Three stats? No classes? No major and minor skills? No birth signs? No weapon deterioration? No crossbows, spears, throwing weapons? No spell making? No potion naming? Where did the medium armour skill go? Where did the unarmed skill go? Where did the unarmoured skill go? What about acrobatics? What about athletics? What about mysticism? Why do I feel tired and uncompelled to search through any of these crates, barrels and bags? Maybe it's the 10 gold and potatoes that I know I'm going to find.
Thanks.

This. This is what you're pandering to, Bethesda. People so inept - so intellectually bereft - that they only possess enough brain power to sputter out the latest meme or catchphrase.

"high class gaming"

I lol'ed.

See... Your post was valid, right up until this paragraph.

Oh and bro - before you go and insult other people's intelligence, try looking at your own

Cool story bro.

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Cool story bro.

It's been a long time since I've been so cripplingly disappointed with a game. Todd Howard should be ashamed of himself. From the unique, handcrafted master art that was Morrowind, released nearly 10 years ago, to this? To a piece of saturday night entertainment that panders to the lowest common denominator and BLEEDS mind-numbing repetition and lazy design? I've stepped in puddles deeper than this game.

All that with and the irony of a "Play however you want!" slogan slapped on the top. Well, I would, but you're not letting me. Because the game isn't designed to give me a deep, personal experience. The game is designed to impress teenagers with spectacle and explosions and dragons (ooh!) and rob them of their parent's money. And the saddest thing? It's working. So all you connoisseurs of high class gaming? (a title which has been twisted into a false insult by idiots who respect idiocy) You're getting more of the same. Because it sells, and only because it sells. There is no artistic integrity in this game. Not a shred of it. I refuse to believe that, in the 10 years since Morrowind, the Bethesda developers have lost so much common sense and become so infantile to put this on a par with that great game.

Three stats? No classes? No major and minor skills? No birth signs? No weapon deterioration? No crossbows, spears, throwing weapons? No spell making? No potion naming? Where did the medium armour skill go? Where did the unarmed skill go? Where did the unarmoured skill go? What about acrobatics? What about athletics? What about mysticism? Why do I feel tired and uncompelled to search through any of these crates, barrels and bags? Maybe it's the 10 gold and potatoes that I know I'm going to find.

Absurd game. I'm half expecting to check the calendar and realise that it's April 1st. Bethesda hit the promised land of RPGs with Morrowind and ever since then they've been scrambling around trying to figure out what made that game great -- and missing every time.

Please don't make a sequel.

Thanks.

It's been a long time since I've been so cripplingly disappointed with a game. Todd Howard should be ashamed of himself. From the unique, handcrafted master art that was Morrowind, released nearly 10 years ago, to this? To a piece of saturday night entertainment that panders to the lowest common denominator and BLEEDS mind-numbing repetition and lazy design? I've stepped in puddles deeper than this game.

All that with and the irony of a "Play however you want!" slogan slapped on the top. Well, I would, but you're not letting me. Because the game isn't designed to give me a deep, personal experience. The game is designed to impress teenagers with spectacle and explosions and dragons (ooh!) and rob them of their parent's money. And the saddest thing? It's working. So all you connoisseurs of high class gaming? (a title which has been twisted into a false insult by idiots who respect idiocy) You're getting more of the same. Because it sells, and only because it sells. There is no artistic integrity in this game. Not a shred of it. I refuse to believe that, in the 10 years since Morrowind, the Bethesda developers have lost so much common sense and become so infantile to put this on a par with that great game.

Three stats? No classes? No major and minor skills? No birth signs? No weapon deterioration? No crossbows, spears, throwing weapons? No spell making? No potion naming? Where did the medium armour skill go? Where did the unarmed skill go? Where did the unarmoured skill go? What about acrobatics? What about athletics? What about mysticism? Why do I feel tired and uncompelled to search through any of these crates, barrels and bags? Maybe it's the 10 gold and potatoes that I know I'm going to find.

Absurd game. I'm half expecting to check the calendar and realise that it's April 1st. Bethesda hit the promised land of RPGs with Morrowind and ever since then they've been scrambling around trying to figure out what made that game great -- and missing every time.

Please don't make a sequel.

Thanks.

This. This is what you're pandering to, Bethesda. People so inept - so intellectually bereft - that they only possess enough brain power to sputter out the latest meme or catchphrase.

Now, now, there are games that are clearly above others. What those games are is subjective, however. For me they would include Shadow of the Colossus, Okami and Twiligth Princes for example. I do beleive Skyrim is a canditate to join that list.

Though the lack of attributes, spell effectiveness, armor and weapon degradation etc. does give it a bit of a "TES for dummies" feel Though not as much as Dragon Age felt like "D&D for dummies", and DA2 felt like "Dragon Age for dummies"

/intelligence and any worthwhile debate. SHUT HIM DOWN SHUT HIM DOWN HE'S SAYING BAD THINGS ABOUT OUR GREAT GAME. Wow, enlightened minds, let's keep the world alive.

Cool story bro.

It's funny how people over at RPGcodex are pleasantly surprised with this game, while people here are complaining like hell. It's a complete 180 compared to Oblivion's release.

Always the same on official forums, mostly attention seekers, trolls, and the ignorant FPS fans creating a noise over nothing. It will quieten down in a week or so, they'll move on and whine about a different game, have seen it all before.

/intelligence and any worthwhile debate. SHUT HIM DOWN SHUT HIM DOWN HE'S SAYING BAD THINGS ABOUT OUR GREAT GAME. Wow, enlightened minds, let's keep the world alive.