Alright as much as I hate to admit it, I am a huge fanboy when it comes to The Elder Scrolls, I mean I own the fucking anthology I think that says enough about my ass.
So besides me currently playing the "loner hunter" version of Skyrim something occured to me when I entered Riverwood. "I literally give no fucks about anyone here!" That one girl who lives in the market, whats her name? Cavilla Valium? Of course its not that, because Valium is a fucking drug and most likely not her name. Well she died and I only reloaded the save to keep her alive for one reason, "So that I get more gold by the end of it." Not because I liked her as a character or anything, but so I can get the monetary value out of some fetch quest.
And I think that's the main fault of Skyrim, the quests and NPCs are always going to be the most borings NPCs. I will admit that the mods for Skryim are better (better engine, can reintroduce new mechanics or old stats, prettier graphics), but the core of Skyrim is just so lifeless and dull, because its supposed to be lifeless and dull. Skyrim in the lore has always been described as a horrid place to live with terrible weather and climates, but it could make for a great setting if its used well.
Fallout 3 and New Vegas used the setting of a lifeless and dull wasteland greatly, because of great characters, sidequests that boiled down to "go to A, get X" but normally branched off into something more interesting and had loads of personality to them. In Skyrim the only two quests that had this format and did them well was one, The Sanguine (or however you spell it) quest where you wake up from a hangover wondering what the fuck just happened.
You wanna know what quest had the same format but didn't do it well? The Crimson Nirnroot hunt in Blackreach, THAT QUEST WAS SUCH A PAIN IN THE ASS AND ALL I GOT WAS A THANK YOU AND A IOU SLIP BY THE FUCKING END OF IT!
So instead of me taking the p!ss out of Skyrim 24/7, howabout we just talk about all the games.
So in order to start the discussion off:
Who do you think is the best character in the series? (Don't say Sheogorath, I love him, fuck everyone loves him. We know hes the best in the series, but lets talk about some other great characters besides the MadGod himself.)