Things about skyrim that worry you?

[BLAHwhatever]

If all modders everywhere would die of heart attacks I'd start to worry.

 

[Rawne1980]

I can't say I really worry about it per se but... I sure hope Skyrim isn't as dull as Oblivion.

If you found Oblivion dull then you will probably dislike Skyrim aswell.

Same series and same style of game. There isn't as many changes between Oblivion and this than there were between Morrowind and Oblivion.

Basically, from what it looks like, certain aspects have changed but the core game is still in the style of the other TES games.

So yeah, if you didn't like Oblivion then Skyrim, more than likely, will not be for you.

On topic.....

Nothing worries me.

If there is anything in the game I don't like I can mod it and change it around.

 

[Thanato5]

The fact that its being done by bethesda. Nothing against them but they do have a habit of delivering only half a game and then you have to wait another year for all the patches and mods to fix the flaws. who knows though maybe this time they do it right.

 

[Mozza444]

The only thing that worries me is that once its out ill have no time to play it!!

 

[babinro]

In order of importance to me:

1) Combat System - Will it be fun at all or is it basically the same as Oblivion and will get old within hours?

2) Bugs - Will they cause me to play huge chunks of the game again because I'm stuck in some unbeatable dungeon from an event that happened over an hour ago?

3) Classless system - Will I feel as though I'm punished for not utilizing skills like restoration in every single build I make? Or focusing on non-combat skills like speechcraft?

4) Replay Value - By the time I 100$ complete the game's quest, will I be master of everything in skills? If so this could greatly reduce the replay value found in older versions.

5) Will the inventory management system be too realistic and bog down 50% of the game with senseless amounts of backtracking to cities?

6) Will the main story be unplayably boring like Oblivion's constant gate repetition quests?

 

[xchurchx]

Im worried about the overhype, im trying to keep a bubble around me because i enjoy a game more when i dont know much about it
last time i overhped a game i was dissapointed, it was great but did not live up to my hopes

 

[jackknife402]

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If you played a non-healer in previous elder scrolls games, what did you do after taking a hit in a fight? You either spammed a healing spell or waited one hour. That is not fun. The regenerating health is slow enough that you can't rely on it in combat at all, but fast enough that outside of combat you don't have to kick your immersion in the crotch by waiting and you don't have to mash the cast button.

This^

When I first heard about the regenerating health I ran to get my torch and pitchfork. Then I thought about it a bit and realized it might actually not be that bad. I would prefer something a little more tactile, like using bandages or something, but overall it might be an improvement over Oblivion and isn't likely to be any worse.

It's basically the same reaction I had when I learned they were removing stats. At first I cried foul, until I thought about and realized the stats in Oblivion were pretty weak (really and honestly, once they changed the combat away from the to-hit mechanic half of them were worthless) and the new perk system was considerably better, in theory.

I have an idea, since modding this game will be so easy; if you have a PC copy that is; then how about someone mod out the regen healing and add in immersive healing like bandages and such? Hell you can probably get a hotkey for it, add a skill for it even. Then hit the button; and depending on how badly damaged you are the character wraps bandages around itself in specific ways. A light injury might involve wrapping the hand up or forearm. A greater injury might require you to patch up your thigh or even wind a strip of cloth around your stomach. Hell if they were smart and left the damaging limbs stuff from fallout in; perhaps you can mod the game so it'll patch that specific body part that is damaged, healing and repairing the limb.

See modding games can be so great when the developers don't give you what you want....

 

[Darth_Dude]

I was slightly disappointed with the rag doll physics from the preview videos, I don't know, they just don't sit right with me, I guess I'll find out come the 11th.

 

[bliebblob]

The setting mostly. I never really liked nords so skyrim isn't exactly high on my places-to-see-before-I-die list. And unlike most problems listed here you can't just change it with a small mod.
I'm not gonna buy it right away anyway though. I don't have the time for it right now and there's guaranteed to be a GOTY edition with all DLC and expansions soon enough.

 

[Clive Howlitzer]

I was slightly disappointed with the rag doll physics from the preview videos, I don't know, they just don't sit right with me, I guess I'll find out come the 11th.

This. The ragdoll physics in Oblivion and Fallout 3 were just as terrible. I'd almost prefer a dozen or so canned animations for dying to god awful rag dolls.

 

[Epilepsy]

The main thing that's worrying me at the moment is that my final exam is on the 12th of November...

 

[honestdiscussioner]

The fact that they removed athletics, although that means more horse riding for me I guess.

In Oblivion, I was able to have a sword, shield, and spell available at all times. We gain wielding, but it looks like that ability has fallen from the wayside. Depending on how to do quick selections it might not be that bad. If, with a single button press, I can switch from spell and shield to sword and shield, then it would be awesome. What I really hope for is that you'll be able to double bind. Pressing 1 equips your left hand with something, and holding down 1 equips your right hand with something.

 

[Ekonk]

I mean you can't have one without the other.

Tell that to Bram Stoker.

 

[jboking]

The combat seems dull as ditchwater and the animation is crummy. Basically like Fallout 3. Also, NPCs still do that bloody face-zoom eye-contact thing.

On the upside, the environments look nice and the dragons look cool.

Opinions not measured, the npc's totally don't do the face-zoom anymore. I thought people had been aware of that since e3.

 

[Imbechile]

Absolutly god-awful UI, regenerating health, animations still crap, combat still crap, dumbed down, ......

 

[jboking]

Absolutly god-awful UI, regenerating health, animations still crap, combat still crap, dumbed down, ......

god-awful UI - I haven't used it yet, have you?
Regenerating health - Which is different from me waiting an hour in oblivion to get it all back, how?
Animations still crap - While I think the 'third-person' button should just be taken out, the npcs have far better animations based on the demos displayed.
Combat still crap - Have you used it?
dumbed down - or made less pointlessly complicated.

 

[SpireOfFire]

that I won't have too much time besides weekends to play it (DAMN YOU COLLEGE!).

same with me, except instead of college, i have a job and only get weekends off.

 

[Andrew_C]

That UI looks slick, but it is going to make inventory management even more painful than it was in Oblivion. I only hope that it will be somewhat customisable so there will be a MTUI or DUI equivalent

Does anyone know if spells and weapons will be hot keyable in the PC version

Also, IMHO, and just going from the videos, the landscape textures don't look any better than Oblivion with a decent medium resolution texture pack (default Oblivion textures are low resolution)

All in all, I think the interface is going to make me rage quit after half an hour.

EDIT: terrible spelling

 

[Imbechile]

Absolutly god-awful UI, regenerating health, animations still crap, combat still crap, dumbed down, ......

god-awful UI - I haven't used it yet, have you?
Regenerating health - Which is different from me waiting an hour in oblivion to get it all back, how?
Animations still crap - While I think the 'third-person' button should just be taken out, the npcs have far better animations based on the demos displayed.
Combat still crap - Have you used it?
dumbed down - or made less pointlessly complicated.

"I haven't used it yet, have you?" - then how do you know it's not crap???.

"far better animations" - that doesn't mean it looks good.

"pointlessly complicated" - I don't understand?? When have elder scrolls games been pointlessly complicated? ""Perhaps"" in the days of Arena and Daggerfall, but neither Morrowind nor Oblivion are pointlessly complicated.

 

[O maestre]

that I won't have too much time besides weekends to play it (DAMN YOU COLLEGE!).

i feel for you, i am going to have the same problem...im stumped between a university education and playing skyrim.... at this moment i dont know which is more important.... but i am leaning towards skyrim i cant wait for that game.