Should there be "fun" things in Skyrim? : V - Skyrim

» Wed Jan 05, 2011 6:13 pm

Two words.

COW TIPPING.

if they have cows in this one

» Wed Jan 05, 2011 7:47 am

Fatman/Optimus Prime/magicbobbleheads was a very silly thing to have in a morally dark survival RPG like Fallout. :whistling:

Hasn't Fallout always been black comedy? With http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Zeerust by the bucketload.

» Wed Jan 05, 2011 6:18 pm

if they have cows in this one

I'm sure we can go 1-up and do minotaur tipping instead.

» Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:37 am

Two words.

COW TIPPING.

Yes yes omg yes

» Wed Jan 05, 2011 4:42 pm

Absolutely, as long as it isn't too much of a stretch. Sometimes miscellaneous activities can make a game and serve as a refreshing distraction from the mundane minotaur garroting.

» Wed Jan 05, 2011 4:02 pm

No! Skyrim is supposed to be boring! Keep your fun out of my Skyrim! :swear:

» Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:14 am

It IS an RPG, but it is [insert whatever word works for you = realistic, immersive, etc]. I appreciate the need to keep everything circumspect, *NO FUN ALLOWED DRAGONS HAVE RETURNED* signs all around Skyrim, but that's just not the nature of most cultures. Even in the darkest of times continuing to do fun things was like making a statement, "we're not going to let you get us down! You may burn our town, but we'll ski away fast and you won't get us!" :wink_smile: hehehe Whether skiing is in or not this thread is asking for ideas of "fun" things and I'm hoping Bethseda has some stuff in store for us! :tes:

I highly doubt any of this stuff will be in the game, so meh. Well it looks like the modders already got some ideas to work with the game releases.

» Wed Jan 05, 2011 6:17 am

People this is supposed to be a serious fantasy RPG. Winter sports and activities would just be silly. Theres a Dragon over there, oh well lets go ice skating! LOL.

Before they were part of winter sports, things like snowshoes, skis, and dogsleds were used..... as a way for people to travel across the snow!

("Hey, if we put big wide things on our feet, we won't sink into the 5-armlength-deep snow!" "Hey, if we make them long and smooth, we can go a lot faster!" "Hey, if we stick a cart on top of those long smooth things, we can carry lots! And make the dogs do all the work!"

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On skiing being "serious"..... the Nordic countries had ski-mounted soldiers in WW2 (and, presumably, at other times). The Biathlon event in the Winter Olympics references things like this - distance skiing, broken up by opportunities to take the rifle off your back and shoot stuff.

» Wed Jan 05, 2011 8:37 am

cooking

herbing

farming

woodcutting

fishing ?? !!!

smithing

alchemy

enchanting

puzzles

yah I think we are covered.

» Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:31 am

Penguin olympics make more sense. i know, penguins dont exist in Skyrim, then take seals or Barry Manilow miniatures, sth like this.

» Wed Jan 05, 2011 10:30 am

i always wanted to hunt deer in oblivion but they were too skitish (spelling?).
i hope we can hunt them like the picture depicts, being able to sneak up on it

» Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:30 pm

People this is supposed to be a serious fantasy RPG. Winter sports and activities would just be silly. Theres a Dragon over there, oh well lets go ice skating! LOL.

Isn't one of the biggest points of the game that it can be a serious RPG if you want it to be, but you can still have humor in it, if you wish there to be? You can choose to avoid skiing if you don't like, but others can have the option. On a side note, if there was no humor or silliness in TES games you wouldn't have Maiq, The Adoring Fan or the Lusty Argonian Maid, which are all things we know and love about TES.

» Wed Jan 05, 2011 10:43 am

there should be a daggerfall arcade machine in one of the taverns.

» Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:21 pm

High Hrothgar should be like the Bat Cave with all kinds of high tech gadgets. Esbern is Alfred and the Greybeards are your sidekicks.

The Dovahkiin Cave!

» Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:29 pm

I'll make my own "fun" regardless.

Hunting, primarily. Generally surviving in the wilds by my own wit and skill.