In the trailer of the game I noticed that a lot of the parts that are in the Dovahkiin vs Dragon section...don't seem to be in the game at all.
- Like at the beginning it seems that cold air comes out of Dovahkiin's mouth in both first and 3rd person when in cold areas (could be wrong about third person though).
- When he's hit by the dragon against his shield, he stumbles backwards in a really realistic way.
- When the dragon flames hit the ground, the ground still smoulders with fire for a while.
- He does a upwards swing with his whole body on the dragon and the dragon reacts to taking damage!
- He does a, across the body swing with his sword that I dont recognize in the game. Which also makes the dragon react.
- Both strikes seem to have a lot of weight behind them, because of the animation used, and how the dragon reacts, and they really make you feel like Dovahkiin is physically strong (something sorely lacking in the Vanilla game).
- When he slices at the dragon as it flies overhead, the force of it moving by hits him backwards. This feature not being in the game is no big deal, but the main thing is the animation used as he flies backwards. It looks really realistic, and I dont remember seeing anything like it in the game.
- Also when he slices at the dragon as it flies overhead the second time, blood gets on his body...is this in the vanilla game at all?
- The animation used when slicing as it flew overhead (swinging from the left to the right) looks realistic with a lot of weight to it as well.
- After striking the heavy blow, on the dragon, Dovhakiin breathes heavily to show that it was a hard fought battle.
- The idle stance Dovahkiin takes after defeating the dragon and absorbing the soul, isn't in the game.
I'm sure a lot of people were hype for the game because of how the trailer depicted the combat. It gave the game a feeling of weight and contact damage that hadn't been in other Elder scrolls game. For me it's what made the game feel so darn exciting. But now I realize almost none of that content made it in the release. But here's what I want to ask:
- Do you think any of those animations exist in the game in some other way, like unused files hidden away somewhere on the disc?
- Why do you guys think Bethesda didn't include those things in the final game, but used them in the trailer? They're all really cool things, I dont see why it wouldn't be included. Especially if you felt it was good enough to show it off...