Do you think it will just be 5 cities? : V

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 6:09 pm

Or will they include some small settlements and towns like those found in Morrowind? I looked back at the map of Skyrim and counted seven named locations.

» Tue Mar 15, 2011 4:51 am

Its pretty much all but confermed. Look at that map that they let us get a good look at in the tour. All those dots are suposidly some form of town or settlement.

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 9:40 pm

Can you link to it? I haven't seen it.

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:02 pm

Dah! Bait and switch.

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 6:18 pm

Hopefully the smaller towns are not like the little settelments in Oblivion, they were pretty pointless apart from the occasional quest in my opinion

» Tue Mar 15, 2011 1:13 am

http://apoapsis.net/images/skyrim_map.jpg

All those colored and gray squares are towns, cities, and settlements.

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:32 pm

I guess I should play a sad tune to the disappearance of common sense.
:violin:

» Tue Mar 15, 2011 2:36 am

there's already small towns, just look at the map.

» Tue Mar 15, 2011 12:11 am

Of course there will be smaller settlements.

EDIT: Ah crap, I answered the poll based on the question in the thread title, so I said no since I think there will be a good number of small towns.

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:00 pm

Of course there will be smaller settlements.

EDIT: Ah crap, I answered the poll based on the question in the thread title, so I said no since I think there will be a good number of small towns.

I did too.

» Tue Mar 15, 2011 1:06 am

Hopefully the smaller towns are not like the little settelments in Oblivion, they were pretty pointless apart from the occasional quest in my opinion

Agreed! When I first went by them I didnt even think of them as settlements. I just thought they were farms or something since there is nothing really unique about them.

http://apoapsis.net/.../skyrim_map.jpg

All those colored and gray squares are towns, cities, and settlements.

Thank you

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 2:55 pm

If those squares are all the towns and settlements in the game that is not a good sign, far fewer than even Oblivion. God forbid those are caves and ruins too!

Hopefully the 5 major cities are Imperial City sized or larger then the towns are more like Oblivion cities...That map makes Skyrim look REALLY small, like NV small...*shudder*

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:08 pm

3 voted "no".. they must've been drunk

» Tue Mar 15, 2011 2:50 am

I guess I should play a sad tune to the disappearance of common sense.
:violin:

HAHAHA i was just thinking that.

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 6:45 pm

There are more than five cities in Skyrim, and there are clearly settlements on the map apart from the five "massive" cities, so yes, there are going to be smaller settlements.

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 5:17 pm

Silly poll. OF course they will include smaller settlements, question is, how well will they pull them off?

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:48 pm

I guess I should play a sad tune to the disappearance of common sense.
:violin:

Yeah, it just doesn't seem that common. :rolleyes:

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 3:24 pm

If those squares are all the towns and settlements in the game that is not a good sign, far fewer than even Oblivion. God forbid those are caves and ruins too!

Hopefully the 5 major cities are Imperial City sized or larger then the towns are more like Oblivion cities...That map makes Skyrim look REALLY small, like NV small...*shudder*

The number of blocks each one occupies is almost definitely the rough size of the settlement. Assuming the map is probably larger than Cyrodill, that means MUCH more area covered. What about the map makes it look small? It's just a drawing, the mountains are not actually that size and shape.

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 6:08 pm

Todd stated there would be "five massive cities." He didn't say they were going to be the only cities in Skyrim, as that would just be silly. Expect many villages and towns along the way in your journeys.

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 5:02 pm

There are 5 major cities but there are plenty of villages and small settlements. I mean they even showed one of the villages in GI.

» Tue Mar 15, 2011 2:13 am

Hopefully the smaller towns are not like the little settelments in Oblivion, they were pretty pointless apart from the occasional quest in my opinion

I think with all the new mundane activities we'll be able to do (cooking, chopping wood, smithing, etc.), it will be easier to provide more activities in the smaller settlements. Of course, I'm hoping for more quests involving them as well.

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 6:02 pm

I'm pretty sure they'll have small villages outside of the main 5 cities but I hope the villages are bigger then the ones in Oblivion.

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 11:14 pm

There are 5 major cities but there are plenty of villages and small settlements. I mean they even showed one of the villages in GI.

They didn't specifically state it as such, which is why I made this topic.

Todd stated there would be "five massive cities." He didn't say they were going to be the only cities in Skyrim, as that would just be silly. Expect many villages and towns along the way in your journeys.

The way they said it in the magazine made it seem like they were making less so they could make them massive. In Oblivion there were really only cities. Having three houses formed in a circle around a well doesnt really count as a village so I dont think its really a common sense thing considering Oblivion lacked proper ones.

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 2:12 pm

They didn't specifically state it as such, which is why I made this topic.

Todd stated there would be "five massive cities." He didn't say they were going to be the only cities in Skyrim, as that would just be silly. Expect many villages and towns along the way in your journeys.

The way they said it in the magazine made it seem like they were making less so they could make them massive. In Oblivion there were really only cities. Having three houses formed in a circle around a well doesnt really count as a village so I dont think its really a common sense thing considering Oblivion lacked proper ones.

Twice as many people working on Skyrim as Oblvion and one more year. You do the math.

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 9:41 pm

I think those on the map are just bigger towns like at least ten houses. There'll obviously be lots of inns and farms along the roads.