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by Mysterio 11/12/2011, 2:38pm PST |
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Morrowind was exotic and weird and kind of impossible to relate with, but occasionally surprising and sublime and beautiful. Oblivion was extremely, depressingly ordinary, apparently inspired by suburban connecticut. Skyrim strikes a good balance. It's kind of exotic (it's Scandinavia! Here's an alpine meadow! Here's a scrubby heath-moor thing! Here are some glaciers! Sweet snow effects abound! everybody wears furs! Some people sound like they're from minnesota!) but it's also relatable (It's Scandinavia!). Skyrim follows Morrowind's philosophy in mapping somewhat blatant cultural and geographic cues into the architecture of buildings and such, and it really does make the cities feel fantasy-authentic.
I haven't seen enough dungeons to speak to their cookie-cutter-ness... but the gnawing existential emptiness that will consume you when you realize you've been trapped in the same mcdungeon for 150 hours will be partially alleviated by OCD completionism, as every cleared dungeon gets marked as "cleared" on your map. From what I've seen so far they've done an OK job at giving each dungeon it's own micro-story arc, if not integrating them into broader quest lines. The blatant fillers are forgivably short, you just tip them in 3 minutes and they're "cleared". Gotta catch em all.... |
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It is glorious NT by Entropy Stew 11/11/2011, 7:49am PST 
Are you sure. =/ NT by WITTGENSTEIN 11/11/2011, 4:19pm PST
I want to take a screenshot of practically every outdoors frame of animation by Entropy Stew 11/11/2011, 9:10pm PST
I don't think the environmental quality was ever in doubt. by WITTGENSTEIN 11/12/2011, 7:02am PST
I think they've done better by Mysterio 11/12/2011, 2:38pm PST
I think the dungeon and quest design has improved by like a hundredfold by Entropy Stew 11/12/2011, 4:25pm PST
Thanks, these were the things I needed clarified NT by WITTGENSTEIN 11/12/2011, 6:11pm PST
Because it's not like a generic MMO by Fortinbras 11/12/2011, 2:00am PST
Someone change this guy's diaper already NT by WITTGENSTEIN 11/12/2011, 7:02am PST
his alternate personality is arguing with himself, this is amusing by sdroa jists 11/12/2011, 12:54pm PST
can you play zoomed back? by up with pod people 11/13/2011, 8:37pm PST
Re: can you play zoomed back? by Entropy Stew 11/14/2011, 10:08am PST
:O~~~~ by up with pod people 11/14/2011, 11:20am PST
P.S. by up with pod people 11/14/2011, 11:21am PST
Re: It is glorious by Hans Clastorp 11/14/2011, 3:02pm PST
AGHGHLL I just bought this by Arbit 11/14/2011, 6:10pm PST
Fuck Frost Trolls!!! NT by This is Chris's Blood 11/14/2011, 6:51pm PST
Fuck them with fire by Entropy Stew 11/15/2011, 1:47pm PST
it is easy on the default difficulty apparently by Mysterio 11/14/2011, 6:34pm PST
I'm having the absolute opposite problem, the game is scaling out of control by Worm 11/14/2011, 7:48pm PST
Re: I'm having the absolute opposite problem, the game is scaling out of control by Mysterio 11/14/2011, 8:59pm PST
Re: I'm having the absolute opposite problem, the game is scaling out of control by This is Chris's Blood 11/14/2011, 10:06pm PST
Re: I'm having the absolute opposite problem, the game is scaling out of control by Mysterio 11/14/2011, 10:19pm PST
My statement has been fully integrated into his now two statement logic circuit by Worm 11/15/2011, 2:30am PST
if you played oblivion in the last year, tick up the difficulty before you start by jeep 11/14/2011, 11:03pm PST
I decided to get good at wearing heavy armor, it hasn't gone very well. by Worm 11/15/2011, 2:32am PST
Looks like everyone's roleplaying a thief again. by Mischief Maker 11/14/2011, 9:30pm PST
That is awesome. NT by McMoo 11/15/2011, 8:59am PST
it has made me want to play even more. by up with pod people 11/15/2011, 1:15pm PST
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