Todd Howard confirms improved cliff racers for Skyrim

[A horse of course]

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/05 ... eddragons/

In a story that makes for one of the most double-take inducing headlines of 2011, Skyrim director Todd Howard last week told Norweigan outlet Gamer.no that Skyrim will have “an unlimited number of dragons”. You heard me right, people. Infinity dragons. If you were worrying about running out of dragons in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, well, don’t do that.

You can read parts one and two of the translated interview here and here. But wait! It gets better.

In PC Gamer’s own coverage of this news, they cooly added that the dragons will “be dynamically generated, and will be able to attack you almost anywhere.” Holy shit!

We’ll be facing off against infinity dragons who can attack from almost anywhere? Can they attack while we’re sleeping? While we’re talking to another NPC? In the main menu? Can they follow you onto the desktop after you’ve quit? What if they escape from the PC? I’m currently having some trouble with some of the fights in The Witcher 2, but Bethesda have put my difficulty woes in perspective.

Here’s a dragon I have a particularly fond memory of fighting. Thaxll’ssillyia from Baldur’s Gate 2. What a girl. But seriously, one of her was enough.

 

[Turisas]

If those generic POS dragons have even 1/100th of the awesomeness the BG2 dragons had, Bethesda will have inclined dramatically.


But of course they'll just be a dreadful grind and PHAT LEWT carriers.

 

[Kraszu]

The genius of Bethesda design shine again, why make dragons a unique powerful beasts when you can spawn infinite amount of weak dragons at random places? More dragons = more fun right?

 

[garren]

Now with infinite amounts of awesome! Cuz dragon are awesome, right?

 

[SCO]

The touch of shit.

Like the touch of midas

 

[Hobo Elf]

It'll get boring and tedious after the 5th one. You'll want to stab your eyes out after the 50th one. Yet, I'm sure all the Derpsters will praise this as a new innovative design choice which has never been done before and once again Bethesda treads on new grounds, pioneering new revolutionary design in the video game industry.

 

[chzr]

 

[Krraloth]

I'm sure it will be fixed by modders soon enough

 

[Eyeball]

Agree with the above sentiments. Managing to slay a dragon is the holy grail of fantasy storytelling - having tons of them flying all over the place and attacking you every five seconds cheapens them and makes the unavoidable final showdown with Ultrabadassmegadragon all the less interesting.

 

[Clockwork Knight]

Can't they just have something else as a last boss, then, like a fucking huge frost giant (kinda like Dagon, but you get to fight it directly), or something

it's not like a rpg game MUST have a dragon as the most powerful creature. Personally, I'm still waiting for that Emperor Crab that M'aiq promised me.

 

[Jigawatt]

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/05/19/unlimiteddragons/

In a story that makes for one of the most double-take inducing headlines of 2011, Skyrim director Todd Howard last week told Norweigan outlet Gamer.no that Skyrim will have “an unlimited number of dragons”. You heard me right, people. Infinity dragons. If you were worrying about running out of dragons in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, well, don’t do that.

You can read parts one and two of the translated interview here and here. But wait! It gets better.

In PC Gamer’s own coverage of this news, they cooly added that the dragons will “be dynamically generated, and will be able to attack you almost anywhere.” Holy shit!

We’ll be facing off against infinity dragons who can attack from almost anywhere? Can they attack while we’re sleeping? While we’re talking to another NPC? In the main menu? Can they follow you onto the desktop after you’ve quit? What if they escape from the PC? I’m currently having some trouble with some of the fights in The Witcher 2, but Bethesda have put my difficulty woes in perspective.

Here’s a dragon I have a particularly fond memory of fighting. Thaxll’ssillyia from Baldur’s Gate 2. What a girl. But seriously, one of her was enough.

To avoid brain damage, I refuse to interpret that quote as anything other than dripping with sarcasm

 

[MetalCraze]

This game will be loved on the Codex.

We love us some dragons right in prologues aren't we

 

[Krraloth]

Can't they just have something else as a last boss, then, like a fucking huge frost giant (kinda like Dagon, but you get to fight it directly), or something

it's not like a rpg game MUST have a dragon as the most powerful creature. Personally, I'm still waiting for that Emperor Crab that M'aiq promised me.

A Tarrasque?

But is the current technology able to handle such a big beast and the rain of blood and feces that will result of you slaying it? And the leveling of mountain ranges and the drying of oceans?

inbefore "it doesn't fit the lore"

 

[Overweight Manatee]

Can't they just have something else as a last boss, then, like a fucking huge frost giant (kinda like Dagon, but you get to fight it directly), or something

it's not like a rpg game MUST have a dragon as the most powerful creature. Personally, I'm still waiting for that Emperor Crab that M'aiq promised me.

A Tarrasque?

But is the current technology able to handle such a big beast and the rain of blood and feces that will result of you slaying it? And the leveling of mountain ranges and the drying of oceans?

inbefore "it doesn't fit the lore"

Someone at Bethesda just read this and forwarded it to Todd with the note: "Actually, we could fit this into lore if we just ignored X and rewrote Y".

Skyrim release delayed 3 months. But the Derp will be increased five fold. Was it worth it, Krraloth?

 

[Krraloth]

Can't they just have something else as a last boss, then, like a fucking huge frost giant (kinda like Dagon, but you get to fight it directly), or something

it's not like a rpg game MUST have a dragon as the most powerful creature. Personally, I'm still waiting for that Emperor Crab that M'aiq promised me.

A Tarrasque?

But is the current technology able to handle such a big beast and the rain of blood and feces that will result of you slaying it? And the leveling of mountain ranges and the drying of oceans?

inbefore "it doesn't fit the lore"

Someone at Bethesda just read this and forwarded it to Todd with the note: "Actually, we could fit this into lore if we just ignored X and rewrote Y".

Skyrim release delayed 3 months. But the Derp will be increased five fold. Was it worth it, Krraloth?

I don't know...it depends.

One way to see it would be if they reach the bottom maybe they crack and things would bring some after the epuration.

The other one...well, I would not be proud of myself, that's for sure.

 

[Johannes]

Well you're a dragonborn, of course you can slay dragons! But at first you're not that strong so you only fight low level dragons. It makes perfect sense and it's cool, in the end game the random dragons will have so high level that it'll be really epic.

 

[laclongquan]

I want to be a dragon.

Sure, certainly. You are dragon number 12534th. Now report for your game.

This move just kill the (little) uniqueness of the catchphrase.

 

[Turisas]

Has there been any actual footage of dragon combat (or combat in general for that matter) yet? Either they hired completely new animators or it'll just be plain bad.