its real doubtful though all the armors in Oblivion/except steel was symmetrical, and fallout was a completely different style it was post apocoliptia, so there would be less materials so things had to be pieced together

This.

Except I dress down in town.

If I were down at The Elbow Room svcking down beers and some dude walked in wearing full body armor; Id be a little worried. :bolt:

Just because oblivion had one artstyle, doesn't mean Skyrim can't have a compeltely different one, it's not at all unthinkable that chest pieces can be similar to fallouts in design (while still fitting TES of course). But clearly I hope you're right and we get shoulder slots

They could have fixed that exploit without destroying all depth of armor customization.
They did it for that PLUS new engine = less work for them PLUS they were streamlining UI/inventory for cosoles PLUS they looked at other popular RPGs and tried to match what they had.

Now that oblivion has been so successful why would they mess with the formula ?

yeah well i was sick and tired of everyone wearing the exact same thing as me and everyone else it was gay, like a charlie chaplin look alike contest, it breaks immersion, why cant my guy stand out from all the rest, instead of this generic look alikes

Ideally we should be able to equip whatever we want. One glove. One boot. Pants. Masks. Bandana. Helm.
A fake mustache shouldn't count as a helm. It should be getting realer but instead it's getting simplified like arcade.

No, they didn't have time to try and fix a flawed system while trying to finish a game they were making for a console that hadn't even been made yet. The lack of armor really wasn't that bad, there were plenty of armor slots, it's just another thing for people to get outraged about so they can feel better. You just think that console players are lesser than PC players. If your really that unhappy with TES and think they are ruining the game trying to make it more simple for casual players/consoles then why do you want Skyrim? Frankly, Oblivion had more complicated systems than Morrowind did. I'm not saying that Oblivion is better than Morrowind or vice versa but saying Oblivion is simple and Morrowind was so complex and awesome just isn't true, if anything Oblivion was more complex than Morrowind.

Having one extra armour slot is too much for new players, Pauldrons were removed for consoles. Are you serious?

well thats true but that can be solved with more armor/clothes instead of extra slots

So do you think they will increase the number of slots given that oblivion outsold morrowind?



Don't think PC is greater than console. Morrowind was my first TES game and it was on xbox360. I'll be getting skyrim for console also.



Such as?



Hope.



Yes I'm serious. It's to an extent though. Not the sole reason.

I concur.

Why do you say regular clothes are useless without layers. Ever heard of 100% spell effectiveness? Did no one ever role play wearing regular clothes in towns? Doesn't anyone want a cloak to wear?

I think your just swept up in this "The man is trying to push games on kids and casuals and leaving all the loyal fans out to dry" conspiracy. They want to make the games better so they can sell more games, not water them down and alienate the other player base. Nothing about Oblivion was more simple than Morrowind, period...

Use the search function.

Except the armor system.

And a few other things.

:facepalm:

And here was I, thinking that pauldrons were removed because they often caused graphical glitches when mixed with different types of armour...

i want seperate pauldrons and gauntlets again... mostly because i'd like to make a character and find some daedric armor and only equip a single pauldron and gauntlet, it'd look cool!

but, who knows... we may never have the freedom and customization we had in morrowind ever again...

wow, thats depressing, as technology advances... we lose more and more freedom in the TES games.

...im sad now.

That too. It's a comnination of things. They probably had a meeting and decided on it for a variety of reasons.



My sentiments ex-mactly.

I want me pauldrons back too. :/ And cloaks over armor, hooded cloaks over armor... or under... and toggleable hoods.

*sad sigh*

Those thoughts makes me want to create my own RPG, with everything awesome that an RPG should have. If only I could find a nice university or something in this piece of [censored] country, that could teach me how to become a game designer...

One day maybe, we will see a graphically amazing RPG, with awesome mechanics, great depth and complexity, while still being accessible and very fun and easy to play, with a very distinct and unique lore. And almost infinite replayability.

You just need a few million dollars, maybe less. Then Find some talented up-n-comers and go independent.

No, no. I want to hear your examples of how Morrowind was SO much more complicated than Oblivion. All I ever here is Oblivion is a "dumbed down" version of Morrowind yet I never see any examples of why. As for the armor system being your example, okay, that's one example and as I've stated it was removed because it was abused into god mode. I'm all for freedom until it turns into anarchy like with several things in Morrowind. I would love Morrowind's extent to the armor system back if the extra layers aren't enchantable.

I guess some would argue that the more specific skills were more complicated. But I personally like Oblivions skills better.