Things about skyrim that worry you?

[ComradeJim270]

Funny how most posts are anti-Skyrim rants by people who were anti-Oblivion. Honestly, everyone forgets the Bethesda-ness of Morrowind due to nostalgia.

I played the shit out of Morrowind just before Oblivion came out. Then I played Oblivion for quite a while before concluding that it was a complete turd and that too many of the things I disliked about it were beyond the ability of modders to fix for it to ever be more than mildly entertaining. Then I started playing Morrowind again. It was still good, and the things about it that I don't like are very easily fixed with mods. Since then, I've played Morrowind on and off for years, and the experience has not become any less enjoyable.

Not everyone thought Oblivion was inferior to Morrowind because of nostalgia. Some of us just have an idea of what makes a good game that Oblivion doesn't measure up to and Morrowind does.

 

[Bealzibob]

Nothing.

Infact I am currently orgasming in anticipation of Skyrim. This orgasm begun at the dawn and end of time itself and has been quietly leading up to the 11/11/11 at which time I will blow the earth out of orbit with celebratory ejaculation.

Their is not a doubt in my mind and the pure euphoric glory that is my hyped up opinion of Skyrim is world curshingly naive. But I fear not.

 

[Axyun]

I'm worried about bugs, PC unfriendly UI and controls, and a weak main storyline.

I'm actually glad they got rid of the old level up system. Lack of classes are a non-issue. Classes in Bethesda games are just pre-selected abilities that usually failed to actually make you excel at your role since you leveled up too quick and then got your behind handed to you.

 

[zehydra]

Ah, I guess the only thing I'm worried about is that maybe the world won't feel big enough. When I played both Oblivion and Fallout 3 the first time through, I felt underwhelmed by the world size in comparison to Morrowind (which I found out is because you walk really friggin slow in Morrowind. The world is actually much bigger in Oblivion).

I feel like they restrained the world size in order to keep the game on one disk for the XBOX, which kind of feels like sacrificing gameplay for marketing.

 

[Klagermeister]

Ah, I guess the only thing I'm worried about is that maybe the world won't feel big enough. When I played both Oblivion and Fallout 3 the first time through, I felt underwhelmed by the world size in comparison to Morrowind (which I found out is because you walk really friggin slow in Morrowind. The world is actually much bigger in Oblivion).

I feel like they restrained the world size in order to keep the game on one disk for the XBOX, which kind of feels like sacrificing gameplay for marketing.

Well, apparently they did it through "dynamic effects". The Escapist actually covered it not too long ago:

According to a previously leaked half-hour Skyrim walkthrough video, developers claimed they were able to handle the majority of Skyrim's environment utilizing "dynamic effects." Essentially, what this means is that whenever the sun sets during a rainstorm, allowing your argonian vampire to stalk the poor people of Dawnstar, the game applies these filters on the fly to already-produced textures as opposed to having the need for a second texture set for each condition (i.e. an argonian texture, a wet argonian texture, and a wet argonian in the dark texture are all simply "an argonian" with different filters that can apply to all other textures as well).

 

[JoesshittyOs]

Nothing. Nothing at all. Everything I've seen so far showed nothing that worried me. I'm sure I'll have a great weekend doing nothing but playing Skyrim come the 11th.

I'm with this guy.

There hasn't yet been anything that struck me as "really".

Every single choice they've made has been very appealing to me.

 

[Shilefin]

The fact that the 11th of November is a national holiday in my country, so the courier will probably arrive at monday 14th, because they dont work over the weekend. God damn.

 

[JoesshittyOs]

The fact that the game is 6GB and that there's 5 towns in total. Also they removed acrobatics and atheltics, super-fast Khajiit is no more.

I guess that is a little bit worrying.

Though where did you hear that it was 6GB? That's less than Modern Warfare 2.

Edit: I just looked it up and there are much more than five towns. From the count on this map, there are at least nine.

I retract my statement, I think you got a lot of false information.

 

[ComradeJim270]

Nothing.

Infact I am currently orgasming in anticipation of Skyrim. This orgasm begun at the dawn and end of time itself and has been quitely leading up to the 11/11/11 at which time I will blow the earth out of orbit with celebratory ejaculation.

Their is not a doubt in my mind and the pure euphoric glory that is my hyped up opinion of Skyrim is world curshingly naive. But I fear not.

Naive? Probably. But I envy you for being able to feel that.

 

[Hunter65416]

The fact that the game is 6GB and that there's 5 towns in total. Also they removed acrobatics and atheltics, super-fast Khajiit is no more.

I guess that is a little bit worrying.

Though where did you hear that it was 6GB? That's less than Modern Warfare 2.

On a certain torrent website that the 360 version leaked to (i didnt download it i only wanted to check if it really had leaked and what size it was) it was 8.19gb's

 

[DanielDeFig]

For me its,
-The UI is a bit weird and bland
-From the videos ive seen the majority of the environments seem a bit grey and gritty compared to the lush green environments i loved in oblivion
-im not sure about the finishing moves in combat that you have no control over (there sort of cut scene type things)
-The way the health mana fatigue bars are layed out and how big they are (i suppose that comes under UI)
All I can think of right now, it still looks amazing and i'll be picking up my preorder on 11.11.11

As I've actually had a chance to play the 30 min demo during Eurogamer Expo, maybe I can answer some of those concerns.

-The UI is simplified. Personally, I liked it, because it was informative but never obstructive.

-Skyrim is set in Skyrim (Duh! ), Which is a northern part of Tamriel, with lots of mountains. These have been done exceptionally well, but are obviously a lot greyer than the grassier tundras and forests (Which there are still plenty of). The Dungeon I played was a bit dark and brown, but it was underground so that's not really surprising.

-The finishing moves are cool! (In my opinion) I remember them being random/last enemy. You can't be attacked during them, so you can just sit back and watch (good for pacing in hectict combat?)

-The health and mana bars are huge. But they aren't visible unless there is a change in one of them (And only for the ones that changed). This allows you to have a completely clear view when things are calm, but also very clear visual indications of when you need them (hence, the oversized bars).

I hope that calms some of your concerns.
Incidentally, I had no interest in Skyrim until I played the demo. My brother adored Oblivion, but I could never get into it (same with Fallout 3). He was very excited about playing the demo when we were at the expo, and since it was only the two of us, I decided to come with him and try it as well. I've been hooked ever since.

 

[JoesshittyOs]

The fact that the game is 6GB and that there's 5 towns in total. Also they removed acrobatics and atheltics, super-fast Khajiit is no more.

I guess that is a little bit worrying.

Though where did you hear that it was 6GB? That's less than Modern Warfare 2.

On a certain torrent website that the 360 version leaked to (i didnt download it i only wanted to check if it really had leaked and what size it was) it was 8.19gb's

Hmm.

Well, thinking about it, Assassin's Creed 2 was a 5.2 GB download, and that was a pretty big game with decent textures. I don't think we have much to worry about.

 

[Kitten DeLux]

I think i speak for every one here
if cliff racers make a return

 

[chaosyoshimage]

I don't have any money to buy it, that's all I'm worried about...

 

[ComradeJim270]

I think i speak for every one here
if cliff racers make a return

Oh, god no. Anything but that!

 

[sir.rutthed]

I'm afraid I'll have to make my guy a leftie for combat to feel right.