dragon age: origins vs. demon's souls

I am wondering which of these games would be better for me. Both are very highly acclaimed RPG's, but the difficulty of demon's souls is slightly off putting to me. Is dragon age's gameplay similar to that of demon souls with more managable difficulty? Thanks

[EDIT] Someone mentioned that making this a poll would be more useful, and I agree, so I added one. The consensus from the thread seems to be pretty split. At this point, I am leaning more towards demon souls, as I watched a few gameplay videos for dragon age and it looks very tedious. I don't have the PC to run the superior version of it either, hence its unavailability in the poll

I am wondering which of these games would be better for me. Both are very highly acclaimed RPG's, but the difficulty of demon's souls is slightly off putting to me. Is dragon age's gameplay similar to that of demon souls with more managable difficulty? Thanks

fireemblemgamer

No, Dragon Age uses a more turnbased system, where as Demon Souls has more well lets say....real time combat as opposed to Dragon Age. Dragon Age is also more story driven then Demon Souls, but Demon Suols is more exploratory base. As for the difficulty, I think its challenging but not frustrating hard to be honest. Thats just me....

I prefer Dragon Age because it has a more involving story. The difficulty is Dragon Age can even compete with Demon's Souls when on the hardest setting, and might even surpass it in some aspects. Demon's Souls is just very unforgiving, making you restart everything if you mess up, whereas you can save after any battle in Dragon Age.

Demons Souls all the way, the atmosphere in the game is some of the best I have seen since Shadow of the Colossus. There is actually gameplay, not just point and click, you really have to pay attention to every move you make. Yes, there is not much of a story, but I would rather have a game like Demons Souls where they keep slowly feeding you these wild places and events, and incredible boss fights. Then a game where the story is so contrived, lifeless, like everyother coycat cat story revolving around elves and ogres. Demons Souls, it's one crazy ride.

If you're looking for a story you need to pick up Dragon Age. Demon's Souls doesn't have a story. The combat in Dragon Age is very simplistic though, unlike Demon's Souls. You just tell them who to attack and they do the rest which is similar to many MMORPGs. I actually really liked Dragon Age a lot. It's not too challenging, but it can be if you want to adjust the difficulty.

I know plenty of people would suggest Demon's Souls over Dragon Age, but honestly neither one will appear to everybody. I liked DA a ton more than DS. I know plenty of people here liked DS more than DA. If you want a more traditional RPG, go with Dragon Age. If you want a action-RPG/dungeon-crawler and don't care about dying all the time and restarting the entire level each time, go with Demon's Souls.

Well it comes down to if you want challenge or fun.

I say that because Demon's Souls is a good game, but it is really frustrating and difficult and that is not fun at all and that ruined the game for me and I had to stop playing because of it.

And Dragon Age: Origins is the exact opposite and it is alot of fun to and it has a great story, and it is not in any way turnbased as someone has said as that is what I had thought before I played the game and then I played it and was happy with it because it wasn't turnbased as I hate turnbased type games.

Well it comes down to if you want challenge or fun.

I say that because Demon's Souls is a good game, but it is really frustrating and difficult and that is not fun at all and that ruined the game for me and I had to stop playing because of it.

And Dragon Age: Origins is the exact opposite and it is alot of fun to and it has a great story, and it is not in any way turnbased as someone has said as that is what I had thought before I played the game and then I played it and was happy with it because it wasn't turnbased as I hate turnbased type games.

ghstbstr

It is turn based, it is played in that manner. Sure things can happen, but you are limited by bars and such which are traditional mechanics found in turn based. Also the pause feature is neccesary as well adding more of a turn based element to the game...so it is turn based.

Demon's Souls is incredibly difficult until you get the feel of your character. Once you know what you're capable of and get down the timing, it really becomes a matter of "How patient are you?" as the game isn't too horrifyingly difficult as people make it out to be. Interestingly enough, you don't have to level up to beat the game. Sure, it helps, but you don't have to.

Dragon Age, on the other hand, is a very classic RPG. You're not going to win or get anywhere without leveling, on the harder settings. You're going to have to grind, experiment, and build characters with particular focuses on the battlefield in order to power your way through a fight. Boss fights are, again, classic RPG-like as you can go toe to toe with a dragon and so long as your HP is high enough, you can kill it and shrug off a dragon clawing you in the face. The gameplay becomes strategic and it matters where you put characters on the battlefield, but I built a tank character and just had the AI do their own thing and beat it with little problem. It isn't turn based strategy, exactly, as enemies won't pause and wait for you to hit them, and you can freely move around whenever you please. But there are cool down times for powers, and the game checks you stats against an opponent to see if you hit them, and things like that.

My thoughts:

Dragon Age = Better story, better characters

Demon's Souls = Better combat, better atmosphere, better enemy design

I would pick Demon's Souls

I prefer Dragon Age because it has a more involving story. The difficulty is Dragon Age can even compete with Demon's Souls when on the hardest setting, and might even surpass it in some aspects. Demon's Souls is just very unforgiving, making you restart everything if you mess up, whereas you can save after any battle in Dragon Age.

Sloan360

Was about to say something like this.

Demon's souls is better IMO

I much prefer DA:O to Demon's Souls. DA:O is highly addictive and has tons of sidequests plus dialogue options. That's what I prefer in my RPGs.

I would definitely get Demon's Souls over Dragon Age. I love Dragon Age, but Demon's Souls is something special that doesn't happen often imo.

^ Are you kidding? I'd accept that it's averagely hard, but unless you run around like a complete retard you won't have any problems. Everything is tactical and in your head, you don't need to string together amazing combos to do well. I've had the game since June last year, and it's definitely not hard. Doesn't touch Resistance on Superhuman or Ninja Gaiden. Hell, the LBP Contra levels are harder. I probably died maybe 30 times my entire first playthrough, and now I can easily play through the game without losing any souls I've earned.dkjestrup

^ Are you kidding? I'd accept that it's averagely hard, but unless you run around like a complete retard you won't have any problems. Everything is tactical and in your head, you don't need to string together amazing combos to do well. I've had the game since June last year, and it's definitely not hard. Doesn't touch Resistance on Superhuman or Ninja Gaiden. Hell, the LBP Contra levels are harder. I probably died maybe 30 times my entire first playthrough, and now I can easily play through the game without losing any souls I've earned.dkjestrup

[QUOTE="dkjestrup"]^ Are you kidding? I'd accept that it's averagely hard, but unless you run around like a complete retard you won't have any problems. Everything is tactical and in your head, you don't need to string together amazing combos to do well. I've had the game since June last year, and it's definitely not hard. Doesn't touch Resistance on Superhuman or Ninja Gaiden. Hell, the LBP Contra levels are harder. I probably died maybe 30 times my entire first playthrough, and now I can easily play through the game without losing any souls I've earned.TheEldestGod

Demon's Souls.... and this should be made into a poll

Demon's Souls if you prefer gameplay

Dragon Age if you prefer story

Demon's Souls if you prefer gameplay

Dragon Age if you prefer story

Zathic

True, if you want a great story you should play Dragon Age first. But for pure replay and gameplay awesomeness, Demon's Souls is the definite win for me.

Demon's Souls.

Demon's Souls, DA:O was good, but it wasn't nearly as good as I expected, the combat seemed shallow and the game was just sort of boring and generally revolved around going through long dungeons repeatedly mashing the attack button while occasionally using a spell, special attack, or potion.

Demon's Souls is incredibly difficult until you get the feel of your character. Once you know what you're capable of and get down the timing, it really becomes a matter of "How patient are you?" as the game isn't too horrifyingly difficult as people make it out to be. Interestingly enough, you don't have to level up to beat the game. Sure, it helps, but you don't have to.

Dragon Age, on the other hand, is a very classic RPG. You're not going to win or get anywhere without leveling, on the harder settings. You're going to have to grind, experiment, and build characters with particular focuses on the battlefield in order to power your way through a fight. Boss fights are, again, classic RPG-like as you can go toe to toe with a dragon and so long as your HP is high enough, you can kill it and shrug off a dragon clawing you in the face. The gameplay becomes strategic and it matters where you put characters on the battlefield, but I built a tank character and just had the AI do their own thing and beat it with little problem. It isn't turn based strategy, exactly, as enemies won't pause and wait for you to hit them, and you can freely move around whenever you please. But there are cool down times for powers, and the game checks you stats against an opponent to see if you hit them, and things like that.

My thoughts:

Dragon Age = Better story, better characters

Demon's Souls = Better combat, better atmosphere, better enemy design

I would pick Demon's Souls

IndianaPwns39

Demon's Souls Hands down