Skyrim truly looks outdated and average

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As Basil Exposition said to Austin Powers about time travel "I Suggest you don't worry about this sort of thing and just enjoy yourself".

What he said. I couldn't care less if the game's a little buggy and the AI is slightly retarded. So what. Countless bugs haven't stopped me enjoying Dead Island because it's a great game.

And it's just the demo version you're seeing there. This game isn't released until Novemeber. Plenty of time to iron out a multitude of problems.

 

[JesterRaiin]

Since MW i always stood firm about it : Bethesda's games aren't complete products by themselves. They are bugged, unfinished, unpolished. They are "merely" world simulators, tools for creative modders. Nothing else.

Because of that, i don't believe in either playing or judging vanilla versions.

 

[Cridhe]

I think the game looks fantastically executed.

I myself was never able to get into an Elder Scrolls game, but Skyrim makes me want to give it another shot to be completely honest. As for the past games, I can appreciate them for what they are but just didn't wholly care for them.

Like Bioware, much of Bethesda's game's charm comes from their little flaws and glitches.

Nothing's perfect especially in a game that hasn't been released yet, but you can guarantee this is a title you'll get your money's worth out of whether you love it or meh it.

 

[Zeh Don]

Skyrim truly looks outdated and average? Compared to what?

Name one open world single player RPG of this scale and depth that is better than the Elder Scrolls series. Fallout? That's really semantics at this point.
There's a reason Skyrim is as hyped as it is. It's about the world, the moment-to-moment gameplay and the sheer thrill factor of the previous series. Oh and the modding community. My god, the modding community.

 

[Floominoo]

You know, this is kind of beside the point. I mean yes it is outdated in the sense of A.I, like when you hit enemies with a sword and they don't react, or when you loose an arrow at something and it steadily floats backwards across the ground... but... even with all this, everybody still finds themselves completely immersed in Dark Brotherhood quests where you have to kill everyone in a house and then turn them on each other.

My point is that the Elder Scrolls series is just down right FUN. You forgive them because of this... oh yeah and DRAGONS! Without argument Dragons make everything cool.

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

it's quite possible to build an entire autonomous world including all NPCs and critters/mobs but at this rate no one will ever do it....it would be awesome tho.

Yeah but the hardware requirements for that sort of all encompassing AI ecology are quite steep.

 

[Zeema]

the footage is from E3 and E3 was a good while ago like 4 or 6 months ago

soooo

Just wait and see what happens

 

[Casual Shinji]

Who couldn't see this one coming: Fans are disappointed that Skyrim won't be the Moon on a silver platter.

That 20 minute walkthrough looked basically the same as that first in-game trailer, i.e. pretty fucking good. The only thing I thought looked a little bad was the menu interface, but I'm guessing that was just an early version of what will eventually become very stylish and authentic.

...I hope.

 

[Arkynomicon]

Eh, I learnt to never get to hyped about Bethesda games since they kinda suck at the whole AI deal that tends to break immersion over the knee.

And story, and dialogue, and largely animations, and world/dungeon/quest design, and game system design (how horribly broken Oblivion got if you picked two "wrong" skills...)

I'm not sure why they are being regarded that "highly" either, it's probably because Morrowind/Oblivion were the "premier" WRPGs on consoles and they only had to measure up against the likes of Fable and Two Worlds instead of the Baldur's Gate Trilogy, Fallout Series, Planescape: Torment, Vampire: Bloodlines, the Gothic series, The Witcher, Ultima series and all the Fantasy-setting MMOs out there (AoC, DAOC, LOTRO to mention but a few) etc.

Actually, Morrowind had some pretty nice lore and somewhat unique culture being portrayed in a mainstream western fantasy game for the 2000's. But whatever originality they had kinda disappeared around Oblivion.

I also think they have gained a lot of favour because Fallout 3 as well that is a pretty good sandbox game. But what gave Morrowind all that extra fame all those years ago was how easy it was to mod and that you could pretty much add anything you wanted to it.

But their RPG's are becoming more like run of the mill action games rather then trying to retain their own identity and gameplay. So I don't see myself getting all excited about Bethesdas future releases if Skyrim will turn out the way I expect it to.

 

[L-J-F]

I'd just like to see better and more fluid combat as that was very stiff.

As to people being negative about it, well, if nobody was negative nothing would get improved. Negative feedback is much more important than positive btw.

 

[Adam Jensen_v1legacy]

I don't care. I thought Oblivion looked fantastic, and I still don't mind Morrowind graphics. All they have to do is nail the gameplay. Which I think they did. It looks fantastic. Anyway, it will look better on PC.

 

[OrodrethAmandil]

Lol maybe the AI can be fixed but grahpic wise it is just stupid to ask for more. We all know that Skyrim is going to have a gigantic world. The only reason the best graphic games have the best graphics is because the world is smaller so it won't destroy the computer/console trying to play it. I personally wouldn't like to sit there watching my pc/xbox load every 2 seconds.

 

[Ranorak]

Same "issues" were part of Oblivion.
I enjoyed the fuck out of Oblivion

Ergo, I can't see why this suddenly would be more of a problem then it was before.

 

[electric_warrior]

I've said this before a while ago for Skyrim, but the same stuff keep popping up so here I go

Where's the wood? All I can see are these damn trees!!

 

[orangeban]

Sure, the AI maybe sucks, but we judge games on more than one thing don't we? I want to see a few improvements over Oblivion: Mainly nicer-looking NPCs and better story. number 1 has been delivered, lets wait for number 2.

 

[WashingMachineofDoom]

Skyrim looks decent.

 

[Moonlight Butterfly]

All I could think about when watching these demos was 'I want to play this game' maybe you are being overcritical OP?