necKros Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 That would be the ultimate adventure. Can you imagine being able to travel all over Tamriel in one game? Arena. Besides, a topic like this already exists. Twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freemanhl2 Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 I wonder if its possible to "transfer" everything from oblivion into the skyrim world map..? Then maybe give everything a next gen "update," swap out the bulk of the old textures with the skyrim ones, grass, rock etc replace all the trees.. It would be a huge undertaking tho, and im sure anyone with the know how has got better things to be doing with their time lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadiast Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 I don´t think that is a sign of a coming DLC or expansion (sorry guys) but quite some other form of foresight from Bethesda. They know allready, that ES Gamers are curious people and also tend to be...lets say demanding. Its a no brainer that somebody will have to idea to say "hey whats beyond that point where i cant go?". Since a non penetrable invisible Wall or black/white void or any limitation whatsoever would break the illusion of a "freemove world", they put a little effort to make some generic landscapes that also fits to the location. Bethesda gets many things right...we tend to overlook that sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbleGnome Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 Just to reiterate something I posted in the other forum... Theres a quest for Daedric god Merida that takes you up into the air for a period of time. The renders of the landmass were almost certainly for quests such as that - on a good day you can see those provinces. The DLC thing is a pipe dream, most likely they will release DLC in the same vein as Fallout and whatnot. The landmasses aren't even accurate compared to the original Oblivion - so "overlaying" the old game won't work either. That seems like a lot of work just to have a quest in the air. It would be much simpler to have the quest above the clouds, rather than using countless man-hours to design terrains you'll never use again. I'm thinking there are other purposes to developing those areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lachdonin Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 I've been pretty high up on several occations in the game (including the Meridia quest) and the cloud cover prevents me from seeing very far at all... Of course, i am playing on Ultra, and it could be there are less clouds on lower graphics settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mansh00ter Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 I don't think people realize the amount of work that goes into populating an entire province with NPC's, dungeons, items, vegetation, rocks, roads, towns etc. It is very, very, very unlikely the upcoming DLC's are going to be anything even remotely approaching that scale. My guess is, as the others have mentioned, that the landmass is there for LOD purposes, that is to present the player with a long distance view from certain vantage points. You had the same thing in Oblivion, I remember turning off invisible borders and just walking around in what was technically Elsweyr. But since Oblivion didn't have the sort of vantage points Skyrim has, there was no need to render the landmass to that sort of distance. There are other issues with the Skyrim landmass, for example Red Mountain is cut literally in half. This also tells you that it's there for background purposes only. I'm afraid we are not looking at Daggerfall 2.0 here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackalhead Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 I *really* hope their 'fewer, but much larger' DLC for this game will be the recreation of these old provinces allowing us to revisit them with better graphics, new creatures, etc. Heck, even if there are only the radiant story quests generated in each area, just being able to explore them would be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WayneC Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 who knows maby thay might do what bioware did in nwn 1 and 2 by adding in things in form of exspansion packs exsampel in nwn that came out with a fu exspansion packs the main excpansion pack being Kingmaker than Witches Wake in nwn2 the first expansion pack being Motb M<otb = Mask of The Betrayer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy97 Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 If these had anything to do with DLC I am guessing you go to certain, important places in each country where you fight off the Thalmer. Something like fighting the Thalmer at the White Gold Tower, or taking the fight to the Morrowind volcano. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RenownedWolfman Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 Just to reiterate something I posted in the other forum... Theres a quest for Daedric god Merida that takes you up into the air for a period of time. The renders of the landmass were almost certainly for quests such as that - on a good day you can see those provinces. The DLC thing is a pipe dream, most likely they will release DLC in the same vein as Fallout and whatnot. The landmasses aren't even accurate compared to the original Oblivion - so "overlaying" the old game won't work either. That seems like a lot of work just to have a quest in the air. It would be much simpler to have the quest above the clouds, rather than using countless man-hours to design terrains you'll never use again. I'm thinking there are other purposes to developing those areas. Actually you could probably count the amount of hours pretty easily. Making the rest of tamriel the way it is in skyrim with limited textures and quick details would take a team a week (maybe) if they already know the world and how to make it, which they do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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