This came up while on a deep expedition through the depths of wikipedia. I noticed that Lord of the Rings was based loosely on nordic mythology. So is, as you all likely know, Skyrim. Most people likely perceive Oblivion to be of the high fantasy genre, thus equating it to Tolkien, the father of the genre. However, Tolkien's works, though incorporating a few dragons and elves, were darker in text. Now I'm not saying that skyrim will be overpopulated with extremely lucky hobbits (much like mournhold seemed to be) but that it follows the same inspiration, and, therefore, likely the same style. e.g. comparehttp://oyster.ignimgs.com/franchises/images/04/36/43671_WhiterunExterior01_normal.jpg to http://images.wikia.com/lotr/images/2/2e/Edoras.jpg. This was just a thought, inspired by my anticipation, other thoughts?

I hope not...

I believe the word you were searching for was Tolkenesque. I hope that it stays true to TES, which is inspired from LotR but inspiration does not equate to an exact replica.

I hope not.

I'd say that most RPGs all derive from Tolkien's works. So, I'm sure we'll find many Tolkien-esque features in Skyrim. Winterhold looks alot like Rohan in many aspects.

YES Tolkienesque! thank you. And I think so, I mean, all fantasy genre's are influenced by LotR, seeing as it sort of initiated the genre, but I mean, morrowind had very little kinship with LotR and it's environment, but I feel like the nordic vein between the two will certainly mean that parallels will be drawn, at least in environment (not in story of course)

Seems like this is the most likely outcome, especially when you consider the following:

1.) What the developers have been saying through the development process
2.) The look of the races: Elves not your typical "fair race", much more alien looking (as they should be, given that this is TES)

I'm seeing a lot of Tolkien in Skyrim. Far more than in previous TES games, and far more than in any other fantasy game i've ever played (Lord of the Rings games excluded of course).

Enough to please me as a big Tolkien fan, but not so much that it seems unoriginal. Skyrim is still very much Skyrim - a unique land with it's own lore and culture.

That is a great point, but what I think will be most similar is the architecture, the environment and, maybe, the theology

and yes, I definitely agree with sheogorath88

I hope not. I loved "Lord of the Rings", and "The Hobbit" but let the "Elderscrolls" just be the "Elderscrolls".

I would almost think it to be more "Howardesque" since it seems so strongly canted towards Conan.

... Did I just make up a new word? :confused:

It's not really Tolkien unless you work in the neo-Platonic Catholic allegory...

lol, nah, then it becomes C.S.Lewis :shifty:

He was an Anglican, kind of annoyed Tolkien actually.

I hope it wont be.

No I don't want Oblivion 2: Skyrim thank you very much.

Maybe a little Robert E. Howard and H.P. Lovecraft.

It would be funny to stumble across a round door in the side of a hill, go inside to check for items to loot and find a small humanoid corpse with magical ring.

I have a feeling that Skyrim will not be Tolkien-like.

It will be Elder Scroll-ish though ...

Depends what you mean by "Tolkien": sadly, many people tend to associate Peter Jackson's vision with Tolkien which was very wide of the mark, in my opinion at least. I live a stone's throw from a wood where he apparently sought inspiration and it looks nothing like anything you see in the films...

anglican just means pope-less catholic. And they were friends, inspiring eachother's work.
And I don't know why people don't want a similar style to Tolkien, Tolkien isn't oblivion, he isn't morrowind either, his style was deeper, more raw than fairy tale. His work and skyrim go hand in hand, Middle Earth was just fantasy nordic culture, just like skyrim will be. It doesn't mean that skyrim won't be original, it will be, it just means that you might look at something and be like, hey, this reminds me of gondor.

Because Lord of the Rings: Elder Scrolls IV was very ES-ish.

Oblivion was Tolkienesque?

I think dismissing it as "just fantasy Nordic culture" is rather sad; apparently Tolkien aimed to give England an epic of its own using the Icelandic sagas as inspiration, from what I recall.

Tolkien was the one who convinced Lewis to return to Christianity (walking around Addison's Walk, I have wandered around there many an hour) but he was annoyed that Lewis went back to his mother's Anglicanism rather than Tolkien's Catholicism from what I read.