So, considering this is real, and as someone who has NEVER touched Skyrim, should I wait for this?
I always wanted to play Skyrim but never found the time and now that TW3 is completed (all expansion packs are out), I'm planning to dive into that too. But playing TW3 first would certainly "diminish" my experience with Skyrim (vanilla or remastered), as it would play and look pretty outdated right?
What's the best way to fare here?
I mean, they play and are really nothing alike aside from being open world RPGs.
Elder Scrolls is about being who you want to be, and kind of making your own adventure, and self lore. It is first person, and character build vary greatly, and you can play as several different races. You can be a pacifist thief cat, a giant orc archer, a necromancer, a monk, a knight, or whatever the hell you want to be. You go from rags to riches, starting with nothing, ending with huge strongholds, piles of money, and god like powers.
The Witcher is you playing a Witcher named Geralt, and is much more finely tuned to tell a story. (Great one at that) You play in third person, and either focus on combat with your swords, signs(magic), or alchemy. There are still a lot of ways to tweak your build, but not nearly as varied as TES.
They are both amazing games, and although personally, I don't feel one diminishes the other, on a technical level, Skyrim will seem dated to Wild Hunt. At least on scale, as Novigrad is the size of an actual city, where as cities in TES games are more like villages.
Also, tonally, The Elder Scrolls is more like Lord of the Rings, where as The Witcher is more like Game of Thrones.
