One of the funny things about Skyrim is that the Dragonborn could eventually end up being the leader of almost every major faction at the same time.
Sure there’s game-breaking potential here, but then that kind of freedom is what open-world games are all about, right? Now that so many players have had so many years to get used to basic magic in Skyrim, why not bring this back and really let them run wild in the next game? Reputation System
Such spells required large pools of magicka and high magic skill to use, but the point is that players could do practically whatever they wanted with them. You could make a heavy spell that immobilized enemies for over a minute or make an agility buff so strong that you could walk on water or jump halfway across the world. You could make something that drained all of an enemy’s strength stat and rendered their attacks harmless. All manner of effects could be combined into a single spell or enchantment, and all you had to do beforehand is learn a basic spell with the desired effect. The spellcrafting in the prior games had basically no limits to it. The latter two were also in Skyrim, but in a much more limited form.
One of the biggest perks of playing a mage, battlemage or spellsword in Morrowind or Oblivion was the ability to make your own spells, enchantments and potions. A modernized version of such a system could create a wealth of possibilities for players and make additional playthroughs even more appealing. Imagine how much more interesting an Elder Scrolls game could be if players could talk to NPCs as a warrior, or if they could be recognized as a thief based on their Sneak skill. This kind of system was used to great effect in games like Fallout 3, wherein we could use our character’s skills, attributes and background to do things like avoid fights, get better rewards or even dramatically different resolutions to certain quests. That is, we could be rewarded for making our characters in certain ways. With the return of more-specialized characters, Bethesda could also justify the return of unique dialogue and character build-influenced resolutions to certain quests. We wouldn’t be able to do everything at once, but with the likely trade-off of having much more fun playing through The Elder Scrolls VI multiple times. By asking players to commit to more specialized character builds, Bethesda could do more to make each archetype more distinct. This system was indeed freeing at first, but it also made it easy to stop roleplaying and just default to whatever works best. Instead of having to build our characters to be warriors, mages or thieves, we were, with enough time, able to become good at everything. One of the big changes introduced in the Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim was a more or less limitless progression system. Skyrim went without many of the features that defined past Bethesda games though, so now that players have had over ten years to get used to The Elder Scrolls, perhaps Bethesda could iterate on the following when they eventually ship The Elder Scrolls VI.
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Never before had Bethesda’s fantasy RPG series held so much mass appeal, something that was probably due to both excellent marketing and the ease at which newcomers could jump-in and start exploring. No matter how you look at it, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim was a turning point for the series.
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