Stop worrying over Skyrim's size : V

» Sun Sep 04, 2011 12:09 am

Oblivion was bigger but it was filled with NOTHING. Drab countrysides with recycled environments... yawn. I'd take a "slightly smaller game world" anyday, in fact, I wouldn't even care if it was half the size, because of the amount of detail Skyrim is "supposedly" recieving.
If they deliver, I care not about the size.

» Sun Sep 04, 2011 1:36 am

Oblivion isnt bigger.

» Sun Sep 04, 2011 5:14 am

Oblivion wasn't bigger, they are the same size but Skyrim have much more content

» Sat Sep 03, 2011 11:36 pm

Oblivion isn't bigger, however I agree with the rest.

» Sun Sep 04, 2011 10:39 am

Oblivion is bigger. No reason to be in denial about it. Pete just keeps saying its "about" the same size as Oblivion which is a nice PR way of saying it is smaller. But it doesn't bother me.

» Sun Sep 04, 2011 4:18 am

Skyrim is about the same size as Oblivion, but with much more detailed environments and POI's.

» Sun Sep 04, 2011 1:43 pm

I've never worried about it. There will be plenty to see and do with the flatland, mountains, and underwater content.

» Sun Sep 04, 2011 1:05 pm

Oblivion is only bigger in the amount of land you can walk and actually do stuff on. Im not sure where people are getting boring and full of nothing, when if you look at a fully explored map there is a location every 5 feet

» Sun Sep 04, 2011 11:10 am

Oblivion's game world was a big empty open space when you think about it, nothing of interest really. Only maybe a dozen or so out of the 200+ dungeons were truly unique and interesting.

» Sun Sep 04, 2011 6:04 am

Oblivion isnt bigger.

C'mon, "around the same size" means "a bit smaller". If Skyrim was a bit larger than Oblivion, they wouldn't hesitate to make that clear, and it's not exactly the same size, because if it were, they wouldn't be so vague. Skyrim is smaller.

» Sun Sep 04, 2011 9:15 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrGJiOBPWTI&feature=player_embedded#!://

» Sun Sep 04, 2011 1:04 pm

Oblivion is bigger. No reason to be in denial about it. Pete just keeps saying its "about" the same size as Oblivion which is a nice PR way of saying it is smaller. But it doesn't bother me.

So just because he says it is about the same size makes it automatically smaller while also saying it is by far the biggest game they have ever made. When I hear the about the same size I think its probably just barley slightly bigger or just barley slightly smaller I don't think well gosh now what am I going to do in the game. You guys are way over thinking the "About" and giving it context that it doesn't have.

» Sun Sep 04, 2011 12:35 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrGJiOBPWTI&feature=player_embedded#!://

Soo bottom line. It is smaller but mountains make it seem bigger cause it takes longer to trek across.

» Sat Sep 03, 2011 10:52 pm

Size is not important tbh. It's all about how large the world feels, how much you can explore and how much you can do. There's more to explore in Skyrim than in Oblivion with more interesting views (so they say) so why make a scene that it might be slightly smaller than Oblivion?

» Sun Sep 04, 2011 3:09 am

morrowind was smaller than oblivion as well.. but for me it felt 10 times bigger = more content

» Sun Sep 04, 2011 10:48 am

They first said the truth; Skyrim is slightly smaller than Oblivion. Then came the doomsayers and started interpreting this that Skyrim was a lot smaller than Oblivion, and now they just say 'about the same size'. Considering some of the threads about it here on the forums I can't blame them.

» Sun Sep 04, 2011 12:40 am

As long as the landscapes look epic and vast, I'll be happy. To some extent, that is.

» Sun Sep 04, 2011 5:52 am

They're both 16 sq miles in size.

But Skyrim has mountains, 2-hour long dungeons, etc. So it is technically bigger.

» Sun Sep 04, 2011 4:36 am

The thing is you had things like county Bravil, that were long and narrow, and that prevents the player from exploring the regions. Also Oblivions mountians where huge and didnt promote mountain exploration like Skyrim duz...

» Sat Sep 03, 2011 10:00 pm

I'm not worried. :shakehead:

» Sun Sep 04, 2011 5:05 am

Soo bottom line. It is smaller but mountains make it seem bigger cause it takes longer to trek across.

if its smaller, which is pure speculation, it is not by much.

actual content and feel are considerably larger according to pete/todd.

» Sat Sep 03, 2011 10:25 pm

It isn't size that's Important, it's what you do with it.

» Sun Sep 04, 2011 4:16 am

Size is not important tbh. It's all about how large the world feels, how much you can explore and how much you can do. There's more to explore in Skyrim than in Oblivion with more interesting views (so they say) so why make a scene that it might be slightly smaller than Oblivion?

Not trying to make a big deal, but there's no point in denial. I personally don't care that Skyrim is smaller. So was Morrowind, and that felt quite a bit larger.

» Sun Sep 04, 2011 10:36 am

Oblivion was bigger but it was filled with NOTHING. Drab countrysides with recycled environments... yawn. I'd take a "slightly smaller game world" anyday, in fact, I wouldn't even care if it was half the size, because of the amount of detail Skyrim is "supposedly" recieving.
If they deliver, I care not about the size.

Oblivion is bigger. No reason to be in denial about it. Pete just keeps saying its "about" the same size as Oblivion which is a nice PR way of saying it is smaller. But it doesn't bother me.

Oblivion is only bigger in the amount of land you can walk and actually do stuff on. Im not sure where people are getting boring and full of nothing, when if you look at a fully explored map there is a location every 5 feet

C'mon, "around the same size" means "a bit smaller". If Skyrim was a bit larger than Oblivion, they wouldn't hesitate to make that clear, and it's not exactly the same size, because if it were, they wouldn't be so vague. Skyrim is smaller.

Can I see a source where Beth explicitly says Skyrim is smaller, and you guys didn't just infer that, or go off of what some article some dude wrote?

Also Skyrim will be bigger than Morrowind by loads. I'm happy. Morrowind had plenty to explore.

» Sun Sep 04, 2011 1:16 am

Can I see a source where Beth explicitly says Skyrim is smaller, and you guys didn't just infer that, or go off of what some article some dude wrote?

Completely inferred in my case, but Pete is always fuzzying up the truth, so it's not an unreasonable assumption.