Skyrim Trailer
I just saw the trailer to Bethesda's new game "Skyrim" ("The Elder Scrolls V")
and wanted to ask if you are as excited about the game as I am.
The music is epic and there are actual dragons in it. Be prepared to fetch my money, guys at Bethesda!
So, how do you like the trailer and The Elder Scrolls in general?
and wanted to ask if you are as excited about the game as I am.
The music is epic and there are actual dragons in it. Be prepared to fetch my money, guys at Bethesda!
So, how do you like the trailer and The Elder Scrolls in general?
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Many players were annoyed when they had to go into dungeons in oblivion, because those looked basically like each others clones. I read that they are now planning to build more unique dungeons and landscapes (since parts of the landscape in oblivion was computer-generated as well), so I GUESS that the quantity of dungeons will decrease. But that could be a good thing, because it could lead to a better atmosphere. Like you said, the first Elder Scrolls had a great ambiance. I hope Skyrim does that better than Oblivion...
Dragons are not supposed to be typical fantasy beasts. They are supposed to be like Akatosh in the King Edward books.
Source: Imperial Library - Daggerfall Books
Like you need the help to get started!
Besides, it's their lore - surely they can do whatever the hell they like with it.
Lol, you never quit do you?
But despite this, I thoroughly enjoyed spendnig hours upon hours in the game. The Dark Brotherhood and the Thieve's Guild questline were both particularly good. The latter could just as well have been the main quest. Which I never finished by the way (the main quest that is).
Funny (sad?) fact, I've played an insane amount of hours on both the PS3 version and the X360 version, but never spent much time on the PC version.
If you want to see a dumbed down disaster of a sequel, look at Dragon Age 2. The Elder Scrolls at least does it gradually-
The leveling in Oblivion was pretty bad. Bethesda said they are not going to level up the enemies like in Oblivion, and it will be similar to what they did for Fallout 3.
Well it's stupid to come up with a background for your world and then just ignoring it.
I think there's gonna be 'good' dragons in it as well. I remember reading it somewhere. I'm not an expert or owt, jus' sayin
I'd love to be proven wrong on this count. There is very little in the computer RPG world lately that is great. I don't know if I should blame the console audience or just the general thrust of the industry toward two monotonous genres with slightly different side elements(third and first person action genres, mostly the same with slight differences). Todd Howard is doing a lot in interviews and podcasts to make me feel wary, though. He describes game and story elements in more detail. He has called the dragons "beasts" and "something you should be scared of when you see them", and he seems to care more about a certain temple having exactly 7,000 steps than any sort of discrepancy that makes the universe's game world not seem horrifically inconsistent and fluid.
-Temperate fantasy forest(which was supposed to be a rainforest, by the way)
-Post-apocalyptic D.C.
-Rugged fantasy mountains)
And then just pepper it with "cool shit", stuff that is neat but doesn't necessarily have to "fit" or "work" or build up to anything in terms of a real world that you feel could actually be a place. It's more a showcase of neat things that are tossed together to create "experiences". Maybe my taste in RPGs is completely different from what everyone else's is, but I am far more engaged in an RPG when I believe that the world I'm inhabiting could actually be a place. Take, for example, Obsidian's Fallout: New Vegas. That place had people who had real backstories, places that actually fit into the game's world, and a consistent feel that made you think that(despite the odd fantastical elements), this place was a real and consistent thing. Places don't exist in a vacuum, or at least they don't appear to, as they acknowledge and understand the world around them. They don't come off as some one-off nugget in the wasteland, but as a thing that is affected by and affects the world around it. That's what makes a great RPG world, and I don't think that Bethesda is up to the task(or wants to be up to the task) of actually making that work.
As for me, I might get it. I have Oblivion and thought it was really fun.
It's not like we haven't played earlier games in the series, so it's not really just the trailer. We're excited by the trailer, nothing more. I think it was a good trailer, and I like the graphics and the style it shows us. I've played Morrowind and Oblivion to death, and while Morrowind was a lot better, Oblivion still brought me many more hours of enjoyment than just about anything else that has come out this gen. I can only speak for myself, but that is the basis of my excitement for Skyrim. Not solely the trailer. Just because not everyone is as sceptic or cynical about the game as you doesn't mean we don't have a good reason to be excited about the game.
So basically there's no way you'll like it.
I liked Fallout 3 Although Fallout: New Vegas is superior in most respects. And this is coming from a fan of the first two games.
Being excited about something is fun and a good feeling. Being a negative nelly about it isn't. Logically, neither is more "valid", nor really matters, because ultimately its just a game we're talking about. But if either is equally as valid, might as well go glass-is-half-full. You can be an Eeyore if you want, but I think a lot of people don't like being that way, which is why they want to give things a chance!
Again, I'm super jazzed, even if it's just from a short trailer.
It doesn't mean that anyone doesn't have a good reason to be cynical either. Let's be fair and not stifle the perfectly valid opinions of both cynics and hype-ees alike, shall we? We're all running on the same information and until the game is actually out any opinion on the game is fair based on the information we have. Dashing was pointing out that the people who are excited about it who are quieting those with a negative opinion for not having enough information on the game aren't even basing their opinion on as much information as the cynics are. It's a bit of a double standard, don't you see? Positive doesn't always mean better. Just because a new game is coming out doesn't make it good. Although, I do agree that it looks spectacular.
http://www.uesp.net/
There's no way to do it justice in a recap. It's millions of years of lore, history and the evolution of a state, from the Arena to now. But it involves two types of deity powers more complex than good and evil, and a multitude of races from many different countries.... okay already not doing it justice.
Er... I didn't?
So yeah, turn your brain off and you'll probably really like it. That's not meant as an insult, it's just that if you actually start trying to fit the games together, you won't be able to enjoy them anymore.
ok dude just chill .. i didnt know the game was wayy tooo long !!! =P
i never played any of these games ... never mind what i said before