I think people are just insane. The texture work looks top notch. Maybe not Crysis good, but easily on par with other AAA games. And there are going to be 20x as many textures in this game compared to those. The water looks great, especially those waterfalls in the caves.

I don't know what people were expecting. We saw the screens. We knew this was going to be released on current consoles. Yet people are complaining that the game doesn't look completely different from the media already released? That's called living in fantasy land. By the standards of almost every other game getting released this year, Skyrim looks jawdropping.

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Just a quick still I managed; I wanted to get a better look at what exactly the character was swinging at the spider. Looks like a mighty fearsome mace there, bladed. Oh...and an unpleasant closeup of the spider in the process. Blegh!

Sorry, That would be impossible.

what can i say. it looks incredible. absolutely stunning. good job bethesda! keep it up

You're right, I will. People saying "it'll get better by release" is being unrealistic, so I'm helping them not inflate their hopes. The graphics ARE low res, and they'll stay that way it seems. But you're right, let's hope there's a proportion to graphics and gameplay. Morrowind had worse graphics than Oblivion but better gameplay, maybe with Bethesda focusing less on graphics now we'll get a less dissapointing game than Oblivion was

Lol, you're such a goof, just stop talking. Your opinion is not objective, stop stating it as so. We get it, you're not impressed.

That's not going to happen. Just look at his posting history.

I'm delighted to see how much footage they showed and it looks great. Thanks!

Yet, you felt the need to comment? way to go..

nuf said!

Maybe they didn't want to do the same mistake of overselling their product this time? Who knows.

The windmil shot is rather lovely. It reminds me of a Bruegel, or a Constable. I hope horses stay in - even if it's only Bill the pack pony (need somewhere to stow my loot).

I liked the trailer, low res Xbox textures and all. I don't know if it's the music or what, but it feels like a TES game. Makes me want to re-instal Morrowind and Oblivion - that should keep me going until November!

Thanks! Very cool trailer.

I especially liked the way all the citizens seemed to be doing somthing and not just walking around mindlessly.
Also, I bet the hero character is quite cold up in the snowy mountains with a sleeveless shirt. :sweat:

That's really what you think? Todd already said they aren't doing better graphics for the PC version. He said he'll let us put the game in a higher res and that's it. Same as Oblivion. Look at 360 Oblivion and PC Oblivion? What's the difference? There is none.

Epic trailer.

Loved so many things, especially the town/city perched on the arch over the river with castle on the hill above. Such a dramatic landscape.

What i do like about WoW is that everywhere you go it always looks different and i think thats what Skyrim is aiming for with different biomes

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That being said, this game looks amazing on the 360. Some of the textures aren't the best I've seen, but that doesn't really matter so much when your sitting further than 2 feet away from your screen. Also, the animations look really good, the sound effects are excellent, and really, the few close-up textures that are being focused on don't actually prevent the overall look of the game from being completely amazing. I can't wait to play this game, it's going to be awesome.

Amazing.

I'll admit, the graphics aren't as big of a jump from Oblivion as was Oblivion from Morrowind, but who cares? It still looks fantastic.

Dragon shout looks amazing. Hell, EVERYTHING looks amazing.

Does that mean the PC will look better?????

The dragon shout looked so badass. I don't wanna wait

You can't possibly be that obtuse. I refuse to believe it :banghead:

Newsflash - several Oblivion trailers were console footage, too. Did you think the released product looked "exactly the same" on the PC and 360? Think carefully, now, you probably want to take a minute to get this one correct.

*sigh* Now I remember why I stopped frequenting this forum years ago.

I think they are!

Real-time Shadows on everything and Self-Shadowing are 2 things that Oblivion did not have and Skyrim looks all the better for it.

I just wanted to say I have never seen anything as epic as that was, thank you Bethesda!

Here's what I liked...

1) The camera shake when running and the breathing.
2) The visible breath (cold weather)
3) The dragon shout
4) The blood getting on the character
5) The music

Here's the negatives that I saw...

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Yeah, pretty majestic stuff. Loved the head-bob and heavy breathing effects during the run through the woods. Really hope this appears in the game. I liked it when the Dovakhin (in first person mode) was about to stumble over a precipice and had to steady himself with his hands - again, hope that this wasn't just a cinematic thing for this trailer, and is actually in-game as well.

The town with the mill, which feature a rock arch stretching out into the sea, looked fantastic. And the general animation, from the dragon flying to the scurrying wolf is genuinely streets ahead from anything we've seen in a TES game before.

My first though about the white water rapids wasn't some miserly concern over the quality of the water effects, rather the deafening sound of rushing water that they've got spot on!

And the tavern had a Lute player. A smeggin' Lute! Get in!!! :celebration:

It was filmed on the 360 because they build the game on the 360 first then move any additions over to the other platforms.