Dark Souls 2 will absolutely destroy Witcher 3 in quality

Dark Souls 2 will totally demolish Witcher 3 in quality and here's why:

Witcher 2 is/was just not in the same league as Dark Souls. I remember playing the first 30 minutes of Witcher 2 and there were just way too many controls for the character. The game wasn't intuitive at all. I quit because I actually got bored of trying to learn how to play. I might try the game again sometime, but it was no where near as fun as Dark Souls was to play. And Demons Souls was an equally as good as Dark Souls.

Dark Souls has the best combat yet seen in an Action RPG, and Dark Souls 2 will definitely be just as good if not better. The overall gameplay, atmosphere, and graphics are superb as well. I don't see any possible way that Witcher 3 will be able to compare to the quality of Dark Souls 2.

Next gen game or not, I don't care, I am much more looking forward to Dark Souls 2 than Witcher 3.

Opinions?

Your opinion isn't well thought out or clear.

nope

I'm sure the combat will be better.

They will both do things better than one another in different areas.

I will enjoy both immensely

Nope.

I expect TW3 to be better in every single way tbh.

Masochist will buy Dark Souls 2

Lab Rats (skinnerbox reference) will buy The Witcher 3.

Now go away !

I absolutely agree

Witcher games combat SUCKS BIG TIME, only a notch above Skyrim combat, and thats an insult

I wonder why people around here even bother playing video games. According to the GS boards EVERYTHING sucks.

Nah, I think Skyrim combat is better than Witcher 2 combat. At least Skyrim combat is intuitive. Witcher 2 combat is a hodgepodge of controls that just make it tedious and annoying.

I think dark souls 2 willl be a great game, but the witcher 3 will be better by miles, for example on visuals alone witcher 3 completely body slams dark souls 2

I agree 100%. The controls did have a way of sucking the life out of TW2 for me as well.

Where I disagree is that I liked Demons Souls a WHOLE lot more than Dark Souls.

I had really great time with Witcher 2 and not that much with DS ... Witcher 3 graphics and overall atmosphere considering is an open world is out of this world. Therefore i dont know what are you talking about but Witcher 3 is in its own league , same as DS 2. I cant compare them they are same yet so different. Personally if i had to pick 1 i would go with W3 all day

Bullshit.

Dark Souls 2 will probably be a better game in every way apart from graphics. That's not to say The Witcher 3 won't be an excellent game.

I'd say they're more or less on-par. Dark Souls has the better gameplay and combat, while Witcher 2 has the better story and graphics. Overall, I enjoy Witcher 2 slightly more.

I agree that DS had better combat than TW2, but from what has been told/shown so far I believe TW3 will be a much bigger improvement in terms of gameplay from its predecessor than DS2 will be. See for example this article: http://www.totalxbox.com/58944/the-witcher-3-new-gameplay-details-5-alternative-magic-signs-and-96-attack-animations/ . What I have seen from DS2 looks like more of the same (which is fine ofc). At the very least I think the franchises will be more evenly matched in the gameplay area.

lol dark souls and quality are two things that dont go together

What a stereotype for console gamers.

Somebody got owned, In Dark Souls.

Dark souls... quality... LOL.

Great games, but their production values are poor.

The Witcher series combat is terrible. I hated most of the fights I was in, it's just boring.

Truth.

That sounds awesome.... the only negative aspect of TW is the combat... if it IS more like DS and Batman ... then damn, perfect RPG confirmed.

I fully expect The Witcher 3 to be better in every single way.

Witcher 2 was one of my favourite RPG's last gen, but it's combat was woeful compared to Demon's/Dark Souls.

Everything else? I expect W3 to win.

and combat wise DSII will likely body slam TW3

Or maybe, just maybe both games will be excellent and well worth playing? A ludicrous thought, I know.

I was able to figure out the controls in The Witcher 2 (360) in 30 minutes and had no trouble playing an hour in.

You can't be taken seriously. Now get out.

Nope.

That's a blatant biased opinion. We all know that TW3 offers next to nothing in character customization. Inventory items are also pretty linear. So that's one thing that Witcher games will never top Dark Souls in. The other is Lore. These two things, Witcher games will never beat Souls games, no matter how you spin it.

Other aspects are debatable, and all depends on perspective.

The combat was easily the worst thing about Demon's Souls, imo. I haven't played Dark Souls, but from what I have seen it's not any better and I doubt Dark Souls 2 will be, either.

i like dark souls and highly enjoy the game, but quite kidding your self

Of course it's his opinion, he's the one who said it.... Does everyone on the internet have to add "in my opinion" before they say anything?

I didn't realize they were in direct competition with each other. I'll buy and play and, if they're anything like Dark Souls and TW2, enjoy the shit out of both.

im a huge Dark Souls fan, but i dont think anything this year will compete with The Witcher 3.. that game is gonna redefine the RPG in every way possible

Classic

Even opinions must have some degree of foundation to rest on. You can't just say something like "Newton was right, Einstein was wrong. And that's my opinion." and expect to not receive criticism for it. Some things are rather subjective, and that's where opinions must be respected. Some things just aren't.

I personally have 0 interest in Dark Souls 2. I didn't like Demon's Souls and haven't bothered with Dark Souls because of it and will be skipping Dark Souls 2.

Here's a shocking concept...BOTH games will be wonderful. BOTH.

What are you talking about? block + Strafe and the occasional parry, dat deep combat....

or what most PvPers do. block and lightining spam.

I like Dark Souls .... but its reputation for "good combat" is an odd one... it feels weighty which is good.... but its so basic and unbalanced.

Dark Souls 2 will destroy the competition and i have to wait two additional months for the pc version ****

@Thunder7151: So you have played with both and can make this assumption?

Expectations like this is why people get disappointed.. Fully expect this game to flop for being too ambitious now. Maybe not in scores, but in the minds of gamers that have expectations like this. We've all seen this story too many times

Both TW2 and Dark Souls had loads of jankyness, TW2 had a better story and characters which played a huge role in the game, Dark Souls had better gameplay, both had great worlds/settings.

I think most people know what to expect out of Dark Souls 2, Witcher 3 is way more ambitious and if they manage to create a better combat system it will likely end up being the better game. I'm really excited for both though (hence the DS2 sig).

I believe it, not because I have faith in Dark Souls 2 but because I thought Witcher 2 was utter shit despite everybody praising it and everyone seems pretty pumped about Witcher 3.

souls games are not shit, cod is shit