"All 5 major cities in Skyrim are larger than ANY of the : V - Skyrim

» Tue May 03, 2011 10:58 am

With skyrim which cities are the major ones...

I think Markath and Winterhold are two of them.

» Tue May 03, 2011 2:16 am

Not any new info but it is a nice refresher thnx...its actually kinda good to keep getting this info as it keeps it at the front of ur mind like" oh yeaahhh...the cities are that large..almost forgot"

» Mon May 02, 2011 10:36 pm

Hopefully at E3 we'll get to see some of a city with the player buying stuff from shops and interacting with NPC's.

» Tue May 03, 2011 5:43 am

Well I guess that the map that Im going by means absolutely nothing... http://www.thedragonborn.com/ (at the bottom...)

» Tue May 03, 2011 4:21 am

5 huge cities, + (at least) 20 settlements with ten or more buildings. According to gameinformer.

In comparrision, the town Bruma in Oblivion has 23 buildings.

The pc modders are gonna be stressed lol "where can i put this GIANT castle i made???" oh yeah...barely anywhere..."hope they allow for some geographical map to be made so u can create " other worlds" like the shivering isles i love getting on youtube and watching the mod community..i dont have a pc myself (ipod typing) but i love the mods ppl come up wit

» Tue May 03, 2011 12:12 am

5 huge cities, + (at least) 20 settlements with ten or more buildings. According to gameinformer.

In comparrision, the town Bruma in Oblivion has 23 buildings.

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5 Major cities i think as big as Imperial city and 20 Settlements(Towns and/or Minor Cities) with ten or more Buildings

Damn this game is gonna be big !

» Tue May 03, 2011 7:21 am

Consider Cyrodiil's strange shape, particularly in the south heading towards Layawiin. Now look at Skyrim. Not even counting the area wasted by the useless riverlake thing, that whole stretch of land made the game world seem far smaller than it actually was. Skyrim is more or less uniform, like Vardenfell. Overall, I have a feeling Skyrim is going to feel much bigger than Oblivion because of that.

» Mon May 02, 2011 10:12 pm

Consider Cyrodiil's strange shape, particularly in the south heading towards Layawiin. Now look at Skyrim. Not even counting the area wasted by the useless riverlake thing, that whole stretch of land made the game world seem far smaller than it actually was. Skyrim is more or less uniform, like Vardenfell. Overall, I have a feeling Skyrim is going to feel much bigger than Oblivion because of that.

What useless riverlake thing?

» Tue May 03, 2011 3:27 am

Well then they will be open or again in separate cells like in Oblivion?

» Mon May 02, 2011 7:32 pm

If you look at this http://dorkshelf.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads//2011/01/skyrim20map.jpg from the game informer video, Some of the markers are shaped like the cities instead of just squares. And assuming Markarth is one (it's difficult to see on the map), it looks like the 5 cities are Markarth, Solitude, Riften, Whiterun, and Windhelm.

This would make sense because the cities are spread out and create a kind of symmetry on the map.

That may be assuming too much though.

» Tue May 03, 2011 5:10 am

:shakehead:
Look at the official map
http://i.imgur.com/YNA3o.jpg

Markarth
Solitude
Whiterun
Windhelm
Riften

These are the five major cities.

There are 20+ other cities as well.

» Tue May 03, 2011 4:44 am

I'm hoping to see some cool settlements on some mountains. That place with the NPC chopping wood in the trailer intrigues me. Isn't that Solitude?

» Tue May 03, 2011 8:18 am

I worry more about the world feeling incredibly cramped up.

» Tue May 03, 2011 4:56 am

:shakehead:
Look at the official map
http://i.imgur.com/YNA3o.jpg

Markarth
Solitude
Whiterun
Windhelm
Riften

These are the five major cities.

There are 20+ other cities as well.

Called it.

Not all of them have been confirmed yet. Solitude, Riften, Windhelm, Markarth, and one other. Either Dawnstar, Falkreath, or Whiterun. I think it may be the latter.

» Tue May 03, 2011 8:42 am

I worry more about the world feeling incredibly cramped up.

I think the mountaneous regions will help space things out. That way the flatlands aren't cramped.

» Tue May 03, 2011 8:40 am

What useless riverlake thing?

I assume he means lake Rumare and the Niben.

» Tue May 03, 2011 2:12 am

Called it.

Want a fishie stick?
http://images.wikia.com/tesfanon/images/c/c4/Fishystick.jpg

» Mon May 02, 2011 7:04 pm

I assume he means lake Rumare and the Niben.

Well, if anything, it's their for atmosphere.

» Tue May 03, 2011 1:18 am

I worry more about the world feeling incredibly cramped up.

Yup.

Skyrim needs a certain degree of sparseness, otherwise the spacious mood might be irrevocably lost.
If the map is about the same size as Oblivion's and there are 5 major cities, each one larger than the biggest one in Oblivion, we just might have a problem in that department.

But i stand to be corrected.

» Tue May 03, 2011 9:59 am

I worry more about the world feeling incredibly cramped up.

Games like these usually always feel a little bit 'cramped'. Can't walk 50ft in Oblivion without running into a cave or fort of some kind.

Want a fishie stick?
http://images.wikia.com/tesfanon/images/c/c4/Fishystick.jpg

:teehee:

» Tue May 03, 2011 1:50 am

Yup.

Skyrim needs a certain degree of sparseness, otherwise the spacious mood might be irrevocably lost.
If the map is about the same size as Oblivion's and there are 5 major cities, each one larger than the biggest one in Oblivion, we just might have a problem in that department.

But i stand to be corrected.

Keep in mind that some places will be on mountains, which will free up flatland space.

» Mon May 02, 2011 11:15 pm

Games like these usually always feel a little bit 'cramped'. Can't walk 50ft in Oblivion without running into a cave or fort of some kind.

I read somewhere that they felt Oblivion's features were too spread out and they are going to be a lot more tightly packed in Skyrim.
EDIT: I found it, it was an old quote about Fallout 3, not Skyrim.

» Mon May 02, 2011 11:38 pm

I read somewhere that they felt Oblivion's features were too spread out and they are going to be a lot more tightly packed in Skyrim.

That would be a solution, instead of the same even density throughout the entire map.
You should have to work hard to find certain secluded locations in the middle of frosty nowhere.

» Tue May 03, 2011 8:43 am

MsPaint comparison, notice it's the same length across but Skyrim is a longer line.

http://i.imgur.com/P8EZd.jpg

» Tue May 03, 2011 7:12 am

MsPaint comparison, notice it's the same length across but Skyrim is a longer line.

http://i.imgur.com/P8EZd.jpg

The verticality is really going to add a lot yo the world. Both in looks and in space.

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