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[Domenique]

I'd go for Hammerfell or Summerset Isles. I feel like they would be the opposite of Skyrim, I'm interested in seeing how they would do deserts (if Hammerfell). Plus, I would like to see how they would portray a more exotic nation, would be a nice change of pace from Oblivion and Skyrim, which were pretty tame when it came to the locales (not that I didn't like them, I just want to see some of the more exotic locations of Tamriel).

I'd put my bet on Summerset Isles since they renamed them into something that sounds better, I don't think they did that for lol's sake.

[Eagle_eye]

What difficulty setting are you on?

adept

[Bdthemag]

What difficulty setting are you on?

adept

That might be the root of your whole "Everything is too easy" problem.

[Grakelin]

One of the things I really like about Skyrim is how everything looks like it's from an indie fantasy movie. Especially the Beowulf ones.

[Eagle_eye]

well, as I said, I want some level of tactical complexity, rather than just tougher enemies.

[3]

Try one of the challenge builds mentioned earlier; make a highly themed character; enforce roleplay...

[MorleyDev]

I'm loving Skyrim as a location so far.  It's so visually vibrant.  Could just be me.  I'm very mesmerized by wintery, mountainous landscapes.  As far as scenery and climate, Skyrim is almost exactly the kind of place I wish I could live... maybe a little less cold and a little more cloudy (can never have too many clouds blocking out the sun).

and probly a little less giants and dragons 

Nah, more dragons in a world means a statistically higher chance of you either living to become a complete badass, or having an awesome death None of this "heart finally giving out in bed" crap, when I go I want to be screaming like a madman and diving axe-first into the mouth of a dragon.

[Glowcat]

So I start thinking maybe I should kill Ulfric and the Emperor both to free Skyrim from the whole stupid thing.  But I just went to visit Ulfric, and my first impression of him is that he's a pretty awesome guy.  It's his followers who are bloodthirsty xenophobes.

This is false. If you talk to one of the thanes(?) he tells you how Ulfric completely ignores the plight of the Dark Elves as well as any kind of attack on non-nord caravans. There's also the Markath incident which showed that independence seems to be for Nords only.

Spoiler: Civil War Spoiler (click to show/hide)

If you kill Ulfric in the Civil War questline, the entire Gray Quarter begins to improve and the Dunmner tell you that they now have hope for a better future.

Problems with the Empire are many of course. You've got a great deal of fascism, toadying, falling right into the Thalmor's hands by screwing over the Nords who fought and died for them (thus leading to the civil war), and corruption is plentiful, but they do tend to look after their people no matter said peoples' origin.

Spoiler: Criticisms of the Civil War questline (click to show/hide)

I think this is another area where Bethesda dropped the ball. For one, I was rather disappointed that the player couldn't take a diplomatic route and put an end to the war with minimal bloodshed. Second, the battles themselves were rather bland and simply spawned waves upon waves of generic enemy soldiers. I know the Stormcloaks don't like mages, but a few of them in their ranks wouldn't have hurt their chances. The only named people you fight are Ulfric and his personal guard at the very end. Thirdly, I'm extremely disappointed by how barely the world recognized the end of the war. You still have Legate Rikke cursing Ulfric and wishing he'd see reason after he's dead. There's also the somewhat strange sight of seeing a naked Ulfric corpse sitting in the mead hall alongside the new Jarl and all the exiled Stormcloak Jarls. They could have at least mounted him on a wall or something.

[SalmonGod]

Yeah... first impression were the key words there.  I fully expect there to me more to learn.  I think I'm talking to that thane right now.

[Yoink]

Pfft, but dark elves are just dark elves! Who needs 'em, ugly grey b***ards.
And those foolish non-Nords are all Imperial sympathisers anyhow! Guarding their caravans is a waste of resources!!

Also: Woooow, magic is actually really FUN!

[nenjin]

So Markarth.....yeah.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Enough cannibals for ya?

And on that note.....

Spoiler: Hey Namira (click to show/hide)

I think I'll pass on dinner.

[SirAaronIII]

It's probably a bad thing that I don't actually own the game and I'm just in this thread to look at the pretty pictures.

[jmancube]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I was taking pictures of the beautiful moon and northern lights, when I spotted this. I have discovered flying fish in Skyrim! It's silly, but I love these glitches, they just make me laugh.

[Kilroy the Grand]

But I just went to visit Ulfric, and my first impression of him is that he's a pretty awesome guy.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Until you find out that he was helped by the high elves, is considered a valuable asset, might be open to thier further help, and helped weaken the empire for the elves

[micelus]

It is cool.  I can see why a lot of people don't take sides at all, it's one of those conflicts where neither side is really right.  Someone in Jarl Elisif's court mentions that High King Torygg (The guy Ulfric killed) really respected Ulfric and probably would have declared independence on his own had Ulfric not been so rash.

On one hand the Stormcloaks are right to be wary of foreign rule, especially when the Aldmeri Dominion is obviously running things behind the scenes, but at the same time Skyrim needs the Empire, and the ensuing civil war is just going to destabilize the Empire even more.

Two things I'm wondering about the next game:

1.  Who will canonically win the war?  This is the first time, as far as I know, that an Elder Scrolls game had two mutually exclusive quest lines with far-reaching impact on the series's storyline.

2.  How bad is the situation going to be in TES6?  The Empire's in deep shit, and I'm wondering how things will resolve themselves.  I bet TES6 will be in Summurset Isles.

A late response, I know, but ah well.

1. They'll probably do something like Daggerfall where ALL the endings happened. i.e you got squished, a god was made, the orcs got a kingdom, and the various city-states were combined. Or the ending will be a combination...The Stormcloaks win the war, but are eventually defeated by Imperial reinforcements from Highrock and the Imerial Province.

2. People have been saying Summerset Isles (now Alinor) since Oblivion...Probably will be. Wished it was Blackmarsh and Elswyr in one game. That would be awesome with the the alien culture of the Saxheel and the khajits' religion and new slavehood under the Thalimor. Oh and yeah, deep shit. Especially if all this "Khajits being a Tower" being discussed on the lore forums are correct.