» Wed Sep 01, 2010 1:35 pm I'm curious what you would wish to be in skyrim, and what should be left out, or improved. feel free to post what you like, and discuss it.
the biggest thing that I would like to see in Skyrim is consequence. the TES series prides itself with freedom, but while I had this freedom in oblivion, it was meaningless.
the world didn't change because of my actions, the people didn't react to me differently, none of my actions held any consequence. i could be in all guilds and organisations at the same time without anyone making a fuss.
I don't want that in Skyrim. I want my actions to evoke reaction in the world. for example:
i am a evil master spellsword, and walk into a small village. i start killing the locals. the cowards, women and children should flee to the closest other village/town at the sight of me killing things. the capable men and guards should attack me. however, they should realize after I slaughtered a bunch of them, that they are wasting their lives, and they remaining survivors should flee.
Maybe I kill the cowards with a well placed frost spell. some escape.
now, I loot the village.
if I done that in Oblivion, I would have a giant head bounty, that's it. or they would attack me on sight. but wait, I'm wearing a helmet! they wouldn't know my face! still I have a bounty. thats disappointing.
when I ride into the next closest town, I want to hear of my actions as rumors, ridiculous claims and extravaggated stories, maybe put the blame on a dragon, I want the survivors that came there to flee and scream if they recognize me. or tell me about their destroyed village if they don't. I don't want the news to spread telepathically to other cities. especially not if I made sure that there were no survivors.
I know that this is kind of a violent example. here's another.
we know skyrim is in a state of civil war. I don't want to just hear about it. I want to see this war. I want to see bands of warriors of the different factions fight it out in the wilderness, I want to be able to work for them, interact with them, make a choice who gets to be the next king. turn the tide of battle maybe, see how a faction is destroyed with the help of my support. I want to overhear discussions in the cities about it.
or maybe I'm an mass murdering assassin. if I kill someone in oblivion as assassin nobody talks about it, nobody cares, absolutely nothing reacts to your action. if I kill someone in a village, unseen, I want the village to react to the murder, hire more guards, be more suspicious, ask the stranger with knives and bow about if he knows something about it.
that is my biggest wish, a world that reacts to my actions, a living world. if I slay a freaking dragon I want to hear about it, see how the people's reaction change to me.
another thing I want is...nah, they know how to make their game.
what are your thoughts? what do you want? crossbows? polearms? tapdancing? drinking? legal duels to the death? interactive world? epic story? total freedom? mudcrabs?
