9 Reasons Why The Witcher 3 Is Better Than Skyrim

9. The Missions Actually Let You Role-Play

While Skyrim is technically a role-playing game, you wouldn't know it just by completing a few missions. Sure, the same structure of taking quests and tackling them at your leisure is a classic staple of the genre, but the actual missions often rely on players just killing a bunch of guys or collecting a few items.

The Witcher 3 on the other hand constantly shakes up the focus of its quests, making sure there are actual role-playing options for players to tackle in every quest. Some might not include any conventional gameplay at all, with one particularly memorable extended sequence focusing on Geralt partaking in a theatre production while staking out a person of interest.

It was this imagination when it came to mission design rather than the cut-and-paste objectives of Skyrim that made CD Projekt Red's game stand out, keeping it enjoyable even after countless playthroughs.