I will not be buying the next game if they go back to Oblivion's system. Skyrim is leaps and bounds better than Oblivion. But I did like the challenge in the journal required exploration that was used in quests and the realism in the politics of the world that Morrowind implemented. A game like this should require you to take accountability for your actions. Even if it forces you to reload.

The problem is that he makes decent points that don't make sense in the context of TES. Affect on game world? Outright failing quests? What changed from Morrowind to Skyrim regarding these things?

Faction choice? You mean Civil War and Great Houses? That's it.

I understand what he means to an extent - for example, disposition changing depending on which factions you join. It's his assumption that the 'casuals' are to blame for such removal that irritates me. What about more legitimate reasons - time constraints, which plagued Skyrim. The fact that no-one should know you joined some factions. And so on.

Did you watch the video? The effect on the game world through being able to kill essential NPC's. Having a grey faction list that you can only join certain ones and then actually have enemies from rival factions as opposed to the black and white generic choices for storyline archs that are given in the Skyrim civil war quests or the faction choice in Shivering Isles. Killing essential NPC's disabled certain quests. You couldn't kill an NPC only to have their long lost cousin show up to give you the same exact quest.

They might as well. The direction they're going - they can't hold the market they're apparently targetting, and they're doing a brilliant job of alienating customers left, right, and center.

The disposition is a nice touch but means NOTHING. "Oh you don't like me? here's 200 gold. Aight we cool"

Yes. This has never really happened in TES aside from the Civil War and Great Houses of Morrowind.

The easier it becomes to make games, the better they'll get. I'm not worrying, not yet.

Well, you did have the copy and paste factions of Daggerfall that were exclusive. The ones who offered the same quests, just with different names attached to them.

One also shouldn't forget the cut/paste gladiator factions from Arena.

Bring back the Gladiators for the Arena

I think the main thing is the game being simplified compare to previous series, and quite a lot of them is over simplified. he do point out a lot of good points of what is being over simplified, but not sure blaming on casual player is the right thing to blame on.

still... he does make a good point in the video

Of course.

Honestly though, TES haven't been to good at giving the world an effect of what you have done beyond some dialogue. Disipation of the blightstorms and switching out guards and Jarls if we were lucky.

Riiight.

Indeed. It's a wonder why I never mentioned that

The satisfaction is in the completion of the story, the prevention rather than the shift.

They weren't noticable enough to even linger in your mind

I know, I just pointed that out since some would bring it up as a thing "the old games did better".

also one thing i really agree with the video is that artifacts are close to trash when you can enchant your own that is far superior even without enchanting loop. Take Auriel's Bow as example, it is a bow made by the god in lore it is one of the mighties weapons ever in history. but the base damage stats is only same as Elven bow plus your own enchantment can make it much stronger and more charges than it.

and this godly artifact only cost 1.4k septim. seriously? what kind of legendary artifact that is much cheaper than those enchanted ebony armor you find in a local general store?

Yeah I totally agree with you.

I'm surprised he missed the pop-ups for dummies: "Your health is getting low - you'll die if it gets too low!" No, REALLY?

http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1427575-you-should-be-furious-elder-scrolls-community/page__p__21891575#entry21891575 You didn't get much of the response you were angling for. Give it a bloody rest.

Don't keep posting the same links/rants please. And making threads with flamebait titles is also frowned upon.