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[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Meanwhile, in Legacy of Kain:

Vampires: Uh, boss? You corrupted the pillars of Nosgoth - which is great and all - but now the sun kinda/sorta doesn't work anymore. It's always dusk.

Kain: So what you're saying is that we vampires can move around freely. All the time. Excellent.

Vampires: Won't that eventually kill all the humans? Yanno, with no food and all?

Kain: ::shrugs:: Fuck 'em.

[–] recycle_me_please@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Did they need to eat humans in this lore?

IIRC, there were human survivors and hold-outs, but not many. Consequently, the vampire's numbers were also rather small in turn. It was all a slow-moving apocalypse.

Really, it's only just good enough of a backdrop for some really solid gameplay, set-pieces, and great voice-acting (well, for Soul Reaver anyway).

[–] centipede_powder@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Falmer do just fine without sunlight

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

And they taste terrible themselves I bet

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 4 points 6 days ago

New quest: uncover the mystery of the crimson nirnroot

[–] Zacryon@feddit.org 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Spoiler! I still haven't played through Skyrim.

[–] sirico@feddit.uk 5 points 5 days ago

A lesson in sorting out that backlog before buying any more games also Darth Vader is Luke's dad get wrecked

[–] 18107@aussie.zone 181 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sounds about as forward thinking as most politicians I know.

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago (2 children)

That and “quarterly growth above all else” capitalism

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[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 122 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Just going to point out that the sun in the elder scrolls universe isn't a ball of plasma and is infact a big ass hole in the fabric of reality from when Magnus pussies out of creation. So it is entirely possible that plants could grow without sunlight in the elder scrolls.

Also for any more specialized lore junkies are vampires hurt by the raw Magicka from the sun or is it more of a raw lumens thing?

Also also the Empire had a space program, do with that what you will.

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

also the Empire had a space program

Easily one of the best unintentional "easter eggs" I've seen in a video game.

No like legit they had a space program, pretty sure it's Kirkbride lore but I'm pretty sure it's still canon.

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 45 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Who art thou who are so wise in the ways of the elder scrolls

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Do you get to the Cloud District very often? Oh, what am I saying, of course you don't.

[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 5 points 6 days ago

The like 4 buildings 15 feet away? That's a district?

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[–] jawa21@piefed.blahaj.zone 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It is definitely the Magicka harming them, or it could be pedantry behind the curse because they seem fine in brightly lit rooms, you just rarely see them in one.

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[–] lauha@lemmy.world 84 points 1 week ago (2 children)

This is just a metaphor for capitalism. Capitalism will literally kill the earth and suck the population dry just so a few can enjoy their lives.

[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 33 points 1 week ago (2 children)

You give Bethesda slop too much credit

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 5 days ago

FR.

The only game of theirs that truly was allegorical and not simply cool for cool, edgy, or trying to squeeze in some hot topic buzz words and themes, was Morrowind.

And what it was allegorical to was basically a horned-up teenager's demented fantsies.

[–] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Friend did you play Skyrim?

I don't mean to be all "Bethesda slop good" but the story they're telling (outside the main quest) is pretty spot on regarding rampant racism and nationalism tearing apart a country already at the behest of a small cabal of criminals. Vampires living on a private island want to extinct the earth so they can hunt free for a couple years just spells it out even clearer.

[–] BigBananaDealer@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

bethesda haters usually are just repeating phrases from ragebait youtubers

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 75 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I mean a billionaire would literally attempt this if you told him that he would be the number one billionaire if he blocks the sun out.

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I'm sure there was a Simpsons episode on this.

Edit: Yep

[–] AlolanYoda@mander.xyz 22 points 1 week ago

Not just a random episode, too - it's one of the plot points in Who Shot Mr Burns

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[–] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 55 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] Glytch@lemmy.world 46 points 1 week ago (10 children)

Let's assume this is correct about surface plants needing the raw Magicka from the sun to live.

Blackreach is full of plants, many of which are edible, and receives no sunlight. Humanoids could just start farming the plants from Blackreach along with fungi. That should be enough to sustain a large enough population for Harkon and his court to feed on in their vampire paradise.

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[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 45 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The writers had to justify calling it Skyrim

[–] Slab_Bulkhead@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No. its because Skyrim belongs to the Nords.

[–] Not_Dav3@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (4 children)
[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 week ago

Nice, I didn't even see the punchline coming.

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[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago (9 children)

I want to play a game one day where it has a character AI good enough to be able to point out something like that and have it affect the flow of that character's story.

"Oh hum.. you... make a good point. Ok, pivoting: let's block out the sun but only on Tuesdays and Thursdays!"

[–] denial@feddit.org 51 points 1 week ago (1 children)

As an example of a human written story: You can avoid the final boss fight in fallout 1 by calling out a similar flaw in the master's plan. He will commit suicide.

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[–] dumbass@quokk.au 23 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Is it the light or the UV rays that kill them, because if it's just the UV rays, we have technology that can block them now.

[–] TheLunatickle@lemmy.zip 23 points 1 week ago

It's neither, It's the gaze of the god auriel.

[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 week ago

We stopped hearing credible stories of vampires around the same time we invented sunscreen.

Coincidence?

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[–] LoreSoong@startrek.website 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

If you can prove skyrim's plants and animals need sun to survive then his plan is stupid. Otherwise, its magic and theres no sound logic to anything so it wasnt worth mentioning in a fantasy setting.

The falmore adapted to live without sun, humans would do the same.

Also magic might be able to produce UV rays to allow mages and farmers to still grow crops.

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[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 week ago
[–] QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 week ago

Yeah, I always found his plan stupid

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