Poll: Bioshock Infinite or Skyrim?

[Jake Martinez]

As a somewhat older gamer this boggles my mind... 20 years ago I was paying pretty much the same price for new PC releases then as I am paying now (especially with the advent of digitial distribution). Hell, I don't even have to upgrade my PC as much anymore since everything is developed to target 6 year old console hardware.

I would have thought the price of gaming had gotten significantly cheaper, relative to the increase in cost on other things...

 

[BrailleOperatic]

Skyrim. I'm STILL playng Oblivion all these years later. Skyrim has to have at least that much survivability.

 

[NEMESIS 94]

Couldn't stick with bioshock 1 enough to finish it. Just wasn't my style I guess. But I've been with Elder Scrolls since forever

 

[Ghengis John]

I'm a fairly low-budget gamer. Most of the time I'll wait a few years for a game to drop a few bucks, rather than pay full price for it. But there are two upcoming games that even I'm willing to stand in line for on release day: Bioshock Infinite and Skyrim.

A little question for my fellow Escapists: If you could have either game RIGHT NOW, which would it be?

Look, most people are going to tell you Skyrim, that's because most Elderscrolls fans (particularly those who joined on oblivion) are crazy rabid super fans. They write freaking songs about the game for Pete's sakes. They plagued game magazines and question shows with requests for information on a sequel four years before there was ever a sequel announced. In short they are not reasonable people. They will throw around words like "love" and "no contest" and you know they're not in your mindset already.

I liked both so I'll sum it up this way. You will play Skyrim for a lot of hours. You will play Bioshock infinite for fewer hours but those hours will be jam-packed. I really couldn't pick between the two myself (though infinite's offering the more fantastic world imo) and I'll probably just buy both so I wish you luck.

 

[silver wolf009]

Well... I have already preordered Skyrim... so yeah, that

^^This.

Anybody else going to run around with 2 shields?

Yes. The enemy will fear my tools of beating. I shall go down in history as, "The Wall".

OT:
Skyrim. Double shield away!!

 

[Ensiferum]

Skyrim by a landslide. Bioshock is cool but there's no way it'll be as deeply developed or as big of a world.

 

[viking97]

how bout u wait for them to come out before u make a decision?

if not, i say skyrim. oblivion was pretty damn good (or so i've heard anyway, i haven't played it) and fallout 3 was fucking awesome (from personal experience)

 

[Dr. wonderful]

Sky the fuck Rim.


If that not on the table then Batman Arkham City.

 

[Podunk]

I would take Infinite. From what I've seen so far it is going to be exciting and fun in the vein of the first game without being tied to the same plot, and with plenty of new innovation thrown in for good measure.

Skyrim might be fun. Fallout 3 may have convinced me to give it a chance, but when I see a WRPG and it's the same Orcs, the same Elves, the same Dwarves etc. ect. I get... a little... ZZZzzzzzzzzz

 

[Rayansaki]

Well, one is a 50+ hours game and the other is a 10+ hours game, so if I was in a low budget it would be a no-brainer.

Also, if it's for PC its reinforced with the unlimited replayability because of mods.

 

[TH3_D15HWA5H3R]

i have to say skyrim, dont get me wrong i will defiantly get bioshock infinite, but just for the sheer amount of gameplay and re-playabillity i just couldnt pass up skyrim... also, dragons... lots of dragons

 

[Pegghead]

I'll go for Infinite, because it's a year away whereas Skyrim comes out in November.

Don't get me wrong, I love me some Elder Scrolls but I am HUGELy excited for infinite...and it's a full year away.

 

[Tax_Document]

I would take Infinite. From what I've seen so far it is going to be exciting and fun in the vein of the first game without being tied to the same plot, and with plenty of new innovation thrown in for good measure.

Skyrim might be fun. Fallout 3 may have convinced me to give it a chance, but when I see a WRPG and it's the same Orcs, the same Elves, the same Dwarves etc. ect. I get... a little... ZZZzzzzzzzzz

The Elves are completely different, and no Dwarves.

Please actually research before posting, thanks.

 

[Ir0n Squid]

Yes.

 

[Assassin Xaero]

Considering all the Elder Scrolls fanboys here, the poll results don't come as a surprise. Oblivion is too boring for me to get into, and BioShock was probably my favorite game, so, yeah Bioshock Infinite.

 

[Captain Booyah]

Infinite Infinite Infinite. It's straight down my road and the first BioShock is still one of my favourite games. (The second one was a little...ugh.) Never had a lot of love for Elder Scrolls.

Surprised at the amount of people considering game length a deciding factor, though. Not that you wouldn't want replay value, obviously, but I don't mind as long as I get a good experience. ^_^

 

[Podunk]

I would take Infinite. From what I've seen so far it is going to be exciting and fun in the vein of the first game without being tied to the same plot, and with plenty of new innovation thrown in for good measure.

Skyrim might be fun. Fallout 3 may have convinced me to give it a chance, but when I see a WRPG and it's the same Orcs, the same Elves, the same Dwarves etc. ect. I get... a little... ZZZzzzzzzzzz

The Elves are completely different, and no Dwarves.

Please actually research before posting, thanks.

Regardless, I'd still pick Bioshock. Though that does make me a little more interested in checking out Skyrim. Though I recall Oblivion being pretty vanilla...

 

[DustyDrB]

Well BioShock gave me too much anxiety to be able to play it. I didn't play the second game, but it looks like they are easing up on the creepiness for Infinite. If that ends up being the case, then I may get it. It still has the whole "first person" thing going against it, though.

So I'd rather have Skyrim.

The game I have on pre-order is.....................................................Mass Effect 3

 

[God's Clown]

I am not surprised it so heavily favors Skyrim in your poll. For bang for buck Skyrim will simply destroy Infinite. Specially if you get it on the PC, but even for consoles it'll still give you way more play time.

 

[V8 Ninja]

Personally, I'm not sure. What I loved about Morrowind is that it had a certain charm to it and Skyrim doesn't look like it has that from what I've seen. On the other hand, Bioshock Infinite just looks Bioshock in the sky and with a grappling hook (which isn't a bad thing). I guess I'll buy the one that gets better reviews.