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[Drasill]

The Witcher was better overall. That isn't saying Dragon Age is bad as I feel both are two of the best RPGs I've ever played. The Witcher had better characters and a better story. The moral choices in The Witcher were done better than any other game. Both games have rather repetitive combat. One thing I'd give Dragon Age over it is the deeper customization of the character. There are many armor, weapon, and ability choices whereas The Witcher is pretty limited on those fronts.

[DragonRageGT]

Wishpig wrote...

Both AMAZING games and both my top two fav RPG's after BG2.

I liked the Witcher's combat, but looks like I'm the minority

Plus the witcher is almost worth the buy for the soundtrack alone

Both are great games.

The Witcher is fun in Hard diff after you really learned the timing for the combos (hard has no yellow cursor glowing to show the right time to click) and Hard also requires experience with alchemy (like have second properties in all potions... rubedo, albedo et nigredo makes them a hell lot more efficient). TW also also some good replay value both for different approaches to the story and to the char class... a "gold" magic user plays a lot different than a "gold" swordmaster.. TW is best if first played with far Isometric camera, imho. After a run with that, getting the hang of the weird OTS camera is easier. May still require some getting used to and definitely some adjusting to mouse sensibility.

DA is GOTYear, prolly GOTDecade and GOTAges! (for me at least)

But they are different games and any comparison is not much valid.

[Drasill]

On a second note, you have to realize you are going to get a biased opinion here for the most part. Most people here are going to say Dragon Age is superior whereas if you went to The Witcher forums most people would say that is superior. I would recommend asking any comparison questions on a more neutral site.

[SuperMaoriFulla]

I enjoyed The Witcher Enhanced Edition (and uncensored) on PC. I'm also enjoying Dragon Age: Origins. Both soundtracks are really well done, gameplay is good for both, and the background stories are interesting (slight edge in published material to The Witcher series by Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski).

Modifié par SuperMaoriFulla, 20 janvier 2010 - 08:54 .

[Duncan Mac Leod]

Few87 wrote...

Dont get the witcher, its an awfull game. Now mass effect, that is a fantastic game you can play while having a break from DA

Witcher was one of my favorite Games! But I stopped playing Mass Effect after an hour. The 1st Bioware Game which I consider awful...

[DreGregoire]

nooooooooooooo, why did I have to see this post now I want to play Witcher again. nooooooooooo. Totally different feeling from them but I love both. I feel that Dragon Age has held my attention longer because it is just so much more involved character wise. MMmmmm Witcher. I love how both games make your actions impact those around you. The other games are great to but seeing your impact make it all feel much more real to me.

[Sericenthe]

I loved The Witcher. Everything about it. The combat was awesome, and alchemy was a lot of fun in that game, better than DA:O for sure. Now, if someone would make a new Ravenloft game (The Witcher is the closest thing I've seen to that) I would be in heaven.

I like DA:O a lot more than Neverwinter Nights 2 because frankly I'm bored with The Forgotten Realms. {yawn) Mysteries of Westgate should have been the main story for Neverwinter Nights 2, and the same length. That would have been awesome.

Modifié par Sericenthe, 20 janvier 2010 - 09:22 .

[Pinkleaf]

The witcher may have been a good game in it's day, but i think you would find it to be a bit rubbish now.
The next best thing after DAO, Mass effect is okay, but you could do worse than give Divinity II Ego Draconis  a try, it's a really nice game.

Modifié par Pinkleaf, 20 janvier 2010 - 09:29 .

[RangerSG]

Witcher is a good game. I hate the combat. You're trading a more 'personal' story for the ability to own your PC. Like a JRPG, you're a character with a set background not of your making or choosing. Because of that, they can give a lot of depth. But it may not be a character you like. If you don't like the protagonist, you'll hate the game.



DAO is a much more political story. The Origins make that somewhat personal, but not to the same degree as The Witcher. That said, it has better gameplay, more variety, less railroading of the PC in the plot (or at least more illusion of choice).



I like DA more, but I like both.

[SuperMaoriFulla]

Sericenthe wrote...
I like DA:O a lot more than Neverwinter Nights 2 because frankly I'm bored with The Forgotten Realms. {yawn) Mysteries of Westgate should have been the main story for Neverwinter Nights 2, and the same length. That would have been awesome.

I concur. I don't mind NWN, but the break from D20 and WotC settings in DA:O is quite nice, even if the implementation isn't quite perfect.

[catelee2u]

The witcher enhanced edition is fantastic with great story driven action. It's a great game but a heck of a lot shorter than Dragon Age.

[Whailor]

These are different games. I personally really like Witcher. Very well done game. I got the Extended Edition when it came out and it only became better. I can't wait for Witcher 2.



I can't compare really DAO and Witcher to each other as they're quite different, but I like both and cannot say that one beats another. One title may have something better and something worse and vice versa, but in the end they balance out. However, if someone would be pressing on and request me to put some points in to evaluate both, then I probably would give a little bit more for Witcher. Very little but still more.

[Titius.Vibius]

While waiting for RTO to finally break through, I reinstalled The Witcher. The version I got was the original 2007 version whose similarities to DA:O is only the excessive loading times. But when patch 1.2 came after four months, it was smooth as silk and didn't have that loading problems since. Suffice to say, technically the witcher is way more stable than DA:O and oh, the story is superb, not too easy and not too hard. Some people have pointed that the combat for the Witcher is dumb but all I can say is "learn to connect grasshoppa."

Modifié par Titius.Vibius, 20 janvier 2010 - 11:55 .

[Cavegeta]

Both are great games, though completely different. The Witcher is what got me from ME1 to another playthrough of ME1. The Witcher is more of a set story while Dragon Age isn't. Both are great though.

[whiteraider]

Different games, The Wither being based on a mass of novels, in Polish, 2 of which have recently been translated into English (and probably other languages, as 'The Last Wish' was released about the same time as the game in the UK ).

I enjoyed the original release version, bugs an' all, but have yet to play the Enhanced Version, but I can say that most choices you make do have some effect down the line!

I'll probably replay TW after ME1 & 2! While waiting for more DA stuff to play!

[Wishpig]

You can bash Witcher all you want... but there is no denying the devs are AWESOME. They truly and utterly care about their fans, as they proved with the ultimate patch. They went above and beyond with creating that thing. Hell, I would have easily paid ten bucks for it, but they gave it to us FOR FREE!



AND they gave us game owners all the goodies that came out in their later released special edition so we wouldn't feel screwed over!



Awesome awesome people over there, and I cannot wait for the sequal... which looks awesome btw... although sadly the combat doesn't look heavily modified, but then agian, it was a very very early video.

[RangerSG]

Wishpig wrote...

You can bash Witcher all you want... but there is no denying the devs are AWESOME. They truly and utterly care about their fans, as they proved with the ultimate patch. They went above and beyond with creating that thing. Hell, I would have easily paid ten bucks for it, but they gave it to us FOR FREE!

AND they gave us game owners all the goodies that came out in their later released special edition so we wouldn't feel screwed over!

Awesome awesome people over there, and I cannot wait for the sequal... which looks awesome btw... although sadly the combat doesn't look heavily modified, but then agian, it was a very very early video.

Not bashing them at all. Along with Stardock, they are easily on my list of favorite publishers. It's a fun game, as I said. I just don't like twitch-based combat. And I can connect. It's just too much like console gaming for my preferences. I like strategic combat. Witcher is much more intuitive. I will say though that it fits the game. And for a single player/single PC game, it's a much better system than Elder Scrolls (for instance).

[StarMars]

I actually stopped playing The Witcher when I got Dragon Age.



The Witcher is darker. Your choices are usually between 2 evil things.



You play only one character, Geralt of Rivia.



It is much easier, if you get to know the mechanics very well.



It has unique mini-games like fistfighting, drinking game, dice poker, etc



I stopped playing at chapter 5. The story revolves around you and your personal identity, not another save-the-world campaign.

[shep82]

I had to respond to this topic. The Witcher and DAO are 2 very different games. I love both of them and would highly recommend The Witcher. It is a great RPG but much darker and has real time combat. It is not for everyone but IMO it is an awesome game. Definitely get the Enhanced Edition and the Directors cut patch.

[mutantspicy]

I loved both games. IMO. The Witcher is one of the best pre defined single character campaigns ever made. The combat in the Witcher is great IMO, this is where I differ with others in this topic. However, I use xpadder to map to a gamepad and it makes the game rock. When using a gamepad to play the witcher the game is more like playing Jade Empire, than DA or NWN or pick your more traditional rpg. The story is totally unique, very adult. Its very grey, meaning there isn't necessarily any right or wrong in your choices. The impact level of your choices has significant impact not as much as we see in DA. I agree with others who say to play the enhance edition, actually the directors cut which is the enhanced edition uncensored. Also there are some difficulty mods which make the game replayable at insane difficulties and also increase the level cap to accomodate.

Dragon Age OTOH is on a whole nother playing field, Much more epic, role playing is much more involved, and the story is great and simply gigantic. I would put the witcher and DA on par when it comes to story, though the witcher is not nearly as big in scope. As far as gameplay, I think I prefer the witcher though. DA is essentially an MMO type game with a fantastic story perhaps the only MMO with a fantastic story. Granted its not an MMO it just plays like one.

The best game would be NWN1 with Modern High res and the Unreal engine.

Modifié par mutantspicy, 21 janvier 2010 - 04:08 .

[Wishpig]

I must also say... I think Witcher actually LOOKS better then DA:O, from animation to landscape... very very pretty game.

[_Aine_]

I actually bought the WItcher at the exact same time i bought Dragon Age -- the one thing that drew me into this game first? I could create my own character ( I'm an admitted alt-oholic) but i will one day play Witcher ( got the uncut version) because it does look good. Frantically addicted gamer here, but I have a harder time playing male characters I guess... or not being able to create one anyway. Probably wiill play it while waiting for this expansion though

[Ambeth]

SheffSteel wrote...

Taleroth wrote...

Jax Sparrow wrote...

 I got to the final scene and asked myself "why do I want to kill the character I want to romance?" and that is the only option you have.

spoiler


Why in the world would you want to romance your adopted son?  Either you didn't actually get anywhere near the end or you scare me.

I think what we have here is definite proof that the game offers alternate endings. I didn't have the same experience as either of the above posters

Or... perhaps you didn't make the connection?  He doesn't LOOK like your adopted son any more.


Jax Sparrow - I was trying to figure out which female you might be refering to, and the best I can figure is... the Princess?  Not sure you are actually at the end, in that case.  And you don't have to kill her.

[SheffSteel]

I know I already posted on this thread, but it was a long time ago and, reading over the last couple of pages, I'd like to give it another try.

The Witcher's strong point isn't its story so much as its world. It is beautiful, realistic and engrossing in a way that DAO didn't quite manage: caves where horrors lurk in darkness, swamps teeming with lush vegetation, monsters and people living their lives while you watch.
On the face of it, Dragon Age gives you much greater freedom in what role you play - the difference between a mage, rogue or warrior is obvious compared to the more subtle variations on emphasis that Geralt might put on swordplay, magic, and alchemy. Yet subtlety is not necessarily the worse path to tread.
Where Dragon Age wins out, I think, is in the warmth and charm of its interactions between characters, particularly the companions but also the NPCs. In comparison, the social world of the Witcher is rather cold and distant, and it seems that Geralt never really gets close to others, even when he sleeps with them.
A lot of people have commented on the dark / mature / gritty nature of each game. Certainly both have their share of difficult decisions and unpleasant consequences. For me, the Witcher feels like it was aimed at a more mature audience. Perhaps this isn't a failing of either developer so much as a reflection of their local markets.

Modifié par SheffSteel, 21 janvier 2010 - 04:10 .

[FlyByU1776]

So far I like Witcher better at least you can go back to an area and it has something to kill again unlike DAO once through an area no need to go back very linear game and I am somewhat disappointed in that fact. Witcher then Oblivion then DAO and in that order. I hope that DLC will improve the game in many areas.