Previous Elder Scrolls games have been technically advanced : V

» Sun Jun 15, 2014 7:02 am

Past Elder Scrolls games - especially the fourth one, Oblivion - were technically advanced in their time. Animations always left something to be desired and character models were somewhat "rough" but on the whole earlier games

looked rather impressive.

The beauty of Skyrim is not in the textures, character models or in realistic lightning. Artistically the game is gorgeous but on the technical level Skyrim simply doesn't match its predecessors.

» Sun Jun 15, 2014 8:47 am

I actually disagree with you on Oblivion. The problem with creating a game for the next generation is that you don't entirely know what it's going to be capable of. You end up going big and scaling back which is exactly what happened with Oblivion.

The fact that both Oblivion, Fallout and Skyrim were released for the Xbox 360 speaks wonders for how much they've accomplished from a technical standpoint. PC gamers continue to push Skyrim's visual limits so long as you have the hardware to back it up.

With Bethesda staying fairly quiet about what they're currently doing, and with "next gen" consoles being out for some time now, they're probably going to accomplish a lot from a technical standpoint with their next title. :smile: