Skyrim is what every game should be like
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Yep, because Skyrim is the only game that has content and small things that you can immerse yourself in...
The only problem I have with Skyrim is that the you can't see the fucking way-point on the compass.
Who thought it was a good idea to make the custom way-point so small and neutrally colored?
I have to open the map every 5 minutes just to make sure I'm walking in the right direction.
Who thought it was a good idea to make the custom way-point so small and neutrally colored?
I have to open the map every 5 minutes just to make sure I'm walking in the right direction.
You don't need heaps of content to make a good game, and that is definitely not the only thing that matters.jamie56 said:
Oblivion had a lot of content, but because the story was crap, the characters were bland and for the most part the quests weren't interesting I stopped playing it even though there was a lot of content.
I have to disagree, I wouldn't want every game to be extremely bugged. I enjoy everything else about Skyrim, but the amount of screen freezing, bugs and horses climbing vertical mountains are really toying with my patience.
So lets please stop with these exaggerations, Skyrim is awesome but it shouldn't set the standards since it could have been much better.
So lets please stop with these exaggerations, Skyrim is awesome but it shouldn't set the standards since it could have been much better.
He probably said it better.Fagotto said:
Yeah! Don't forget previous elder scrolls games!AmrasCalmacil said:Alphonse_Lamperouge said:
How you think Skyrim is the only one baffles me.
Hah, I popped in Morrowind while the GF was playing Skyrim out in the living room. Happy to announce Skyrim does not replace Morrowind in the least. Still phenomenal, still ridiculously deep, still the best culture in Tamriel.AmrasCalmacil said:Alphonse_Lamperouge said:
How you think Skyrim is the only one baffles me.
And somehow I've seen less bugs in it than in Skyrim!!!
As someone who is playing Skyrim right now,I can safely say that it has created an immersive world(but then again I can name 10 games off the top of my head that did so as well and there are plenty others as well) but regarding content, well most of it is padding. This is a game that could go on FOREVER, with the radial quests or whatever they're called. It's an immersive sandbox but what is the content really? The story in itself is serviceable and the dragons are cool but most of the content is the caves/ruins you'll explore, though they are well done. Might as well be a dungeon crawler.jamie56 said:
You can create immersion with a linear story(with less content than a sandbox obviously) as well is what I'm saying. I don't think I am going to change the fate of whomever when I go down in my 30th cave, just what interesting enemies and weapons I'll find and that's cool but there are players who value story progression more than item hunting and exploration.
I disagree. Sure skyrim has a few nice things (Dragons and Norse Mythology are awesome), but let us be honest, characters are wooden (both animation-wise and personality-wise).
I prefer games with less esoteric gobbly-gook and more working on having actual believable characters. Like Assassin's Creed and Read Dead Redemption.
Yes, Tetris shold be like Skyrim
*Imagines Skyrim with giant blocks falling from the sky*
*Suddenly wants to mod in a spell the drops gigantic stone blocks on people*
*Imagines Skyrim with giant blocks falling from the sky*
*Suddenly wants to mod in a spell the drops gigantic stone blocks on people*
Really?jamie56 said:
So you are telling me that the GTX 590 card i just bought for several hundreds of dollars (or well, i didn't, but somebody else did) shouldn't be utilized because NO games should focus on graphics?
This, ladies and gentlemen, is a class example of someone who doesn't understand diversity and how it's beneficial.
Listen up: Not everybody NEEDS content over graphics, and every game certainly does NOT need to follow that same development cycle.
- Some people are happy when they have a game that they can test their five-thousand dollar machine with (Crysis series).
- Some people are happy when they have a game of their favorite series, almost no matter what the content is (Mario series and others).
- Some people are happy to have a huge fast paced adrenaline kick that leaves them breathless, even if the ride roller coaster ride itself is relatively short (Modern Warfare single player).
- Some people are happy when they have a cool multiplayer experience, no matter how much or little content there is (Modern Warfare, Battlefield, Counter-Strike).
- Some people are happy to have a game that is grindtastic (MMO's, and I'd even throw Minecraft in here).
- Some people are happy to have a simulator of some kind (flight sims, build sims, The Sims).
- Some people are happy to have a game to pass time with (solitaire or any other game that fits in this category).
- Some people are happy to have a game they can play for short periods without feeling the need that they have to remember all sorts of stuff (which quest was i doing last time i saved? What did i plan to do last time i played? Stuff like that. I'm talking the preference for simple just-for-fun games like Audiosurf etc. that are just meant to provide short bursts of fun without you having to recall 117 different things you were doing or needed to do last time you played).
- Some people are happy to have a game they can wrap up in a decent timespan even if they don't have much playing time (i could type some examples here of shorter games, but simply saying "Not Skyrim" is so much more effective in getting my point across).
Are you getting the picture?
It may be that YOU personally want every single game released to have as much content as possible like Skyrim because you like huge epic games, but not every gamer needs that, and not even every gamer WANTS that. Therefore every game doesn't need to be like that either.
In fact, like my last example in the list above says, most gamers in the general consumer base doesn't have the patience to want to finish an epic adventure that takes 40+ hours to get through (or however much time). They might want games that have content, but not as much content as Skyrim. They want something they can wrap up in a decent timespan, even if they only play 1-2 hours per day. For those people, Skyrim is not the game they need.
In addition, you might think that a world where every game follows the same philosophy (even if they are radically different games) is gamer heaven. But what you fail to realize is that this approach stifles innovation. If every game was developed like that, then we wouldn't have games like Audiosurf, Indie Games, Guitar Hero and loads of other games today, and free games would also be a thing of the past.
I'm sorry, but i don't want to subscribe to your ideas.
Well, its nice to see someone rating the only good Elder Scrolls in recent timesAmrasCalmacil said:Alphonse_Lamperouge said:
How you think Skyrim is the only one baffles me.
But yeah Skyrim isn't immersive at all, I feel no connection to any of the NPC's, no love for any of the main plot characters and worse of all, I hate my character, they take bland yes man to a new level. So no, no game should be like Skyrim, yes its average but not amazing, also, I love diversity in my video games, if they was all like Morrowind I'd stop playing video games and do sommit else.