So just as a reference on the size I paused this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSL-r9AIEEU around 4:50-4:53 and it says "Karthwasten" under the cursor.

So there you have it, Karthwasten is to be on the most western edge of Skyrim if you look up the map and Riverwood is about half way through the entire map.

though I might add that the most north western edge to the most south eastern one is a farther than just straight west to east.

From the look of it, I would have to say that Skyrim is probably a bit smaller than oblivion but I don't really care about that kind of thing because quality is much better than quantity and even though quantity can add to quality most games that have massive surface area don't tend to utilize all that area the best way they can, in all reality it's just empty space.

so in short I'll take Skyrim's way over oblivion's any day for sure.

I would also like to add a reminder that Skyrim has a lot of land that acts as a barrier and things of that nature that will cause you to trek around which will give you the pleasure of more adventure plus make the land feel much more alive and much more full filling.

PS. I love Bethesda game studios

I would have liked it to be at least 1.5x the size, but I can live.

having a HUGE world to explore was what made elderscrolls the best game on the market!!
it better be big or i dont want to play it .. and i certainly wont be spending 150 dollars for it if its small!

every new game from the elder scrolls keeps getting smaller and smaller ... and having less and less options! .. im really angry about it ... its basicly stealing from the customers! why? simple answer .. because we are under the impression from what we are told that everyt single new release is BIGGER than the last one ... lies lies lies and this is basicly all because they want more money! ... well i got no problem paying more money IF YOU GIVE US THE PROPER CONTENT WE ARE PAYING FOR!!

It's a little smaller than Oblivion most likely, how does that rate on your big/small scale?

It's approximately the size of Oblivion which came out extremely close to 4x4 miles. Which is 16 square miles.

Oblivion took from about 20 to 30 minutes to run across on foot.
It took about 10 to 15 minutes on horse.
If you followed the roads it was on the high side, if you took a straight line, it was on the low side.

This is truth that has been stated. Be upset or happy either way.

I don't know, looks like it could be bigger. :shrug:

The mountains and what not should at least make it feel bigger. We shall see.

well i can answer that with this :
morrowind III is about 10 times bigger than oblivion
.. i could care less about the stupid lies people have posted all over the internet with fake scales they have made to try and keep thier jobs by making people believe that oblivion is bigger than morrowind ... its my belief that bethesda has hired people to post comments and try to damage control so they get more people to buy the game!

You're wrong. Morrowind is smaller than Oblivion. By far. Your perception may be different because Oblivion included fast travel.

They aren't lies. In fact, you are the one perpetuating lies.

The bigger the world, the better. I'm an explorer when I play games. I like seeing new lands and new buildings to plunder. Meet new exotic people and kill them. :hubbahubba:

i have been playing morrowind III saince it was released about 10 years ago .. i know pretty good about the size of morrowind .. i know for a fact oblivion is MUCH smaller than morrowind

They should do the fast travel like Red Dead Redemption or GTA, take a hitch. Therefore you get to admire the scenery but no need to worry about controlling. Unless there's an ambush by bandits.

It is not as big as I hoped, but given the details and the development time, it justifies. I can feel svcked in worlds much smaller than this one (Gothic 1-2). But for TES 6 I hope they manage to have a bigger map without sacrificing detail. A map as big as Just Cause 2 would be great for a TES game.

Yeah, 'cause you all know how much Bethesda has been hyping Morrowind lately. Can we keep the insane conspiracies to a minimum please?

Could have been bigger...Oblivion is not quite big. For a free roaming world, the bigger, the better.
http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/large-video-game-worlds2.jpg

Morrowind fells larger because your character is slower compared to Oblivion, but Oblivions area is bigger than Morrowinds

So have I. And you're wrong.

Not by far, but it is a little smaller.

wow, never knew Daggerfall was that big :shocking:

Morrowind is a little smaller than Oblivion, by like 5 square miles. Also, there is no Morrowind III. Perhaps you mean TES III: Morrowind.

If by not far you mean 25-33%, sure.

It is, but don't you prefer a smaller but much more detailed world, drawn by hand? I know I do. But in the perspective of course I'd like the world to get bigger. I just don't want to trade the quality for size. if they can pull off a world 2xSkyrim big, with the same level of interest points, I'm the happiest. Besides let's take into account the expansions, each game that receives new lands with the expansions should be measured in total.

I still reckon 1.5 x the size with no more content would be better. It looks too packed, just look at the map and how big that little island where the saw mill is on Riverwood is. http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/2216/vlcsnap2011091223h32m55.png

I agree that a bigger world is awesome and that if they did keep the same amount of content that is going to be in skyrim now and just increased the size of the map I would probably still enjoy it just as much but they want a really detailed world hand crafted and it would take a lot longer to make the game as a whole.

They do have to get the game out sometime or the costs of making it don't really make up for the amount made, They do want to make a good amount of profit for their hard work.

And the bigger they make it the less content they can add on these disks.

The way I see it though is just that the world will probably take a long time to run from one end to the other so it probably won't feel small at all. On top of that it will probably feel more alive than any game previous with all the detail they put in it. So I don't like to spend my time thinking about what they COULD have done and what would make it BETTER. I like to spend my time playing a masterpiece of a game and play it how it is. It's almost to same to me to argue about real life physics in a fantasy game as it is to think they should of done more.

If they did everything they possibly could and made a game the size of a real world filled with hand crafted elements and millions of quests then there would be no need for progression. So you take what you get with a grain of salt and you accept them for what they are not what they could have been.

I wish they had 20 years to make it. Heh

I don't get how Morrowind has so much content and considering it's all handmade, quite a large world, and they had like 20 team members and now they have 100.