Skyrim elves look AWFUL :(
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AH! THAT'S IT. I KNEW I HAD A PROBLEM WITH THEM BESIDES THE EYES. That's it, it's that ridiculously pronounced brow on their face. Yeah, man, that combined with the eyes, that's exactly the look about them that I dislike. Thank you thank you thank you for pointing that out, I've been trying to put my finger on it all night.Sewer Rat said:
and yes, I am up shit creek
I haven't palyed the game so take this with a pinc of salt but it seemed like his argument was that they didn't look like LoTR extras and therefore were bad rather then actually disliking the feature on their own.The Human Torch said:
I agree witht he both of you, they do look definetly unhuman but I like that.
Elamdri said:All I'm saying is that I've killed enough Drow in my time to know that THIS:
is not a dark elf.
dunmer are not drow.
dunmer are chimer who were cursed with red eyes and dark skin by azura because the tribunal betrayed nerevar. chimer were a religious group of altmer (high elves) that worshiped daedra instead of aedra(means ancestor in elven, as daedra mean not ancestor.)
drow are an offshoot of elves that went underground for religious reasons and for being too evil, and chose to worship lolth. they have dark skin from living underground.
wait... that does seem somewhat similar.
DeadlyYellow said:
This,
I've seen so much whinge-ing about what people don't like in Skyrim that it's bloody irritating - the OP will have had access to plenty of screenshots and videos of the Elves before he bought the game, so who's bloody fault is it if he still goes out and buys it?
Yeah, the game has flaws, and bugs, those need highlighting so they can be fixed, but there's an awful lot of "I don't like how they did X, so therefore I hate the game" going around...
Meh, I enjoy Skyrim, I'm going to continue to do so.
DUH DUH DUH!CulixCupric said:Elamdri said:All I'm saying is that I've killed enough Drow in my time to know that THIS:
is not a dark elf.
dunmer are not drow.
dunmer are chimer who were cursed with red eyes and dark skin by azura because the tribunal betrayed nerevar. chimer were a religious group of altmer (high elves) that worshiped daedra instead of aedra(means ancestor in elven, as daedra mean not ancestor.)
drow are an offshoot of elves that went underground for religious reasons and for being too evil, and chose to worship lolth. they have dark skin from living underground.
wait... that does seem somewhat similar.
*Puts on her hat of University of Mythological Research*lacktheknack said:
The first one is not elf, it's a Satyr. Second one is a Nymph most likely of Dryad variety and third ones would be some kind of minor Fae or even Gnomes. Neither of them are elves however!*nod*
But yes. TES has it's own aesthetics of elven races, which are quite odd with their upwards stretched faces, tilted, bug-like eyes and signs of ageing apparent. Nothing modders can't fix, and there are already textures available for fixing the eyes and skins, will take a bit longer for the meshes because they are higher poly count than Oblivion and i'm not sure if the rigging skeletons are easily extractable without Creation Kit.
What? Yes it does. This is America goddammit. If it hasn't been run through Photoshop 15+ times with 6 filters, then I don't want it. I mean, we can freaking cut peoples faces open and stuff plastic in there to make them look however we want, there is ZERO excuse for something to look less than fabulous.Mr Ink 5000 said:
Except Elder Scrolls is as far from D&D-based as something can get and still be a fantasy RPG with Elves, humans, Orcs (who are Elves), and rumours of Dwarves (who were actually human-sized Elves). They aren't supposed to look like Elves in other series, because they aren't those elves. They're Tamriel Elves.Elamdri said:All I'm saying is that I've killed enough Drow in my time to know that THIS:
is not a dark elf.
Yes... Bethesda hate you.Elamdri said:
They sat around one night and discussed how they may best ruin your life and decided that it would be with the appearance of the elves in Skyrim.
I was there, it happened....
It was a tough choice between messing with the elves and infecting you with sithilis.
If this is that big a deal... You really need to re-assess what's important to you.
Personally I think they look really cool. They are different from the human races and you can actually see that they are elves. Not just a pointy eared human with different coloured skin.
It's that the fault doesn't actually exist. What'd be the point in distinguishing between races if they were all identical save for a few features? Nords are heavier set than Bretons and Imperials, but they still have the same basic build. They're clearly human. The elves were at no point assumed to be humanlike.The Human Torch said:
In fact, I keep hearing about how fantastical the world of Morrowind was, but when the inhabitants of the world are changed to be inhuman, there are complaints.
Yes. The elves look frightening. The Altmer are actually horrifying. But that's okay, I've always hated high elves. At least in this game it's justified - I couldn't explain it in Oblivion, I just wanted to slaughter them.
I KNEW IT! Those bastards. Next you're going to tell me that my horse can climb a damn near 90 degree incline as a reference to the wall street crisis and the Illuminati.Rancid0ffspring said:
What is Sithilis? Is that like a Dark Brotherhood STD?Rancid0ffspring said:
As far as I'm concerned, if it looks like a drow, has a backstory similar to a drow, and is a complete prick, like a drow, then it's a drow.Cain_Zeros said:Except Elder Scrolls is as far from D&D-based as something can get and still be a fantasy RPG with Elves, humans, Orcs (who are Elves), and rumours of Dwarves (who were actually human-sized Elves). They aren't supposed to look like Elves in other series, because they aren't those elves. They're Tamriel Elves.Elamdri said:All I'm saying is that I've killed enough Drow in my time to know that THIS:
is not a dark elf.
And we all know what we do with Drow in these parts.