Skyrim elves look AWFUL :(

[Joshimodo]

They look like Elves. Elves are always ugly.



That is, unless you're thinking of the shitty "Elves" that are just feminine humans with pointy ears. Then they're just boring.

 

[silasbufu]

I'm sorry , but who has the Trademark for how elves should look like? This is why it's called FANTASY.

And I like how elves look in Skyrim

 

[Deadpool062]

*snip*

It's quite clear that you like Khajiit and Argonian more than elf races so just play them. I made myself a Nord who looks quite a bit like Aragorn and I'm happy with that.

 

[Ziggy]

why the giants can send you flying 5000 feet into the air, why a viking asked me after purchasing my home if I wanted to see the viking home decorating guide, why vikings have a home decorating guide,

I'm sorry, I'm having trouble understanding you. You mention these two points as if they're bad and not awesome.

Ok, the Giants admittedly are kinda cool.

BUT NO VIKING SHOULD HAVE A HOME DECORATING GUIDE!

Just for the record, the guy that sells you decorations and gives you a guide is a Breton, soo... Yeah.

You don't have to buy them, you can live in your Viking shit heap if you want to.

Whatever, he lives in SKYRIM, in a castle, with a VIKING LORD, clearly, he is a VIKING. And you know what, Maybe I will go live in my Viking Shit heap, like a proper viking. I mean seriously, this is how I imagine this going:

(In a Scandinavian Accent)
"Ah, yes Bjyorn, I will place the wenches in this wing, and my pillaging gear has to be arranged to maximize the feng shui in the room or else my chi will be all out of whack for when we go raping and pillaging along the countryside. Btw, after tomorrows raid, I was planning on getting my beard waxed, would you like to come along"

as a scandinavian (a Dane to be precise) i find this a bit offencive. but the again we are the people who are proud of being the terrorists of the time,so don't lisen to me

 

[winter2]

What the hell was Bethesda thinking? The elves in Skyrim look absolutely HIDEOUS. I mean, they look like something you'd see out of Aliens. I feel like the Khajit and the Argonians feel more human than the elves do! It's become very off-putting.

I can't figure out what's worse. That someone designed them in the first place thinking that they would be aesthetically pleasing, or that someone didn't tell the person who created them that they're an absolute failure and put them in the final release.

They were supposed to be ugly. Since when were elves supposed to be pretty?

It's FINE if they're UGLY, but they don't look like ELVES.

To YOU maybe. To me they look fine as elves. I'm sorry that they don't look like the pretty elves from LOTR. Seems to be that you have some preconceived ideas here.

 

[winter2]

why the giants can send you flying 5000 feet into the air, why a viking asked me after purchasing my home if I wanted to see the viking home decorating guide, why vikings have a home decorating guide,

I'm sorry, I'm having trouble understanding you. You mention these two points as if they're bad and not awesome.

Ok, the Giants admittedly are kinda cool.

BUT NO VIKING SHOULD HAVE A HOME DECORATING GUIDE!

Just for the record, the guy that sells you decorations and gives you a guide is a Breton, soo... Yeah.

You don't have to buy them, you can live in your Viking shit heap if you want to.

Whatever, he lives in SKYRIM, in a castle, with a VIKING LORD, clearly, he is a VIKING. And you know what, Maybe I will go live in my Viking Shit heap, like a proper viking. I mean seriously, this is how I imagine this going:

(In a Scandinavian Accent)
"Ah, yes Bjyorn, I will place the wenches in this wing, and my pillaging gear has to be arranged to maximize the feng shui in the room or else my chi will be all out of whack for when we go raping and pillaging along the countryside. Btw, after tomorrows raid, I was planning on getting my beard waxed, would you like to come along"

as a scandinavian (a Dane to be precise) i find this a bit offencive. but the again we are the people who are proud of being the terrorists of the time,so don't lisen to me

It looks to me like the Vikings took great pride and satisfaction from their work. And I for one respect that.

 

[AzrealMaximillion]

My God. I'm playing Skyrim and I'm getting sick of these threads. I'd much rather see MW3 hate threads then this. This is getting revolting. It's almost like people paid $60 to play a game specifically to bash parts of it on the escapist. Give it a rest.

 

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

**snip**

What, because they don't conform to the typical high fantasy bullshit of elves that look like Orlando Bloom or {insert supermodel here} that means that Bethesda's designers screwed up?
Bah... rubbish. There's no rules written anywhere about how "elves", a fictional race of beings, should look. I for one applaud Bethesda from breaking away from the supermodel fantasy elves and making something a bit more plausible. Esp. considering Elves in Skyrim are distrusted heavily, you wouldn't see many of them and on the second point, they're supposed to not look human.... they're a different set of races altogether.

 

[Alexlion]

Not all elves have to look like orlando bloom, im glad they look like they are supposed to now as in how they looked in morrowind. Its bethesdas game and they can make THEIR elves look however the hell they please.

Honestly they actualy look cool to me its the only computer game ive ever considered rolling an elf.

Also the one you linked is a dunmer they are a cursed race.

 

[spartan231490]

They look fine.

 

[LilithSlave]

My God. I'm playing Skyrim and I'm getting sick of these threads. I'd much rather see MW3 hate threads then this. This is getting revolting. It's almost like people paid $60 to play a game specifically to bash parts of it on the escapist. Give it a rest.

I'm not so much tired of Skyrim bashing threads, as I'm tired of Skyrim threads in general. There are far, far too many Skyrim threads already. And we don't need more.

Seriously, there are other games to talk about. Heck, Skyward Sword is almost out. Give it some more love, people.

 

[Souplex]

Well of course elves are ugly.
They should look ugly; they're elven scum.

 

[Daystar Clarion]

Really? My Bosmer looks foxy.

Sure, she'll slice your throat when you're not looking, but you probably deserved it.

 

[spartandude]

And besides. They're not really elves. They're mer. People just call them elves.

good point, how about we call them mer instead and say they are elvish like, really i love this new style to them, they had similar style in morrowind. in oblivion they tried to make them more human and it just failed but i think they look fantastic like this and actually rather "elf like" imo.
granted i would have thought altmer would look a bit fairer but i love this style

 

[Free Thinker]

I actually like how the elves look in Skyrim. In Oblivion, Dunmer were butt-ass ugly with basically one skin shade, Altmer had freakishly large heads, and Bosmer were basically dwarves. I like the direction Bethesda took with the design of the races. They all look, or can be made to look aesthetically pleasing to anyone playing. Also, along with everyone else, different people view elves differently. Tolkien, and many other fantasy authors saw elves as light-haired, graceful beings, which is generally accepted...but if any of you have seen the Falmer, I consider them Elves due to pointy ears and light bone structure. Other people might call the Falmer goblins, but either way, it's opinion.

 

[fishy04]

I can't figure out what's worse. That someone designed them in the first place thinking that they would be aesthetically pleasing, or that someone didn't tell the person who created them that they're an absolute failure and put them in the final release.

Bold for point. You assuming something already. Perhaps you should rethink that.

Rethink what? That perhaps a designer hated the people playing their games and instead purposely made them look like their faces were put in a vice grip with giant anime eyes? I suppose that's a possibility too.

Yes... Bethesda hate you.

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.

sithilus - http://www.wowhead.com/zone=1377/silithus
siphilus - http://www.cdc.gov/std/syphilis/stdfact-syphilis.htm


More on topic, I really dont like the look of the elves...but that doesn't mean they are poorly designed, just that i dont like the look of them.

 

[Ordinaryundone]

What the hell was Bethesda thinking? The elves in Skyrim look absolutely HIDEOUS. I mean, they look like something you'd see out of Aliens. I feel like the Khajit and the Argonians feel more human than the elves do! It's become very off-putting.

Considering that Elves in TES do not share a common ancestor with humans, they are probably SUPPOSED to look alien. Added in the fact that they are supposed to seem alien and foreign in the context of Skyrim's story, the High Elves and Dark Elves especially.

Its like the changes they made to the Elves in Dragon Age 2. I like the way they managed to make them look lithe and graceful without making them look generically pretty like most fantasy worlds. Elves are supposed to be kinda weird looking, after all. What else would you expect of a highly magical creature who has likely been alive for over a hundred years?

 

[meryatathagres]

Tolkien WON. Elves LOOK like human beings. They may not have to look like supermodels, but they're general appearance should be human. Especially in a game series that bleeds as much Tolkien and D&D as TES.

Tolkien Elves are very tall. DnD Elves are rather short. And that's just the most obvious difference. (Oh and DnD elf apperance can vary with campaign setting too)

 

[spartandude]

why the giants can send you flying 5000 feet into the air, why a viking asked me after purchasing my home if I wanted to see the viking home decorating guide, why vikings have a home decorating guide,

I'm sorry, I'm having trouble understanding you. You mention these two points as if they're bad and not awesome.

Ok, the Giants admittedly are kinda cool.

BUT NO VIKING SHOULD HAVE A HOME DECORATING GUIDE!

Thats it! FUCK YOU! My Nord has a hob of going to a cave, killing everything in sight and selling the loot. with so much killing in my day job its nice to come home to a well decorated house, but no Im not allowed that. You sir shall never come to another Nordic tea party