with this being next gen, I'm hoping that means it will also be on a brand new engine that will allow for some improvements over Skyrim.
1. Better, more fluid animation and combat. This has been one of my biggest issues with Skyrim and the Fallout games. There's a certain "rigidity" to the movement, animation, and combat. I don't expect it to be all DMC or Platinum style, but the combat and movement animations need to be more fluid with a bit more flare and style.
2. Another improvement I want over Skyrim is a smarter, more reactive world and NPC system. The NPCs should "remember" you and your actions, and their relations and dialogue options should grow and change and adapt to the story of your game.
One thing that really broke immersion and took me out of Skyrim was the fact that NPCs would often give you a major quest or be involved in a major plot/story mission. But once that quest is complete, the dialogue they have with you goes back to generic "hello, stranger" stuff. Like, they don't acknowledge you as if they know you or that you just did some quest for them.
For example, right at the beginning of Skyrim, you get to choose to leave the first area with the Imperial or Rebel guy. and then you go meet their respective families in the first town, where they give you your first quest ( warn the Jarl ). But once that quest dialogue is over, whenever you enter their house or meet them on the street, they just revert to generic dialogue. it's as if they've never met you before.
stuff like that felt immersion breaking to me. and I hope that gets improved in the new ES game.
