Turning Skyrim Into A Game That’s Not Even Skyrim Anymore

20 responses to “Turning Skyrim Into A Game That’s Not Even Skyrim Anymore”

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   ruen

   February 4, 2013 at 3:05 pm

   Chances a mod this ambitious will ever see a final release is. . .

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      xjamesthegreenx

      February 4, 2013 at 3:09 pm

      Never does, -.-

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         35

         February 4, 2013 at 3:25 pm

         Didn’t Nehrim get to a final version?

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            Gunner

            February 4, 2013 at 5:34 pm

            Yep, Nehrim was released. So ruen/james before you bag it…. why not look that up and see that these guys will probably release it.

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               xjamesthegreenx

               February 5, 2013 at 8:07 am

               Yeah good point, shouldn’t judge a book by it’s cover

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   john_stalvern

   February 4, 2013 at 4:03 pm

   You know it’s love for the craft when you’re willing to put that much effort into creating a new game without ever expecting to see a cent for it.

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      piat

      February 4, 2013 at 4:09 pm

      yes… and no, “that much effort” is no more effort than is needed to fill a great portfolio, and that is what works like this are, great portfolio pieces, so the cents they are hoping to see for it are employment or being approached to actually make their game by a publisher. Most people looking to get into the AAA games industry are putting in just as much work all around the place, some just manage to get coverage on Kotaku.

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         thom

         February 4, 2013 at 4:52 pm

         I’m going to guess that you didn’t have a go at Nehrim. It was pretty close to a AAA RPG with all that that entails. It may be a ‘portfolio’ piece, but there is no way ‘most people looking to get into the AAA games industry are putting in just as much work.’ I don’t think many developers are putting in as much work.

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            transientmind

            February 4, 2013 at 6:11 pm

            Or they are/would, but are getting hamstrung by publisher decisions.

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               thom

               February 4, 2013 at 6:23 pm

               Well – there’s that too.

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   neon_jackal

   February 4, 2013 at 4:16 pm

   So they take everything that makes me like the Elder Scrolls and changes that? No thanks.

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      mikeockertz

      February 4, 2013 at 4:27 pm

      I’ll second that. It looks fantastic and I wish them every success, but take the soul out of Skyrim, and that’s it for my interest.

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         neon_jackal

         February 4, 2013 at 4:39 pm

         That’s right, the reasons I keep coming back to the Elder Scrolls games are the story, the lore and the characters.
         And while I love playing these games, it’s usually the gameplay I like the least…

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            35

            February 4, 2013 at 4:44 pm

            nerhrim is at least worth having a look at though.

            Its basically an entirely new game, with new locations / lore / story / characters, but using TES game mechanics.

            If you look at it as a standalone product & not part of TES, its not bad.

            Disclaimer: i only played nehrim for a few hours, but i liked it.

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               neon_jackal

               February 4, 2013 at 4:50 pm

               That was my point though, the game mechanics of TES games are the least appealling aspect to me.

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               35

               February 4, 2013 at 4:54 pm

               i get that, but my point was that if you want lore & characters etc, then this has them too. just not Elder Scrolls lore.

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               Toasty Fresh

               February 4, 2013 at 7:06 pm

               It’s not like they get rid of everything else aside from the crappy combat. Presumably they will add in their own lore and environment and interesting (not that Skyrim had excellent characters) characters to make up for what TES has already done.

               I’m also hoping for an english version as well, but it’s probably too much to ask considering the amazing job they’ve done thus far.

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   kingpotato

   February 4, 2013 at 5:43 pm

   This is so good looking I feel as though I could be tempted to repurchase it on pc. The day mods like these come to consoles will be awesome.

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      Toasty Fresh

      February 4, 2013 at 7:10 pm

      Unless consoles become much more modular, I doubt it will happen without developer enthusiasm (almost nonexistent thanks to the advent of DLC). Maybe on things like the Steambox or whatever, but on consoles like the PS3 and 360, there’s next to no chance, for multiple reasons.

      You’ll probably also find that most serious modders aren’t too enthusiastic about it either, and I’m talking about the Bethesda modding communities, where tools are easy to use and readily available. It’s an even slimmer chance with games with less supported mod tools.

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   krisx

   February 5, 2013 at 8:16 am

   ok so this isn’t out yet?

   while searching around i got confused with the oblivion mod lol

   a link to the moddb page probably is more useful than the one in the article http://www.moddb.com/mods/enderal

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