Is Tamriel filthy?

Post » Thu Aug 19, 2010 1:05 am

Yeah, Daggerfall dungeons are pretty nasty. I love Daggerfall; still have the demo that came out in 1995.
Ya know, even nowadays in the 21st century, there are many places around the world that are filthy and squalid, like in Brazil and Africa, there are towns were it looks like Jabberwocky, if not worse.

But like Iliana said, the developers weren't very good at pulling the "filthy" look off, probably because they didn't care. After all, it's just a video game. If Bethesda made a video game of Compton or Inglewod, California, haha, man, I'd sure it would look nothing like what it really is. Or hell, even downtown Los Angeles with its myriad of homeless people pissing in alley ways and what not... Bethesda would probably make it look like Beverly Hills because they're too time pressed to add in trash and filth. Ah well, that's a computer gaming business for ya.
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Post » Thu Aug 19, 2010 2:40 am

But like Iliana said, the developers weren't very good at pulling the "filthy" look off, probably because they didn't care. After all, it's just a video game. If Bethesda made a video game of Compton or Inglewod, California, haha, man, I'd sure it would look nothing like what it really is. Or hell, even downtown Los Angeles with its myriad of homeless people pissing in alley ways and what not... Bethesda would probably make it look like Beverly Hills because they're too time pressed to add in trash and filth. Ah well, that's a computer gaming business for ya.


Because adding trash is what makes a game great!
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Post » Wed Aug 18, 2010 2:33 pm

Because adding trash is what makes a game great!

I personaly choose my games on gameplay and story and all that sort of stuff, not tras?
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Post » Thu Aug 19, 2010 3:47 am

I don't know why (I think it's the http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPdL2nSuiYM&feature=PlayList&p=4594D5EF6C24616E&index=29), but I always imagined the Imperial Simulacrum during the events of TES: Arena as a dark age in Tamriel's history. Not just in terms of political decay, but I've always viewed the time period with a darker theme (probably simply due to TES1's darker and more DnDesque theme). Still, if anybody ever makes a total conversion of Arena or a flashback to Arena, I imagine the city streets as being dark and ill-kempt, the entire world considerably more depressing than it is in Morrowind and Oblivion.

I thought this, too. It's a mini Dark Age. I mean, what with all the goblins randomly turning up in towns all the time, there's bound to be a bit of stink.
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