Town Crier? Newspaper? : V

» Sat Jul 23, 2011 2:24 pm

Would it be cool to have all of our actions announced.? Say you rob a place and the crier/newspaper shows it, It would be awesome. Or say you clear a cave or kill a dragon.? It gets announced. Comment with your thoughts.

» Sat Jul 23, 2011 10:33 am

Welcome to the forums. Have a fishystick.

Sure, it would be cool. But wouldn't it be sort of hard to do so?

» Sat Jul 23, 2011 9:58 am

We did have the Black Horse Courier in Oblivion but hopefully that it mentions more then just a select few quests.

» Sat Jul 23, 2011 4:33 pm

not a town crier screaming every little thing we do... but a newspaper of some kind yeah.. giving news on more than just the player.

» Sat Jul 23, 2011 10:15 am

I think it would make the game too player-centric. I mean, the fictional world of Skyrim is supposed to be alive and functioning with thousands of inhabitants. If everything the player does gets broadcasted as news then the world becomes unbelievable. (in my opinion)

When I play an RPG I prefer to think of my character as someone living in the world, not someone the world revolves around. I think Oblivion did a pretty good job of making some of your actions noteworthy.

» Sat Jul 23, 2011 7:27 am

I think it would make the game too player-centric. I mean, the fictional world of Skyrim is supposed to be alive and functioning with thousands of inhabitants. If everything the player does gets broadcasted as news then the world becomes unbelievable. (in my opinion)

When I play an RPG I prefer to think of my character as someone living in the world, not someone the world revolves around. I think Oblivion did a pretty good job of making some of your actions noteworthy.

Yeah. I see your point. But not as much JUST the player in my idea. Like say Newpaper showing everyday things. Or people talking like,." Oh wasn't he the guy to slay the dragon on Mount Skyrim, Something just to show that people KNOW whats going on. For as i could Throw fireballs at Guards while people stand and talk about Someone's prices being Low.

» Sat Jul 23, 2011 3:15 pm

I agree that Oblivion had the better balance of making some of your actions noteworthy without over doing it. I wouldn't mind seeing a newspaper article talking about my latest "hit". Just as long as it doesn't IMPLICATE me in the process. -tosses bloody dagger in the gutter behind him-

» Sat Jul 23, 2011 10:18 am

Would be an okay idea if it wasn't all about the main PC but instead about other people as well who have done something inspirational or illegal.

» Sat Jul 23, 2011 4:16 pm

I just talk to myself in the 3rd person.

Dovakiin awoke from his hour long nap with a feeing of power and a heightened level of experience.

Bored of questing, The Dragonborn wander due south of his humble abode and happened upon a cave inhabited by bandits.

Dovakiin entered the cave and proceeded to Tear The Bandits a New [censored]

etc...

» Sat Jul 23, 2011 4:49 pm

I agree that Oblivion had the better balance of making some of your actions noteworthy without over doing it. I wouldn't mind seeing a newspaper article talking about my latest "hit". Just as long as it doesn't IMPLICATE me in the process. -tosses bloody dagger in the gutter behind him-

EXACTLY, Like that.

» Sat Jul 23, 2011 12:46 pm

as long as it isnt a kid... that way I can just kill them

» Sat Jul 23, 2011 5:17 pm

there just has to be news paper in Skyrim. :yes:

» Sat Jul 23, 2011 3:05 pm

This is something Red Dead Redemption did very well, actually. I mean newspapers, not town criers.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if newspapers in Skyrim are greatly expanded.

» Sat Jul 23, 2011 5:29 pm

Would it be cool to have all of our actions announced.? Say you rob a place and the crier/newspaper shows it, It would be awesome. Or say you clear a cave or kill a dragon.? It gets announced. Comment with your thoughts.

In principle I like the idea, albeit newspapers require printing presses - not keen on that

Town crier though maybe

TO some extent they do have this with people murmering about what's happened

» Sat Jul 23, 2011 4:31 am

In principle I like the idea, albeit newspapers require printing presses - not keen on that

Town crier though maybe

TO some extent they do have this with people murmering about what's happened

Yeah they do in Oblivion, BUT they dont as in RECENT, At all. For ex. I was walking around Imperial for about the second time as a Arch-Mage and a Fighters Guild Master, and i heard about the Anvil Chapel Attack. -.-
Just to keep things recent would be an idea.

» Sat Jul 23, 2011 2:48 am

Sure, it would be cool. But wouldn't it be sort of hard to do so?

I agree, it seems like a cool idea, and no it wouldn't be too hard as other games have done similar things before.

» Sat Jul 23, 2011 11:22 am

They do need to expand on the newspapers in Skyrim. I also liked the way Red Dead Redemption did theirs.

A town crier would be good as well.

» Sat Jul 23, 2011 2:24 pm

Hmm or maybe also people simply chatting about things in the world. Similar to fallout's Three Dog

how they talked about how major stuff happened and even threw in a few things you did

» Sat Jul 23, 2011 3:09 pm

I just talk to myself in the 3rd person.

Dovakiin awoke from his hour long nap with a feeing of power and a heightened level of experience.

Bored of questing, The Dragonborn wander due south of his humble abode and happened upon a cave inhabited by bandits.

Dovakiin entered the cave and proceeded to Tear The Bandits a New [censored]

etc...

I play Infocom text adventures too

» Sat Jul 23, 2011 6:39 am

the back house

» Sat Jul 23, 2011 8:42 am

Black Horse Courier

» Sat Jul 23, 2011 8:07 am

Extree, extree! Read all about it! Dovakhiin raids village, only the Bosmer are killed, dumps forks in the village fountain!

» Sat Jul 23, 2011 2:29 pm

DRAGON ATTACKS CITY BIG NEWS!!!

meanwhile Mudcrabs have started acting strange forming groups around city walls they're mudcrabs and there is no need to worry

or is there....

» Sat Jul 23, 2011 5:32 pm

Black Horse Courier

This, but with voice actors instead of reading.