User blog:Madman97/You know what really grinds my Wabbajack's? S3E7: Lack of focus on differing races.

Ladies and gentlemen, we are starting to crossover into the final lap of season 3. Remember, if you have something you would like me to rant about in the near future, you know who to call. Anywho, let's get started with another episode of Wabbajack Grinding!

Nords. We get it. Nord power. Nords nords nords. I think we get the message. Did you know that Skyrim has lots of Nordic culture? You did? Well did you now that Skyrim consists of mainly...NORDS??? Or if you did know that, then surely you wouldn't know that Nords are the most dominant race of Skyrim...Did I mention there are Nords in the Elder Scrolls V?

YES! YES BETHESDA! YES YOU F***ING DID YOU CORPERATE BAST@RDS, YOU LOW-LIFE PIECES OF S*** THAT YOU FIND ON THE STREET! YOU RACIST INSECURE-Oh hey, there goes another Nord.

Nords. There are plenty in Skyrim. You may have noticed. This is a continuation off of a previous episode I have done on the lack of various cultures to be found within Skyrim. The same goes for this one, except with various races. If you have half a brain, Skyrim does seem to be run with a pretty big propaganda run for the Nords. Nothing against them, I am one myself, both in the game and in actual ancestry, (That's real world Scandinavian, I mean), but you see them quite a lot in Skyrim. Well of course, some would say. The Nords are native to this land. Very true.

But let's back it up to Oblivion here, shall we? Differing races could be found at every nook and cranny in Cyrodil, every town had at least a couple Khajiits, Argonians, Orcs, Elfs, Imperials, Bretons, and Nords running about. They take a much more prominent role here than in Skyrim, where they are reduced to second class citizens. I agree that it would make an interesting story to segregate the bestial races to make the story more gripping or interesting, but did you know that there are only FIVE NOTABLE KHAJIIT TOTAL IN SKYRIM? FIVE! There are seventeen notable Argonians, they at least have the little colonies of Orcs, though not very big. If any other race were at the helm than the Nords, it would probably be the Imperials, given the amount of focus on the Civil War. The High Elves, it is sometimes argued, can be put of there as well given their involvment with the Thalmor. You may see an Elf in a town more than a Khajiit. Argonians are allowed inside towns, Riften is a good example. But my main gripe with this is the Khajiits. Only five, not counting all the bandits you may encounter? Really!? At least you might see at least one of every race in differing towns, but there are literally NO KHAJIITS IN THE TOWNS WHATSOEVER! I mean, come on! Everything wasn't IMPERIALS, IMPERIALS, IMPERIALS in Oblvion. Hell, a High Elf was helping to run the show, (Chancellor Ocato), so why does Skyrim have to get Nords all the time-Yeah, yeah, Civil War creates segregation. I know. But I want to see it. You get a taste of it in Winterhold but you never really see it anywhere else. If there is one thing a lot of Nords hate more than the bestial races is the High Elves, and there is one living completely without consequence in Falkreath as a Priest of Arkay! But ooh, those pesky cat people can't be trusted!

'Da F***'s wrong with this game!?

Sigh. I think you get the idea. Nords are overly prominent in this game to an unnecessary degree. I like the idea of disliking other races for the reasons of racism built by a paranoid people in the midst of a civil war. But overuse of this is quite a useless venture. Everything Nord is constantly being hammered into your face and out the other hole in a extremely spectacular explosion of lame. I feel like the Angry Video Game Nerd on a bad day after going over this. It makes me want to take my Skyrim game and just snap the disc in half. However, I will not, because I think it is still one of the greatest games I have ever had the grace of playing, even if there are a million things wrong with it. Oh well, I'll just have to rant about those too, won't I? You can probably tell that I enjoyed the shift of focus from one race to another when the DLC's for Skyrim came out. Raven Rock was an excellent piece of adventure for the Dunmer, even if the tombs in Solstheim didn't really seem any less Nordic, which was a bit dodgy, but I could take it. Then there is the Dawnguard. Not exactly non-nord, but the Forgotten Vale and the newfound knowledge of the Snow Elves was also a nice change of pace from a game that is wrought with the Nord propaganda poon that plagues it.

Another thing I look forward to in ESO is that all races are now put on the spotlight again just like in Oblivion times. In those days, it felt like it didn't even matter what you were. You were simply the Hero of Kvatch. Not in Skyrim. In Skyrim you really have to choose, and if your option isn't Nord, well, that just won't work for the rest of Skyrim now would it? Eh, it probably wouldn't matter to the Dragonborn anyway. He or she would probably just kill them all anyway. Which is what will happen to the employees of Bethesda should they continue this little mishap in story telling and basic racial pedestal points into the Elder Scrolls 6. Get it done Bethesda. And as always ladies and gentlmen, stay Ranty and stay Mad.