Ok, I have to say I 100% agree to the OP.

I just finished the 2 main plots, I decided to support the Empire (to have a chance against the Dominion) and killed Alduin. It was SUCH a sad letdown to have no end whatsoever. No party, no speech, no endgame video, or anything. Just an ending as if I had killed 3 street robebrs for an old granny. Just KTHYBYE! I mean, ok we all know TES have always been like this, but I REALLY thought in 2011 after so many RPGs we would get SOME ending. Something to feel good. So all in all, it svcked to have no ending.

Also, sheesh... it really depressed me to have so many things unresolved. I mean, ok, I knew it was probably not to be. The Empire still is weak, no Dragonborn on the throne, the Thalmor still out there just like their Dominion, Talos worship still outlawed asf. Or who becomes King of Skyrim now?? I wish there would at least have been some sign for what the future held. I don't want to sound ungrateful, because Skyrim was one of the best RPGs ever, and surely one of the most impressive lands, visually! But am I the only one who feels Tamriel was put a bit too deep into darkness? Morrowind, where we once fought for, totally obliterated. Empire weak and lost half of it's realm. And no hope? It really could have had some emotional resolve. Anything but this totally anti-climix.


Somehow I wished I would become Emperor, haha. Oh well... Maybe in Elder Scrolls VI, in 2020.

Totally agree with this..

It got to the end, and it was like... oh, that's it? Umm...ok....

Then you go back to Whiterun, and it's like your Frodo returning to the Shire, no one has a clue about what you've done, the fact you saved the world, at least he kind of enjoyed the fact that no one knew, I just felt annoyed....

That's just the end of the main questline. There's 1000's of other quests to complete.

LOL YEAH YOU SAT BACK AND WATCHED MARTIN STEAL THE SPOTLIGHT AND GO AKATOSH MODE ON DAGON.

Cool boss fight!


/Master of Sarcasm

First: lol you sound so mad.

Secondly: Whats in bold made me laugh so hard.

Bah accidentaly double post >>....

I never really felt satisfied after any MQ ended. The strength in these games for me is them being open ended and just exploring really.
Some quests are fun some are not and for some reason the only MQ I really liked (though frustratingly boring and long in the beginning) was Morrowinds. The end battle was really hard and out of sheer terror I mucked it up with Sunder and Keening a few times
Oblivion just felt like playing fetch for the emperors illegitimate son, beating an easy boss Mankor Cameron into pulp and running around Mehrunes Dagon to have the final battle being done by glowing dragon Martin. Yay. At least there was still a movie though so I knew that was basically it. Skyrims MQ wasn't a disappointment for me as I didnt have high hopes to begin with.
Hopefully the DLC for this game will be just as epic as SHIVERING ISLES was compared to Boreblivion.

Also am I the only one actually wanting to join the Thalmor? LOL

Truth is nothing will beat Daggerfall endings cause of one thing choice in how the story ends.

This, and the part the most resonated with me bolded. If you also want to make that feeling worse, complete the Dark Brotherhood questline. Excellent questline, as good if not better than the Oblivion Dark Brotherhood, but the end of it only intensifies the bolded feeling considering that even if your character doesn't do it, Bethesda will consider it completed in their 'timeline'.

Being honest i've actually been playing FO3 the last few days with the Mothership Crew mod. And then I intend on playing New Vegas through again.

I feel really let down by this game, though that is still only to the standard I can be let down by a Bethesda game. I'll still play it to death once the modding tools are out. Its not like with Dragon Age 2, which has really damaged my customer loyalty to Bioware.

The world I think, while beautiful, might actually be smaller than Oblivion even though they said about the same. Despite speed being limited, I can cross the map much faster on foot than I could Cyrodiil, or at least it feels that way. I find myself arriving at a location, and double checking because it feels too soon. In Oblivion and Fallout I would have to check my map and would usually find myself at the half-way point. Its certainly big enough, but I think modders are going to have problems finding 'empty' land to work with that won't crowd the world. None of the characters aside from Puarthanaax(sp) interested me in the least. I had none of the connections I felt for Caius, Divayth, Vivec and Barenziah. Nor Martin, Jauffre, or Baurus, or even Mazoga. Nor James, Amata, Sarah, Elder Lyons, or the varous interesting characters of Fallout 3. The only characters I felt any sort of attachment for were the two NPCs who lead you to safety, and Lydia. Yet, even she had little to say beyond her introduction. When she died falling off a walkway in the Dwemer ruin I was momenterally bothered, but was mostly disturbed because she was my tank for my squishy mage. I also just can't understand the oversight of out characters in 3rd person being cardboard cutouts while everyone else looks around and reacts to the world. Even in Morrowind and Oblivion your character didn't stand ramrod straight and would look at other actors.

I still really like the game, but for me it falls down in areas that even Oblivion didn't. It improves on a lot, sadly in areas that I don't care about like the viceral combat, but the highest use it will get from me will be as a roleplaying tool for my own stories. Aside from the Dark Brotherhood (which has a decent questline and repeatable quests) i've found nothing that I could build a character concept off of besides the most basics features like hunting and crafting.

I'm just hoping that somewhere there is a gem in the story that I have missed, or that there will be a DLC as good as I found Knights of the Nine. I truly loved that DLC.

Say it isn't so? Lydia dies in the game? Lydia, the love of my life, my mate. How could they?!? That's like killing Veronica off in New Vegas. My beloved character there. I also agree with you regarding the cardboard cutout. I have been on pins and needles waiting for Skyrim to come out. Hoping it was going to surpass Bioware's Dragon Age Origins (not DA2) of which I still play; and have four saved games awaiting my return to play. Jut like with Fallout New Vegas and Fallout 3. Thank god I haven't uninstalled or quite playing those games.

Since I have Windows 7, I have a slideshow desktop of screenshots of all of my characters in all three games. And, each time I exit Skyrim and see one of my beautiful female characters looking all feisty and sixy, I feel an intense urge to go back to playing those games rather than Skyrim: And, I have only had Skyrim since Monday, the 14th. I guess now I just want to play Skyrim long enough to feel the $59.99 investment was worth it!?!

I feel like I had zero impact on the world. Pretty much nothing changed from the beginning. Alduin came and went, dragons lived and died. The place is still screwed up, the Thalmor will still screw with men and Tamriel is still in trouble. The story was TOO straightforward. No plot twists, no conspirations, nothing behind the scenes, the same enemy from the first scene of the game is the one you fight at the end of the main quest.

No, no, her own pathing caused her to fall off. Companions seem to be immortal in combat, but falling damage still seems to kill them.



Hm, I loved Dragon Age, but as with all Bioware games I find that after i've completed them a few tmes, I have to leave them alone for a few months. They are like a good movie, being linear. I see Bethesda games like a good table top roleplay session or novel series, since they can keep me entertained tl thenext is release. Skyrim less so, but i'm sure once all the 'fix' mods are out i'll love it as much as Morrowind or Oblivon.



Likewise, the thngs I noted while not ruining Skyrim for me, have severely damaged my vanilla experiance. Hopefully much of it will be fixed through mods.

Funny, how many keep Daggerfall so in high regards. Me too, btw.

Aww... Daggerfall. When the Empire was still strong and I the personal friend and right hand of good old Uriel Septim VII... I miss him.

yep, that ending was interesting... what... no this is not good.

I didn't even see Shor in there. I just saw his f'ing chair.

Those three Nord heroes were Scrappy characters.

I would say to everyone complaining to svck it up and enjoy the game for what it is anyways. But I realized forums wouldn't be forums without pointless rants.