Skyrim main campaign ending a major letdown

[Kungfu_Teddybear]

No. You're not helping the OP out by pointing out his spelling mistake, you're making fun of it while contributing nothing to the topic. I knew someone would point the spelling mistake out, but usually people will also contribute to the topic not just come in, make a joke about the mistake, then leave.

It's also not contributing anything by posting the 85 Skyrim topic this week.
And I am fully aware of the cycle of ineptitude I am posting by pointing out that you're not contributing anything by simply telling someone they're not contributing anything.
If you feel the need to police the forums that badly, speak with the Council of Moderators and see if they can give you a probationary red guard status.
heh heh, Red Guard, Hammerfell.

I've already made my contribution to the thread, I have already said how I felt about the ending. Sure, in continuing to post about how certain people aren't contributing to the topic, I may not be contributing to the thread myself. But it's annoying to see someone just come in and make a joke about such a small thing. Because, really, all they're trying to do is get a rise from other people, get a few chuckles and make the OP look like a fool. It's uncalled for.

Actually, I had no idea that that would get a rise out of you. I figured you would just look and either giggle a bit, or ignore it. I also figured people would see the first one and not need to elaborate. Hell, They didn't even try to make a Jarl joke!!! Shame....

EDIT: Also, I wasn't happy about being forced to finish the Companion part in order to 'free' myself after that early 'mission'. wink wink

If you had stayed on topic I wouldn't have even quoted you. The only reason I did is because, well I explained it in my last post. Coming in and just making fun of somebody's spelling and that's it, really just looks like you're trying to make the OP look and feel like an idiot to get some laughs from other people. There's no need for it. I'm not saying that's what you were doing, but that's what it looked like.

 

[SwagLordYoloson]

The end was poorly, you don't achieve anything. Alduin is dead, but that doesn't stop the dragons from attacking. They re-spawn infinitely. The only way to stop the dragons from attacking is to not start the main quest..... Wow Bethesda smart one on that. They should of made it a threat that keeps growing until you are forced to either take action or fall back to some enclaves. Like an actual invasion of sorts. But I guess you can't really expect something immersive about a main story line from a Bethesda release in the past 5 years.

 

[Kungfu_Teddybear]

I've already made my contribution to the thread, I have already said how I felt about the ending. Sure, in continuing to post about how certain people aren't contributing to the topic, I may not be contributing to the thread myself. But it's annoying to see someone just come in and make a joke about such a small thing. Because, really, all they're trying to do is get a rise from other people, get a few chuckles and make the OP look like a fool. It's uncalled for.

You're on the internets, more importantly, this is the millionth Skyrim thread for this place since release (and no prizes), if you had something to contribute, or the OP had even read the other threads, then it all would have been posted elsewhere.
Anything you could possibly post has been said a million times.
Now, which is more constructive: posting an echo, because we do know your opinion has to be shared by somebody else, opinions aren't as special as everyone likes to think. Or posting a correction on spelling?

In short: Which is better? A: being a constant echo who adds nothing new. Or B: informing someone of a spelling error whilst also being a constant echo?
Neither? Hey, look where we are.
When ten people correct one spelling error they are trolls. One one person tries to grill them about contribution they are a pompous ass.

Brought to you by the Blasphemer, the world most pompingest of pompous asses.

Actually this is the first thread on the Escapist about the ending of Skyrim, or at least the first one I have seen. Probably due to most people still messing about with side quests. There may be a lot of Skyrim threads but the majority of them are about different stuff in the game.

Also I'm a pompous ass because I obey the forum rules and don't like to see people make fun of other people and generally prefer it when people be civil with each other? Good to know.

 

[Flailing Escapist]

Three letters: dlc

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It could happen

 

[Keava]

Considering how badly the plot begins... i'm not surprised it ends terribly as well. But it's a common thing about TES series. It's not that kind of game You play for some single plot.

It's a game You play to burn down villages, put poisons into people's pockets, run around looking for hidden caves...and laugh at yet again badly implemented physics [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZIiDS_RYVY].

Bethesda was never really strong at the writing department.

 

[Baldr]

Does it stop the random dragon encounters? I assume it would. If so, why even finish the main quest? The dragon fights are about the best thing going for the game.

It actually doesn't stop the dragon encounters. Those continue like nothing happened.

That's good, but also bad.

It's good because the random dragon-fighting-a-mammoth scenes are great fun to watch, but bad because story wise, it doesn't make sense.

*spoilers*

Assuming you don't kill Paarthurnax before the main quest ends, he explains that there are dragons that was still loyal to Alduin are still out there, but was going to send out a warning Thu'um that there time was numbered.

 

[IzisviAziria]

I've had Skyrim since last Friday when it was released. According to steam, I have put in 27 hours thus far, which is only slightly time than I spent at my job last week. Of those 27 hours, I think I have put about 2 of them into the main quest. That's including the obligatory 1'st hour where they have you arbitrarily chained to the main plot for a bit to set the game up.

I understand your disappointment, (didn't read the spoilers, just going off your sentiment) Oblivion was much the same way. The plot was mediocre at best and wasn't really worth a replay.

But that's not what Elder Scrolls is about. Bethesda knows this. We know this. I didn't put 600 hours into Oblivion to play the main plot, I did it dicking around with new characters, exploring, doing side quests.

If that's the major allure of Elder Scrolls games (and it is) then why would Bethesda commit a significant portion of their resources to it? Wouldn't make much sense.

tl;dr plot takes a back seat in Elder Scrolls games. If you don't the main story, go find a side quest to do.

 

[Baldr]

I actually enjoyed the Mages' College questline a lot better than the main quests.

 

[Liquid Ocelot]

I concur with the OP. It was ridiculous. You save the world from extinction, and no one gives a shit. No reward, no becoming High King, you get fuck all. I was pretty disappointed.

Even the Stormcloaks reward you for taking a fort for Christ sake! You're telling me a bigass dragon and the bloody Greybeards couldn't reward you with something? Fuuuuck that. You can't even loot the big bad.

 

[Fieldy409_v1legacy]

Does it stop the random dragon encounters? I assume it would. If so, why even finish the main quest? The dragon fights are about the best thing going for the game.

It actually doesn't stop the dragon encounters. Those continue like nothing happened.

That's good, but also bad.

It's good because the random dragon-fighting-a-mammoth scenes are great fun to watch, but bad because story wise, it doesn't make sense.

No it does make sense. Alduin wasn't sustaining the dragons with his magic or anything he just knew how to resurrect dead dragons(assuming it wasn't a dragonborn that killed said dragon, since you destroy it's soul.) and once they are back to life they take care of themselves.

Paarthurnax or whatever his name is mentions that the dragons will spread all over nirn(the world) now. So dragons will likely be a permanent part of the elder scrolls games from now on. And some dragons might turn good like old Parth, but they have to fight their own nature to do that so a lot won't.

OT: I agree that maybe a little more fanfare would have been nice and more of a challenge. But then again I came loaded up to the eyeballs in potions with the best weapons and armour in the game, maybe if I just need to crank up the difficulty.

 

[AlternatePFG]

I actually enjoyed the Mages' College questline a lot better than the main quests.

Really? Aside from the final dungeon, I didn't find the Winterhold College quests to be that memorable. Preferred the Thieves Guild myself.

OT: Pretty much every major questline (Thieves Guild, Companions, Mage College, etc.) ending is kind of an anticlimax or left me feeling somewhat empty.

 

[Mrsoupcup]

Snip

Finish the civil war campaign, that has a bit more substance and some decent choices.

 

[RedEyesBlackGamer]

I actually enjoyed the Mages' College questline a lot better than the main quests.

Really? Aside from the final dungeon, I didn't find the Winterhold College quests to be that memorable. Preferred the Thieves Guild myself.

OT: Pretty much every major questline (Thieves Guild, Companions, Mage College, etc.) ending is kind of an anticlimax or left me feeling somewhat empty.

Really? I thought that the Dark Brotherhood had an epic ending like the final quest of the Thieves' Guild in Oblivion.

 

[Baldr]

I actually enjoyed the Mages' College questline a lot better than the main quests.

Really? Aside from the final dungeon, I didn't find the Winterhold College quests to be that memorable. Preferred the Thieves Guild myself.

OT: Pretty much every major questline (Thieves Guild, Companions, Mage College, etc.) ending is kind of an anticlimax or left me feeling somewhat empty.

I was kinda hoping the mage college quest would lead to better spells, so I did all those quests first. Fighting Morokei at level 7 with not not many spells is pretty challenging, the whole save the world from a powerful magical artifact and the mysterious Psijic Order are much better than the Oblivion run around to each city and do some dumb task set by guildmaster who couldn't give a flip about helping you.

 

[AlternatePFG]

I actually enjoyed the Mages' College questline a lot better than the main quests.

Really? Aside from the final dungeon, I didn't find the Winterhold College quests to be that memorable. Preferred the Thieves Guild myself.

OT: Pretty much every major questline (Thieves Guild, Companions, Mage College, etc.) ending is kind of an anticlimax or left me feeling somewhat empty.

Really? I thought that the Dark Brotherhood had an epic ending like the final quest of the Thieves' Guild in Oblivion.

Haven't done the Dark Brotherhood yet, my bad. Sounds cool though, don't know when I'll actually get around to it.

Don't get me wrong, I think the Thieve's Guild questline had a pretty cool ending, it's just that afterwards it feels like nothing significant has changed. Same thing happened for the Companions and Mage's Guild and I don't particularly feel like those had a satisfying conclusion at all.

 

[kaizen2468]

Awful awful ending for the main quest. So boring, I was like dude wtf...that's it?