skyrim needs to be the most graphically impressive game for : V - Skyrim

» Sat May 28, 2011 9:06 pm

There's more to graphics than sheer photo-realism. Just look at Skyrim. The beautiful shadows and lightning, the breathtaking vistas and the rolling fog on the mountain slopes.

Skyrim simply looks genuinely good. :celebrate:

» Sat May 28, 2011 9:00 pm

Also, someone's gotta confirm this for me, the dragon fight in the trailer, wasn't and actual fight was it? It was rendered right. Like a cutscene? I heard Bethesda came out and said the whole thing was just first and third person perspective's of fights. But the dragon battle is to cinematic...Or have I underestimated Bethesda?
Speedtree, that was it. It was hilarious sometimes though, it was like the tree was looking at you sometimes. Walking by one in Cheydinhal....scary stuff

The dragon fight was shot in game on a xbox 360, not a pre rendered scene. Some discussion if it was a actual fight or a scripted scene like some of the character interaction in Oblivion.
I guess it was a real fight, but with lots of saves and reloads to make it look just right. Afterwards they clipped it together

» Sat May 28, 2011 9:54 pm

You sir have annoyed me not only have Beth worked hard for 5 years on this and u feel u can de value that in 5 mins, critiques do not use words like bad or horrible that's the most pathetic thing I've heard on here in a while, it's a open world rpg designed on xbox get a grip it's looks great for what it is...if you are over 16 I'm very disappointed with your grasp of the subject matter.
I'm fed up will the negative down right abusive attacks on this game, it's not perfect but how can it be grow up people and understand what to exspect within the relems of pissability I knows it's a fantasy game but your mind is not get ur facts straight. the only peice I'll agree with is more games should support dx11 but will the issues involved and the current trends I don't see it being important compared to the chances in animation quality and game features. I'm done, hope all the kids can grow up and c that skyrim is shaping up to be one ofthe best games All Round ever made.

For a person who is telling others to get their facts straight, you sure don't have yours... :shrug:

Very much agreed with what PhYoshi said above me. :thumbsup:

And please don't generalize and potentially flamebait by calling all others who don't share your opinion "kids that need to grow up." If anything, insults like that have you come off more as a kid than the people you're insulting. Not saying you are, just saying it makes things seem that way.

» Sat May 28, 2011 11:04 am

Blind followers are blind. Let people express their thoughts and opinions. Asking people to "go outside" just because they want realistic graphics are absurd. I could say the same about your lore, go to a library and read a book. Impressive and realistic graphics for many players equals immersion and just adds to overall gameplay experience. Just like a good story or piece of lore might improve your immersion. Also, just because someone likes good graphics that excludes him from being able to enjoy or like a good story or lore as well? They are not mutually exclusive. So please, stop being so selfish!

Personally, I'm happy with the graphics, for now at least. I'll wait with my "judging" till I've seen some solid and cohesive gameplay from a PC and not just short clips and bits.

» Sat May 28, 2011 2:12 pm

Anyone who thinks this game needs better graphics is a unappreciative BRAT and has no IDEA how to begin building a game let alone the engine to run it, Then again I'm old and not a little crybaby.

» Sat May 28, 2011 8:12 pm

The dragon fight was shot in game on a xbox 360, not a pre rendered scene. Some discussion if it was a actual fight or a scripted scene like some of the character interaction in Oblivion.
I guess it was a real fight, but with lots of saves and reloads to make it look just right. Afterwards they clipped it together

It was his breathing that made me think otherwise. He's panting, it just looks very cinematic. Also his movements, sometimes he was sitting down and stuff.

» Sat May 28, 2011 4:01 pm

Once again, let me point out that they used a Xbox for the graphics and gameplay for the trailer. They are most likely trying to attract more console players.

» Sat May 28, 2011 12:32 pm

oh, one of these topics again?

This is most likely OLD gameplay.

» Sat May 28, 2011 5:49 pm

This is most likely OLD gameplay.

http://twitter.com/DCDeacon/status/36445632025731072

True, that post doesn't pertain to footage and more to screenshots, but you can only imagine it would be the same matter.

Besides, why would they show off old footage less than a year from release? Wouldn't it make more sense to show the game at it's current best to get people even more hyped for it?

~~I'll edit in proof for that statement later. Right now, twitter seems to be down.~~ :brokencomputer:

» Sat May 28, 2011 10:29 pm

they still got like 200 days to work on this, so just calm down and wait how it'll turn out
and it already looks real good in my opinion

» Sat May 28, 2011 7:53 pm

Personally, I found that trailer to be stunning. So I think the game's already fulfilled the requirements of the OP. /shrug

While, yes, it would be nice if they included the option of DXwhatever for the subset of people with monster rigs...... not if it takes away resources that are needed to complete game features for everyone.

(One thing all the graphics snobs need to realize - at some point, there won't be any "better" you can make the graphics in games. Not and have it be noticeable by anyone who's not a computer engineer studying the source code. "It's got DX13 support!" becomes meaningless if you can't tell, with the naked eye, how it's different from DX12.)

» Sun May 29, 2011 1:40 am

What this game needs is fans with realistic expectations.

/thread

» Sat May 28, 2011 7:58 pm

Three Things:

1) No it doesn't need to be.

2) It looks fine as of now.

3) There's no way they can make it look better than the http://gamerinvestments.com/video-game-stocks/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/the-witcher-2-assassins-kings-pc-e3-screens-1.jpg.

What this game needs is fans with realistic expectations.

/thread

QFT.

» Sun May 29, 2011 2:18 am

3) There's no way they can make it look better than the http://gamerinvestments.com/video-game-stocks/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/the-witcher-2-assassins-kings-pc-e3-screens-1.jpg.

I'm a big fan of Witcher but I don't think it looks better than Skyrim.

» Sat May 28, 2011 5:20 pm

You should look at some Witcher 2 gameplay vids, it's Graaphics are years ahead of Skyrim. It might be one of the best graphics wise in the last 5 years. Certainly up ther with Crysis, Metro

» Sat May 28, 2011 11:26 am

You should look at some Witcher 2 gameplay vids, it's Graaphics are years ahead of Skyrim. It might be one of the best graphics wise in the last 5 years. Certainly up ther with Crysis, Metro

No. As much as I love The Witcher, and as great as the game looks, they aren't years ahead of Skyrim and certainly not up there with Crysis.

» Sat May 28, 2011 5:00 pm

I wish It becomes the best engine and with everything game ever

» Sat May 28, 2011 9:46 pm

This game looks fantastic as it is. Please bear in mind that the trailer was showcasing the Xbox version, so the textures would have been limited to a smaller memory and draw distances would also have been reduced. BUT what I saw was truly impressive, if Bethesda can put that much detail into the 360/PS3 then we're in for a treat on the PC.

I'll be getting this for the PC version and then later as a GOTY edition with the next gen xbox, I'm positive they'll introduce forward scaling i.e. 1080p with all the graphical bells and whsitles upgrades/unlocked.

» Sat May 28, 2011 5:13 pm

This gamplay video is for Xbox. If you want shiny graphics, then go buy/upgrade a pc, cause Todd told that the pc version will have antialiasing and higher resolution than the consoles.

Thats why it looks unimpressive to som people, cause its the console version.

» Sat May 28, 2011 10:26 pm

Bethesda is known for releasing a game and causing every current gen video game maker to step back and wonder, "how'd they do that". Within Elder Scrolls, they have done this since Morrowind so I hope that they will continue the tradition with Skyrim.

I thought the official Skyrim trailer looked great but I'm hoping that they further polish the graphics even still before its release. I was comparing both the official trailers for both Oblivion and Skyrim last night and it's more than obvious that there is a large improvement. But it also made me realize that what you see in that trailer is what you get in game as this was the case with Oblivion's trailer. The only thing is, Bethesda has released this trailer a lot earlier than they did with Oblivion. My guess is that they felt Oblivion's initial sales were not as strong as they hoped so they have upped the marketing machine on Skyrim.

» Sat May 28, 2011 1:37 pm

Graphicly impressive..... Crysis 2 is coming out this year you know.... They have no chance

» Sat May 28, 2011 11:57 pm

Todd told that the pc version will have antialiasing and higher resolution than the consoles.

Which is to say nothing. Any game can be put at the maximum resolution your monitor supports, and Anti-Aliasing can also be forced via your graphics card' drivers.

What Skyrim would need to look better on PC are mainly hi-res textures, Havok Cloth or similar (if not already implemented) and DX11 support.

» Sat May 28, 2011 8:04 pm

I'm a big fan of Witcher but I don't think it looks better than Skyrim.

I like the art direction that Skyrim is taking as appeals to me more than the Witcher's. However, I feel that the Witcher does have better graphics.

As for the topic, I appreciate the work done by the developers. The game does looking visually stunning with all the overwhelming vistas. Although, I feel that the leaves could look a tad bit better and same goes for the facial animations too. All-in-all though, I satisfied with what I've seen in the trailer.

On a side note, I was wondering whether the cities will be open, since I don't particularly see any walls erected around these buildings - http://oi54.tinypic.com/14vmob7.jpg and http://oi52.tinypic.com/2vcauy9.jpg. I could be wrong though.

» Sat May 28, 2011 7:36 pm

we are speaking of a HUGE open world game, not a lineare shooter. as the open enviorment are so big it will take alot of memory. games like Crysis and CoD are all greate games with top notch graphics, but when it comes to games like tES and Arcania graphics can't match those games when it comes to graphics just becuase of the huge enviroment . on top of this, the game is prpably just in pre-alpha state, wich is leally far from a finished game. Personally i have a feeling that Modern Warfare 3 or Crysis 2 will have the best graphics of the year. if the game is good, it doesn't need better graphics than it has allready. to Bethesda: do not worry of the graphics work on getting more equipment and other items to the game, and keep up the good work. graphics ar perfect as it is

» Sat May 28, 2011 10:50 pm

While I love great looking games, I'd rather it be fun to play instead of screenshot material. If the game is beautiful but boring, why bother. I realize that you can have the best of both worlds but being the best at anything is usually a pretty lofty goal. I'm fine with how it looks although I could certainly nitpick about some things (texture sizes, tesselation etc.) but I'd rather be sure that the gameplay is there. It is fundamental to a TES game, moreso than the graphics.