I've only been playing for about 45 minutes or so but am having one of those uneasy feelings. There is a lot to love about this game but it hasn't filled the void in my heart as quickly as Oblivion did. I now understand why many Morrowing lovers had trouble accepting Oblivion. Currently I am just very nervous if this game lives up to what I love about Elder Scrolls games. I'm sure I'm just being a skeptic but can any MW or Oblivion players tell me if their love of Skyrim has matched or surpassed their love of previous Elder Scrolls titles? Its really a two way battle for me currently, I cant seem to grab things and move them about ( a big minus for me) and two ( and I am one who doesn't give a rats ass about graphics) after installing the disc to my Xbox(( yes a console version until I can get back to my desktop PC) many of the textures look crappy, I'm talking Morrowind crappy. For some I can even see individual pixels standing out as if the texture hasn't fully loaded. I did hear about a bug that effected installed versions so maybe this is it. On the pro side, the soundtrack is incredible, the voice acting is superb, I don't mind the UI but will find a mod for it on PC, the character creation system is fantastic and the game has a lot of promise . I just feel its missing something, a very important something that Oblivion had. Perhaps its because the game is so foreign right now and maybe after a few days I will warm up to it and I will see it as just another entry in my favorite series of games, please quell my fears or share your own.


I do not mean this to insult the game, this is from a long time fan who has loved all of Bethesda's creations. Again this is meant as a discussion on what makes an ES game just that, an ES game. Also it is a discussion on what makes a game familiar or foreign and how we warm up to them

Holding in A allows you to manipulate objects and place them around, I had the same feeling mate, realized that I was just getting hit by the forum negativity.

EDIT:
Btw the texture glitch occurs regardless of installation and Bethesda has addressed/is working on it.

I disagree.

Skyrim [censored] all over Oblivion from a great height.

The only thing that lets SR down are the huge amounts of bugs. My companion just disappeared right in front of me, is the latest bug.

Good grief!

Thanks for the response, I'm just hoping that underneath all the flair and rebuilt systems that the core of whats makes this series so special still exists ya know what I mean. Elder scrolls to me isn't about big set pieces or streamlined ui's its about being able to play how you want.

Also I have found that installing the game does cause the texture issue, so now my two major issues are fixed. Thanks for the replies


@ Son Do- That's the sort of feedback I was looking for. A guy (or girl) whose been here since 06 letting me know it is worthy of the Elder Scrolls title. I am prejudging the game and will not deny that, I was just hoping that eventually it lives up to the standards of long time fans and wasn't just catering to the new batch.

I've tried installing and uninstalling, but my texture problems are still there, can you help me? what did you do to fix it?

Look at the posters edit before you. I bet we get a patch by Monday that fixes the issue, I can't imagine how great the game after that


Also, I just thought of another reason for my anxiety. I went into Oblivion and then MW with almost no expectations, this game had so many expectations It would be nearly impossible to meet them.

I understand your emotions, if it wasn't for that amazing arch dragon thing to suffice as an intro, I would probably still be nervous, but they did a good job to transition this game from the previous installment. The game is somewhat slower, and I actually like the old speed and inventory of oblivion, not to say this is worse than the prior. When you stack everyrthing together however, this is hands down the better game. Just wait until you get to the next city from Riverwood...

Yeah, I'm sure it will be patched soon. Anyone who has been with Beth since Arena ***KNOWS*** that a first day TES release is the very definition of "buggy release". OMG, who can forget the world geometry problems with Daggerfall?

I hope that the svcky PC UI is on the short list of hot fixes, but probably not since it's "cosmetic".

Quell that nervousness and dive right in! You're missing out on an excellent gaming experience IMO. It far surpasses oblivion in most ways, I've yet to discover how it compares to morrowind though.

I kinda know how you feel i guess, my doubt arose right of the bat and i really didnt enjoy the start of the game at all, once Ulduin attacked i thought the textures looked shocking, the gameplay felt horrible, kind of got better once i got into the caverns and started looting things and killing guards and such, then when you first step out into Skyrim itself i was in awe, it blew my mind, now i am in love again, for the first time since Morrowind.

Stick at it mate, you will love it.

I think it beyond my expectations.

I didn't like Oblivion cause I found the graphics and game art annoying and not very natural. It wasnt reall yportrayed as a grim medieval world as it should have been, this is not the case with Skyrim. I find it closer to Morrowind than Oblivion, even though they've cut out a rather big chunk of things like spellmaking, spears and such. I can't explain it really, It's just the same feeling as I had with Morrowind.

I had the same fears going in... will this actually top previous titles and give that same wonderful feeling?

Traditionally I've always tended to play some type of mage or caster, so I was both excited and very nervous to actually see how the magic in Skyrim operated hands-on, how it felt to control, and so on. I leveled up a little bit and got the perk for dual casting destruction, and was immediately blown away after dual-wielding Sparks (the lightning channel spell) to kill some bandits. It's so much... dirtier and visceral than Oblivion's saran wrap-covered world of magic and (let's face it) horrid combat animations. I LOVE being able to role play the caster.. peeking from the left side of cover to fire from my left hand, or vice versa, or shocking an enemy from one hand, then seamlessly adding the other hand to the mix to quicken their doom. Or combining fire with frost and dishing it out in a deadly sandwich. The mage end of things plays VERY well I think.

On my way to Ustengrav (sp?) on a quest, I was climbing the mountain north of Whiterun, and noticed an interesting looking icon on my compass. The more I looked at the icon the more I became sure of what it was - a dragon head. There was a dragon up here somewhere with me! After a minute or so it was so close, but I still couldnt see it, the icon was not moving. I was madly scanning the sky and the land in front of me and trying to stick close to trees hoping it wouldn't see me. Then... I came to the edge of a cliff, and almost directly below me, standing in some type of ruin, was this dragon. I was not in sneak mode, so it saw me and lifted off (at this point I was practically crapping my pants, especially as the powerful boss music kicked in). I probably died 4 or 5 times to that dragon before I decided to save that for another day, but holy cow was it THE MOST stressful and FUN battle I have ever encountered in any TES game. Anything from Oblivion or Morrowind paled in comparison to that.


Im getting way off track here... but I guess at first it did feel a bit strange, but after a full night of playing I am completely hooked and I haven't even tried any other styles of combat yet. And Jeremy Soule's soundtrack? Superb, to say the least.

I say give it some time and just play, let the other games go for a while and just absorb the atmosphere, the environments, quests, people and lore. The more you play and adventure, the more Skyrim will grow on you, that's a guarantee.

I would echo what some reviews have said about Skyrim going back to the "darker" tone of Morrowind both in visual atmosphere as well as contextual elements such as political intrigue.

I also thought that some people were too harsh on Oblivion for being brighter; after all, it is set in the Imperial capital province, so it should have the most bright, "civilized" atmosphere of all the provinces, or at least such could be argued, anyway.

I feel the same. I spent hundreds of hours on Morrowind, and Oblivion broke my heart. This has that good time Morrowind feel to it, and I love Bethesda for bringing that back!