Skyrim Utilizes Fallout’s Technological Advances

While The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion was a great game, Fallout 3 advanced Bethesda’s technology in some significant ways, and Skyrim reaps all the benefits.

While speaking with PC Gamer, game director Todd Howard said, “[Skyrim]’s a lot more like Fallout 3, where as you level up you are going to see harder things, but the easier things stay around as well.”

Howard later added, “There’s very few completely random conversations. We’ve gone more towards a system, like we did in Fallout 3, where they have a specific conversation with a specific person about various topics.”

Finally Howard went on to talk about the game’s environment. “We realized in Fallout 3 that that kind of environmental storytelling, where you come upon a little scene, is really good,” says Howard. “And so we’ve tried to do it a lot more.”

Admittedly, this information isn’t new or surprising, but can you blame us for being excited about Skyrim?

[Source: Ripten]