Too Dark : V - Skyrim

» Thu May 19, 2011 10:17 am

Skyrim so far looks to be a generic "Conanesque" winter wasteland

How many screenshots have you seen? One or two?

» Thu May 19, 2011 4:08 am

Well, it's very dark because nuclear blasts tend to kill things. And plants haven't been able to regrow en mass yet.
Edit: Oh, and theres very little electrical/fossil fuel lighting

That may have something to do with it

Fallout was fun to me, and I enjoyed exploring it. I generally prefer dark themes, or at least darker themes, so I'm hoping Skyrim doesn't end up like an episode MLP.

» Thu May 19, 2011 8:22 am

You know what's really hard to pull off, but is really satisfying when done so? Creating a lush beautiful scene that feels dark, creepy, or gritty.

» Wed May 18, 2011 9:27 pm

You know what's really hard to pull off, but is really satisfying when done so? Creating a lush beautiful scene that feels dark, creepy, or gritty.

When it is done its amazing. I hope they add environments like this into Skyrim.

» Thu May 19, 2011 4:13 am

I'd like a nice mix.

I want some areas to be dark, grim, epic, and moody... and others to be bright, jolly, and quaint.

This^

And I loved the fallout 3/NV world, oblivion was cool, but a little dry. Im excited for skyrim, cause they have learned a lot about map building from fallout 3, and a lot about cool features that make the game better(crafting,HC,ect) from NV. I think its going to be an amazing game.

» Thu May 19, 2011 3:09 am

I was playing a little bit of FO3 this weekend and it donned on me why fallout is so bad comparatively to the elder scrolls. While the world has a plethora of different objects and scenery every little bit of it is dark and dingy. This is what made the fallout world no fun to explore, and the Oblivion/Morrowind ones so great to explore.

I know that there is a lot of lush scenery in Skyrim, what I want to know is will the attitude surrounding the game be too "gritty"? Will I ever feel happiness for my character in the game.

Note: I didn't necessarily like the mood in Oblivion, it felt too medieval.

I actually prefer darker worlds. Why? Because dark is awesome and light-hearted is over done and boring. The best color in the world is grey. A perfect mix of dark and light, the best of both worlds.

» Thu May 19, 2011 10:22 am

Outdoors, it should be dark in the evening and even more so at night. Indoors, should use realistic light sources. I want it to be darker than Fallout 3.

(But then again, The Darkness II will come out soon. I wonder if Mike Patton does the voice of The Darkness again. I'm too lazy to look it up. Did I say that out loud? Don't mind me

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» Thu May 19, 2011 12:23 am

are you KIDDING ME

I enjoyed exploring in FO3 and FO NV soooooooooo much, when I found another sealed vault by accident I literally came 1 inch of wetting my self from excitement, and ghoul ifested subways...

man you need to use you imagination some more.

» Thu May 19, 2011 5:58 am

Morrowind was exactly better than OB partly because of a darker feel. I'm glad to see it return in Skyrim.

Oh and Fallout 3 is vastly superior to Oblivion