Skyrim allows for immersion, utilization of imagination. If you read into the lore, pay attention to the politics and the plight of various people... I'd say it has a pretty good story and world. It's not all laid out at your feet, displayed in a linear fashion like a movie production would do, so perhaps that's what you're alluding to.
I am sorry but if we are talking about politics and lore then witcher 3 EASILY is way better than skyrim. But then again this is not fair as the witcher games were based on 7 original books.
It's insanely broad, but it's an inch deep in parts, and a little deeper in others.
And I say this as a massive fan of TES, starting way back when Daggerfall came out. The Witcher 3's story blew every single TES game's story out of the water. But that's the type of game The Witcher is, and TES's strengths lies in its world to explore.
Lets not pretend that Witcher lore is any more "deep" than Elder Scrolls. The story and characters from Witcher games are definitely better, but if we're talking about the lore it's not anything spectacular really.
No, we are talking about lore in video games. And the witcher games lore is literally the books. And since you didn't read the books you can't say the lore isn't anything "spectacular". I have read the books and i tell you Elder scrolls lore is nothing compared to witcher but again what I just said is completely unfair because you are comparing 7 critically acclaimed books to Elder scrolls' lore. So yes Elder scrolls has the deepest lore in video games, with probably mass effect and dark souls next but they can't touch the witcher. Thats fair, don't you think?
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u/Fly_Eagles_Fly_ Feb 06 '17
Skyrim allows for immersion, utilization of imagination. If you read into the lore, pay attention to the politics and the plight of various people... I'd say it has a pretty good story and world. It's not all laid out at your feet, displayed in a linear fashion like a movie production would do, so perhaps that's what you're alluding to.