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Skyrim or SWTOR?
Rderdall
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Happy Holidays everyone,
I have some spare cash after Christmas, and want to buy a new game. The problem is, I can't decide between Skyrim or SWTOR. My wife will shit a brick if I buy both of them, so I need some help deciding.
I beta tested SWTOR, and really enjoyed it, and I absolutely loved all of Bioware's previous games. I couldn't get into Morrowind back when it was a big deal, but have heard so many great things about Skyrim that I'm compelled to try it.
If Skyrim is chosen, am I better off getting it on PC rather than for the 360? Are the gameplay and graphics that much better that I should forego the comforts of my media room to sit at my computer?
Please help me make a decision!
I have some spare cash after Christmas, and want to buy a new game. The problem is, I can't decide between Skyrim or SWTOR. My wife will shit a brick if I buy both of them, so I need some help deciding.
I beta tested SWTOR, and really enjoyed it, and I absolutely loved all of Bioware's previous games. I couldn't get into Morrowind back when it was a big deal, but have heard so many great things about Skyrim that I'm compelled to try it.
If Skyrim is chosen, am I better off getting it on PC rather than for the 360? Are the gameplay and graphics that much better that I should forego the comforts of my media room to sit at my computer?
Please help me make a decision!
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I haven't gotten further then installing SWTOR... Skyrim is just sooo freaking... amazing.
I play it on 360 and it's awesome, but I know there are a lot of benefits to getting it for computer (mods being a huge one). That being said, it is probably a graphical powerhouse, so make sure your system can handle it otherwise I'd get it for the 360.
The reason is mostly waiting for the mod community to build up for Skyrim (as in, get it for the PC). A performance mod is out, and further mods for bug fixing and balancing will eventually come around, and the larder compilation mods will eventually come together.
True. This and the DLC that will come out...
Just get your wife to play SW:TOR with you :P
And then, in a year or so, after you've explored every inch of that world, you can get it for sale on Steam or something and then explore all the amazing mods. But I think the first experience is most important, and in my opinion a slight increase in graphics doesn't beat the experience of a huge TV and a recliner.
Plus, as others are already mentioning, a game like Skyrim is usually best purchased after all the DLC and mods have come out, which takes about a year. SWTOR is brand new, so you may deal with things like server queues. Plus, it has a monthly fee, and it sounds like cost might be an issue for you after the first "free" months run out.
If you're really set on either Skyrim or SWTOR, then I would personally prefer the former. That being said, based on your post, I think you'd enjoy the latter much more. Skyrim is essentially Morrowind on crack (I refuse to acknowledge the existence of Oblivion), so I doubt you'll enjoy it that much more just because it's the latest iteration of the franchise.
I disagree. I never enjoyed Morrowind, quickly got sick of Oblivion, and couldn't get past the first town in FO3, but Skyrim is crack.
Key thing is playing the game barebones and finding out for yourself what you want fixed. If you give time for the mods to build up, you'll have options. Picking up the game now, you'll run into things you don't like about it, and there won't necessarily be a solution for it yet. The mod options for Oblivion were pretty damn expansive, so I don't doubt Skyrim will get the same treatment.
What they said.
TOR is fine, MMOs are cool, but I've spent 16 hours jerking around in skyrim so far and I find it so much more entertaining than any MMO I've played, and I've played a lot of them.
I own both, and my vote is for Skyrim, for precisely the reason @admanb gives above. I have never liked any of the Elder Scrolls games, but am seriously in love with Skyrim.
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I couldn't play more than an hour in Morrowind or Oblivion before getting too bored and quitting (and I tried to get into both many times). Same with Fallout 3.
Skyrim, though? I have roughly 75 hours in that and I'm still only level 27. Though the mechanics may be fundamentally the same, there's something different that I can't put my thumb on that makes it more appealing.
It's atypical of the standard RPG design. MMOs in general are way too grindy so if you're looking to get away form that aspect of RPGs, skyrim has definitely got it down.
SWTOR is fun if you're looking for an MMO. But an MMO is what it is, and they all feel similar in the end. One of the worst things about SWTOR to me is how pigeonholed you are in your class selection, and this is made even worse by the locked-in nature of the starting portion of each class.
Maybe I'm just burnt out on MMOs, but it just doesn't do that much for me. I will admit that the questing and voiceovers are superb, and that it allows you to invest in the storyline more than other MMOs do.
Skyrim, on the other hand, really surprised me. I don't like Morrowind/Oblivion, so I don't know what I was expecting, but I bought into the hype—again. And this time, it's worth it. Certain aspects of the game have been tweaked to fit in more with gamers' expectations: the leveling system is easier and more rewarding, the race selection isn't as important, and crafting seems more accessible than before. The world, too, is awesome, and just wandering around leads you into dungeons that have pretty good loot, usually, and the lore is there in the form of books if you're after it.
Anyway, tl;dr: Skyrim just seems to have much more possibility than SWTOR, mostly because SWTOR is inherently limited thanks to being an MMO. If you're looking for a new MMO to sink your teeth into, get TOR. If you're just looking for a new RPG, get Skyrim.
And Skyrim will be up for game of the year edition at some point later on down the road and you can pick it up on the cheap, and hopefully by then they'll have fixed most of their game wrecking bugs.
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That would be due to the addition of crafting in general (other than alchemy, of course) :P
Going to be nthing Skyrim. To me, Skyrim feels like Daggerfall's promise, realized. The only thing Skyrim doesn't have on Daggerfall is complete scale.
And Mithril and Adamantine
that too.
Also going to suggest it on PC: there's already a UI mod improving the inventory screen, they're fixing Bethesda's lack of optimization (literally), and it's just gonna get even more insane once the mod tools come out in January. There's already technically infinite content in Skyrim, and it's just going to get more infinite.
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Same here. I was lucky enough to get Skyrim, Saint's Row 3, and Dark Soul from my GT Santa, and I figured I would play Skyrim for five minutes just to see what the hoopla was about and then get into Saint's Row 3, which I had previously rented and really enjoyed.
It's now about two weeks later and I haven't taken Skyrim out of my Xbox.
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