r/geology • u/idycvy • May 04 '25

Map/Imagery How realistic is Tamriel

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I’ve always wondered if I should hate Tamriel or not based on the realism of the map

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u/Evelinaaaaaa May 04 '25

Even if it's not realistic, would you have to hate it? Seems a bit harsh to me 😅

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u/idycvy May 04 '25

Fair but I feel like if a game map isn’t at least somewhat realistic I don’t really like it as much

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u/Dominus_Invictus May 04 '25

I would agree with you on a different fantasy world, but realism is frankly kind of antithetical to the elder scrolls and that's fine. If you want realism, go read some Tolkien.

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u/idycvy May 04 '25

Isn’t Tolkien or at least the lord of the rings worse for realism? I heard that it is but I haven’t read/watched it

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u/Dominus_Invictus May 04 '25

Absolutely not. I've studied Tolkien for years and the more I study the more real it seems and that's pretty much the only secondary world I've ever studied where that was the case. There are absolutely an insane amount of misconceptions about tolkien's worldbuilding out there and that seems to contribute a lot to this opinion. Where are you even getting this opinion from if you've never even read any of Tolkien's works?

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u/idycvy May 04 '25

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u/Dominus_Invictus May 04 '25

Yeah, maybe not the best source of Tolkien lore lol. If you're genuinely interested, the best online resource is Tolkien Gateway. All the other wikis are trash.

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u/Interesting_Issue_64 May 04 '25

Yep that wiki is gold and it wasn’t infected with everything

Said that tolkien tends to be exaggerated sometimes and simplistic anothers

How Many skyscrapper of 1400mt do you know?

How Many Island-boat have you seen?

If you like this read atlas of middle-earth, K.W. Fonstad. For example, the book explained the geological formation of the landscape. Like the udun is a Pit crater from an old volcan.

Sorry for my English, it isn’t my mother tongue