How does the dragonborn fare against a real dragon, Deathwing the Destroyer?
I've been recently trying to decide which game I want to play so here is my breakdown thus far... but I'll warn you, I'm probably very biased to the game I've known and loved for several years.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim versus World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
Playable Characters
World of Warcraft has been split into two teams, the Horde and the Alliance. Generally the Alliance gets the prettier characters since mostly preteen boys play them. The Horde has traditionally had the more menacing characters such as the Undead, Trolls, Orcs, and Tauren. With the Burning Crusade expansion pack they added Bloodelves to finally attract some women to their team (or maybe they got sick of the naked undead women dancing for gold and wanted some eyecandy). The Alliance has the Humans, Dwarves, Nightelves and the laughable Gnomes. Burning Crusade brought a race that actually looks like it might not be eaten by an orc, the Draenei. Cataclysm introduced two new playable races, the Goblins for the Horde and the Worgen for the alliance.
*Edit: With the addition of the Pandara expansion pack, WoW has 13 playable races*
Questing
I am an avid quester so it has intrigued me that Skyrim has an infinite number of quests. How is this possible? I have no idea. I'm betting on voodoo magic.
Skyrim wins this round.
Transportation
Transportation
The major part of these RPGs is how you get around. Personally I was an avid collector of mounts in WoW, and I'm a little dissappointed to hear you only have the option of horse, or no horse in Skyrim.
However I do like the idea of fast travel....
Replay Value
I can almost hear the gaming community scream out about replay value. The interesting difference between Wow and Skyrim is that one has a definate end. Skyrim can be played for as long or short as you please, depending on how in-depth you want to explore the dungeons and such. However it does have an ending to the story. I understand the replay value is the fact that you can create a new character and change some yes/no decisions you had made to discover more quests and replay the game as such.
Wow is a never ending game and is intended to keep you hooked. A great part of creating a new character is the ability to transfer money or items to your new character. These characters are known as "twinks". Personally this doesn't effect me because I don't play player-versus-player (PVP) and I think it's a great way to help with levelling. Wow can also be replayed different ways because each race has it's own starting area, each class has it's own quests, and you can choose between certain cities to gain reputation and unlock specific quests there as well.
It's hard to pick a definate winner here, but I would say that if you can forge bonds with the online community of Wow it has much more replay value.
*Edit: I have been informed that there are a huge number of quests so Skyrim is basically unending, but the main quest line is only ~30 hours long. This may actually be a tie*
Online vs Single Player
Wow is specifically packaged as a massivly multiplayer online game (MMO) and doesn't have the option of solo play. You can keep to yourself if you like, and ignore other players if that's how you want to play, but you wll have to compete against other players for quest items and kills. If you enjoy competition and fighting there are duelling grounds such as arenas, battlegrounds, and entire servers dedicated to PVP. You can also play on servers that are PVE (player versus environment) and even role playing servers where people like to say in character.
Skyrim is a single player game which is great if you have no friends and don't wish to make any.
Wow wins this round.
I can almost hear the gaming community scream out about replay value. The interesting difference between Wow and Skyrim is that one has a definate end. Skyrim can be played for as long or short as you please, depending on how in-depth you want to explore the dungeons and such. However it does have an ending to the story. I understand the replay value is the fact that you can create a new character and change some yes/no decisions you had made to discover more quests and replay the game as such.
Wow is a never ending game and is intended to keep you hooked. A great part of creating a new character is the ability to transfer money or items to your new character. These characters are known as "twinks". Personally this doesn't effect me because I don't play player-versus-player (PVP) and I think it's a great way to help with levelling. Wow can also be replayed different ways because each race has it's own starting area, each class has it's own quests, and you can choose between certain cities to gain reputation and unlock specific quests there as well.
It's hard to pick a definate winner here, but I would say that if you can forge bonds with the online community of Wow it has much more replay value.
*Edit: I have been informed that there are a huge number of quests so Skyrim is basically unending, but the main quest line is only ~30 hours long. This may actually be a tie*
Online vs Single Player
Wow is specifically packaged as a massivly multiplayer online game (MMO) and doesn't have the option of solo play. You can keep to yourself if you like, and ignore other players if that's how you want to play, but you wll have to compete against other players for quest items and kills. If you enjoy competition and fighting there are duelling grounds such as arenas, battlegrounds, and entire servers dedicated to PVP. You can also play on servers that are PVE (player versus environment) and even role playing servers where people like to say in character.
Skyrim is a single player game which is great if you have no friends and don't wish to make any.
Wow wins this round.
Price
As a starving student this weighs heavily on my mind.It looks like Wow is the cheaper option. Even if I didn't already have the game installed on my computer it would be cheaper to buy the whole set than to purchase the Skyrim game for the PC. In addition, many of my friends say that the PC version of Skyrim is bjorked and since I don't own a gaming consol I wouls have to purchase one of those as well. THe only way it would even out is if I play Wow for several months. Due to school getting busy I will likely only have time during my 4 week Christmas holiday. What a coincidence....
Conclusion
Overall Wow is a more appealing game to me, especially since I already know and love it. I have a high level character waiting for my return (which btw is a higher level than the maximum level in Skyrim) and I can't wait to play her again.
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