I don't see why you couldn't have both. Yes you could still have the progression of weapons by making better ones but it feels a little disjointed to me when every item you find will be be as strong as the day as it was made, forever.

You could even weave it into the crafting system... =(

Luckily for us, Bethesda's new Creation engine has taken old hardware, pushed it to previously unimagined limits and created a game no one could have foreseen on Xbox 360 - certainly not in the days when Oblivion felt like a bold and dazzling new era.

Conservative estimates suggest there'll be upwards of 300 hours of gaming ahead for those jumping into Skyrim, so it's only fitting we take the time to consider the land you'll be spending the next six months exploring.

Five years on and Cyrodiil is still one of the best worlds in gaming. From cities to hamlets, marshland to open plains, secret forests to snow-capped mountains, it packed hundreds of hours' worth of new sights into one sprawling, streaming environment. And, frankly, it pales next to Skyrim.

The game, set in Tamriel's titular northern province, is considerably smaller than both Cyrodiil and Morrowind, but what we've lost in acreage we're seeing balanced out in rich detail. Naturally there are plenty of craggy peaks to scale (in a nice touch the weather grows worse the higher you climb - you'll be trudging through full-on blizzards at the highest points) but variation comes in the form of parched plains, weathered towns and packed, dense forests.

There's no one-for-one Imperial City equivalent. Skyrim instead has five major hubs dotted about its landscape: central city Whiterun, which has an unfortunate witch problem; wealthy northern stop-off Winterhold; the port of Solitude; the old capital Windhelm, near the border to Morrowind; and Markath Side to the far west of the map, where people study the art of the Voice.

Plenty of other towns and smaller settlements prevent the land from being too barren: in all likelihood, most people won't manage to see everything the game has to offer.

It is indeed an odd choice. But then they've made quite a lot of them in regards to skyrim so far. Seems they're doing an oblivion 2.0...where depth was replaced by accessibility. I'm not fond of that approach to making games...certainly not RPG's.

It is indeed an odd choice. But then they've made quite a lot of them in regards to skyrim so far. Seems they're doing an oblivion 2.0...where depth was replaced by accessibility. I'm not fond of that approach to making games...certainly not RPG's.

Oblivion 2.0?

Really, Korn?

... Really?

GOATSE!

Erm, yes... wouldnt have said it if i didnt mean it o.O

You can't really say that when Bethesda make a new engine for it... It's as much a transition from Oblivion as Morrowind was to Daggerfall.

There's a blanace of accessibility and complexity, but to me it seems like skyri is doing a better job of it than Oblivion. Again, it's not Fallout or Baldur's Gate, but TES never was.

We do on the other hand have crafting for weapons and armor now, added diversity to spells what with combining two spells in to one and as i understood it the monster leveling system is tweaked to not be as noticeable or intrusive as it was in Oblivion.

(god damn i hate the chiclet keyboard on my laptop, i miss key strokes all the bloody time)

We do on the other hand have crafting for weapons and armor now, added diversity to spells what with combining two spells in to one and as i understood it the monster leveling system is tweaked to not be as noticeable or intrusive as it was in Oblivion.

(god damn i hate the chiclet keyboard on my laptop, i miss key strokes all the bloody time)