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[Astral]

I haven't read / seen much of this game but does anyone know hoe the flora / fauna is in this game? Is it like Oblivion with boring wolves, bears and ugly trolls or does it have a cool 'eco system' like Morrowind?

It has dragons. That's all you need to know.

[Cecilff2]

I thought acrobatics was merged with athletics.

[freeformschooler]

I haven't read / seen much of this game but does anyone know hoe the flora / fauna is in this game? Is it like Oblivion with boring wolves, bears and ugly trolls or does it have a cool 'eco system' like Morrowind?

I only played like 3/4 of Morrowind, and didn't find the fauna very cool at all. The plant life was impressive though. Is there something I missed here?

[Cecilff2]

I haven't read / seen much of this game but does anyone know hoe the flora / fauna is in this game? Is it like Oblivion with boring wolves, bears and ugly trolls or does it have a cool 'eco system' like Morrowind?

I only played like 3/4 of Morrowind, and didn't find the fauna very cool at all. The plant life was impressive though. Is there something I missed here?

Yes, there were actual regions besides wooded plains and snowy wooded plains.

[freeformschooler]

Yeah, I realize that. I'm talking about the fauna. All of the monsters were always in the same general area, you knew what to expect when you encountered one and there wasn't a large amount of variety. Unless it just ramped up by the endgame, I'm sure they could improve on that in Skyrim.

Oblivion was pretty similar.

[PTTG??]

I haven't read / seen much of this game but does anyone know hoe the flora / fauna is in this game? Is it like Oblivion with boring wolves, bears and ugly trolls or does it have a cool 'eco system' like Morrowind?

ECOSYSTEM IS ONE WORD!

[Mono124]

I haven't read / seen much of this game but does anyone know hoe the flora / fauna is in this game? Is it like Oblivion with boring wolves, bears and ugly trolls or does it have a cool 'eco system' like Morrowind?

ECOSYSTEM IS ONE WORD!

OMG CAPSLOCK

On a serious note... if they take away jumping..... 

[Soadreqm]

Oh my god stop talking about jumping already.

Morrowind's animals were different, I guess, but I can't really think of them as better. Does it really matter whether you're being mauled by a bear or a kagouti?

[Mono124]

Oh my god stop talking about jumping already.

Morrowind's animals were different, I guess, but I can't really think of them as better. Does it really matter whether you're being mauled by a bear or a kagouti?

Two words. Cliff Racers.

[Virtz]

Oh my god stop talking about jumping already.

Morrowind's animals were different, I guess, but I can't really think of them as better. Does it really matter whether you're being mauled by a bear or a kagouti?

Yeah. One is an alien creature you do not know the capabilties of, the other is a common wild animal that shouldn't be up to the challenge of an armed humanoid. And that's ignoring the issue of creativity.

[Soadreqm]

Yeah. One is an alien creature you do not know the capabilties of, the other is a common wild animal that shouldn't be up to the challenge of an armed humanoid. And that's ignoring the issue of creativity.

Well, yeah, there's that. If you go with established wildlife, players will have some inkling of knowledge of which ones are the most powerful, before getting into a fight with all of them. Which, if you're designing a game, could sometimes be something you might actually WANT to happen. And while the alien wildlife certainly lent to the general alien feel of the whole province, I'm really not convinced that it's always better to have huge insects instead of mammals just because.

[Dutchling]

Well, you had those weird egg laying creatures. Called skooma or skoomoo or something like that. They were fun ^^.
Cliff racers were the reason I always started with destruction so I could actually kill them... Seeing Deadra without having to go into the Oblivion gates was fun, and Scamps were friggin' scary in Morrowind, at least I thought they were

[freeformschooler]

Scamps were friggin' scary in Morrowind, at least I thought they were

Scamps areis universally frightening.

On a different note, I'm hoping the AI is much better, as has been previously echoed here.

[Sordid]

Yeah. One is an alien creature you do not know the capabilties of, the other is a common wild animal that shouldn't be up to the challenge of an armed humanoid. And that's ignoring the issue of creativity.

Well, yeah, there's that. If you go with established wildlife, players will have some inkling of knowledge of which ones are the most powerful, before getting into a fight with all of them. Which, if you're designing a game, could sometimes be something you might actually WANT to happen. And while the alien wildlife certainly lent to the general alien feel of the whole province, I'm really not convinced that it's always better to have huge insects instead of mammals just because.

Nobody's saying that it's always desirable, but it can be if originality is what you're after. Oblivion, for example, was purposely designed to be as generic as possible, and we all know how that turned out. As for knowing how powerful your enemy is, if the game designer isn't a blithering idiot that's not really a problem. Take a look at this and this. Which do you think is more dangerous? Yeah, that'd be the one whose face is pretty much made up of nothing but sharp teeth as long as your arm.

Well, you had those weird egg laying creatures. Called skooma or skoomoo or something like that. They were fun ^^.

Kwama. Skooma is a drug made out of Moon Sugar. Most merchants won't even talk to you if you have that stuff in your inventory, but Khajiits love it.
And yes, I know that off the top of my head.

[kilakan]

Sordid, you haven't played morrowind for awhile have you?  Wild Guar have a nasty ass poison that will fuck you up, kinda the opposite of the point you are trying to make.