Disappointment Threads

Post » Wed Oct 12, 2011 9:49 pm

In just over a month of now, expect there to be quite a lot of "I'm disappointed" threads on this forum. I notice a lot of people have very, very, very high expectations. Of course, it's better than complaining about every small detail, but still, we all have made a certain image in our heads of what Skyrim will be like and that can cause major disappointments. It is the same with any other game, so I don't expect it to be different for Skyrim. All I want to say is: don't get over excited! Take the game as it is and don't expect it to be exactly as you imagine it to be. It's just a trend I've been noticing. Don't get me wrong: Skyrim will be a great game, possibly the best game of the year, but that doesn't take away the fact that it will be different than you expect it to be.

Do you think people are over excited? Are you?
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Post » Thu Oct 13, 2011 7:43 am

I don't think people are over excited and I bet that most of the players on this forum will be saying how good/great it is while the 15% of haters each spam threads that's how it generally goes the supporters make large threads while the haters spam threads
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Post » Thu Oct 13, 2011 4:31 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKss2uYpih8&feature=related
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Post » Thu Oct 13, 2011 2:10 am

Some "Veterans" massive sarcasm intended who joined a few days ago without ever playing a elder scrolls game or are easily fascinated will be disappointed as for the rest including me we would over hype or under hype the little features more than anything
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Post » Thu Oct 13, 2011 1:34 am

I don't think people are over excited and I bet that most of the players on this forum will be saying how good/great it is while the 15% of haters each spam threads that's how it generally goes the supporters make large threads while the haters spam threads


Yes, because it is quite impossible for someone to have critique without them being haters printing spam.
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Post » Thu Oct 13, 2011 12:36 pm

I'd say I'm on par with where I should be. I'm not expecting overly dynamic performances on aspects involving combat, NPCs, environment. But I do see that there is a substantial improvement from the previous game. And I'm not even saying that Oblivion was bad.

I think what's going to be most disappointing for some people is the fact that it's still a video game. I think people are expecting realism on every aspect. I'm expecting dragons' wings to go straight through buildings/trees with little to no effect. There's only so much you can fit into a game, I fully believe that Bethesda covered all the basics. And even the details. But it's the micro-details that I'm expecting to be flawed. The little things that people will complain about.


what's more- in the first month or so, there will be bugs. I think what's disappointing to me is that many of the people that will play the game in those first few weeks will basically summarize the game based off of the first few moments of gameplay and whatever bugs they find along the way, they'll count it against the game. Big "no, no."

EXPECT BUGS

And then wait a few months before you start overly-complaining about them. Bring them to light, let Beth know, but don't conclude that "skyrim svcks" because of those first initial playthroughs. A game this big will have bugs. More than most games.

But give it time. Those things will get fixed.
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Post » Thu Oct 13, 2011 11:11 am

It is also funny that alot of people are also dicussing mods and DLC when the vanilla game will offer soooo many things that people don't even know about yet.
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Post » Wed Oct 12, 2011 9:51 pm

Yes, because it is quite impossible for someone to have critique without them being haters printing spam.
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A good point. Some people are actually concerned about the game and the changes that have been made. While I am very positive to most, if not all, changes I see why people may be worried(even if I constantly argue with them :P ).
A well written, critical thread that is not just "It's-not-Morrowind-2-so-it-will-svck" that actually gives reasons for their dissapointment and concern is not hating IMO.
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Post » Thu Oct 13, 2011 1:05 am

I was blown back to reality when they said hth wasn't going to be a skill. I'm not all to hyped. I'm going to love SK, I know that. But it isn't going to be the end all be all video game some make it out to be. It'll be a 9.5 out of 10, not 11 out of 10 - if that makes any sense.
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Post » Wed Oct 12, 2011 10:25 pm

I think the main problem is the problem we see on every single game forum on the internet: people for whom games (or the upcoming game with which the site concerns itself) play too significant a role play too significant a role in their lives.

When you get right down to it, it's just a game. People act like it's so much more and they [censored] about this and that, acting like the inclusion or exclusion of certain features make it a godsend or pure [censored].

It's a game. It'll be fun, because these guys know how to make fun games. That's the end of my thought process. It's not important to me in any other way.

Edit: to clarify, I acknowledge that this is a place to discuss the content and quality of Skyrim. That's normal and I get it, and obviously I take part in it (otherwise, why would I be here?). I'm referring, in my post, to the people who take it too far, you know?

By and large, people handle it well here.
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Post » Wed Oct 12, 2011 11:58 pm

I had very high expectations back when the game was announced, but I feel as though those expectations have become more and more realistic over time. I'm not expecting the best RPG ever, or even the TES game yet. I'm just expecting a good but flawed game.

It's the people with rose-tinted goggles and splodges of Todd Howard's [censored] on their nose who stand to be disappointed. :P
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Post » Thu Oct 13, 2011 8:07 am

I'm setting myself up for major Disappointment, that way everything will be better than expected :celebration:

Naw, I am stoked from what I've seen but everything I've read by other people I'm just ignoring. Only paying attention to what Bethesda has posted themselves.
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Post » Thu Oct 13, 2011 9:59 am

I'd say I'm on par with where I should be. I'm not expecting overly dynamic performances on aspects involving combat, NPCs, environment. But I do see that there is a substantial improvement from the previous game. And I'm not even saying that Oblivion was bad.

I think what's going to be most disappointing for some people is the fact that it's still a video game. I think people are expecting realism on every aspect. I'm expecting dragons' wings to go straight through buildings/trees with little to no effect. There's only so much you can fit into a game, I fully believe that Bethesda covered all the basics. And even the details. But it's the micro-details that I'm expecting to be flawed. The little things that people will complain about.


what's more- in the first month or so, there will be bugs. I think what's disappointing to me is that many of the people that will play the game in those first few weeks will basically summarize the game based off of the first few moments of gameplay and whatever bugs they find along the way, they'll count it against the game. Big "no, no."

EXPECT BUGS

And then wait a few months before you start overly-complaining about them. Bring them to light, let Beth know, but don't conclude that "skyrim svcks" because of those first initial playthroughs. A game this big will have bugs. More than most games.

But give it time. Those things will get fixed.




All of this is essentially how I feel on the matter. Wonderful post


Unless this game is as bad as Duke Nukem Forever, I don't think I'll be dissapointed. All it needs to do is be a little better than Oblivion for me to be happy. Even as a Daggerfall vet I still found Oblivion to be a ton of fun despite it being dumbed down. If a game is dumbed down I don't mind as long as it's still made to be fun.
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Post » Wed Oct 12, 2011 10:02 pm

This is THE GREATEST game ever made EVER in the history of ever made games ever...EVER
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Post » Wed Oct 12, 2011 11:52 pm

They can nitpick and complain all they want while I'm in Nirn slaying dragons with my wife, idc.
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Post » Thu Oct 13, 2011 5:06 am

Looking at TES history, I would say there is nothing to be of concern. This guy Todd Howard also seems to have a nice sense of forethought in every presentation i've seen. Also, not sure, thought I saw a video of him saying he was involved with Morrowind, then that is also a bonus.
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Post » Thu Oct 13, 2011 10:14 am

Looking at TES history, I would say there is nothing to be of concern. This guy Todd Howard also seems to have a nice sense of forethought in every presentation i've seen. Also, not sure, thought I saw a video of him saying he was involved with Morrowind, then that is also a bonus.


Todd was project lead on Morrowind. :tongue:
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Post » Wed Oct 12, 2011 11:28 pm

Heres my personal track record:
+ I've never played Final Fantasy but was completely blown away when out of the blue a friend let me borrow 7 from him, I played it for 96 hours without sleeping and was forced to sleep when I started hallucinating and seeing colors and talking to people who wasnt there (best spring break ever).

+Chrono Trigger was a game I have never heard of but it was the last game on the shelf on a friday night at block buster and I literaly have rented the SNES version 10+ times, I own the PS1, DS and ROM version now.

+I've never heard of TES or Far Cry and I got them both out of the bargin bin (not same day) at Walmart and played the ever loving hell out of them both, funny true story I played Morrowind the whole time my wife was pregnant with my first daughter and years later when she saw me playing Oblivion she vomited all over the floor and has never played either of them, swear to god cross my heart.

That being siad

+I followed every game magazine mentioning FF8, 9 and 10. I disappointed in 8, barely entertained in 9 and wanted to personaly inflict harm on sqaure for what ever the hell 10 was supposed to be, underwater soccor or some stupid ass [censored].

+I followed every chrono cross snippit I could find and litteraly threw the game into the trash.

+I followed Oblivion on these forums (yes this isnt my first account, hell my first was locked 2 weeks before the game release by Todd himself, got a nastey little personal message LOL today I cant remember what the hell it was over) and spent maybe a total of 10 hours playing Oblivion. (same for FO3 and NV, love the first, hated NV) Far Cry 2 made me want to cry.

So yeah hell, maybe.... all I know is everything I didnt like in Oblivion has been addressed and I'm hearing better and better stuff everyday. :foodndrink:
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Post » Thu Oct 13, 2011 9:08 am

IT WAS PROBABLY TODD'S FAULT THAT MORROWIND HAD NO FAST TRAVEL IN THE MENU LIKE IN DAGGERFALL!!!! STUPID DEVS TAKING AWAY INSTEAD OF ADDING MORE CONTENT!
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Post » Thu Oct 13, 2011 9:27 am

I think I am being a little bit more possitive then I was with the Oblivion release, But I am also a realist. I know not everyone is going to be happy with the game and there might be a few game issues. I am not overly excited but am looking forward to the game. Believe me I wasn't too happy with Oblivion, looking back at old posts from WarGhoul Account. Since then I have become a little wiser and slightly more accepting to respect other gamers opinions.
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Post » Thu Oct 13, 2011 12:10 pm

Well, I'm not jumping up and down screaming like a prepubascent teenager just yet, If Skyrim was Oblivion with overhauled graphics and a tweeked AI I would be quite happy, but from what little I've seen Skyrim has already surpassed all of my expectations.

Will I be disappointed? Yes, as disappointed as a lottery jackpot winner.

Excited? Of course not, I'm as calm as a bomb.
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Post » Thu Oct 13, 2011 12:50 am

I'm trying sooo hard not get my hopes up, but I can't help it. Right now my expectations are soaring. :ahhh:
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Post » Wed Oct 12, 2011 11:12 pm

+I followed Oblivion on these forums (yes this isnt my first account, hell my first was locked 2 weeks before the game release by Todd himself, got a nastey little personal message LOL today I cant remember what the hell it was over) and spent maybe a total of 10 hours. Far Cry 2 made me want to cry.

You were banned by a god!

As long as this doesn't turn into Mafia 2 ill be happy (not going to go into that)
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Post » Thu Oct 13, 2011 11:28 am

I think the main problem is the problem we see on every single game forum on the internet: people for whom games (or the upcoming game with which the site concerns itself) play too significant a role play too significant a role in their lives.

When you get right down to it, it's just a game. People act like it's so much more and they [censored] about this and that, acting like the inclusion or exclusion of certain features make it a godsend or pure [censored].

It's a game. It'll be fun, because these guys know how to make fun games. That's the end of my thought process. It's not important to me in any other way.

Edit: to clarify, I acknowledge that this is a place to discuss the content and quality of Skyrim. That's normal and I get it, and obviously I take part in it (otherwise, why would I be here?). I'm referring, in my post, to the people who take it too far, you know?

By and large, people handle it well here.


This. There are things I like and don't like about it so far, but if someone doesn't agree with me, I don't see it as some sort of personal attack. I think some people do take it too personally (on both sides). Disliking something that someone else likes doesn't mean you dislike each other, or anything like that. Liking something doesn't make you a fan-boy/girl, and not liking it doesn't make you a troll.
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Post » Wed Oct 12, 2011 10:52 pm

I asked my friend what he thought about the game and the only thing he knew about it was that "yeah, it's going to be dragons in it" NOTHING else and this guy is a huge TES-fan and the one who got me into TES. He said "I don't want to know anything about the game beforehand because it's going to blow my mind when I start playing it" And I think he did the right choice. He can't get disappointed beforehand and that's really a smart move.
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