Alkerite
2017-04-26, 02:42 PM
Yes, the point of this thread is to gather a database of THE MOST FRUSTRATING ANTICLIMAXES.
I shall kick this thread off with my own story.
So, it was me, a summer's worth of free time, my own PC, and a fresh copy of skyrim. I couldn't give a flying flumph about the main story, and I mostly went around gathering stuff for the credit of doing it. Then I discovered labyrithian. Now, someone who knows skyrim a bit will know where this is going, but to clue those who don't have the knowledge; Labyrithian is a dungeon in skyrim, where you discover a mask; specifically the Wooden Mask. When you put it on where you found it you get transported back in time to when Labyrinthian wasn't all ruined. This clues you into an epic quest: find the masks that resemble the Wooden Mask. This is something the player can do entirely BY ACCIDENT. Nobody tells you anything about the masks in game, and only ONE of the like seven masks can be found in a dungeon where it's wearer is the goal. There's no markers, no throughline, just pure player motivation. Immediately, I was interested. However, I had gotten my ass rocked in labyrinthian, as it was a Troll infested hellscape. So I went back to the main storyline. I found the first mask (other than the wooden. Of course) on the way to the gray beards. I stumbled upon a Dragon Priest. After a half an hour of cheering it with arrows, I killed it, and collected my bounty.
Six masks, and a summer later, I returned to labyrinthian, to discover what lay beneath. A tusked Dragon Priest mask. It looked pretty cool, and since I got it in the same place I got the Wooden Mask, I thought it would lead me down a gratifying rabbit hole of Ye Olde Skyrim, perhaps building the priests I mercilessly cheesed as characters, or detailing the process of HOW they became uber powerful Dragon-Wizard-Liches. But no. Just a cool mask, with a cool power. I was younger, so I shrugged it off, and returned to the actual story, of questmarkers and content, but as I grew into adulthood, that feeling stuck with me. The disappointment I felt. I went on an epic quest with no in game help or guide, and all I had to show for it was a tusked Dragon Priest mask, and the full collection.
I shall kick this thread off with my own story.
So, it was me, a summer's worth of free time, my own PC, and a fresh copy of skyrim. I couldn't give a flying flumph about the main story, and I mostly went around gathering stuff for the credit of doing it. Then I discovered labyrithian. Now, someone who knows skyrim a bit will know where this is going, but to clue those who don't have the knowledge; Labyrithian is a dungeon in skyrim, where you discover a mask; specifically the Wooden Mask. When you put it on where you found it you get transported back in time to when Labyrinthian wasn't all ruined. This clues you into an epic quest: find the masks that resemble the Wooden Mask. This is something the player can do entirely BY ACCIDENT. Nobody tells you anything about the masks in game, and only ONE of the like seven masks can be found in a dungeon where it's wearer is the goal. There's no markers, no throughline, just pure player motivation. Immediately, I was interested. However, I had gotten my ass rocked in labyrinthian, as it was a Troll infested hellscape. So I went back to the main storyline. I found the first mask (other than the wooden. Of course) on the way to the gray beards. I stumbled upon a Dragon Priest. After a half an hour of cheering it with arrows, I killed it, and collected my bounty.
Six masks, and a summer later, I returned to labyrinthian, to discover what lay beneath. A tusked Dragon Priest mask. It looked pretty cool, and since I got it in the same place I got the Wooden Mask, I thought it would lead me down a gratifying rabbit hole of Ye Olde Skyrim, perhaps building the priests I mercilessly cheesed as characters, or detailing the process of HOW they became uber powerful Dragon-Wizard-Liches. But no. Just a cool mask, with a cool power. I was younger, so I shrugged it off, and returned to the actual story, of questmarkers and content, but as I grew into adulthood, that feeling stuck with me. The disappointment I felt. I went on an epic quest with no in game help or guide, and all I had to show for it was a tusked Dragon Priest mask, and the full collection.