This poll is confusing so I voted 'I don't know'

Depending on the lore, it might be cool to have a feudal style layout, with small villages under the protection of a lord with a castle.

It would simply not be logical not to make smaller settlements, but I do hope they'll have a bit more of a "town" feel than the once in Oblivion - thous just looked like farms.

Does it say that in the article? I dont keep up with what the development team is doing as some of you guys do here so it's not really a matter of it being something that everyone should know.

I hope there will be smaller towns and villages with the 5 metropolis

I think it was a dev that announced that after they finished Fallout (so I guess not the whole time) they had over 100 people working on it full time, and I;m pretty sure Oblivion has like 60. And yeah, Oblivion was made in 4 years. It's already been about 4 years and they started Skyrim right after Oblivion.

id rather have 5 massive cities that more smaller ones. i also hope they populate them more since most of oblivions "cities" were smaller than my block.

YES!


I think they meant there will be 5 major cities.

There will be 5 massive cities. Hopefully on par with the Imperial city. Some smaller cities, think other cities in Oblivion. And some settlements/towns ranging from Balmora to Hla Oad sizes. Hopefully!

I hope not the WHOLE map is snow

I'm sure there will be smaller towns.

I hope that the people living in smaller towns have lots of unique dialogue AND react to whatever crisis is going on in the game, so that they don't feel so flat and rushed.

I remember playing Oblivion for the first time, going into an inn in the middle of the countryside right beside an oblivion gate, and wondering what the bartender's plan was - would he be headed for the city, or maybe he would just lay low and hope the scamps and clannfears didn't attack?

One dialogue topic: 'rumors'. Clicking it causes him to tell me about something completely unrelated, possibly to do with mudcrabs.

That's a lot of assuming.

What makes it look small is the space between these settlements/points-of-interest markers; in comparison to Morrowind or Oblivion it looks incredibly sparse. Hopefully these are only marking major cities and towns, not villages, dungeons, etc, although why those wouldn't be on the map I have no idea, unless they took them down for the BTS shoot so not everything was given away. if only we could clearly see the marker legend on the side of the map, then we'd know for sure.

Hopefully in reality it is more like this:

http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090123084948/oblivion/images/thumb/e/e2/OblivionMapAGM_v1_1.jpg/815px-OblivionMapAGM_v1_1.jpg

and this:

http://images.g4tv.com/ImageDb3/166167_S/The-Elder-Scrolls-II-Daggerfalls-Map-Is-62-Square-Miles----Hows-That-Compare-To-Oblivion.jpg

Of course there will be smaller towns. In the Game informer article, they show one off, it's called...Riverview I think? Either way, it's definitely not one of the "massive cities."

yes and they will be massive <<<<< that's pretty big.

of course we will also find at least 10 or more villages.

that's pretty good for me.

I will play along, on my kazoo.
:celebrate:

Following this map, I'd say the scale is much larger than Oblivion..unless you can see all the roads from eachother lol

Accidentally I voted for No but I meant YES, of course. There definitely should be villages, camps and such.

I am pretty sure I remember seeing WAY more than 5 towns on the in-game map. 5 MAJOR cities, maybe, but I am almost positive all of the known towns in Skyrim will exist in one form or another.

Most likely it's been gone over but I imagine if the cities are big enough to resemble real cities in their medieval like/fantasy setting then yes there'll only be 5 large cities with towns, settlements, and ruins to compliment them.

On the other hand if the 5 cities aren't mammoth sized I imagine there'll be other cities, albeit small cities.

Imagine NYC and Chicago to Kansas City or Overland Park. The last two cities hardly compare in size or scope. So it'll be one or the other. Of coarse even if the 5 main cities are grand there -could- be a small city or two. All depends on what they can/are willing to fit into Skyrim.

Then delete your vote and vote yes...

read and respond to this one if you are wondering about the map:

http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1158031-slyrim-map-discussion-2/

I love your avatar, such a cute cat

Do you think smoking causes lung cancer?

:rolleyes:

Whatever the number but please make them alive. With alive taverns (bard music, alcohol, fistfights, gambling and so on...) and marketplaces (where people actually buy something..)