So I had started a topic here http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1229774-skyrim-world-size/ it basically just tells of what the world will probably feel like. You can kind of get the idea from the map markers and looking at the map.

I decided to start a new one but this time with a nice poll to get the general public's preference on what they would rather have in a game like this.

so have at it.

And sorry I'm a nub when it comes to actually putting these topics up still in this forum so I couldn't find an add a poll button to the last topic I tried or I wouldn't have made this one.

Again sorry for the minor annoyance

My usual gripe, turn off POI markers, the world just seems bigger, and you can put plenty of content without it feeling crowded. It's very simple, if stuff is harder to find, you can put more in the same size of map.

I trust Bethesda to be able to judge the right ratio far better than I trust a lot of forumites who think they know best. Keep it as it is, please. Big world (no matter what people may seem to think, I guarantee you Skyrim will be enormous) with plenty of content.

Yeah they should add a feature to pick and choose which POI you wish to show like caves/dungeons/towns/cities/ etc etc

I don't see how bigger map size means less content. I'd prefer a map many times bigger, with the same amount of gameplay content but just more spread out. More distances between cities, more wilderness to get lost in.

Even though I was expecting a larger map than Oblivion, I'm ok with it as is.

A smaller map with more content would just be silly. You wouldn't be able to move for dungeons, towns and cities.

Oblivion felt a little too crowded, there was a new dungeon around every corner. I'd rather have the same amount of content in a somewhat larger world.

A larger map with the same content as there is now. Oblivion felt crowded already and they claim to have even more content in Skyrim. I want to get lost in a dark forest, I want to climb a huge mountain. With a map of Oblivion's size and even more content that won't be possible. The Great Forest in Oblivion was a tiny grove and every 20 seconds another 'You have found location X' message would pop up. In Skyrim it will most likely be worse. Sure, it will never get boring since you will always find something to look at no matter where you go. That's great for people with a low attention span. But the landscape will feel relatively small and jammed together. I don't need to find a new location and quest every minute if I fight my way through a deep, atmospheric forest.

EDIT: So my vote is 4x the map size (which can be done realistically, 16x would be even better of course), same content as there is now.

EDIT2: And the poll is a bit weird. Do you mean content relative to size or total content? I think most people assume total content when they choose. No one wants less content, but I think many people would like to see it more spread out. Making the landscape bigger without adding more content wouldn't be that hard. Making the landscape bigger while still keeping the content per sqm the same would be unrealistic of course.

The right ratio of content for me is not in your poll. I want 2xContent and 10xSize.

Yes, I wanna travel with my horse and have to plan my trips. I want to travel between two cities in 15 minutes real time, on horse.

Your poll is terrible.

I want 30,000 time the content and 3 million times the landmass. Because they were too lazy to do this, I hate them. And everyone.

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if theres 1x content and 2x map size, what does that mean to you guys?

I mean, how do you measure the content?

Could not have worded it better. I agree with every word ^_^

:biggrin: Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner.

Exactly :goodjob: The only thing is they need more man power to do more of everything in the same period of time, supposing all the dungeons, cities, natural points of interest are handcrafted and not generated or copy/pasted.

No, they only need more people (or take more time) to make more wilderness. The amount of dungeons, cities, points of interests should stay the same.

I am satisfied with the current level of content, I want a bigger map keeping the same level.