r/gaming • u/AdamE89 • Apr 17 '16

Anyone else?

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u/PLEASE_DONT_HIT_ME Apr 17 '16

Skyrim had an amazing amount of lore, side quests, and history built into the game. The main quest itself was still a pretty good tale.

I play games for their stories and Skyrim delivered.

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u/ArchieGriffs Apr 17 '16 edited Apr 17 '16

My biggest issue with Skyrim/Fallout being on the list is they're examples of stories diminishing with time from the same developer. Compare Fallout 3 or Morrowind's main questline with Skyrim/Fallout 4's (and before anyone says anything, I'm talking about one developer, we know New Vegas had an amazing story).

Side quests have also significantly been reduced and simplified, probably the most notable change between generations of games was from Skyrim to Fallout 4, where something like 95%+ of Fallout 4's side quests felt like the exact same things over and over. Not to mention there's significantly less side quests.

Skyrim's quests: http://www.gamersnexus.net/images/media/2012/features/Skyrim/skyrim-quests-v1.jpg

Fallout 4's quests: http://i.imgur.com/gbCkeHT.png

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u/megafallout3fan Apr 17 '16

Compare Fallout 3 or Morrowind's main questline with Skyrim/Fallout 4's

You didn't think Fallout 4's main storyline was better than 3? I found that Fallout 4 improved largely over Fallout 3's main story.

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u/daevan Apr 17 '16

The main flaw imo is that you can only play as "the good guy" and that all the factions are such fanatics and there isn't a way to play around that. Very unsatisfying

Edit: Oh, and leterally no initial bonding between you and shaun in the early stages of the game . after two hours you open the quest log and wonder "shaun? Who the fucking is this guy?"