farq1414 said:
OK i'm doing this what is with almost everyone liking Skyrim but i just don't get it. Not saying that it will be a bad game but really can some one give me a reason why it will be so good?
And no the reason "Because it's Skyrim" or "Because it's an Elder Scrolls game" will not count i want a real reason to buy this game because it looking very bad to me right now mainly because why people are so praising of it 3 months before it comes out.
Okay, let's work through this list.
You've got your RPG standard, dragons appearing as constantly respawning boss fights that will decide to attack you whenever they damn please. Okay, that sounds pretty good to me.
Now, you've got some amazing graphics (if you're into that sort of thing; personally I'm just glad the characters don't traumitise me anymore).
Now, it's also promising a more in-depth version of everything lots of people liked in the previous games, better melee combat, better ranged, better sneaking and better magic:
With melee, you've got dual-wielding and more moves to pull off, more weapons and an empthasis on timed-blocking as opposed to sitting there holding your block button.
With ranged, arrows are supposed to hit harder, be more effective but also be rarer and you have to stand firmly still to get a good shot off, can't just back peddle your way out of everything.
With sneaking, you can slice throats now and get stealth-insta kills (with melee weapons) and generally be more sneaky.
With magic, you can use each spell in a number of ways. Example given by Bethesda was fireball can be laid down as a fire trap, used as a flamerthrower, dual-wielded for a mega fireball spell and finally, used regularly.
Add to this a seemingly more cohersive story which is commented upon by the people in the world, a world that doesn't just level up with you leaving you with no challenge (Oblivion) and a large open world where you can just mess about as you like... I think that's why people are excited.
Also, the characters don't look like playdough aliens, you're not locked into a speech minigame to try to get people to talk to you and well, maybe some people want to pretend they're vikings.
Hope I helped.
. However, the races look great (for the most part) and I am still hopeful that it will be fun. I guess I have to skip my duel shield orc character and go to the SERIOUS one.
