two games that skyrim should look too. first is fallout 3 and the second is divinity 2 eco draconis.

Technically the final boss was Mankar Camoran (which svcks for mages imo lol). Then you had to fight your way through armies of daedra to get into the temple before Mehrunes Dagon chops your head off.

You were a friggin' puppet in Oblivion. Go get me this and that, and close 9 gates to get aid, and only ONE BLADE even delves in the battle of Bruma? :sadvaultboy:
The role you had in the MQ in Oblivion made me of a sad vault boy, but in Skyrim at least you will be a prominent figure in history.

The point is to save the world. The same old kill a boss and have everything just be done has gotten really old, especially being the standard ending to any game since video games began. The ending to Oblivion was probably the only thing I liked about Oblivion's main quest. The gate's had potential, but with the big epic battle of guards you gathered ending up... well, as just a handful of guards vs. a handful of daedra, that whole thing just svcked. At least the fight between Mehrunes and Akatosh felt like an appropriate end to everything that was going on. I mean, it would have felt absolutely ridiculous if I had fought and killed Mehrunes, and it would have been overwhelming and generic if there were some other boss for me to fight that would somehow bring the game to a conclusion.

I am very critical of Oblivion because I disagree with almost everything that was done with it, but I did enjoy that ending quite a bit. It was different, as was your role in the whole thing. I like the idea of being a key part of saving the world, but not the one who singlehandedly defeats everything.

A little voice is telling me that is going to happen sooner or later. With all the dragons flying around these days, dragonbreak might be on the cards.

I think starting with TES6 on the next gen consoles, they will use it to do a bit of a reboot of the series. Or if not hold that back for whenever they think they need a reboot.

TBH something big is going to happen seeing that Alduin might be getting pwned...

"Epic" is not what I would consider Oblivions ending to be. It felt more underwelming then anything since its concept was grand on paper the execution was mundane and felt small and unimportent to the world.

Im hoping for an ending that feels like the world is about to be destroyed and I somehow manage to save it by the skin of my teeth. I could only hope for some sort of epic battle on the top of the throat of the world with a red sky and crazy weather were when I look out I see tornadoes and lightning and all sorts of madness rauaging the world. Afterword I would like the world to not only have people effected by this almost world ending moment but also have the world look like it was almost ended. Then see the world be mended and rebuild if things were destroyed. I want to see monuments for those who were lost and a feeling that what happend was real.

I wasn't particularly "shocked" at the last battle of the MQ. there were alot of huge final boss games that came out back then. what I liked about OB had nothing to do with quests. I am more anticipating what the main quest will even be about, it seemed like the empire was kind of screwed or at best left at the hands of ocato.

Since when is Yu-Gi-Oh the only IP that has dragons and giants? Kind of stupid to say so, really.

If your hero was the one to turn into the avatar of Akatosh people like you would've complained that it was too cliche of an ending. This way its a little different, you aren't some demi-god destroying other gods and taking names. You are a regular person, who turns into a hero.

Never got credit for anything? You were named CHAMPION OF CYRODIIL - a title given to only SIX other people in the history of Tamriel. This is a more prestigious and rare title than Emperor.

What else do you want? People will find ways to complain about anything.....

I don't mind not being the god king or anything like that. What I do mind is watching an uneventful battle between two gods and I'm just a spectator. That's not an ending. Knights of the Nine and Shivering Isles were far superior to the ending of Oblivion in my opinion. It's probably just our difference of opinion, but if I'm the supposed "Hero of Cyrodill," I don't want to be the Adoring Fan of Martin or anyone else.

I don't think you quite got the reference... If you have ever seen Yu-Gi-Oh, there are always gigantic monsters fighting while their masters spectate, which is more or less what Oblivion's ending was. Make sense?

I didn't want to kill Mehrunes Dagon. I didn't need to necessarily do anything epic. However, I don't want to sit at a supposed "ending" and watch two gods duke it out. That might be nice for something half way through the game, but not the ending.

Yes because a pointless title that has no impact on the entire province of Cyrodill (with a set of useless armor to add) really makes me feel like a "hero." What's the point of such a title if it really makes no difference in the world?

If I were complaining, I would have said the ending were absolute crap, but did I? It was OKAY. All I'm stating is (and a lot of people earlier in the post agree) while it may have been cool to see two gods duke it out, it doesn't really give much for the player to appreciate. Shivering Isles ending? Great. Knights of the Nine ending? Great. Oblivion? Okay.

I would like a twist or a really hard battle like in Morrowind

This.

Changing your state of being to become a god yourself will be freaking awesome

Qft

I don't need an epic ending, just a satisfying ending. So what if the world is saved? Is my character happy? Are all mysteries resolved? Are there any unforgivable plot loophole?

I liked Oblivion's ending. It had an original twist about it. And, especially after knights of the nine and Shivering Isles, I'd say the character is epic enough that it doesn't matter if he fought Mehrune's Dagon or not. Granted, one shouldn't rely on DLC's, but it's made clear in all the praises (from Martin/Queen of Bruma/Statue in Bruma/Ocato etc) that people recognize your character doing epic stuff. Plus, as I said I found the ending original enough to like it with or without the DLC's. It won't have that kind of ending in Skyrim since the story obviously unfolds differently.

It has Dragons.

It'll be epic by default

Edit: It could also be epic in another way, like Tribunal's was. I don't think anyone expected the plot twist, but it fitted so well.

Yes, why not? But it should be different to the Oblivion ending. TBH, I didn't like the Oblivion ending, it was so, ugh, faux.

Oblivions ending was pretty epic if you did it at level 30, no Mehrune's Dagon was a prop but all the daedras who killed everybody and you run to the temple with martin following you, ended up dodging fireballs and had 20 high level daedras following you was pretty epic.
Still think Morrowind ending was better and the main quest much better but yes it was pretty epic.

:whisper: _{Mankar Camoran...}

After Oblivion has not a great story or ending I think Bethesda tries to make Skyrim as epic and awesome as they could.

Personally I think that the best way to make an epic, climactic ending is to have it end with character death.

But, uh, that idea didn't go down so well here...

If Alduin is truly Akatosh, then we'll be seeing a Dragon Break 2 and a bunch of different endings, maybe depending on which side of the civil war we pick or maybe we can choose to let Alduin destroy the world.

A poor substitue I'm afraid. He was insane, but not of the interesting variety . Too psychologicaly one sided, no subtelty and no charisma at all (given he was the head of a cult I had higher expectations). He pales in comparison to memorable villains like The Master or Irenicus. I hope Alduin is better but I'm not optimistic.

Actually, Oblivion's ending was kind of a letdown to me, in a large part because I wasn't the one doing the fighting. I just had to sit back, and watch the two big guys duke it out, it's like watching a cutscene only less satisfying because at least a cutscene would get a cinematic camera angle and epic music. In Oblivion, I watched the entire thing frrom first person on the ground while the generic dungeon music droned on. When I play a video game, I want to be the one doing the important things, if I want to watch someone I have no control over do it, I'll watch a movie. For this reason, I found Morrowind's ending more satisfying because I was the one who killed Dagoth Ur. It wasn't much better because the fight with Dagoth Ur was kind of underwhelming, but at least I got to fight him.

I take the fact that Bethesda is having us be the hero again as a sign that they've learned from the complaints in this regard, though, and I think this time, we'll be the ones getting the honor of stopping the main antagonist again, and with dragons led by a dragon god bent on destroying the world being our enemies, I can't imagine Bethesda going for anything other than an epic final battle with this one. Whether it will be satisfying, of course, depends on how well it's handled, and I'm not sure I should be confident in Bethesda being able to do a satisfying final battle for Skyrim.