Comments on: The Elder Scrolls 6 or Skyrim 2: Should Bethesda Opt For A Simplified Skills System?

By: Kane Bunce

Kane Bunce — Wed, 09 Mar 2016 07:54:00 +0000

In reply to Jim Shearer. Agreed. The only issue is with the UI not the skill system.

By: Alex Hubbard

Alex Hubbard — Wed, 18 Nov 2015 22:03:00 +0000

In reply to Martin Hill. Fallout 3 (October 28, 2008) came out two and half years after Oblivion (March 20, 2006). So a while, but nothing close to six years. Even if you meant New Vegas it's not quite six years (October 19, 2010). They did use the same engine, but were little alike in theme, skill sets, weapons, etc. Frankly it would be fiscally irresponsible and a pain in the rear end to build a new engine for a game every two years.

By: phasegen

phasegen — Wed, 18 Nov 2015 17:08:00 +0000

In reply to Martin Hill. There's more to a good game than graphics and AI. There's freedom to do stuff you want in the game like Minecraft. There's also a good story and side stories. Have you read any of the books in TES?

By: Martin Hill

Martin Hill — Wed, 18 Nov 2015 05:19:00 +0000

In reply to phasegen. no it makes fallout look like a cash grab and drives me away from it. you'd think in 6 years they would have given it better graphics and AI

By: Gamer and golfer

Gamer and golfer — Mon, 16 Nov 2015 13:59:00 +0000

In reply to phasegen. That sounds like a job for Obsidean or Zenimax Studios.

By: JackFluffles

JackFluffles — Mon, 16 Nov 2015 11:07:00 +0000

This reviewer appears to have never played Skyrim before, as Skyrim has:
perfectly simple skill trees, fine loading times (unless your’re playing on a brick), and there were many different choices in the game for endings to quests, and guilds that are entirely different, massive amounts of unique armor and weapons and easily maneuverable menus. Dungeons were much improved from Oblivion and Skyrim was the first ES game to feature crafting and shops all have unique items offered. Oliver has clearly NEVER played Skyrim past the first mission.

By: phasegen

phasegen — Mon, 16 Nov 2015 03:31:00 +0000

In reply to Martin Hill. That just means you can love them both...

By: Martin Hill

Martin Hill — Mon, 16 Nov 2015 00:01:00 +0000

In reply to phasegen. just throwing this out here but fallout is a copy/paste of oblivion. which is sad because the games are 6 years apart from each other.

By: phasegen

phasegen — Sun, 15 Nov 2015 20:43:00 +0000

In reply to Why did MS nerf the Xbox?. Bull. They need a Single/Multiplayer game named something like Elder Scrolls: Empire. It needs to be an open world with all the countries in it, each about the same size as Skyrim, each added on as a module. The Dragonborn unites the empire and becomes emperor. The finale is bringing the Aldmeri Dominion to heel. The skill tree needs to be more like Morrowind's. Then they need to do something similar to Fallout.

By: Alex Hubbard

Alex Hubbard — Sun, 15 Nov 2015 18:29:00 +0000

I sincerely hope they don’t simplify it any more than they already have. Fallout 4’s skill tree is terrible enough as it is. Large role playing games are the perfect kinds of games for larger and more complex skill systems, not overly simplified ones.