I don't think dragons could or should have been made more of a long ass poem.

Couldn't have posted something closer to blasphemy on the forums.

They fit with Elder Scrolls and to be honest with you glad they are going with a different look to many go with a-typical stuff.

Im surprised so many people are trying to be Wiley Coyote with the Rock, the Cliff and some really good timing, makes me feel better about putting that one down.

wow lol, you're hard to please!

Play Divinity II - Ego Draconis - Real Time Dragon Flight, Movement, etc.
Play Drakken - Real Time Old School Dragon Flight and you feel like the Dragon Riders of Pern perched up on that Wyrm.

I like the 4 legs + wings better than wyvern style, but have to admit Skyrim makes wyverns truly epic.

I just have standards thats all, just like a lot of people when a game comes out they always have complaints, those are mine, everything else is freaking sweet.

I think you should add a "Has a hoard of treasure" or something similar to the what defines a dragon poll!

The Dragon fight in the witcher 2 when you end up on the top of the tower had some if I recall t add to the list.

I think the Dragons look Epic!

I just can't believe someone is actually complaining about the precious dragons??? The one thing Bethesda was stoked about the most

They're not huge like the dragons of many other games. They're more like wild animals than a dude in a winged lizard suit, too (they've been animated to appear driven by their instincts rather than intellect, although I do realize Skyrim's dragons have been stated to be intellectual creatures.) I personally like the Skyrim dragons more than most others for precisely these reasons. I have no notion of these dragons being 'realistic' however, as a long tail is suggested by Earth's fossil record to be a major size penalty in flying vertebrates (Birds, bats, pterosaurs.) Then there's also the fact that they breathe fire, ice, and possibly other elements.

Even if these dragons appear to follow their instincts and aren't ginormous or six limbed, I wouldn't call them wyverns. Bethesda calls em' dragons, and fiction-makers can call their critters whatever they want.

If a developer/authour has not named their creature, I will call it a wyvern if it possesses venomous barbs, has only four limbs, no breath weapon and/or is not intellectual. I call it a dragon if it has six limbs, no venomous barbs, breath weapons, and/or strong intellect. If these traits are mixed together, I tend towards calling it a dragon.

http://images.wikia.com/godzilla/images/0/05/King_Ghidorah_Unleashed.jpg

http://www.freewebs.com/mothrasisland/king%20ghidorah.bmp

Dragons in other games seem more "epic" or "boss" only because they are an once per game boss encounter, scripted, does not free roam and revealed after a cut scene.

Skyrim dragons do not need cut scene intros to be badass.

It's beautiful. :cryvaultboy:

Fixed, they re-released the game after improving it, and added an expansion. Divinity II also had wyvern-esque dragons as well.

I think the Dragons are awesome. I love how when they use the shouts they actually sort of speak. I dunno if they'll be hugely epic though since they're supposedly a commonly found opponent. Hopefully they make a few of them really unique, intelligent and cunning. I can't wait to see what's in store for us when it comes to the dragons.

Anyone think they should be made a bit more intelligent so they realize, oh Im hurt maybe I should fly away and live to fight another day?

I think Dragons in Skyrim will be the best inception of dragons in any game ever made.

It all depends what you are comparing it to. To me comparing it to most RPGs with dragons I have played it seems epic but compared to the others it seems decent.

Great thread.

The Dragons in Skyrim look amazing.

I personally love wyvern design style:

http://www.milesteves.com/gallery/d/1121-7/ROF-crouch-2-72
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pvIzjDAzYJ8/TjTrZ_nZgPI/AAAAAAAABPk/OawWT_cFRtQ/s1600/vermithrax_class_demo_by_chainsawdroid-d3kzkil.jpg
http://blog.troulite.fr/arktoss/public/Dragons/Hungarian_Horntail.jpg
http://www.skyrim5.com/2011/07/skyrim-dragons/

They're all amazing dragons. I can't say really whether or not they could have made the dragon better. I mean, there's always room for improvement, but we haven't seen all the variant types. I wouldn't change the core design at all though.

The only improvement I see they could do is make the wings bigger.

I think they look great so far, from what we have seen.

The way they move, turn look at you in flight etc...Also in the battle on the tower, they had the frost dragon moving away, circling for a strike. Seemed to move well to me

Also you haven't even played correct? So kinda hard to judge so much until your sitting down playing for the first time.

You have seen better in another game? I sure haven't.

TES Dragons are more like Wyverns then your typical dragon..

Though they are still pretty awesome. I hope they are intelligent though.. both in tactics and in interactions..

I hope there is at least one neutral dragon that you can talk with.. and not shout at each other kind of talking...

Not sure if serious..... I mean seriously, these dragons look amazing, and if the battles we are going to have with them are even half as epic as the trailers we've seen they are going to blow away any dragon I've seen in any other video game.

Well, they're no Vermithrax Pejorative.