Lose the Bats : V - Skyrim

» Fri Sep 16, 2011 1:22 pm

whoever said the bats were a horror movie cliche needs to go spelunking. bats love quiet, expansive tunnels and caves, hell theres a colony that lives under a bridge not far from where i live :foodndrink: we get along great.
just like wolves, bats are a misunderstood creature that has been revered and hated simply out of ignorance. they have a place in the caves of skyrim, and are a welcome ambient addition that makes the dungeon feel more alive.

And they eat mosquitoes. Therefore, they are good guys.

» Fri Sep 16, 2011 11:34 am

I Love it, im gonna hack and slash away at them and see if i can get Bat Dropping for some Potion out of them

Only thing missing now are Snakes. :hubbahubba:

» Fri Sep 16, 2011 5:49 pm

Make no mistake, I'm not arguing that bats don't exist in nature, just that the execution wasn't very natural. It reads like a trope, a jump-out scare, etc. and for that it is corny. I'd rather hear the bats and have it left to my imagination than see a poorly executed scripted event that transports me instantly out of the cave I was exploring and into the uncanny valley.

» Fri Sep 16, 2011 8:03 pm

And they eat mosquitoes. Therefore, they are good guys.

gotta luv those 'good' guys: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/11/first-vampire-bat-death-us_n_924996.html LOL

i think it would be really cool if they made them 'real'...skyrim real. not some tame cave dwelling nocturnal bug eater but more of a 'you enter our cave and we'll eat your face' kind of creature. :tongue:

» Fri Sep 16, 2011 11:34 am

Make no mistake, I'm not arguing that bats don't exist in nature, just that the execution wasn't very natural. It reads like a trope, a jump-out scare, etc. and for that it is corny. I'd rather hear the bats and have it left to my imagination than see a poorly executed scripted event that transports me instantly out of the cave I was exploring and into the uncanny valley.

Well... You seem pretty alone in that regard, mate. The rest of us seemed to enjoy it. And instead of making us think "Oh, that is lame" we think nothing really.. Because it adds to the atmosphere and helps pull you into the world, rather than pull you out in your case. Sorry.

Perhaps you should just mod them out if you are on PC? :thumbsup:

» Fri Sep 16, 2011 10:03 pm

I'll just politely disagree. I was happy when I first saw the bats. It added to my realism needs...you know, that 'immersion' thing.

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» Fri Sep 16, 2011 2:26 pm

Hey, not true! I had one guy agree with me!

» Sat Sep 17, 2011 1:15 am

You think it's a cheap scare? It's more like us scaring the bats. Felt no fear at all. More like "woah! cool bats!"

» Sat Sep 17, 2011 12:45 am

I hear bats only turn left when exiting a cave, wierd fact huh? Onlything wierder is how much attention these "Cheesy" thread got...

» Fri Sep 16, 2011 9:26 pm

The bats are awesome. #fact

» Fri Sep 16, 2011 2:21 pm

I liked them, but I agree that it was a bit obvious they were a fake effect when they disappeared in the (close) distance without a trace. But I guess it's either that or no bats at all since making them 'real' creatures that land somewhere and don't just disappear would eat more performance than it's worth.

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I think (hope) it was sarcasm.

» Fri Sep 16, 2011 4:33 pm

There is no room for sarcasm in this thread, this is clearly serious business.

» Fri Sep 16, 2011 11:34 am

Who cares....Seriously.
It's like a 2 second effect, why the hell complain about it?

» Fri Sep 16, 2011 12:54 pm

i think they add a lot to the feel of the cave im also going to try to kill them

» Fri Sep 16, 2011 11:41 am

Keep it civil please. Thanks.

» Fri Sep 16, 2011 11:31 pm

I dont mind them. I would have loved them if they werent just a "GHASP BATS ok now theyre gone" kinda thing but more of a few of them flying around all the time in caves, its also more realistic, but oh well.

» Sat Sep 17, 2011 12:46 am

Looked fine to me! Do you have any more complaints? :banghead:

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» Fri Sep 16, 2011 12:08 pm

I liked the bats that added to that feel when you entired the word wall portion of the burrow

» Sat Sep 17, 2011 1:34 am

The bats are fine.

» Fri Sep 16, 2011 2:42 pm

"Love the Bats"

Fixed your title.

» Fri Sep 16, 2011 2:04 pm

It looked good. Keep 'em.

» Sat Sep 17, 2011 1:32 am

It adds realism, but of course it did look strange when they flew of and disapeared ,, like kapoff.

» Fri Sep 16, 2011 6:27 pm

They look fine and they add to the atmosphere of being somewhere that not many other go...

I agree

» Fri Sep 16, 2011 8:59 pm

Grass looks stupid and even if they wouldn't they wouldn't fit into a grassland.

Lose the grass

» Fri Sep 16, 2011 3:26 pm

I've been in about 30 caves in my lifetime and I can tell you, all the actual pitch-black ones (that is, with no permanent lighting) were CRAMMED with bats.
BTW I saw one yesterday in broad daylight - took me 5 minutes to identify it as a bat, they're so darned fast