FOMO: "Fear Of Missing Out", also commonly known as people with a mental issue of managing time and activities, many expecting others to fit into their schedule so they don't miss out on things to come. If FOMO becomes a problem for you, do seek help, it can be a very unhealthy lifestyle..
Blood Baron has been one of my faviroute characters in recent memory but Skyrims strength isn't in it's story or it's characters.
It's in it's sandbox play.
In Skyrim, I can wield an axe in one hand, and a spell to raise the dead in my left. I can explore a large world, discover a small, yet intriguing plot in nearly every single cave, ruins or castle. I can be whatever I want and do anything I want, and Skyrim accomplishes this exquisitely. The replay-ability is practically infinite, made even more so with the mod friendly architecture of the software.
I personally don't understand the comparison between the games. The Witcher is a true RPG. Skyrim is a sandbox with RPG elements. Both critically acclaimed and successful in their own right.
We're yet to see what kind of game Bethesda will announce. If it's a sandbox in an ASOIAF world, then I think we're in for a treat. Create a character with a small plot to give it purpose, but thrust you into a world where you could travel the Seven Kingdoms and do what you want? Sounds like a potential winner.
However, if it's story based, then I would have slight reservations.
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OT: I'd be curious to see what they do to make it not just feel like another entry in the Elder Scrolls library. Which isn't to say that would be awful. I suppose I wonder because it would make sense to differentiate it from say...whatever ES VI ends up playing like.
If its just Skyrim with a GoT skin I'm pretty sure there's mods out there for that
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The quality of their games has gone down since Skyrim/Fallout 4. Skyrim is bad for a reason I mentioned in an earlier post while Fallout 4 is bad because the writing is beyond terrible and they've taken away the role-playing elements in favor of streamlined garbage for the simple-minded masses.
Those people are the reason EVERY new series has some form of sex appeal in it at the start. And I mean EVERY new show or whatever on ANY channel. Don't believe me? go find any pilot episode of a series aimed at a demographic in the young adult to more mature range and find the inevitable scene with half naked women in it. Like a strip club, model photo shoot, fashion show, beach montage, etc.
People act liek they've never seen boobs before in a TV series... but that's kind of HBO's thing. They can, and DO, have that as a selling point of their series while other channels can only show cleavage or skimpy outfits. Unless they have a thing for a certain performer, it's a pointless reason to pick a show.
Personally, I find the multiple plots running concurrently is the big draw. Add in the fight scenes and how they go out on some of the costumes/props... it's really something that's a cut above some people's attempts at similar series.
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I'd think a change to the setting, land mass, houses and shit would be enough for most people. wouldn't really need to go further... people that matter would notice and the people who don't would still confuse it for Zelda regardless of what is present.
My main gripe with this is that they are dumbing down some of the most amazing franchises ever created. The older games in these franchises were masterpieces in world building, character customization and writing, and they just traded all that for easy to digest writing and boring/one dimensional characters. This is not a bad thing for casual/new players, but it makes fans of the franchise sad.
Skyrim is the CoD of RPG's. CoD isn't a bad franchise, but it is easily digestable, and not too memorable since CoD MW2. I say the same about Skyrim: Big, beautiful, but generic, and forgetabble.
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I see no reason for this game. Is it just going to be a political story based game? As someone who hasn't watched much of the show, is there even all that much combat?
I feel like this could be a point and click adventure game.
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How is it a fanfic when he's built the world and characters himself?
ASoIaF has its fair share of problems, and its certainly not the pinnacle of modern fantasy writing, but your synopsis just makes you seem ignorant. Here's betting you've never even picked up one of the books.
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Because ESO is set thousands of years prior to the main game series. Whereas the Main games are continuations of the World after prior events. I.e. Morrowind and Oblivion setting up plot points in Skyrim.
Prequels tend to be boring on a Story level at times since you already know where it will end up if it has any important tie ins to the future.
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There is constant fighting for basically most of the series. the Main characters tend to only be part of the larger battles.
How many people who know of GoT don't know about Elder Scrolls or at-least Skyrim? Might have potential as it's got the hype factor alone by existing if it's really a thing...
I know I'd play it and tying Elder Scrolls lore into GoT wouldn't be that difficult in the first place.
Either do it tell-tale style and keep it GoT or put Elder Scrolls in the GoT universe with new story. Playing in the setting would be a blast skyrim style.
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If you knew the candle was fire then the meal was cooked a long time ago.
That was my assessment as well.
And that's why I don't just simply watch a series to begin with. Slogging through that faff to see if it's worth watching is a chore. When I ask a collective of fans and to a fault every single one of them lists the sex scenes, it gives an unfavorable impression.
And the backlash against that impression of the show in the years since don't really help either. Downplaying the criticism by saying "the nudity waned after the first few seasons" or "the newer seasons are amazing" only really says to me "you will not enjoy roughly the first half of the series", while still failing to answer the original question of why I might enjoy it after that. It's not like I'm going to just jump into season 4 or later and try to piece together what I missed on the assurance that "it's awesome".
To your credit, you both acknowledged the criticism and provided a real answer for why I should give it a chance. You and @Derah on the last page. Cheers to you both.