that's exactly my point. The fluidity of the movement was just aweful... going diagnally just looked like you were sliding on the ground, your body never reacted to the surface the way it should have in Oblivion.

I mainly use 1st person since most of the things you do in the game I find easier in 1st.

But I do sneak in 3rd person. :ahhh:

In the end I like both perspectives in games. I mainly haven't used 3rd person as much because until fallout 3 it kind of just completely svcked. Hopefully this problem has been remedied!

Ya dude it's a total bummer man, makes me so sad. Too bad they couldn't make it more like the resident evil style of view.

6th Person!

I'm going to watch a video of my friend watching his friend play Skyrim in 3rd person.

I play games like this to get immersed. You can't get immersed in 3rd person. I play in 1st 100% of the time.

Just as Velorien, I tend to disassociate myself from my character in terms of identity and see the game as a story that follows her adventures. I narrate the character's actions and occasionally internal monologues, but like to think of her as her own person. Therefore, I always play in the 3rd person perspective and absolutely despise it when I have to switch to the 1st. Whenever Oblivion forcibly pulled me into first person in dialogues or forced me to do so myself because otherwise aiming with bows and magic was impossible, it felt like reading a perfectly well-flowing story that suddenly changed the form of narration for no other reason than to leave the reader confused.

Indeed. It's almost like we want two different games...


This, I can sympathize with... even though i'm a 1st person fan.

People who pick a certain view often do so for a reason - not just because of slight preference. The game should never force the player-character into another view to perform a certain task. Little things irritated me in Oblivion, like being sent into 3rd person when sitting down; and it bugs the hell out of me that my character may be thrown into 3rd person to perform certain finisher moves in Skyrim.

that's the thing about Bethesda's games- none of us will play the same game as the other- so in many ways- they are different games.

Both. I'll probably play the melee dude in third person just to mix things up a bit, but I might switch to first in the dungeons because I expect it to handle better in narrow surroundings. Might also switch to first with the others outside and out of combat.

First. I might switch to 3rd to check myself out.