As someone who's only played Skyrim and has only watched Let's Plays of DS, I honestly can't be too thorough about it.
What I will say, is that they could all learn something from each other. They all do something better than the other two.
Best franchise? No idea. I obviously prefer Dragon Age, but that's me.
Originally posted by quanchi112
You all disgust me. I have not played dark souls but oblivion sucked ass. Elder scrolls is lame as ****. Dragon Age hands down beats that games ass.
I strongly disagree. Basing all of the series off of Oblivion isn't fair.
Morrowind was part of TES and is one of the best RPG's I have ever played and is highly regarded.
I'd say Dragon Age > Dark Souls > Elder Scrolls. DA is only a bit above DS though. It's mostly because I tend to put story and characters over gameplay. I find a good story arc or piece of character development more emotionally satisfying than beating a hard boss. Souls does have a good story, but it's obfuscated and you kinda need to watch youtube video's to get the most out of it ("ain't even got legs!"😉. The characters are generally bland as well, at least compared to DA. Solaire being the exception. \[T]/ <3
Real answer - I've not played any of the DS games so I can't comment on them.
I've played all the Dragon Age games.
I've only played Oblivion and Skyrim when it comes to ES games.
Taking that into account, I think Skyrim is better than any DA games. However, I think all the DA games are better than Oblivion.
So, I dunno.
Originally posted by One_Angry_ScotI doubt Skyrim is that much better ?
I strongly disagree. Basing all of the series off of Oblivion isn't fair.Morrowind was part of TES and is one of the best RPG's I have ever played and is highly regarded.
Nothing rpg comes close to the rich history and character concepts to me from Dragon Age.
While that's true, I've personally turned on Skyrim quite a bit. It's better than Oblivion in most aspects, but the story is still pretty weak, the other questlines pretty uninspired as well (the Brotherhood from Oblivion shits on everything tbh), the character's non-existent and the world is still pretty lifeless imo.
And I say this with 150 hours on Skyrim. The only other game I've played near so much is, well, Dragon Age.
Originally posted by quanchi112
I doubt Skyrim is that much better ?Nothing rpg comes close to the rich history and character concepts to me from Dragon Age.
I didn't even mention Skyrim. As I don't find it good as an Elder Scrolls game compared to others. It just seems that you haven't tried them all and you're bashing the whole series based off of Oblivion.
There is plenty of RPG's that have a ton of story compared to Dragon Age.
Planetscape Torment is just one I could name among many. It just strikes me as silly how you're stacking all the cards in your favour by picking one game then basing the entirety of it's story on that. When in fact it's the game of that series that isn't as good. So you can set your opinion in the positive before you've even started.
Originally posted by Nephthys
While that's true, I've personally turned on Skyrim quite a bit. It's better than Oblivion in most aspects, but the story is still pretty weak, the other questlines pretty uninspired as well (the Brotherhood from Oblivion shits on everything tbh), the character's non-existent and the world is still pretty lifeless imo.And I say this with 150 hours on Skyrim. The only other game I've played near so much is, well, Dragon Age.
I agree, I also think that Skyrim had next to no variety (of course it's a Scandinavian esque landscape so it wont be varied.
They needed to have the area when we go back to Solestheim and Raven Rock as defaults. As Miraak seemed important to the story.
Whereas there were many different landscapes in Morrowind, Oblivion, Daggerfall and Arena.
I'd argue the Dungeons were boring. While they were larger. The majority just involved Draugr. While of course again there will be a ton of dead Nordic warriors around it's just Draugr everywhere.
Elven Dungeons I enjoyed in Oblivion.
I haven't played Oblivion, so I can only comment on Skyrim. Two things I think Skyrim did really well were the living world the game took place in (in size, scope, and how alive it seemed), and the combat (though admittedly, i'm talking about combat after modding the game).
Dragon Age could take some real tips from both Skyrim and DS when it comes to combat (for me, the first DA still has the strongest, deepest combat of the trilogy), and the aforementioned Skyrim world. They tried to do it in Inquisition, and it was a fair attempt, but they have a long way to go imo.