I know this is an old topic, I am new on the site as well as to both Divinity games and the Elder scrolls games. I feel my opinion needs to be voiced even if no one reads it. First Divinity is one of the best fantasy rpgs I've ever played 1) its hard as hell and really makes you work for those experience points. 2) It has taught me the value of saving my game every 5 seconds lol. 3) great story and great humor so far.
Now As for Skyrim, People have been telling me for months before Skyrim even came out it was going to be one of the best rpgs. After getting the game and playing the openning myself I am gravely disappointed and feel like I wasted my money. I'll explain my reasons for disliking it, the graphics are awesome,the story sounds interesting, the game play is horrible for a fantasy style rpg, fantasy rpgs aren't meant to be played from a first person shooter point of view. This game is too much like fallout's style of game play, don't get me wrong I love the fallout series, the style works for fallout, but does not work here.
Compared to Divinity games Skyrim so far lacks the pull of interest that Divinity has on me. I mean after you escape the town the dragon attacks there's hardly anything to kill or fight. In ego draconis, right out side the village walls you get attacked by hordes of goblins that can over welm you. I'm playing both the original Ego Draconis and the remastered one, and I have to say I'm saddened with how easy the remastered version has become. The first thing I noticed was the lack of the boars outside the gate, and fewer goblins. I just don't feel over welmed anymore. A few things are better in the remastered version, but I think what I liked most about the original was how hard it was to advance in the game like it literally forces you to do side quests first to gain level. I had to ninja my way into Lovis's tower the first time I played cause those dam skeletons kept killing me over and over, I felt so happy when I finally pulled it off and beat the basterds. So in this sense Larian studios did something good, I like the difficulty it makes me want to keep playing. With Skyrim I don't feel that at all in the beginning, the only thing thats attacked me was two wolves, thats not satisfying enough for me. If your gonna send wolves at me send a blood pack of like 7 make me work my brain to survive.
I know I should give Skyrim some more time on my part but I do believe when compared to something like Divinity for a fantasy rpg its gets a 5 on a scale of 1-10 for gameplay where as Divinity gets a 10, I mean Divinity has mastered how to use a sword, magic and a bow in unison during combat. If I want to use a bow in Skyrim I have to pause the game and go into my inventory just to use it which is kind of annoying.
So yeah Skyrim is bad as a fantasy rpg with gameplay, but if you like that style its all yours to play.
