Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-24473150-20140207120340

What if Bethesda included more of a background for the races in the character creation screen? Instead of just saying something like "Dunmber hail from Morrowind and are good with destruction magic and one handed..." they explained a little bit about what's happened with that race since the last Elder Scrolls game, so going into the game you have more of a clue as to what's going on instead of learning as you go. I was playing as a Dunmer in Solstheim, and one of the conversation options was "why do the dunmer hate the empire". While it was an interesting question, I found it odd that me, a Dunmer, wouldn't know what was going on with "my" fellow people. Or as a High Elf I would have to ask about the Thalmor or the White-Gold concordant. I'm not saying get super detailed with it. Just some outline as to what's been going on in the past 200 years of the race. Red Mountain erupted, Oblivion gates opened, Empire pulled the troops out and left the Dunmer to fend for themselves while the Argonians also invaded.

Also, what if they included more NPC reactions to your race or play style instead of "I'm watching you sneak thief etc". For Skyrim, if you were a Nord, people would give you better deals or would give you more information or something. It's weird, to me, that in cities like Windhelm that are prejudiced against Dunmer, Altmer, Khajitt and Argonians, that if you are playing as one of those races they don't acknowledge the fact that they shouldn't instantly like you. Or if you were a murderous indivual it would have more of an influence on the world. Or if you killed a bandit leader, the rest of the group would break off and would retreat sometimes. I guess the little things that aren't there. The only thing that is in the game race wise is if you're not an Orc, you have to do a quest to become Blood Kin. Other than that, your race has no bearing on the NPC's. Don't get me wrong, I thoroughly enjoy Skyrim as it is. It'd just be a bit more immersive with aspects and features like that. Any thoughts? 