Skyrim DLC Ideas Announced

[NightHawk21]

Source: IGN

Spoiler

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/121/121.../ps3+(IGN+PS3)&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

Today at DICE 2012, Todd Howard, creative director as Bethesda announced a couple of ideas they're been playing around with (or as he called them "experiments"). The list of stuff mentioned includes:

Spears
Kill cams for magic
Water arrows
Giant mud crabs
Paralysis runes
Seasonal foliage
Speedy water currents
Dark dungeons
Adoption of children
Advanced home building
Epic new mounts
Fast travel portals
Kinect dragon shouts
Enhanced water visuals
Ice and fire arrows
Lycanthrope perk tree
Vampire imp minions
Goblins

Personal Speculation:
These additions however will likely be in included in other DLCs since Bethesda announced that they were going to do more substantial DLC packs, and released individual I wouldn't classify these as substantial. Regardless I'm most excited for the new Lycan perk tree and spears so I can finally make my Odin fighter character. Also giant mud crubs, just because.

Edit 2: Video showing some of the ideas in action. Courtesy of Chicago Ted.
Edit: For those of you who still haven't picked up the game but are thinking about it, Steam is currently still having a sale on Skyrim (33% off, so $40 US), and there's a collection which includes Skyrim and both Morrowind and Oblivion GOTY editions for $50.

 

[ChupathingyX]

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.

 

[Tartarga]

As much as I want dlc for this game and as awesome as some of this stuff sounds, I think I would rather them try and fix some of the many many bugs that still plague the game itself. The 1.4 update has yet to drop for the PS3 so I don't know if it fixes some of the more annoying bugs but if it does than bring on the dlc.

It lists goblins as a possibility, hell yeah. I missed beating the crap out of those guys. I always got a strange sense of satisfaction from killing them in Oblivion. I'm also interested in these dark dungeons and advanced house building they speak of.

 

[Rivenart]

Yep, I definately don't regret trading this game in.
Nice list of things that should have been part of the base game (magic kill cams, variety of mobs and good vamp/wolf bonuses) have been in past games of the series (variety of mobs, spears) and things modders will knock out in 5 secs with the CK if they haven't already (magic/beastform buffs, giant mudcrabs) then some gimmicks (kinect and epic mounts...yet again things modders have already done too).
The only one that remotely picks my interests is advanced home building and adoption, might have helped personalize your home and make feel a bit more alive. I guess to some extent the werewolf tree, but with how terrible werewolf form is now and the perk trees are I doubt they have a clue or chance to do something good with it.
Seriously with the Dark Dungeons, water current and texture ones, the dungeons didn't need to be darker, they needed better lighting, lighting that works better in the darkness, I already had to turn up my screen to see half the time, with a fricken torch near by. Water looked fine and already had a working current, why are they so keen to waste time on that over adding little things that could make a substancial difference to the world.

RIP Bethesda. Heres to 2 more worlds I'll never follow again.

 

[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.

 

[NightHawk21]

Personal Speculation:
These additions however will likely be in included in other DLCs since Bethesda announced that they were going to do more substantial DLC packs, and released individual I wouldn't classify these as substantial. Regardless I'm most excited for the new Lycan perk tree and spears so I can finally make my Odin fighter character. Also giant mud crubs, just because.

Definitely gonna have to agree they sound like something that will come along with more substantial DLC. I imagine they didn't throw out more substantial ideas so they could keep them all secret for now until they have more decided and completed.

I'm kind of thinking its gonna play out like the New vegas DLCs, where each one adds a new area and 5 levels (or maybe skill points or something in Skyrim, especially if they add a new tree).

 

[efrafa_6]

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.

 

[Fishyash]

Yep, I definately don't regret trading this game in.
Nice list of things that should have been part of the base game (magic kill cams, variety of mobs and good vamp/wolf bonuses) have been in past games of the series (variety of mobs, spears) and things modders will knock out in 5 secs with the CK if they haven't already (magic/beastform buffs, giant mudcrabs) then some gimmicks (kinect and epic mounts...yet again things modders have already done too).
The only one that remotely picks my interests is advanced home building and adoption, might have helped personalize your home and make feel a bit more alive. I guess to some extent the werewolf tree, but with how terrible werewolf form is now and the perk trees are I doubt they have a clue or chance to do something good with it.
Seriously with the Dark Dungeons, water current and texture ones, the dungeons didn't need to be darker, they needed better lighting, lighting that works better in the darkness, I already had to turn up my screen to see half the time, with a fricken torch near by. Water looked fine and already had a working current, why are they so keen to waste time on that over adding little things that could make a substancial difference to the world.

RIP Bethesda. Heres to 2 more worlds I'll never follow again.

(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.

 

[brunothepig]

OP is misleading. A better article is here. The ideas were added by the team when Todd Howard announced a free for all kind of thing. He said some of the ideas could be added to the game, perhaps in DLC or simply future updates.

 

[ChupathingyX]

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.

You would have a point if Skyrim was a PC only game, which it is not.

Well that's what my point is.

Stuff like this is pointless to release individually on a console because they're comparable to Horse Armour.

 

[Clive Howlitzer]

This entire thread is somewhat misleading and is going to cause people to rant and rage, just so you know.

 

[Cpl.Flint]

Source: IGN

Spoiler

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/121/121.../ps3+(IGN+PS3)&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

Today at DICE 2012, Todd Howard, creative director as Bethesda announced a couple of ideas they're been playing around with (or as he called them "experiments"). The list of stuff mentioned includes:

Spears
Kill cams for magic
Water arrows
Giant mud crabs
Paralysis runes
Seasonal foliage
Speedy water currents
Dark dungeons
Adoption of children
Advanced home building
Epic new mounts
Fast travel portals
Kinect dragon shouts
Enhanced water visuals
Ice and fire arrows
Lycanthrope perk tree
Vampire imp minions
Goblins

Personal Speculation:
These additions however will likely be in included in other DLCs since Bethesda announced that they were going to do more substantial DLC packs, and released individual I wouldn't classify these as substantial. Regardless I'm most excited for the new Lycan perk tree and spears so I can finally make my Odin fighter character. Also giant mud crubs, just because.

Edit: For those of you who still haven't picked up the game but are thinking about it, Steam is currently still having a sale on Skyrim (33% off, so $40 US), and there's a collection which includes Skyrim and both Morrowind and Oblivion GOTY editions for $50.

If you paid attention to the video you'd know they weren't actually aiming to create specific game ideas. They were given a week to have fun and create whatever they wanted, but it had to be in Skyrim. None of this is set in stone and might never even be used. It was a bit of fun and they decided to show it off to the public.

None of this may ever be added officially. Ever. It was just a week of fun and showing what was achieved.

 

[Astiahl]

OP is misleading. A better article is here. The ideas were added by the team when Todd Howard announced a free for all kind of thing. He said some of the ideas could be added to the game, perhaps in DLC or simply future updates.

Came to post this, essentially. No-where did they say "this will be (paid) DLC". They said it might be DLC of some vague nature. It was an in-house creativity drill done for fun, and they decided to show it to the public for ze lulz.

P.S. Since when was it standard to assume DLC is paid by default? Downloadable Content...technically the steam workshop is just a user-generated DLC system. Yes it's also technically mods but it's delivered in a similar fashion (as in, not having to mess about with files manually).

 

[|Sith|Eldarion]

I don't begrudge the PC crowd for scornfully mocking such ideas as quaint. I mean, they made the game look markedly better in a week, without the CK, so I don't see why they should deign to pay for DLC. But people with consoles should get DLC to make up for our lack of modding power. I personally think that there should be a free for all DLC, where they get all of the ideas from the conference, work out the bugs, and sell it for five or ten bucks. Hell, I'd pay it. Kinect shouts sound freaking awesome!

 

[endtherapture]

These aren't Skyrim DLC Ideas.

They're just unreleased mods created by the producers of Skyrim....