What if Skyrim was more realistic....... : V - Skyrim

» Thu Oct 04, 2012 4:05 am

Skyrim is very realistic. Dragons are real in the world of Tamriel, as are werewolves and vampires. If you removed them all, you wouldn't be playing TES V: Skyrim, you'de be playing Medieval Life Simulation.

To answer your question: there's no [censored] way I'd buy such a game. No, wait, it's not even a game - it's called "real life" and I have more than enough of it already, no need to see it in video games.

» Thu Oct 04, 2012 3:57 am

If skyrim was more realistic.....

1. No dragons
2. Humans are the only human level intelligent species
3. Can't use magic.
4. Only allowed to carry a few potions, and the more equipment or potions you have, the slower you become, easier to become over-encumbered. Your amount of how much you can carry will not increase as you increase lvls.
5. No vampires or werewolves. If there are any intelligent creatures that attack villeges or try to eat people, they can be cannibals.
6. If you die....that's it for said character. You can still save your progress, however if said character is killed in anyway, all save slots for said character can not be accessed. You would have to make a new character.

Would you play a more realistic game like this?

Of course if there are no dragons, then it kind of destroys the main quest. However some other quest could replace it? Perhaps stop some Thalmor invasion? Sure these Thalmor wouldn't be elves....since elves are against realisim, instead the Thalmor can me made up of another race of Man, who's skin is yellowish/golden color, and despise the other human races (nord, imperial, redguard) for some reason.

It would svck. Yes TES has a lot of realism, in that it creates a sense of place to were, if you were dropped in into Nirn, it would feel real; but making TES super-ultra realistic, in a way that you are describing, would totally go against what TES stands for, and not even adding in all of the fans who would not buy the game at all.

» Thu Oct 04, 2012 12:05 pm

A man can kill a bear, even during medieval times, you would just have to find a way in doing so, without dying, play smart and more cautious. This would also mean, instead of charging in attacking a bear or 2, it may be best to not attack them, and wait until you become a higher level.

That goes against realism so that can't happen.

» Thu Oct 04, 2012 3:20 am

No dragons --> No big bad dragon to interrupt your execution --> You die!

» Thu Oct 04, 2012 5:35 am

My gut reaction is I wouldn't touch that game with a ten and a half foot pole. After thinking about it for a min or so, still wouldn't play it. I think the closes I want to get to that kind of realism in a game is Civiliazation. Also that sounds line Demons'\Dark Souls with out all the monsters, and I find that is the big selling point is a very weak being taking down something that they shouldn't be able to kill.

» Thu Oct 04, 2012 7:40 am

What would be the point?

» Thu Oct 04, 2012 12:23 am

My gut reaction is I wouldn't touch that game with a ten and a half foot pole. After thinking about it for a min or so, still wouldn't play it. I think the closes I want to get to that kind of realism in a game is Civiliazation. Also that sounds line Demons'\Dark Souls with out all the monsters, and I find that is the big selling point is a very weak being taking down something that they shouldn't be able to kill.

that's nothing like Dark/demon's souls. nothing alike at all.

» Thu Oct 04, 2012 3:00 pm

I would still play it but a lot of the charm is gone.

» Thu Oct 04, 2012 10:35 am

If it was a good game I would play it.
If it was a bad game, I would not play it.

Either way, it wouldn't feel anything like a TES game anymore.... so it would not really be Skyrim anymore.

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I've played RPGs set in pre-modern Europe and Japan without any fantastical elements. I enjoyed them if they were good just as I've enjoyed post-apocalypse and space opera RPGs, but I enjoy fantasy RPGs so I'd rather Bethesda stuck to making them and let other companies make RPGs with other settings

» Thu Oct 04, 2012 7:00 am

is this Elder Scrolls or Slender? i have my doubts on this thread
Anyways i wouldnt play that game, WHy, because it would have 1.0 in the game pontuation and it would be a game that selled 2 copies.(and mine wasnt included)

» Thu Oct 04, 2012 7:01 am

What would be the point?

Um...surviving? Getting Rich? Not dying? Proving that your the "man"? Be a hero? Or be a villain? Fight for something you believe in? Show that even the "common man" can rise to the top?

Just like there are many points to wanting to live in the real world, there could be for this hypothetical realistic RPG game.

Just because the point of the game may not be to save the world from destruction, doesn't mean that there is no point.

» Thu Oct 04, 2012 6:13 am

In its own way, Skyrim is realistic enough for my taste. A fantasy world doesn't have to be strictly realistic to be convincing, it just have to be coherent and consistent so that its traits are believable within its bounds. Talking dragons are actually a plausible part of the world, as just about any other parts of it.