The Witcher 2 vs the witcher 3

[Tooters]

I have to agree on this one though, and many do as well that the witcher 3 doesn't have much good looking armor, and if something which I would like to see an addition personally is to be able to customize the armor to certain extent or at least.

I use the Cat School armor as it, in my opinion, is the closest set to his book armor - A leather doublet with silver studs, but I do wish it looked a little different, I wouldn't have put chainmail under it, as he rarely, almost never in fact, seemed to wear armor which was more than studded leather.

Cat school armor with a white shirt underneath instead, maybe with a short chainmail shirt which goes halfway down the open sleeve would be cool.

I liked the armor sets from TW1, they were very much how I imagined his armor looking - Witcher 3 gets a lot of it back in terms of aesthetics, but not quite and I wore Raven all the way through TW2 regardless of stats, because I like it {:

 

[Scholdarr.452]

Witcher 2 > Witcher 3

:comeatmebro:


The armor designs are quite unfitting in both games though. Witcher 1 trumps them both...

 

[Majestic81x]

After playing the witcher 3 and absolutely loving it, I decided to try out its predecessor.
and after finishing the witcher 2, I have to say the witcher 3 is better in almost every way

except for one.

never before in a game have I seen such incredible looking armor, I mean every set just looks spectacular, especially the dark mode set, which r the best I have ever seen in a game, though some did share a similar model. From the ban ard armor to the thyssen armor just magnificent.
While I dunno who designed the majority of the armor in the witcher 3, cuz they need to be fired. If it's not broke why fix it. Other than the kae mohren set and the feline and ursine. Everything looks like a jesters costume, or makes geralt look like he has a beer belly

I just can't imagine people giving a thumbs up those!

And it's not like they just don't exist cuz eskel and lambert both sport great looking armor, that geralt could wear in 2 but not in 3

YES! Finally someone sees what i see, The armors in W2 were great looking. just beautiful. I didnt like how they went with designing W3 armors at all. The colors look weird, the shape doesnt suit Geralt, and i dont understand why most are shaped like robes. overall they look a little silly.

I wish they kept the W2 armor design.

 

[web-head91]

However Witcher 2 Geralt was far too politically involved, yes he had been dragged into such things before, Kings and Queens had tried to use him before, ala-Calanthe, But he always kept to his principles that he is not a pawn to be used for political gain.

He cannot run off and chase every political criminal in the north.

After 2, he ran off into the wilderness because he needed to find Yen, he was done with the fate of kingdoms and empires from that point onwards.

It's extremely OOC for Geralt to jump back into the political mire that was TW2's style of storytelling, and as such it went back to its roots, a game based massively on folklore and fairytale, I much prefer this, as it much more closely resembles the books style of storytelling.

true, but i felt TW2 had a better "antagonist", compared to the wild hunt which are BARELY in 3rd the game v_v

 

[Tooters]

true, but i felt TW2 had a better "antagonist", compared to the wild hunt which are BARELY in 3rd the game v_v

However 3 had a more diverse cast of Villains in general, along with an internal struggle between Geralt and destiny which has been a massive part of the narrative of the whole series since 'Sword of Destiny' - The Witcher 3 is a much more faithful game in terms of how it portrays the characters and in its worldbuilding.

You also have stellar characters, such as the Baron which are created so damn well, he almost feels real, people really don't give him enough mention - He's a PTSD and drink fueled, broken man who hides behind a wall of alcohol and wit to try and keep his problems at bay and it consistently comes back to him - which in the end may cause his undoing, gah, he's so well crafted.

As for TW2, its antagonist really is not present, Letho is a tool of Emhyr and while Geralt and Emhyr aren't going to be friends at any point it isn't as if Geralt is going to hunt down Emhyr and kill him for it, Letho was spared in my game - Once Emhyr invades its perfectly clear who was behind the murder of Foltest and Demavend.

never before in a game have I seen such incredible looking armor, I mean every set just looks spectacular, especially the dark mode set, which r the best I have ever seen in a game, though some did share a similar model. From the ban ard armor to the thyssen armor just magnificent.
While I dunno who designed the majority of the armor in the witcher 3, cuz they need to be fired. If it's not broke why fix it. Other than the kae mohren set and the feline and ursine. Everything looks like a jesters costume, or makes geralt look like he has a beer belly

The armor in the Witcher 3 is heavily based on real armor however:

Spoiler

If it isn't curved in such a way, it'd not deflect the swords, or claws, being swung at it, I kinda like the realistic armor - But I still only wear feline because its the best regardless.

But TW2's and TW1's armors did look cool.

 

[Aditya]

You're right but we have enough realism already, let's have some good looking fantasy armour from TW1 & TW2 now.
It could be also be a small incentive to play the game again (like in NG+) like high level armour available like how we have the dark armour set exclusive to dark mode in TW2.

 

[ilayoeli]

for my experience I found the decision of making The Witcher 3 an open-world game to be an overall mistake.
That is mainly due to the scale management: harming quests, enemy and area artistic design variety but mostly the story pacing and as a result the story.

I thought the story pacing in the Wild Hunt to be atrocious, making the story itself rather stale - for half the experience you find yourself trying to find someone in order to find someone so you could be able to find someone who might have an information about that someone who met Ciri. So while the Bloody Baron act end up being great, the problematic story structure becomes awfully apparent afterwards, most evident in the absolutely disastrous Novigrad "Find Dandelion" act.

Such problems I didn't find in neither The Witcher 1 nor The Witcher 2 and that's mainly why I find The Witcher 2 to be a better game

 

[Charcharo]

You're right but we have enough realism already, let's have some good looking fantasy armour from TW1 & TW2 now.
It could be also be a small incentive to play the game again (like in NG+) like high level armour available like how we have the dark armour set exclusive to dark mode in TW2.

Actually, few games do realistic.
Very few.

So I'd say I like Witcher 3 here, as I prefer fairly realistic designs to " epic fantasy lol OMG lol shiny spikes " designs. Few games do that, most are actually unrealistic and appeal to you

The Dark Armour... not bad as an idea though.

 

[DNMR2K5]

To sum up W2 armor vs W3 armor, I'd liken 2 to be more like a biker's leather jacket, and 3, like a winter business coat..Both very functional, but the Biker's jacket is much more bad-ass!

 

[JohnnyWalks]

The armor models for W3 resemble real amor from the medieval ages, fat beer belly specially. That type of plate armor was easier to make, and if you want to equip a hole army you can't make a specific suit for every soldier, making the "beer belly" solved that problem, both thin and fat people can wear it. Besides, I don't think that every set looks like a jester's costume, Redanian Halberdier's Armor looks great for instance, or any of the DLC sets. As for the witcher gear, the wolven gear is just like those sets from W2, so craft that one and wear it, problem solved.

And the wither 2 didn't spend 1/2 its time trying to be skyrim.

Don't get me wrong, Skyrim was a marterpiece when it was released... but W3 trying to be like Skyrim? I think you are overdoing it a bit there mate. W3 beat Skyrim 100 times over.

It's extremely OOC for Geralt to jump back into the political mire that was TW2's style of storytelling, and as such it went back to its roots, a game based massively on folklore and fairytale, I much prefer this, as it much more closely resembles the books style of storytelling.

Hallelujah, abra cadabra, hocus pocus!

 

[Ortwyn]

I for one like it. Don't you realise that in order to actually protect you, that's what armor looks like? Look it up in medieval history museums.
The griffin armor looks the most real of all. None of that wolven (although, I'll fully admit it looks the coolest) or bear or cat stuff makes any sense...

I was in a museum but I did not find any witcher armor there. Maybe there were no mutated monsterslayers in the medieval period?

The armor in the Witcher 3 is heavily based on real armor however:

With this I agree and I like it - except for the witcher gear.

 

[ilayoeli]

Overally, I think TW3 offers a bigger "fun factor" as far as gameplay goes, but I must admit that the previous games will always have a reserved, special place in my heart that TW3 failed to reach in my case. TW3's story tbh dissapointed me a great deal and not only for it's obvious flaws that I'm sure others have pointed out a thousand times before me (broken characters, one sided villians, unintriguing, cliched storyline and overally the game felt like it came from a different pen..). The open world also destroyed it's intensity and pacing and limited the possible weight of players choices.
Locations lose their uniqueness when one village is much like the other. Which is fairly realistic, but we all know the downfalls of realism and large scales in videogames.. To cut it short, when I will feel like getting sucked into a good story with a carefully crafted world, characters and their motivations, I will always prefer turning on the first two Witchers.

If I'm not mistaken the game indeed came from another pen.

 

[Garrison72]

If I'm not mistaken the game indeed came from another pen.

Different lead writer, other writers left the studio or went over to Cyberpunk. I don't know how much of the TW2 story team was left for TW3.

 

[Gilrond-i-Virdan]

Different lead writer, other writers left the studio or went over to Cyberpunk. I don't know how much of the TW2 story team was left for TW3.

More interestingly, how much of it was from the TW1 team?. Anyone at all?

 

[Garrison72]

More interestingly, how much of it was from the TW1 team?. Anyone at all?

Marcin Blacha has been on all three games, TW3 was his first lead. Borys Pugacz, their English translator was on TW2 and TW3. He does impeccable work. Sebastian Stepian was on all three, lead for TW2, and has moved on to cyberpunk. Artur Ganszyniec worked on the first two and left. We know Jan Bartkowics left to pen some epic Wang.

I'd have to look up the credits for all the secondary writers.

 

[DNMR2K5]

We know Jan Bartkowics left to pen some epic Wang.

Please say that he's on the Shadow warrior team!....I do loves me some Shadow Warrior....In fact, I think I'll go play some right now!

 

[Scholdarr.452]

Marcin Blacha has been on all three games, TW3 was his first lead. Borys Pugacz, their English translator was on TW2 and TW3. He does impeccable work. Sebastian Stepian was on all three, lead for TW2, and has moved on to cyberpunk. Artur Ganszyniec worked on the first two and left. We know Jan Bartkowics left to pen some epic Wang.

I'd have to look up the credits for all the secondary writers.

Jesus...

Too bad Stepian wasn't lead for TW3.

 

[Garrison72]

Please say that he's on the Shadow warrior team!....I do loves me some Shadow Warrior....In fact, I think I'll go play some right now!

Ok, this is weird. His Linkedin profile says he left FWH, which I knew, but he went back to CDPR to work as a creative director for their advertising. Seems he's with neither company at present.

 

[Eldanon]

Witcher 2 story is far more deep and complex. And that's what I loved. I also loved the music, especially the flotsam soundtrack. Magnificent.
Also the foliage was more detailed and the lighting system was 10 times better in Witcher 2.

Agreed. Overall, for me TW2 is the pinnacle of the series. TW3 is a step back in many ways but being the 2nd best RPG behind TW2 is no shame.

 

[Tyrandex]

i really enjoyed the witcher 2, but the witcher 3 took me away, really its so big and fun, yet i love totally the epic battle in vergen i was so wanting to see Iorveth in the witcher 3 but well still its awesome!