AC origins, odyssey, and Valhalla. I don't like them but are Witcher 3 clones.
I would also suggest Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen, but it's Japanese so doesn't fit the criteria.
Combat is super fun, graphics good considering it's from 2013, story at least in my opinion good. Cutscenes are way better than Skyrim's but the player character is not voiced.
Combat is super fun, graphics good considering it's from 2013, story at least in my opinion good. Cutscenes are way better than Skyrim's but the player character is not voiced.
I bet in 10 years somebody post something similar about witcher 3, how people could praise that game, when you can play rpgs in a complete VR by default even with low performance systems and the whole game feels like what today is a cutscene.
But to be honest, immersion is not everything. I play games (no matter the genre) to have fun. So even games like Shadowrun return with a grafik level that reminds to old 486´er PC´s can entertain if they shine with other features.
You sound a little bit spoiled by present triple A games detail level, could that be?
Dragon age series is cool. Mass effect as well (different setting). Not sure for PS4 but if you give laptop/pc a chance Divinity 2 is also up there. Baldurs gate both of them has excellent storylines and finally Witcher 1 and 2. If you are more interested in cut scenes then I suggest the LOTR movie trilogy
Already played those games great games no doubt about it. Actually I am just replaying AC Origins.
Well, the Bioware franchises - Mass Effect and Dragon Age - are the closest ones to the Witcher in how they're structured, with particular emphasis on the dialogues and choices that lead to different outcomes.
I think both Mass Effect 1 and The Witcher 1 were released in 2007 and CDPR even asked Bioware for their engine to make their game, they were like the Polish apprentices, but the evolution between each witcher game was much bigger than in either DA or ME trilogies, and by the time The Witcher 3 came out, the apprentices became the masters (although i still love the ME trilogy and highly recommend it).
I think both Mass Effect 1 and The Witcher 1 were released in 2007 and CDPR even asked Bioware for their engine to make their game, they were like the Polish apprentices, but the evolution between each witcher game was much bigger than in either DA or ME trilogies, and by the time The Witcher 3 came out, the apprentices became the masters (although i still love the ME trilogy and highly recommend it).
Ehm... The Yakuza games, although I wouldn't call them RPGs, have a bit in common with Cyberpunk. Lots and lots of cutscenes, lots and lots of action, a shitton of side content and fun cities (albeit a lot smaller in size) to explore.
Plus it has karaoke!
And just now I realized this thread was about Witcher 3 and not Cyberpunk. Time for bed me thinks. Ah well, my opinion still stands, Yakuza rocks!
Plus it has karaoke!
And just now I realized this thread was about Witcher 3 and not Cyberpunk. Time for bed me thinks. Ah well, my opinion still stands, Yakuza rocks!
To me, the mass effect trilogy is what you're looking for, especially if you like premade characters (which at that point i'd recommend waiting for the remastered edition). Also the dragon age (altho a bit more traditional combat wise and less actiony, rdr2, the yakuza serie... im sure im forgetting alot. But between all the games i've told you you have ATLEAST 6 months worth of playing time lol.
IMO skyrim has nothing to do with what you're looking forward. Skyrim is more of a sandbox rpg. To me it sounds like you're looking on a story focused rpg with a defined protagonist. Dunno why people are even suggesting that game tbh. Aside the fact you can ride a horse.
IMO skyrim has nothing to do with what you're looking forward. Skyrim is more of a sandbox rpg. To me it sounds like you're looking on a story focused rpg with a defined protagonist. Dunno why people are even suggesting that game tbh. Aside the fact you can ride a horse.
I still don't understand to this day why Skyrim won GOTY in a world where TW2 existed... I cannot praise this game enough. If you have only played TW3, I strongly recommend it, 'cause IMO is even better (I consider it CDPR's Magnum Opus in fact).
Masss Effect Triogy and Dragon Age are a no brainer. Fantastic characters and and story, great world building (in my opinion, the world of Thedas and the way its story is told is the best and most complex in all of gaming), fun combat, lots of choice and consequence, nice graphics. As for DA:2, for me, the story is actually brilliant, but that's another discussion...
Imagine DA2 with Red Engine graphics, 3 or 4 years of development and an Anders that was more like Johnny or Kreia...
Imagine DA2 with Frostbite graphics...DA:I still looks fantastic imo. XD
"A lot of science fiction is fantasy with nuts and bolts painted on the outside."
Terry Pratchett. (1948 - 2015)
I think DA2 would have done better with a less colorful, more realistic art direction. And IMHO Frostbite looked awful in ME: Andromeda.
Bethesda games really do require the most suspension of disbelief than any of game worlds. You can absolutely get lost in it, but once you see the edges, the whole thing starts to feel like a cheap, animatronic play ground with clearly robotic characters.
Meanwhile, in Cyberpunk I can clearly see that many NPCs have little to no A.I. and, yet, in just a few glances here and there, a smile from a girl on a dance floor and I can often completely forget that they are just paper dolls, executing randomized scripts.
The NPCs in Riot are the best, CDPR should look to that code base for inspiration on how to make crowds in all their mission locations.
Meanwhile, in Cyberpunk I can clearly see that many NPCs have little to no A.I. and, yet, in just a few glances here and there, a smile from a girl on a dance floor and I can often completely forget that they are just paper dolls, executing randomized scripts.
The NPCs in Riot are the best, CDPR should look to that code base for inspiration on how to make crowds in all their mission locations.
Yes and I am completely beside myself about it!! Great series that hits all the notes, except being sci Fi versus fantasy.
As for silent protagonists, I think they work in some games... It sometimes distinguishes the player as either the protagonist (not voiced) or an observer along for the ride (voiced).