Samurai : V - Skyrim

» Tue May 17, 2011 12:42 am

http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/3063/screenshot20110126at253.png

Top right for Skyrim's Orc Armor.

That does look rather mongolian.

It would be cool if there were multiple styles to each of the armor types.

» Tue May 17, 2011 9:41 am

http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/3063/screenshot20110126at253.png

Top right for Skyrim's Orc Armor.

where did you find that video?

» Tue May 17, 2011 2:50 pm

Hopefully someday we'll be able to travel to Akavir, though that would most likely be in an expansion pack. The folks from Tamriel wouldn't be very welcome there. :laugh:

That would be great. There were rumors in Oblivion that the Nevarine went to Akavir, It'd be cool to see him/her, or just see what The Nervarine accomplished while he was there.

» Tue May 17, 2011 1:36 pm

i want a more asian influence. i want chinese and japanese weaponry, combined with samurai armour.

orcish and ancient elf armour should apear samurai imo

» Tue May 17, 2011 11:40 am

I noticed the strategically placed book on the legendary Frank Frazetta behind the artist. This is a good sign. :celebration:

» Tue May 17, 2011 6:27 am

where did you find that video?

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2011/01/26/the-art-of-skyrim.aspx

» Tue May 17, 2011 3:40 am

There's some Asian influence on Redguard culture, as well. Frandar Hunding is clearly inspired by Musashi, and the Sword-Singers by Samurai. Yokuda even sounds Japanese.

» Tue May 17, 2011 12:44 am

I noticed the strategically placed book on the legendary Frank Frazetta behind the artist. This is a good sign. :celebration:

Yes! I have that book actually, and love it.

» Tue May 17, 2011 3:21 am

Orc + samurai armor + samurai sword = win

» Tue May 17, 2011 8:57 am

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2011/01/26/the-art-of-skyrim.aspx

thanks

» Tue May 17, 2011 6:33 am

i want a more asian influence. i want chinese and japanese weaponry, combined with samurai armour.

orcish and ancient elf armour should apear samurai imo

I think the balance right now is just right. It just doesn't have sense to have a lot of chinese and japanese inspired stuff in a country that is inspired by scandanavia.

At the moment, I think the fact that much of it is not asian-inspired is sort of refreshing. There's a lot of Japanese influence in the gaming industry at the moment, and it's nice to see a primarily European influence in TES V (or so it appears from what we've seen so far).

Not that I'm against east asian influence, I'm a Japanese/East Asian Studies double major