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On 02/11/2024 13:04, Xocyll wrote:
> JAB <noway@nochance.com> looked up from reading the entrails of the porn
> spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs say:
> 
>> On 02/11/2024 05:07, Justisaur wrote:
>>> I probably have most if not all the Elder Scrolls games, but didn't
>>> really enjoy the majority of them.  Only Daggerfall and Skyrim.  I still
>>> bought or obtained them.
>>
>> I was late to the party with Dagger Fall and the graphics made my eyes
>> bleed and it also didn't help that I didn't really get the format of the
>> game. Oblivion I liked until I realised just how much of the content was
>> procedurally-generated and the main quest was go to tower, kill
>> everything, repeat at next tower. Skyrim, loved it.
> 
> Daggerfall (all one word) had proceduralized generated random
> landscapes.
> instanced dungeons were hand crafted.
> 
> Oblivion was even more generated content and ever tower was the same,
> kill shit as you climb tower(s) and flip between towers til you reach
> own and close rift.
> 
> Literally the same thing over and over again.
> 

Yep that was the problem I had. Oh a dungeon to explore, what story and 
secrets does it have to tell - the answer, absolutely nothing!

> Daggerfall had its issues, but it was the peak of the series.
> 
> Skyrim was so small it basically happened in the back yard, whereas if
> you look at the space on the map, it's supposed to be the size or larger
> than Daggerfall.
> 
> 
> Supposed to be the size of the mid west, but actually the size of Maine.
> 

I can't compare it to Daggerfall but Skyrim although it felt compact I 
did just enjoy wandering about to see what I could find. It's the same 
reason I really like FO:3/NV.

> Next elder scrolls game - suppose to be thousands of sq kilometers,
> actual size, living room in tiny apt.
> 

But think of the MTX there will be!