I feel like I'm the only ESO player who didn't play Skyrim...

Minyassa

I'm a latecomer to the franchise, I just didn't have the money for video games until ESO and it feels like everyone (including the devs, now) expects me to have played it. I'm a little worried that I'm going to miss out on info about the new chapter based on experience they think I have that I don't. Is there some major difference between this game's setting and Skyrim's besides the era it's set in?

Nemesis7884

PLAY it - skyrim se with some graphics and utility mods is still an AMAZING game and i think one of the games you HAVE to play - imo clearly game of the decade.

There will certainly be some nostalgia built into the chapter but i dont think you will miss a lot besides locations since Skyrim plays WAY later... the only thing we might see is some locations that are intact that are destroyed in Skyrim or maybe some vampire characters that are very old...

I dont know if you havent just played ANY TES games or just not Skyrim...

ESO is an MMO first and TES game second so they are completely different animals...but if you are into open world rpg's TES are the best games imo and therefore Skyrim for me is just a much better single player experience than ESO.

So you will REALLY miss out on a gamer level if you dont play Skyrim but i dont think you will miss out with regards to the chapter.

BaiterOfZergs

There’s plenty of people who haven’t played Skyrim, I’d say a large portion of the original players did because many chose Ebonheart. However, a lot of those people are gone and the game is filled with people who have different reasons for playing such as moving from a different mmo or liking mmos in general.

Side note: ESO and Skyrim takes place at completely different times. There might be some things brought up related to Skyrims lore but unlikely to be anything concerning the actual game itself.

Cireous

Um, you really ought to try out Skyrim.

There is a reason why there is an average of about 15k people still playing this nearly decade old single-player game on Steam right now. [Spoiler: It's awesome]

Thevampirenight

The timeline of Skyrim is in late in the forth after the oblivion crisis and after the hero of Elder scrolls four became Sheogorath after stoping the oblivion crisis. Which was the starting point of the Fourth era. Its a time of chaos between those that worship the deity Talos which is the ninth divine that doesn't exist yet in this time period and the empire that was forced to give up Talos worship by the Dominion in a treaty they were basically forced to sign that also disbanded the Blades also the third Dominion is more like *** Germany during world war 2 then the Aldmeri Dominion of this time period which could be compared to the United States not getting political just comparing it to that. The companions guild in that game were secretly werewolves in the leadership they are not in this point of the second era. The main Volkihar Vampire faction in this time period are basically hiding in their castle not doing much. Another difference between the two in Elder scrolls Skyrim the reach is controlled by the Nords. Eso the reach is controlled by the reachmen and they are able to have much greater influence including taking over the empire of Cyrodiil so they are much more powerful and dangerous and evil.

Other differences there is no civil war. No Dragons and things are much more different. Talos doesn't exist yet the nordic culture might be in decline because of the lack of the empire that kinda tempered them up making them less of the Mead happy go drink get drunk trend we see going on in Eso. But the Old Nordic ways might still be more practiced then in Eso's time period.

What made Elder Scrolls Skyrim so popular to the point its even mentioned in Tv Shows like Ncis is I think the culture and the hype of Game of Thrones and the setting of ice and snow and the many memes and other things that made Skyrim so successful. Many folks might expect it to be just like it was in Skyrim. But its not it will be different of course but they might play to Skyrim Nostalgia somewhat but I think the storyline itself will be unique. So it won't be like Elder Scrolls Five. There is no Ulfric, there is no Civil War, there is no dragon crisis. There is no Volkihar Vampires attacking cities though they disabled that in the special edition unless you block out the sun. Alduin is still lost in time. And all the other stuff that made Skyrim Successful. Also no Talos to fight over. Which was one of the big points of the Civil War between Skyrim and the Empire.

ArchMikem

Lets just say a LOT happens in the next 1,000 years between 2E 583 and 4E 201. So much so that the only real connections the next chapter is gonna have, will be names and places. It would be ridiculous to tie the story to TES:V at all.

The only thing i think you dont know about that may come up in the next chapter, is Blackreach. Its s massive subterranean cavern underneath Skyrim that the Falmer live in. The Falmer are blind, barbaric descendants of the Snow Elves.

RefLiberty

Cireous wrote: »

Um, you really ought to try out Skyrim.

There is a reason why there is an average of about 15k people still playing this nearly decade old single-player game on Steam right now. [Spoiler: It's awesome]

Yes there is, and lets be honest why.
Nexus mods and Skyrim SE (which stands for sex edition).

Van_Winkle

Skyrim is nothing compared to Morrowind.

Thevampirenight

Also the Eso Dragons none of the players are Dragonborn so it takes several people working together and other means to take one down. The SKyrim Hero was able to do that by him/herself having the literal power of a Demigod being a Dragonborn and having the literal soul of a dragon able to consume other dragons souls making that hero extremely powerful . Being half as powerful as a Daerdric prince according to Vile. So the Hero of that game was one of the most powerful Hero's of the bunch because of this. In terms of power The Last Dragonborn is stronger then even the vestige. As they are literally a dragon in a mortal body.

So it is unlikely we will be able to learn the thuum giving the lore that has been told to us that only dragonborn can really learn it in a manner so quickly so that anyone else has to spend a long long time to just even learn one word of a shout or a whole shout. I doubt we will see a playable Thuum Skilline either. Because that is a unique ability to dragonborns. Which the vestige just does not have.

Iccotak

Sacrilege...

StrandedMonkey

skyrim onliners unite

Beardimus

I never played it, started with ESO as I prefer the MMO aspect and PvP.

But it's the first chapter I'm actually interested in actually playing, snowy zones rock for me.

ManwithBeard9

Played Skyrim for about 10 hours total, hard pass.

Vanos444

Minyassa wrote: »

I'm a latecomer to the franchise, I just didn't have the money for video games until ESO and it feels like everyone (including the devs, now) expects me to have played it. I'm a little worried that I'm going to miss out on info about the new chapter based on experience they think I have that I don't. Is there some major difference between this game's setting and Skyrim's besides the era it's set in?

This is how Skyrim vanilla vs Modded Skyrim is....

https://youtu.be/vCXO-oVuBFc

Vanilla Darkelf

Modded dark elf

mocap

i suggest you to play. Oh and in such case, i think you will be definitely the first one who will play Skyrim in 3rd person view xd

Minyassa

mocap wrote: »

i suggest you to play. Oh and in such case, i think you will be definitely the first one who will play Skyrim in 3rd person view xd

I'll have to, 1st person makes me severely motion sick!

Looks like I'll have to try it. Only reason I hadn't is because when I have time to play games, I'm in ESO!

And Skyrim isn't the only TES game I missed, I had not played any of them. I did get a copy of Morrowind when it was free, but the graphics put me off hard, I could not be motivated to learn the interface and went straight back to ESO.

Nyladreas

I'm a huge TES fan but honestly...

Skyrim is insanely overhyped. It's not a badgame, it's tons of fun, the story has something to it, but overall it's just an above average RPG.

Imho there's no need to play it and you won't miss much of anything since ESO has its own lore due to being set in the past.

The only thing you'll miss is Easter eggs and references. Nothing that would leave you confused or lost. Play the games at your own pace and with your own interest.

If you'll like Skyrim in ESO, perhaps then you should play the 2011 game, but also all the others. Be sure to check out the mods too.

Nyladreas

Vanos444 wrote: »

Minyassa wrote: »

I'm a latecomer to the franchise, I just didn't have the money for video games until ESO and it feels like everyone (including the devs, now) expects me to have played it. I'm a little worried that I'm going to miss out on info about the new chapter based on experience they think I have that I don't. Is there some major difference between this game's setting and Skyrim's besides the era it's set in?

This is how Skyrim vanilla vs Modded Skyrim is....

https://youtu.be/vCXO-oVuBFc

Vanilla Darkelf

Modded dark elf

That's horrible. 😱🤮

TheFM

Youre not missing much. Skyrim without mods is ten miles wide and 1 foot deep. It really is a shell of what it should have been if the team didnt jump ship like they did and cut half the game.

Recent

I never played it but plan to soon. Just havent had time. Too busy playing eso

Iccotak

@Vanos444
I will take the vanilla gritty realism Dark Elf over the fetishized depiction of them

Vanos444

Nyladreas wrote: »

Vanos444 wrote: »

Minyassa wrote: »

I'm a latecomer to the franchise, I just didn't have the money for video games until ESO and it feels like everyone (including the devs, now) expects me to have played it. I'm a little worried that I'm going to miss out on info about the new chapter based on experience they think I have that I don't. Is there some major difference between this game's setting and Skyrim's besides the era it's set in?

This is how Skyrim vanilla vs Modded Skyrim is....

https://youtu.be/vCXO-oVuBFc

Vanilla Darkelf

Modded dark elf

That's horrible. 😱🤮

What can one do, when Todd makes the ugliest looking characters in game either due to spite, laziness or just being a big ****.

Iccotak wrote: »

@Vanos444
I will take the vanilla gritty realism Dark Elf over the fetishized depiction of them

In today's world, women looks more like the modded version, some genuinely look like them to a point rather than the abomination that Todd lusts over. While they are some that will find a dog's poop to be more beautiful than a diamond and to them I say, Good Day?!

Huyen

Thevampirenight wrote: »

The timeline of Skyrim is in late in the forth after the oblivion crisis and after the hero of Elder scrolls four became Sheogorath after stoping the oblivion crisis. Which was the starting point of the Fourth era. Its a time of chaos between those that worship the deity Talos which is the ninth divine that doesn't exist yet in this time period and the empire that was forced to give up Talos worship by the Dominion in a treaty they were basically forced to sign that also disbanded the Blades also the third Dominion is more like *** Germany during world war 2 then the Aldmeri Dominion of this time period which could be compared to the United States not getting political just comparing it to that. The companions guild in that game were secretly werewolves in the leadership they are not in this point of the second era. The main Volkihar Vampire faction in this time period are basically hiding in their castle not doing much. Another difference between the two in Elder scrolls Skyrim the reach is controlled by the Nords. Eso the reach is controlled by the reachmen and they are able to have much greater influence including taking over the empire of Cyrodiil so they are much more powerful and dangerous and evil.

Other differences there is no civil war. No Dragons and things are much more different. Talos doesn't exist yet the nordic culture might be in decline because of the lack of the empire that kinda tempered them up making them less of the Mead happy go drink get drunk trend we see going on in Eso. But the Old Nordic ways might still be more practiced then in Eso's time period.

What made Elder Scrolls Skyrim so popular to the point its even mentioned in Tv Shows like Ncis is I think the culture and the hype of Game of Thrones and the setting of ice and snow and the many memes and other things that made Skyrim so successful. Many folks might expect it to be just like it was in Skyrim. But its not it will be different of course but they might play to Skyrim Nostalgia somewhat but I think the storyline itself will be unique. So it won't be like Elder Scrolls Five. There is no Ulfric, there is no Civil War, there is no dragon crisis. There is no Volkihar Vampires attacking cities though they disabled that in the special edition unless you block out the sun. Alduin is still lost in time. And all the other stuff that made Skyrim Successful. Also no Talos to fight over. Which was one of the big points of the Civil War between Skyrim and the Empire.

You didn't become Sheogorath, you merely took over his job, while restoring the Daedric Prince of Order...or was it cookies? No, definitely Order to its former self.

Minyassa

Vanos444 wrote: »

Minyassa wrote: »

I'm a latecomer to the franchise, I just didn't have the money for video games until ESO and it feels like everyone (including the devs, now) expects me to have played it. I'm a little worried that I'm going to miss out on info about the new chapter based on experience they think I have that I don't. Is there some major difference between this game's setting and Skyrim's besides the era it's set in?

This is how Skyrim vanilla vs Modded Skyrim is....

https://youtu.be/vCXO-oVuBFc

Vanilla Darkelf

Modded dark elf

Vanilla dark elf woman is quite fugly. Modded dark elf woman, very pretty.
Vanilla dark elf man is quite fugly. Modded dark elf man...fugly with better textures. Please tell me someone with an aesthetic eye for males also did some mods...

Thevampirenight

Huyen wrote: »

Thevampirenight wrote: »

The timeline of Skyrim is in late in the forth after the oblivion crisis and after the hero of Elder scrolls four became Sheogorath after stoping the oblivion crisis. Which was the starting point of the Fourth era. Its a time of chaos between those that worship the deity Talos which is the ninth divine that doesn't exist yet in this time period and the empire that was forced to give up Talos worship by the Dominion in a treaty they were basically forced to sign that also disbanded the Blades also the third Dominion is more like *** Germany during world war 2 then the Aldmeri Dominion of this time period which could be compared to the United States not getting political just comparing it to that. The companions guild in that game were secretly werewolves in the leadership they are not in this point of the second era. The main Volkihar Vampire faction in this time period are basically hiding in their castle not doing much. Another difference between the two in Elder scrolls Skyrim the reach is controlled by the Nords. Eso the reach is controlled by the reachmen and they are able to have much greater influence including taking over the empire of Cyrodiil so they are much more powerful and dangerous and evil.

Other differences there is no civil war. No Dragons and things are much more different. Talos doesn't exist yet the nordic culture might be in decline because of the lack of the empire that kinda tempered them up making them less of the Mead happy go drink get drunk trend we see going on in Eso. But the Old Nordic ways might still be more practiced then in Eso's time period.

What made Elder Scrolls Skyrim so popular to the point its even mentioned in Tv Shows like Ncis is I think the culture and the hype of Game of Thrones and the setting of ice and snow and the many memes and other things that made Skyrim so successful. Many folks might expect it to be just like it was in Skyrim. But its not it will be different of course but they might play to Skyrim Nostalgia somewhat but I think the storyline itself will be unique. So it won't be like Elder Scrolls Five. There is no Ulfric, there is no Civil War, there is no dragon crisis. There is no Volkihar Vampires attacking cities though they disabled that in the special edition unless you block out the sun. Alduin is still lost in time. And all the other stuff that made Skyrim Successful. Also no Talos to fight over. Which was one of the big points of the Civil War between Skyrim and the Empire.

You didn't become Sheogorath, you merely took over his job, while restoring the Daedric Prince of Order...or was it cookies? No, definitely Order to its former self.

Yeah it was a mantling, Sheogorath the real one became Jyggalag for good and you take Sheogoraths place. That is how it went down basically. I wonder if this was also the cause of the various declines that happened with many of the guilds the Hero of Kvatch became a defacto leader of. Because he/she did become their leader so to speak of the mages guild, fighters guild, dark brotherhood and thieves guild. It could be one of the reasons why Cicero was a mad man in Skyrim. Because Sheogorath actually was a dark brotherhood member and was the one that did the purification of the sanctuary he later worked in.
Because the hero of Kvatch basically became the identity or host of Sheogorath and thus is Sheogorath. This does make Sheogorath Martins shield. Making him the actual leader of all the guilds he joined up with and gained leadership in. This also means that Sheogorath was also the Divine Crusader. The effects of that I think was the reason why the mages guild was pretty much dissolved and the fighters guild had no influence in Skyrim. Along with the decimation of the dark brotherhood. Skyrims thieves guild seemed to be independent of the Cyrodiil thieves guild so whatever happened to it remains a mystery. Sheogorath had to walk the role of the hero so the hero could walk in his shoes. That is mantling for you. Walk till they walk like you.

redlink1979

@Minyassa With or without mods, you must play it.

https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim

zaria

Skyrim is recommended, however if you don't play it you are not missing anything except some Easter eggs and looking at the differences.

bearbelly

mocap wrote: »

i suggest you to play. Oh and in such case, i think you will be definitely the first one who will play Skyrim in 3rd person view xd

Nope. I play Skyrim in 3rd-person.
I'm not a fan of first-person perspective in video games, and won't play games that are first-person only.

Thevampirenight

bearbelly wrote: »

mocap wrote: »

i suggest you to play. Oh and in such case, i think you will be definitely the first one who will play Skyrim in 3rd person view xd

Nope. I play Skyrim in 3rd-person.
I'm not a fan of first-person perspective in video games, and won't play games that are first-person only.

I played Skyrim in third person as well. It helps to have situational awareness. Plus I do like looking at my characters. So I don't really use first person at all if I can help it.

vilio11

After playing ESO I have hard time returning to Skyrim. Do not get me wrong, Skyrim is great game and you should try it if you have not played it.

Ashfen

Vanos444 wrote: »

Vanilla Darkelf

Modded dark elf

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Vanilla Dark Elves are far better than modded things like that.
Dunmers are not supposed to be "beautiful", in Vanilla Skyrim they exactly look like what they're supposed to be.