LE New Dragons & Epic Boss battles -- Can it happen?

[TohouAsura]

So, i've been looking at Skyrim mods for the past few months, and while I won't lie, I expected more than having 90% of the mods being armor or skimpy mods, I am still very impressed with the job done here and I think the nexus is heading in an overall good direction.

 

But, more to the point, I have been noticing something about Skyrim after I played abit of Oblivion again. It gave me the idea to two new mods that I find to be a brilliant addition to the game. First one:

 

Throughout the game, you are ambushed by fearful dragons and engage in an epic battle with them. Thing is, the dragons are pretty much pushovers, and while Deadly Dragons mod fixes that, I beleive Bethesda kinda ruined the image of the mighty dragon that the land trembles at it's might. Long story short-- Dragons get old.

 

SO what is the point i'm trying to make here? Getting there.

The dragons you meet throughout the game, with the exception of Alduin and Paarthurnax, are pretty much identical. Seen one dragon, seen them all. Most of them only have small cosmetic changes like scale color, eyes, tails and such. Blood dragons look slightly different but all in all, not much to see here. The dragons are also suprisingly small for such mighty beasts, No bigger than the average mammoth. Alduin and Parthurnax look bigger than the rest and unique, so it works fine for them, but I believe the variety is too few.

 

So, since I do not have much experience at creating a project of a scale like this, I bring the idea to you guys. I think we need better Dragons. And by that I don't mean retexturing them in rainbow colors. I mean MAKING unique dragons. I'd look at games Like Dragon Age, Witcher, and Dark Souls for inspiration. I want to see unique Dragons that will make my jaw drop in both fear and admiration. And for GODS sake, make them big like a propper dragon.

Whether they will replace the normal Dragons or be new ones I care not, I'm just about sick of those anyways.

 

IF you want examples at what i'd expect from a mighty Dragon, well, maybe this will help:

 

http://dragon-z.org/big-dragon-cool.jpg

 

http://www.draconika.com/img/blue-dragon.jpg

 

http://game.downloadatoz.com/resources/201110/09/imgs/dark-souls-red-dragon-kill_500x277.jpg

 

http://gifsoup.com/webroot/animatedgifs/728999_o.gif

 

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/kotaku/2010/10/cata_01.jpg

 

Of course, I'm not expecting anything so grandiose, I am very well aware of the amount of time and effort given into such a project, and anything in that direction would be great.

 

 

Now that we got that out, time for the second one-- Epic Boss Battles.

 

I decided to replay the ending of Oblivion's Main Quest just for kicks the idea struck me!

*SPOOOOIIIILER WARNING FOR OBLIVION PLAYERS!!* I went to the part where Mehrunes Dagon invades the Imperial City, and while battling the hordes of Oblivion, I saw him again-- That giant demon known as Mehrunes Dagon in physical form-- THAT is what needs to happen in Skyrim! *SPOIIILLLEEEER OVER! IN THE CLEAR ZONE!!*

 

Why is it that other than Dragons, Skyrim has no grand Bosses?? I am well aware of how the system works in Skyrim, but this is modding we are talking about-- We don't have to stick by the system-- We make a system.

I look at games like Witcher 2, Dark Souls, Shadow of The Colossus, and I realize that one of the most memorable moments I have from these games were the moments of fear and excitement, battling against the monstrous Boss who is always one step ahead and seeks to destroy me! I don't know how to describe it much, so I'll just post some examples as to what I expect, hoping you guys get my drift:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjEb646Bjsc

 

www.youtube. com/watch?v=CA5UJXZwyWs

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13xbhz2il5M

 

So this is kind of what I was thinking about. Do not mind the quick time events, I'm not expecting such severe modification if it seems too much..... Though that is actually a pretty cool idea, Quick time events.... hmmmm.

 

 

So yeah, this is it, basically.

 

 

Thanks for reading thus far, if you have, and good luck in all your endeavors guys! Do either of these, and you made one more very happy fan :D

[mamastoast]

well, in the mod demo beth released they had this giant mudcrab boss thing that seems to work like a proper boss encounter

[TohouAsura]

well, in the mod demo beth released they had this giant mudcrab boss thing that seems to work like a proper boss encounter

 

I saw that vid, And yes, this is kind of what i'm looking for, of course with abit more serious monsters :P.

 

I want new monsters too, not just what Skyrim offers. I can also scale giants to become bigger giants, guys, that doesn't make them fearsome bosses. :P

 

I hope I don't sound too demanding, that is totally not what I mean. If anyone would be up to this, because I believe i'm not the only who want this, or at least I hope so, could you please keep me updated on the progress and what you do? I'm always up for learning :)