#bethesda games

[powerin]

evil within

[midorisudachi]

"The Dragonborn & The Spellsword Mercenary”

I felt like creating a sexy piece, especially when it comes to Skyrim characters.

Because, why not?

Thanks to the Skyrim mods that were finally available on XBox Series X a few months ago (because before, there were no mods for the XBox except for PCs), I was able to experience the game in an even fuller glory. Which meant that my Dragonborn OC Katarzyna could marry her hired mercenary, the Dunmer/Dark Elf Teldryn Sero. About bloody time. I also had made sure to learn 100% Sneak & 100% Pickpocket before hiring Teldryn, that way I was able to steal his helmet and have his face visible…because why was his cool face covered up?

I had first played Skyrim back in 2014, but had stopped in March of 2015 (a couple of months before my son was born) and never beat the game. It wasn’t until November 2023 that I started the game again, but when the mods showed up a few months ago, I restarted it again because there is just way too much awesomeness added! One example: the hair! Katarzyna went from short hair to getting long, red hair! Woo-hoo!

I also wanted an excuse to practice more with anatomy & poses, as well as a different sort of lighting than the one I usually do. I didn’t want the background to be a perfectly smooth black…I purposely made it more mottled with some texture, since Katarzyna & Teldryn are not in total darkness. I imaged them in the cave where they had celebrated after getting married, where there were Dark Elf Lanterns & pretty blooming trees (yes, that’s actually in the game). I also added those glowy Torchbugs to create a more dreamy feeling to it. Katarzyna is wearing the Gauldur Amulet & the Aetherial Crown. Teldryn has a Necromancer amulet (only because it gives him more "oomph" to his magic, ha ha). I hope everyone likes this!

Drawn with Sakura Pigma Micron pens, then coloured in with a mix of Copic Markers, Ohuhu Markers, & Koi Watercolours. As usual, the scanner totally kills colours…this piece looks better in real life.

[ashlynstarfield]

Someone actually did this 🥲😂

[jsands84]

Just hanging out with my favorite Daedric prince, Hermaeus Mora. I’m positively mad about his library.

[khaoticspartan]

This shit gets me every time

[tunnelsnakesfool]

Hey tumblr this wouldn't have happened without y'all. I started here and lived a dream last weekend. Amazing experience at the Xbox games showcase. Todd was so nice.

[kamurawaffles5684]

AUAGAHSHSBS here take some stuff from my Dishonored x Monster Hunter World/Iceborne au cuz life is shit rn and i have finals in like six or seven weeks fuck also holy shit look at that improvement bro

ok thx bye imma go jump off a cliff now

[yournecessaryevil]

Okay but someone tell me why lately this dude has been looking a little 🥵🥵?

Like...?? 🥵🫣

[thoth-the-thoughtful]

Honestly the way these new RPGs been cooking up, I'm not nearly as excited for The Elderscrolls 6. Don't get me wrong. I love The Elderscrolls but considering how average Starfield was, I no longer have high hopes for the next installment. Eldenring, Dragons Dogma and Baldurs Gate really changed the things I need from my rpg experience. And I like that. I like that there are finally contenders to the ES legacy for RPG supremacy. Bethesda needs the competition because they've clearly gotten lazy.

Did I like vanilla Starfiled? Yes. Was it a groundbreaking or particularly next generation experience? No. Not at all. I feel the same way about Fallout IV and I'm one of the Fallout fans that feels like that game gets too much hate. I think it was great, just not as impressive as FO3 or FONV.

Skyrim was the last true groundbreaking project that BGS released in my opinion. Everything since has either been substandard for the genre or lacking. For ES6 to really impress me, it has to feel like wakanda the RPG. Like it's really got to feel like I am in Hammerfell, and this setting is a unique and Africanized realization of an RPG world already existing in the elder scrolls universe. I'm talking like Black Panther, Children of Blood and Bone type of lore, Where the people of hammerfell have their own shit going on and we really see how that interacts with the rest of the The elder scrolls world politics and culture.

The next eldest scrolls game needs to accomplish all of this for me , while also introducing some new mechanics that makes the game interesting and distinct from skyrim. It needs to do this while also delivering on the power fantasy that Elder scrolls games are perfect for. And lastly it needs to have some damn choice and consequence. Make shit i do matter.

I fr just don't trust Bethesda to be competent enough to accomplish all this at this point. I'm not optimistic.

[5medium]

I just finished watching the best show of my year (probably), and those psychos have the nerve to say it’s gonna take TWO YEARS for a another season??? We’re on SEASON ONE. And season one only had 8 episodes I am so sick and tired.

[bestgamedeveloper]

Round 1

[devastator1775]

With games like these - where you can use these console commands - I usually play my first playthrough 'the regular way' and any other playthrough is with commands. Make the most out of the game with as little effort as possible.

I also found out today that you can assign robots you make to various tasks. I've made Worker Drones, Supply Drones and Defense Drones. And with enough material you can make an entire army ...which is what the whole Automaton DLC is about....

[bar-of-dish-soap]

playing starfield. dad gave me a gun. dad, seconds later, asked a constellation member if he could bring cookies. this is peak gaming.

[ashlynstarfield]

Black and fight.

[catgirltoofies]

i think the thing missing from bethesda games is enemy variety. as it stands, the enemies in 3d bethesda games are pretty formulaic.

morrowind has humanoid enemies (varieties of bandits, using melee, ranged, and/or magic) and a plethora of wild animals, plus a few unique things like liches or werewolves

oblivion has humanoid enemies (varieties of bandits, using melee, ranged, and/or magic) and a plethora is wild animals

skyrim has humanoid enemies (varieties of bandits, using melee, ranged, and/or magic) and a plethora of wild animals, plus some unique things like dragons and dragon priests

fallout 3 has humanoid enemies (varieties of bandits, using melee, guns, and/or explosives) and a plethora of wild animals, plus behemoths and deathclaws.

fallout 4 has humanoid enemies (varieties of bandits, using melee, guns, and/or explosives) and a plethora of wild animals, plus behemoths, deathclaws, and the mirelurk queen.

fallout 76 has humanoid enemies (varieties of bandits, using melee, guns, and/or explosives) and a plethora of wild animals, plus deathclaws and dragons. there may be other things but i don't know for sure

so why is it that people get surprised when, incredibly,

starfield has humanoid enemies (varieties of bandits, using melee, guns, and/or explosives) and a plethora of wild animals. the only thing missing right now are very unique encounters. arguably this is where ship combat could go but ship combat is actually not a very fun mechanic imo because it's completely divorced from on-foot combat but that's a different rant.

my point is, starfield is no worse than Skyrim or Oblivion. it's just got a lot more empty space to traverse.

[its-ov-erexposed]

Fallout Shelter + a j 💘

[01.30] 23 March 23