WIll mods ever bring Skyrim to this level of graphics? : V - Skyrim

» Wed Oct 12, 2011 11:23 am

No thank you.

You wouldn't want Skyrim to have that level of detail?

» Wed Oct 12, 2011 6:32 am

It'll be a while before massive open-world RPG's are capable of stable graphics that look that photo-realistic. Still, I imagine Skyrim is going to look pretty nice all maxed out on a high-end computer.

» Wed Oct 12, 2011 3:10 am

You wouldn't want Skyrim to have that level of detail?

I wouldn't.

Extreme realism and fantasy are hard to mix and it's destined to look crappy. For instance that avatar-thingie picture someone linked.

» Wed Oct 12, 2011 4:36 pm

This. I want to play a game, not a reality simulator.

Some do. And as a result you get really high detail texture packs.

» Wed Oct 12, 2011 4:05 am

You wouldn't want Skyrim to have that level of detail?

Well I think that's what he said ^^
Beyond the uncanny valley, a lot of people don't think photo-realism is profitable to the immersion.

» Wed Oct 12, 2011 3:14 am

Extreme realism and fantasy are hard to mix and it's destined to look crappy.

I don't understand why. Do the Lord of the Rings movies look crappy?

» Wed Oct 12, 2011 9:54 am

I disagree with the view that it's too photo-realistic. The fact is that skyrim looks more realistic than oblivion and those before it. If you object to photo-realism, you should object to the way TES is heading. I suspect there's a certain amount of skyrim bullet-taking here :s But still, I wouldn't ever want amazing gaphics like that, if it meant costing skyrim's scope or other key elements.

» Wed Oct 12, 2011 6:03 am

No thank you.

That makes no sense, i can understand if you didn't want it to look like that artistically (The reason i like the way the witcher 2 looks over Crysis) but from a technical stand point why would you not want it to be that detailed?

I mean surely it would add to that misconstrued definition of immersion i see so much on these forums.

» Wed Oct 12, 2011 10:55 am

I don't understand why. Do the Lord of the Rings movies look crappy?

They feature real forests, not forests that someone created using a computer. It's not the same.

If there will ever be a time it looks 100% real, gimme a call. Until that I prefer them to stay away from trying absolute realism because it ends up looking crappy to me and hurting my eyes.

» Wed Oct 12, 2011 2:52 pm

http://www.tesnexus.com/imageshare/images/41808-1296413411.jpg http://www.tesnexus.com/imageshare/images/41808-1296411867.jpg.

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/3811/birdvvardenfell.jpg

» Wed Oct 12, 2011 11:42 am

Lol you are saying you want mods to make the graphics better than the best graphics ever made? lol yea sure... we'll definitly do tht for you :whistling:

» Wed Oct 12, 2011 4:16 pm

as bethesda use the gamebryo engine, call it what ever you want (creation) it is unlikely the moders to achieve this photo realistic result.

» Wed Oct 12, 2011 2:24 am

I'm just not seeing the photo realism everyone claims to see in Crysis. Does not look all that great to me and that video demonstrated some serious WTF moments too. briast stroke in 6" of water,swimming animation continues on after exiting water and how about the bird turning in a cardboard cutout after being shot and bouncing of the terrain and disappearing. Crysis is far from being the "greatest game ever made" that people make it out to be.

I think it's just got the best graphics, nothing more.

» Wed Oct 12, 2011 2:31 am

It'll be a while before massive open-world RPG's are capable of stable graphics that look that photo-realistic.

Why not? Crysis is almost open-world.

» Wed Oct 12, 2011 7:29 am

That makes no sense, i can understand if you didn't want it to look like that artistically (The reason i like the way the witcher 2 looks over Crysis) but from a technical stand point why would you not want it to be that detailed?

All these people are just BSing. If there was a graphics setting to put Skyrim on photo-realistic or "arcade" level, then EVERYLASTMOFO who had the specs to run it would choose the photo option. Anyone who says otherwise is lying thier asses off.

» Wed Oct 12, 2011 11:55 am

That looks amazing, but I prefer the realistic/artistic approaches in RPG Fantasy games like TES. If I want photorealism, I can go running in the woods outside with a sword and pretend I'm fighting off dragons.

Just my own preference. :shrug:

» Wed Oct 12, 2011 5:46 am

ack, I'm trapped in the uncanny valley of trees!

» Wed Oct 12, 2011 4:51 pm

you know after all the morrowind mods ive seen ive leaned to never doubt the modding community somewhere there is some crazy bastard with the skills to do it and likely will do it give it time it will happen.

» Wed Oct 12, 2011 8:04 am

All these people are just BSing. If there was a graphics setting to put Skyrim on photo-realistic or "arcade" level, then EVERYLASTMOFO who had the specs to run it would choose the photo option. Anyone who says otherwise is lying thier asses off.

That's plain stupid in a lot of ways.

» Wed Oct 12, 2011 11:27 am

Before using the term "uncanny valley"; it might be a good idea to read upon what it actually refers to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley

And yeah, I'd love photo realism, but I seriously doubt the creation engine would match Crysis.

» Wed Oct 12, 2011 12:12 pm

People theres a difference between the level of graphics and the graphics themselves. Of course nobody wants metal barells, 21st century guns and such in a TES game. The OP was most likely talking about the quality of the graphics, not the items/ graphics themselves.

Otherwise I really don't get why you wouldn't want graphics of that quality.

» Wed Oct 12, 2011 3:29 pm

Oblivion looked great in crysis engine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwmAIfL_yoo

» Wed Oct 12, 2011 11:29 am

That's plain stupid in a lot of ways.

It's really not.

» Wed Oct 12, 2011 4:22 am

wow that is amazing... i want an elder scrolls game to look like that. Unfortunately Skyrim looks like a cartoon in comparison.

» Wed Oct 12, 2011 4:02 pm

I hoped Skyrim would be like that...
It could be if it was developed for PCs first..
But unfortunately we will have to wait until 2017 for TES VI to see them because consoles are primary platforms.