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[Rolan7]

The mods are really good though
Yeah it's crazy that they didn't include any sort of survival mechanic in the icy wasteland game, but Frostfall fixes that.

I guess it's lame that they outsource so much of development to the fans, but eh, the end result is actually a lot better than most games so.

[Catmeat]

I just really miss morrowind like times, sure I can play it again in good graphics but its also about being the metaphorical Icebreaker in an industry.
Bethesda has an opposite agenda, buy assets simplify sell on, rinse, wash...
In oblivion my mage coukd outrun his own fire balls, in theory i could have shot one at enemy and ran behind him witha knife. Skyrim tho.
It just lacked what the series had become.
It went from, the RPG for the players to experience, to the experience for RPG players.
I felt like I had no control over this silly skyrim region.
9/10 ign

[Teneb]

The mods are really good though
Yeah it's crazy that they didn't include any sort of survival mechanic in the icy wasteland game, but Frostfall fixes that.

I guess it's lame that they outsource so much of development to the fans, but eh, the end result is actually a lot better than most games so.

Frostfall is also incredibly annoying and a pain in the ass. I am damn glad there is no survival elements.

[Rolan7]

Personally I found iNeeds annoying and eventually disabled it, but really enjoyed Frostfall for some reason.  It didn't actually matter much in the southern areas, with the exception of cold rains, but it made the frigid north require just a little planning.  Swimming in ice water, for example - snowberries are common, but needing to use them just felt satisfying.

I was kinda bored of the combat though, probably because I didn't have any of those cool combat overhaul mods.

Edit:  In iNeeds "defense", it gave my first character a badass end.  Basically he went on a werewolf rampage for so long that he was lethally sleep deprived.  So he could never end the rampage or he'd die.  He was a Bosmer too, which was perfect.

[Arbinire]

I love dragons dont get me wrong!
I played my first character killed tons. Then I realised dragons are crap in skyrim. Skyrim is terrible.
So i started again as a merchant who tried to cross a border unnoticed. Then some delrious nordic dream of dragons yada yada, you are the dragon born.... NO im not. Im a cat trader, how dare you say my mother fucked a snake! Stasis upon you!
so there you go the story of a merchant.
I hate being the chosen one. Skyrim was the wrong direction. Still is wrong. Bethesda is terrible at making a smooth game and then expect me to be happy with stat absence, wonky dragons, inability to create ones own spells.
Oh yeah btw its a cold as fuck game here is the fatigue/frostbite meter... wait whats that?! Oh I forgot, we dumb down our games now.
FUCK YOU PEOPLE WHO ARE SHIT AT MAKING A PROPER GAME.
I just wanted frostbite.

Then ul say. mods
Fuck you most of all

I just really miss morrowind like times, sure I can play it again in good graphics but its also about being the metaphorical Icebreaker in an industry.
Bethesda has an opposite agenda, buy assets simplify sell on, rinse, wash...
In oblivion my mage coukd outrun his own fire balls, in theory i could have shot one at enemy and ran behind him witha knife. Skyrim tho.
It just lacked what the series had become.
It went from, the RPG for the players to experience, to the experience for RPG players.
I felt like I had no control over this silly skyrim region.
9/10 ign

http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Nerevarine

If you're gonna hate on being the chosen one(which I don't necessarily disagree with), you shouldn't cite as an example of what you miss in the series the other game where you're "the chosen one".

[miauw62]

The mods are really good though
Yeah it's crazy that they didn't include any sort of survival mechanic in the icy wasteland game, but Frostfall fixes that.

I guess it's lame that they outsource so much of development to the fans, but eh, the end result is actually a lot better than most games so.

Frostfall is also incredibly annoying and a pain in the ass. I am damn glad there is no survival elements.

Yeah, I enjoy Skyrim for it letting me be a badass murdergod without having to worry too much. I can totally understand why people like Frostfall, but it's not really for me.

[Teneb]

http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Nerevarine

Pet peeve, but still... uespwiki is way better, in pretty much every way. No horrible ads and clickbait everywhere either.

[Persus13]

http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Nerevarine

Pet peeve, but still... uespwiki is way better, in pretty much every way. No horrible ads and clickbait everywhere either.

It also is easier on your browser/mobile because of lack of said ads.

[itisnotlogical]

Also, the articles are more informative and better-written.

[BFEL]

Also, the articles are more informative and better-written.

When did we start talking about Playboy?

[Urist McScoopbeard]

Skyrim is also not very satisfying to me. Have been going back and actually experiencing Morrowind recently. It's fantastically detailed, and for the most part, it allows you to play how you want. I think that's what I dislike the most about Skyrim and where TES is starting to lose me, in Morrowind you could be an invisible, wizarding monk who hit like Bruce Lee, now you can basically only be a "Thief", "Warrior", or "Mage." (A bit of an overstatement) It's just not quite as dynamic as it was and I think that had been an erstwhile mainstay of the TES series.

Also SKyrim's story is good, but Morrowind's is great. Subtle differences, but Skyrim just missed some of the behind the scenes work that previous elder scrolls games had in them. Oblivion also suffered from this... Wasn't quite as bad, but regardless, I miss the feeling that something larger than I realize is transpiring. Maybe Skryim's problem is that it just gives it all away up front like the slut it is.

[itisnotlogical]

In Skyrim there's not even anything restricting you from being a thief, warrior and mage all at once. In Morrowind, it took effort to multiclass, and it felt awesome when you could finally cast a spell AND use a sword at the same time.

Spoiler: Morrowind and Skyrim spoilers (click to show/hide)

While Morrowind didn't have any better characters than Skyrim, the plot itself was much better-written, like all the conflicting reports about what happened at Red Mountain. Everybody has something to say about what went down between Nerevar and Dagoth Ur, and you can read page after page and talk to all the major NPCs about it and they all have their own take on what happened. It was ambiguous and murky and you had to think about it.

Skyrim's plots—both of them—are relatively straight lines, on the other hand.
Dragons
There are dragons. Why are the dragons back? The Elder Scroll tells you exactly why. How do you beat the biggest dragon? With the thing that was designed to beat dragons. You beat the biggest dragon and win.
Civil War
There are two groups of xenophobic assholes that hate even you. Beat all the smaller groups of assholes until you can get to the asshole stronghold and kill the lead asshole.

Not that there's anything wrong with a simple plot. Plenty of good movies have simple plots, but they're propped up by distinct well-written characters that I don't find in Skyrim. Everybody's just generically rude and medieval.

[debvon]

I find it hard to care about or follow the main storyline in RPGs no matter how well tailored they are, I almost always end up making something up in my head and just going with that while I play. Ended up doing that for all of the Elder Scrolls games. I've done it with a ton of awful games as well, it makes them more interesting. It's like talking to yourself in your head, you can edit the narrative any time to make it more satisfying. send help

My favorite thing in Skyrim was playing a Dunmer blaster. Heavily modded, but still; the style of spellcasting in this game is great. I love shooting streams of fire out at a large group of enemies while they cross your rune-traps. It feels so desperate and raw. Or getting into a sith battle with other mages. On higher difficulties you have to get creative and use potions and stuff. Imagination is a great thing, if only I could ply it to real life

[miauw62]

Eh, the way I play mages in Skyrim is I grind enchanting up to 100 and then I make destruction spells free and shoot lightning forever at everything

[Micro102]

Skyrim has a disgustingly long list of mods so can I get some suggestions to make me want to play again?

I want:

- Disgustingly good graphics
- New quests
- Bug fixes
- New armor and weapons
- Stealth features, as I find the sneaking aspect to be underwhelming
- No joke mods, like replacing all dragons with tom the train trains.