How can I be disappointed? I'm grateful that another TES game is one year away, regardless of the location. How can you say your disappointed when clearly none of us knows what the product looks like, now big/small it is compared to morrowind/oblivion/daggerfall, we know nothing about this game. Just be happy after all these years a new TES is coming out. This could have been another X game for all we know.

I'm delighted about the location! I fail to see why some people assume Skyrim will be horribly bland. We haven't even seen a single piece of concept art or a screenshot yet!

Skyrim has tonnes of potential. Hmmm... battling a dragon atop a frozen, blue-white mountain, jets of bright hot fire shooting through a howling blizzard!
Or cuddled up in a nice warm mead hall, listening to the locals' rowdy singing!

The lore isn't set in stone, anything could happen. ES lore has a tendancy to be inconsistant... Oh dear, it appears that the dragons' fire has melted away all the Nordic snow! Le gasp! Coniferous forests it is!

I just hope it won't be boring and generic like Cyrodiil. As for Skyrim itself, it could be interesting!

I have a feeling climate will be very different near High Rock and Hammerfell. Kinda like when you near Black Marsh in Oblivion. A small 'escape' if you will.

If near High Rock, I could see a deciduous forest being there, but I'm hoping for an oasis due to proximity to Hammerfell.

I wish the Alik'r desert reached Skyrim. Or does it? I'm not sure.

I'm not concerned by the location of Skyrim. As long as the storyline and quests are good, i don't care where it is set.

For those who are disappointed, think of it this way. When your favourite province is finally produced, the graphics and engine are likely to be even MORE advanced to truly do justice to your dream landscapes.

I'm okay with Skyrim.

Although my first choice would have been Black Marsh, and second choice: Sumurset Isles. As I'd like a lot of exotic and unique locations.

Very dissapointed. I mean, we already had Solstheim, why repeat settings? A for which province I'd rather have seen, I'd go with Elsweyr, since I reckon it's the most mysterious. (Black Marsh has been elaborated on in The Argonian Account)

I'm not saying they should spend time on a 10 year project. but I really liked how in Arena you could visit every province and see the different emvironments, structures and peoples (no matter how basic the differences); I wish we could somehow have access to that kind of diversity again, but whenever I mention this on the forums, I get answers like "ur nuts, imagine the amount of time / resources theyd have to build every corner of Tamriel", though I clearly mention it is nothing like that.

So, am I fine with Skyrim? Whatever... What if it were Summurset? Elsewyr?

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While I'd say that I'd have preferred the game to be set somewhere else, like Elsweyr or Black Marsh, but I would not say that Skyrim can't create an interesting world. The real question is, will Bethesda succeed in making a unique world that's interesting to explore? Due to lack of information, it's impossible to be sure, but since one common criticism of Oblivion is the fact that it's setting is less interesting and unique than Morrowind's, I think thast Bethesada at least realizes that some fans want this. I also recall some time ago someone pointing out in some interview that when asked what Oblivion lacked that he wished that could have been in the game or something to that effect, Todd Howard answered "A more unique sense of culture." this is not a guarentee that we'll see a more unique world in Skyrim, of course, but perhaps it can be taken as a good sign. In any case, I'd say it's a little too early to be expecting the worst when we haven't even seen a single screenshot of the game, or heard any word on this matter, in other words, we have to wait and see.

Nope. Looking forward to it

Many say that Oblivion had "generic medieval fantasy forests" but maybe this was to contrast the vastly different world inside the Oblivion gates. You step inside a sudden flaming weird world and when you step out you breathe a sigh of relief that you are somewhere you can relate and recognise again; a comforting world. And there was some variation with glasslands in the west, snow in the north and jungles (ish) in the south.

Yes Morrowind was weird and very cool but Daggerfall had forests againv (i think there was snow as well?).

I do hope that Skyrim is a very interesting place, but it is a place where men reside after all. Expect the environment to be shaped to their culture but not necessarily by great magic. (eg walking tree city in Valenwood, glass cities in Summerset Isles etc)

Somerset Isle
Elyswere (forget how to spell it)
Black Marsh

Still not disappointed by location.

And yet the plains of Oblivion got repetitive quickly as well, in fact, I'd say they felt more generic than Cyrodiil, since at least Cyrodiil had some attempt at variety. By comparison, every Oblivion gate was pretty much the same. Sure, there were a number of different possible layouts for them, but they all had that same evil fire and brimstone look to them, while was a pretty strong contrast to Cyrodiil, just one that got boring soon enough.

I do not disagree there to be honest. After a while the only reason i wanted to go in there was to collect unusual alchemic ingredients

Yeah, I would have preferred if it was set Elsweyr.

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I'm not going to bash on Oblivion, because I firmly remember at least half of Morrowind being blighted land and ash storms.

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I like Skryims location, the only one that I would possibly choose over it would be the Summerset Isles.

For me, it was more the sigil stones. But still, the Planes of Oblivion got boring pretty quickly.



There was quite a bit in the way of ash covered wastes in Vvardenfell, yes, but that's how it was supposed to be in lore too, but at the end of the day, those ash covered wastes still felt more interesting than Oblivion's lush forests to me. The forests may have looked nicer, but the wastelands were more interesting, and there was a pretty strong contrast between the Ashlands and other desolate areas and the other regions, which may be why Morrowind's landscapes felt more varied than Oblivion's. In Oblivion, when I entered into a different region of Cyrodiil, it kind of just felt like going into forests with a slightly different texture, when I crossed the mountains and went from the Ascadian Isles to Molag Amur, on the other hand, it really felt like I was entering a very different region. Admitably, such dramatic changes in environment in a game world the size of Morrowind's may not be entirely realistic, but it does help to ensure that the world feels varied enough.

Although I'd also say that there was more to what made Morrowind feel so unique than just the landscape, and I'd say that even if Skyrim has more generic fantasy environments again, it might be able to capture some of that, I guess we'll see.

I would have preferred somewhere other than Skyrim, since we've already had Bloodmoon and a Nord town (Bruma). But I'm sure I'll love the game, anyway.

I'm ok with Skyrim, though I would have preferred something like Elsewyr or Black Marsh. Just think that a totally different place would have felt more fresh, in contrast with the high fantasy feel that Oblivion had. I don't think that Skyrim will allow for a much different approach, since going by what the citizens of Bruma say in Oblivion, the nord homeland looks a lot like what you see in that city. But I hope Bethesda can do a better job and make the game world feel more unique and detailed.

I find Elsweyr to be the most interesting of the provinces and would have hoped for the game to be set there. Maybe could have it together with valenwood too since it's a smaller province .

How does everyone else feel about the location of choice in The Elder Scrolls V? I am thrilled. Skyrim is probably the province i want to see the most.

What are your expectations for the game world? (in terms of design, appearance, layout, so forth) I expect much of the scenery and architecture to be altleast somewhat similar to Solstheim and the Jerall Mountains, just larger and much more epic. That said, i also think/hope that there will be places who makes you feel like you are in a completely different world. I think this is one of the most important reasons many Morrowind fans didn't like Cyrodiil and felt Shivering Isles was an improvement. If Skyrim has a good balance between the medieval europe and the alien stuff, i think most people will atleast be satisfied even if they would have prefered another province.

If you could change the location to another province, which would you have preferred or wished to see? I don't want to change the province. I think i will like Skyrim. But Hammerfell, Summerset Isle, Elsweyr, Black Marsh and High Rock all sounds promising really, Valenwood and Morrowind Mainland not so much though.