Skyrim DLC Ideas Announced

[Liam Starrs]

I like that they aren't afraid to give some power to the modders however i would also like to see some of the more stable mods on my xbox. even if it were like 80-200 xbox points each or something small like that i would pay it for some official mods.

 

[tmande2nd]

Very interesting.

They should just release those over the Workshop and that would be awesome.
Horse Combat? YES PLEASE.

 

[The Artificially Prolonged]

Uh...so, they were able to come up with Killcams for Magic, but they couldn't think of Dragon Mounts?

OP kinda missed the most interesting part of this being the video:


Todd Howard sums it up better than me but essentially, they gave the employees a week to throw their own personal ideas into the game, and then made a video of some of the highlights.

The result is actually quite amazing.

My God that all needs to be officially added to the game or the guys at bethesda have got to let the modders know how they did all that.

 

[Limecake]

I'd be willing to buy this DLC if they packed it (water/fire/ice arrows, spears and giant mud crabs for example)

but to be honest some good DLC could get me back into my game. after my character lost half his stuff in some weird glitch I kinda lost interest. I'd be willing to start the game again with some decent DLC.

 

[Rivenart]

(in reference to bold)Easy error, I make it myself at times.

I kinda agree. These things seem more like game mechanics/mods than typical DLC, you know, skins, new weapons and new dungeons etc.. I am hoping that some of this stuff is free. I would not pay for enhanced water visuals.

This definitely seems like a thing for consoles though, who don't have access to mods. This stuff has already been done by modders for the PC version. And if it hasn't been done yet, it will be soon.

Why aren't all Spelling police as nice as you? I even learnt something.

I get these things will mainly be aimed at console, after all why would any PC user pay for something they can get for free, and will likely be more stable and well put together?
Still for me that only compounds the problems of Skyrim even more, even if they are slipped into fuller DLC's with extended story the core principle I have issue with remains unchanged. Maybe I'm just being unreasonable, I have many reason for my sudden bias against Bethesda now, frankly the handling of PR did nothing to help. I said it before though DLC would either need to be too large or too broken up to slide into existing parts to actually repair problems with the game. It was a massive mistake to get it on console and on release but I thought at least the content there would be fairly flowing and full, and bugs they learnt existed in the engine and had fixed previously wouldn't be present again.

Anyway that is probally enough for you to correct and bordering off topic. But for me Bethesda's image has been irrevokably changed and the ideas behind DLC has only proved that, whether they be part of something larger or even free patches to consoles, to me it just shows the game up as incomplete, more sandbox for modders and bug fixers then a sandbox game.

 

[V8 Ninja]

Problem A: How in the world do you announce an idea?

Problem B: All of that stuff was from Bethesda's Game Jam week, with the theme being that whatever is created must be put into Skyrim. Absolutely NONE of those things are "Officially" being considered for DLC; they're just little side-projects that small teams from Bethesda worked on.

 

[Von Strimmer]

Kill cams for magic
Water arrows
Giant mud crabs
Paralysis runes
Seasonal foliage
Speedy water currents
Dark dungeons
Advanced home building
Epic new mounts
Enhanced water visuals
Ice and fire arrows
Lycanthrope perk tree
Goblins

I'd take all of these, no questions asked, especially dark dungeons.

Honestly I would be happy with just kinect for shouts Just shouting at 3am in suburbia will create more dangerous and exciting gameplay

 

[Wolfram23]

"Dark Dungeons"

Well, I already downloaded the light fix. Makes the game waaaay more atmospheric.

"Seasonal Foliage"

If they mean as you play, the colors change, then that's pretty cool. As it is, though, you can download mods to change the foliage from summer to fall or various types of colors.

"Advanced Home Building"

That sounds epic.

 

[TheDoctor455]

All of those things that are listed sound like something some random group of modders could create in less than a week. I can't imagine them being released on consoles in separate DLCs for a price or else it will be Horse Armour all over again.

I also fail to see how some of those are "experiments" if they've already been featured/created (by modders) before.

And most of those ideas have already been modded into the game.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

Doesn't the Creation Kit sort of nullify any need for that kind of DLC? I want to see the new lands and return to old cities from Morrowind and Oblivion as DLC, not spears.

Well, there are these little things called "consoles". You see, they dont have the CK, so they have to rely on DLC. Incidentally, its also where the majority of DLC gets sold.

Well thank god I have the PC version then huh? Incidentally, its also where the majority of Mods get released.

 

[TheAftereffect]

How about the ability to ride dragons?

 

[lord.jeff]

As long as all those get a fair price, or are packed with the game of the year edition, I'll enjoy every one of those additions to the game, maybe except the adoption not sure if that will add much to the game for me.

 

[Blue Hero]

I want something to do with the dwemer and the falmer. Like a tiny little thing explaining things further. And something that makes illusion and alteration actually useful.

 

[TheSapphireKnight]

I would love all of that. Kind of makes you think about the crazy stuff the will be able to do in the next game.

But please oh please Dragon mounts!

 

[Soviet Heavy]

Doesn't the Creation Kit sort of nullify any need for that kind of DLC? I want to see the new lands and return to old cities from Morrowind and Oblivion as DLC, not spears.

Well, there are these little things called "consoles". You see, they dont have the CK, so they have to rely on DLC. Incidentally, its also where the majority of DLC gets sold.

Well thank god I have the PC version then huh? Incidentally, its also where the majority of Mods get released.

Incidentally, its also where I do my gaming. Just saying.

True. I still think we get the better end of the deal over DLC.

 

[isometry]

It's funny, all the mods I've checked out have been crap compared to the real game that was made by professionals. I think the reason this cynical community acts like the professional game is crap and the amateur mods are amazing is that (1) they are suckers for an underdog story and (2) they are bad at managing their expectations, from the professionals they expect too much and get disappointed while from the amateurs they are impressed and satisfied by pretty much any piece of crap.

Anyway, the thread gives people the wrong idea because Todd Howard was not presenting these as "here's what we are thinking for DLC", when he is actually saying something more like "here's what our people did with one week of creative free time, some of it might end up as part of a DLC but that's not the point."

 

[Penguin_Factory]

Seasonal foliage
Speedy water currents
Advanced home building
Epic new mounts
Enhanced water visuals
Ice and fire arrows
Lycanthrope perk tree

Yes please.

In terms of new areas I think it would be cool to be able to take a ship and explore islands beyond the northern shore, possibly an ice sheet. Maybe we could even sail the ship around ourselves.