About Skyrim Hearthfire... First i just got to say, that i really enjoyed the add on, so don't get me wrong as i say that i was still a bit disappointed. Now i have an house, with lot of stuff and things that is not really "my style" in it, why not different themes how to decorate? Also it would be nice if you could build an small wall around your house, to keep your farm animals safe, as mine were killed by bandits. I got married and adopted children, to see if there would be anything interesting in it. Like now you got two kids around, with no proper way to interact with them. Why can't i teach them stuff? Shape their personalities with talking and taking care of them? If they get hurt i could heal them my self, or just show em what plants they could eat to heal them self? Read them books about stuff that would shape their interests, so that they would be more interested in magic, or bow's and hunting? I play with an assassin type of a character, so i think it would be fun to teach the children about sneak and poison and stuff, to "leave my legacy" so to speak. I'm shure there are others with similar ideas, so would be nice to hear what you think of this.

I agree that hearthfire could have been better. I would like to have seen something similar to what they did with morrowind where you get to build a stronghold. As for your suggestions about interaction with your children. That is probably a bit unrealistic given the complex A I routines necessary, and the limits of radiant A I.

True, but still would be fun if there would be some way to interact more with them. Now they are more like an decoration at the house, and you don't really get anything out of adopting a child.

For the money ($5) it was pretty good. I definitely enjoyed all of the new stuff it added to the game. I too wish there were a better way to protect the livestock. Why do they go after your cows and chickens first for goodness sake?

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I agree.

Yep. It cost less than buying lunch for a day. A bit buggy at times, but I have no major issues for the price.

Everything you said here makes total sense and I agree 100%. In my honest opinion ( I could be wrong here ) the reason Hearthfire is as limited as it is is because Skyrim is a massive massive massive game. To add everything that you mentioned that would make Hearthfire better would push the game further beyond its limits.

I always feel like Hearthfire is missing something... Argonian children.

I have a lot of things I wish Hearthfire had added, but the only two real complaints I have that I feel should have totally been addressed in the game is the inability to make a home in Winterhold, and the whole pick from three, pick from three, pick from three, approach they used in house construction, rather than letting me pick which of the nine I wanted and put them in any position I chose.

Adoptable children of other races would have been nice too. As would have been the ability to make homes outside of the Nord aesthetic.

Outside of those things, and the bugs, I don't really have any problems with Hearthfire. I think it's my favorite of the DLCs, partially out of the fact that it feels like the only one that's priced completely fairly.

Try building a kitchen and cooking/baking in your house. There are some surprisingly powerful dishes among the recipes. Also, add the basemant. You can build a complete shrine to the nine divines as well as a full smithing set up with tons of storage.

I know what you mean about the kids and spouse but maybe adding all the things you describe would take a lot of time and make Skyrim into a different game so they made a business decision to not do so?

In addition to Argonian children, it would have been nice to have Khajiit and Elven children.

Yeah, would've been nice if we could build walls in defense of our homes. Along with hiring guards and being able to supply them with weapons and armors of your choosing, so they're not just the typical weak guards. At least weapons. But even if it were just average guards, that would still be nice.

Also think Hearthfire should've added the ability to set up camp at random, yet suitable locations. Only allowing one camp set up at a time, so the player can't over-do it and have fifty camps spread out across Skyrim.

And finally, I would've liked if you could choose where to put furniture and containers when you build them inside your home. That way, not every house is arranged almost exactly the same. Not to mention, the ability to remove furnishings if you wish.

i thought it was good for the price but yeah the "you can have any style you want as long as its nordic" thing about hearthfire was a bit dissapointing.

It gave us quite a lot for only being 5$.

For 5 bucks, it is pretty awesome.

Yeah, easily worth the five bucks. Though, I would've paid a full $20 if they expanded on it more with some of the suggestions made in this thread.

In the future, I want to see a house in which the furniture is placed with a glowing outline. That way, we can all get what we want and put it in the right place as well.

You mean like in The Sims?

It's a cheap price for a cheap feature. Good enough for me.

I agree. I would totaly put 20$ in buying the DLC, if it would give me more, but its still totaly worth the 5$ i spent. And as most of you have said, its totaly fairly priced.