On IRC I told froody this:
I found an Ebony Sword on a bandit when I was lvl 12, scaling is always broken, and should never be used because the mechanic can't be set properly at all, it should be :
-this area is easy
-this area is medium
-this area is hard
-this area will rape your ass on every step, even if you don't have it.
Older games benefited from this type of setting, and players could not benefit from easy enemies much (later on you wouldn't benefit at all)
This would make for great gameplay, but alas this was never Bathesda's intent on making games great, they only cared for the story and superb graphics, nothing wrong with that for most of the time, but it just feels like you can't get a good game at all these days, it either lacks gameplay or story.
As a game for consoles this is a must have I am sure, but since it was poorly ported from a console to the PC, a lot of rage and hate will ensue.
As a game in Overall, this is a good game, the story is interesting, and doesn't end in 2 hours (lol oblivion) and you definitely can't do it and finish on lvl 2 character (yes, again, LOL OBLIVION).
The Good:
-GFX
-SFX
-Dragon Slaying (big +)
-Long and interesting story
-Working Enchanted Bows
-Powers that are actually useful (Shouts)
-AI that is not stupid (Enemies will try to hide from your arrows, and will cast defensive spells if they have some)
-Dragons can KILL you
-Anything can kill you
-Alchemy is fixed (you no longer need to remember every damned recipe, you just need to know the ingredients effects and you will learn recipes automatically, and later on, if you have the correct ingredients the potion name will be white, which means you CAN make it)
-Proper crafting system, but has some cons.
-The Game storyline demands exploration from the player, at least to some degree.
The Bad:
-Crafting (enchanting/smithing) is far too easy.
-No Spellcrafting, they didn't have to remove that from the game, just put heavy restrictions on it.
-No Chameleon Spell (well at least player is not overpowered but still, I miss that spell
)
-Enemy Scaling is bad and unbalanced, you can still get superior items from bandits.
-No Horseriding Combat (arrrg)
-Animals Rain (lol all you want, but you stop laughing when you get hit by a mammoth corps falling on you from the sky)
As you can see there are less cons than pros but that doesn't mean anything. This game could have easily been far better if bathesda didn't remove their trademark crafting (spellcrafting) and made things a little bit more complicated.
Then the game would have been superior.
BTW, did anyone get the trollol Shout ?
Every time you use it someone mocks you, pretty funny
