Throwaway account so if I don't deliver I can't be held accountable :)
This is just an idea rn, but it's an idea I've been working on for years. Mods have made Skyrim great, but there is more we can do!
The purpose of this project is to;
-create a fun, immersive RPG experience that makes me feel like a mix between Kylo Ren and Kratos (especially killing gods)
-create a bigger and better Skyrim experience, that feels both more realistic and fantastical, that feels like a mix between Mount & Blade and a FromSoftware title
- create a more realistic experience that brings in-depth scientific theory and knowledge into design philosophy. Weather patterns, Animal migration patterns, historical, economic and political patterns, etc. Why do all animals "attack" instead of hunt? Why doesn't cloud coverage protect vampires from the sun and weaken a werewolves connection with the moon? Why don't wolf packs migrate throughout their territory? Why does everyone have a sword but not a single person has a spear? Where is the politcal diversity and moral ambiguity? Where are the wagons transporting goods everywhere, keeping the economies afloat?
-create a lore-friendly experience that is deeper than what Vanilla offers. A world that moves beyond the Dovahkiin as a character and even the player. A game that acts if the player doesnt. A game that reflects the harshness of the games story. Skyrim is simultaneously experiencing a Stormcloak rebellion, a Forsworn insurgency, a flood of refugees from Morrowind, a Dragon Crisis, and a Vampire Crisis, yet I personally felt like Skyrim only told us this rather than showed us. We should see more skirmishes, more refugee camps, more bandits, and even evidence of a movement for acceptance of werewolves and vampires. Wouldn't at least some people in Skyrim be interested in politically recognizing vampires and werewolves, to either protect or oppress them? Where are the villages being massacred by Imperial armies for being loyal to the Stormcloaks, or the Stormcloaks razing villages loyal to the Empire? Why is the player the only who assassinates the Emperor? Where are the riots in Windhelm ghettos? We are led to believe the Civil War in Skyrim is the downtrodden Nords revolting against the oppressive Empire, or that the Stormcloak Rebellion is a treasonous uprising by the racist Stormcloaks, but we don't see the elements in both sides that led to both depictions being true.
-create a DnD like experience out of Skyrim where we can play and develop characters in a living breathing world that embraces complexity. Vanilla Skyrim, while beatiful and great for its time, could feel static and stale. The story had so much urgency that nothing felt urgent. Do I first defeat the world ending vampire threat, the world ending dragon threat, or neither because the Dovahkiin, the Avatar of Akatosh, decides to also become the Listener, the Archmage, the Harbinger, a Nocturnal, or the Champion of Molag Bal, Azura, or some other deity? There becomes a point where its too much. Let each character feel truly special, and less like a copy.
Idk how we are gonna do this but that hasn't stopped the community so far
Desired Features:
-Cultural differences shown in world design (buildings, weapons, armor, etc.)
-Immersive gods
--Daedric artifacts should be rarer, but daedric encounters often for Dovahkiin
-Party Systems
-Immersive Travel (no fast travel, better horses, carriages, boats etc.)
-Flight (better dragon flight, mage flight, vampire flight, Aspect flight etc.)
- Reinstroduce features from previous TES games like Athletics, Birthsigns, etc.
-Immersive Survival
-Respawn Systems (Vampires might flee as bats and come back for revenge later, Mages as mist, Werewolf bursts into beast form, Dovakiin snaps into Dragon Aspect form, , etc.)
-Nemesis system?
-Immersive Animations (Movement styles, dodges, parkour, climbing, etc.)
-Modern Combat Systems
--logical, and realistic enemy difficulty
Immersive Stealth
-Let werewolves, vampire lords stealth!!!
-Immersive items
--Elden Souls-like equipment and item system
--Equipped weapons are apparent
--Alcohol gets characters drunk, skooma makes, them trip, etc.
--Spears, not swords, should be the most commonly used weapon, especially by footsoldiers
--Items crafted by or for gods should reflect that fact
-Immersive Coop
--Let players interact with characters and world seperately
-Map and Story include all of Tamriel in lore friendly way
--Explore conflicts in all regions of Tamriel
--The Towers can be channeled to empower player characters
--More daedric quests!!!! The Dragonborn does have a special connection with the gods!
-Bigger cities
-Bigger armies, bigger battles
-Bigger Dragons (impact, if not size)
-Immersive Magic (Magic studying, crafting, fails, etc.)
--Magic should be rare and OP
-Immersive supernatural
--Variety in vampires (Vampire lords range from daedric monstrosities to were-bats)
--Werewolves shouldn't always attack or scare npcs,
--Supernatural strengths, speed, jumps, etc
--Vampirism and Lycanthropy spreads
--Werewolves stronger or weaker depending on moon cycles etc.
--Vampires stronger or weaker depending on feeding cycles and sun exposure etc.
--Dovahkiin is the Born-Hunter of Dragon Kind, thus cannot have vampire or were blood
--Dovahkiin is the Born-Hunter of Dragon Kind, thus can fight on land and in the skies
--Dovahkiin perk tree, Dragon Aspect form should be most OP
-Immersive flora/fauna
-Immersion out the ass!
Fun ideas for me:
-Magika sabers, used by high powered mages, that can deflect spells and melt through most materials, except supernatural creatures like werewolves, vampires, dragons, etc
--Great for fighting single targets and small groups
--Can let mage gameplay feel like a Jedi
-Blades of Chaos from God of War
--Renamed Blades of Akatosh
--Gifted to Dovahkiin to defeat Alduin
--Great for Gods, Dragons, other supernatural creatures and large groups of enemies
--Once mastered, automatically activate Dragon Aspect
--Spin the chain to make a whirlwind effect, absorbing Dragon shouts to temporarily buff the blades or Dovahkiin
--OP AF
Shout out to all of the devs working hard on mods like Skyrim Beyond and Skyrim Extended Cut!!! Mod devs have made the Skyrim experience much better, and I hope to build the skills to create what I want out of Skyrim as they have.
ty for reading and uhhhh sorry for typos :)
