While I must admit that disappointment is always normal when changes are made to a formula like Elder Scrolls, I'm in a different boat than some (most) of you. I'm literally liking every single change that Bethesda is making to the series with Skyrim. If I were in Todd Howard's shoes, I would be doing the same exact things.

The things that have been streamlined make sense. Where depth was "removed" from one area, new depth was added in other areas, such as jobs, marriage, and perks. The focus has been on content first, followed closely by graphics and polish. The engine overhauls (animation especially) will increase immersion ten-fold for me. Massively improved weather effects, more realistic landscapes with downed trees and such, and lots of little graphical touches that were missing from previous games will give this game a big boost, IMO.

Throw in great decisions such as the map screen, the interface, proper level scaling, Morrowind music, the option to disable quest markers, puzzles in dungeons, dragons, auto timed saving, and dozens of other things, like how they've implemented a patching system that will take hours instead of weeks even on consoles, and you have yourself one of the best thought out games ever.

11/11/11 is upon us, and on that day, we will playing the greatest game ever made, of that I have no doubt!

I'm reserving all judgments until after I play. Oblivion taught me a lot about just assuming a game is going to be awesome because of who develops it. That being said, I've seen more than enough to consider the price of Skyrim an adequate gamble.

The game will be awesome, and many of the features are great.

Just don't see what kind of discussion you are trying to get started. Also, this thread is to trolls what brains are to zombies.

Seems like the forum is short on fact-based discussion and large on "HEY LISTEN TO MY OPINION"

Amen. I think a lot of the people on these forums need some Prozacky sticks.

I have many minor disappointments. But I have many minor disappointments with Morrowind, my Favorite Game on this Earth.

By the way, prepare for a stream of Bile when Xarnac catches wind of this thread. Anything suggesting that Skyrim has a sum of depth and volume more than any other Elder Scrolls game sends him into a blind, incoherent, if admirably written rage.

Me. A few things are like "Ehhh I'll have to play to see if those are bad things or not. But they probably won't be." Nothing is horrible or dissapointing yet. I love everything.

Haha good for you. No way Todd is happy with everything though, how else would he make his next game? He said he would like spears. Vsions wanted beast legs. Nothing's perfect.

There are certain things that was cut out that I personally feel would of been
better if they had been left in. Then there are some other things I feel should
of been added, but they are all based on personal wishes. We all have them.
Someone even suggested crocodiles would be a good addition to the game.

:facepalm:

Since when has anyone ever, ever, said anything negative about Skyrim's direction on this forum? That kind of thing just doesn't happen around here. :spotted owl:

I have a few dissapointments:

No location Damage

No Arena type questline

No Online Multiplayer in an Arena type setting

No blocking with Dual Wielding (Reason I wont be using it)

No Spears :cold:

But despite these things I'm really looking forward to release and no doubt will spend my life from 11.11.11 onwards in Skyrim. I have no doubt it will be an amazing game.

I love everything I've seen/read/heard and I think every design decision is amazing. My most anticipated game ever. Skyrim will be legendary.

I read something I wasn't pleased about earlier, but I've forgotten what it was. So... I'm happy with all the changes!

EDIT: I remembered what it was. I read speculation that a perk would be needed to cast the same spell with both hands for an increased effect. I'm not sure whether to believe it or not - it certainly hasn't been mentioned in any videos - but it would svck if that's true.

Nothing can disappoint me at this point I'm to ecxited about this [censored] game.

So far nothing has disappointed me. :goodjob:

hey ill play skyrim if its a side scroller! every game is great in different levels! Skyrim essentially is what Oblivion should have been. I will admit there are few things i would have liked to see but thats for next time!!

Im not disappointed at all because 1. i know its just a game 2. its a game of its own its not morrowind 2 or oblivion 2 is Skyrim its ok to be different from the group 3. i play games to have fun if i get invested in lore or something else then right on if i dont i still had fun playin the damn thing i dont ramble about how it does or doesnt have this or did this wrong because i know it was intended to let me have fun not save/change my entire out look on life 4. and i dont really care what you say about it or me you can think im dumb or brainwashed i dont care i trust in Bethesda and their decisions to make something to have fun with

I like the new features, but I don't like that they removed old ones. The game will likely still be a good one, but they need to know that some people aren't happy with the decision of removing classic features such as spellmaking. I like Bethesda, I like TES, but I don't like some of the changes, and I'm not really going to pretend that the game is perfect. It looks terrific, no doubt about it, I can't wait to play, but they need to hear what decisions people don't agree with. Criticism is not attack, it's a good thing.

I have to say it, but I'm a little disappointed about the merging of legs and chest, featuring less character customization(altough I hear there will be more sets).


I'm also slightly disappointed by the character customization, and altough the characters all look wonderful, I wish I could customize their bodies a little more to make my own special character.

:confused:

Well with any change there's going to be controversy. I understand that a lot of the new systems that everyone likes wouldn't work if old systems weren't changed or removed. Personally I'm only disappointed that they didn't go far enough to fix some of the old stuff like level scaling and fast travel. They're atleast improved but I'd rather see them gone.

This. ^

I am only disappointed it isnt 11-11-11 yet

I agree 100% with the OP :foodndrink:

I'm liking all of the changes, but then again I'm just a very adaptable person and just sort-of roll with the punches.

"No locational damage." For one, I haven't heard that one confirmed and it seems like just a rumor passing around. Fallout 3 had locational damage, I don't see why they'd down-grade that. For two, meh, don't really care. :shrug:

The reason I love TES is for the world, and all of the changes that happen to it. The people, the cultures, and just the open-world feel. I mainly solo RP in games like TES because I love using my imagination and suspending my belief. And if I could turn games where I couldn't even exit the car into games in which I'd imagine I was just a normal person and designated places as my home, work, etc. I think it's fairly simple to ignore things like locational damage or not being able to see my feet. I can imagine my feet being there just fine.

It's odd in that when I'm playing my characters, I imagine everything and even the game mechanics themselves start to fade away. I think about how the sun feels on their skin, how heavy their armor must be, what smells they're smelling, how they're feeling about what's just happened to them, how they feel about their race/gender/class as a member of their current society. It's very common for my characters in more stressful lifestyles to need a break in which nobody knows where they've gone and they've just dropped off the face of the Earth when actually I'm just sitting by a pond watching deer on the other side and my character is going through huge inner turmoil about something like losing a friend or being responsible for another's death.

It just has to do with how I play, I guess.

My best RP experience was playing a mother and a wife in Anvil and never once needing to leave the town unless I was just going for a walk or something. I make what's already there into what I need or want to be there.

Hmm, care to elaborate? Custom bust waist and hip sizes? :laugh:

This also dissapointed me, In an interview Todd talked about they didnt want to shape the experience for the player or give them a pre-determined experience but to let them mold their own experience and fun from the game. I just feel like making the chest and legs one piece to make a predetermined 'look' that they were going for pushes against what they are trying to achieve. I mean, whats wrong with having it in two pieces so people can pick and choose.

But then he also said it makes it easier run and will enable there to be more people in an area (I.E big battles)

meh..