Dragonshouts.

I'm not trying to judge or deride a game I've yet to play, but I'm just wondering if any other fans out there think the idea of Dragonshouts comes across as being a little bit on the lame side.
I don't know, after playing the game, which is right there at the top of my 'most anticipated' list, I might find that 'shouting' has been implemented with none of the silly, over-the-top gameplay mechanics that so many developers feel are necessary to make the player feel powerful, like the Plasmids from Bioshock for instance where you can squeeze killer bees out of your hand.... fun playing around with sure, but really quite lame, detracting from the sincerity and immersiveness of the gameworld because it's just... well, silly.

In Lord of the Rings for example there's very little that isn't make-believe, it is after all fantasy, but there's also nothing in particular about the story that feels as though it doesn't belong, nothing that stretches the plausability of the world to the point where the reader or viewer, even given that it is fantasy, questions the common sense of it.

Just wondering if anyone else thinks Dragonshouts might be a bit goofy.

Nope.

I don't see how its vastly different than a magical spell. Not goofy at all imo :shrug:

what would be the point in being dragon born and absorbing dragon souls if not to gain and use their abilities?

They aren't very over glorified/covered in glitter, here. The fire one is "ROOC" or something similar. It's fire. I think it is fine, and adds quite a bit to the game.

Silly? No. Besides, Dragon shouts have their roots in the lore :tops:

Dragonshouts aren't on my list of 'concerns' for Skyrim.

If you think that running around naked in frozen tundra, yelling at foxes to death is silly, then I can't even imagine what it is that you take seriously.

No.

I threw up a little at the plasmid part.

As long as they don't become a staple for future games, then no I'm perfectly fine with them.

yup

I think that your the silly one, dragon shouts are just speaking in the dragon language, this is an effing fantasy game, SPOILER ALERT, theres there gonna be fantasy content

Compared to many other things, Dragonshouts are not really silly at all. You can literally run through the game naked punching things in the face and still get somewhere, and from what it looks like the only thing that could force you to use the shouts would be how freakin' useful they can be. So far, the easiest way I can see a pure melee character bringing a dragon to ground level is a shout. All it is is a form of magic that uses souls instead of magicka. If dragon shouts are silly, so are all the other spells you can do.

The system just feels right to me, man.

It's "Yol toor," is it sad that i knew that off-hand? Anyways, I completely agree, I think they are natural enough to seem like a fitting part of the world. Not goofy at all.

Your second paragraph pretty much invalidates your concern.

But yeah you're right, Lord of the Rings is very plausible, beginning with the gigantic elephants, Ring wraiths, Sheloth, and a gigantic tower with a flaming eyeball on it.

Hyperbolism aside, Skyrim is also a believable world because there is "very little that isn't make-believe, it is after all fantasy, but there's also nothing in particular about the story that feels as though it doesn't belong, nothing that stretches the plausability of the world to the point where the reader or viewer, even given that it is fantasy, questions the common sense of it."

You can apply your statement to most games these days.

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Actually dragon shouts is one of the changes i am in favor for

Just think of them as special spells if you dont like the back story

magic words are not goofy, talking lizards ..... but thats just my opinion

Worried about them? Not really it adds a new thing to Skyrim that ties into another new major addition as well... dragons.

Also you can choose to use them or not their not automatic in battles and especially looking forward to using the Jedi force push dragon shout xD

But as long as those lizards have wings it's alright?

I don't think we'll see them again. I'm not sure about Morrowind and Daggerfall etc. but in Oblivion, the "dragon shouts" were the sigil stones. I'm guessing that the next Elder Scroll will have its own special sort of "dragon shout"

there are big green men, giants, flying, talking lizards, lizard men, cat men, and elves...but the shouting is bugging you? if you don't like one of the most helpful aspects of the game, don't use them

... what is it with people on message boards immediately ridiculing others who are simply asking for an opinion. Seriously, what is wrong with you people?... mommy not love you?... kids smack you around a bit at school?....maybe you're a bedwetter and deeply ashamed. Whatever it is, there's a problem there and those of you that responded as though I were insulting this game need to get some things looked at.

I think I said, Dragonshouts nontwithstanding, Skyrim is my most anticipated game. In other words.... JUST LIKE YOU I'M DYING TO PLAY IT.... did you miss that part because you're little minds got all pinched up that someone dared question the believability of being able to shout out dragon language and, among other effects, slow down time (in the realm of high fantasy that Skyrim is most definitely a part of... Dragon's have no language... they don't you know... talk...nor do they slow down time)

For those of you that staed your opinion without resulting to insults.. thanks... that's why I started the thread.

It would just be nice if they used the proper name. Thu'um.