I love Demon's Souls and The Witcher 1. I have started Dark Souls and the Witcher 2 but don't really like them as much. Horrible combat controls in Witcher 2 and the world in Dark Souls 2 is too open for my taste. I liked the Nexus and the small levels. Sooner or later I will give them another go but all in all I think The Witcher is a more interesting franchise.
I love Demon's Souls and The Witcher 1. I have started Dark Souls and the Witcher 2 but don't really like them as much. Horrible combat controls in Witcher 2 and the world in Dark Souls 2 is too open for my taste. I liked the Nexus and the small levels. Sooner or later I will give them another go but all in all I think The Witcher is a more interesting franchise.nethernova
First time I played Dark Souls coming from Demon's Souls I felt the same way. Try and stick with it though, use walkthroughs if you really need to, once you get used to the general layout it gets a lot more fun. Then start a new character again when you know the basic map :)
Witcher 3 by far. It will be the better game.GuNsbl4ziN
Better production values? Maybe
Variety in RPG-esque mechanics? Nope. Not by a long shot. To put it simply...you have to use one particular character...with one particular face...with two particular type of weapons (no shields, no axes, no polearms)....with one particular type of armor (only chainmail, no plate armor)....with almost no option of backtracking. It's basically a 'go-where-we-tell-you', 'use-what-we-tell-you' and 'do-what-we-tell-you' kinda rpg. Exploration = 0
So it all boils down to what you consider to be a 'better game'. From a purely rpg-esque standpoint, Witcher games are rather restrictive.
Dark Souls II has a legit shot at GOAT status. Dialogue, NPCs and fetch quests are all well and good but I favour From's brand of "get out there to the poisonous swamp/sewer/undead castle/trap-ridden fortress and kill things many times your size. Have fun, prepare to die."
Dark Souls II has a legit shot at GOAT status. Dialogue, NPCs and fetch quests are all well and good but I favour From's brand of "get out there to the poisonous swamp/sewer/undead castle/trap-ridden fortress and kill things many times your size. Have fun, prepare to die."Floppy_Jim
While GOAT may be steep (or not, I dunno), I certainly think it has a shot as Game of the Generation.
[QUOTE="GuNsbl4ziN"]Witcher 3 by far. It will be the better game.jhcho2
Better production values? Maybe
Variety in RPG-esque mechanics? Nope. Not by a long shot. To put it simply...you have to use one particular character...with one particular face...with two particular type of weapons (no shields, no axes, no polearms)....with one particular type of armor (only chainmail, no plate armor)....with almost no option of backtracking. It's basically a 'go-where-we-tell-you', 'use-what-we-tell-you' and 'do-what-we-tell-you' kinda rpg. Exploration = 0
So it all boils down to what you consider to be a 'better game'. From a purely rpg-esque standpoint, Witcher games are rather restrictive.
Now i would say TW3 not because i will enjoy it more or the game will be better, but because from software are stupid as fk and releasing DkS2 on current gen when all my current gen consoles will be sold by then...
Witcher 3 can wait. Dark Souls 2's first time experience will only happen once, thus buying it day one will be a unique experience that will never repeat itself. There only be a short time where no one will be twink'ed at SL1, waiting to wail on real SL1 newbies or where the regulars know where everything is and how to defeat every little thing and know every little shortcut....
Currently playing Dark souls and I love it, the only problem is the story.
The witcher games have a good story but the combat and the RPG elements are nowhere near as good as the souls games.
But I'm looking forward for both titles, so I choose both.
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The story in dark souls is quite insteresting and really dark... though it's the type of game you have to dig around to find out or you can just search a video online about the story.
[spoiler] For example idk if you've heard from Asturas the abyss walker in the game, well supposedly he defeated the abyss and walke in it however the truth was he was possesed by the abyss and didn't make it.. the one that defeated the abyss was your own character by traveling to the pass... you're also the one that slays Asturas. [/spoiler]
Now i would say TW3 not because i will enjoy it more or the game will be better, but because from software are stupid as fk and releasing DkS2 on current gen when all my current gen consoles will be sold by then...silversix_
Dark Souls 2. I'm excited to see what they do with it in terms of te story. But of course I'm also excited for the new challenges (although I wouldn't be upset if there was no Curse status).
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