User blog comment:Deyvid Petteys/ESO is a WOW clone?/@comment-4925649-20120620091852/@comment-4873968-20120621142908

@Igotsaname

While your point is valid, I was just giving an example, and I'm not quite sure if the quality of one example deteriorates from my point-

Saying that Skyrim is not a fantasy game is a simply ridiculous notion, as there are no dragons, giants or spells in real life. Not to mention enchantments, vampires, werewolves, liches and zombie-esque creatures.

But, as you mentioned earlier, it is somewhat more realistic than other TES games. In Oblivion, it was all bright and cheery, but now you're in a darker world. Yet, we still see mythical creatures, so it is fantasy. The way I see it, Veldom is arguing that WoW is full fantasy and Skyrim is partial fantasy. I don't think that fiction v. non-fiction has any shades of gray. A game is either applicable on earth, or not. There's no, "Well, this is kind of real, but also sort of not." It's fantasy or no fantasy. And, anyways, just because a game is more or less realistic than it's comparable game doesn't mean that it isn't a clone. For example, SWTOR is a copy of WoW, but that doesn't mean that they are of the exact same setting. WoW is set in a magical world of spells and wizards. SWTOR is set in a spacey world of blaster pistols and lightsabers.