All right, we're back. Looking forward to this game, but I'm still hoping that this time there will be other activities to do especially when in cities and towns. I'm talking stuff like card games, gambling and contests like archery, hand-to-hand fighting (friendly or not). I know the arena in oblivion is close but its not quite enough. Red Dead Redemption went some way to adding these activities around the place, which was good, but I'd love so much more to see it in an elder scrolls game. Bethesda, just come up with a few unique games for Tamriel and throw in some contests that test physical and mental acuteness, which are advertised for certain days at a certain place. Oh yeah, and i never played Daggerfall (unfortunately), but the festivals idea sounds cool, and wouldn't go astray if included again.

But still, keep up the good work. Love these games. (Red Dead way overrated I say ) Eight months is too long...

I think it's been confirmed that there will be woodcutting, cooking, mining and metalwork in the small towns. Basically, each town has a source of income and some of them are ones you can take part in (one may be a farming town, so you could probably just pick their ingredients). I'm not sure what woodcutting will be used for, and I really like the idea of non-arena combat contests, but I wouldn't expect too much of that kind of thing considering this is a dark ages civil war, not a Renaissance fair.

I really like the idea of including activites like woodutting and cooking. It's going to make the game world even more immersive and it's great for roleplaying

With the addition of things like woodcutting and cooking, it sounds like Bethesda may be aiming to expand the non-combat aspects of the series, so you might just get what you're looking for. It waits to be seen how far the game will go in this regard, though. I could see Bethesda adding some gambling-type activities to the game too, who knows, maybe they'll even take after Obsidian with New Vegas and create their own. If they do, though, I hope it's not as unintuitive as caravan.

card games, darts, dog fights, basemant fight clubs, horse races, festivals, archery tournaments, game of cups (not the conman from mourhhold type) and most importantly topless drunk wrestling.

I like all of that except dog fights.

Dog fights should not be encouraged in any way, shape or form :down:

We are going to be playing a game where you can join a guild of assassins that worships a deity of murder and blood.... dog fighting doesn't sound that bad to me, because it is in a game!

Dog fighting is fine by me.

I'd like all the already mentioned contests, plus being able to play instruments, to decorate the house in more detail (hand placing the furniture), and some management options for my properties (farm, houses, shop).

In Oblivion, arena fighting is voluntary and the assassins guild is a parody. I don't think bethesda was encouraging any averrant behavior this way. Including dog fights would be a different thing (unless it's asociated with inbecile psychos, like they did with assassins in the case of Dark Brotherhood).

Don't worry. Skyrim is filled with all the superfluous stuff you can imagine. Stuff like woodcutting. You know you want it.

Don't worry, though! To prevent the game from getting too complex they cut out other superfluous stuff like the spell maker.

But I wonder if it'll be something interesting, or just a menu-driven clickfest.

yeah the woodcutting and farming sounds ok, a nice new group of features, but i just wonder how long you could really spend chopping wood, or ploughing a field. Could get boring fast. But then who knows, might be incredibly uplifting.

I wouldn't mind playing a game of chess against NPC while sitting in a tavern and drinking my ale. :turned:

I concur. (Awesome avatar btw. Best snes game ever.)

I was sort of caught off guard the first time I heard this. Definitely excited, but off guard. Only because I didn't expect Beth to actually give the option for players to do such things. Even so, its something that all the elder scrolls games could have used. Not to mention just farming alone really adds a great way to kill some time around a nice player made home, as opposed to just using a house as a place to sleep for free and through your hordes of treasure into. Simple tasks like chopping wood, cooking, farming, and stuff like that add depth to the game.