I'm sure this has already been addressed on the boards but I was unable to find it. Is there going to be some sort of "Realism Mode" in Skyrim similar to the "hardcoe Mode" in Fallout New Vegas. I know it was developed by Obsidian and only published by Bethesda, but that was one of the biggest draws of the game to me. It would actually be a rather large let down for me if Skyrim, which on paper looks a century ahead of New Vegas, is missing that insanely amazing draw. Especially since it doesn't seem like it would be that difficult of an addition to add, even in a patch or something. It just adds such a large degree of immersion to such an already immersing game. It creates a different degree of human (or Khajit or Argonian etc...) connection to your character by making them require fuel and rest to perform at their peak.

Does anyone else have thoughts on this, or have you heard anything? I get that maybe water would be an issue, but you could drink out of streams and there could be canteens or something. Idk, just a thought...I just really hope it's in there.

No.

Is that on the record or just your opinion? And if it is on the record, can you tell me where to look to find it? I'd like to see if there's a reasoning...just curious

No.

And you can look on Google.

It won't be in the game, unfortunately. But on the bright side, there's always mods.

Been confirmed there's no HC mode, can't be arsed to find the source tho.

No, but you can do 'Realism mode' outside your house.

-Mr. Maric

There won't be one in vanilla, but I can guess mods will add it in.

They added in a hardcoe mode to FO3 through mods, so there is hope.

Just wait for a mod to come along.

Personally I would welcome a 'hardcoe' mose for future TES'. Would bring a whole new level of immersion.

I Agree, it will totaly add to da imershunz to the eldar scol gam.

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theres no hardcoe mode... that will have to wait until i can afford a gaming PC+ mods

I guess that I just think it would be a cool feature to have to worry about freezing to death in the frozen wastes, as opposed to being able to run around naked, diving into all the thinly-frozen lakes and rivers you can find.

Food, drink and sleep are a bit less of a concern for me, but I suppose I wouldn't mind monitoring them.

if there was a "hardcoe" or survival mode for Skyrim then the game would have to be built with it in mind instead of just hastily tacking one on at the end of the development cycle like what was done with New Vegas, it would have to become a major part of the game instead of just a half arsed option added after everything else has been finalised. So far I have heard nothing of a Survival mode in Skyrim which is just as well as if it were anything like the job Obsidian did then they might as well just leave it as a job for the modders as I am sure that they could do it just as well if not better than what was in New Vegas.

Sleeping and eating does provide some benefits, but its not like you will lose health or die if you don't.

I totally agree that a hardcoe mode would be great, but I think it will have to be a mod.

I understand this playstyle for certain games, but the level of detail and 'realism' afforded to us in Skyrim is already pretty intense. If you want to get down to the nitty gritty details of having to sleep or eat to survive, you can roleplay that way. You don't need to have the game set those limitations for you.

You want realism in a game filled with magic, beastpeople, dragons and what not?

What the wolfman said...

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TES is not like Fallout. In a strange turn of events, Fallout MIGHT actually happen (maybe even the whole mutation thing), but TES obviously can never happen. In other words, Fallout is much much much more realistic than TES, and adding that extra realism makes more sense on a game like that.

Still, hardcoe mode would be fun and could still make sense on a game like this. They should still release it as DLC or something, for those of us that want it.

I disagree Greywolf, the game itself is already built around deep immersion by having the ability to cook and eat and drink items around the world. That's why it was so great in New Vegas...the game already lends itself to the hardcoe mode...it seems like it should just be as easy as a switch...I'm still looking for the official announce of no realism mode, but needless to say I'm pretty bummed I'm getting on 360 as my PC can't handle it's awesomenss.

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