Skyrim and You: Preparing for the Big Move

[Moganza]

Wow, that is one great view. But this is taken from afar so no doubt the graphics wouldnt look as good if you were strolling through. Also it looks like its going to be a lot more demanding.

[ptowery]

I would enjoy it if they'd release on the disk a tool that converts nif, kf, and dds (if necisary) to the new engine's format.

 

I look forward to seeing this but I doubt it's a possibility.

 

I do hope there will be active boats or at least dynamic boats so they're not always the same boats in the same harbor at the same time. (If there is a harbor)

 

But even if the game is released with bugs and corrupt lore like some have mentioned, that gives the modding community something to do.

 

It would be the worst possible thing bethesda could do to release the game without modding support but I'm not worried about that.

[buzzbomb]

It's a fantasy game, so I'm hoping for a good balance between the harsh realities of survival in a frozen wasteland/wonderland and my desire to simply play a game, have fun and be excited. Actually though, the environment is my greatest fear for Skyrim as a game. It seems as though it would simply be rocky, snowy, windy, barren and cold. All the time. Everywhere. Always. I was really looking forward to Neverwinter Nights, and never got more than a few hours of game play into it. I just couldn't stand the repetitiveness of all the snow and rock and snow and rock and snow and rock. And OH, ICE! Woots! Snow and rock and ice. Snow and rock and ice. I'm sure the developers loved it. "What's the background color palette for the entire game, Jim? Oh that's an easy one, sir. Blue and gray, with some gray and blue mixed in." It just kept piling on and got really old, really quick. Get my drift? ;p

[NinjaGoddessAyra]

"What's the background color palette for the entire game, Jim? Oh that's an easy one, sir. Blue and gray, with some gray and blue mixed in." It just kept piling on and got really old, really quick. Get my drift? ;p

As a matter of fact yes I do. The Bloodmoon expansion for Morrowind was really great in my opinion but I got so sick and tired of the snow and the repetitiveness that I actually missed Vvardenfell quite a lot.

 

As far as graphics go, I'm not concerned, I bought a computer that was only $1600 and I'm almost positive it can play anything that Skyrim throws at it no problem.

 

On another note, I hope that the creation kit will be all that it's cracked up to be. Because it sounds like a really great tool with a lot of potential, assuming you can do many things that CS could not, which I'm pretty sure will be the case.

 

All in all, I'm looking forward to Skyrim quite a bit. I think it'll be a very neat and fun experiance and I pray it won't be a huge letdown.

[Ferryt]

I was disappointed when I found out that it was going to be set in Skyrim. I'm not terribly fond of the "frozen north" in Cyrodiil. Or the frozen east, or any frozen parts. The landscape is just too bleak and unappetizing for my taste. "Boring" would be a good word. In Oblivion we had a wide variety of landscapes as we wandered about, and, for me, that was all part of the eye-candy that helped the immersion. I don't like winter and snow, anyway (in Real Life), so a constant diet of this is going to be very unappealing.

 

On the flip side, from what I've heard about changes in game-play, I like where Bethesda seems to be going. They've apparently actually paid attention to the ways that the modding community has reworked Oblivion.

 

I had been hoping, although not really expecting, a re-vamp of Morrowind + Oblivion, using a better game engine and a more adult and lore-friendly approach. I doubt that's ever going to happen, which is sad, really. I'm not going to get on the ES5 bandwagon. I think I'll stick with Oblivion, even with its faults, until someone in the modding community undertakes a total conversion project for it like Nehrim. I should be so lucky as to live so long. I suppose I'll be migrating to Fallout when I get tired of playing Oblivion.

[NinjaGoddessAyra]

I was disappointed when I found out that it was going to be set in Skyrim. I'm not terribly fond of the "frozen north" in Cyrodiil. Or the frozen east, or any frozen parts. The landscape is just too bleak and unappetizing for my taste. "Boring" would be a good word. In Oblivion we had a wide variety of landscapes as we wandered about, and, for me, that was all part of the eye-candy that helped the immersion. I don't like winter and snow, anyway (in Real Life), so a constant diet of this is going to be very unappealing.

 

On the flip side, from what I've heard about changes in game-play, I like where Bethesda seems to be going. They've apparently actually paid attention to the ways that the modding community has reworked Oblivion.

 

I had been hoping, although not really expecting, a re-vamp of Morrowind + Oblivion, using a better game engine and a more adult and lore-friendly approach. I doubt that's ever going to happen, which is sad, really. I'm not going to get on the ES5 bandwagon. I think I'll stick with Oblivion, even with its faults, until someone in the modding community undertakes a total conversion project for it like Nehrim. I should be so lucky as to live so long. I suppose I'll be migrating to Fallout when I get tired of playing Oblivion.

Honestly I couldn't agree more with everything you just said. I myself was disappointed with the new location of Skyrim too, though I suppose we all knew that it would be Skyrim since they copyrighted the name a couple years ago. I'm not a big fan of the snowy landscapes either, though from some of the screenshots I've seen, a lot of it will have an autumn feel to it, which I suppose is alright. So long as it isn't entirely snow.

That all being said, I was really hoping they'd do the Summerset Isle, but I guess when it comes down to it, that'll never happen -_-

[Prophecies]

I strongly disagree with the whole "snow is bleak and unappetizing" statement. Could not disagree more. Boring? Really?

 

http://charmoflife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Winter_snow.jpg

 

Of course, each has their own opinion. Some people love winter, others don't. I for one, adore winter. Snow and ice, is not at all bleak and boring. On the contrary. Snow is beautifully pristine and incredibly pretty. Giant mountain ranges and conifer forests are something I've always been very fond of. Makes me feel at home. Mountains are very impressive, and the whole viking aspect of it makes it even more awesome. People tend to associate cold with bleakness. I've always found the cold much more pleasant than stinking hot weather. Skyrim, according to the screenshots, will have a wide range of varying landscapes and climate changes. It's not going to be snowy everywhere, and I am sure we will have *some* spring/warm places.

[Destructers]

All hype now. We don't even have much information about the game, just bits and pieces just like before I bought FF13 and FF14 and turns out to be the biggest waste of money.

 

Anyway, a good PC game will only be really good when there are lots of mods to tailor individual playing style. It just like with Oblivion, Beth will mess it up and it is up to the modding community to fix it as usual.

 

Asides from all that, I just can't be motivate with ugly characters, so wait at least 6 months before any good mods come out.

[Ayatolah]

My PC barely runs Oblivion at acceptable settings, so if my math is correct, I won't be playing Skyrim till it's been out for about three or four years. At that time, I'm sure most of the initial bugs or complaints will have mod fixes... :laugh:

 

 

I'm one more of these, my situation is far than optimistic to purchase a new machine, anyway, looking for the expectations and fears of people i have to agree with destructers, they showed only a very little bit, so i recommend to cold down, how many times a game, or a film as been expected as the pure awesomenes just to be a Meh in true?

[reveffect]

Well there are a lot of things I wish will be in Skyrim but here is a list of 5 things I want to see the most.

 

1. Survival Techniques: I did not really know how to word that but it is good enough. What I want to see is something similar to the hardcore mode in New Vegas with some improvements. I really wanted a mode like this for Oblivion but it would be cool if they added it in Skyrim. I remember seeing in one of the screenshots a hunter character with a bow in hand staring down a deer off in the distance which made me think of a hardcore mode for it. Like in New Vegas there has to be a hunger system because Oblivion had so many food and drink items that only had a use for alchemy and small stat boosts that were geared towards warrior characters. Having to go out and actually hunt for food when you can not buy any would really add to the immersion for me. A cooking skill would be nice, similar to the alchemy skill except the ingrediants are for cookings specifics recipies like a pie or stew. There also has to be some sort of satisfaction system so you can not just fill up on an apple and a small swig of drink. Oh yeah and fishing if possible but that is probably asking a bit much.

 

2. Traps: With all the traps that were in Oblivion I wished that I could lay down a few traps of my own with my stealth character to help weed out the numbers since my stealth character could not take on a large group of enemies like a warrior could. They could also be used in hunting as well. Bear traps and the like.

 

3. What the hell is smithing: In one of the screenshots there was a list of the usual skills like restoration and destruction but at the very end of the list but kind of cut off was what looked like smithing. Is it just armorer with a new name or will we be able to actually make our own weapons. And if we are able to make are own weapons will it similar to fallout where you have to get a schematic and the required materials or will we be able to make our own weapons using materials we find in mines and what not. That was more of a "what is that" than a "i wish" there but it would be cool to create weapons.

 

4. Better AI: I am pretty sure this is one of those things a lot of people want. It got old really fast when my companions would always charge into battle and then get killed because they took on 3 enemies at once or one powerful enemy. Plus better companion characters. There weren't really any in oblivion and the few that were in there were practicly nameless and had no background or real personality. You couldn't even choose what they wore or used as weapons but maybe I have gotten too used to companion characters like in mass effect, dragon age, and even new vegas. The enemy ai could use a touch up too. In a game like this where the combat really restricts you to taking on one enemy at a time it was a little unfair in some parts of the game to have more than one person jumping on you. Unless they drasticly change the combat in some way that taking on groups of enemies is easier they should probably do something like make it to where if there are multiple melee enemies attacking you they will "tag in and out" or take turns fighting you, surround you and jump in to fight you after one of their guys has fallen, or any other technique like that. If there is a some kind of leader to the group like a bandit ringleader they should save themselves for last like a "boss fight" and send their henchmen in first. Archers and mages can back up a melee enemies though since they are slower to attack. Well mages should limit themselves when backing up someone like only using buffs, restoration, and a little destruction magic. But if a mage is fighting alone then they can go all out. Of course if your character is tough enough to take on multiple opponents then they can add in a reasonable number of enemies to attack you at once. But thats just what I think.

 

5. More LIFE: There just was not enough people in the world to me in oblivion especially when compared to fallout 3 and new vegas. There was not enough small settlements and there was clearly lost potential to actually have stuff to do at them like a quest or whatever. At the risk of sounding like I want them to sort of be like fable, I would like to be able to marry, have a child, raise it, and take the family out adventuring like an adventuring family. In fable you could marry and have a child but the little snot would be stuck at 9 years old and you couldn't really do anything with them. Plus it would help make the houses you buy feel more alive than just some place to store equipment. But I doubt they will add anything like that since Elder Scrolls is more about adventuring and less about life. But still if I could have been able to go adventuring with my wife in fable then maybe she wouldn't get up my ass all the time about not being home. Uh yeah I kind of rambled on into fable a bit there and have lost my train of thought so I can not really remember the other stuff I wanted to say :laugh:. Oh yeah and camping and a better variety of dungeons to explore instead of the cookie cutter dungeons from oblivion. I know they were made that way for design reasons and the fact that its a big game but cmon.

 

There plenty more but I will leave it at that for now.