Morrowind and Oblivion

Post » Mon Nov 15, 2010 2:30 pm

There's a reason why you don't see a lot of Morrowind-looking structures (aside from Hlaalu) in real-life; they either don't work or are an inefficient use of resources. Cantons would require extensive temperature control, ventilation, and maintenance. Giant mushrooms would be full of spores and pests, and be constantly decomposing anything inanimate. Redoran buildings involve too much materials for not enough above-ground room.
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Post » Mon Nov 15, 2010 2:28 am

The elven lands are more exotic. The descriptions of the cities of Valenwood and the Summurset Isle also sound quite fabulous.

The human provinces of Cyrodiil, Skyrim, Hammerfell, etc. pretty-much look like those of various real-world human cultures.

In Cyrodiil, Cheydinhal has a very German-English (Tudor) style, Anvil might be something from Italy or the Adriatic, Leyawiin looks like a decaying Spanish or Portuguese colony, Chorrol is a bit of a French-style town, Skingrad is central European or German, Bruma is Scandinavian. And the Imperial City, of course, has Roman influence, with town houses that are probably more like something you might see in rich C17th century European cities.

Well, thats roughly my impression of them at least.
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Post » Mon Nov 15, 2010 8:54 am

Cyrodiil is like a melting pot of architecture...in a way, it's quite irritating. I would thoroughly love to see the Roman-esque architecture more widely used. In a way, when you travel from city to city, it's almost like stepping into a different time period...from the late Roman Empire to Medieval Europe. Would have been nice to see an architectural consistency.
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Post » Mon Nov 15, 2010 4:02 am

I'd rather see the "true" Cyrodiil, with jungles and Ayleid architecture and whatnot. If I recall correctly, that's what it was supposed to look more like. From what I've heard, it was severly downplayed.

I can watch the History channel to look at Roman architecture and whatnot, lol. I wanted to see something more original.
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Post » Sun Nov 14, 2010 11:56 pm

I'd rather see the "true" Cyrodiil, with jungles


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