Starting Out as a Kid? : V - Skyrim

» Wed Oct 27, 2010 5:29 pm

It's doubtful considering all the different species a player can choose from. We also have to expect the tradition of starting out in a jail cell.

» Thu Oct 28, 2010 3:44 am

No, I think that would cripple Role-Players worse than jail. Because the game would then dictate your own backstory of "growing up in Skyrim"

I'm personally hoping for jail again and with a skippable tutorial at that.

» Wed Oct 27, 2010 6:41 pm

NO.

I want to make my own back story and this is TES. It wouldn't be TES if you didn't start in jail for some reason or another.

This (except for the jail part).

It doesn't fit TES.

» Wed Oct 27, 2010 11:09 pm

Didn't even want kids in the game. So no, I definitely don't wanna play as one.

How bout something we haven't already done?

» Wed Oct 27, 2010 3:36 pm

No, I do not want to start out as a kid.

» Wed Oct 27, 2010 12:10 pm

No just no

» Wed Oct 27, 2010 8:42 pm

No, I do not want to start out as a kid either. Fallout 3 did a great job with it but the circumstances involved in the vault made sense, but in Skyrim it has no place in the game IMO.

The prison theme is pretty cool but I prefer a different beginning, such as a begger or a working a farm under a harsh plantantion owner.

» Wed Oct 27, 2010 11:59 pm

Nah because then we wouldn't be able to talk about ourselves dying on the forum

:biggrin:

As for the idea of starting out as a kid: Nah...

» Wed Oct 27, 2010 1:11 pm

... maybe a Conan the Barbarian start...

» Wed Oct 27, 2010 9:05 pm

No, I wanna start in the jail of some small town that gets blown up by a dragon. Macho tutorial, none of this growing up nonsense. Wanna learn to fight? Well tough luck, this is Skyrim. Here's a dragon.

» Wed Oct 27, 2010 10:11 pm

You're just walking in the countryside ( for a reason unknown to us) and then a Dragon slams you into a rock. You're saved by a mage who barely manages to heal your serious injuries. However you've forgotten everything that's happened up to this point in your life.

Maybe not thaat specifiaclly, actually I'd want something better than "A dragon knocked you over", but the whole head wound/amnesia thing is something I'd want to see.

» Wed Oct 27, 2010 3:58 pm

Nah because then we wouldn't be able to talk about ourselves dying on the forum

:thumbsup: Best reason for not stealing the Fallout 3 opening sequence.

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» Thu Oct 28, 2010 2:54 am

No, I wanna start in the jail of some small town that gets blown up by a dragon. Macho tutorial, none of this growing up nonsense. Wanna learn to fight? Well tough luck, this is Skyrim. Here's a dragon.

OMG Yes. This should be the entire tutorial. Sig'd btw

» Wed Oct 27, 2010 9:09 pm

I think we should pick out what we did that made us wind up in jail

» Wed Oct 27, 2010 11:10 pm

The idea that kids have been introduced makes me wonder, will there be a tutorial of us growing up? I think it's plausible, whether I like it or not. What do you think?

This isn't Fable.

» Wed Oct 27, 2010 3:46 pm

Starting as like say a teenager and watching your village get completely destroyed by a dragon would be good enough motivation for me to get out wanting revenge just to find out im the last dragonborn

» Wed Oct 27, 2010 11:27 pm

Bad idea. :sick:

» Thu Oct 28, 2010 5:01 am

Starting as like say a teenager and watching your village get completely destroyed by a dragon would be good enough motivation for me to get out wanting revenge just to find out im the last dragonborn

*sniff sniff*

COOOOOONAAAAAN!

» Wed Oct 27, 2010 11:36 pm

I think the whole point of the prison starting point is so you can invent your own backstory. Which is one of my favorite things about the TES series. So no thanks.

» Wed Oct 27, 2010 11:23 pm

I would say maybe an alternative to prison like maybe riding on a carriage or even a bar or tavern would work. As long as you can still craft your own backstory I don't care about the specifics.

» Wed Oct 27, 2010 7:28 pm

wait...that kid idea gives me a speculation...maybe there is a "Fallout 3" like beginning...and you actually have family members that get killed in a dragon attack...and Esbern raises you...it would be cool

» Thu Oct 28, 2010 4:02 am

Prison. It's gotta be prison.

» Wed Oct 27, 2010 11:32 pm

No. Starting off as a child would require too much dictating of the player's role. By that I mean it would become less your character and more BGS's character. Traditionally, the player has been able to decide on their own what their background story was going to be, if any.

» Wed Oct 27, 2010 10:08 pm

NO.

Plus, it's tradition to start out at a prison.

» Wed Oct 27, 2010 2:58 pm

I'd rather not.