanics, but I feel a lot more involved with the Witcher 3 style of fighting. Though I’d still agree with you, Assassins has the crown there.

[princejb134]

i have witcher 3 and havent played odyssey yet, but witcher 3 gameplay and story is so boring though. I forced myself in witcher 3 as far as when you have to kill the fat guys demon dead child. Just couldnt get into it

[AnnaDea]

cool, you managed to play as far as 5% of the story, lol!

[Hungryalpaca]

The entire world disagrees with you.

[King_Noctis]

The Bloody Baron and The Heart of Stone quests will change your mind, if you haven’t gotten that far yet.

[Bigpappy]

Lol. Isotopes playing at that exact point also. For some reason I that game just can not make me care enough to put in the effort to finish.

[King_Noctis]

To me the Witcher 3 is far more polished than AC:O. There are a few things that I noticed AC:O could have done better with more dev time. For example, In AC:O, I killed someone on the road and the pedestrian just walk by the body like nothing happened, whereas in TW3, they would scream and run away.

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Chaosdreams

Couldn't have said it better....

[sammarshall102]

I haven't played Odyssey but The Witcher 3 is one of the best games ever! When it comes to quests The Witcher 3 raised the bar

[DEEBO]

Witcher wins but ACO does win in combat,you can climb everything,the Merc system/bounty system is great addition (Mordor nemesis systems) and the naval battle's and big war fights is something new.

This is one of the best if not the best Assassin's Creed to me.

[Hardiman]

As good as AC Origins and Odyssey are the Witcher 3 is on another level as far as narrative, characters and quality go. That said I'm having a blast with Odyssey!

[Elda]

I just couldn't get into TW3 & tried it several times but I'm loving Odyssey as I did Origins.

[CrimsonWing69]

Witcher... how is this even a question?

[Sokol]

You actually have to ask the question? Witcher of course. No comparison. Maybe Read Dead 2 will be more comparable.

[playnice]

I don't think they're in the same league... But I think a lot of improvements in Odyssey were inspired by the Witcher 3 for the better. In fact if AC could only improve in it's story tellint and quality of side quests / removing the feeling of grinding I think it would be near perfect.

[FloydianAndroid]

Not only is the Witcher 3 better, but assassins creed origins is better as well. The fact that they made such a great reboot in origins and instead of going from there they make a game taking place 400 years before origins is lazy storytelling.

[Count_Bakula]

"...while also complementing the refined naval and melee combat." Wow, they simply can't be compared. Ubi still uses clipping (no entrance wounds, damage, ect.) and very aged blood spray for their weapon-to-body connections. The combat was awful to me, sliding around on the ground like Guild Wars, hacking and slashing away at guys/health bars who are almost naked but showing absolutely 0 damage. Witcher at least had maiming and amazing end-of-combat finishers (and you could mod that so the % chance was extremely high).

Ubi is light years behind. It really does CD a disservice to compare Witcher to this game that in no way shape or form resembles a game that should have released in 2018. Ubi is like Bethesda right now. Their newly-released games look and feel like they came out in 2008 or something.

[AK91]

I don’t really like Witcher 3 but in terms of polish it’s far superior to Odyssey. Although Odyssey is far more an actual game than Witcher 3 ever was.

[pietro1212]

Did you actually play the Witcher 3? That game was rich in gameplay/ content especially compared to most games to come out this gen.

[Dixiedevil]

Lol. Umm, The Witcher. I just finished AC:O. It was one of those games that I only finished because after 50 hours, everything in me wanted to give up on it but I kept playing because I already had so much time invested. Spoiler alert: The end is retarded. These 2 games aren’t in the same hemisphere.

[jagermaster619]

The Witcher 3 was released back in 2015 and still holds the crown!

[pietro1212]

The Witcher 3... not even on the same level.

[Sirk7x]

Every time I go back to Witcher 3 I'm still stunned by how gorgeous that game is. Some of the best storytelling in gaming as well. It's been said endlessly, but if you play on Death March the combat becomes far more than button mashing as well. It is absolutely punishing until you get overpowered gear and requires attention. That being said, I feel like Odyssey is the first open world game I've played since Witcher 3 and BotW that really gave me that wow factor regarding its art style and presentation. Also, playing on the Project Stream beta, which is crazy. No lag or juttering, no noticeable input delay. There is some artifacting occasionally, but it's still miles ahead of what I expected.

[MrVux000]

The only thing that AC Odyssey did better is gameplay.

[Psychotica]

Witcher 3 is much better in almost every way. AC:Odyssey does some odd things in opinion, like you can hardly travel 30 yards without being attacked by a wolf or bear and the developers thought it would make sense to not carry a shield so that the enemies could constantly pelt you with arrows. The AI also levels when you do so you never feel like you are growing in power. So in my opinion, a better comparison would be The Witcher 3 vs AC:Origins, though even then the Witcher 3 would be the better game overall.