The California Literary Review has an analysis on the use of camera angles in video games and how they affect how you play. It examines the differences in first person and third person camera angles in Skyrim and Dark Souls respectively. It assesses how the camera angle affects how you play, with a particular emphasis on combat between the two games.
Read the entire article at the California Literature Review. It's a detailed article that makes some good points.
@Loshirai14 Yo check out Requiem - The Oldschool Roleplaying Overhaul mod (by Xarrian). It's amazing and really beefs up the combat, though that's just one among many great changes the mod does.
Both RPGs, COMPLETELLY different styles. Skyrim is about immersion, lore and epic storytelling. Combat is just an asset, Dark Souls is about combat: learning through trial and error and perhaps get some bits of minimalistic lore. But as pointed out, the lore of DS is an asset, not the focus.
If you wanna die a lot and accomplish a really great achievment in your gamer life, go for Dark Souls. If you wanna feel like one of Tolkien's characters facing the forces of darkness or feel like one of the nordic legends such as Beowulf, go for Skyrim. Easy as that and I see no point in comparing both games, really. Leave The Elder Scrolls series as it is, and leave Dark Souls series as it is. I love both series exactly the way they work.
P.s.: But I admit, would be nice seeing sparks in a rocky wall if I hit my sword on it ">
many players hate it that even in MASTER difficulty, the game is still VERY EASY!! ( for me ). somebody should make a mod that adds 2 more difficulty - DEMI-GOD > twice harder than master - GOD > 4x harder than master maybe it would take you more than 30mins killing ALDUIN if his stats is 4x higher IF DARK SOULS is harder than skyrim... somebody should make skyrim harder than DARK SOULS... something like a skeever killing you even you are in lvl 20 already
@bigtimerbigdog I'm going to have to defend dark souls and say that it wins out with depth of world and SOME graphics. The depth of world is a no-brainer in my opinion, because while the elder scrolls games are very complete, your actions don't mean anything to them. If you kill a man and pay a small fine to the guards, no one feels mad at you.
Dark souls is the exact opposite, if you commit any crimes you may be hunted down by other players and raped. You can ruin relationships, lose guild ranks and more. You also can only be in one guild. It's stupid to be the leader of all the guilds at once in skyrim.
The graphics in dark souls are more suited to the amazing story and gameplay, as they don't distract but at times make you almost crap yourself at the amazing scenery. In addition the overall depressing themes can be offset by a few sunlit scenes for an amazing contrast and real cinematic scenery.
Skyrim needs mods to come close, but skyrim with mods wins on the overall detail and prettiness level. I still think dark souls has better practical graphics.
Dark souls has no companions, But it does have online co-op options, though there is no friendly fire. If nobody here has played dark souls, I'd totally recommend it. Best game I've ever played. And the combat is incredibly realistic. You get hit by a sword, 2-4 times, you die, it doesn't matter who's swinging it. Level 2 zombie? you die. Unlike Skyrim, where weak enemies can come up and swing at you for 20 min before you actually die.
@Wandering Mania Wait what? Fallout 4 is being made by Bethesda Game Studios, not by Obsidian. NV was pushed to Obsidian because the team wanted to work on Skyrim at that time. Todd Howard said in an interview before the game came out, "Skyrim is one of two games being developed right now." According to resources the game is set in Boston, as Bethesda set their offices up there, and is being developed on the PC, so it will release next-gen. Gamestop said it is in San Francisco, but the trailer that they said "announced it" isn't by Bethesda, it was fan made and it said "G4WL," and we know it will be for Steam. (Deals and Bethesda said all future in-house PC games will be released for Steam.)
Also, according to resources the next TES is TES VI: Hammerfell, and should be released around 2016-2017.
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Yo check out Requiem - The Oldschool Roleplaying Overhaul mod (by Xarrian). It's amazing and really beefs up the combat, though that's just one among many great changes the mod does.
Skyrim is about immersion, lore and epic storytelling. Combat is just an asset,
Dark Souls is about combat: learning through trial and error and perhaps get some bits of minimalistic lore. But as pointed out, the lore of DS is an asset, not the focus.
If you wanna die a lot and accomplish a really great achievment in your gamer life, go for Dark Souls.
If you wanna feel like one of Tolkien's characters facing the forces of darkness or feel like one of the nordic legends such as Beowulf, go for Skyrim. Easy as that and I see no point in comparing both games, really.
Leave The Elder Scrolls series as it is, and leave Dark Souls series as it is. I love both series exactly the way they work.
P.s.: But I admit, would be nice seeing sparks in a rocky wall if I hit my sword on it ">
somebody should make a mod that adds 2 more difficulty
- DEMI-GOD > twice harder than master
- GOD > 4x harder than master
maybe it would take you more than 30mins killing ALDUIN if his stats is 4x higher
IF DARK SOULS is harder than skyrim... somebody should make skyrim harder than DARK SOULS... something like a skeever killing you even you are in lvl 20 already
- - - - ONLY MY OPINION/RECOMMENDATION/TIP =)
I'm going to have to defend dark souls and say that it wins out with depth of world and SOME graphics.
The depth of world is a no-brainer in my opinion, because while the elder scrolls games are very complete, your actions don't mean anything to them. If you kill a man and pay a small fine to the guards, no one feels mad at you.
Dark souls is the exact opposite, if you commit any crimes you may be hunted down by other players and raped. You can ruin relationships, lose guild ranks and more. You also can only be in one guild. It's stupid to be the leader of all the guilds at once in skyrim.
The graphics in dark souls are more suited to the amazing story and gameplay, as they don't distract but at times make you almost crap yourself at the amazing scenery. In addition the overall depressing themes can be offset by a few sunlit scenes for an amazing contrast and real cinematic scenery.
Skyrim needs mods to come close, but skyrim with mods wins on the overall detail and
prettiness level. I still think dark souls has better practical graphics.
Wait what? Fallout 4 is being made by Bethesda Game Studios, not by Obsidian. NV was pushed to Obsidian because the team wanted to work on Skyrim at that time. Todd Howard said in an interview before the game came out, "Skyrim is one of two games being developed right now." According to resources the game is set in Boston, as Bethesda set their offices up there, and is being developed on the PC, so it will release next-gen. Gamestop said it is in San Francisco, but the trailer that they said "announced it" isn't by Bethesda, it was fan made and it said "G4WL," and we know it will be for Steam. (Deals and Bethesda said all future in-house PC games will be released for Steam.)
Also, according to resources the next TES is TES VI: Hammerfell, and should be released around 2016-2017.
The moment you experience something better, you want it. That's the same with Skyrim and Dark Souls, for some reason I want them to be each other...
Forget about next gen graphics, I want next gen design and mechanics.