500 points of interest... : V

» Sat Jun 11, 2011 3:09 am

not sure if this vids been posted, but around 3:30 he mentions 500 poi are in game.

http://uk.gamespot.com/showcases/elderscrollsV?sid=6318510&overridePid=615803

» Sat Jun 11, 2011 8:51 am

Daggerfall had much more ! Deal--breaker for me! :down:
J/k

» Sat Jun 11, 2011 9:20 am

I wouldn't get too excited, half of them are probably shrines or some [censored].

» Sat Jun 11, 2011 6:37 am

I wouldn't get too excited, half of them are probably shrines or some [censored].

half of them are probably rocks, trees, or plants.

» Sat Jun 11, 2011 9:24 am

Some may think "Oh that's great, there's so much to do! Cool!!!"...
I think "Eh... great, more risk for the world to feel extremely cramped up like Oblivion or even worse."

» Sat Jun 11, 2011 11:08 am

Some may think "Oh that's great, there's so much to do! Cool!!!"...
I think "Eh... great, more risk for the world to feel extremely cramped up like Oblivion or even worse."

This.
The world will be the same size as Oblivion, combine this with the 150+ dungeons there are in Skyrim. You won't be able to walk a few metres without stumbling upon something.

» Sat Jun 11, 2011 1:58 am

If there is truly 300+ hours like Todd is saying, then that number seems pretty reasonable, if you spend about half an hour exploring each poi, that is a couple hundred hours right there. Sounds good to me.

» Sat Jun 11, 2011 6:34 am

I hope there's a lot of well-hidden points of interest.

» Sat Jun 11, 2011 4:12 am

This.
The world will be the same size as Oblivion, combine this with the 150+ dungeons there are in Skyrim. You won't be able to walk a few metres without stumbling upon something.

lets just hope theyre better hidden and doesnt appear on the compass

atleast the last thing will help alot

» Sat Jun 11, 2011 1:44 am

This.
The world will be the same size as Oblivion, combine this with the 150+ dungeons there are in Skyrim. You won't be able to walk a few metres without stumbling upon something.

I think the 150+ dungeons are part of the 500 POI, even so it's still an amazing number.

» Fri Jun 10, 2011 9:50 pm

lets just hope theyre better hidden and doesnt appear on the compass

atleast the last thing will help alot

they clearly do appear on the compass, just watch the compass in the gameplay vids.

» Sat Jun 11, 2011 2:56 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db-o_HrpC-0&t=5m23s

"Points of interest are these special mini encounters." Todd Howard explains, "it might just be an alter with some necromancers around it [for example.]"

» Sat Jun 11, 2011 6:53 am

Yeah, the Oblivion series is known for it's POI's.

» Fri Jun 10, 2011 8:05 pm

I have a feeling that a lot of the POIs won't be on the compass, and will be an almost 'random encounter' type thing.

» Fri Jun 10, 2011 9:03 pm

Some may think "Oh that's great, there's so much to do! Cool!!!"...
I think "Eh... great, more risk for the world to feel extremely cramped up like Oblivion or even worse."

Really, it can't or shouldn't get any worse than that. If there's random encounters too, world changing events will happen every stroll the length of a football field. :laugh:

» Fri Jun 10, 2011 9:13 pm

Yeah, the Oblivion series is known for it's POI's.

That joke will never grow old :wink_smile:

» Sat Jun 11, 2011 4:44 am

This.
The world will be the same size as Oblivion, combine this with the 150+ dungeons there are in Skyrim. You won't be able to walk a few metres without stumbling upon something.

Remember the land is mountainis. If we flaten it out we may have 50 miles of land. I do not know if your right but sixy avatar. lol

» Fri Jun 10, 2011 8:21 pm

Skyrim is about 16 square miles
DisneyWorld is 47 square miles

Something is terribly wrong here. I hope they get more ambitious for the next generation.

» Fri Jun 10, 2011 10:46 pm

half of them are probably rocks, trees, or plants.

You are probably not far of.. :/

» Sat Jun 11, 2011 9:37 am

Didn't Todd say that there are 150 dungeons or something? I wonder what these points of interest specify? Perhaps a fast travel point?

» Sat Jun 11, 2011 4:27 am

Remember the land is mountainis. If we flaten it out we may have 50 miles of land.

This, and hopefully

I hope there's a lot of well-hidden points of interest.

lets just hope theyre better hidden and doesnt appear on the compass

atleast the last thing will help alot

I have a feeling that a lot of the POIs won't be on the compass, and will be an almost 'random encounter' type thing.

this better be the case. If so, then awesome.

» Fri Jun 10, 2011 8:54 pm

Yeaah. Too crowded... I everytime I admired the landscape in oblivion I ran into a pointless generic dungeon..

» Fri Jun 10, 2011 10:28 pm

I hope there will be secret areas that are not marked on the map

» Fri Jun 10, 2011 8:43 pm

I hope there will be secret areas that are not marked on the map

Aye. Easter eggs are always fun

» Fri Jun 10, 2011 10:48 pm

lets just hope theyre better hidden and doesnt appear on the compass

atleast the last thing will help alot

if you look at the compass at the very start you see a mine symbol so sadly they are compassed i think