Ohh thats a bosmer my bad, i forgot about those, they still look very similar heheh
Huge improvement over Oblivion. Still, is every race now on steroids? It sort of bugged me that there weren’t many different body types in previous games (or many variations in height). Doesn’t anyone ever get fat in this universe? But now it seems everyone’s been hitting the gym.
Razgon
2003
The “getting fat” is a staple of modern civilization, where a large percentage of the population isn’t required to do anything physically every day.
In any medieval-like time, most people would be fit, since they had to actually move their own body to accomplish anything at all. Even traders have to travel far by horse and walking so…
Diet varies of course, but eating to much fat isn’t very common
No, probably very very few have the opportunity to get fat.
Faces look similar within race types, too. Elves look similar, humans look similar. Even with the lousy face models in previous games each race was pretty unique.
I’m guessing that it’d be less common in a world with little technology where most professions involve manual labor of some kind.
Maybe you can make a fat character? A fat old cat thief would actually be quite amusing.
Razgon
2006
The “different facial structure” is a staple of modern civilization, where a large percentage of the population is required to meet many different people every day.
In any medieval-like time, most people would look alike, since they wouldn’t come into contact with very many people, and thus have no need for individual facial traits. Even traders usually only met the same people on their travels
Contact surface varies of course, but looking different isn’t very common
So no, very few people looked different in medieval times
Oh come now. You can walk the length of Cyrodil in 8 minutes!
Sure they did. Bad teeth and gums, scars, a wide variety of skin diseases, untreated goiters, smallpox, no cosmetic surgery for harelip … There was a wide variety in how people looked. It just wasn’t pretty.
Razgon
2009
I was kinda kidding there, since I found it rather silly to be mad at the game, when we still have no idea how much customization we can do in the game :-)
The “kidding” is a staple of modern civilization, where a large percentage of the population… sorry i just dont have the imagination :p
Damn you people, I’m trying to whip up some nerd outrage here. How can they call this a face-generation system when there are no goiters or hare-lips?!1
Lack of imagination is a modern thing too - in before Razgon.
But really, you have varying classes in the game too. There should be a few wealthy Imperials who sit around and get fat while their Argonian wenches do all the house and field work.
Just the same, the beggars all looked like everbody else.
Oh and I’m not REALLY complaining, the game looks great so far and for the second time this year it’s making me want to play some Oblivion. And so I shall.
I can see an argument for Skyrim not looking significantly better than Fallout 3, but Oblivion? Seriously? Let’s compare. All shots are taken from the official sites, to ensure that it’s all vanilla game engine (no mods), and also because we can be certain that Bethesda won’t post shots unless they feel that it’s showing their game at its best. I tried to find similar shots for each comparison. Warning: all your h-scroll are belong to us.
So, yeah. It’s not even close. Skyrim looks worlds better.
There’s also a very important factor that people tend to forget: genetics. Populations were very homogeneous throughout history, with certain events causing genetic drift and even invasions being homogenized within 2-3 generations.
Highly variable phenotypes within certain populations only became prevalent post 1700 when large scale human migration began.
Back to the game, and here’s something I haven’t read anywhere yet: fishing. Is there fishing in Skyrim? I’ve seen some pieces of salmon in an inventory somewhere but are there fishing canes or is fishing a “swing sword at fish, collect loot” thingie?
Razgon
2016
Sir Digby, I’m impressed!! You lend credence to my ludicrous statement!
Quitch
2017
The lighting engine looks worlds better.
It definitely looks better. Huzzah for higher-res heightmaps and no more ground that looks like Play-Doh!
But it’s not Morrowind vs. Oblivion better … which is perfectly in sync with the rest of the industry. We’re just in an age of diminishing returns in graphics.
It’s running on the same hardware. That does have an effect you know.
Quitch
2020
Hahhahahahaha… no. We’re just limited by the slower cycles of the consoles.
