Demon's Souls is better then Oblivion

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S.T.A.G.E. said:

ocnkng said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

I heard what truly hurt the review scores of Demons Souls was the story board. Dragon Age will have an extremely deep story arch with various directions. The gameplay already looks great with control over four players of different  classes, the delivery and voice acting seem top notch as well. I agree that Demon Souls is probably great but I have to play it and with all the games coming out I hope to buy it soon.

Actually DS tells a great story. This game shows a perfect example of how a video game can tell a story.

DS tells its story through its fantastic gameplay and immersion.

I understand these days but telling a story through mainly though gameplay and  immersion alone can render a game generic. Thats probably why the game didn't score like 9.5 and so on and so forth. It looks like a great game at its core for sure though.

I am not against cut-scenes and great voice acting, thats why I am a big fan of MGS4. However DS shows how you can do it with pure gameplay too.

I agree with your comment about the danger of being generic but DS somehow avoids that.

I think its because with its intense gameplay, makes the world so real that you truly start caring about any story elements that you find.

One example about the amazing gameplay, with a 0 level character I found a long sword, meant for much higher level characters.

I could actually equip and wield it. However my strength being too low, I took too much time in delivering blows with that weapon rendering it effectively useless.

Now tell me isn't this so much better then a generic screen saying "You cannot euip that item yet."

After all in  real world no one can stop me from using the sword, but if I am not strong enough to handle its weight then I can't really swing it fast enough.

These small touches make the game experience so much more real.