@6ch6ris6 I liked the story too, but I personally felt the Thalmor were underwhelming antagonists. They never really do anything other than throw tantrums if anyone worshiped Talos near them. The game sorta hypes them up as being really evil and whatnot but aside from occasionally getting mad at Nords they don't really do anything.
The story wasn't the worst I've ever seen, but it could have been better. I really hope Bethesda steps up their game with the main story in TES 6. I want to care about the story a lot more than I did in Skyrim. It was okay I guess, and I stayed decently interested in it. I enjoyed some of the side questlines and the Dawnguard and Dragonborn DLC way more than I did the main story, though.
The main story still didn't put down my enjoyment of the game, though. The main story is just meant to be a small sliver of the game as a whole, anyway. The sidequests are what really make up the meat of the game, and the majority of those were really enjoyable.
How outlandish would it be for cross platform save states? I've put about 150 hours into Skyrim on my PS4 but haven't played it since before Xmas.
Could see a portable version reviving my interest somewhat!
And yes, I know it's never gonna happen, I'm just curious as to the theoretical possibility of it in an ideal world
With mods being in this version I wonder if they will add Nintendo skins and costumes like they did with Minecraft, Bayonetta, Rayman, Tekken etc on the Wii U?
as far as i know mods have not been confirmed yet. i honestly doubt this version will have mods. maybe nintendo is worried about kids again or whatever...
@Dan0753 Every Elder Scrolls is set in its own region and time period. To my memory, there are no returning characters. Lore and even some of the readable books in the world connect the different games together, but there is no reason to play the games in any particular order.
Skyrim is by far the most easily accessible and fundamentally best designed Elder Scrolls world, so I suggest starting there if you're unsure you'll like the series. Just keep in mind that it's a time sink to an even greater degree than Breath of the Wild.
@Dan0753 Every Elder Scrolls is set in its own region and time period. To my memory, there are no returning characters. Lore and even some of the readable books in the world connect the different games together, but there is no reason to play the games in any particular order.
Skyrim is by far the most easily accessible and fundamentally best designed Elder Scrolls world, so I suggest starting there if you're unsure you'll like the series. Just keep in mind that it's a time sink to an even greater degree than Breath of the Wild.
Awesome. Kinda like the Zeldas then? I know there's a timeline for them. But realistically it means nothing when you start up a game.
I'll hold out playing them on Xbox then until this come sout.
@Dan0753 Yes, functionally it's like Zelda and Final Fantasy. Elder Scrolls definitely has a more expansive and solidified continuity than either of them, but that doesn't really interrupt the story of each game, if that makes any sense.
For instance, the continent map won't drastically shift between games and history isn't lost from one game to the next. The world's religions are all the same, not throwing in new 'light spirits' and 'giants' to explain each new game, etc, etc.
While all the games take place on the same world, the story, characters, setting etc etc are all unique in each game, and a great deal of lore and information about the Elder Scrolls universe can be learned in any of the games just by exploring, doing quests, talking to people, reading books etc etc. Definitely a very easy game series to jump right into, no matter which game in the series you're starting with.
Gameplay-wise, how does this compare to Oblivion? I'm playing through Oblivion now, and honestly, I don't think it's that great. I admittedly am not taking the time to talk to everyone I see and do all of the side quests which I hear is most of the appeal, but I find it kind of dull. Right now I'm trying to recruit aid for this one city, and I just do the same thing over and over again. Go to a city, ask for help, they can't offer help because their entire army is busy with an Oblivion gate, despite this they can't send a single soldier to help me go destroy the Oblivion gate, I destroy the gate by myself, they grant their aid, I move on to the next city and repeat ad nauseum. And inside all the gates is exactly the same with the exact same enemies and the exact same goal. It kind of feels like a bigger Pandora's Tower, but bigger isn't necessarily better because I have to waste time travelling everywhere.
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