TES V: Skyrim Discussion Thread

[The Happy Swede]

interesting new article in the Wall Street Journal about Skyrim

some highlights

- the dungeons are "in the hundreds" 

- the game world is "3 or 4 times the size of FO3"

- "The dungeon is a kaleidoscope of trouble, every other room having some backstory or evocative detail—a Dungeon Master’s fever dream. " 


Source

Sounds fantastic! Now i just hope that ill be able to run the game enough to make it a worth while stay : /

[moviemarketing]

TBH, I think that quote about FO3 is probably wrong or misinterpreted.

maybe in terms of the activities and the depth of the world, but if they are talking about strictly the size of the worldspace, I've read that FO3 was supposed to be 15 sq mi and Oblivion was supposedly 16 sq mi, and Skyrim is reportedly roughly the same size as Oblivion.

[Star Forge]

TBH, I think that quote about FO3 is probably wrong or misinterpreted.

maybe in terms of the activities and the depth of the world, but if they are talking about strictly the size of the worldspace, I've read that FO3 was supposed to be 15 sq mi and Oblivion was supposedly 16 sq mi, and Skyrim is reportedly roughly the same size as Oblivion.

Well I never rely on the Wall Street Journal for a Game Preview.

[Mastershroom]

As nice as a new engine is, I'm going to miss Gamebryo just for the hilarious bugs and glitches. I have never laughed so hard at the failures of any games as much as Oblivion, Fallout 3 and New Vegas. Example I recorded last night:

[hockeymass]

As nice as a new engine is, I'm going to miss Gamebryo just for the hilarious bugs and glitches. I have never laughed so hard at the failures of any games as much as Oblivion, Fallout 3 and New Vegas. Example I recorded last night:

My favorite Fallout video is the guy who chases the aliens and punches one and it stretches to infinity. There's also the one where the doctor at the beginning of New Vegas has a spinning head.

[jerg]

Diablo III has failed us. TESV is the only hope for 2011!

[assaultsuit]

Diablo III has failed us. TESV is the only hope for 2011!

One can't compare Diablo with any TES game. I believe they are VERY different games. I know D3 failed not in terms of "gaming" but by Blizzard decisions on things like "always onlline" stuff.

TES series were always good. You can bet it will be an excellent game!. Maybe it will have glitches and such, but that doesn't count at the end on such a great game!

I remember TES:Arena. A wonderful game! So huge for it's time really... yes, I'm a bit old

[moviemarketing]

BTW, if any of you guys have some burning questions for the Skyrim devs, there is a guy from the Bethsoft forum who is going to Quakecon and he got Pete Hines (head of Bethesda Google Page Ranking dept.) to agree to answer some of his questions in person.

You can let him know your own request for a question you want to see answered here: LINK

He's going to QuakeCon in a couple days

[lozanogo]

As nice as a new engine is, I'm going to miss Gamebryo just for the hilarious bugs and glitches. I have never laughed so hard at the failures of any games as much as Oblivion, Fallout 3 and New Vegas. Example I recorded last night:

To give a little defense to the engine (which is a very special one, I wouldn't deny it) is that the majority of the bugs came from Obsidian's work and not Bethesda. And knowing Obsidian's tracks in programming ... well, I wouldn't be surprised.

[Mastershroom]

To give a little defense to the engine (which is a very special one, I wouldn't deny it) is that the majority of the bugs came from Obsidian's work and not Bethesda. And knowing Obsidian's tracks in programming ... well, I wouldn't be surprised.

For sure...but let's not forget all the unintentionally hilarious glitches in Oblivion and Fallout 3