Limitations of Skyrim’s dumbed down rivals

InEnt: There have been some suggestions that say Kingdoms of Amalur is actually a better game than Skyrim and while we all have varying tastes, comparing the two would take hours of gameplay footage to look at the many different features. However, if you consider immersion how can any other game compete because with future DLC, Skyrim could become endless or as much as Bethesda wants it to be?

[danswayuk]

Nothing compares to Skyrim in my opinion.

[MysticStrummer]

Can't say about Dragon's Dogma yet, but Dark Souls is more immersive than Skyrim. I only played the demo for Kingdoms of Amalur, but that cartoonish world wasn't immersive at all to me.

[christheredhead]

What bothers me is that every open world RPG is now being labeled as a "Skyrim rival." KOA sort of set itself up for this sort of comparison with Ken Rolston's comments regarding the two. Yet, KOA is nothing like Skyrim. Not even close. KOA is pretty much a sinlge player MMO with tons of loot, tons of quests, an above standard combat system and enclosed, area based exploration. Really fun game though.

I'm already seeing people comparing Skyrim and Dragons Dogma as rivals. I don't get it.

[GaMErFoLife88]

dude its like this plane an simple if KOA or dragons dogma came out frist people would jus compair them in that manner of pattern. it has nothing to do whats better its down to what is next to step up to the plate. like this, what is played frist is embedded on the human mind to set a standerd. you cant unremmber something so you look for simularitys, just think about every other game. i hope this helped.

[GamingTruth]

i liked the kingdoms of amalur and dark souls more than skyrim, skyrim is pretty boring to me, but dragons dogma is probably my most look forwarded to game this year

[spike]

There both for dorks. I see the comparison.

[Derpy]

I'm really on the fence about which of the two games (meaning Skyrim and Amalur) is better. Both are great games in their own right, though Skyrim's buggyness is starting to get me to prefer Amalur. Also some of the changes in Skyrim from earlier Elder Scroll games have left me less than pleased. One thing I've always looked forward to in a new Elder Scroll game was the Thieves Guild storyline, but in Skyrim they've totally ruined it. It's no longer a guild of thieves, but a group of gangsters running a racket. Changes like this also have me leaning towards Amalur as the better game.

But what I really don't understand is this attitude of some to be so loyal to Skyrim that they attack every other open world RPG as a threat. Personally I want to see more of these kind of games and feel that those attacking any game that shows similarities to Skyrim are not doing us gamers a favor.

[Bigpappy]

The closest series i have played to skyrim is Two Worlds. And the series does not have enough content and does not sell the game world as well as the Elder Scrolls does. Amalur is not as opened or detailed as Skyrim and focus more on the fighting that the aesthectics.

[Derpy]

Two Worlds was a pretty shallow game, I didn't care much for it so I've never played Two Worlds II.

Your post leaves me to wonder if you've actually played Kingdoms of Amalur (or maybe only played the demo.) While the game does have a more complex form of fighting than most games of this type, I've done a number of side quests that haven't required me to fight at all. However the fighting does require some skill on the players part, so I can see that being a big turnoff for some, but anyone who can handle the Batman games shouldn't have too hard of a time with Amalur.

[InTheLab]

It's dumbed down rivals? Isn't Skyrim dumbed down? I mean, how is it possible to completely level blacksmithing by making the same s***ty dagger 300 times? It took me forever to level anything in Oblivion, but I popped level 14 before I bumped into my first non-scripted dragon.

Talk to me about immersion next time you're having a conversation and 3 people wonder up to you and start babbling about nothing while you're trying to understand your quest. Or how about that random mob that's just 10 times stronger than everything else in the dungeon, including the final boss. Or how about how weapons and armor NEVER degrade, but only lose their enchant at a ridiculously quick rate.

Dumbed down rivals...hah. Fable is a dumbed down rival of Skyrim...not Reckoning.