Poll: Skyrim VS. MW3

[babinro]

Haven't played MW3 so I can't say. Though asking the Escapist this question is just hilarious considering the mass MW hate we get here and the massive Bethesda love.

If I were to compare Skyrim against MW1 since that's the one I own...I'd vote Skyrim. I'm not into online FPS and so MW1 just doesn't have much lasting appeal for me beyond several single player campaign runs.

 

[DalekJaas]

I like them both, as they are the only 2 games I bought this year. Skyrim for my single player fix, MW3 for my multiplayer.

OT I dont think they are comparable.

 

[ChaosEternal]

Ok boys and girls, riddle me this:

Me and my co-worker we're having an argument of which was better, MW3 or Skyrim. Just to clarify, he doesn't play video games and doesn't keep in touch with news in the game industry. His arguement was that because more people had heard of MW3(TV commercials, news, random internet pop-ups, etc.), that would make the game more popular, therefore it's better. I would say that just because a game gets rehashed every year doesn't make it better. It's about story and how emersed you become in the game is what makes it great. While I have nothing against it, MW3 (or almost any other COD for that matter) doesn't have that same greatness that Skyrim, Mass Effect, or Portal have(fyi: he's never heard of Portal or Mass Effect either). So now I'm creating a poll to either prove me right, or make me feel ashamed of my fellow gamers haha. So the question is, which in your opinion is the better game?


Just remember these 3 words:

FUS RO DAH!

I agree with you. While I am sure MW3 is a good shooter, it simply can't compare to a game with a great story to me. I think it is a shame that it is all my classmates talk about at school. So many more amazing or interesting games they could be playing. Like TTT on Garry's Mod, or Deus Ex: Human Revolution, or Mass Effect, or Portal. Those are all good because of their story and interesting/unique gameplay, or in the case of TTT because of the very unique gameplay and interactions with other players. I only wish others I know would notice that.

 

[sir.rutthed]

Exactly what the Hell are you trying to accomplish by this thread? You could have just shown your friend all the threads about Skyrim on here or Reddit and that would have done it. Hell, show him some reviews of the games and that should do it. So instead you poll a community with a major chip on their shoulder about MW games who also enjoy sucking Dovakiin's tits? Ya, that makes sense.

 

[Riddle78]

Riddle me this,Batman. How can you compare an Action RPG with a Modern Wartime First Person Shooter? They're so radically different on even the fundamental levels,it's like comparing tangerines with pork tenderloin.

They key to a proper comparison is the abundance of specific similar points between the subjects. What are the similar points that I can see?

1) They're recent video games
2) They were made in North America
3) They both feature first and third person cameras
4) They both feature killing things
5) The events in both games will never happen given the presented context

None of that is comparison material. You CANNOT compare such radically different games. There isn't anything to compare beyond the most shallow and vapid points.

To ask which is better is to imply that they're similar. These games are not similar.

Contribution: I preffer Skyrim. I find the Brown and Bloom (TM) FPS titles to be trite. Personal preference.

 

[Erttheking]

ANNNNNNNNNND cue flaming in 3...2...1...GO!

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

There was a time when versus threads were highly frowned upon here.

I'd like to think they still are.

OT: Never played either so I can't really tell you. They seem like different games trying to accomplish different things so apples and oranges.

 

[GaltarDude1138]

I prefer Skyrim. Played MW3, thought it was horrible, even by CoD standards, however bought Skyrim, was pleasantly surprised when I found out I liked it. It's one my two pleasant surprises this year.

The other being the TOR beta, but that's neither here nor there...

 

[Coldster]

I would say Skyrim is better by far, but really if you want to compare them fairly, then you just can't do it justice. MW3 should only be compared with other shooters, and Skyrim with other RPGs, to be perfectly honest. Both are great examples of their respective genres (although MW3 is only perfect in the mechanical gameplay perspective and certainly not in story).

 

[Duffeknol]

Honestly MW3 has spawned less annoying fanboys than Skyrim has, so MW3, even though I haven't even played that damn game yet.

....does anyone else see anything wrong with this statement?

considering that MW3 is the highest grossing THING in existence, i would say it has more fans and (therefore fanboys) than Skyrim ever could.

the fact that you even haven't played the game just proves your ignorance.

YOU sir, are a MORON

I didn't say more fanboys, I said more ANNOYING fanboys. I'd rather listen to a 14-year old raving about his noscope super 1337 headshot one kill bullshit for a day than read one more arrow to the knee '''''''''''''''''''''joke'''''''''''''''''''' or hear one more argument why that broken, unimmersive piece of shit Skyrim should get Game of the Year.

 

[thatguy105]

Oh look another "lets jerkoff to how much we love skyrim thread". Do you really need more people to confirm your opinion that Skyrim is gods gift to gaming and MW3 is teh suck.

 

[Conza]

Ok boys and girls, riddle me this:

Me and my co-worker we're having an argument of which was better, MW3 or Skyrim. Just to clarify, he doesn't play video games and doesn't keep in touch with news in the game industry. His arguement was that because more people had heard of MW3(TV commercials, news, random internet pop-ups, etc.), that would make the game more popular, therefore it's better. I would say that just because a game gets rehashed every year doesn't make it better. It's about story and how emersed you become in the game is what makes it great. While I have nothing against it, MW3 (or almost any other COD for that matter) doesn't have that same greatness that Skyrim, Mass Effect, or Portal have(fyi: he's never heard of Portal or Mass Effect either). So now I'm creating a poll to either prove me right, or make me feel ashamed of my fellow gamers haha. So the question is, which in your opinion is the better game?


Just remember these 3 words:

FUS RO DAH!

You know in my mind, except the publics opinion on 'Game Of Yhe Year' - these two games don't compete.

Having said that, just as the poll shows, there' no contest if they did, Skyrim is the winner.

 

[LAYZUHNINJA]

ok it all depends on what you like MW3 is for those people who are usually not casual gamers but not hardcore gamers, it is a very linear game

now on the skyrim side of the table you have mainly hardcore/skilled gamers eg. it is not very linear

so to sum up none of them are better it all depends on what game you are into

 

[Zhukov]

Urrrgg. What a painfully silly thread. Even the fact that I agree with you doesn't make it any less cringe-inducing.

You had a disagreement with someone who dared to suggest that Skyrim wasn't quite the best thing in the history of anything ever, so you went running to the internet for confirmation. You could have saved time by just getting right to the point and typing, "Skyrm rules, MW3 sucks lololol."

 

[belgariontheking]

What in the hell?

That's like asking if people like Metallica or Beyonce.

I for one am protesting this poll. Who's with me?

 

[BigSarge04]

You can't compare a RPG to a FPS, that's not how it works. MW3 VS BF3 works, Skyrim Vs Oblivion works. but crossing genres and asking which one it better is stupid.

 

[Anthony Wells]

both are good at waht they do. Skyrim is the best rpg i have played. modern warfare three is a great fps with solid mechanics. you cant compare games like this they ARE NOT TTHE SAME GENRE and cant be properly compared. overall i still say skyrim is a better game. but modern warfare 3 is still fun in its own rights.


Edit: Ninja'd lol

 

[Anthony Wells]

You can't compare a RPG to a FPS, that's not how it works. MW3 VS BF3 works, Skyrim Vs Oblivion works. but crossing genres and asking which one it better is stupid.

eh cant really compared battlefield either cause its a different genre of fps. battlefield is for team players and modern warfare 3 is for solo players mostly.

 

[Thistlehart]

In my opinion, Skyrim. I mean, MW3 is probably a pretty good game in its own right, but it just doesn't appeal (maybe 14 yeas ago when I still thought guns and military stuff were neat). I mean, it doesn't even have dragons in it.