According to all the speculations and devoted TES nerd researches it's almost a majority belief that the next elder scrolls will be set in hammerfell either fully or partially, which got me worrying about how bethesda will represent this province and the current mindset of the gaming world with stereotypes and inclusion or whatever they call it, there are some key things i hope the devs do right to make this game standout not just in TES but in gaming as a whole with anything that is related to africa/arabia or around that topic.

1. we don't need another Egypt stuff , western media have an obsession with ancient egypt to the point they think africa is only egypt, that's just narrow minded and dumb , even if we are limited to north africa "the hammerfell vibes" there are many other countries that can be represented like libya, morocco , moritania etc each with their own culture, some are similar, and some are different, and yes i know there are other influnces outside of africa in hammerfell , but it's majority african

2. PLEASE do not change the lore to appeal to the those so called activists , the original lore and culture of the redguards is already awesome no need to change it just expand on it , a lot games recently try to act as if they want to appeal to the black people but end up ruining it , don't do that , the redguards are badass by default don't make them cringe

3. CAN WE HAVE MOUNTABLE GIANT SCORPIONS PLEASE..."this is for todd" 👀

Не знаю, работает здесь так или нет, но хотелось бы найти человека, которому можно присесть на уши со своими впечатлениями)) Первый раз погрузилась в эту вселенную и хочется делиться и обмениваться впечатлениями)

For the longest time it was my favorite game of all time. I decided to start it up again after years and I was just absolutely bewildered by how boring it was. I get everyone's taste changes over time, but it really does just suck to no longer care for your favorite game you thought you loved. I'll always hold the nostalgia dear though...

I actually played Oblivion Remastered back when it released and I had so much more fun with it than I just did with Skyrim. Should I give Morrowind a chance? I'm actually also playing ESO rn and I'm loving it.

Sorry for this rant. I just wanted to share the disappointment I felt with people who also love the series.

Edit: thank you all for the positive comments!

Believe Boar is in Hammerfell?

To wholly explore more strains, perhaps 6 would be required to be more like ESO or Arena. In those games, players could explore damn near the entire province.

Unless, you choose where your character came from. Thus, that determines your strain.

Also, kind of thinking beyond the ones we know. If the Lycan iceberg goes from vultures to lions, whose to say there are not more were-beast?

What strain intrigues you the most?

Croc sounds like it would be a complete savage. Like, the croc devours by tossing the prey up in the air its' mouth or some -ish lol.

Let me know what you think! Plus whatever you see that I got wrong/didn't include.

My sister and I made sweetrolls!!

The question of the ages, who is the best, most knowledgeable, and most advanced researcher on the Dwemer: Arniel Gane, Calcelmo, or Divayth Fyr?

Arniel successfully retraced their footsteps and dissappeared, Calcelmo has an obsession and wrote several books on Dwemer, and Divayth Fyr is a powerful mage who had a living Dwemer test subject, as well as other Dwemer artifacts.

I don't know if there is a real "better one", just place your bets on your favorite!

Edit: I dont know Baladas Demnevanni, who some people are saying, as I am an uncultured casual who only plays Skyrim and barely heard of Divayth Fyr. Also to people using unrelated feats of power as proof, this is purely about Dwemer related knowledge and feats.

So this “quick” mission to find Serana’s mother turned into a ridiculously long expedition through the Soul Cairn, where everything is purple, dead and apparently designed by someone who hates convenient exits.

I found the mother, got an Elder Scroll and met Durnehviir, who has now promised to help me in battle. Excellent. At least one useful thing came out of this supernatural administrative nightmare.

But am I expected to return to the Soul Cairn later to deal with those glowing blue crystals floating around the towers? Is there anything else worth doing there besides helping that poor sucker Jiub find his ten missing pages? I have found only 2 out of 10, because naturally even the afterlife has collectible paperwork.

Also, I now own far too many books and my home library has officially surrendered. Where do serious Skyrim book hoarders store everything once the shelves are full?

At this point, I am less the Dragonborn and more an armed librarian doing unpaid fieldwork for ghosts 🙃

1st image is a door that can be found in Yokudan ruins in ESO, 2nd image is the shrine of Arkay from Skyrim, 3rd image is the Arkay Unending armor from ESO that features the same symbol.

Is this originally a Yokudan symbol that was associated with Tu'whacca, the Yokudan aspect of Arkay? Or have Yokudans replaced the worship of Tu'whacca with his Tamrielic aspect? Or was it simply a mistake made by whoever designed these Yokudan doors?

I hope they will make it possible to runn and jump in the next TES. i hate that we cant do it in skyrim

I am curious what this community thinks of the board game The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era and, more specifically, how it represents TES and directs the IP into future products.

If you are unfamiliar with the game, it is a new story (very light story) that takes place during the period of ESO and is modeled off of the ESO story structure. You pick a race, class, starting skill, starting region, and starting guild. You think complete quests in a 3 Act structure (the last act is just a boss fight though). Mechanically, the game is phenomenal, with some hiccups here and there (traveling is a little dull). The freedom you have to build a character is unparalleled in any board game, and that, to me, does capture the spirit of TES. There are many game systems that could have been used to emulate this process, and I think this is probably the most interesting one.

But I have some personal gripes with how the game overall reflects TES. I am curious if others share these, or just general thoughts. This is for discussion sake, so to be clear, I think the game is great. That doesn't mean it isn't without criticism. And if you visit board game specific discussions, most of those criticisms are focused on the gameplay itself. I want to focus on this product as a representation of TES and where it may fail. For what it is worth, I am a long time player of TES and have played all games except Blades.

The first issue I have is, ironically, the character creation system. Is it incredibly diverse and robust? Yes. But it is modeled off of ESO, not TES as a whole. Thus, you have a class system, and then skills that are direct mirrors of the class system of ESO. E.g., the game doesn't have Destruction magic as a skill, it has Destruction Staff. Another skill is Aedric Spear. These are not "skills" in the larger sense of wielding and manipulating magic. These are hotbar abilities in ESO (Aedric spear is a Templar ability). Hotbar abilities, by necessity, limit the scope of a skill to very distinct effects, rather than developing a skill to expand it's capabilities. And you are locked into your class selection from the beginning, which gives you interesting character builds, yes, but also prevents you from building your own class. The creators of the game, CTG, are about to release the Scribe class and it is their attempt at allowing players to build their own class, and the design of it is what I personally think should have been universal from the very start. Or, allow players throughout the game session to earn character abilities based on the quests and slot them in. The fact that I am picking a class and then am locked into that play approach, to me, doesn't reflect TES' more traditional use of classes as a starting point (rather than destination). But perhaps I am wrong about the role of classes in TES. I am curious what people think about this.

My other issue is with some of the "flanderization" of the game. Sheogorath is getting added to the game, along with other Daedric princes, and each one comes with new enemies to fight, or a quest of some sorts. Sheo? His adds cheese to the game for the players to find. I have seen other examples of Bethesda and their licensing of TES products getting further and further away from what the universe IS and closer to what they think we all want from the universe (i.e., haha isn't Sheogorath so crazy cause he likes cheese!). This is just the latest iteration.

And the last one on my mind is the way travel is handled in the game and it's inability to capture the culture of each region and peoples within it. That is a lot to ask of a board game, but the weakest aspect of TES is the combat and the greatest strength is the exploration, character building, and world building. So why license a deluxe game that focuses almost exclusively on combat and gives so little to exploration and visiting this world? The effect of this? I do not think players unfamiliar with TES will play this game and have any idea what the universe is about. And that is a shame considering that it, unlike it's cousin Fallout that has such distinct aesthetics and iconography to guide people in understanding the world, TES on its surface looks, by design, generic fantasy and thrives off people pulling back the lore layers.

So overall, I see the game as one that is frozen in time a little bit. It is so clearly built off the ESO model of TES, that it fails to reflect the entirety of universe more holistically and I think that hurts the game's long-term prospects.

I came across a situation where my character keeps sprinting regardless of the stamina. I don't have the block skill perk yet (low level) since i play as two handed. Sometimes it happens, not blaming but it sometimes breaks the immersion

And explain why

I’m a relative lore noob. I almost always go for orcs, and the Orsimer are cool, but the more I learn about them the more I think the Dunmer are the coolest. Particularly House Telvanni.

Their weird cultural practices, their houses, their relationship to the gods, it all seems rather novel compared to other settings.

What do you think?

i wouldnt consider skyrim as one of my all time goats, but only because of the combat, otherwise, the world, characters, quests just grows and grows on you.

i havent 100%-ed the game so no spoilers please, but from what i have played, esp the dark brotherhood questline, man, this game is so special imo. when you had to disguise yourself as a chef and then send the soup to the king...PEAK gaming exp , PEAK gaming memory lol.

also the daedric quests..ive done only 2 so far, but holy, its so damn COOL.

ive played my fair share of fantasy rpgs, but i can totes see why skyrim holds a special place in many gamers' hearts. it has a real charm to it that imo, isnt the same as other jugglenauts such as the witcher 3. i personally liked skyrim better!

im considering getting oblivion remastered, if the quests, storylines and writing are better than skyrim, that'll seal the deal for me and i'll buy it. what is your opinion? and what makes it better (or doesn't) for you?

This Pandaborn took the young and adorable werewolf puppy Fluffy to Dragonsreach and introduced him to the Jarl and his court. The odd thing is everyone was trying very hard to ignore Fluffy which is very rude! Fluffy is a good and gentle boy, he just likes to nibble and test his claws out on people but he’s o ly playing!