I wanted to share some of my thoughts about what I foresee happening on UESP when Skyrim is released — beyond the obvious points, such as that UESP is going to get alot more traffic. These thoughts are in part based on what I witnessed when Shivering Isles was released — which was the last […]
Continue ReadingLeveling in TESV: Skyrim is something that’s received a fair amount of attention in the gaming press. What’s the big deal? The problem of how a game’s challenge should be adjusted as the player gets more powerful is much trickier than you might think. The problem is that you need to give the player a […]
Continue ReadingWhile watching Todd Howard repeat himself for the 50th time to a games journalist (must be the worst type of journalists, right after sports journalists), feeling incredibly bored by the hype of Skyrim, something occurred to me. A game like Oblivion succeeded in one area you simply cannot predict or test, regardless of how many […]
Continue ReadingOne of the features of The Elder Scrolls from Daggerfall onwards has been Factions; organisations that you can (often) join, each with an associated set of quests, and a hierarchy of ranks through which you can progress. Fighters, Mages and Thieves all have guilds; Daggerfall and Oblivion allowed you to join the shadowy Dark Brotherhood […]
Continue ReadingPart 4 of my general wishlist/ramble through memory lane takes us to the NPCs that populate the game world. A lot of bytes have been spilled on this topic. Some people prefer NPCs to have individual dialogue and some hate having to talk to every Tom, Dick and Harriet that they come across. Some prefer […]
Continue ReadingOf all the new features introduced in TES V: Skyrim, the one that has UESP’s active editors simultaneously wriggling with delight and squirming with horror is “Radiant Story”. At its most basic level, this seems to be a way of avoiding the problem with some quests in Morrowind and Oblivion where you could screw them […]
Continue ReadingFor me, one of the best bits of news about Skyrim is that the whole map is being hand-generated rather than using a generator for much of it. I’ve described elsewhere that my initial to leaving the initial Oblivion sewer was “Wow!”, and that I had a similar reaction to Fallout 3. The problem in […]
Continue ReadingThe bit of the teaser trailer where the music changes to the new version of Reign of the Septims and the dragon takes off? Well it brings a tear to my eye. Yes, I’m an old softy. But… wow… *sniff* [video:youtube:JSRtYpNRoN0]
Continue ReadingIt’s an oft-overlooked aspect of The Elder Scrolls, but the music in the games is incredibly important. The latest update to elderscrolls.com has allowed us all to look back to the dark days when, to be frank, music wasn’t an important part of gameplay. Take a look at the Battlespire Intro. My Battlespire manual credits […]
Continue ReadingObviously, my first thought when TESV: Skyrim was announced was about how much I’m going to enjoy playing it, but as more and more articles appear, we’re beginning to get an idea of what we can expect and how it’s going to affect UESP. One of my own first reactions was annoyance at hearing Mysticism […]
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