Well, don't worry, you will not be disappointed.

The guy said they literally handcrafted 10-20 mile fucking map, I mean come on. Bethesda's artists are amazing, as well as everyone else that works there. The guy said they are doing as much as literally possible to have Skyrim be like real life, with tons of detail, customization, and basically just as realistic as possible. They are working their asses off, and they said they started to work on it right after Fallout 3.

In other words, don't be worried. I'm sure if you are disappointed by this game, you are an idiot, or you don't enjoy these types of games. Even those die-hard call of duty and battlefield fans will play Skyrim, it's just one of those games you have to play no matter what.

Yeah i guess, well i love the games, atleast from morrowind.
Ofcourse the game will be good, i have no doubts by that
But devs have a habit doing everything visually apealing these days with a total of maybe 40hours gameplay at most.
They seem to forget what the "oldschool gamers" want, duke nukem, prime example.
I dont want it to mainstream.
Bethesta overall never disapointed me ever though :3
But sometime must be the first time.


rawrawr, cant wait ;)
My hopes are on the top, so lets wait n see :3

Oh, that is far smaller than Daggerfall... Well, I guess it is obvious that they would not try to compete with that size. Is it smaller than Morrowind too? Besides it isn't so much the size of it, it is how much it covers. Morrowind had coastal area, lush jungles, barren cliffs, ash wastes etc. Even though Oblivion was "more realistic" it was less interesting.

Sadly customization, detail, and realism do not make a good game.

Let's hope this will be more than just a pretty picture.

the game is said to be like an oblivion and a half mapwise, you'll have alot of shit to look it

Pre-ordered this as soon as I could, can't wait. I've been so keen for this since fucking '06 after I played Oblivion. I still play Oblivion. Granted, its super easy now, but still, can't wait.

I found out about this 9 months ago and the only reason why my head hasnt exploded in eagerness for this game is because Rage is coming out Oct 4th which absolutely HAS to tie me over until Nov 11th because all I do is look up info on this game. I have a feeling this is going to consume my social life, digest it, and shit it out down the drain.

Oh and I was a huge fan of Oblivion Edler Scrolls 4 I beat that game and got every single achievement for it on the xbox 360. And the Shivering Isles Expansion pack blew my mind.

not like the achievements were much of a challenge or anything

Well I mean no but it required you to complete every aspect of the game...

Yeah 'Radiant story' look like a huge overhaul from the overrated Radiant AI (the ai system in oblivion). Supposedly creating new quests (completely original quests) every time you play the game, thereby extending the longevity of the game, I just hope it isn't a massive flop like the AI system in oblivion turned out to be.. only other slight issue with the game is the number of NPC's. Im just hoping theres more than 2 or 3 people walking around town like oblivion. That was a big dissapointment. Every city was a ghost town with the few, NPC's randomly roaming around and standing still for minutes on end apparently waiting for nothing.


This is kinda a 'given' in the TES series, without the ability to MOD the game, it wouldnt be Bethesda.

As for the animation improvements mentioned, They just took the IK (inverse kinematics) system from fallout 3 and incorporate it into skyrim. meaning your feet actually touch the floor moveing to suite the angle of the surfaces.

My Only worry is, the strict release date, seems like it could potentially hinder development, I'd rather have a game that works well and is 6 months late, than a game which is release on time, but very buggy and with large aspects removed (Most of the radiant AI on oblivion was turned down to such a degree that it was essentially turned off)

Although there are many people 'singing praise' of oblivion, I am however under the opinion that it was essentialy a sloppy Morrowind mod, with aspects added (physics, rendering effects, LOD landscapes, speedtree, ect) Despite the obvious attention they put into some parts of oblivion (the city's and dungeons), I feel it was lacking, and more of a test of this generation of console/pc. With 90% of the outdoor map generated during play and reset after 3 'in game' days, which is why, imo, oblivion looked very 'samey' everywhere on the map.... I Hope however my fears will be set to rest.

(dont get me wrong I am a HUGE fan of TES series, but oblivion was so buggy on release, they're taking steps in the wrong direction.

PS: I hope all you oblivion fans have checked out MERP (middle earth role playing) a total 'lord of the rings' conversion mod, boasting a map 7 times the size of cyrodiil, with all new races creatures, well...... everything i think the only thing they kept was the wolves LOL, but be that as it may. its a HUGE mod (pc only) and is free for beta download (although it IS early in dev) should give you all something to do till 11;11;11

there's a proper gameplay video out there but I can't upload it from here. look for ElderScrolls in twitter or something, there's more than 20 minutes of the game, including the inventory menu, handful of spells, and actual combat