Could dragon mounts and home building be coming to Skyrim?

NewsPosted 09/02/2012 - 9:49am GMT

Bethesda shows off loads of Skyrim mods and enhancements, but which ones will be released?

Skyrim director Todd Howard has revealed the mini projects Bethesda employees worked on for a week after finishing development on Skyrim - the results are quite amazing.

Showcased during a keynote presentation at DICE yesterday, the creative projects could eventually turn into patches, mods, premium DLC or never see a release outside of Bethesda.

Seasonal foliage
Flow-based water shader
Spears
Kills-cams for magic and ranged combat
Stealth enhancements including water arrows
Paralyse runes
Hanging structures
Water currents in dungeons
Dark dungeons, new follower commands
Favourites for followers
Adoption
Build your own home
Spell combos
Goblins
Waygate fast travel
Epic new mounts (flaming horse)
Mounted combat
Dragon mounts
Kinect shouts
Screen space ambient occlusion
Enhanced underwater visuals
Snow footprints
Verlet surfaces for non-rigid objects
Ice and fire arrows
Werebear
Lycanthropy perk tree
Vampire feeding
Become a flying vampire lord
Vampire imp minions
Mudcrab animation tweaks
Giant mudcrab

The Skyrim 1.4 update is due for release today on Xbox 360.

VideoGamer.com Analysis

While dragon mounts would go down a storm with Skyrim fans, lots of the mini projects would also make excellent additions to the game - the challenge will be how to introduce them without causing any game-breaking balance changes.

Via Gamespot

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squidman

Yeah, mounted combat. It's kinda a drag every time you have to stop, get off the horse, get out your weapon, smack the two bandits, get back on the horse and ride off.

Posted 15:30 on 23 February 2012

FantasyMeister

I think it'd be great if they brought these out, then I could fly around and throw spears at all the NPCs that are bugged and wouldn't let me finish quests. I'd prefer it if they got around to fixing the bugs first though.

Posted 17:19 on 09 February 2012

Clockpunk

Mid-air dragon dueling (with spears)! :D

Posted 17:05 on 09 February 2012

draytone

Mounted combat probably tops my list, would have been good to see it make it into the game.

Posted 17:03 on 09 February 2012

p0rtalthinker

Spears! Oh yes that would be amazing to get.

Posted 15:01 on 09 February 2012

MrGloomy

I like the idea of using Spear combat (in life and in Skyrim). I love the idea of actually making Vampirism actually useful. The winged Vampire form looked like a really cool 'thang'. More NPC/enemy variaties like the Imps would be very welcome. Also adding additional companion commands would make the connection between the player and companion more rewarding. That reminds me, I have to marry my current companion this weekend. Another achievement unlocked.

Posted 10:11 on 09 February 2012

Endless

Of all those kill-cam for ranged and magic would be at the top of my list. They did it in Fallout 3, should have been in Skyrim form the start.

Spell combos and mounted combat are also up there. As would elemental arrows.

Posted 10:01 on 09 February 2012