I have all three. Which one would be most appropriate to someone new to these types of games? I like games to either be somewhat forgiving or at least allow you to grind and get more powerful to get through the challenging parts.
I figured since I owned all three and was asking more for a recommendation on what to start with rather than what to buy or which is better, that it could slide here.
@rockodoodle For someone new to open world games, BOTW. Not that the game is easy per-say, just that it's mechanically simple to learn. The other two have more complicated mechanics. That doesn't make any of the 3 better than the other two, they're all well loved games for good reasons. Just different reasons.
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Either BotW or Witcher. Both games are wonderful, suck you into their worlds and offer unforgettable experience. I would say start with Witcher if you want story driven game, if you don’t care, either is a great choice.
Skyrim is my least favorite here, not that there is anything wrong with it, still a lot of fun, just the other 2 are legends of the open world games.
@rockodoodle Dude!? Breath of the Wild all the way. It's magical. You can build up your armor to the point of being somewhat overpowered, if you grind & find the four fairy fountains. BOTW strikes a great balance of not being too easy, or too hard. And LOTS of things can be solved multiple ways. Its game design at it's finest. I played it twice. Over 300 hours. I could keep blabbing about it, but I say just get it, already
Breath of the Wild isn't really the same genre as the other 2. It just looks kinda similar if you're watching short clips of footage.
Breath of the Wild is definitely the simplest of the 3. But they all allow you to pick things up in your own time, because they're all open-world. Out of the other 2, I'd say Witcher 3 is maybe slightly simpler than Skyrim, because it has much more of a centralized and focused story, that makes it more obvious where to go at any given point.
Breath Of The Wild was my first open world game and I loved it.
Skyrim I’d heard lots of good things and it’s my best friends favourite game, but I just couldn’t get along with it and traded it.
Witcher 3 arrived in the post this week as lockdown has made me crave some open adventuring again. Not sure if I will like it given my different reactions above. But it was quite cheap and I could always sell it on, so less risky to give it a bash.
Witcher will make any other open world game feel disappointing. I'm working on my 4th playthrough. Over 600 hours or so.It has also brought me into the novels as well. I am on my second reading of all the novels.
As @Dezzy mentioned, BotW is pretty much nothing like the other games. It's not an RPG, for one thing, and even as an "open world game," its design philosophy and priorities almost make it feel like a game from a different genre in that respect as well.
Anyway...
If you're looking for a game that prioritizes exploration, survival, creativity, and generally just getting lost in the world around you, I'd recommend BotW. It features one of the most fully-realized open worlds ever made: a place where every system and mechanic is connected in some way, and where nearly every bit of your environment is useful in some respect.
If you're looking for something story heavy, where side-quests bleed into the main plot and almost every interactive NPC is complex and well-written in their own right, then play The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. It's one of the deepest narrative experiences in the medium.
If you're looking to RP. and want to build up someone from being a blank slate to a unique character character with specific skills, weapon preferences, and relationships with the world around them, then go with Skyrim. Geralt and Link from TW3 and BotW are known entities, but your Skyrim protagonists' nature is almost wholly a result of your choices and preferences over the course of the game.
I haven't played Skyrim, but Breath of the Wild and The Witcher 3 have different priorities and qualities. Breath of the Wild places far more emphasis on the experience of travel and your interaction with the environment. This emphasis affects even armor upgrades, which require that you learn the flora and fauna of the world, where to find specific animals or flowers, and even learn the behaviors of certain species in order to catch them. And in terms of over-world traversal, Breath of the Wild makes you feel every stone and step, especially during the early game when stamina is at a premium.
The Witcher 3 prioritizes story and menu-driven RPG mechanics. Exploration is generally clunkier, and over-world design, though visually beautiful, isn't really in the same league as Breath of the Wild. It's easy to get lost, because large stretches of land and small towns all look largely the same, whereas in Breath of the Wild every region has its own striking geographic landmarks, partly because Breath of the Wild eschews realism in favor of the fantastic and often impossible (in real-world terms).
That said, The Witcher 3 clearly trumps Breath of the Wild in narrative and NPC interaction. Side-quests in Breath of the Wild are over too quickly, while The Witcher 3 has side-quests that are longer and more involved than some entire games. You never know when a seemingly small request will evolve into an epic, tragic love triangle that could fill novels. It's really quite remarkable, especially because everything is so well-written, no matter how small.
Both games have mostly boring combat, though, except Breath of the Wild allows for more creativity and, crucially, lets you mostly avoid fights, if you want to, except within dungeons (that is, shrines and divine beasts). That's not really possible in The Witcher 3.
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