Clearly you haven't done enough of them. Yes, some are repetitive, but there are many jaw-dropping, unique dungeons out there (have you been to Blackreach? Shalidor's maze? Any of the big, open Dwemer cities?)

Yes, there is still room to improve, but it is a HUGE step up from Oblivion. If you can't see that you haven't been to the right dungeons yet.

They have been improved exponentially. This is an indisputable fact.

Search the Lake SW of Whiterun for llanolta's deep - it's a kick ass dungeon! I found myself on a few occasions deciding if I should go this way or that, the layout is cool. I love finding stuff under water, always swimming in the deeps to find hidden places.

You should explore more. I haven't found a dungeon yet in my 50 hours that seem duplicated or boring.

The people who complains about how "repetitive" are the dungeons in skyrim, I think they just played 1 hour, runned 1 or 2 dungeons and then, came here to complain.
Go play quake.

Aye. I won't hold my breath that gamesas will implement this, but one of the community's many fine modders might undertake such a project. I'll keep my fingers crossed.

Your problem is you've stopped using your imagination while playing.

are you for real.. this is starting to piss me off in OB there was eight dungeons copied and pasted all over the map.. i am a 49 in skyrim and have yet to see one dungeon the same as the others, they are freaking gorgeous go to black reach or just go exploring... some people will never be happy thats just how i have to justify it cuz this game is freaking incredible

Seen one dungeon, seen them all. Straight line, a few doors, and an exit near the end. May as well describe a holiday as catch cab, stand in line, hand over ticket, get on plane - there is far more to it than the simple mechanics and so far I'm enjoying almost all the dungeons, even though the ambient sounds could do with a little more variation.

Once over the eternal candle phenomena I find the lighting highly atmospheric, and yes, there are a few genuinely dark dungeons. Sure there's repetition, but what did you realistically expect? There is also variation and few surprises in store. Trapped in a cage anyone? Followed by spheres of light? The highly surprising find of a platform section, granted no where near the complexity of the ones in Divinity II but still, platforming in a Beth. game?

Keep searching, there are some gems to be found.

Moan moan frickin' moan. Seriously, what's with all the whiney[censored]iness? Grow some.

Hello.
Next time, I'll advise you to READ the first post to know what the thread is ACTUALLY about, rather than just copy'n'pasting something that is completely off the point.


Well, give me the positions on the map about these non-linear dungeons then, so that I can at least get some variety.


Those are closer to what I've experienced.

I would love to have a few of these MASSIVE dungeons too, as they made for a terrifying and epci experience.
But having every (or even most) dungeons being SO big and labyrinthine would be quite excessive. Just like dragons, those massive dungeons would be best served in very sparse quantity, unless they become really overdone and lose their "special" appeal.

I'd like a more... middle-ground situation
But I'd like to see the death of all the linear dungeons (natural caves being a simple room or short tunnel doesn't count, because that's pretty logical).


That's what I hoped when posting the thread first, but doing six more "one tunnel only" dungeons thereafter seriously dented my motivation.

I DO take note of all suggestions made in the thread though (Markath, Blackreach, bandit cave near Solitude, etc.) and I'll be sure to have a look at them.
But several other answers are all about how "unique" the dungeons feel because they have some happenance of hand-made "set-up" (the bandits exploring the ruins of the first MQ dungeon for example, or the "special foes" in the quest of becoming a Companion), hence not talking about the linearity (and hence boredom) which is my main gripe.
There is probably a few that are non-linear (probably among the suggestions I was given), but when I see people saying that they did 50 or 100 dungeons and not two of them feels similar... it's pretty obvious they and I have vastly different criteria about what makes us feel like a dungeon is repetitive. Linearity is a huge killer for me, ESPECIALLY in a game that is ALL about free-roaming like TES are.

Yeah I remember the guy that was caught in a spiderweb. I also remember I had absolutely no other way than through him, so it's not like I had any more choice in the matter than when looking at a cinematic... So I can see that some people see them as "unique", but for me they just blend together into a boring paste of passively walking forward a railroaded path, just waking (a little bit) to kill some foes that appear very predictably.

This is so wrong it is beyond belief. You clearly haven't explored much. Check out some dwemer ruins with their giant rooms, long spanning bridges and tons of other areas to fall to your doom as well being dotted with puzzles. You have forts with multiple ways to tackle what they offer. You've clearly only been to nordic ruins. Check out the forts, caves, dwemer ruins, mines as well. Then check out Blackreach which may now be my favorite dungeon in any game ever. Other interesting spots: The Sightless Pit, Eldergleam Sanctuary, Fallowstone Cave, the Labyrinthian and Lost Valley Redoubt all offer neat things and show a lot of variety.

I am looking forward to a few mods that I think will make the dungeons (and other dark places) cooler than they already are. I think with these changes dungeons would be far cooler, scarier, and more deadly (traps).

1) Lessen the light radius of crypt (or other dungeon) candles significantly
2) Darken the game considerably. make dark places, and outdoors at night 'dark'
3) Brighten Magelight and extend light radius significantly
4) Brighten the light radius of torches significantly
5) Are Moons a light source? if not, mod it in.
6) Make traps tougher

ITT: People who've only done a handful of the less exciting dungeons or who pass by all the secrets hidden within because they're in a hurry.

There are repetitive corridors, yes
But that may nitpicking at best
If you look at the overall picture frame
You will find that the they are not all the same
Multiple entries and exits would have been nice
But the varied, linear dungeons in Skyrim will suffice.

It has a lot to do with opinion. Everyone likes something different. I can't stand a maze in a game, as I always feel like I've left something out, or didn't see something I might like. In a maze, I always just put my left shoulder to the left wall and stay there until I'm out. I hate being lost in places and it's utterly frustrating to end up back where I left off. So I just always do a quick run through of mazes. I'm glad I don't have that problem anymore. there are places in Skyrim that are like that and it's refreshing. If there were hundreds of them, I'm absolutely dread dungeon crawling.

Responses like this make me laugh since everyone has their own tastes and preferences and that's what can make debates like this interesting. To generalize: some people only like to watch Steven Seagal movies with pretty explosions, and others like to watch Morgan Freeman movies with good plot/dialogue. And so it is with dungeons in Skyrim. The challenge is often trying to find that middle ground.

Hyperbole seems to be the key word on the Bethesda Forum right now. I'll listen to an intelligent criticism of the game (of which there are plenty in this thread) but when a Henny Penny starts shrieking that this "isn't even an RPG", I try to refrain from even engaging perspective that muddled.

You are absolutely right. It's us, not you, that aren't looking at the dungeons correctly.

Never mind I've screenshotted just about every boss room in every dungeon I've come across so far, and not a single one of them even remotely looks like the ones before.

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r11/Gerza71/TESV2011-12-0222-20-24-67.jpg
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r11/Gerza71/TESV2011-11-1222-41-54-59.jpg

I just reading from your first post before you complain about the dungeon looks a bit samy, look around. I cleared 50 so far and they are well made and they are don't look the same.

I'd have to agree it is a matter of opinion. My wife and I both played Oblivion/Morrowind, and these dungeons ARE an improvement in my humble opinion. My wife agrees, and she's the type that looks at the details and remembers things. One of the first things she commented about was the dungeon designs varied a lot more than in Oblivion.

Yeah, I WISH I needed to do some hyperbole to say that all the dungeons I've visited thus far are nothing more than a corridor.
Sadly, it's not the case. I'll see if there is other dungeons that are, actually, varied, but for now that's exactly what I've witnessed.

I like the trapped chests and runes. Keeps me frosty. There are more puzzles in this game and I can't remember many puzzles in previous TES games. The spilled oil on the floor trick is a nice touch. I spent many hours fighting draugs before I found out that some can be opened and might have a secret room instead of a corpse.

Spilled oil took me awhile to figure out because I wasp laying with that old Oblivion mindset, haha. I love interacting with the environment more. And I had no idea about those secret rooms. -.- I've found a few in things that looked like cabinets but were actually doors, but never even tried with the draugr.

I've got no gripes with the dungeons.