Is Skyrim like Ireland? : V - Skyrim

» Wed Oct 31, 2012 3:39 pm

we know it best resembles scadinavia but has some similarities to Ireland, don't think I am just saying this to support my homeland, because it does have similarities, look at what we pointed out

» Wed Oct 31, 2012 2:44 pm

we know it best resembles scadinavia but has some similarities to Ireland, don't think I am just saying this to support my homeland, because it does have similarities, look at what we pointed out

tbh you can point out similarities to almost any country in the northern hemisphere.

» Wed Oct 31, 2012 4:07 pm

Central heat? No place that has central heat could be that cold..

It's not cold, only a bit depressing, it feels like living in Finland, :tongue:

seems like there is some meeting of the irish community - i have to disappoint you, skyrim looks like norway :tongue:

http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borgund_stavkirke

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Bodens_j%C3%A4rnv%C3%A4gsstation_N%C2%B0_21300000014945.jpg where I live looks a bit like the architecture found in Whiterun. That church must be where they got the inspiration for the Viking Wonder in Age of Kings.

» Wed Oct 31, 2012 11:01 am

Skyrim is mostly tundra and snow covered tundra.

High Rock I think is supposed to be more of an emerald province (with the addition of a high mountain range - hence the name "High Rock")

» Wed Oct 31, 2012 4:02 am

Ireland is one of the biggest consumers of tea per capita on the planet (I need a life).

That would be Northern Ireland, part of UK. In Republic of Ireland, as far as I recall in my 21 years there, this is a blasphemy, and very rarely seen, at least in Dublin.

» Wed Oct 31, 2012 7:14 am

It's not cold enough in Skyrim for it to be like Scandinavia

Quite the other way around. I'ts colder in Skyrim than at least in the Southern parts of Scandinavia, such as Denmark and half Sweden, half Norway and half Finland. It may look more like Norway and Iceland than Sweden, and not at all like Denmark.

OP: I don't know much about Ireland, but I like your list :biggrin:

Skyrim is not like Scandinavia, more like a fantasy-stereotype of old Scandinavia, made up by someone who has read a short version of our ancestors' tales but haven't actually been here. That said, I like Skyrim a lot. Otherwise I wouldn't play. (It's fantasy, not history :happy:

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» Wed Oct 31, 2012 4:44 am

We're not saying which it is more like we are just pointing out the similarities between skyrim and Ireland.

» Wed Oct 31, 2012 3:47 am

And except for the snow part which I disagree with they are very interesting points.

» Wed Oct 31, 2012 1:56 am

And except for the snow part which I disagree with they are very interesting points.

the ones me and Swims posted?

» Wed Oct 31, 2012 7:21 am

Mastashake: :blink:

You live in Sweden too?!
But I live in the south; guess that's why we see it differently. Or was it the people running about in the mountains with only a fur bra and miniskirt you had in mind? That wouldn't work in Sweden :laugh:

» Wed Oct 31, 2012 9:21 am

Skyrim's landscape is to a large part tundra

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tundra

If they ever make a game set back in High Rock then I expect to see a much greener landscape. In Daggerfall the backdrop looked very woodland and foresty

http://members.chello.at/theodor.lauppert/games/tes/daggerfall1.png
http://daggerxl.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/ryuranx_sod_1.png
http://www.jceason.dircon.co.uk/dagger/graphics/province/daggerfall.gif

» Wed Oct 31, 2012 2:01 am

Mastashake: :blink:

You live in Sweden too?!
But I live in the south; guess that's why we see it differently. Or was it the people running about in the mountains with only a fur bra and miniskirt you had in mind? That wouldn't work in Sweden :laugh:

lol

» Wed Oct 31, 2012 8:56 am

Tundra basically grassland without trees

» Wed Oct 31, 2012 2:01 pm

the ones me and Swims posted?

Yes. Anyone can see the similarities between Sweden/Norway/Iceland and Skyrim but at least I would never think of Ireland.

» Wed Oct 31, 2012 1:18 pm

Last time I was in Ireland I didn't see any mountains that were near the same scale as those we see in Skyrim. Skyrim looks more like Germany than it does Ireland.

» Wed Oct 31, 2012 6:21 am

Yes. Anyone can see the similarities between Sweden/Norway/Iceland and Skyrim but at least I would never think of Ireland.

Our roots go all the way back from Vikings anyway. Dublin was founded in 9th century by Vikings if I recall right, so this whole Nordic, Viking thingie isn't too far from Ireland.

Last time I was in Ireland I didn't see any mountains that were near the same scale as those we see in Skyrim. Skyrim looks more like Germany than it does Ireland.

Yeah well, if I say I was in Italy and never saw sea, it's not because Italy doesn't have it, it's because I wasn't near the coast. I can assure you that RoI and Northern Ireland has quite similar mountains/hills in some areas as you can see in Skyrim. But you can see mountains like that in many countries after all.

» Wed Oct 31, 2012 11:26 am

Tundra basically grassland without trees

http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/1215/skyrimwhiterunhold.png
http://www.giannipc.com/josh/guide/sr_atlas_6b-006.jpg
http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/1215/skyrimwhiterunhold.png

» Wed Oct 31, 2012 3:34 pm

Last time I was in Ireland I didn't see any mountains that were near the same scale as those we see in Skyrim. Skyrim looks more like Germany than it does Ireland.

we said hilly, skyrim is also hilly, we do have some mountains. I live in a valley surrounded by mountains in the north.

» Wed Oct 31, 2012 4:40 pm

http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/1215/skyrimwhiterunhold.png
http://www.giannipc.com/josh/guide/sr_atlas_6b-006.jpg
http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/1215/skyrimwhiterunhold.png

Those pics are basically just the typical bog marsh in Ireland, There are alot of things you can see in real life in ireland that aren't online and the bog marshes look a lot like Hjaalmarch.

» Wed Oct 31, 2012 3:55 pm

Those pics are basically just the typical bog marsh in Ireland, There are alot of things you can see in real life in ireland that aren't online and the bog marshes look a lot like Hjaalmarch.

read what the devs said about when they designed Skyrim. They said tundra.

I think it is common nature that the Nords and Skyrim is cosmetically influenced by the Norse and Scandinavia. Like someone previously said - it is more the stereotypical Norselands of fantasy fiction.

I think it is the Bretons who are more cosmetically influenced by the ancient peoples of western Europe

» Wed Oct 31, 2012 11:23 am

That would be Northern Ireland, part of UK. In Republic of Ireland, as far as I recall in my 21 years there, this is a blasphemy, and very rarely seen, at least in Dublin.

Nope, definitely the ROI. Believe it or not, they actually consume more tea per capita than the UK.

» Wed Oct 31, 2012 1:47 am

Nope, definitely the ROI. Believe it or not, they actually consume more tea per capita than the UK.

I will never ever trust my neighbours again. And here I thought they're fine, common Irish folk.

» Wed Oct 31, 2012 3:47 pm

Clearly Skyrim is like Australia. It's all the snow, you see.

» Wed Oct 31, 2012 3:55 am

Clearly Skyrim is like Australia. It's all the snow, you see.

And the seven foot long spiders, don't forget that.

» Wed Oct 31, 2012 5:22 pm

From what I heard, when Todd Howard did a live interview for someone, before Skyrim came out, he stated that alot of the mountains and tundra that was used in Skyrim came from Park City Utah. The interview is Todd with Geoff.