My problem with Skyrim is that, while it has character customization, it's almost entirely shit, and you barely see your character face-on anyway.
That bugs me (although it's not as bad as Fallout 3?), but the face designs are also kinda dodgy so... meh.
ParanoidObsessive posted...
And then you start playing, and all of the quests are generic as fuck, and while you get to "choose" how you want to do lots of things, almost all of those choices wind up being relatively meaningless, because nothing really effects anything else and the writing is terminally bland.
...although it's more realistic that way. The majority of choices have micro-impacts rather than macro-impacts. And, depending on what you do, it's possible to kill less important NPCs which either make some of the smaller (and non-radiant) quests either impossible to start or to finish. Plus you're not gated with a lot of quests so you can fulfill objectives before starting.
ParanoidObsessive posted...
So it's sort of what I want, only in the most superficial and flavorless way possible.
idk, it's actually pretty flavorful given that there's a tremendous amount of lore and many of the quests touch upon it, in addition to the scattering of books, etc, throughout. You're not going to get a single, engrossing story, though. The two biggest storylines are relatively short and almost entirely segregated (despite literally being tied together in the beginning, between your character waking up captured and a dragon attack facilitating your escape). I had logically assumed that the two would tie together eventually, but that never really happened.
Bethesda rpgs are great for those who like to role play more than just what the game provides story wise. I come up with back stories for chars and habits/personalities I stick to unless given no other choice. Also because of this I see plenty of my characters face. I change into clothes while in town and will sometimes sit down at the bar or something similar while in third person and hang out for a coupe of minutes ---
Cid- "looks like that overgrown lobster just got served!" Bartz-"with cheese biscuts AND mashed potatoes!"