My only fear is that, there making to big of a deal with being a hero.. and dragons.. and all that. I like staying a non-existent person and playing along with what the game has to offer.. I just don't want to much 'Pressure' or 'Focus' on Dragons/Being a hero.

My biggest fear is people expecting too much out of skyrim, than being let down and crying about it on the forums. And carrots might be too heavy.

http://elderscrolls.com/skyrim/media/screenshots/draugr-swarm/ SHOULD ALLEVIATE YOUR FEARS

You forgot to mention those who consider Bethesda God and themselves Bethesda's equivalent of the Pope, so that everything they say about TES is considered ex cathedra-uttered, infallible, holy writ.

Nobody is saying "Skyrim svcks!"
This thread is about fears.

It's about what people don't want in the game. Yeah, we haven't played it yet. But guess what? We're afraid that when we do, it'll have features we dislike.

could just be a silly pose. I wish devs would be clearer about little things like this.

Elaborating on whether or not you can block with a one handed weapon or with dual wield would not ruin the story or take the joy out of discovering new spells/abilities.

You didn't prove my opinions wrong at all - you just disagreed with my use of the word 'fact'.

I stick by what I said though. There ARE a lot of negatives to be taken away from the Q&A, as evidenced by peoples responses when it was released. There ARE a lot of people who don't know what's good the series. And core features of the series HAVE been streamlined or removed. You can call all of this my opinion, but I believe it to be fact... and nothing you've said has proven me wrong or made me think otherwise.

You mean like yourself? Fact 1 is an opinion, not a fact. A fact would be "A large number of the people on this forum appear not to know the difference between fact and opinion." Other than that, I agree with you.

On another note, one of my biggest fears is that so many people will get disgruntled over the changes being made that they will not play it simply on the virtue of "It's not Oblivion". To these people, you're right, it's not. But that's kind of the point. As an avid RPG player myself (as well as having completed Oblivion with about 20 different characters), I welcome the changes that Skyrim makes. The lack of a class system is a relatively simple way to make each and every character unique on each and every play through. The dual wielding is a great way to encourage a player to sacrifice something (realistically) to get something else. It's telling you that, sure! You can use this second sword, or spell, or whatever, just realize you can't block as well, or attack as well, or something else. The point is is that it adds a balance to the game that I don't feel that Oblivion had. And complaining about it is only going to bring down your expectations, and when you [the complainers] are off in the corner moping about how it could have been, those that actually enjoy the game for the independant entry to the series can praise it all they want. Because it's Bethesda; you know it's gonna be a great game, no matter what people complain about.

that is true Bethesda could do a better job on the confirmation. although the only weapon setup that they confirmed you couldn't block with is spell and one handed weapon

Not disagreeing that these things have existed in Beth games. Just taking issue with characterizing them (except enemies on compass) as "Things from Fallout". :shrug:

My only fear (though I really doubt this will happen) is that Bethesda will dumb down Skyrim in terms of depth in the story and character progression. I like the changes with leveling and what not, but i don't want it to become TOO simple of a game I guess. It's why I enjoyed and still enjoy Morrowind, there is a mysteriousness to that entire game for me that hasn't gone away since I first played it and I love it. Finding many places and items that are new STILL. I hope Skyrim will equal or even exceed with the feeling of discovery.

That dragons become the new oblivion gates...

That's true. However, the implementation left a lot (!!) to hope for (in both new Fallouts), imo.

That's a popular one. Oblivion gates were such a chore.
After a while I wouldn't even bother and just cast invisibility and run up to the orb ignoring everything on the way.

Steam is free, very small, and only adds features and benefits...why does it matter so much to you?

Actually, before Oblivion they used to occasionally do just that. They were always trying to reassure the nervous fans that the game wasn't being dumbed down and would live up to all their hype.

The Doomsayers, for the most part, ended up being right about their fears. They touted their 'Radiant AI' for Oblivion too, and it really turned out to be kind of a joke. I was one of the people then expecting Bethesda to deliver yet another stellar game after each game of theirs I played improved upon the ones before. Oblivion failed for me. Was Oblivion a great game? Absolutely... IF you had never played TES game before it. Dragon Age 2 is a great game too... IF you had never played Origins.

When a game fails to deliver an improved game over its previous titles in the series it is going to have detractors. Plain and simple.

I for one am hoping beyond hope that Oblivion was just an anomaly and that Bethesda has learned that actual gameplay and story is far more important than flashy graphics and button mashing. Skyrim might very well be the last TES game I buy if it turns out to be another Oblivion.

"Large number", "depressing number" :facepalm: Same freakin thing.

My only fear is that Skyrim will turn out as buggy as any other new release nowadays.