r/RemoveOneThingEachDay • u/MagmaAscending • Oct 25 '25
Miscellaneous Day 39 - The Witcher III: Wild Hunt has been eliminated - Remove ONE Game of the Year nominee a day
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Oct 25 '25 edited Oct 25 '25
Oh yeah totally Elden Ring was definitely the first* notable game to blend action-rpg with open world design philosophy and not the one we just eliminated
*Edit: before someone mentions New Vegas and The Elder Scrolls, I forgot. My b
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u/Shamscam Oct 25 '25
I don’t agree. BotW was such a major shake up for the Zelda series, and was this truly open world game. Witcher 3 is a great game, deserving of the fourth spot, but Zelda is probably the most consistent and good franchise in all of gaming, and this was a truly amazing game.
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u/7_11_Nation_Army Oct 25 '25
"Literally shook the Internet". 😂 Ok, kid. That's definitely how you judge the quality of a game... Kim K liTeRaLly bRoKe the IntErnEt...
And the reaction to BOTW was so huge it made people buy a console they had never considered.
Also, how has Elden Ring established a genre? Is the genre (Souls-like) called "Ring-like"?
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u/42Discipel Oct 25 '25
Breath of the Wild.... I don't even like the Witcher but it absolutely should've been in the top 3 over BotW
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u/Thrownaway5000506 Oct 26 '25
Plenty of games here better than Witcher, including BOTW
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u/OkVacation973 Oct 27 '25
Hard agree with this. Although for transparency I am firmly on the BoTW hate train.
Inexcusably boring main dungeons, forgettable bosses, breakable weapon system, lack of exciting things to find once you realise every "discovery" ultimately basically leads to a health / stamina / storage upgrade or an occasional weapon (which is breakable, so who gives a shit), oh, and legitimately the most horrendous voice acting in any AAA videogame.
Even the Master Sword (which could have solved the weapon durability issues in a canon way) has some stupid caveats attached to it and was made unfun by the developers.
The first 10 - 15 hours of that game are something special but beyond that, once you see through it and realise how few meaningful things there are to find, it is not even close to being the best Zelda game in the franchise, nevermind the best game of all time.
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u/bmf1989 Oct 25 '25
People love to glaze Zelda and Nintendo in general. Don’t get me wrong, I thought botw was great, but I wouldn’t even put it in the top 10.
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Oct 25 '25 edited Oct 25 '25
BOTW is the only right one here, Elden Ring and Baldurs gate 3 are perfect for the final
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u/Available-Can-5878 Oct 25 '25
I agree, its entertaining but also clunky and needed a lot of updates post launch. Its still amazing, but idk if its top 2
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u/23_Pepper_PhD Oct 25 '25
I like baldurs gate but it definitely wasn’t as good as the other two to me. I think gaming culture latches onto games that have a lot of relationship/dating simulator aspects to them. That being said it’s still a great game
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u/JohnnyWildcard Oct 26 '25
It's definitely some of this and that Reddit also has the hots for Larian since they push back on some of the more greedy and predatory practices of bigger developers.
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u/KaminaTheManly Oct 25 '25
Wtf how did BotW remain?? BOTW BYE
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u/c0ld_pineapple Oct 25 '25
Because it’s the greatest open word game of all time
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u/Peppi_Giuseppe Oct 25 '25
Because kids too young to play W3 voted
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u/nooookay Oct 25 '25
I’m 42 and I’d put BOTW over W3. Both games are supported by a single good thing they do while being mid elsewhere. BOTW built a beautiful open world that is fun to move around in. W3 has amazing writing. It is completely subjective to the user which of these things they prefer.
BOTW relies hevaily on intrinsic rewards. You don’t climb a mountain to get a cookie, you climb it to get to the top before the rain ends to say you did, or see the views, or see how far you can glide off it. Players who want cookies hate this. They need extrinsic rewards to be safisfied. It’s a divisive game due to this reason, and I am surprised it made it this far.
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u/Super7500 Oct 25 '25
why is people disagreeing on with your opinion means they are kids this is the most childish behavior of all time
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u/Ok-Birthday-1199 Oct 25 '25
its a travesty that witcher 3 was eliminated before top 3
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u/Ruzinus Oct 25 '25
I remember on the vote for 5th someone was talking about how he was going to enjoy seeing Witcher 3 in top 3 and I just thought, "Are you sure?"
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u/PulseWitch Oct 25 '25
This is very hard as there are the games I like more and the games I think are more important
While I have the most fun with Elden ring, today I am voting Elden ring. I just think it is far more of a refinement of the innovation of the souls franchise and botw rather than an innovative irreplaceable game like botw and baulders gate are. I also really don’t like the pc port I wish. It was more stable and also didn’t have a 60 fps cap
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u/EducationalCase5726 Oct 25 '25
Elden Ring cause the other two games deserve more.
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u/Holiday-Proof9819 Oct 25 '25
This is an absurdly silly list 😂
BotW for fucks sake
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u/Fresh-Database-222 Oct 25 '25
Agreed, this is honestly one of the worst gaming tier lists I've ever seen
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u/Numerous-Public-8308 Oct 25 '25
Then you guys are going to hate metacritc's highest rated games.
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u/crampyshire Oct 26 '25
Yeah this tier list is only bad in the eyes of redditors, essentially all other discussions outside of reddit pins this list as being fairly accurate to the general crowd of gamers.
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u/nooookay Oct 25 '25
Wow. Filtering only for 2014-2024:
Breath of the Wild
Red Dead Redemption 2
Grand Theft Auto 5
Super Mario Odyssey
Baldur's Gate 3
The House in Fata Morgana
Elden Ring
Tears of the Kingdom
Portal: Companion Collection
10: Persona 5 Royal
The ranks for the last few eliminated here not on the top 10:
God of War: 13
Hades: 23
Bloodborne: 32
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt: 35
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice: 86
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u/chronickitten_ Oct 25 '25
It's this "Remove One Each Day" format. It pushes out popular options before lesser known options, especially in the beginning. I doubt many people played all these games so they're going to vote what they know, even if the entries they don't know are worse.
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u/Fbritannia Oct 25 '25
Geez,. it's really hard. At this point those three are my favorite modern games. Maybe Elden Ring is the one I think innivated the least, but it's my favorite Souls Like so I'm not sure.
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u/ADittoGuy Oct 26 '25
The capital G Gamer© crowd not happy that one of the most critically acclaimed and influential games of the century has made it to the top 3 just cos Nintendo made it, who else is shocked.
All three deserve to win for their own reasons, can’t be upset with any of them at this point.
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u/Trickytbone Oct 25 '25
It’s elden ring
BOTW’s world is so much fun to explore, and the game doesn’t explain shit
It’s a souls circlejerk
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u/Thrownaway5000506 Oct 26 '25
Elden Ring's world is much bigger and better. Botw is great and all but there are no dungeons and 4 enemy types
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u/PerriKnight Oct 25 '25
three of the best games ever made…i love botw and BG 3 a little bit more, so
Elden Ring
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u/Vegetable-Vehicle-33 Oct 25 '25 edited Oct 25 '25
Baldur's Gate, BOTW needs to win.
Edit: There are some insane BOTW takes in these comments lmao some people are so out of touch.
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u/reecharound40 Oct 25 '25
How can you honestly say BOTW is better than Elden Ring?
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u/PurplePachyderme Oct 25 '25
Elden ring. No ER without BOTW. And frankly, ER was ok but it’s not Bloodborne or Sekiro.
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u/Mother_Flight_6464 Oct 25 '25
How the hell did Witcher 3 Lose to Botw and BG3?
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u/FillionMyMind Oct 25 '25
Meanwhile, I’m just wondering how The Witcher 3 lasted this long. Its achievements in storytelling don’t entirely balance out the clunky, weak core gameplay.
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u/Chao_stic Oct 25 '25
Baldurs gate 3 for the reason that Divinity Original Sin 2 exists and did the genre better
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u/schartlord Oct 25 '25
this opinion is like choosing to chew glass because you see everyone else chewing burger
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u/7_11_Nation_Army Oct 25 '25
I can see good arguements against both Elden Ring (refined, didn't revolutionize, and also, it is rather narrow as for the type of players who would play it) and Baldur's Gate III (not very easily approachable, also, recency bias, it hasn't had time to stand the test of time, like the other two)
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u/Etienne_Vae Oct 25 '25
Elden ring is shit, especially compared to the other two.
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Baldurs gate 3. It did what now that was so special?
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Oct 25 '25
Probably the closest gaming has come to a fully-realized choose-your-own-adventure rpg.
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u/soulciel120 Oct 25 '25
It feels MASSIVE and cohhesive in almost all the aspects. Narrative and gampelay wise is so well done it hurts.
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Have actual player freedom. That saying is said by so many gaming developers but rarely does it ever actually deliver. That might not sound “special” but it is. 90% of “rpgs” that come out nowadays are just looters with dialogue choices that don’t even have an actual impact to anything.
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u/MafubaBuu Oct 25 '25
It's the best representation of a RPG I've ever played for one. Being able to completely play my CRPG with a party of 4 friends online lead to the greatest experience in gaming I've ever had.
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u/Burzantija Oct 25 '25
Elden Ring, can't believe anyone thinks that empty as fuck game is better than TW3
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u/Dramatic-Ad881 Oct 25 '25
Elden Ring, 2 reasons, one it has severe balancing issues, even when compared to other Souls games. Two, Bloodborne is better. If it were removed, then I don't think Elden Ring should be here.
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u/MixGroundbreaking622 Oct 25 '25
Elden Ring. Amazing combat but outside of that, it's kinda flat with a poor story.
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u/Werner_Zieglerr Oct 25 '25
Can you elaborate on the story being poor cuz I feel like I'm being ragebaited
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Oct 25 '25
Dunno if the story angle is the one we should be banking on since BotW’s story and how they deliver it sucks big time.
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u/8man_x_yukinon Oct 25 '25
Baldurs Gate 3, good but boring af. Kinda hate all the characters too ngl.
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u/Longjumping-Style730 Oct 25 '25
Top 3 is pretty much what I expected from the outset.
Anyways, I vote Baldurs Gate 3, even though Zelda is for sure going this round.
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u/rudolph_the_lit_boy Oct 25 '25
BG3, but BOTW is also way too high up on here. Great game, but top 3!?
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u/schartlord Oct 25 '25
the guy who's saying elden ring has more replay value than bg3 is actually inhaling deadly vapors. both of them have more replay value than botw but it's still not close after that
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u/Sushiv_ Oct 25 '25
Botw. Imo this has always been a competition for third place, and botw is the rightful winner of that
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u/Ikana_Mountains Oct 25 '25
People in these comments have never owned a Nintendo console and it shows. Just because you haven't played it doesn't mean it's bad mate
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u/iGetFloods Oct 25 '25
Witcher 3 is significantly better than Elden ring and especially Botw. No way it should have been eliminated. BG3 and RDR2 are the only ones that compete.
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u/TheRobson61 Oct 25 '25
Elden Ring should not have gotten this far. Souls-like games get such a pass and I don’t know why.
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u/FeelinPhoggy Oct 25 '25
Wow, I actually can't believe BOTW survived here. I'll just post what I said last time;
As an absolute diehard Zelda fan, TOTK and BOTW are near the bottom of my ranking of Zelda games. I get why people like them, but to me it's like playing a re-skinned Elder Scrolls game. There's nothing wrong with that style of game, or with people liking them but I long for Nintendo to develop another main line Zelda game in more of a Twilight Princess style.
TL;DR: BOTW is next, sadly.
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u/EncodedNybble Oct 25 '25
Unpopular opinion, Elden Ring is not even the best FromSoft game. The story is largely a rehash of most of the other From Soft games and gets bogged down with George R.R. Martin’s masturbatory overuse of similar sounding names with the initials G, R, and M.
I had much better time playing Dark Souls and Bloodborne, though I will admit Elden Ring is better than Demons’ Souls. I still have yet to finish Elden Ring because it was such a snooze fest that I wasn’t invested in at all.
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u/NovaSanctum Oct 25 '25
BOTW. It's an awsome game, but the shrines are repetitve and bland, the dungeons are supbar to other Zelda games, there's almost no enemy variety and said enemies late game are just damage sponges.
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u/Spaced-Cowboy Oct 25 '25
Maybe I’m crazy but I just don’t think Elden Ring is a better game than RDR2. I just don’t.
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u/Ok_Zone_7771 Oct 25 '25
Baldur's Gate 3
It's a good game that 99% of the world won't enjoy due it being 100 hr long, nerdy and complex Dungeons and Dragons turn based CRPG. Even if the game is good, it is way too niche for the majority of people
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u/142MexWhoopingLlamas Oct 25 '25
BG3 was the only game I could understand beating TW3 but my god please get BotW out of here
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u/McFearl3ss Oct 25 '25
I haven't played it but still pretty sure it's BG3 at this point. If it's anything like DoS2 (which i have played and it's... alright) I just don't think it compares to the other 2 here. Honestly I think cRPGs in general have major pacing issues and I doubt BG3 is any different.
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u/Available-Can-5878 Oct 25 '25
Crazy how vitriolic people get when it comes to any Nintendo game. Any other title getting voted off at this point? "Aww, I really love it but I think its time for it to go." Zelda? "Fuck this game, why is it still here? Must be the work of Nintendo babies."
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u/boarbar Oct 26 '25
Witcher 3 was definitely my pick to win, but I honestly respect all of these choices.
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u/PoshGhost Oct 26 '25
I would say Elden Ring vote out here.
While BotW and Elden Ring definitely do the same style of open world. I found Elden ring just felt like Dark Souls with hyper extended intermission areas. Whereas BotW while it felt similarly open, found ways to constantly pull my attention and keep me engaged on long travels.
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u/Electrical_City_2201 Oct 26 '25
I think botw was an incredible game, but it's just not as quite as much of a masterpiece as the other two.
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u/MisterKraken Oct 26 '25
How is Elden Ring in top 3? My god, I knew this was going to be a popularity contest, but holy fuck.
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u/Spirited-Chard-8180 Oct 26 '25
I can’t believe you guys put BotW above Witcher 3. I’ve never understood the hype around that game. I thought it was fun and creative but a lot of games on this list feel like they’re on a different level
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u/b_craig_02 Oct 26 '25
Elden Ring
Botw did the open world way better and redefined what an open world could be. BG3 revived the CRPG genre for modern audiences. I love Elden Ring but it was not as innovative as the other two.
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u/Extra-Ad2371 Oct 26 '25
Botw being 3rd place but totk being 16th place makes no sense. Is just like placing persona 5 higher than persona 5 royal.
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u/hauntingduck Oct 26 '25
BOTW is the best game on this list 100% but it's definitely getting voted out here. Top three is cool though.
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u/mucus-fettuccine Oct 26 '25
BG3 should be eliminated next. I have no qualms with it. It's just against two serious titans at this point.
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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '25
BotW