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emberfly

I tend to find singleplayer games boring. But I enjoyed D3's campaign. Might I enjoy Witcher 3?

I've seen all the hype for the past 2 years but have never bothered with the game because it's singleplayer. I saw some let's plays and it seemed very heavy in cinematic cutscenes and very lacking in action, combat, etc. And obviously it's singleplayer. I can't quite figure out why W3 is the highest rated game on Steam. The reviews don't help, as they're just a bunch of people saying things like "you HAVE to buy this game!!" but never explaining why. Can anyone explain?

Posted Aug 6, 2017, 9:57 PM UTC

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joacoleon•

I too used to find singleplayer games boring, except for a few titles. As someone who has been playing mmos and fps his whole life, i used to miss the human interaction, but not in this game. Its so beautiful, theres so much to do and there are so many great NPCs that it doesnt really feel like a singleplayer game and its impossible, at least for me, to find it boring.

That being said, there will never exist a game that fits every type of gamer. Thats why its difficult to predict whether you will enjoy it or not. This game has become one of my all time favorites and i started playing like a month ago, yet there are people that hate it.

Give it a try. Wait for a sale if you are not convinced.

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joacoleon•

I think i paid around $25 for the GOTY edition plus every DLC during Steam's summer sale.

EDIT: If it makes you feel any better, i paid $60 for No Man's Sky and played it for around 10 hours.

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joacoleon•

I don't consider questing "action."

What if a quest requires to kill a tough af boss?

And exploration is neither action nor combat.

What if you run into bandits or monsters while exploring?

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153x153•

the game is heavy heavy heavy on dialogue and cinematics and moral choices. even if you don't particularly enjoy the action/combat bits the game has enough there to keep you in

I also don't much care for singleplayer games but I absolutely loved TW3. Even when I got to 100+ hours on my save and the gameplay was really starting to get stale I stuck around just for how captivated I was by the storytelling.

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NastyWetSmear•

It has an amazing story, brilliantly written characters, fun game play, beautiful locations, lots to explore and do, funny, heart breaking, romantic, gritty, has some of the best mortality choices in gaming so far... It's an amazing game. The reason it's the highest rated game on Steam is because it is beautifully made, compelling, great value for money and, personally, the best game I've played so far.

But it doesn't sound like it's for you. That's no big deal. Multi-player FPS make plenty of quick cash and take far less time to put together than a story driven game like this, so there's bound to be a bunch more of them heading into the last half of the year. If you can't afford to drop cash on a game you might never play again, just hang onto it and get one of them instead.

Different strokes for different folks. :)

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Thatoneguy567576•

The Witcher 3 is way more story heavy than Dark Souls 3 if that's what you mean by D3. The combat is also very different and you may find it not as good.

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