I love Mass Effect to death, but I don't really think it has a chance. When was the last time Bethesda made a game that didn't win a [censored]load of awards? I know that Bioware does as well, but, seriously, come on: When Beth makes an RPG, it wins, and for good reason.

Skyrim, no question, i have mass effect 1 and 2, its decent, but doesn't even come close to touching the elder scrolls, but the Witcher 2 looks great, and i'll most likely be purchasing it, so there's the competition, not mass effect 3. (This poll is very biased, since this is an elder scrolls forum.)

I am of the opinion, that many who play Skyrim, and other TES games, will also have played several Bioware games, as well as have interest in The Witcher Series.

This is the worst poll ever

Dark Souls vs. Skyrim thats a good one

Dark Souls the sequel to Demon Souls. Won game of 2009 and is known as one of the most hardsets games ever. Its something new that took the gaming world by surprise. Extremly hard its also a graphical masterpiece.

Skyrim. Sequel to Oblivion won game of 2006. TES has taken the gaming world and has always kept players wanting more. TES are the prime example to RPG all around. High free roam and very in-depth makes it a great game.

Dark Souls vs. Skyrim. NOW THATS a poll

So far, Dark Souls has my vote.

Skyrim is a wild card at the moment.

I chose Skyrim, duh. But Mass Effect may win because no one is the same.

Gosh. It really makes me tear up reading through here. :unsure2:

I see people comparing The Elder Scrolls to some absolute turds. Bad enough to compare it to Mass Effect. But Dragon Age? What the di*k?..... It is really saddening. Im not saying that ANY of these games arent good, or that they arent RPG's, or anything other than: THIS IS SKYRIM. THIS IS ELDER SCROLLS. I feel like anyone who has stepped inside an Elder Scrolls world should know that there is nothing like it. Other 'rpgs' can only dream to one day be like it. They look up to it with great fear and great respect and hope that one day they may grow up to be even close to what Elder Scrolls is......at least I know that thats what Im hoping when I play them.

RPG is just terminology that people use to describe a game. There are lots of games that could be 'loosely' categorized as rpgs in my mind: The GTA series, Assassins Creed, Mass Effect, etc. In some ways they all have RPG aspects in my opinion. When it gets down to it, just about any game (well, not any but many) can be considered a role playing game though, because the whole idea of a video game is for you to play the role of the character you are controlling. Obviously the phrase RPG refers to aspects of a game that go a little bit deeper than simply 'living' the character you are playing but in some aspects MANY games could be considered rpgs if you ask me. But at the end of the day, its about the game not how it gets classified. The 'type' of a game (RPG, FPS, 3PS, etc) means nothing to me. Its certainly not something I look at when shopping for a game.

To me the amount of copies sold or awards won isnt the point. TES is a dominate force in the gaming world and there is a reason that there are long waits in between these games, just like there are reasons that no other game in history has matched the depth and class of The Elder Scrolls. The magnitude of TES series game worlds far exceeds the detail found in any other game on the market. Period. That is something that no one can logically deny. To me the open-world genre is something that TES does better than ANYONE else ever has. And in my humble opinion, open-world is the only way to RP.

So if anything, let Mass Effect and other games have the 'Role Playing' title. The Elder Scrolls is an open world adventure that needs not be limited by silly characterizations.

Lol right Dark Souls is good competition to Skyrim. ME.... noooo

Dragon Origins if someone were to try compare that game then yes

Da2??? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO lol

This x Infinity. I couldn't agree with you more.

Dragon Age 2 was an insult to everyone who loved the first. I don't even want to hear it's name!


That said, I think Skyrim will take the prize. Mass effect is just too political, bringing up today's political issues and beliefs and alienating many of it's fans. Skyrim on the other hand will probably relay on the completely isolated world of Tamriel build up by Bethetida from scratch. It's also open ended, and immersing to such a degree that you can forget yourself. ME1 was really good, even if it still had many political issues hidden in it, but ME2 married inferior role playing with too much action and brought the hidden issues to light and even played on them in the plot.

I can understand why you'd say this.
To whom does it matter, this RPG of the Year accolade? It certainly matters to Bethesda, as a marketing sound bite. It could to novices to the RPG genre, who might feel tempted to give it a try.
Competition is a good thing. There are other RPGs out there which keep pushing it and putting healthy pressure upon Bethesda.
I think BGS will deliver.

Mass Effect versus Skyrim? lol

Dragon Age II!

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It's close but I'd still vote for Mass effect 3.

im kinda surprised Mass effect even got 20 votes.

Mass Effect 3 will be absolutely awesome.. but Im expecting Skyrim to be better