Poll: This Tuesday: Rage or Dark Souls?

[Bat Vader]

I plan on getting getting Rage. I am going to pay it off after I get out of work and then go to the midnight release later on. I might rent Dark Souls a week or two after it is released.

 

[newwiseman]

Neither, Rage looks to much like Borderlands ATM, and I don't give two shits about Dark Souls; other than what the devs did to people in Japan that got it per-release.

 

[Goliath Corp]

Put me down as another vote for Dark Souls. I sunk about 250 hours (murderous, nerve-wracking, exhilarating hours) into Demon's Souls alone, and have high hopes of doing the same for this one.

I've also played many 100s of hours of FPSs over the last few years (Borderlands, Bad Company 2, various CoDs, the GRAWs and Vegases), and I just can't work up an ounce excitement for Rage.

 

[Spawny0908]

I'm buying both...now which will I play first...hmmm maybe RAGE. MAYBE!

 

[InsipidMadness]

Dark Souls, hands down.
Rage? What's that.

 

[DarkhoIlow]

It usually depends wether you enjoy hardcore and difficult games that trive on kicking your ass and killing you on a whim whenever it wants,that difficulty being the appeal to this game compared to Rage which looks like a decent FPS with some RPG elements in it which gives a small Fallout 3 vibe to it(being post apocalyptic as well and all).

All in all,Dark Souls,even with it's difficulty it's still gonna give you "more bang for your buck",so choose that.

 

[Wuggy]

I'm waiting for reviews but I'm betting I'm going for RAGE. I didn't play Demon's Souls because it just looked... kind of generic. I know the hook is that it's punishing and challenging, but that's not enough for me.

 

[Mogget128723]

For me, definitely Rage. I'm an addict of the post apocalyptic atmosphere, and if Rage is done properly, then it could turn out like a more gritty Fallout 3 or New Vegas. I would LOVE that.

 

[PatrickXD]

Dark Souls for me.
I was excited for Rage until I heard about the 8GB install size so, in short, fuck that. >.>

If by 8GB you mean 22GB, then you can understand how butthurt I am with my 20GB hard drive.
Dark Souls looks awesome, so I'll be getting that too!

 

[dimensional]

Rage for me. I like a challenge, but not masochistic levels. And this is coming from someone who played and beat Super Mario Bros 2, the real one, the one that wasn't sold outside Japan in an unaltered form until the virtual console because they thought it was too hard.

Are you on about what we got as the lost levels? the original that puts you back to the start of the world if you lose all your lives rather than the start of the level? because if that is the case that game is way way way harder than Demons souls (and hopefully Dark Souls) hell even the altered one is harder than demon souls its an absolutely brutal game.

Demons souls wasnt easy but it wasnt overly difficult either it punished mistakes harshly but it was fair and I hope Dark souls strikes a similar balance instead of just making it absurdly difficult for the sake of it.

OT: I wont be getting either money is to tight also wont be able to get skyrim, uncharted 3, disgaea 4 and whatever else may come out I wanted but if I was getting one it would be Dark Souls simply because I am still burnt out on FPS and I quite liked Demon Souls although to be fair if I was to get a FPS this year Rage would probably be it simply because its a new IP (which I always like to see even if I dont like the game) and the people behind it should be competent.

 

[bakan]

Rage seems to be fun but honestly, I'll play Dark Souls at first and get Rage later on for the PC.

 

[Guillermo Gonzalez]

I'm buying both...now which will I play first...hmmm maybe RAGE. MAYBE!

THANK YOU.

Finally someone is smart enough to get both.

I'm going to get them Both, and i'm going to love them.

RAGE is more than likely gonna be the shortess one, so i'll beat that one first and then dedicate all the time possible to Dark Souls.

This will an insanely busy gaming season!

 

[TheCommie12]

RAGE looks like another generic, if it wasn't for the title, I would have thought it was just a Doom update

so Dark Souls wins my vote

 

[Irriduccibilli]

Well I guess i'm the first one to say Rage...hmm I

I'll come join you in the RAGE corner.

I have nothing against DS, but I haven't heard enough about it to make me want it.

Same here. Never played it, and I probably never will... well maybe in a year or two

 

[Ruwrak]

I had great fun playing the preview code of Dark Souls. Tough as nails (never had a PS3 controller in my hands, weird right?) to figure out the controls and the timing and mustering the patience to find openings in the enemies attack pattern. But great massive fun. Yes it might cost you a controller at some point, but hey! That's what we're playing games for. To be challenged (and even better, to beat your mate at it and rub it into his face.)

Skyrim... Well... I'd go for both really. Skyrim is less of a technical fight (as opposed to the gently nuding and prodding / fireball throwing of Dark Souls type of finding openings.) and more of a storydriven fantasy world to lose yourself in for hours (morrowind: 250+ hours, Oblivion 120+ hours. I expect skyrim to be about Morrowind's hours for me personally)

For Rage... I dunno. I don't find it entertaining for long..

 

[SovietPanda]

Going with rage... something just said "this will be worth it" way back when i first heard about rage. I have fath in ID putting together a solid game, so im getting it on day one. Also i dont get to miss out at all cos my housemate will be getting dark souls same day. Rage just looks lke my kind of game, i really hope it lives up to the promise.

 

[Kae]

Dark Souls, because and just because I keep forgetting that Rage even exists but I have yet to forget about Dark Souls existence, though my opinion might be biased since as I've said before I am not a big fan of FPS's that are not TimeSplitters.

 

[svenjl]

I am changing my Batman AC pre-order tomorrow to get Dark Souls. Already got Skyrim pre-ordered. I am thinking Rage and Batman as wifely Xmas gifts. Dark Souls looks...I dunno really. I feel like I need to play it.

 

[svenjl]

what is it that makes DS hard? Are the enemies ridiculously overpowered, one hit kill machines? Are they cheap?

It's not that enemies are always super-hard, the game as a whole is just punishing. Every mistake, mistimed block or roll, and loss of concentration is punished in a big way relative to many other games. It is relentless. Check out some of the YouTube vids from players in Japan.

 

[ZZoMBiE13]

I wish I had the werewithall to take on a Dark Souls or a Demon's Souls. But I just don't have the patience for a dastardly punishing game anymore. A game like that will just end with me putting my fist into something. Most likely the TV, drywall, or perhaps some random passersby.

Rage looks entertaining, but I am not sure if I'll be picking it up. I hadn't planned on Gears of War 3 being as engaging an experience as it has turned out to be. I've been playing it non-stop and have only really scratched the surface. Plus a week after RAGE drops, Forza and the new Dead Rising are both coming out on the same day (10-11-11). As fun as I expect RAGE could be, I know once I have the new Forza it'd just end up on the pile of games I've not gotten around to beating or even playing more than a few hours.

So I'll probably ask for RAGE as a Christmas gift, or maybe on my birthday in January. You know, once the release schedule has died down a bit.