Which type of TES5 experience would you rather have? : The Elder Scrolls Series Discussion

» Fri May 27, 2011 7:05 am

I'd rather have a deeper world with less cut & paste in it. This was a serious flaw in TES4. Another thing is PLEASE don't have so many fast travel locations open right from character creation. This single handedly destroyed Oblivion's sense of scale. Morrowind, despite actually being much smaller, felt bigger due to you had to explore everywhere on foot. Fallout 3's travel system is exactly how TES5 should be done.

» Fri May 27, 2011 9:24 am

i wish i could have picked both!

» Fri May 27, 2011 12:58 pm

i wish i could have picked both!

lol same here. But a game that excelled in both would be incredibly expensive and take forever to make.

» Fri May 27, 2011 6:36 pm

Definitely deeper, with well thought-out quests and a very good storyline, with no copy-paste dungeons filled with monsters and nothing interesting in them.
This reminds me of MW vs. OB threads. I choose MW.

» Fri May 27, 2011 7:43 pm

But OB isn't even bigger.

» Fri May 27, 2011 10:25 am

I want an experience that does not involve me being in a jail cell right when I first started the game.

Poll wise; both.

» Fri May 27, 2011 8:22 pm

Whoever said the Oblivion was not big is utterly wrong.

I did not feel the scale being drawn back because of fast travel but instead it was a good option to move around quite quickly.

Guys, do not forget the Daggerfall had fast-travel as well.

» Fri May 27, 2011 7:18 am

Oblivion is indeed bigger than Morrowind, although Oblivion is a smaller scale, which may explain why Morrowind had more in the way of small villages and such to go with the larger cities.

As for the poll, I'd prefer the deeper experience, but as large as they can get while doing that

» Fri May 27, 2011 1:42 pm

Personally, I leave it to Bethesda to create bigger, expansive and unique lands and cultures from game to game. Each game should have very deep quests though.

» Fri May 27, 2011 6:42 pm

both

» Fri May 27, 2011 8:21 am

Deeper, obviously. The scale of the Oblivion wasn't enormous, but in my opinion it was more than adequate.

» Fri May 27, 2011 11:51 am

I want an experience that does not involve me being in a jail cell right when I first started the game.

Poll wise; both.

But being a prisoner is a traditon of elder scrolls games!

If I had to choose I would choose bigger lands, because I spend more time outside than in dungeons, but don;t get me wrong dungeons still are VERY important to me.

O and you can't choose both the point is to choose between them

» Fri May 27, 2011 10:23 am

But being a prisoner is a traditon of elder scrolls games!

A tradition I love to see destroy!
A tradition I want to axe'd from the game!
A tradition that destroy my immersion!
A tradition I want to see gone, FOREVER!

» Fri May 27, 2011 4:00 pm

A tradition I love to see destroy!
A tradition I want to axe'd from the game!
A tradition that destroy my immersion!
A tradition I want to see gone, FOREVER!

Hooray!

» Fri May 27, 2011 10:44 am

Whoever said the Oblivion was not big is utterly wrong.

I did not feel the scale being drawn back because of fast travel but instead it was a good option to move around quite quickly.

Guys, do not forget the Daggerfall had fast-travel as well.

It had fast travel because it needed it, oblivion had fast travel because of laziness.

» Fri May 27, 2011 9:52 am

Um, yeah, really. Both. Daggerfall was both. Heck, even Morrowind was both if you count movement speed into the factor of determining the relative size of landmass. There's no reason you can't have both.

» Fri May 27, 2011 6:07 am

Morrowind felt massive, but had lots of unique places and items, and great variation throughout each area. Oblivion felt tiny and homogenised.

Seems Beth only do both or neither, and I quite liked having both.

» Fri May 27, 2011 9:07 am

A tradition I love to see destroy!
A tradition I want to axe'd from the game!
A tradition that destroy my immersion!
A tradition I want to see gone, FOREVER!

I hate you. :facepalm:

And yeah, have to agree with "both" even if it's not listed on the poll. Daggerfall did it and even Morrowind did it in a way (at least moreso than Oblivion). It's not A or B for Bethesda. It's A and B. Because we have inhumanely high expectations for them and like to bash them for their crappy games. And I'm not being sarcastic. They have to shape up.

» Fri May 27, 2011 7:45 pm

I hate you. :facepalm:

Glad that you can share that! :hehe:

» Fri May 27, 2011 8:36 pm

I think just a tad bit larger than Oblivion would be wonderful.

» Fri May 27, 2011 5:36 am

i would like a smaller land. say half the size of oblivion. but add more creatures. that is what i am dying for

» Fri May 27, 2011 1:08 pm

i would like a smaller land. say half the size of oblivion. but add more creatures. that is what i am dying for

Obvious troll is obvious.

» Fri May 27, 2011 7:12 pm

But OB isn't even bigger.

Technically oblivion was larger, but in oblivion it was possible to outrun horses, while morrowind was much slower paced movement wise.

Anyway, I say they go with a more daggerfallish formula of randomly generated enviroments and a deep story.

» Fri May 27, 2011 5:00 am

Obvious troll is obvious.

what do you mean? anyway, if you think that i'm joking, i'm not. seriously, ill ask you this. was there one good creature in oblivion? N-O. They need more dynamic creatures with better AI. make deers actually run when i approach, not prace into a wall haha

» Fri May 27, 2011 5:10 am

what do you mean? anyway, if you think that i'm joking, i'm not. seriously, ill ask you this. was there one good creature in oblivion? N-O. They need more dynamic creatures with better AI. make deers actually run when i approach, not prace into a wall haha

Smaller but more animals? i would rather see it the other way around. bigger but less animals. not that there shouldnt be lots of animals... and bandits and monsters but you should encounter them less. it cant be true i cant walk 10 feet before i meet another Wolf.

Anyway i refuse to chose. i want them both.