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I never was super hyped about the project to begin with, but it certainly looks interesting; I did follow the development for some time, but I'm not holding my breath. I'm not going to bash on the project before it's even released; it seems like their hearts are in the right place, but promise is no longer a selling point for me, too many "promising" games and mods ended up being ****. They've already admited that some of the things they had initially planned will not be added in, because Skyrim's engine's ... not the best, would be the polite way to say it. And currently it's in early alpha, with no public release available. I guess we'll live and we'll see, right?Richard_39 said:I concur.
Check Skywind if you don't know it, I don't know how much along there are, but what always bugged me about Morrowind, despite how incredibly superior a game it is to the two sequels, is it's really dated now and some of the technical issues really pissed me off lol (Like the fact you can't overight a save on the old xbox version because it corrupts it, and other things). Skywind is an attempt to remake the game using Skyrim's engine. I don't know if they finished it yet.
I've been recently restarted playing Oblivion, with all the content (when I finish Diablo 3 in 4 years LOL), but I must admit, despite it being to me an inferior game than it's predecessors, I have a special place in my heart for Skyrim, because of it's impressive vistas and the Norse mythology storyline. I've always been fascinated since I was a kid by stories of Odin and Thor, the Serpent of Midgard, Elves, Dwarves and Ragnarok lol. Hell, I'd LIVE my life there if I could and be very happy having a house on a craiggy mountain somewhere in the snow.
Back to the game, storyline is a bit simplistic and so is the game mechanics. I was disappointed with how underpowered everything felt, as opposed to literally being a godlike character in Morrowind and the sheer variety of things you could accomplish (hehe, ring of flight FTW and screw walking ;-) )
When I finish them both, I have to return to Skyrim.
Oh crap, that save bug sounds really crippling, and I can't even imagine playing without the script fixes at this point (mods/fan-patches are a really strong argument for the pc's, aren't they?). PC MASTE ... no, I'm not doing that.
Heh, I liked the Norse mythology so much that I've became a viking reeactor, didn't quite work out as well as I've hoped, but ... hell, at least it was fun while it lasted.
Skyrim's not as bad as many people make it out to be, but neither is it the oh so super hyped masterpiece the other half seems to claim. It's in the middle; just average. Still, considering that Bethesda's engine was never that amazing, they did manage to create some really beautiful landscapes and vistas, honestly impressive work and it's still pleasant to look at without any enhancements and mods. All of that accompanied by a fantastic soundtrack as well. If only the gameplay wasn't so bland ... how can you make a dragon slaying adventure so mediocre? What a shame ...
Oblivion had its fair share of problems as well, but alltogether it held up much better, I feel. Shivering Isles are perhaps my favourite expansion, along with the Lonesome Road from New Vegas.
Ring of flight? Screw that! Scroll of Icarian Flight ftw, ahahaha, best item in the game. Travel the skies, see the world and get turned into a pile of blood jelly once you finally land, lol.