hadmatter Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Pardon me while I exercise a little frustration here. I just finished the main quest; slew the evil dragon semi-demi-god and saved all of man, lizard, and cute-n-cuddly kitten kind, and for what? A couple of phone numbers and a dragon flyby? I hate to sound materialistic, but where's my damn reward swag!?! No awesome weapon? No glittering, gilded armor? Nothing? After I killed that Dragon Lord guy and picked up his staff that shoots a wall of lightning I thought, 'hey, I'm not really a staff guy, but that's pretty cool.' But no, turns out that's just a damn key to be coughed up seconds later. Maybe I should have this post moved to another forum because I have a modding request - clothes that say "I saved Tamriel and all I got was this lousy tunic." You know, it's not really the reward thing that's bothering me; it's the lack of acknowledgement - of consequence. After the [big?] fight I thought I'd make the rounds, check in with some of the big wigs that had gotten involved, maybe cash in on some post-Alduin kudos. But the only person who even mentions the victory is that one greybeard. I checked in at Dragonreach to see how the keep was holding up after housing a dragon, and the Jarl just whined about how very tiring being a Jarl is. Yes, I imagine sitting in your big chair inside your huge castle is very hard. Now excuse me while I retire to my tiny cottage on the poor side of town. I dropped by Solitude to see how the whole truce thing was working out, and do you know what Colonel Tigh said to me!? - "Hey, don't I know you. Aren't you that guy from Helgen." REALLY!?! Don't you play effing coy with me, you bastard. I just mediated negotiations between you and that Stormcloak guy an hour ago, but you remember me from the opening scene? I totally favored you in those negotiations, too, old man. The main storyline had really pulled me in there, for awhile:The head of the greybeards is a dragon! [Ooo, M. Night Switch-a-roo]Retrieve an elder scroll. [Hey, that's been in the title of the game like forever! *clap* *clap* *clap*]By the way, that scroll is locked up in the coolest, most trippiest underground city ever. [whoever designed that place must've been eating the giant glowing mushrooms - and for that, we thank you]And then you want me to trap a dragon inside a castle??? OK!! Everything after that was disappointing: "Climb on my back and prepare to see the world as only a Dove can." [Omg, omg. I'm going to fly a dragon!! ... or I'm going to get a hard cut to "Hey, we're there."]"Of course, Alduin will have all of his forces guarding this place." [Ooo, will I be hacking and slashing my way through a whole host of dragons?? .... No, just two? .... Can I fight them at the same time? .... No? Fine.]And for the climactic battle: (putting on my Wrestlmania announcer voice) "Yooooooou've beaten Alduin once, but can you do it again with three other legendary warriors helping you?" [i'm pretty sure I could have literally sat that one out. Hey, what about this dragon whose skeletal neck I have to walk across to get to the Hall of Valor - can I use the elder scroll to go back in time to fight that?? No? Fine.] All ranting aside, Bethesda, you've really outdone yourself with this one. This game looks so amazing, the landscape so enticing that I almost forget how tired the whole medieval times schtick is. It may be hard to believe with me stuck in frustrated, sarcastic mode, but I really do enjoy what you guys do. You're good boys, you just frustrate me. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go work off some of this frustration. Think I'll try to carve a little recognition into Colonel Tigh by taking a razor to Admiral Cain. [Yea!! Galactica jokes!! Actually, I just like to sit in that room listening to those two talk and pretending I'm playing in a Battlestar episode. =D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlr8films Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 I have nothing constructive to say but... BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA!!! :yes: +rep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadmatter Posted November 23, 2011 Author Share Posted November 23, 2011 +rep FINALLY!! You know, a little recognition was all I wanted. =D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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