psychotrip wrote: »When will ES fans just call a retcon a retcon? I’ve been watching this song and dance go on for years.
Sure, everything in ES is open for interpretation. That doesn’t change the fact that Zenimax chose to go with the most boring interpretation possible.
The most magically advanced race in Tamriel, with the oldest continuous civilization, closest to the aldmer in every way possible....and it’s just a bunch of medieval castles. Jesus Christ.
I’m just sick of them throwing their most creative ideas in the garbage. Even ESO had some amazing ideas for altmer that they invented and then threw away.
Remember that awesome datamine about mainland Summerset when the game launched? Where are the varlines? The discarnates and aquiferi that tend the land? The giant orrery that powers the island?
Seeing them invent something so cool, then toss it all in favor of something derivative, within the span of the same game, is like a microcosm of everything wrong with this series.
I’ve just had enough if the bait and switch. They’re so unwilling to follow through with their ideas it’s infuriating. This is like Cyrodiil 2.0 for me, except at least I started with Oblivion so I had no idea what I was missing until years later.
This is actually hilarious to me, because it says so much about Zenimax’s design philosophy. When in doubt, make it gray stone. No. Matter. What.
Because worldbuilding is hard, and it’s easy to make something look old and lived-in by making it look ruined. We need to stop trying to logic our way out of these situations with lore. There is no internal consistency in this series anymore.
Yup. If this is the best they can possibly build their society, then I was an idiot to ever like the altmer. Turns out they’re just a bunch of incompetent hypocrites who are barely more advanced than the imperials.
WhiteCoatSyndrome wrote: »
This very much, but it's worth trying anyway.
GrantTheGriffon wrote: »
@ZOS_GinaBruno @ZOS_JessicaFolsom @ZOS_Lawrence_Schick these minor adjustments make huge leaps to improving the expectations we're all attempting to express and demonstrate. Please listen to all of the feedback, suggestions and proposed improvements in this thread.
The architecture of Alinor etc. is beautiful but at the very least minor changes/adjustments are desperately needed to meet players expectations of Summerset. Changing the roof tiles to a different texture or colour e.g. the opal like reflections demonstrated above helps to correlate the High Elves proximity to the sea (shells, coral etc.).
Given Summerset hasn't been opened up to much wider beta testing yet I truly think the art team or whoever is responsible needs to take all of this into consideration prior to Summersets release.
Could you please pass this feedback along to the art team and world builders?
TelvanniWizard wrote: »It´s a weird mix up of imperial ruins and breton architecture... Why couldn´t we get something special, and elvish?
WhiteCoatSyndrome wrote: »
I was thinking enamel on the roof tiles at least, but I like that idea. They use seashell motifs, why not the actual shells?
My limited experience with real-life coral is that it does bleach out over time...not that that stopped Vivec's Antlers in Stonefalls. -_- That may be a research fail on my part though. Maybe only live coral has color? I'd need to look it up.
VerboseQuips wrote: »
This is a very excellent idea, and it reminds me of one ceiling of the Belgian royal palace which was converted into an artwork named "Heaven of Delight" by Jan Fabre, who covered it with thousands of scarab wings.
(Which is also a severe stab at the argument that using chitin as a decorative material could only be "building out of poetry". )
Spacemonkey wrote: »
TelvanniWizard wrote: »
YOU GOT IT
A_Silverius wrote: »
psychotrip wrote: »
They’re saying the architecture and environment look amazing and fit the altmer, but we’ve already seen it and many of us disagree. They also admit the altmer were far from their favorite race.
I respect this person’s opinion but I don’t see how this changes anything.
Summerset is still low-tech, generic medieval europe with bland gray disneyland castles.
I've seen some new footage from Summerset in an interview and I must say, these big windows that shimmer blue in the light, greatly resemble what was told us in the lore stories. I must say, everything looks stunning. My fears that Summerset may be boring have been greatly reduced.
The 2nd pic looks a bit boring due to bad lightning. But look at how impossibly high these towers grow.
To @Faulgor
What a relief! Buildings made of glass confirmed!SpoilerSpoiler