I don't think I am capable of playing both at the same time especially considering how dark souls can be, so which of the two should I pop in and finish first? Any advice =D

I would say skyrim because it is allot easier.

I think you can beat Dark Souls faster than you can beat Skyrim. Both are quite large undertakings though! I think I would start with Dark Souls simply because I think it'd be easier going from Dark Souls to Skyrim than the other way around.

Dark Souls will probably take less time to beat, I think i've put close to 40 hours into skyrim already and that was time spent mostly in one city, (whiterun).

Skyrim Skyrim Skyrim....and never look back.

Dark Souls otherwise you probably never play it

Make a character and play a bit of both, then decide from there. Both games are great for different reasons.

buying both on the same day is nuts imo. no way you can play both. i would of bought one and buy the time i was ready to play the other it would be much cheaper.

both are fantastic games though. although i think Skyrim is the better overall game.

Why would you even get those two games at the same time? Both are extremely time-consuming. I played Dark Souls more than 160 hours already (about 100 hours for the first playthrough but I did a lot of side-stuff) and I am still not completely done with it.

Skyrim is probably A LOT easier to get into whereas Dark Souls will frustrate you a lot. So if you start with Dark Souls, there's a high chance Skyrim will make you put Dark Souls down somewhere in the middle which will kinda ruin the DS experience.

Well you posted this in the Skyrim forum, so I think you subconsciously made up your mind.

Darks Souls and Skyrim at the same day....nuts.

I would also go with skyrim. It's easier to get into and Dark souls will frustrate you sometimes and i just can't imagine how i would not pick up skyrim during those moments of rage instead and then you wont go back to dark souls, or if you do you will rage even more.

I love dark souls and they both have their strengths, but honestly nothing can compete with the awesomeness of skyrim, a GotY for sure.

If you are Dovahkiin, play Skyrim. If you're a masochist, play Dark Souls. If you're a giant soft squish mitten, play something else.

Play Skyrim first. Dark Souls is great and well worth playing, but com'n - it's SKYRIM.

If you ever want to play Dark Souls, then you should probably play it first. Skyrim will eat your life, otherwise.

Play Dark souls so that you can devote your life to Skyrim

After playing DS, the enemies and combat in Skyrim seem boring. I'd say Skyrim first. 

Dark souls! If you play Skyrim first it will sour Dark Souls. You wont be able to play it after Skyim. It's like the first time you have anal sex with out a condom in the shower. Doing it with a skin under the sheets never measures up.

Play Skyrim and return Dark Souls. The former is a awesome game, the latter just a stupid zeitgeist phenomenon.

@Wuddel said:

Play Skyrim and return Dark Souls. The former is a awesome game, the latter just a stupid zeitgeist phenomenon.

You don't know shit.

Ply Dark Souls until Skyrim gets patched.

K guys thanks gonna go darksouls first then!

Can't go wrong with either. I'd probably say DS first, only since an active online community is pretty benficial to its existence.

And yeah guys I know it is pretty insane to get both right now but I do not care!!!! I must have both!

Dark Souls, because once you begin Skyrim you will not stop!

@ALavaPenguin said:

And yeah guys I know it is pretty insane to get both right now but I do not care!!!! I must have both!

Be careful you don't develop OCD syndrome from playing both together in short succession. Have fun, though!

Skyrim Skyrim Skyrim....and never look back.

Flip a coin. They're both pretty amazing. 
though i freaking love Darksouls, and would play that first, mostly since they're so different approaches to storytelling. 
and you really need some time both before and after skyrim to actually absorb it.

Play Dark Souls until you hate yourself and then switch to Skyrim until you're confidence has been boosted and taped back together just so you can tear yourself down with Dark Souls again. It's really the only way.

I bought both also, but opted to play Skyrim first, best decision ever.

I'd suggest Skyrim first, simply because it's much tougher to go from the tight, refined combat in Dark Souls to the slippy slidey sloppy Elder Scrolls stuff.

DS raises expectations about what sword and shield medieval combat should be like. Going from that to Skyrim is like stepping back in time really.

@SoothsayerGB said:

Dark souls! If you play Skyrim first it will sour Dark Souls. You wont be able to play it after Skyim. It's like the first time you have anal sex with out a condom in the shower. Doing it with a skin under the sheets never measures up.

Wut.

I would go Dark Souls- Skyrim is seemingly endless, and will get patched.

Skyrim first - both are great games but going from Dark Souls to Skyrim you can't help but feel like Skyrim's combat system is pretty hack and slash for the most part.

Enjoy the story and countless diversions in Skyrim first. Then play Dark Souls. Trust me, Dark Souls will be around and have plenty of players for a long time. And you could beat either game quickly if that's all you wanted to do, but really playing them for fun, you could easily sink 150 hours into either game.

And when you are done with Skyrim, you'll be done with Skyrim. When you are done with Dark Souls, you'll still have reason to keep the game around and go back sometime.

Some guy beat Dark Souls in an hour and a half. But it took him 100+ hours of playing and planning to be able to do that though...

same, though I havent played skyrim yet, it seems like the kind of game you would think about even if you werent playing it

If you play and enjoy both of those games I doubt we will see another post from you until at least january.

Why is this not a poll? Skyrim all the way.... seriously

no seriously

Play Dark Souls first, Skyrim is the never ending game.

About 9 hours into Skyrim and I am slowly starting to get into it, but it does not hold a candle to Dark Souls and I doubt it ever will.

Break the Dark Souls disc in half and then play Skyrim.

Chances are very high that people who say Skyrim is better than Dark Souls either didn't play Dark Souls or didn't get very far.

I'm not saying Skyrim isn't an awesome game, I logged over 100 hours in Oblivion...but Dark Souls is, well, simply amazing with a capital AMAZING.