» Sat Sep 24, 2011 2:11 pm 1. Poor Animation's.
Though many are very well done, and some look incredible, there are many cases where the team took shortcuts that in the long run break any sort of immersion that was at that place. Many Realism lovers appreciate to see the simple animations were not skimped on. The fact the players arms and legs do not show in first person fully animated for example.
2. Too many game pauses.
As always you will spend hours in your menu, rather then in the world. The game is paused for nearly everything. Though now they have taken notice and have begun to remove some of these things. An example would be now talking does not zoom in and pause the world. I hope that one day Bethesda takes a "Dead Space" approach where all there menus didn't pause besides the start menu and shop, only I hope nothing but the start menu will pause the world in the future.
3. Limited and banol spell's and spell variation.
Though pleasing with the new combined force spells, they have been simplified and a lot of the lore is missing. The lazy way out with levitation was a huge blow. Reading "Dishonored" made me feel like our spells left something to be desired. Such as possession to unlock certain doors and throw about enemies, and that rat spell they have. I would like to see something that blacks a room out completely and turns on animal vision for you. The fact that you cannot combine two entirely different spells is a huge negative. Enchant college had huge potential. If they would of let us enchant objects and things around us with very cool spells like attacking plants then I would of loved it. Or shoot a trap spell at the ground that when ran over drops the enemies into a spike pit. So MUCH POTENTIAL LOST!
With the negatives said I think it's time for a bit of a refresher and add some things I feel will make us remember the game forever.
1. Creation Engine.
This game is so beautiful it almost makes you think your in augmented reality. Being able to see individual skin follicles, arm hair, and photo realistic muscular structure with macro and micro details. It makes the face of a worn scarred fake eyed nord seem so real. The unique art style and beautiful Nordic armors and lore make for great graphics. The fact that we first saw it on a console makes me shudder to think of what else might be possible. For this I am very impressed with the Bethesda art team.
2. Finishing moves and the improved combat.
Reading about using my shield to decapitate all the enemies I have in front of me like a badass Captain America make me feel so excited for this game. The finishing moves will surely be remembered in a good light. :toughninja: We have read descriptions of our enemies crawling away to safety only to not make it
. That is just the tip of the deep ice berg at that. Though there are still a few faults that will need to be improved such as limiting players to be right handed, no blocking while using dual swords, the new system will pancake two worlds two and fable any day. 3. Amount of hand worked detail.
I am very impressed with the amount of detail that is going into this game. Bethesda has gone out of it's way to add realism in a big way. Being able to pit factions against each other, the leaves with light half way shining through with stems going through it, the fresh voice actor cast of 70, and many more small details that are sure to shoot the Skyrim game grade up a letter grade.
[color="#808080"]Those are my pick six's, what are yours? :wink_smile:
