Top 5 potential improvements for the next Elder Scrolls

Skyrim is more than a worthy contender for Game Of The Year 2011, but it left its sequel some room for improvement.

[Urrakia34]

Their number 1 priority right now should be bugs and glitches.

[terrordactyl]

At the moment, bugs and glitches should be their ONLY priority.

[GillHarrison]

The next game by Bethesda needs an animation system overhaul. Definitely the weakest part of the game.

[Pikajew]

This stuff should have been in Skyrim

[jthamind]

build a new combat system from the ground up, and make it feel like i'm fighting actual physical enemies and not paper cutouts of them.

[ECM0NEY]

Keep the game difficult after leveling. Even on master at 66 the game is babytownfrolics and i just cant bring my self to play it anymore.

[schlanz]

Had the same problem, of course having a 300+ damage weapon and 1000+ armor really strips the challenge away. They should have capped the enchant and smithing bonuses.

[Slugg3r]

Yeah, I'm only level 56 playing on master. Had to rip out all the armor enchantments, items that gave me more health and I don't put any points to health anymore. Still things are pretty unbalanced, while I can still kill almost any enemy fairly easily, the stronger ones still give me some challenge even though there is some cheap onehit kill enemies out there.

[JsonHenry]

Make combat more like Demon Souls. ALSO- co-op and vs. like in demon souls.

Keep the open world and questing.

[digitalkid]

Do Skyrim needs all those lock-on-target, dodgings and almost invulnerable block? Those elements are totally arcade! Leave 'em in DS please.

And how will you fight a big battles with all this? With 20-30 men on a field from both sides.

[JsonHenry]

I didn't say make it exactly like Demon Souls. I said more like it. Which means more depth to the combat system. Parries, dodges, counter attacks, and things like that. For me the biggest let down of TES games is the lack luster combat.

I mean, when the "biggest" achievement of their combat system is dual wielding you know something is lame.

[digitalkid]

Parries yes, and maybe a bit slower I think. But it doesn't mean a step towards DS or Witcher. Bethesda just need to spend more time developing their own system. It's most realistic of all and don't give player any advantages like things npcs can't do.

[dinkeldinkse]

How about no framerate drops. It's absolutely ridiculous that I have to retry a main quest several times because the framerate drop kept getting me killed(a fucking Elder Dragon kept being spawned and would kill me before I could use any potions to heal myself).

Also, Dragons suck balls and so does most of the guild quests.

Edit: Also, why do half of the miscellaneous quests where I have to find something and give it to somebody keeps the item in my inventory after completing the quest? I don't want Rjorn's drum.

[Felinox]

Yes. I have over 20 lbs of crap from completed quest that i cant ditch.

[Swiggins]

Throwing Knives and Crossbows would have been really cool, and really useful for my character.

Mounted Combat should have been a no duh, at least give the ability to shoot arrows from horseback.

Flying Mounts? IDK, maybe if it was really really hard to acquire...It would ruin a lot of the exploration aspects of TES.

As far as acobatics and athletics, I can do without em.

Multiple Companions, I couldn't care less for, I prefer it just me and maybe one other.

[GammaTru]

The only thing that's really missing that shouldn't be is mounted combat in my opinion, I can live without the others. I should at least be able to cast spells/powers on myself (like Night Eye) without having to dismount :/

[digitalkid]

Author never played TES games before Skyrim I guess.

5. Running (swimming) to the wall again.
4. Obvious. More weapons and armour. Hard to resist.
3. Mommy, I wanna fly a dragooooon!!! Dragons are impossible to be mounted in TES. They are not just wild bests waiting for a saddle.
2. Death to game balance.
1. Balance again, and you can have 2 companions in Skyrim sometimes.