5 Things I Don't Like About Skyrim

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Written by Craig Will (puffkix) Thursday, 17 November 2011 09:30

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I don't believe that a perfect game has come out yet but I would easily peg Bethesda as the developers to make it happen. Fallout 3 is my favorite game of all time and Skyrim is set to swallow my life whole if I'm not careful. There are however, in my mind, a few missteps in the latest installment in the Elder Scrolls series.


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Here's my top 5 complaints about Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: 

  1. Where are the NPC markers on the compass? Sure, they don't help you determine which NPC you're walking towards and they may clutter up the compass a bit, but it's really annoying having to search every room in the castle to try and find the Jarl or his Housecarl... This was present in Fallout 3, why the step backwards?
     
  2. Why can't I mark any of the miscellaneous quests as my active quest? Ok, so I can mark them as the active quest but there's no quest arrow on the compass or even the map. This problem mixed with the NPC one makes the quests to go find/talk to a specific NPC annoying to say the least.
     
  3. PLEASE stop freezing! I'm very thankful for autosave but roaming the wilderness presents a problem if you're going to freeze every time I kill a pack of wolves. I don't want to spend 10 minutes exploring without entering or exiting a building only to have you freeze and set me back 10 minutes. I have things to do besides play you, Skyrim, and at this rate I'll be finished with you at about the same time that the next gen consoles come out.
     
  4. Don't auto-increment my save files. I get very self conscience when the save file reads, "Save Game 87" and I've only put 10 hours in. This isn't something that's broken with Skyrim, just a personal quirk. I don't like seeing that I've saved the game 100 times, especially when I'm doing it because the game keeps freezing.
     
  5. This is another small complaint, but why isn't cooking a skill that can be leveled up? Collecting ingredients is similar to alchemy and creating the recipes is like smithing, both of those things have skill trees and affect your level progression.

The last two points here are more of a personal issue and are unlikely to ruin the experience for anyone (including me) but one makes me feel like a paranoid gamer (which I am) and the other confuses me. As for the other three... Maybe Bethesda can keep them in mind when they're crafting Elder Scrolls VI. Oh, and despite these issues, Skyrim is a definite contender for my GOTY. 

Edit: After reading through the comments I have learned that it is possible to mark the miscellanious quests by marking the parent miscellaneous quest tree as well as the specific quest. Thank you to all the non-trolling commentors.

 

Comments  

 
+1 # vanyel 2011-11-17 10:55
I don't know about the other versions but on the PC you can mark the miscellaneous quests as your active quest and even track it on the map. There are 2 steps: first you have to mark the misc. section in the main quest menu, then you just enter the misc. quest list and choose which ones you want to track.
 
 
# puffkix 2011-11-17 11:51
Yeah, I was just trying to mark it via the specific misc. quest and not also marking the parent tree. I didn't see any information anywhere about that being the way to do it, and it still doesn't make sense to have to mark it twice... but at least there is a way. Thank you for the information.
 
 
# ttoaks 2011-11-17 11:16
Maybe you should have actually spent some time trying to figure it out, and or looked it up! So next time you wanna bash something spend the time researching or maybe even playing the game!!!
 
 
# puffkix 2011-11-17 11:54
I wouldn't call this bashing by any means. It's clearly stated that these are personal opinions for a game that is obviously amazing.
 
 
# smoketrio 2011-11-17 15:46
I don't understand why letting you know how many times you have saved is a bad thing. Yeah, I read that it's a personal issue but I still don't get why that could be negative.
 
 
# Bobmannissniss 2011-11-18 05:26
1. Are you really that surprised that they make you look around? They shouldn't do everything for us. 2.Usually there is a quest marker even with the Misc. quests. 3. My PS3 has never frozen on Skyrim. 4. If you hate the auto save so much either change the increment or turn it off...you can do that. 5. I have wondered the same thing myself but honestly who cares about cooking? I'm not saying Skyrim is perfect, but at least complain about things that matter,, like snowing indoors.
 

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