» Fri Jun 08, 2012 8:33 pm
For me? The "city" of Winterhold. It's a city, but it's comprised of one house, one inn, one shop, and the longhouse. A lot of rubble homes that look exactly alike too.
Let's start with the lore behind its condition --which is solid, to be sure.
The city has fallen on hard times, and was wrecked by a cataclysmic event which caused much of the place to fall into the ocean. Okay, I can handle that. So... why isn't there any building rubble at the bottom of the cliffs? The only object accounted for were the pieces that fell from the bridge. Rubble doesn't float, it's not going to be miles out. I was irked how little was accounted for below.
Then, the reality of the situation. It happened 80 years ago, according to lore. As Nord tradition states in Skyrim, nobody is allowed to rebuild anything. Just live in ruins, right? No attempt should be made to rebuild the wooden homes after 80 years of wreckage. The economy truly stunk after the Great War I suppose. This aside, Winterhold remains a town about the size of Karthwasten, which isn't saying much.
How does the town manage an entire hold? Where do the guards sleep? I feel like Winterhold had a great shot with the lore, but didn't match it well with design. No problems with the College, no problem of ugly or neatness. I'm just a bit disappointed in the practicality of the final result.