[IGN]Top Five Reasons Dark Souls Will Eat Skyrim's Face

[someonehairy-ish]

Multiplayer- NTY
DLC- Shivering Isles, hello.
Scope- Have you seen the 40 minute demo? I'm assuming no.
Combat- Bleh, maybe. Maybe not. We'll see.
Dragons- stfu. Again, go and watch the 40 minute demo thing.


I'll probably get both, but these arguments are goddamn stupid...

 

[Flip-Shying]

I understand that the author prefers one game over the other, but to write as if it's a FACT that Skyrim will be worse than Dark Souls is just down right ridiculous.

 

[hitman_7]

Sure both of them are "Sequels"
Demons Souls´s got fame by being very hard
And The Elder scrolls by being generally awesome
At least i know wich one i´m going to buy

 

[spartan231490]

skyrim will not be beaten by dark souls. the very idea is ludicrous. skyrim is the most promising game of the console generation.

 

[Nico4]

Rather than to state an opinion of the whole article in general, I'll state my opinion for every point they make.

1) Just because Dark Souls have multiplayer doesn't automaticly mean Dark Souls will be the better game. I do hate how games, that doesn't have multiplayer isn't considered to be any good, just because they lack it. In many cases, it ruins the focus of the game completely. Also, it's two completely different games. Skyrim isn't built around multiplayer, like Dark Souls is.

2) Let's see how much content Dark Souls has. Otherwise, I partially agree. It is good to see developers actually including everything they want in their game form the get go, instead of just ignoring it and introducing it as DLC (too many bloody games that fits this example).

3) No comment, but again, let's wait and see when the games are both out eh?

4) The only one that's kinda obious, though again. In theory, Skyrim could provide better and more fair challenge.

5) Uhhh... is that really a big deciding point?

 

[Iskenator67]

Think back across this generation of consoles; you've never played a game like Dark Souls. Even Demon's Souls can't match what the guys at From Software have conjured and are ready to unleash upon the world in a mere matter of days.

Dark Souls will ship complete with no need for DLC, its scope rivals the largest in-game worlds on the market, it boasts arguably the tightest, most intricate combat system and most daring difficulty levels, and yes, Dark Souls has DRAGONS.

There's your bag of chips. What more do you want?


What they meant to say was Skyrim will still kick the shit out of Dark Souls due to hype, trailers, & the company's previous games like Fallout 3 & The Elder scrolls series in general.

Plus if your only previous success was Demon Souls? A game known for unrelenting difficulty, The odds of you drawing a large amount of sales is pretty thin.

I'm sure A lot of people will buy Dark Souls & love it but overall we all know Skyrim has more then won this fight already. Unless From software torches Bethesda's warehouse where the copies are kept. *Hears Firetruck*

 

[Elfgore]

The name of the article sounds like it was written by a 12 year old kid. I would lose respect for any writer if the they use the words eat somethings face in the title.

 

[Azure-Supernova]

1) Online Multiplayer - Irrelevant. Not only are they two completely different RPG experiences, but The Elder Scrolls has never had so much as a fleeting affair with online multiplayer. To state that no multiplayer instantly loses a game points is not only stupid... it's incredibly stupid.

2) DLC and Pricing - Irrelevant. They're the pitting tried and tested Elder Scrolls formula from a developer that has sold millions in the past. I know it sounds like a paper thin argument here, but when you go to buy Skyrim you're likely buying after playing and enjoying Arena, Oblivion, Daggerfall, Morrowing etc. My point is that you're buying into a series that already has a big, strong playerbase. Whilst Demons Souls was well recieved and sold hundreds of thousands, Oblivion sold into the millions.

As for points 3,4 and 5, please see my initial argument for point one. They are two different RPG experiences. Demon's Souls (and from the look of it Dark Souls) provided a skill based, combat and strategy game that paced you through the game. The Elder Scrolls has always been neck deep in lore and story, with gameplay acting as a vessel for the player to enjoy it in.

At the end of the day, you're comparing an apple to a pear. They're both fruit and they're both green, but they're different fruit.

 

[Burst6]

I'm getting both.

I love dark souls because of the tight accurate gameplay and the nice fair difficulty. If you learn to time your attacks, and be patient, you'll get ahead. It's a well polished game with great atmosphere and challenging gameplay. The bosses look amazing and i cant wait to cleave through demons with all the different weapons in the new game.

I'm looking forward to Skyrim less. First person melee combat is bad because of the lack of depth perception, and the finishing moves you get don't make it look better to me. Skyrim, though, has a massive world and i cant wait to see what the modding community will do with it. Maybe the unique dungeons will get me to like exploring too, instead of the copy/paste ones in oblivion.

I'm looking forward to dark souls more, but I'm definitely getting both.

 

[toquio3]

I just wanna say one thing about the multiplayer. the vast majority of TES fans dont want multiplayer. You know who wants multiplayer in TES? the people who are not TES fans BECAUSE it doesnt have multiplayer.

Oh and btw, is dark souls going to have mods? yeah, in 6 years, we'll see which of the two games is still being played to death.

And its a PS3 exclusive. smart.

 

[fulcran]

This is from the same people who took points off of Mass Effect 2 for being a sequel. I'm not joking, go watch the video review right now.

These people are game critics like Harvey Dent is a lawyer.

 

[Lt. Vinciti]

-facepalm-

Let me see this list...

-Multiplayer: I play Elder Scrolls to get away from people...to escape into my own mindset of survival and awe....

-DLC: I bought the Horse Armor....and everything else for Oblivion and was satisfied...also its only a 30 day wait...unlike the 2 month wait for Dead Money on PS3/PC.

-Epic Scope: Yeah so there were trees and forests and meadows and such in Oblivion I loved looking at all the color and life in the world... taking in the view and music.

-TIGHT Combat and TRUE Challenge: ehh...Oblivion had better combat then Morrowind thats for goddamn sure... (Also why does the video seem...boring...and always running into walls and such).

-Dragons: Huzzah I can not wait to slay my first going to be so proud when I do!


Hmm....is IGN always plastered with so much TNA?

This appears to be a paid strike @ Bethesda

Anyone have any info on Dark Souls? I only saw a few pics and that video that made me...cringe? is that a decent word?

 

[maturin]

It's like a bad Cracked.com article.

 

[Arina Love]

Demon's Souls is too hard = i do not want dark souls, about everything else, that IGN guy is a joke and troll trying to start flame and get views or something.

 

[Andy Szidon]

1. No one cares about multiplayer in Skyrim. Skyrim isn't about beating random people up. It's about interacting and stuff with the world in a new and special way. The only solution would be to have Skyrim Online, but that wouldn't work because Betheseda starts from scratch everytime they program a new game, according to Betheseda. Infact, if Betheseda tried to add multiplayer, angry mobs would form.

2. And your point is?

3. So, you're saying that Dark Souls isn't that much worse in Skyrim? Basically, Skyrim will have more stuff. Land isn't really a comparison, because then there's the scale, so you just had to make everyone a giant. Plus, besides, mountains make it bigger because mountains aren't flat, sort of like how the hypotenuse is longer than the base.

4. It doesn't have to be a hack-and-slash to be a rpg. Also, no pause button means that if your toaster is on fire then you have the choice between dying in the game or in real life. Also, you have no proof that all failures are the player's fault. In fact, you don't have a lot of proof on anything.

5. And there can be multiple dragons at the same time. And their attack pattern is random. Hey, the creepers in Minecraft are one of the most feared enemies, and they don't have an epic backstory or a standard attack pattern. In fact, they're feared even though they only have 10 hp. Besides, Skyrim has unlimited dragons.

6. You can download mods on the computer, so, pwnage. Seriously. Custom maps are, in fact, practically more popular than tournaments. Go look up some custom maps and compare them to normal maps.

 

[RobCoxxy]

I imagine the author got one hell of a blowjob for that...

 

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