Ok so, I've been seeing a lot of complaints about the game lately, bad controls, dodgy interface, samey combat systems to III and IV. The weird thing is, the people complaining are acting like it's some kind of surprise. I've played Elder Scrolls III and IV and both of them have had the same issues since it's departure from the original setup. Not that the original was some kind of priceless gem either, I mean it was ok, but not really stand-out sort of good.
Back to the point. Here are some points of interest prospective buyers might want to note.
1. The trailer showed about 4 seconds of actual gameplay which was a blatant (and failed) attempt to hide the fact the entire thing was basically built off of a prettified version of Oblivion with no real updates to gameplay.
2. Since Morrowind, the series has been plagued by the same issues without fail. Bad AI and interface, blocky movement, and that annoying thing where guards are linked by some kind of unholy hive mind so that the guards on one side of the kingdom know when you've broken wind on the other.
3. This isn't exactly a complaint but before do anything, ask someone who has played Oblivion consistently since it's release or thereabouts exactly how many mods he has running on his game. Chances are, many many many mods. So once again, users somehow manage to take a few days to plug the gaping holes Bethesda leaves in their games.
Now before I get too much hate let me say that I do not by any means DISLIKE Morrowind/Oblivion/Skyrim. They are very pretty games with a nice dynamic and once you learn the ins and outs of the mod community and system it's quite enjoyable. However this is why I make a point not to buy Bethesda games on day one. They tend to... well.. suck. That is until the first wave of patches comes around the a few mods pop up to fix the usually GLARING deficiencies. So to those of you who have complaints about Skyrim. Suck it up, that's what happens when you lack any form of pattern recognition.
Back to the point. Here are some points of interest prospective buyers might want to note.
1. The trailer showed about 4 seconds of actual gameplay which was a blatant (and failed) attempt to hide the fact the entire thing was basically built off of a prettified version of Oblivion with no real updates to gameplay.
2. Since Morrowind, the series has been plagued by the same issues without fail. Bad AI and interface, blocky movement, and that annoying thing where guards are linked by some kind of unholy hive mind so that the guards on one side of the kingdom know when you've broken wind on the other.
3. This isn't exactly a complaint but before do anything, ask someone who has played Oblivion consistently since it's release or thereabouts exactly how many mods he has running on his game. Chances are, many many many mods. So once again, users somehow manage to take a few days to plug the gaping holes Bethesda leaves in their games.
Now before I get too much hate let me say that I do not by any means DISLIKE Morrowind/Oblivion/Skyrim. They are very pretty games with a nice dynamic and once you learn the ins and outs of the mod community and system it's quite enjoyable. However this is why I make a point not to buy Bethesda games on day one. They tend to... well.. suck. That is until the first wave of patches comes around the a few mods pop up to fix the usually GLARING deficiencies. So to those of you who have complaints about Skyrim. Suck it up, that's what happens when you lack any form of pattern recognition.
