A fear I have about Skyrim : V - Skyrim

» Fri Nov 12, 2010 1:22 am

I have a feeling it will resemble Oblivion Gates. Fun at first, but then boring (understatement) later. Although, the dragons will have multiple shouts, which could make things more interesting.

I just hope we aren't forced into fighting them. I want to delay the main quest so I can carry on with my life without the fear of Dragons every 5 minutes.

This.

I trust Bethesda to make dragon fights a bit more varied though, so I'm good.

As for being forced into fighting them, maybe they are like Oblivion Gates. They don't appear until you've made a little progress in the MQ.

» Thu Nov 11, 2010 5:10 pm

Do any of you think we might get new info on dragons/dragon encounters next week at e3?

Probably.

» Fri Nov 12, 2010 2:15 am

Alright, so as we all know, one of the things that is supposed to stand out about Skyrim is its "epic" dragon battles. This is really what drew me in to this game. Todd Howard has described this as "shout battles". My greatest worry is that the fights between us and these giant dragons will become repetitive. Such as, you shout at it, it falls, a couple of hacks with a sword, it flys away, shout again, attack with sword again, flys away.....etc.
Now, dont get me wrong, I have all the faith that the dragons will be awesome. I guess im just paranoid because we have yet to see a demo of the game with a dragon fight in it or any kind of demo at all. We saw the gameplay trailer but it is difficult to say that is how dragon fights will be because we did not see it through the eyes of the player. With E3 right around the corner, I hope we see our dragon fight.

In no way am I saying that the dragon fights are the best thing about Skyrim, it is merely what drew me into the game.

Im really interested to hear your guy's opinion. How do you think the fights/encounters will go? Do you think they fears of them being repetitive are legitimate?
Thanks!

that is a pretty big worry, but i think itl be fine
theyve said the dragons will vary so i hope that mixes up the challenges (as long as they actually vary in attack types and looks, rather than a few color changes and different shouts being the only real variation between different kinds)

» Thu Nov 11, 2010 8:52 pm

I have a feeling it will resemble Oblivion Gates. Fun at first, but then boring (understatement) later. Although, the dragons will have multiple shouts, which could make things more interesting.

I just hope we aren't forced into fighting them. I want to delay the main quest so I can carry on with my life without the fear of Dragons every 5 minutes.

well at least dragons could kill u and the whole thing might take 5 minutes so it can NEVER be as repetitive as OB gates

» Thu Nov 11, 2010 10:52 am

I think the fact that we have to absorb their souls in order to unlock more powerful shouts will keep us entertained, till you level up all your shouts to max of course.