I dunno it just seems insane to me. Why would they edit a screenshot to look nothing like it does in game? Thats pretty darn misleading if you ask me.

When we get the game it will probably be in black and white. Bethesda will just say they edited the screens and videos to show color. :wink_smile:

Many open world developers, including Bethesda and Rockstar San Diago, have used "go anywhere you see" in the past as a hook for they're large open worlds without any walls or loading screens. They all still had boundaries - which is acceptable, as there is no logical way to avoid it (sans island worlds.) That is why island based open world games are so popular among major developers.

In fact, I remember the "Living in the west" trailer said "go anywhere you see" almost word for word before Red Dead Redemption - I'm not discouraged, i'm sure the world will be as full of life as we all hope.

13 "No's"? Hasn't this been confirmed to be in game?

Either that or they have some kind of force guarding the border so that once you pass an invisible line you will be destroyed in seconds by overpowering might.

I can see the future. You're going to be back on Bethesda Forum's complaining about small nooks in the game on November 11th, 2011. This is absolutely ridiculous, your picking the game apart months before release - it's not going to be perfect, we all know this. You're both hyping yourself up over features you hope to see, and tearing apart minor details you don't like - you're going to force yourself to hate Skyrim, and thats a shame.

Yes, it has. However, those 13 people do not feel you'll be able to go everywhere in that image, for one reason or another.

No, it really doesn't. It implies you disagree but don't quite know why.


Exactly?


This particular place may be but it will hardly look at all like it does in the image. Case in point.

Yea your absolutely right I mean there has to be 'limits' somewhere and Im fine with that. However I dont want mountain ranges like the one in the screen smack dab in the middle of the map if I cannot explore them. Having invisible boundaries 'in map' is unacceptable to me lol.

Oh and for the record, I watched that trailer. They never said that :biggrin:

I doubt there will be boundaries inside the map, neither Oblivion or Morrowind had them before.

Maybe it was Life in the West part 2? - I know it was somewhere, I was (blushing) looking forward to, and hyping up, Red Dead Redemption much longer than I have been for Skyrim, and wasn't disappointed. But that is for another forum.

I was simply pointing out a telling feature that confirmed the screenshot to be ingame. I am determined to like Skyrim, just as I am with every Elder Scrolls game. Stop misinterpreting what I'm saying.

I don't get the point of the pic....the shadow is jagged because the rock formation is bumpy.

There are multiple perfectly smooth shadows all around that one....so.....yeah

I am confident I will see this view in-game, even if it is a much smaller perspective on that mountain range.

Ah. It is possible I was mistaken about the shadow jaggedness due to optimization purposes. Anyways, jagged shadows or not, that's still a damn cool screenshot.

A-Freakin-Men. Lol.

I think you are absolutely right. This exact view will at least at some point in the game.

Grady... are you comprehending anything I've said thus far? Just look over my posts again, I'd rather not reiterate myself.

Maybe it's in the game, but outside the game space. Maybe it's what you see over the invisible border wall.

Honestly Ive read everything. Its funny because I was kind of thinking the same thing about you.

I think its in game, not edited to the point where you will not see this image in game. Thats what Im saying.

I can go to the sun!

This is true.

Maybe it's from the opening cutscene :shrug:

Not that I have a strong opinion about any part of it, I just noticed this wasn't mentioned as a possibility.

Actualy, if you look closely at the wording of the poll it says: "Will some of what's in the picture not be accessible?" Hence a 'No' response in the poll actualy means that you will be able to go everywhere, while a 'Yes' response means: 'Yes, some areas will be unaccessable'

I'm assuming that some people didn't read properly and thus the polls results are not valid.


About the picture, I belive 'composite' refers to the fact it is several screen shots linked together to get a view you wouldn't be able to see otherwise. Other than that it probably is not edited any further, it's just because the individual screenshots are so small compared to the whole, (as they are combined to make one picture) it appears to have a level of detail we find unbeliveable.

Ouch. Luckily I never voted lol....I never vote in poles anymore.

You nailed what I was saying about the edited screen right on the head. I dunno if you read through this thread or not, but I completely agree with you.

I too thought it was a valid screenshot but also a "border mountain"

What am I supposed to be looking closer at?

That is what I was saying before.