yea maybe bethesda should make a game set in a hallway where everything is renderd to perfection. the game ends if you reach the end of the hallway which takes 1-2 mins depending on your skill to use keyboard and mouse

i bet thats your GOTY

THe games graphics look great to me and most important they run on my current computer. They run smooth and I've only had two CTDs after 30 hours of play

This is before any major patching too

:D

Overall I think it looks great. With a tweaked .ini and with a few mods, I think my game looks gorgeous.

Also in my opinion, the game is not supposed to be focused on the graphics of tiny little details, that will just disappoint you "visually". Instead, focus on the image as a whole and I think you'll find it beautiful. Also, this game has so much more than graphics that amazes you. To just focus on graphics is to miss 90% of what the game truly offers.

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Really? my eye's must be messing with me to then, shockingly bad graphics here

Supposedly, the console game equals to low/med on computer, which is average. Now, i'm on ULTRA MAX! <-- condem commercial hehe. But yeah, I was about to write before I said t myself, lemme just read this through, is in the lore of elder scrolls that's how Skyrim is, The only real problems graphical wise is the water,,,I hate the water, For example I throw a body into the river that has a water fall to a rocky doom, but instead of the river flowing like how a river is supposed to flow, the body gets a sharp current (apparently) and crashes into the shore... But, as for crashes, I've only had like 2-3, at VERY VERY VERY random times.

Great shot mate.

Haha, I was about to roast you but then I read your whole post. :thumbsup:

Well I have it on PC and 360, I'd say the 360 setup correctly is about med-high.

Please don't lump all of us console players into one assumption. I'm on PS3 and am not complaining, not once. Though the graphics can't touch Uncharted or some of the other games out there, I'm glad for this fact. It means Bethesda focused some of their energies into different arenas instead of purely stunning graphics.

I'm noticing draw distance for instance is much larger than it was in Oblivion. In Oblivion, often i wouldn't be able to see an enemy until it was maybe 50 feet away (that's a guesstimate). In Skyrim, enemies can be seen from a much larger distance. There is also less moments of pop-up. Slow down is rare, and I'm not seeing any tearing in my game.

Basically: I would say Skyrim's graphics are dated. they are only slightly better than Oblivion. But I don't care! I'd rather have better draw distance and less pop-up over state of the art stunning graphics. If Bethesda had only focused on graphics for TES: V, other things in the game would have suffered.

i dont even see how people say the graphics are bad, there not the best, but there good enough. i've never played elder scrolls for graphics anyway. and going on what ur sayin, its easy to tell ur full of [censored], sayin its like a game from 2000, thats like saying it has same graphics as morrowind when it clearly doesnt

Read the Whole post bud.

I don't get the point of people posting in forums without reading any of the posts, much less the first post. Aren't we all here to discuss these topics, rather than just stick our comments in?

Those of us whom aren't attention junkies, yes.

I was about to start yelling until I fully read your post. Clever, very clever.

Lol you're kidding right?

It's pretty in the sense of an open area with a nice skybox, but the textures and water are meh.

To be fair, some of the textures are horrendous and do look little better than something from Neverwinter Nights, even on Ultra. Overall though, the world looks gorgeous. I think the complaints are coming from people that are looking only at the relevant textures (snow covered stone, mainly) and complaining about everything being as bad as that, which certainly is not the case.

*claps* This thread made me happy!

You have to admit fellow forumers, the textures on the ground, the pixelated shadow and snow, and the texture of the ground in some placs is shockingly bad and takes you out of the game. If there weren't valid complaints then you guys wouldn't have to be here to beat down and oppress all who voice them :confused:

Both are equally important.

OPer... your PSOne graphics comment is a phenomenon known as http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hyperbole.

Nice bait, and switch OP.

Again that's a matter of opinion.

If you honestly believe that graphics are not important to your enjoyment of the game, I suggest you stop playing video games and try to find a D&D group in your area.

That's a very ignorant statement.

I value a fun game, far more then I do a pretty game.

I wish I could get this on pc, but I can't afford it