I don't know how many of the people around here have played morrowind but oblivion was a big step backward in a lot of ways in my opinion. I hope they bring back tons of unique equipment and cut down on the useless dungeons that seemed to be made just for exploring. I'm guessing there was a lot more time put into graphics with oblivion and therefore less unique items which is understandable but morrowind was a massive world and on the map skyrim is larger so I'm wondering how the size of the two worlds will compare.

I also missed the houses and the stronghold quest that came along with them but that is just part of lore =\

What did you guys like about previous elder scrolls titles or other games that you'd like to see in skyrim?

A unique sense of culture.

I just hope life skills won't be limited and useless.

I really hate to admit it, but I kinda want a Dwemer Centurion Sphere companion named Ed-E.

I hope something like the three great house are in Skyrim I miss those.

I'd like ridiculously massive, hard-to-navigate, randomly-generated dungeons which are incredibly easy to get lost in, take hours or days to explore, and where the item / monster for the quest you've been sent on may not even be technically reachable from where you start.



...Whaaaaaat?

(Yes, I loved Daggerfall's dungeons anyway, though I certainly don't expect to see them again)

six cards from the Witcher

Oh, please don't bring those dungeons back... That was the only thing that I disliked about Daggerfall. I spent more than two hours trying to find my way back out of one of those mazes, and I don't want to go through it again.

Since we're going to Skyrim, I would like to see packs of wolves like in Bloodmoon.

I want music that actually tries to establish a mood that's appropriate with the setting and the story, not the shapeless, mono-themed "musical mush" of Oblivion. New Vegas did this quite well I thought. In NV the music made the wasteland feel desolate and bleak, the NCR areas felt militarized and organized, and the Legion areas felt tribal and savage. More of this kind of stuff, please.

The soundtracks from Arena and Daggerfall brought back to life!

Jeremy Soule has done amazing work on Morrowind and Oblivion's soundtrack, and if he could remaster some of the old songs in his special Jeremy Soule way, I think Skyrim would be too much awesome to be allowed on personal computers without a license.

I think this is confirmed, it was mentioned by Pete Hines I think, pack of wolves attack a mammoth, besides the pic of a few wolves surrounding the pc in Gameinformer.

apart from the obvious (spears etc..)

I want a genuine sense of fear when walking alone in the wild.

in OB I was never fearful of my surroundings.

MW I was genuinly afraid when walking around the canyons not knowing what lay beyond the next bend.... and often I would be fighting for my life.

The Normandy SR-2.... er, don't think that jives with Elder Scrolls lore though. I would really like to own a ship though... one that actually moves! *cough* Dunbarrow Cove *cough* You could take it to any port, it would be complete with a hired crew! It would function as a mobile house.

I want almost everything from Daggerfall. When I look at the content of that game I go crazy :ahhh: Werewolves, vampires (and many many vampire clans) , wereboars, and so many guilds.

Most of the things I want were in Morrowind and are well known and much discussed. In Gothic 3 I liked the mutually exclusive quests and the fact that town guards actually did their job and asked you questions when too many things disappeared from houses. In The Witcher I liked that my decisions had consequences later in the game, somehow preventing save/load exploits. In Arx Fatalis I liked the prison atmosphere: rusty, dirty and scary.

Pretty much what I want.

Dark Messiah-Combat.

Mirror's Edge > Dark Messiah.

I would however, definitely like to see a first person perspective improved and more exciting/engaging in Skyrim.

Maybe, never played Mirrors Edge.

Be able to see your body in first person, like seen in Mirrors Edge.

Dragon age's voice acting.
Dragon age's Persuade system.
Assasins Creed Wall climbing etc.

Dragon Age's characters, very deep and act like people rather than fictional characters. I swear I didn't feel a thing for any of the main characters of Oblivion, just "meh, whatever. Loot his corpse". That shouldn't be, make us care about the people.

First person implementation: flow of animations appears much better in Mirror's Edge. But ME doesn't have bows and swords so I think RK was referring to FP implementation but not the combat.

It's not something I want to see an exact copy of, but I was playing Crysis the other day and thinking it would be nice if some spells worked a little like the suit powers. That is, you can turn it on or off whenever you want, and it drains magicka based on what is going on, which may or may not include some fixed drain over time.

A strength or fire-strike spell would drain magicka when you attack with a weapon; a jump spell would drain magicka for each jump; a slowfall spell would drain magicka while you're falling; some defensive spells would trigger and drain magicka each time you get hit with the appropriate attack. Levitation, if it's in, could drain a magicka relative to the amount of thrust being exerted by the spell at any given time (more to move up than to maintain altitude or drift down, more to accelerate/decelerate forward or to the side)

Would be especially useful for balancing chameleon; it would slowly drain magicka over time while you stand still, but would drain faster when you're walking, faster still when you run, and attacks would drain a great deal.

Needless to say, constant effect enchantments would also have to have charges just like anything else for them work under such a paradigm.

Other worldy feeling and art style as in Morrowind. Oblivion was lack of that for sure.

Also ultra-realistic sky. In these days everything is realistic (Not an important factor for me, I personally prefer the old character style in Morrowind) in games except that factor. They don't care sky but it is an important supplement to athmosphere. Yeah, the sky is one of the best in Morrowind and Oblivion, but not again a rip-off. Create a new and astonishing various skies. And clouds. Clouds are an important factor which boosts sky and gives depth to atmosphere. I mean real clouds (something like this: [img]http://www.public-domain-photos.com/free-stock-photos-4-big/landscapes/sky/clouds-2.jpg[/img]). Not a simple 2D texture.

We should stop and watch breathtaking sunsets and rising suns as well, among the far away scenery we should see ambiguous silhoutte of a place (or similar unexpected artistic occurences, you know)

In my opinion, those artistic choices are more important than any high technology would be used in games.

Oblivion hating is the national sport around here so you are probably gonna fit in just fine.

Personaly, i actually think Oblivion was the better game but there is definitely some things i would like to see from Morrowind, such as the fast travel system, greater armor customization, slaves, a darker and much more hostile atmosphere, Werewolves etc.