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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
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| finally , wow just announced on VGA awards. Gonna be amazing 11-11-11 P.S. it's called The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | 2010-12-12 01:22:00 Author: Frank-the-Bunny  Posts: 1246 |
| All in can say is... WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! | 2010-12-12 03:02:00 Author: Burrich  Posts: 1018 |
| YES. That is all. | 2010-12-12 03:24:00 Author: Testudini  Posts: 3262 |
| HELL YES!!!! In Skyrim as well...yay for the snow  | 2010-12-12 03:42:00 Author: rseah  Posts: 2701 |
| I died watching the epic reveal! | 2010-12-12 03:49:00 Author: Bremnen  Posts: 1800 |
| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i9tLus_yLs&feature=player_embedded Short trailer -.- Kinda LQ but ehh | 2010-12-12 08:39:00 Author: rseah Posts: 2701 |
| Hells! Yes!!! | 2010-12-12 08:55:00 Author: The Gentleman  Posts: 360 |
| Yay! Looks awesome.... | 2010-12-12 09:02:00 Author: AA_BATTERY  Posts: 1117 |
| Great! Also : MyHeadAsplode.gif Anyone got the picture? That would sum it up pretty nicely. | 2010-12-12 21:47:00 Author: FlameAtNight  Posts: 405 |
| Great! Also : MyHeadAsplode.gif Anyone got the picture? That would sum it up pretty nicely. Thought this might be an appropriate one  .(or not - BabyDoll1970  )But yeah it seems that it's on a new engine as well in case anyone was worried  .EDIT: Oh yeah, PG forum... forgot... | 2010-12-12 22:07:00 Author: Burrich Posts: 1018 |
I wish that was the real games graphics  What if...it had ONLINE?! MMO ElderScrolls :O guilds and whatnot I would die again. | 2010-12-12 22:20:00 Author: Bremnen Posts: 1800 |
| I wish that was the real games graphics What if...it had ONLINE?! MMO ElderScrolls :O guilds and whatnot I would die again. MMO? Pretty much exactly what I don't want this game to be... I love Oblivion and Fallout 3, I love they fact that they're single player, without any need for co-op or multiplayer. I really hope that doesn't change. The games are about one person changing the world for better or for worse in an epic story. I honestly think that online would ruin the experience. I guess it depends on how the game plays but unless the online is sensational and not tacked on, I'd prefer it to remain single player. While multiplayer has become THE gaming experience this gen, I still prefer single player games. I rarely play online games. I really cannot wait to see gameplay. And I hope the new engine has less loading times... it would be amazing if it didn't use "cells" for different areas requiring a loading screen... The Witcher 2 can do it, it's an epic free-roaming game with very little loading, why not Skyrim? Heh I really CANNOT WAIT!!! | 2010-12-13 03:30:00 Author: Burrich Posts: 1018 |
| Don't think anyone could say a bad word against it. Havn't even got through this one yet and I'm already looking forward to next christmas! | 2010-12-13 03:45:00 Author: MrFunctionality  Posts: 637 |
| Thought this might be an appropriate one . (or not - BabyDoll1970 )But yeah it seems that it's on a new engine as well in case anyone was worried .Actually I was referencing to http://www.mediamolecule.com/images/uploads/wordpress/2009/11/spacesuit_omg.gif Except replace 'Spacesuit' with Skyrim. | 2010-12-13 20:19:00 Author: FlameAtNight Posts: 405 |
| speaking on what Burrich said, i completely agree, i've seen so much recently on speculation of an MMO or it having online and honestly i hope it's false. I see The Elder Scrolls world as one that would be ruined by online play, i hope they make Skyrim as polished as they can for a single player experience or maybe co-op if they feel they need a multiplayer element. Overall though, can't wait to see what the future may hold, i've played my Oblivion disc to the point of exhaustion and hope to do the saem with Skyrim! | 2010-12-13 21:18:00 Author: Frank-the-Bunny Posts: 1246 |
| AWESOME!! I loved Oblivion! | 2010-12-13 21:25:00 Author: Snrm  Posts: 6419 |
| Morrowind blew my socks off with the amount of detail in the game (picking up forks, spoons, vases, whatever!) and then I got Oblivion when it first came out on 360 and couldn't help but blurt out an expletive word as I killed my first rat and saw it roll down a slight incline in the first dungeon and noticed its fur move along its body....finally, real 'believable' physics! THEN I made it outside the first dungeon and what happened, yup, EXPLETIVE popped out of my mouth as I was taken by the world outside. Bethesda has a way with games that immerse me like no other. I can not WAIT for the new one to come out and to see what new graphic engine they have working. Obviously its been years in the making as every one of there games seem to take years. RPG is certainly there forte and I for one, will reserve a copy as soon as available 11-11-2011. :star::star::star::star::star: <3 Oh, and no to MMO. I could see them doing something like that if they were attempting to increase sales but Bethesda / Elder Scrolls has such a following already, there's no need for them to open that segment up. It could be disastrous if you ask me and im sure thats a risk there not willing to take, especially when they have a proven formula in there RPG games. | 2010-12-13 21:37:00 Author: John82wa  Posts: 221 |
| I never took to much a liking to Morrowwind, it was a bit more confusing than Oblivion. But maybe that was because i had morrowind on PC So yeah i have high hope for this game | 2010-12-14 00:59:00 Author: Snrm Posts: 6419 |
 I can't believe I've missed this thread. I can't wait for it to come out.Maybe I should finially complete the first major quest of Oblivion though | 2010-12-14 03:46:00 Author: SR20DETDOG  Posts: 2431 |
| lol I haven't finished the main quest either. I finished all the guild quest n stuff though so ehh.. Who cares about the rest of the world | 2010-12-14 05:45:00 Author: rseah Posts: 2701 |
| Skyrim not an MMO . And seems GameInformer will have a Skyrim cover story next month . Out on January 6th and according to the gameinformer website it will be the beginning of an entire month of coverage on the game . http://www.vgrevolution.com/2010/12/skyrim-is-not-an-mmo/ | 2010-12-14 19:49:00 Author: Burrich Posts: 1018 |
| i was just going to post that Burrich, haha i'm so excited playing through Oblivion now this will be time 9! | 2010-12-14 20:25:00 Author: Frank-the-Bunny Posts: 1246 |
| Wikipedia quotes Todd Howard saying there are significant improvements to characters and animations. Hopefully they'll hire more voice actors too. Hope the info doesn't stay exclusive to GameInformer for long. I really want some gameplay vids!!! | 2010-12-14 21:36:00 Author: Burrich Posts: 1018 |
| A little off topic but did anyone find all the nirnroots in Oblivion, without using cheats? I got to 96. | 2010-12-14 23:39:00 Author: SR20DETDOG Posts: 2431 |
| Morrowind was hardcore - I loved the way they would give you quest directions like "Head out north from here, eventually you'll see a large pointy rock - turn left at the fork in the road after that, then continue up to the gnarled tree - the door you're looking for is on the eastern side of that hill" ; It was so easy to get lost and the consequences for straying off the beaten path could be fatal. Oblivion in comparison was RPG lite, what with it's fast travel and sat nav. I just hope they don't dumb it down even further to appeal to the mass market. There aren't enough hard-core RPG's anymore. | 2010-12-15 08:27:00 Author: Macnme  Posts: 1970 |
| Oblivion is one of my all time top 10 games so I am very excited for Skyrim. The graphics engine was in desperate need of an overhaul so I am curious to see just how much it has been improved. Ultimately though it's about the gameplay so let's hope it's just as great as Oblivion. Give me a million quests, a beautiful varied world, customization options galore and I am a very happy man | 2010-12-15 16:08:00 Author: OCK  Posts: 1536 |
| don't know if anyone will find this interesting, but i just stumbled upon this article: http://www.gameblurb.net/featured/your-guide-to-the-region-of-skyrim/ | 2010-12-15 20:17:00 Author: Frank-the-Bunny Posts: 1246 |
| Oblivion and I shared 600 beautiful hours together. It looks a bit dated now, but it was absolutely astounding when it released, and I get the feeling Skyrim is going to be the same way. Anyone who follows me on Twitter knows how obscenely obsessed I am with The Elder Scrolls, so...yeah, Skyrim's on my radar. | 2010-12-17 01:28:00 Author: ConfusedCartman  Posts: 3729 |
| You had much more freedom in Morrowind compared to Oblivion. It felt more like a pen & paper role-player than any other console game - Oblivion started the dumbing down process. I just know that Skyrim will be even less in depth than Oblivion - they'll be trying to court the CoD/Halo crowd by making it more of an action game - while shunning the people like me who like a good RPG, who actually made the series a success in the first place. I hope I'm proved wrong, but I doubt I will be. | 2010-12-17 07:49:00 Author: Macnme Posts: 1970 |
| You had much more freedom in Morrowind compared to Oblivion. It felt more like a pen & paper role-player than any other console game - Oblivion started the dumbing down process. I just know that Skyrim will be even less in depth than Oblivion - they'll be trying to court the CoD/Halo crowd by making it more of an action game - while shunning the people like me who like a good RPG, who actually made the series a success in the first place. I hope I'm proved wrong, but I doubt I will be. I think youj ll dint that a companty like bethesddas gennerla y cater to the fans. They wont fo overboarss with teh supid thigns, and will make it wod twith te ahrdce dans and teh otehrs, I thing it will beepic. | 2010-12-18 03:10:00 Author: Unknown User  |
| I think youj ll dint that a companty like bethesddas gennerla y cater to the fans. They wont fo overboarss with teh supid thigns, and will make it wod twith te ahrdce dans and teh otehrs, I thing it will beepic. I think..you..didn't..that a company like Bethesda generally caters to the fans. They wont go overboard with the stupid things, and will make it...twice the...and the others..I think that it will be epic. Are you drunk? | 2010-12-18 03:14:00 Author: Testudini Posts: 3262 |
| I think..you..didn't..that a company like Bethesda generally caters to the fans. They wont go overboard with the stupid things, and will make it...twice the...and the others..I think that it will be epic. Are you drunk? I am not , howa dayer you inusate suck an fying,. >_- | 2010-12-18 03:15:00 Author: Unknown User |
| I am not , howa dayer you inusate suck an fying,. >_- I am not, how dare you..(insult?)...suck an... You sure? Anyways, co-op would be a plus for this game. Hopefully local? | 2010-12-18 03:17:00 Author: Testudini Posts: 3262 |
| I am not, how dare you..(insult?)...suck an... You sure? Anyways, co-op would be a plus for this game. Hopefully local? U daud ibsunuate ******, And co ope would be bad, id rahter theyy ust made and eoiuc sin;e plauer tahr than messing g aroudnw ith that stuff, and yesnm, im sure. | 2010-12-18 03:20:00 Author: Unknown User |
| U daud ibsunuate ******, And co ope would be bad, id rahter theyy ust made and eoiuc sin;e plauer tahr than messing g aroudnw ith that stuff, and yesnm, im sure. You ............... And co-op would be bad, I'd rather they just make an epic single player than messing around with that stuff, and yes, I'm sure. So you're trolling? Luckily I'm here to translate! *speaks drunk* | 2010-12-18 03:22:00 Author: Testudini Posts: 3262 |
| You ............... And co-op would be bad, I'd rather they just make an epic single player than messing around with that stuff, and yes, I'm sure. So you're trolling? Luckily I'm here to translate! *speaks drunk*Ifa i was ytoerp;ing i would be sauinng stipd tings. Im just vive ing mu opiniony. | 2010-12-18 03:25:00 Author: Unknown User |
| Ok Alex, calm down, you're scaring the children D: Skyrim will rock. | 2010-12-18 03:31:00 Author: Bremnen Posts: 1800 |
| In kow uit wukk, OI love o bliveion!@ | 2010-12-18 03:32:00 Author: Unknown User |
| Ifa i was ytoerp;ing i would be sauinng stipd tings. Im just vive ing mu opiniony. If I was...I would be saying stupid things. I'm just giving my opinion. *scared child* Also, I need to remember to get the PC version. PS3 version of Oblivion was buggy as..a bug? | 2010-12-18 03:33:00 Author: Testudini Posts: 3262 |
| I go f the 285 versuin when i vame out. I was epic as aic emge. | 2010-12-18 03:39:00 Author: Unknown User |
| I think Alex needs to go drink a lot of water and lay down | 2010-12-18 03:47:00 Author: Bremnen Posts: 1800 |
| I think Alex needs to go drink a lot of water and lay down DONT worrhy vrennen im foing to bed niow so all os good> alrtight> <$ | 2010-12-18 03:49:00 Author: Unknown User |
| Still excited lolz | 2010-12-19 20:25:00 Author: AA_BATTERY Posts: 1117 |
| Skyrim trailer looks good. Lets hope the elves aren't so creepy in this one. | 2010-12-21 23:19:00 Author: KQuinn94Z  Posts: 1758 |
| My friends have been bugging me to get Oblivion for bout a year now. Maybe I'll see if this game is any good. | 2010-12-21 23:31:00 Author: TehUberZac  Posts: 587 |
| new info coming out of Game Informer in the Feb. issue be on the lookout! | 2011-01-07 01:31:00 Author: Frank-the-Bunny Posts: 1246 |
| Been trying to find out what date the issue's out! I'm dying to read it. The magazine cover has been released and the poem on the back decoded. http://www.hookedgamers.com/blogs/justinsnyder/2011/01/06/skyrim_cover_decoded.html Dragonborn, Dragonborn By his honor is sworn To keep eveil forever at bay And the fiercest foes rout When they hear triumph's shout Dragonborn, for your blessing we pray And the scrolls have fortold Of black wings in the cold That, when brothers wage war, come unfurled Alduin, bane of kings Ancient shadow unbound With a hunger to swallow the world | 2011-01-07 01:47:00 Author: Burrich Posts: 1018 |
| here you are: http://www.gamingeverything.com/2011/1/elder_scrolls_v_scans | 2011-01-08 02:17:00 Author: Frank-the-Bunny Posts: 1246 |
| here you are: http://www.gamingeverything.com/2011/1/elder_scrolls_v_scans Cheers . For anyone who doesn't want to bother looking through the scans, there's an article with the info here:http://scrawlfx.com/2011/01/first-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-details I'm really liking the sound of everything, except for the dynamic questing... I'm not sure about that yet... | 2011-01-08 09:09:00 Author: Burrich Posts: 1018 |
| Very excited for this!I knew the gameplay would be just as great as Oblivion and I am happy to hear the graphics engine has undergone a complete overhaul. I actually like the dynamic questing, especially when you consider that there is no more class selection. If I picked a particular race in Oblivion it would mean certain side-quests would be available by default versus another race/class. The dynamic quests are basically doing the same thing but in a much more clever way. These quests are custom-tailored to your play style and I think that's pretty cool | 2011-01-08 11:03:00 Author: OCK Posts: 1536 |
| the game informer article has just gotten me even more excited for this game,it's crazy fever pitch and still 10 months away UGH! | 2011-01-08 17:20:00 Author: Frank-the-Bunny Posts: 1246 |
| One of those games that causes you to wake up one morning with a scruffy beard wondering where the last two weeks have gone after playing for what seemed like a few hours. Can't wait! | 2011-01-09 13:21:00 Author: Killian  Posts: 2575 |
| get ready barrage of stuff: Preview Video: http://gamersheep.com/2011/01/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-preview-video/ What to Expect: http://www.ps3attitude.com/new/2011/01/elder-scrolls-skyrim-latest-details-released/ Bethesda Comment: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=282802 | 2011-01-10 20:13:00 Author: Frank-the-Bunny Posts: 1246 |
| Thanks for the links. Oblivion is my all time favorite RPG. I was kinda disappointed when they were focusing all their efforts on Fallout, because I just want a new Elder Scrolls! | 2011-01-11 02:11:00 Author: TheJollyRajah  Posts: 466 |
| Behind the scenes at Bethesda video (no gameplay). http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2011/01/10/video-behind-the-scenes-of-skyrim.aspx Link with some images and info for those not bothered watching. http://systemlink.gamersguidetolife.com/2011/01/skyrim-world-map-menus-and-concept.html Have to say, the pause menu is quite tasteful . | 2011-01-11 08:50:00 Author: Burrich Posts: 1018 |
| Well, there's been some more information released, and it appears that my fears were realised, they have simplified the RPG mechanics to try and appeal to a mass market audience, even more so than the leap from Morrowind to Oblivion. Skyrim has 18 skills, down from 21 in Oblivion, which was down from 27 in Morrowind. Why are they afraid of making a proper hard-core pen & paper based RPG? | 2011-01-11 12:08:00 Author: Macnme Posts: 1970 |
| As long as they redo the **** interface. | 2011-01-11 12:33:00 Author: BasketSnake  Posts: 2391 |
| http://www.gameinformer.com/p/esv.aspx Some new interviews up on Game Informer. Todd Howard and then the sound director Mark Lampert. Both are pretty interesting, the sound one has dialogue from the game (new dialogue from the guy that does the voice in the trailer) and some of the Skyrim theme. An animation of a little transforming-sphere-robot guy is shown as well when he's demonstrating the sound it makes when transforming... the animation is great and hopefully a sign of the quality of the rest of the game animations. | 2011-01-15 12:38:00 Author: Burrich Posts: 1018 |
| I cant wait for Skyrim. Like most people ive been waiting for an Elder Scrolls V for years. | 2011-01-15 13:02:00 Author: Unknown User |
| Another Game Informer update with info on the technology behind Skyrim (Engine, Radiant AI, Havok & Quests). http://www.gameinformer.com/games/the_elder_scrolls_v_skyrim/b/xbox360/archive/2011/01/17/the-technology-behind-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim.aspx A nice screenshot too . | 2011-01-17 19:42:00 Author: Burrich Posts: 1018 |
| All of the new game engine stuff sounds really good... but there's nothing in there at all about the "RPG" aspect of the game. from what I understand, they've actually removed some of the schools of magic, and weapon skills. If you ask me Todd Howard is getting sick of the Eldar Scrolls titles. He was once a "bedroom" developer who had a vision to create the best ****ed RPG that he could... and seemed to be getting close with the likes of Morrowind... then thanks to the success of morrowind, they're now making it more & more generic to appeal to a mass audience and straying further and further away from it's Pen & Paper RPG roots. I mean, he even described the quest system in Oblivion as "Basically, you get a quest, you kill some creatures, you get a reward" - tsk tsk. That's not "RPG" by a long shot *shakes head wearily* | 2011-01-18 18:13:00 Author: Macnme Posts: 1970 |
| Info on Dragon Shouts: http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2011/01/20/skyrim-s-dragon-shouts.aspx Seems to be an extra, very powerful (and interesting) magic system . | 2011-01-21 15:42:00 Author: Burrich Posts: 1018 |
| Info on Dragon Shouts: http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2011/01/20/skyrim-s-dragon-shouts.aspx Seems to be an extra, very powerful (and interesting) magic system .I remember in Morrowind, I played it that much that I deciphered the entire Dwarven alphabet and could then read scrolls written in dwarvish  Though the "Shout" system will just be like the perks system from Fallout no doubt | 2011-01-21 16:46:00 Author: Macnme Posts: 1970 |
| Though the "Shout" system will just be like the perks system from Fallout no doubt Actually there's a perks system in Skyrim. And it sounds like the Dragon Shouts will be a specific button and the longer you hold it, the more words you say and the more powerful the spell. Sounds like there's bit quite a bit of versatility to it. | 2011-01-22 19:55:00 Author: Burrich Posts: 1018 |
| I'm not going to get my hopes up. I'm still getting over the dissapointment of the downgrade from Morrowind to Oblivion. I expect Skyrim to be RPG Light and Action Heavy. I'm hoping they'll prove me wrong by making something more akin to it's P&P roots - but I highly doubt it given CoDs dominance of the games market. | 2011-01-25 08:54:00 Author: Macnme Posts: 1970 |
| http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2011/01/24/skyrim-building-better-combat.aspx Okay, Macnme you're not going to be happy. They even call the game an action-RPG in this article. However, I still think the changes they've made sound really good. Mysticism has been removed but they've included all the spells in other categories. Arrows being expensive but powerful I'm not so sure about... I guess I'll see how it plays. Does sound satisfying though, making sniping that much more enjoyable. I like the way all the spells have different extra effects apart from damage and that each spell has various forms. Also the sneaking alert mode sounds good (huh?! what was that noise?) as does the dagger being in stealth. I always prefer playing stealthily with a dagger and a bow so sounds great for my playing style. It seems weapons may have been further simplified in terms of levelling, being split between one and two handed weapons. It's just mentioned offhand though so not sure. It does mention that depending on the weapon-type (mace, axe, blade) it will have a different effect after levelling (blade=critial, axe=bleeding after attacking, mace=disregarding armour). Timed blocking sounds ok but not very realistic... sounds much more like parrying and then holding down block will do a shield bash... again I'll see how it plays... it's different anyway. Overall, happy enough, I think I'll love the game. I just can't wait to play it. | 2011-01-25 23:59:00 Author: Burrich Posts: 1018 |
| See...I think they are over-simplifying to the point of retardation. Morrowind had lots of weapon skills - Axes, Spears, Short Blades, Long Blades, Blunt Weapons, Ranged Weapons, Hand-to-Hand etc.... meaning you had to train your character for each weapon type they wanted to use... which makes much more role-playing sense. Just because you can swing a long sword, does not mean you would have the training to effectively use a spear. And now they've boiled it down to just 1 or two handed? I'll reserve my judgement for when the game comes out... it's all down to how it plays. The new casting system certainly sounds better. But where have all the proper role-playing games gone? | 2011-01-26 11:02:00 Author: Macnme Posts: 1970 |
| Very informative 1 hour PodCast from Gameinformer with Todd Howard. (http://www.gameinformer.com/b/podcasts/archive/2011/02/03/toddhowardse.aspx) All of my previous reservations are withdrawn. This game sounds brilliant! | 2011-02-03 17:45:00 Author: Macnme Posts: 1970 |
| The dragons sound fantastic! | 2011-02-03 22:31:00 Author: Burrich Posts: 1018 |
| There's lots of things I like the sound of. It sounds like alot of my critisisms of the jump between Morrowind and Oblivion have been addressed. While the skills have been slightly streamlined, it sounds like they could actually be even more in depth. If your average character will make it to Lvl50 - it means they'll have built up roughly 50 skills/perks out of around 200.... so there should be alot of variation between character classes. And the radial quest system sounds pretty good aswell... if I heard it/interpreted it correctly - it means that the quests are dynamically given to you... so say you've built yourself up with the mages guild - the final quest to go slay the big dragon would be handed to you by the head of the mages guild ... if you had joined the fighters guild, this same quest would be handed out by the head of the fighters guild. and then there's the small side-quest/favours that'll be handed out by people you make friends with. I was also encouraged when he said that Skyrim is more like Morrowind than Oblivion, in terms of world detail. There's no doubt... this games going to be aces | 2011-02-04 07:55:00 Author: Macnme Posts: 1970 |
| Eh they could make another redguard for all I care. As long they pack in a good chunk of lore I'm satisfied. Because TES has a really cool world imo. Edit: Hahaha they pulled a horse armor joke fsdgd | 2011-02-05 13:40:00 Author: ll_ye  Posts: 236 |
| same Burrich,i hate when single player games become multiplayer,(dead space) better when the effort is just put into the main game. i hope they make the body physics like fallout 3,also decapitation would be nice | 2011-02-07 16:32:00 Author: gigglecrab  Posts: 232 |
| The body physics and character/creature animations are using a new havok behaviour engine (http://www.havok.com/index.php?page=havok-behavior). It's one of the first games to be using it. | 2011-02-07 17:59:00 Author: Macnme Posts: 1970 |
| wow this needs to survive i give you NEW IN GAME TRAILER: http://www.joystiq.com/2011/02/24/skyrim-gameplay-trailer/#continued | 2011-02-24 18:33:00 Author: Frank-the-Bunny Posts: 1246 |
| The new trailer is amazing. I think this is pretty much the only game that I want this year (besides LBP2, which I already have). I'll definitely be getting it on PC this time. I got Oblivion on the PS3, but console versions just can't compare to PC versions. | 2011-02-24 19:44:00 Author: Wayward Posts: 120 |
| It looks fantastic, but I'm a little worried about how it'l perform on PS3. Maybe the new engine is less buggy/laggy than the current one... *fingers crossed* | 2011-02-26 21:22:00 Author: Radishlord Posts: 706 |
| Both the environments and animations look fantastic! Bit hard to get an idea of gameplay from this trailer, kinda need to see a battle playing out in full. Still it looks incredible. Now what I really want is a short dev narrated walkthrough of a mission or cave/ruins. | 2011-02-27 17:07:00 Author: Burrich Posts: 1018 |
| It looks like medieval scandinavia for sure. | 2011-02-27 23:11:00 Author: BasketSnake Posts: 2391 |
| Here's a lazymans link to the trailer. So awesome. I love the music and the sound of the voice and dragonbreath. Just everything is so unbelievably unreal awesome. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSRtYpNRoN0 One word: Nerdgasm. | 2011-02-28 15:45:00 Author: MegaBlob  Posts: 291 |
| New video interview with some new details: Few of the topics: Smithing, Alchemy, Enchanting, Dungeons, Traps, Mammoths and the best for last: Chopping Wood !!!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db-o_HrpC-0 | 2011-05-02 20:33:00 Author: Burrich Posts: 1018 |
| Been looking forward to Skyrim for a while now. ^^ There are some changes I read in past month that I didn't like the sound of, like how there's less skills than there was in Oblivion and other things that have have been reduced or removed. Hopefully the new stuff will make up for the reductions. | 2011-05-02 21:09:00 Author: Hana_Kami  Posts: 393 |
| That radiant system he's talking about is going to be hilarious when the glitches kick in and the alchemist npc's start chopping wood and goes for random strolls into the forest. | 2011-05-02 21:20:00 Author: BasketSnake Posts: 2391 |
| Is it just me, or do the graphics look alot better than Oblivion? OMG Can't wait!!! | 2011-05-04 13:12:00 Author: nk827  Posts: 193 |
| so excited November really is coming too slow i have been searching for more new information and found absolutely nothing new,which on one hand is very nice because it builds up my anticipation, but ugh can we get a gameplay walkthrough it can be short but just so we can see all the information | 2011-05-06 02:17:00 Author: Frank-the-Bunny Posts: 1246 |
| Is it just me, or do the graphics look alot better than Oblivion? OMG Can't wait!!! I love the images of nature in Skyrim - reminds me of Red Dead Redemption. so excited November really is coming too slow i have been searching for more new information and found absolutely nothing new,which on one hand is very nice because it builds up my anticipation, but ugh can we get a gameplay walkthrough it can be short but just so we can see all the information Just remember, theres Brink, LA Noire & RAGE in between now and 11.11.11 (My Birthday ) | 2011-05-07 14:45:00 Author: Nurolight  Posts: 918 |
| 6. Minutes. Of. Gameplay. Wow. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKn5RsaIxCA | 2011-06-06 23:07:00 Author: OCK Posts: 1536 |
| 6. Minutes. Of. Gameplay. Wow. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKn5RsaIxCA Best trailer I've seen in E3 so far. http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljrtcsN6uX1qddhtx.gif | 2011-06-06 23:42:00 Author: CyberSora Posts: 5551 |
| whole interview from G4 at E3 wow i'm so excited http://www.g4tv.com/videos/53441/The-Elder-Scrolls-V-Skyrim-E3-Gameplay-Demo/ | 2011-06-07 22:54:00 Author: Frank-the-Bunny Posts: 1246 |
| I'm hoping the mission structure has more than just "Raid Dungeon X" to "Retrieve Item Y"; "RPG" is about more than just what manner you kill something. | 2011-06-08 11:37:00 Author: Macnme Posts: 1970 |
| Fat horses, chopping wood and snow blowing in your face? Well that's great. Day one special edition purchase c: | 2011-06-08 22:41:00 Author: ll_ye Posts: 236 |
| This video has some of the same gameplay as OCKs but there's about 7 minutes more, showing off the interface, dialogue, and weapons. Looking pretty sweeeet! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ic6dKnv3WdU&feature=player_embedded#at=72 | 2011-06-09 01:30:00 Author: Kog  Posts: 2358 |
| Very nice, I loved how they showed the map...it just put the right kind of perspective into the land. The combat looks very solid, although I would have liked to see more third person action. Truly enjoyed watching the dragon at bleak barrow dive from the top of the building on the player, even though he got walked against the pillar for a little bit. I'm hoping you can down the dragon with just a bow, ranged combat has always been a favorite of mine. | 2011-06-09 15:01:00 Author: 4wheel  Posts: 511 |
| I don't think they should do an online feature, but if they did, it should be like a co-op with a friend, you could meet up on quests you both have, and battle at the same time (though enemies would have to be harder). That would be the best way to do multiplayer. I saw gameplay (IDK where though) and read about the new engin, story, and everything else in the IGN magazine. New Features: Dual Wield w/ Any Combination (spell and shield) (2 spells) (2 weapons) (spell and weapons) Favorite Combinations of Dual Wield New Weapons New Spells New Characters & Creature Interaction New Realm (it is seen above Cheydinhal in Oblivion) Slower Bow Drawback (but more damage for each hit) Slower Backwards Walk (because it looked ridiculous and was unreal to run the same pace forward and backwards) | 2011-06-10 18:27:00 Author: ceLLCUbe0618  Posts: 44 |
| No - absolutely not - NO multiplayer thank you! Why try to shoehorn/crowbar a badly implemented multiplayer aspect into the game - when it can remain KING of the single players? Games like Elder Scrolls would be rubbish multiplayers - you'd either need to tie the players together so they can;t stray too far apart - defeating the purpose of a massive free-roaming world... or the players would never encounter each other because of how big the world is. - Plus you spend alot of time in menu screens etc, meaning for the most part, your buddy would just be standing there doing nothing while he checks his inventory etc. Then there's the trust issue - there is a massive scope for griefing players worlds in games like Elder Scrolls... you would need to either limit what anyone joining your game can do (removing any role-playing aspect) - or have to put up with random internet strangers ruining your world for you. No - multiplayer is not needed - and not wanted. Keep Elder Scrolls Single Players! | 2011-06-14 16:01:00 Author: Macnme Posts: 1970 |
| new interview guys talks about gameplay, currency system and dragon speak enjoy: http://www.gamereactor.eu/grtv/?id=11653 | 2011-06-28 14:52:00 Author: Frank-the-Bunny Posts: 1246 |
| everyone come to life a hands-on and CE post for all you guys... personally think i might go with the C.E. Oblivion was my all time favorite game and i have high hopes for this as well... Interview(please click the link, it doesn't cost anything and it has pictures! OOOO PICTURES): http://www.destructoid.com/first-ever-hands-on-with-the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-207990.phtml Collector's Edition: http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/05/skyrim-collectors-edition-comes-with-unlimited-dragons-plus-on/ | 2011-08-06 00:56:00 Author: Frank-the-Bunny Posts: 1246 |
| Just pre ordered this today. SO excited | 2011-08-06 05:57:00 Author: poorjack  Posts: 1806 |
| 40 minutes of Skyrim!!! http://lo-ping.org/2011/08/06/40-minutes-of-skyrim-gameplay-thank-us-later/ | 2011-08-07 16:52:00 Author: Frank-the-Bunny Posts: 1246 |
| Dont know if its been posted but, long list of information: ?SKYRIM - Skyrim is set two-hundred years after the events of Oblivion in the eponymous land of Skyrim. The country has erupted into civil war after the assassination of its King. Concurrently, the god Alduin, which takes the form of a massive dragon, arises to destroy the world. The player character is perhaps the last living Dovahkiin (Dragonborn), and must fend off Alduin and save Skyrim from ce...rtain destruction. The fifth installment of The Elder Scrolls takes place in Skyrim, where peace is threatened by the looming threats of both civil war and the return of the dragons under the main antagonist, the great dragon Alduin (the Nordic equivalent of Akatosh). Skyrim is the northernmost region of Tamriel, and its geography consists of mountains, snowy tundras, pine forests, rural countrysides and arctic planes. Its architecture and atmosphere is very similar to the town of Bruma in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. It is the least populated of all regions in Tamriel, and features more lush forests and grassy areas than Cyrodiil. New enemies to the series include mountain giants, frost trolls, mammoths, frost spiders, ice wraiths, draugr - a form of undead (Nord) skeletal enemy - and most importantly, dragons. It has been hinted that there may exist friendly dragons, and some which are purely bent on destruction. The player, throughout the game, will find and utilize "Shouts", which are exclamations of draconic language holding great power. By killing dragons and absorbing their souls, the player becomes more powerful. It is likely that these souls will be important to the plot, and unlocking the secret of the dragons' return. ?DRAGONBORN - The Dragonborn (or Dovahkiin, in Dragon Tongue), is the player character in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. At the start of the game, the Dragonborn is a prisoner who is sentenced to death for crossing the border. The Character have no idea that he is Dragonborn, until later in the story. In the teaser trailer, Esbern mentions the reawakening of the Dragons. Immediately after, he mentions that they fear the one they call "Dovahkiin"-- Dragonborn. Dragonborn, in the Dragon language, is actually a combination of two words - Dova, meaning "Dragon", and "kiin", meaning "child". The hero of Skyrim is a Dragonborn. ?BLEAK FALLS BARROW - Bleak Falls Barrow is a massive, ancient temple built by the Nords to worship the Dragons. It was confirmed to appeare in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. It is the location of the Bleak Falls Barrow quest in which the player must dispatch a group of bandits and recover a stolen dragon claw. Bleak Falls Barrows is where ancient Nords burried their dead. As such the Barrow is infested with Draugr. There is also a inner sanctum. The inner Sanctum is blocked by a gate which only the dragon claw can open. Inside the Inner Sanctum lies a word wall, And it has been said that a dragon priest lies sleeping in there... ?WORDWALLS (Ancient nordic inscriptions on a wall) Word Walls are important locations in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. When the character finds a Word Wall, they then have the ability to learn Dragon Shouts. During the G4TV E3 Skyrim Presentation, one was shown as existing in Bleak Falls Barrow, where the character learnt Wrath and Storm Call. It should be noted, however, that the character first has to have dragon souls collected before any dragon shouts can be learned. ?DRAGONSHOUTS - Dragon Shouts (Dovahzaan) are an arcane form of magic that was previously far more prominent in Tamriel, as of Skyrim there are few who retain the ability to perfrom Dragon Shouts. Dragonborn (Dovahkiin) are able to use the language of the dragons to great effect due to their ability to absorb the souls of dragons.[1]Also,a minority of non-player characters also have the ability to use dragon shouts. There will be 20 dragon shouts in the game and each is performed by the vocalisation of specific words of power. Dragon Shouts are gained by slaying and absorbing the souls of dragons and as more are slain the users ability to learn and use new shouts increases. These shouts have powerful effects and provide the user with a variety of abilities. For instance, one shout sends foes hurtling away from you, another shout instantly teleports you from one spot to another. One powerful shout actually summons a dragon and forces the beast to fight by your side in battle. The player can choose to only vocalise part of a dragon shout which will lower the recharge time of the shout but have a weaker effect. Many shouts can be discovered on the walls of old ruins. WORDS . NAME . EFFECT - Yol Toor - Fire Breath - Allows player to breath fire at enemies. - Fus Roh Dah - ForceBalancePush - Shockwave of Force Energy. - Iiz Slen - Ice Crystals - Spews a torrent of ice crystals. - Strun Bah Qo - LightningStorm - Summons a thunderstorm. - ............ - Slow Time - Slow time with respect to enemies. -............. -Whirlwind Sprint - Ability to sprint really fast. -............. -Summon Dragon - Summons a dragon to aid you in combat. -............ -Teleport Stealthly - teleports player behind an enemy. -............ - Ice Form - Encases enemies in a block of ice ?RACES TO CHOOSE FROM: ?KAHJIIT Khajiit hail from the province of Elsweyr. They are an anthropomorphic feline people who are extremely intelligent and agile. Many Khajiit have taken to painting their faces to more resemble their distant cousins, the predatory cats that hunt in the great desert of Elsweyr. Khajiit are expert climbers, able to scale chasm walls with speed unmatched by any other race. They are adept at all arts involving thievery and sleight of hand. Khajiit can vary in appearance from nearly Elven to large tigers. The most common breed of the several varients of Khajiit are the Suthay-raht. They are intelligent, quick, and agile. Khajiit of all breeds have a weakness for sweets, especially the drug known as Skooma. Many Khajiit disdain weapons in favor of their natural claws. They make excellent thieves due to their natural agility and unmatched acrobatics ability. ?NORD The Nords are a race of generally tall and fair-haired humans from Skyrim who are known for their incredible resistance to cold and magical frost, and were the first human race to settle Tamriel. Hailing from Atmora, thrive in the cold and are known as a militant people by their neighbors. Joyous in victory, the Northmen are also known to be the heaviest drinkers in Tamriel and, in taverns, they listen to the heroic songs of their bards. They are enthusiastic warriors, and act as soldiers and mercenaries all over Tamriel. Eager to augment their martial skills beyond the traditional methods of Skyrim, they excel in all manner of warfare. They are also excellent blacksmiths, as well as natural seamen, and have benefited from nautical trade since their first migrations across the sea from Atmora. ?IMPERIAL The Imperials are natives of the civilized, cosmopolitan province of Cyrodiil. They are well-educated and well-spoken. Though physically less imposing than the other races, the Imperials have proved to be shrewd diplomats and traders. These traits, along with their remarkable skill and training as light infantry, have enabled them to subdue all the other provinces and have erected a monument to peace and prosperity that comprises the Glorious Empire. They are skilled with heavy armor and in the social classes and tend to favor the warrior classes. ?BRETON Bretons are the human descendants whom hail from the province of High Rock. According to the Third Pocket Guide to the Empire, they have descended from the people of Nede and Aldmer. The Aldmer thought of making a superior race with their own "Elder", or "Superior", blood, by mating with other races. They are pure spell weavers and are advanced in all the Arcane arts. While lacking in physical skill, they make up for it in their ability to resist and cast spells that overwhelm most people. They are united in culture and language, but are divided politically. ?HIGH ELF - ALTMER High Elves, or Altmer, hail from the island province of Summerset Isle. They are tall, gold skinned people with almond shaped eyes. High Elves are extremely intelligent, agile, and willful. They have a natural affinity for the use of magicka, and often make formidable wizards. High Elves are naturally immune to paralyzation. They are adapt at any art involving the arcane. The Altmer are easily equal to Bretons in sorcerous ability due to their high intelligence, force of will, and agility, but they are more susceptible to spells than Bretons. High Elves have the purest and longest of the Aldmeri bloodline. ?WOOD ELF - BOSMER Bosmers, or Wood Elves, hail from the province of Valenwood. They are a people of the forests, matching their features to all that is found growing in the green woods of their homeland. They are known to be extremely agile and quick. Their nimbleness serves them best in any art involving thievery. They are also the finest archers in Tamriel. The Wood Elves are the various barbarian Elven clanfolk of the Western Valenwood forests. In the Empire, they are collectively referred to as Wood Elves, but Bosmer or Tree Sap People is what they call themselves. ?DARK ELF - DUNMER Dark Elves hail from the province of Morrowind. They are tall, dark skinned people with red, glowing eyes. They are known to be extremely strong and intelligent, and very quick. Their combination of powerful knowledge learned from centuries past and strong and agile physiques make them superior warriors and sorcerers of great and powerful magic. On the battlefield, Dunmer are known for their skill with a balanced use of the sword, the bow and destruction magic. Offensive Spells seem to prove worthy alongside a spellcasting Dunmer on the Field. In character, they are grim, aloof, and reserved, keeping to themselves as much as possible. They consider many to be outlandish folk, and their disregard for imperial abiding reflects their division of unity that schismed so long ago before they were dark elves. They are, as well as distrusting and disdainful of other races as they are to the Dark Elves. ?ORC - ORCISMER Orsimer or more commony referred to as Orcs, are a race of Mer. Although they were once believed to be related to goblins, they were originally Aldmer. They transformed into Orcs after Boethiah ate the Aldmer champion Trinimac and created Malacath during the Mythic Era. There are no finer warriors in all of Tamriel and a legion of Orcs seen fully equipped in Orcish armor is a truly terrifying sight to behold. ?REDGUARD Redguards hail from the province of Hammerfell. They are a stocky, powerful race that are known to be extremely quick and hardy. Legend has it that Redguards are innately more proficient at weapons than any other race. They are excellent in all arts concerning blade and shield, and only darkelves have superior combat skills . They have descended from a long line of warriors and mystic seers. The most naturally talented warriors in Tamriel, the dark skinned, wiry haired Redguards of Hammerfell seem born to battle, though their pride and fierce independence of spirit makes them more suitable as scouts or skirmishers, or as free ranging heroes and adventurers, than as rank and file soldiers. In addition to their cultural affinities for many weapon and armor styles, Redguards are also blessed with hardy constitutions and quickness of foot. ?ARGONIAN This reptilian race, well-suited for the treacherous swamps of their homeland, has developed natural immunities to disease and poisons. They can breathe in water and are good at picking locks. Little is known and less is understood about the reptilian denizens of Black Marsh. Years of defending their borders have made the Argonians experts in guerrilla warfare, and their natural abilities make them equally at home in water and on land. They are well-suited for the treacherous swamps of their homeland, and have developed natural immunities to the diseases and poisons that have doomed many would-be explorers into the region. Their seemingly expressionless faces belie a calm intelligence, and many Argonians are well-versed in the magical arts. Others rely on stealth or steel to survive, and their natural agility makes them adept at either. They are, in general, a reserved people, slow to trust and hard to know. ?CREATURES CONFIRMED: HORKER: Horkers are creatures that live in Skyrim. Not much is known about them, except that they MIGHT appear in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, as evidenced by the HORKER MEAT demonstrated in one of the E3 Gameplay videos. They also appeared in The Elder Scrolls III: Bloodmoon. FROST ATRONACH: Frost Atronach are large hulking creatures of the Daedra family that were found as enemies in Morrowind, as summoned creatures and enemies in Oblivion, and possibly both in Skyrim. They are unpredictable individuals, since they can possibly attack a lot of other creatures around you and not just you. They seem to have a low ended strength of attack when compared in ratio to their summoning time. GIANT: Giants are a type of large humanoid found in the wilderness of Skyrim and High Rock. They're armed with crudely made clubs and clothe themselves with fur pelts adorned with the skulls of Trolls. Their use of weapons and clothing, coupled with the player's ability to converse with them, suggests they are moderately intelligent. They seem to stand at about 15 to 18 feet tall and make aggressive grunting noises when attacking. DRAGON PRIEST: Dragon Priests are high level bosses found near Word Walls. In life they were skilled Nordic mages who worshipped the Dragons and as undead they continue their service, guarding the word walls that would facilitate the learning of Dragon Shouts. They can summon Frost Atronach to aid them in battle and once a Dragon Priest is killed their body turns to ash. DRAUGR: The Draugr are undead Nordic warriors who were the original residents of Skyrim. Having engaged in acts of cannibalism during their lifetimes, they are cursed to walk the earth as undead. They have previously appeared in the Morrowind expansion pack Bloodmoon, notably in the barrows of Solstheim. Draugrs have the ability to use Dragon shouts. -There are several types of confirmed Draugr. ? Draugr Wight ? Draugr Scourge ? Restless Draugr ? Draugr Deathlord GIANT SPIDER: Giant Spiders are creatures confirmed to appear in the game. They are known to spin webs that can ensnare a man while also utilising poison to weaken and kill their prey. If you kill a Giant spider it has been confirmed that you can use their venom on your weapon to poison enemies when you hit them. ICE WRAITHS: Ice Wraiths are swift, transparent spirits. Not much known about them yet. HORSE: Horses are the primary form of transportation in The Elder Scrolls series. MAMMOTH: Mammoths are hulking, large creatures mostly found in the tundra of Skyrim. They are very large beasts, with shaggy coats of fur and long tusks (quite similar to the ancient woolly mammoth of Earth). They are generally found in herds that are tended by Giants. They live with the giants in the giants' camps, and are presumably their main source of food. When the Mammoths are attacked, their herding Giant appears to get angry and attack your character. ZOMBIE: Zombies are undead bodies resurrected by an unnatural spirit. They are found in dark underground places. SABRE-TOOTHED TIGER: Nothing has been told about the Sabre-toothed tiger yet. WOLF: Wolves make a reappearance in Skyrim. They are seen in the official trailer with the player pointing a bow and arrow at an approaching one and in the G4TV Skyrim demo, where the player eleminates a pack with his sword. They are slightly smaller than their predecessors of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, but are still quick to traverse the terrain, and will bite or scratch as an attack. You can contract Rockjoint from them. In the demo they show 2 differnt types of wolves. The brown ones is called a Alpha wolf. The grey ones are called 'Wolf'. FROST TROLL: Frost Trolls are creatures that will appear in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Not much is known about them, except for the fact that they are very physically similar to the Trolls in Tamriel. SKEEVER RAT: Skeevers are giant rats covered in a lot of fur. They were confirmed in the G4 Demo. SALMON: Salmon are a type of fish that are located in Skyrim. It is unknown in what capacity they will appear in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, however it is known that they will appear in some capacity, as evidenced by the Salmon Meat and Salmon Steak demonstrated in one of the E3 Gameplay videos. FROST DRAGON: Frost Dragons are stronger than the Regular dragons. As their name suggests they can Shout ice and frost. They have a whitish color to them. They are seen in both Gametrailers and G4 demos. JILLS: ( BLACK RACE OF DRAGONS ) Not much is known about the Black Dragons, Jills, except that they will appear in the game. ?UN-CONFIRMED CREATURES, BUT VERY LIKELY TO BE IN THE GAME: WEREWOLF: Werewolves are the most common type of lycanthrope found on Tamriel, as they are found in every province, and are said to yield from the mountains of Solstheim. While first appearing in The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall, werewolves are featured more heavily in The Elder Scrolls III: Bloodmoon. The Daedric Prince Hircine keeps werewolves as his wards and servants. In Bloodmoon, when infected with Lycanthropy, the player will get strange dreams and be tasked with quests by Hircine. They can also try and find a cure for his/her condition. VAMPIRE: Vampires are the result of the disease Porphyric Hemophilia, which can infect most Humans, Elves and even Argonians. An infected person has approximately three days to cure themselves, or they risk becoming a vampire themselves. Vampires on Tamriel exhibit many of the weaknesses assigned to their kind in oral traditions, including an aversion to sunlight. However Vampires in Tamriel aren't effected by garlic, except Vicente Valtieri who is allergic to it. They often keep wolves in their lairs as pets and guards.Most vampires, however, show a weakness to fire. They all have the power of invisibility, however, as well as the ability to transmit vampirism, so they can be tricky opponents. Vampires are undead, generally nocturnal creatures that are said to be of daedric origin. While almost always evil, there have been scattered reports of "friendly" vampires such as Count Hasildor of Skingrad. ?RUMOURED CREATURES: MUD-CRAB: Mud Crabs resemble the non-fictional creature crab. They can reside in just about anywhere that has water. They are incredibly easy to kill, but if ignored they can kill you (although this is true, it is very unlikely and even at a very low level they are an easy fight). (Oblivion Mudcrab Info) WEREBEARS: Nothing about them, still just a rumored race, not spotted in any other game. BEARS: Bears are ferocious animals that attack you with claws. Bears come in two varieties: brown and black. The Brown Bear is the stronger of the two bears and has incredibly high Health, and are most often found in the mountains near Bruma. (Oblivon Bear Info) BOARS: The boar will snort and make noise as it runs towards you making it easy to detect. This creature is strong against low leveled characters, but a basic block/attack tactic will work well against it. Outrunning the boar is an option if you have a horse. If you do not have a horse, it is easier just to stay and fight. They're fairly rare and few in numbers compared to all other animals. (Oblivion Boar Info) OGRES: Large and powerful beasts with cannibalistic tendencies, Ogres are a daunting opponent in singular combat and a major threat in large numbers. It is best to fight them one at a time, or you may very well be quickly overwhelmed. Despite their strength, they are sluggish and are quite easy to outrun and out-maneuver. Characters with a speed of approximately 60 or higher can easily avoid their powerful fists just by moving backwards in combat. (Oblivion Ogre Info) SLAUGHTERFISH: Slaughterfish are a vicious, predatory, and toothed fish that thrive in large bodies of water, similar to real-world Barracuda or Muskellunge. They can attack a player, but the player has to get close enough for the fish to notice the player. Slaughterfish cannot go in shallow water, so an effective tactic is to draw them out to a shallow area and attack them from a distance. Though they are usually easy to kill, they can pose a serious threat for a new character out for its first swim. (Oblivion Slaughterfish Info) LAND DREUGH: Once during their lifetimes, dreugh undergo a transformation known as karvinasim. For one year, Dreugh are able to live on land (Oblivion Land Dreugh Info) ?DUAL WIELDING - ( Leading to countless possibilities in combat ) The way it will work is that every single-handed weapon, as well as every spell in the game can be equipped to either your right or left hand. This means you can use two of the same weapon or two different weapons at the same time. For instance, put a dagger in one hand and a dagger in the other or a mace in one hand and a shortsword in the other for devastating attacks at close quarters. Or if you are a wizard or magic type, put a shield in your left hand and a powerful fireball spell in your right or if you want, the same spell in each hand and combine them to dramatically increase their power, as Demonstrated by the G4 video. You can even equip two different spells. One thing about it though you can't have a sword and a shield or two different types of weapons equipped and still be able to use a spell like in Oblivion. Dragon Shouts, being verbal attacks, can be used whenever (with a "cooldown" time). ?JOBS - Woodcutting, Mining, Smithing, Alchemy, Enchantment, Cooking, Farming, Fishing are all confirmed to be in the game. But it has not been confirmed if you are fishing with a fishing rod or if you just kill the fish with your weapon. ? INFORMATION: ?No class selection at the start. ?Every skill you level adds to your overall level. ?After leveling, choose from additional health, magic or stamina, along with new perks. ?No 50-level cap, instead you advance slower as you progress. ?18 total skills. Mysticism and others were cut. ?10 total Races to choose from. ?5 Schools of Magic to choose from: Alteration, Conjuration, Destruction, Illusion and Restoration. ?Morrowind had 27 skills, Oblivion 21. ?You can specialize or dabble in all skills. ?Set 200 years after Oblivion. Dragons have returned. As Civil War rages, you must stop the Dragon God as the destined Dragonborn. ?Developers promise combat is more ?dynamic and tactical? than before. Focus was on improving combat and the feel of weapons in your hands. ?Each hand can be assigned a function. ?Sprinting is now possible, depletes Stamina. ?Quests will be more dynamic and modified based on how you?ve built your character, you skills and your decisions. ?Gameplay in the third-person viewpoint has been improved to be more natural. ?Variation in caves and underground (hopefully underwater as well) portions have been greatly improved. ?The game includes five ?massive? cities. ?Conversations are more realistic. No more static characters, they will look at you different, walk around as they talk, etc. ?You can carve new weapons out of metal at a forge by weapon smithing. ?Both hands are used in combat allowing for dual-wielding. Such using a Dagger with your left hand and a Mace in your right. This greatly varies combat. ?You can have a Western-style Duel by challenging any NPC character to a life-or-death ?Duel?. ?A new Inheritance system means killing a shopkeeper will transfer ownership to their family. This will anger them. You can still get a quest from the family of an inheritance but it will take more skill in conversing or special favors from you to get the quest. ?The game will now include level-scaling. For better or for worse. Enemies will be matched based on your strengths and weaknesses. ?Enchanting returns. ?The game includes a ?Radiant Storytelling? system. This means the game looks at everything you?ve done and tailors Quests based on your choices. So the game will pick a place you?ve never been based on the surrounding quests you?ve done, people you?ve talked to, where you?ve been, etc. The amount of information the game stores based on how you play is infinitely more complex this time around. ?Fast-travel returns. Travel anywhere with a single button press. ?Towns will have a lot more to do. Details are few, but jobs seem to include weapon tailoring, farming, cooking, mining, etc. ?Graphics now include dynamic shadows. ?Face models have been dramatically overhauled. Characters show more emotion and there are distinct facial differences between races. Characters look more realistic. ?The game includes a ?Radiant AI? system. ?Water flows more naturally in the game. ?Weather effects have been enhanced, snow falls dynamically, trees move independently in the wind. ?Beards have been added and look natural and realistic. ?There are randomly generated Quests. ?You can run backwards but not as quickly as you run toward. Realism! ?There are more open cities than before, complete with random dragon attacks! ?Character creation has been greatly improved. Individual body features are now customizable. ?Landscapes and dungeons will be more unique and varied than before. ?The first-person viewpoint can be HUD free. ?There are finishing moves! These are different based on each weapon and the enemy you are killing! ?The game will include kids? ?Wilbur is the first pet the hero recieves to help fight in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. ?Gerdur is a character that the player over-hears talking to an Imperial Guard. ?You can get married, and your spouse can move in if you own a house. ?Your leaning toward good or evil isn't represented by a number. ?Boss fights are not just enemies with more HP. They use a variety of tactics. ?Don't count on destructible environments. ?Skyrim has tavern brawls. ?Thieves' Guild, College of Winterhold and The Companions, their storylines are no longer unaware of other events in the world. ?Dual Wielding: Weapon and Torch (Torch can be used like a weapon). ?Crafting: 13 different types of ore. ?No Multiplayer. See More Description . ?CITIES, TOWNS, SETTLEMENTS. ... ?Windhelm was once the capital of the First Empire, the palace of the Ysgramor dynasty still dominates the center of the Old City. It was sacked during the War of Succession, and again by the Akaviri army of Ada'Soon Dir-Kamal. The Palace of the Kings is one of the few First Empire buildings that remains. Today, Windhelm remains the only sizable city in the otherwise determinedly rural Hold of Eastmarch, and serves as a base for Imperial troops guarding the Dunmeth Pass into Morrowind. Windhelm is one of the locations that will be appearing in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. It is said to feature a magnificent palace, likely the palace of the Ysgramor dynasty. ?Riverwood is a minor settlement encountered early in Skyrim. It is a logging town built against a river. According to one of the books in Oblivion, "Riverwood is a small outpost for the Imperial Army." It was said that this will be the first settlement you shall see. Also it is the village first sighted in the gameplay trailer. You can affect the economy of the logging industry in Riverwood if you cut off the work-flow in a possible quest in Skyrim, according to Todd Howard in an interview. This is also where you get the quest to go to Bleak Falls Barrow to retrieve a Golden Claw for a local merchant, a family heirloom which was stolen by bandits. ?Markarth Side was a former city of the ancient Dwemer. Unlike the Dwemer cities and strongholds located in Morrowind and Hammerfell, the city of Markarth Side was not constructed out of metal, instead it was built of stone, likely due to the abundance of stone found in the mountains of Skyrim. Another theory that could explain why Markarth Side was constructed out of stone is that the Nordic occupiers of Markarth Side had constructed their own city over the ruins of the metallic Dwemer city of the same name, which may thus be underground.See More General Information . ? A little piece taken from GAMEINFORMER.COM below. ...Reiner is our man on the show floor at QuakeCon, and he just passed on a few interesting details from the 45-minute hands-on demo of Skyrim being shown. He was watching several editors play at once, so the details are scattershot. Come back to read his hands-on impressions tomorrow. Players started out the demo in the character creator, where Reiner glimpsed a few of the 10 races included in the game, including the Nords, three varieties of elves, and Khajiit. The tools available for tweaking the look of your character are much more robust, so like Tiger Woods you should be able to create a rough approximation of your mug if you so choose. This is where you name your character as well, and adhering to Elder Scrolls tradition your character's default name is Prisoner. Once players exited the character creator, they found themselves with their hands bound wearing tattered rags for clothing, and limping through a gloomy cave. For the sake of the demo, however, the players were freed from their chains and given a healthy selection of gear, including iron armor, several swords, and a bow. On the magic front, players had access to a healing spell and a destructive fireball spell. Emerging from the cave gave everyone a new breathtaking view of Skyrim's expansive world. The environment immediately outside of the cave is a lush forest. The attention to detail in this region is staggering; both the high canopies and dense foliage make you truly feel like you are in a giant forest. Some players chose to interact with the flora, raiding a beehive for honey combs and picking mushrooms. Others moved straight into combat. When a strange, imp-looking forest creature approached, the battle began. Judging by the performances of the players, this enemy is not to be underestimated. Many went for the standard Oblivion tactic of shooting fireballs while backpedaling to soften up the oncoming attacker. Unfortunately, the imp creature's closing speed cut off this strategy from the get go. The fights were physical and draining, with several players coming to the brink of defeat only to cast a healing spell at the last minute. Many chose to play in the standard first-person perspective, but the impressive third-person drew most of Reiner's attention. The characters move much more fluidly than in past Elder Scrolls games, as new animations like naturally reaching for a bow and arrow indicate. Reiner says this may be the first Elder Scrolls game in which he stays in third person. One person in the demo stumbled upon a solitary cabin amidst the forest, but its tenants ? two charred corpses laid next to a smoldering firepit ? were too dead to offer proper hospitality. Another player found a small, rundown village consisting of a handful of buildings. Though not as bustling as a big city, here you could converse with NPCs. One player asked the blacksmith if he could borrow his tools and did some crafting. Unfortunately dragons never made an appearance during the demo, but even without the menacing beasts or a dedicated mission to follow, Skyrim shines. This game looks very far along in development, and has the current level of polish is a great sign that this game will be ready to go on November 11. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ? Another Piece taken from GAMEINFORMER.COM After years of waiting, the next installment of The Elder Scrolls finally lands in our hands. Follow Reiner's journey from Riverwood to Whiterun. As we mentioned in yesterday's quick look at the QuakeCon Skyrim demo, my experience started in the character creator. My Twitter followers wanted to know about the Argonian race, the reptilian race that hails from the Black Marsh swampland. This race looks much like it did in Oblivion and Morrowind, with green scaled skin that sometimes gives off a bluish tint, and yellow, cat-like eyes. For my character, however, I chose the cat-like Khajiit race. The level of customization with this race was impressive. I could alter the eyeliner, change the color of the speckles on the nose, add earrings, and even apply a hairdo on top of my Khajiit's furry dome. As in the previous games, the Khajiit have long, humanoid-like legs and a tail. My journey started with my character bound in a dreary cave, which Todd Howard said is roughly 30 minutes after the start of the game. When I exited the cave I immediately equipped a destruction spell on one hand and a restoration spell on the other. The button layout is very similar to the previous Elder Scrolls games. The X button sheathes and unsheathes your weapon, the B button gives you access to the menu system, the Y button jumps, the A button interacts, and pressing L3 triggers stealth mode. While the general controls are familiar, the combat controls have evolved considerably. If you have shield equipped you can bash enemies with it to cause them to stagger, opening them up for attack. If you hold down the attack button with a melee weapon, you trigger a powerful attack that is often accompanied by a cool animation. When I stabbed a wolf with this attack, my character drove the sword deep into the beast and then used the shield as leverage to pry the sword out of the dead animal. You also must actively block oncoming attacks. The spells also have varying attacks. As I walked down a path toward the village of Riverwood, I spotted two wolves on a nearby hill. When they caught my scent they came charging down the hill and I met them with a powerful flamethrower attack by holding down the spell button. It didn't take long to burn these gorgeous animals, which look much more lifelike than the animals in Oblivion. Since Riverwood was in the previous Skyrim demos, I didn't spend much time in the village. Instead I headed north alongside a babbling stream that had salmon jumping out of the water and stumbled upon a small farm populated by a cow and hen. I watched the hen for a bit as it walked around aimlessly while clucking, and then stole the egg that was sitting in its nest. I then made my way into the farmhouse, which only took a couple of seconds to load. Judging from the spread on his table ? goat cheese and Nord mead ? this farmer is living the good life. When I went back outside I met a woman named Sigrid, whose first words to me were "I'm spoken for, don't get any ideas." She kept on farming while telling me about herself and her daughter. After she shared five or so details, she started delivering the canned responses of "Yes?", "Good Afternoon", and "What do you need?" Leaving Sigrid and the farm behind, I made my way further north to a large murky river. I could have crossed using a bridge, but I decided to test out the swimming instead. The animations are a little rough, but as I swam across to the other bank I was able to grab a few salmon as they passed by. Who needs a fishing rod when you can just grab them with your fist? As I approached the bank I saw a large elk wade into the river. When I moved in too close for the beast's comfort, he made a run for it. Continuing down the path on the other side of the river, I stumbled across a group of Stormcloak soldiers escorting a prisoner. When I approached the group a hostile soldier blurted out, "Citizen, I'm warning you." Then I was presented three of choices. I could do nothing, free the prisoner, or free the prisoner and give him an item, which I assumed in this case would be a weapon so he could defend himself against his captors. Considering that there were three guards with their swords drawn and I was a mere level one character, I opted to stay out of it. As soon as I moved away, the soldiers returned their weapons to their sheathes. Heading north again, I ran into another farm. This was a much bigger plot of land, with several gardens. In the middle of this farm a group of three humans were battling a massive giant. Rather than joining the fray, I decided to just sit back and watch. The battle raged back and forth, but eventually the humans prevailed. Afterwards I met Alea the huntress and her sidekicks Farkas and Ria. My first interaction with her was a statement about the battle ? I could say "You don't look like you need any help," or "I tried to help." When I chose the flattering option, she thanked me and explained that her band was a part of the Shield-Brothers. I was then prompted to inquire about joining the group or wryly responding "Sounds like a waste of time." Alea told me that if I wanted to join the group I would have to ask the leader of the Companions. After going our separate ways, I ventured north again, picking items like lavender and tundra cotton on my way toward Whiterun, a large walled city on the hill. Before I walked up the hill, I stopped by a stable and talked to the stable-hilt named Skulva. I asked to buy a horse, he replied that his horse was seven years old and in fine health. His asking price? One thousand gold. Rather than pay the outrageous fee, I jumped on the horse and galloped up the hill to the city with Skulva cursing and running after me. Since there were no guards in the vicinity, I got off scot-free. When I approached the gates of the city, the guard told me, "the city is closed with the dragons about." From here I had a few options to try and get into the city. I could offer him news about the dragon attack at Helgen, bribe him with 56 gold, or intimidate by asking him to stand aside. I chose to pay him off, and soon I was behind the comforts of the city wall. The loading takes a bit longer when entering a big city like Whiterun, but as the screen loads you're given gameplay tips, bits of lore, and can even tinker with a three-dimensional object on the screen. Once the city loaded, I took a brief tour. Whiterun looks to be a wealthy city in good shape ? the beautifully designed A-frame homes have nice brickwork and look pristine. A large courtyard I stumbled upon served as home to a giant tree and a gazebo. A large outdoor market offered several opportunities to buy or trade gear, and there was plenty of stuff laying around for those who prefer five-finger discounts.The city guards, who have black rams on their shields, would prefer you didn't. I made my way into a beautiful manor, where all walks of life were sitting around eating and drinking. One guy was eating a large sweet-roll that looked like it could put a man out of commission with a food coma. I spoke to a musician named Mikael, who played a unique stringed instrument. After conversing, he switched to a wooden flute. In the back of the manor I came across a ledger. When opening it up I was busted by the citizens and apprehended by the city watch. To avoid imprisonment I paid a 44 gold fine. With only a few minutes left before the demo concluded, I decided to leave the city to head toward a place called Dawnstar. Night had fallen, and the world took on a new personality with new creatures like a torchbug and luna moths that I collected. Stumbling upon Lorieus Farm, I walked in the home to find two people sleeping. Overall, Skyrim played great. The framerate was fluid, the combat satisfying, and the world beckons more exploration. After the demo concluded, I chatted with Todd Howard and he confirmed that the Dark Brotherhood is returning in Skyrim. As if we needed another reason to be excited about this game. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ?SKYRIM FAN INTERVIEW - Todd Howard, Game Director Bruce Nesmith, Lead Designer Matt Carofano, Lead Artist They answer some questions. 1) Will the character be able to change into certain creature? Todd: We?ve done various things like that in our previous games, and it's something that we probably won?t be talking about specifically on this one. Don?t read anything into that, we just prefer to not discuss this one. We?d like to leave that an open question until the game is out. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) What sorts of cosmetic options, like beards, tattoos, or body proportions, are available? Can we edit them later in the game? Matt: There is large amount of customization available for each race. You can choose from multiple hair styles, beards, scars, and face paint. Each race and gender has a light and heavy build and you can pick any level in between. We?ve completely redone our facial system, and we?re really excited to show off the results. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) Is armor handled like in Oblivion (with each body part being welded together) or in Morrowind (with each body part separate)? Will you be able to wear both clothes and armor at the same time? Matt: The armor system is very similar to Oblivion?s. The main difference is that the upper and lower body armors, the cuirass and greaves, have been combined into one piece. This helps create armor styles that have the look we needed for Skyrim. In most of the Nordic designs we created, the upper armor would completely cover the lower armor, making it unnecessary. We get much better visual results combining those pieces, and it renders a lot faster too, so we can put more people on screen, so that was an easy tradeoff for us. We can also make a lot more armors now, so the number and variation types are more than we?ve ever had. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) Are the main and faction quests branching or linear? What about side quests? Bruce: We?ve focused on telling one story well. There are decision points in all the quest lines that can change things, but overall it's a single story. Because the side quests are smaller stories, they are more likely to have major branches. For example, you can decide to save or betray someone, which changes the whole end of the quest. Overall the quest structure in Skyrim is closer to Oblivion than Fallout 3, in that there are many more quests, but they have fewer branches. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5) Are loot and quest rewards level scaled, like in Oblivion? Will there be any powerful un-scaled items? Bruce: We?re handling leveling stuff similar to how we did in Fallout 3, but with a few new twists that we hope players won?t even notice. The enemies and loot are based on the ?encounter zone? you?re in, so it could be higher or lower level than your current level. We do have a new concept of epic or ?special? loot that you can randomly find in many cases, regardless of the zone, and you will still get better stuff in the better zones with your level higher. Same goes for quest rewards. We try to make them appropriate for what you did. Sometimes that is random, sometimes that is a set item. There?s a lot of specific stuff that is very powerful, like the Daedric artifacts. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6) Will items present in Morrowind but not in Oblivion, such as spears, medium armor, and mark/recall spells, be making a return? Todd: They are not in Skyrim for the same reasons we didn?t include them in Oblivion. I?ll address each one. First spears, the truth is we?d love to do them, but it becomes a priority and development time thing for us. We feel it's better to spend our time right now making sure the gameplay for the other play styles is really solid. That includes sword, sword and shield, two-handed weapons, and bows. You can also add magic to that list. Getting those all working well together, while feeling different, is our priority. As far as medium armor, that?s not a time or polish thing, it's a design choice to focus on two armor types and making sure those feel different and the player appreciates them. We try to make your character move and feel different between light and heavy and having a 3rd one in the middle just muddies it up in how it plays, as well as visually. And even now, we still have to tweak those two armor types so they feel different, while remaining fun. Every time we slow down heavy armor more, it feels bad, but it's the main way of balancing it. We?ve added other ways of balancing it that feel right?like different stamina drain rates when sprinting and such. Mark and recall is one where it's a lot of fun, but like levitation, was removed so we could design better gameplay spaces and scenarios. We were really limited in Morrowind because the player could recall or levitate out of many situations and break them. There was a lot of good gameplay and level design work that we just couldn?t do and now we can. Back then it seemed like many good ideas we had were shot down when another designer would say ?oh yeah, I just levitate or recall away.? So we got rid of them. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7) Will we be able to have relationships with the NPCs, romantic or otherwise? Bruce: Absolutely! You make friends with people by doing things for them. Friends in the game will treat you differently. Some of them will even agree to go with you into dungeons and on adventures. You can even get married. If you own a house, your spouse will move in with you. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8) Are there any new armor/weapon materials unique to Skyrim? Matt: One of the most prized and rarest sets of armor is made from dragons. It can be forged in both a light and heavy variant. You?ll see a return of many armors from previous games, such as leather and steel, however these have been redesigned in the Nordic style. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9) Can we have some specifics about the PC version of the game? How will it's UI be different? Will there be a 64-bit executable? Todd: 64-bit specific exe? Not at this time. As far as UI, it visually looks the same across the platforms, but the controls are entirely different. There?s also a lot of ?power user? stuff we do with the keyboard from how favorites work, to quick saves, and more that is similar to what we?ve done before in that area. We?re packing a lot of info on the screen and the whole interface is much less ?look at giant fonts!? than, say, Oblivion. The PC version also gets higher res textures, larger render modes, and a bunch of other effects you can scale up if your machine is a beast. Last but most important, is the Creation Kit we?ll be releasing for the PC. Modding the game and making it your own is very important to us and our fans, so we?re going to keep doing whatever we can in that area. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10) How will enchanting work in Skyrim? Will we have to constantly refill our enchantments with soul gems like we did in Oblivion, or will it be more like Morrowind in which the weapons recovered after a certain resting period? Bruce: The method in Oblivion worked really well, so we kept it. Magic weapons use charges and have to be refilled with soul gems. Magic armor is always on and doesn?t need to be recharged. Soul gems and their lore and usage are a staple of the Elder Scrolls. We have revamped the enchanting system though. Enchanting is now a skill. The better your skill and perks, the better you are at creating enchanted items. You?ll be able to find enchanting stations all over the world, which will make it much more accessible. There are some changes from Oblivion, including the effects you can use when creating items, as well as how you learn effects. You now learn enchanting effects by ?breaking down? a magic item you find, as opposed to them coming from spells you know. This allows us to separate enchanting from the other magical skills better. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11) What are the differences between the races? I guess they'll have different skill bonuses, but will they also start with different perks or have different "hard-coded" attributes, such as different running speeds or maximum encumbrance, etc.? Todd: They each start with some skills that are higher by default, but those aren?t hard to overcome with another race in a short time. They also have different starting spells and each has its own passive abilities, like before, as well as powers, like before. So Khajiit can see in the dark, Orcs have a berserk power, Redguards have Adrenaline Rush, and so forth. They work differently in the new system, but the flavor is the same. We kept all the racial movement speeds the same, that?s now a factor of what you?re wearing and have equipped. And starting max encumbrance is the same and is based on your Stamina attribute. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12) Is there any game content (story, quests) that might be locked for a character based on race/faction/politics allegiances/morality/choices? Or one can experience all the content in one single play? Todd: We do have some stuff that gets locked out based on decisions you make. It's wherever it felt natural. It wasn?t a goal that you could or couldn?t play everything with one character. The game?s honestly so big that we don't think about it much. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13) To what extent will our racial / gender selection at the start of the game will affecting our gameplay? Are there relationships affected by these choices? Bruce: Your race is very important. It's more than just how you look. Each race has a bias toward certain types of characters. If you want play a wizard, it will be easier with a High Elf or a Breton. If you want to play a warrior, it will be easier with a Nord or a Redguard. However, just like in Oblivion, we don't force you to follow that bias. If you want to be a Nord wizard, that?s completely viable. Gender does not change any initial skills or abilities. There is nothing that men do better than women or vice versa in the game. Other characters will recognize your gender and address you properly. Some may have prejudices for or against a particular gender as a part of their character, but it won?t change what you can or can?t do. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14) Do you plan to include non lethal ways of defeating opponents?? Todd: Depends on what you mean by ?defeat?. We have various stealthy ways of getting past people, and the various poisons and spells allow you to basically render enemies harmless to you, whether that is casting a calm or fear spell, knocking them down, or something else. Oh, and we now have tavern brawls that are non-lethal! I love those. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15) Will boss fights involve interesting mechanics involved as opposed to just more health and hits harder? Todd: We have many new combat behaviors in our AI that makes fights with certain enemies very dynamic and interesting. It matters what the enemy can do. Dragons, for example, can do lot of things from multiple shouts, bombing runs, picking guys up, and more. An enemy that has a sword and shield, a bow, magic spells, and potions will use all of those things, and those fights are the most interesting. But we also design some combat encounters where the player simply may get mobbed by more simple enemies, and those have a different pace and strategy. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16) Do companions have skill and perk trees we can train? Bruce: No, you only manage your own. Though companions often have certain perks so they behave different or better. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17) Is the culture in Skyrim strictly Nordic, or are there places (like Cheydinhal in Cyrodiil) that show influence from other cultures nearby, like architecture, religion, etc? Matt: While there are pockets of other races in the game, we focused on the Nordic culture and their regional differences. The architecture between cities is dramatically different and reflects how the Nords live in that area. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18) So, the dragons are big and powerful. Did you include some destructible environment so they could leave marks and scars everywhere they attack? Can they demolish buildings, break trees, start avalanches, burn houses, things like this that emphasize their power? Todd: They do leave marks and scars everywhere, but as far as destroying buildings and such, it's rare. It does happen, but not a lot. Systemically destroying our spaces is something we have not found a good way to handle yet, because it's so dynamic. We?re dealing with places that we have NPCs living, and providing quests and other game services. It's something we avoid in every game unless we can specifically wipe it off the map, like Megaton. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19) Will there be any difference between the animation sets of male and female as well as human-like and 'beast' characters? Matt: The animation system is completely new and dramatically improved. You will notice huge difference from previous games. There are differences between male and female animations, and even beast races have some specific animations. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20) Will any sort of karma system be incorporated like there was in Fallout, or will it be the Fame/Infamy system of Oblivion? Bruce: We don't provide a numeric score that you can track, but the game knows if you?ve been naughty or nice. We felt that a number really didn?t do your fame justice. Characters in the world will acknowledge the specific things you have done rather than just a generalized reputation. If you are a criminal, they?ll know that too. But if you pay your debt to society, all is forgiven. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21) Will crafting (weapons, armor) be effected by the tools you use as well as the ingredients used in the crafting? Such as the hammers and clippers, mastery level of the weapons and your level? Basically, will I be able to produce a more powerful, or even unique, weapon if I use a master hammer or clipper as opposed to novice? Bruce: The blacksmith?s shop includes a forge, a grindstone, and a smithing bench. You can improve your weapons at the grindstone. The higher your skill, the more you can improve them, and the more damage they?ll do. Same thing for armor with the smithing bench, only the armor rating gets better. The forge is actually used to create new weapons and armor from raw materials. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22) Will your character have a voice? So that you can hear yourself having a conversation with other people? Todd: You do have a voice, but you only hear it in grunts and shouts. So we have recorded for each race and sex you can play, all the different combat grunts, as well as the dragon language shouts. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23) Obviously every character is "Dragonborn", but not every character will be playing the same way. The question is: Will dragon shouts support all types of characters? Are there long ranged shouts? Some kind of stealthy "shout"? Todd: Yes, the shouts support all character types. We?re not ready to talk about the other shouts yet, but soon enough. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24) Are there going to be places where you can use nature to your advantage? Like make a trap out of a falling tree or climb a tree to stealth attack an enemy? Todd: Yes and no. You can?t make things, but our environment is so dense, you?re almost always using the natural terrain to get an advantage, especially with stealth. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25) Will you be able to carry on after the main story? Todd: Yes, absolutely. ?AUSGAMERS INTERVIEW - AusGamers was given special access to the main squeeze at Bethesda Game Studios, Mr Todd Howard, to talk all things The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Read on for what he has to say about dragons, the mod community, PC and consoles, as well as not locking you out of the game when it ends... AusGamers: Ladies and gents welcome back to AusGamers. You?re here with Stephen Farrelly and I have a very special guest with me today - Mr Todd Howard from Bethesda Game Studios; thanks to the fine folk at Bethesda for organising this for us. Todd, obviously [Skyrim is the] buzz of the show -- I saw it in Utah [prior Bethesda event]. Two dragons at the end this time? Was that put in this demo specifically or was that a procedural thing? Because you were talking about that in Utah. Todd Howard: We did... for this demo we have scripted their arrivals to make sure that we?re getting dragons on the screen and after that they do their own thing. So we did want to show another type of dragon -- the frost dragon -- so we set it up where once you killed one, the other one would come in (sometimes they overlap a little bit). But we wanted to show that because there are a lot of new Shout powers we wanted to show here at E3 -- absorbing the soul and doing all that. AusGamers: Is there only those two dragon archetypes? Todd: No, there are more. We?re not talking about that yet, but there are other ones. I don't want to say the exact number -- we?re still messing with it. There aren?t a lot, but there are more. AusGamers: Now let?s step it back a bit, I want to talk a bit about Creation Engine. You guys have been demoing the game on Xbox 360, is there any particular reason why you haven?t shown the PC version? Because clearly that would be the higher end. Todd: Yeah it does, obviously the PC version looks better. It has higher textures, it can run much higher resolution and a lot more graphic features. We tend to show it on 360 so that it's a good baseline for people to look at. So when they then see the PC version it's going to go up. We?d rather do that than have people see the 360 later and it takes a step down. We?re really excited with how it looks on the 360 and the PS3. So we do author the art the same for all the platforms, it's just that they render it differently. Also for things like this [tradeshows] -- I don't know if people realise -- but as a game developer, the 360 is just much easier to show it on, from getting it started, to showing it, to controlling it, it's just much easier to demo on logistically. AusGamers: Okay, now going from Gamebryo to Creation, what was the outset goal for you guys, in terms of the features that you wanted and the stuff that you didn?t want anymore -- the kind of hang-ups that you had. What was the process going forward? Todd: Well we came off of Fallout 3 and we?re always moving our own technology forward. Whether that?s using a piece of middleware or doing AI or things like that. We had a pretty big list of what we felt the 360, the PS3 and the high-end PCs could do, and it wasn?t like we said ?we?re going to re-write the engine?; we just sort of started with ?okay, let?s do this to the graphics; let?s do this to the gameplay?. We started hitting that hard right after Fallout 3, so I?d say after the course of the next year and a half it turns out we?d re-written all of this -- look how it looks; we?re not using this anymore; we?re not using that anymore. So that?s when we actually decided to brand it; we should call it something of our own. But it wasn?t from the get go ?we?re going to re-write the whole engine?. It was a priority list and we ended up re-writing more than we thought we were gonna, but it worked out. AusGamers: You always support the mod community as well and I know that this is going to have mod tools out of the box. Todd: For download, not in the box. AusGamers: Right okay, yeah. Todd: In case people look in their box and they?re like ?what??. AusGamers: Obviously the PC community really enjoys that a lot, but have you thought about giving that level of access to the consoles? Todd: I have yeah. I think our PC mod community is one of the things that is great about our games. We?ve always supported it and we want to continue to do it. But a lot of our audience is on the consoles so they?re not experiencing that. So we have talked to Microsoft and Sony; ?how do we do this??. The good news is that those things have started to happen with games like Forza 3 and sharing all your car stuff or Rock Band?s a really good example, where you can make your own tracks where you?re authoring them somewhere else then you?re uploading them to the 360. There are still a lot of issues to solve with... because these aren?t instances like a song or a car you know, you could download a mod that destroys your game and we can?t have that. So we?re still... we have not solved -- even on paper yet -- how to handle security; how do we handle not messing up your saved games and things like that. So it's not going to be solved for the game?s release, but it's something that we?re going to continue to look at because we think that it's an awesome part of the game that the majority of our audience isn?t seeing. AusGamer | 2011-08-07 19:04:00 Author: Bremnen Posts: 1800 |
Magic looks awesome  | 2011-08-07 21:19:00 Author: Testudini Posts: 3262 |
| I went and picked up the PS3 5 year anniversary (5 years... Jeez) of Oblivion yesterday... I haven't played it since probably 2007 or 08 on my Xbox, and I have to say, looking back, it is truly one of the greatest games of all time. Fact. Can't wait to see if Skyrim gives me this awe effect. If it lives up to the name that Oblivion has given the series. | 2011-08-09 13:31:00 Author: poorjack Posts: 1806 |
| I watched that 40 minute gameplay video yesterday and man November can't come fast enough. I'm so getting the C.E. version too. I spent a year and a half playing Oblivion and loving every second of it, can't wait to play Skyrim now! | 2011-08-09 16:37:00 Author: Morgana25  Posts: 5983 |
| hour long playthrough "Written" preview from Kotaku... man Morgana you said it November truly, "Can't come soon enough" http://kotaku.com/5828687/an-hour-with-skyrim-its-amazing If your too lazy to click the link... An Hour with Skyrim. It's Amazing. I mean no disrespect when I say this: I couldn't give a dragon's *** about the story in Skyrim. It may well be wonderful, but as the fifth installment in The Elder Scrolls series?none of which I've played for more than an hour or two at most?I've never had any opportunity to understand, let alone grow to love, the story. But after about an hour of playing through the latest build of Skyrim on an Xbox 360, I'm happy to report that I think this will be the first Elder Scrolls game I actually may play through to the end. Blame Fallout 3. While the first-person RPG interface of Morrowind and Oblivion always felt clunky, maybe even punitive, Fallout showed me the appeal of Bethesda's open world game design. Skyrim isn't an RPG in the classic sense?it's a sword-and-sorcery simulation. I'll probably play Skyrim on PC?I'm a mouse and keyboard person, given my druthers?but I'm glad I had the opportunity to play it on a console, as it showed off how far Bethesda has come in their ability to create an interface that is both deep, instantly accessible, and yet not overwhelming. The last Elder Scrolls game I tried to play, Morrowind, was my first Bethesda console game; I immediately returned it and bought it for PC. I hated the feeling of playing such a detailed FPS on a console. But as I sat down with the 360 version in Dallas last week, I didn't feel any sense of trepidation or perceived loss. Within minutes, I was smashing wolves in the face with a small iron hand axe with one hand and setting them on fire with the other. Enough about the interface, though?how about those graphics? Even on the aging Xbox 360, I was shocked to see how lovely the game is in action. Certainly not as pretty as its screen shots?something about the engine still looks rough around the edges in a literal, visual sense?but taken as a whole the landscapes were beautiful and varied, seamlessly transitioning from craggy mountain forests to grassy river bottoms, from thatch roof villages to icy mountain passes. Get on a high perch and you can see for miles. With limited time, I didn't mess around with the famously intricate character creator for long. I rolled up a healthy, ugly orc and threw myself into the world. For the demo our characters came pre-encumbered with armor, weapons, and some magical abilities. I wanted to get a taste of a little bit of everything, so I bound a flame spell to my orc's left hand (controlled with the left trigger) and a one-handed axe to his right (right trigger). Full size The combination proved to be more than enough to immolate a few wolves as I left the small cave from which I started out, heading down the mountainside as fast as I my green legs could carry me. (I wanted to see as many environments in my hour as possible.) While not every monster or NPC in Skyrim is inherently aggressive, I presumed anyone outside of a town was fair game for my two-fisted flame/axe combo. I soon learned that I could shoot the ground in front of an oncoming attacker with my flame spell, which would set anyone alight who passed through it. A quick thunk with my axe usually took them down, especially when I held down the right trigger to enable an extra strong melee smack. Soon I found a cave guarded by a blonde Nordish bandit. (Lament the poor bandits of Skyrim. I must have murdered a score of them in their roosts.) Flame. Axe. Murder. Sifting through the corpse for loot is a simple process. And like previous Bethesda games, Skyrim helpfully gives you an indication if a corpse or container is empty, saving you the trouble of riffling through nothing. Down into the cave I went, which loaded up an instanced level of generic fantasy mine dungeon. It only took me about ten minutes to travel through the entire mine, luring chatty bandits into the path of my flame, then carving them a double-wide nostril with my little axe. I had some bigger axes and swords in my pack, as well, but using them meant sacrificing my flame spell, and two primary attacks were already approaching tedium. There was no way I was going to just one. Luckily, Skyrim's interface allows a "favorites" system that binds items, magic, and weapons to a quickly accessed menu that lets you change up your gear without going into the only-slightly-more-involved regular inventory system. With a little bit of time, I think I could have set up a rhythm that would let me use my bow and arrows, then switch back to my axe and flame combo when enemies came closer. There wasn't much in the way of treasure in the mine, so I left via another entrance and tromped down the mountain to a small fishing village, name of Riverwood. There I met a blacksmith who was awfully welcoming?"Sure, you can use my forge, orc stranger!"?and spoke a gentleman about a rival, elven suitor who was wooing his paramour. The lover suggested I deliver a nasty fake letter to his object of affection, signed with the name of his elven competition. A **** move, for sure (and one you can choose to give a twist, by alerting the innocent elf to the plot), but also a testament to the progressive race relations of Skyrim's culture. (If you think I'm poking fun, I'm not. There's something distinct about the way The Elder Scrolls series seems to ignore the issue of race that feels at once mature and perhaps over idealized.) Even better, the fix to one of my (and everyone's) big irks from Oblivion?the sameness of the voice acting?was made apparent in town. There were 14 different voice actors for all the characters in Oblivion; in Skyrim, there are 70. I had no time for matchmaking, though, as there were faces that had not yet felt my axe. (And I didn't have it in my heart to kill the townspeople or their adorable goats.) So across the river and up a mountain path I went, stopping along the way in a ruined watchtower to clear it of bandits. I felt a little bad, cooking those bandits in a gout of eldritch flame, but in fairness they looked pretty cold and lonely up there, so I was probably doing them a favor. Plus they were guarding a chest at the top of that broken outpost and no court in any fantasy realm would convict a man of murder-for-treasure-chest. The gold from the chest safely in my bottomless nega-pockets, I turned from the top of the tower to descend and was stopped in my tracks. Not by a bandit or a roaring monster, but by the view. Below me spread the river valley, Riverwood, and the mountainside from which I had originally been shoved into the world. Gorgeous, alive, and only a little bit out-of-proportion, in that in a real fantasy world I wouldn't expect so many bandits and mines and gothic barrow temples to be squished into a couple of square miles of terrain. But still, wow. And on a 360, no less. Oh, did I not mention the barrow temple? It was at the top of the mountain path and my final destination. I put my axe through the heads of some human guards and pressed open the tall oak doors. (I presume they were oak. Barrow doors are nearly always oak.) It was inside this block-and-buttress temple that I made a new best friend. He lived inside a magical staff that when fired would allow him to come out and eat my enemies' faces clean off. (Well, in my imagination at least; in-game he mostly just chomped at where their balls would be.) My friend was a spectral, glowing wolf and I loved him?and for 60 seconds at a time, before he popped out of existence in a flash of blue light, he loved me. Into the barrow temple we went, until we happened upon a room upholstered with meter-thick spider's web. I had to hack my way through it to get in, even though I knew that there was going to be either 1) a gaggle of dog-sized spiders, or 2) one giant spider inside. It was number two. It took a bit of juggling to take the Volkswagen-sized spider down: wield the magic staff to let my wolf out to play; switch to axe and flame and take a few hacks; pause to drink a potion or two when she got in some good licks. But within a minute, down she went, and I was rewarded not with good treasure but mostly with the whines of a man who was trapped in her web. He demanded I let him down so he could give me the Golden Claw of Some Such, which I gathered was a mission-specific item, as the game awarded me some sort of check-off on my quest list when I burnt the guy to a crisp when he tried to run away after I'd been totally nice and cut him free. It would have been nice to have another friend, though, because instead of being whisked out of the barrow temple after defeating the giant spider, I instead had to thread my way through a crypt filled with dead warriors, some of whom would occasionally get up and try to eat me. I limped along well enough (especially because I had a healing spell that I'd only just realized I had), using my wolf to draw their attacks?including missile spells!?and then giving them the ol' one-two. I nearly died in one puzzle room, where instead of realizing that the reason I was triggering arrows to spree from tiny murder holes every time I made a pulled a lever was that I hadn't turned the appropriate runes in place. I lost a lot of health from that bit of stupidity. The zombies finally got the best of me, but no big whoop: my demo was pretty much over anyway. (I'll never forget you blue glow-wolf. May we meet again.) * * * In some ways, I almost wish Skyrim didn't have a plot?I'd feel less guilty ignoring it. But for someone who couldn't deal with how finicky the previous games could feel, I'm legitimately excited to plow into the full game. I'll treat it like the sword-and-sorcery simulator that it is. And if it just so happens to suck me into the plot, as well, all the better. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is hitting the street on November 11th. I think we're all in for a treat. | 2011-08-09 19:37:00 Author: Frank-the-Bunny Posts: 1246 |
| I went and picked up the PS3 5 year anniversary (5 years... Jeez) of Oblivion yesterday... I haven't played it since probably 2007 or 08 on my Xbox, and I have to say, looking back, it is truly one of the greatest games of all time. Fact. Not "Fact" actually - Morrowind was a far superior RPG - even if it did have worse graphics/combat. It had a better story, more diverse environments - a more "open" world - in that you could fly around anywhere you wanted - a much more comprehensive spell creation/enchantment system. In short - better in nearly all of the important aspects other than flashy graphics. You can tell that Morrowind is the closest to what the 15 year old Todd Howard was envisioning in his bedroom - as he even said himself that by Oblivion it was a case of "Get Quest Y - Kill Monster Y - Hand in Quest Y"; In Morrowind, most quests had multiple endings dependant on your character. I think he's getting bored with it. Oblivion was a Nerfed version of Morrowind to appeal to the casual/Mass audience. Morrowind > Oblivion | 2011-08-09 23:14:00 Author: Macnme Posts: 1970 |
| I never said Morrowind was bad. I agree that it is a great game, I played it on PC. I was just saying that Oblivion is great also. Me saying Oblivion is great doesn't mean everything else in the world isn't. I also love LBP, and Half-Life as picks for greatest game of all time. But there cannot be ONE greatest game of all time... Tastes, opinions etc. get in the way of that Also, I would like to note that an important, integral part of an RPG, for me, is a world that looks realistic, and is immersive. It draws you in better with "flashy graphics" and whatnot. I admit, Oblivion has not aged gracefully either, what with horrible popup, and obvious over usage of sprites, blah blah blah. TL;DR- Morrowind is great, Oblivion is great, Bender is great. | 2011-08-09 23:25:00 Author: poorjack Posts: 1806 |
| another hands-on preview guys! http://www.spunwicked.com/index.php/2011/07/07/elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-even-bigger-than-a-better-thing-2/ | 2011-08-12 18:34:00 Author: Frank-the-Bunny Posts: 1246 |
| Don't know if it was posted, but this is what argornians look like: http://bulk2.destructoid.com/ul/user/9/95391-208627-Character1KDestructoidbmp-noscale.jpg They certainly look more menacing. | 2011-08-12 21:25:00 Author: warlord_evil  Posts: 4193 |
| All the character pics thus far: http://i.imgur.com/0XFEX.jpg http://i.imgur.com/aK5nv.jpg http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/comment/9/2011/08/df304b37b15b842f66612e24f47f18c5/original.jpg http://theskyrimblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Redguard1.jpg http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2011/08/character2k_kotaku.jpg http://0.tqn.com/d/compactiongames/1/0/t/r/1/elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-scr06.jpg http://gotgame.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dark-elf-skyrim.jpg http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a32/Chrono101/skyrim_kaysercharacter.jpg http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/9885/theelderscrolls5skyrimb.png http://i.imgur.com/fjlmD.jpg And my favourite, the Bosmer (wood elf) http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/5881/skyrimdicks600x337.png | 2011-08-12 22:32:00 Author: Burrich Posts: 1018 |
| two more things: First- Pete Hines answered some questions via twitter: http://badasspanda.com/new-skyrim-details-emerge-from-pete-hines-twitter-qa/4502 Second- Australia gets an exclusive package for pre-ordering it: http://www.ebgames.com.au/pc-152696-The-Elder-Scrolls-V-Skyrim-Exclusive-EB-Games-Edition-PC | 2011-08-15 14:39:00 Author: Frank-the-Bunny Posts: 1246 |
| Just found TWO HUNDRED pics of Skyrim races floating about on the interwebs. Post the character (or as close as you can get) you'll create for your first play-through. I was originally going to play as a female Khajiit, but now my cat's been missing so long I think I'll create a male Khajiit to honour him with or somethin', seeing as he's a bengal which looks like a dark haired cheetah their won't be any foreseeable design problems with getting the design close enough to his real markings. Heeeeeeere's the link, enjoy. http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/112555-Bethesda-Introduces-Skyrims-New-Faces This one looks the most identical to him, w00t! http://www.lbpcentral.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=36277 | 2011-08-25 00:16:00 Author: abyssalassassin  Posts: 717 |
| Just found TWO HUNDRED pics of Skyrim races floating about on the interwebs. Post the character (or as close as you can get) you'll create for your first play-through. I was originally going to play as a female Khajiit, but now my cat's been missing so long I think I'll create a male Khajiit to honour him with or somethin', seeing as he's a bengal which looks like a dark haired cheetah their won't be any foreseeable design problems with getting the design close enough to his real markings. Heeeeeeere's the link, enjoy. http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/112555-Bethesda-Introduces-Skyrims-New-Faces This one looks the most identical to him, w00t! http://www.lbpcentral.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=36277 What a coincidence.. I'm gonna play as a Khajiit too Also, thanks for the picture links Oh, and sorry about your cat I hope you find him | 2011-08-25 00:49:00 Author: Unknown User |
| I am having trouble telling Bosmer from Altmer this time around... | 2011-08-25 00:54:00 Author: poorjack Posts: 1806 |
| What a coincidence.. I'm gonna play as a Khajiit too Also, thanks for the picture links Oh, and sorry about your cat I hope you find him Thanks. I remember back when I played DragonFable and I was called Kittywake Draconis. This would have been PERFECT if I played as a female Khajiit dragonborn. | 2011-08-25 01:07:00 Author: abyssalassassin Posts: 717 |
| new hands on preview, I forget how to embed it so here's the link! http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/27/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-preview-dovahkiind-of-wonderful/ | 2011-08-28 15:07:00 Author: Frank-the-Bunny Posts: 1246 |
| Bethesda just released a 40 minute HD video (in 3 parts) on the official elder scrolls website http://www.elderscrolls.com/ | 2011-09-27 08:51:00 Author: Unknown User |
| Bethesda just released a 40 minute HD demo (in 3 parts) on the official elder scrolls website http://www.elderscrolls.com/ "Just released"? | 2011-09-27 10:19:00 Author: BasketSnake Posts: 2391 |
| "Just released"? Only one possible explanation. TIME TRAVELER So I was going to play an Orc, then decided to be a Khajiit, but now I have to be an Orc. According to the Skyrim forums, in Lord of Souls, Redguards and Bretons invaded Orsimer, driving the Orcs out. I liked Redguards and Bretons too. But now, they must die. FOR ORSIMER! | 2011-09-27 18:39:00 Author: Testudini Posts: 3262 |
| finally back, didn't know if this website was gone, i couldn't load it for the longest time here at college. So there have been numerous hands-ons and walkthroughs i'm going to try and post some soon. Personally i want to play Nord again probably. I was a nord in Oblivion, he was good, maybe i should branch out a little tho | 2011-09-30 21:23:00 Author: Frank-the-Bunny Posts: 1246 |
| I'm going to play a nord warrior | 2011-10-17 13:18:00 Author: BasketSnake Posts: 2391 |
| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTdxBFf-4MI | 2011-10-28 21:43:00 Author: warlord_evil Posts: 4193 |
| Is that a robot spartan? Mmmm.... Artfully delicious. | 2011-10-28 23:08:00 Author: Kog Posts: 2358 |
| GIVE ME DWEMER! I've preordered the xbox version. | 2011-10-29 18:14:00 Author: BasketSnake Posts: 2391 |
| Has anyone seen the leaked first 30mins? | 2011-11-02 11:12:00 Author: Ash_uk1 Posts: 255 |
| Who's doing the Cameo this time? Oh yes - Max Von Sydow isn't it? I hope he plays more of a part in it than Patrick Stewart did in the last one; Patrick Stewart: Hello, I'm the King - Oh dear, I died - where's my cheque? | 2011-11-02 14:02:00 Author: Macnme Posts: 1970 |
| I've seen plenty of leaked stuff. It's not spoiling anything for me. For me it's all about exploring the huge world and having fun. Characters will die, someone will be crowned king or whatever. You're the dragonborn...you'll probably save the world. Getting the xbox version. | 2011-11-02 19:22:00 Author: BasketSnake Posts: 2391 |
| Warning: You may explode from the awesomeness this spoiler contains. It's a spoiler, so be warned... (But it's so epic! ). http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6223/6305995933_d306c1720e_b.jpg Werewolves in Skyrim have now been confirmed (http://forums.xbox.com/xbox_forums/xbox_360_games/t_z/elder_scrolls_v_skyrim/f/1733/p/122528/611817.aspx). | 2011-11-02 23:39:00 Author: Unknown User |
| MUDCRABS http://media.moddb.com/images/games/1/14/13863/Crab.jpg I think. | 2011-11-03 00:13:00 Author: warlord_evil Posts: 4193 |
| EDIT: Oopsie poopsie | 2011-11-03 00:35:00 Author: Testudini Posts: 3262 |
| so how many people will be picking this up next week? p.s how do you use the spoiler tag thingy | 2011-11-06 10:16:00 Author: Ash_uk1 Posts: 255 |
| so how many people will be picking this up next week? p.s how do you use the spoiler tag thingy I'll be picking up the inevitable super value game + all DLC re-release in a year or so. | 2011-11-06 16:21:00 Author: Rabid-Coot  Posts: 6728 |
| first review here: http://www.allgamesbeta.com/2011/11/elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-atomic-reviw.html xbox version though | 2011-11-06 18:03:00 Author: Ash_uk1 Posts: 255 |
| first review here: http://www.allgamesbeta.com/2011/11/elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-atomic-reviw.html xbox version though http://gyazo.com/bf1a5c331a328eae76c2bdf3b0c449ce.png http://gyazo.com/8e51afcd3327dafec2003ce3313d8595.png | 2011-11-06 18:43:00 Author: Testudini Posts: 3262 |
| You should know that what I posted is only my assumption. It's a game set in ancient nordic LOTR land and I'm just assuming there will be some kind of king SOMEWHERE! So I haven't spoiled anything. As far as characters being killed off I'm guessing plenty will die either by my hand or by others during quests or whatever. I don't know anything so I haven't spoiled anything. If I knew you were able to fly a dragon I wouldn't post it. I'm going to take a leak now. SPOILER!!! IT'S YELLOW! | 2011-11-06 19:30:00 Author: BasketSnake Posts: 2391 |
| You should know that what I posted is only my assumption. It's a game set in ancient nordic LOTR land and I'm just assuming there will be some kind of king SOMEWHERE! So I haven't spoiled anything. As far as characters being killed off I'm guessing plenty will die either by my hand or by others during quests or whatever. I don't know anything so I haven't spoiled anything. If I knew you were able to fly a dragon I wouldn't post it. I'm going to take a leak now. SPOILER!!! IT'S YELLOW! Oh sorry. I'm really paranoid about spoilers. | 2011-11-06 19:32:00 Author: Testudini Posts: 3262 |
| I plan to pick this up with the inevitable BF deals on Amazon... Well, either this, or Rayman Origins. | 2011-11-06 19:40:00 Author: theswweet  Posts: 2468 |
| If you were you wouldn't be reading skyrim threads. | 2011-11-06 19:40:00 Author: BasketSnake Posts: 2391 |
| First leaked review was up, looked on my gaming news website top four stories all Skyrim, this game is going to eat up so much of my time! | 2011-11-06 20:52:00 Author: Frank-the-Bunny Posts: 1246 |
| so how many people will be picking this up next week? I'll surely be getting it. | 2011-11-07 08:50:00 Author: Unknown User |
| I'm receiving my copy tomorrow. XBOX | 2011-11-07 15:56:00 Author: BasketSnake Posts: 2391 |
| I'm receiving my copy tomorrow. XBOX wat. how? hax. | 2011-11-07 23:53:00 Author: Kog Posts: 2358 |
| I'm gonna get it on PC - I'm assuming that 'low' on PC is roughly the 360/PS3 graphics - I can run mostly high supposedly... | 2011-11-08 01:08:00 Author: Unknown User |
| I've got it already! The Gamemania stores here in Belgium somehow decided to not wait for launch day (the store clerk said it was because they feared MW3's launch was going to interfere with the sales). Best birthday ever! http://i635.photobucket.com/albums/uu78/SnipySev/Picture0001.jpg In their tongue he's SnipySev, BRAGONBORN! | 2011-11-08 13:27:00 Author: SnipySev  Posts: 2452 |
| I've got it already! The Gamemania stores here in Belgium somehow decided to not wait for launch day (the store clerk said it was because they feared MW3's launch was going to interfere with the sales). Best birthday ever! http://i635.photobucket.com/albums/uu78/SnipySev/Picture0001.jpg In their tongue he's SnipySev, BRAGONBORN! http://cdn1.knowyourmeme.com/i/000/076/537/original/Super_FUUU_Face.jpg I'm gonna get it on PC - I'm assuming that 'low' on PC is roughly the 360/PS3 graphics - I can run mostly high supposedly... I heard the consoles were on low but I think it's much more likely they're on medium (which Oblivion was). Either way, PC version will look a bit better and have mods, so going with that is a good choice! | 2011-11-08 13:59:00 Author: Testudini Posts: 3262 |
| So jealous SnipySev! I caught the TV commercial for this last night and it gave me goosebumps. Looks amazing! I spent a year and a half playing Oblivion, but this one is going to be even more emmersive. Friday can't come fast enough! | 2011-11-08 14:00:00 Author: Morgana25 Posts: 5983 |
| I've got it already! The Gamemania stores here in Belgium somehow decided to not wait for launch day (the store clerk said it was because they feared MW3's launch was going to interfere with the sales). Best birthday ever! http://i635.photobucket.com/albums/uu78/SnipySev/Picture0001.jpg In their tongue he's SnipySev, BRAGONBORN! how does the game look on ps3. hoping to get it on Thursday now | 2011-11-08 14:55:00 Author: Ash_uk1 Posts: 255 |
| I don't doubt it will look better on PC but from what I've played the game looks amazing in the PS3 as well. Details everywhere. What I didn't like with Oblivion's visuals was that the landscapes were epic but up close the environment was bland, populated with mechanical NPC's. That flaw seems to have been mended. Everything looks awesome up close (streams of water and the firebreath of a dragon surprised me because of how good they look). Character animations got a serious improvement since Oblivion and Fallout. At the beggining there's a public execution of prisoners and I even got goosebumbs when I saw a headsman chopping the head off an unfortunate guy. The NPC's don't look like robots anymore. And watching ourselves in 3rd person isn't a torture like in Fallout and Oblivion. Our character movement is much more organic. In a little village I see NPC's sharpening weapons, carrying timber and preparing pelts on tanning racks. In 3rd person view we can now rotate the camera without rotating the character with it. I'll be able to contemplate that face paint and badass scars during the game! (seriously, once you have it check the available facial scars. They're awesome) Can it be? Has Bethesda finnaly learnt about that little thing we called immersion? Nitpicks: A few details in the environment pop in as we get close. A few framerate drops, but nothing we can't handle. Edit: Also, the map that comes with the pre-orders and early copies of the game is great. Freaking big: http://i635.photobucket.com/albums/uu78/SnipySev/Picture0004.jpg It has these details old papers have making it look antique, and it's made of some kind of "rough" paper, it almost like canvas. It feels like parchment when you touch it (as long as you disregard the other side that's blank and the tiny letters saying "Zenimax Inc, etc") | 2011-11-08 15:25:00 Author: SnipySev Posts: 2452 |
| I am jealous! Got it in Steam pre-ordered. Hopefully Pre-load tomorrow so for a midnight unlock on friday | 2011-11-08 15:36:00 Author: ryryryan  Posts: 3767 |
| Oh my god... Spellcasting is... AWESOME! It's like Bioshock's plasmids but we can use it much more freely, dual wield spells, and we can just keep pushing the button for as long as we want the effect to last. On one hand, equip Flames which will fire napalm out of your palm. On the other, equip Sparks, a spell you learn from a book you find early in the game and that makes you shoot lightning Emperor Palpatine-style (I guess we have the Flames spell from the start?). Find an enemy, push the controls for both spells down as long as your magicka allows, watch enemy get roasted and electrocuted at the same time. Weapons? Screw those | 2011-11-08 16:51:00 Author: SnipySev Posts: 2452 |
| I am jealous! Got it in Steam pre-ordered. Hopefully Pre-load tomorrow so for a midnight unlock on friday Yeah, I want the **** pre-load to come up so I have it the minute it unlocks. | 2011-11-08 17:35:00 Author: Unknown User |
| crying on the inside... nah i'm crying in my dorm room, lights off. Hahaha having to wait for it to be delivered from amazon on Friday sucks, everything you posted makes the game sound just as I hoped EPIC!! I have a feeling this is just the start, this game is going to last me a very long time! | 2011-11-08 17:39:00 Author: Frank-the-Bunny Posts: 1246 |
| Is there an option to invert the x and y axis for playing in 3rd person? It looks like this one will actually be playable in 3rd person. I'll get this for the PS3 in a month or so after I've had my fill of Dark Souls. | 2011-11-08 18:16:00 Author: fullofwin  Posts: 1214 |
| @fullofwin, You can invert the Y axis but not the X axis. I have completed the dungeon that appeared on the E3 demo, Bleak Falls Barrow. Much more fun than exploring the generic dungeons in Oblivion. There's waterfalls, little steams of water, traps, pits, puddles of oil we can lit up with fire, even some simple puzzles. I'm amazed. Now to explore the highlands in the dark and find my way back -_-' | 2011-11-08 18:27:00 Author: SnipySev Posts: 2452 |
| @fullofwin, You can invert the Y axis but not the X axis. I'm getting too old to put up with controls my brain thinks are backwards. I really don't understand the design decision that can justify adding an option to invert y without also adding the option to invert x?!? Inverting y would be cool if I could play as a dragon and swoop around the entire game, that's flight controls, lol! | 2011-11-08 19:15:00 Author: fullofwin Posts: 1214 |
| found a video of the ps3 version here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpUi61RRlug its looks very good , i thought it was the pc version at first | 2011-11-08 20:28:00 Author: Ash_uk1 Posts: 255 |
| There's one dragon skeleton in my game world already! Oh, and there'll be a massive famine in Whiterun very soon. All the cabbage, leek, potato and wheat crops around the city got harvested and robbed by a mysterious armored man wielding a flame spell and a battleaxe. What shocking vandalism! In completely unrelated news, the keeper of the "Bannered Mare" in just bought a massive stock of cabbages, leeks, potatoes and wheat from a mysterious armored man | 2011-11-08 22:05:00 Author: SnipySev Posts: 2452 |
| seen any warewolves yet? I should make my name "the real jacob" now i guess@ | 2011-11-08 22:42:00 Author: Frank-the-Bunny Posts: 1246 |
| ****it. I wasn't that excited about the game due to not pre-ordering it before, but now it's on my games list I literally can't wait. ARGGH! Pre-load start already! Right, I'm gunna play oblivion. | 2011-11-08 22:49:00 Author: ryryryan Posts: 3767 |
| ****it. I wasn't that excited about the game due to not pre-ordering it before, but now it's on my games list I literally can't wait. ARGGH! Pre-load start already! Right, I'm gunna play oblivion. Pre-load is up? Awesome. Gonna start now. Edit: Been drinking, mis-read. I got really excited then | 2011-11-08 23:18:00 Author: Unknown User |
| seen any warewolves yet? I should make my name "the real jacob" now i guess@ Nope, I'm still not that much into the game. Although I already have a mission from a warrior faction I joined that apparently will have me dealing with vampires. | 2011-11-08 23:26:00 Author: SnipySev Posts: 2452 |
| Pre-load is up? Awesome. Gonna start now. Edit: Been drinking, mis-read. I got really excited then First 15 mins from xbox360 in awesome quality below. Spoilers if you want to go in not knowing a thing! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyhuaGQIoTw | 2011-11-08 23:27:00 Author: ryryryan Posts: 3767 |
| PRE-LOAD IS UP GO GO GO GO GO AAARRRGH I went to buy some camouflage trousers the other day. Couldn't find any. | 2011-11-09 01:01:00 Author: ryryryan Posts: 3767 |
| PRE-LOAD IS UP GO GO GO GO GO AAARRRGH I went to buy some camouflage trousers the other day. Couldn't find any. AAARRRGHAAARRRGHAAARRRGHAAARRRGHAAARRRGHAAARRRGHAA ARRRGHAAARRRGHAAARRRGHAAARRRGHAAARRRGHAAARRRGHAAAR RRGHAAARRRGHAAARRRGHAAARRRGHAAARRRGHAAARRRGHAAARRR GH I also need some camo pants. Let me know if you find some. | 2011-11-09 01:05:00 Author: Unknown User |
| Is it? If yes, enjoy and see you in Skyrim | 2011-11-09 01:11:00 Author: SnipySev Posts: 2452 |
| Doesn't mean I can play it yet Just that come thursday night, when it hits friday at 0:00 I can play skyrim | 2011-11-09 01:13:00 Author: ryryryan Posts: 3767 |
| I see no pre-load D: Must be only in Europe or summin' right now. | 2011-11-09 03:02:00 Author: Kog Posts: 2358 |
| Pre-load?... | 2011-11-09 03:31:00 Author: Bremnen Posts: 1800 |
| I see no pre-load D: Must be only in Europe or summin' right now. If you already have Steam up, you need to exit and reload Steam for it to update the status of it... Should be there next time you start Steam. | 2011-11-09 10:23:00 Author: Unknown User |
| Hell, the mission after slaying our first dragon is EPIC. A secluded order of monks isolated on the peak of the highest mountain in the game, trained in the way of the dragon's voice, call me with their mighty shouts (I heard a thunderous "DOVAHKIIN" when I was returning to a city miles away after I had slain the dragon). Then I had to answer their summon, going on a pilgrimage to the mountain and climbing the 7.000 steps to its peak. Now I'm training with the monks to learn how to use my dragon shouts. AWESOME. | 2011-11-09 16:03:00 Author: SnipySev Posts: 2452 |
| This isn't avaliable for me yet...I preordered and it still hasn't shown up ? That's weird and very dissapointing | 2011-11-09 18:05:00 Author: butter-kicker  Posts: 1061 |
| For the console owners who haven't gotten their copy yet: Framerate is excellent. Graphics are great and the atmosphere is fantastic. Nothing to worry about here people, it's awesome and super easy to swap stuff with your favourite list. | 2011-11-09 19:34:00 Author: BasketSnake Posts: 2391 |
| For the console owners who haven't gotten their copy yet: Framerate is excellent. Graphics are great and the atmosphere is fantastic. Nothing to worry about here people, it's awesome and super easy to swap stuff with your favourite list. Agreed. There are some hiccups when there's too much stuff happening, but it's never something serious. On average it's not on a worse level than the drops that happen in most console games. | 2011-11-09 20:15:00 Author: SnipySev Posts: 2452 |
| i got my copy now its awesome so far | 2011-11-10 14:52:00 Author: Ash_uk1 Posts: 255 |
| Come on people, tell your game stores to hurry! The sooner there's tips we can share, the better! By the way, no matter if you killed a dragon and feel like a total badass, don't screw with the giants. I learned that the hard way. After two hits. | 2011-11-10 15:06:00 Author: SnipySev Posts: 2452 |
| i have a tip but you may know about it ready always carry a pickaxe with you ill update this message with my "story so far" if i can drag myself away from the game long enough . edit: found this funny video on youtube mite minor spoilers so ill just put the link here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K27GuSSha0s | 2011-11-10 17:22:00 Author: Ash_uk1 Posts: 255 |
| Yeah, the pickaxe is for the mining. I also carry a wood axe to cut firewood and get some money out of it, but I rarely use it so I'll ditch it whenever I buy a house in Whiterun. Oh, and sometimes you'll get on an unarmed brawl with someone. Make sure you don't overdo the punching. There's a point when the character with which you are fighting will collapse to the ground and give up, the fight's over by then. If you continue past that point it's a crime. And speaking of crime, if you're being pursued by guards that are trying to kill you, sheathe your weapons with square to surrender and get the option to solve things in a non-violent manner. I found that sometimes you need to unsheathe and sheathe your weapons if they're beating you while you are already unarmed. | 2011-11-10 21:58:00 Author: SnipySev Posts: 2452 |
| 2 Hours time I will be playing Hmmm what to do till then... Was gunna play the witcher 2 but it needs to download 11GB D: FUUUUUUUUUUUUU | 2011-11-10 22:06:00 Author: ryryryan Posts: 3767 |
| How about have a nice long cry? As for me, I've got 7 hours till it's out on steam, but I've got stuff to do until then so ye~. | 2011-11-10 22:25:00 Author: Kog Posts: 2358 |
| AAHH Half hour to go! FUS RO DAH! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkf3eL7Pol0&feature=player_embedded | 2011-11-10 23:27:00 Author: ryryryan Posts: 3767 |
| I tried the pc version earlier. It's got four default graphics settings: Low, Mid, High, Ultra. My -laptop- defaulted to high and it looked pretty much like the xbox version. | 2011-11-11 00:03:00 Author: BasketSnake Posts: 2391 |
| It seems if you use that weird basket thing, you can actually steal from right infront of them, and they won't notice xD | 2011-11-11 01:50:00 Author: Kog Posts: 2358 |
| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2az_5uH9eQ&feature=feedu | 2011-11-11 14:03:00 Author: SnipySev Posts: 2452 |
| http://gyazo.com/e64bc769f88a663b91c7c52368434d1e.png | 2011-11-11 18:07:00 Author: Testudini Posts: 3262 |
| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt5aUdijAN8 | 2011-11-11 18:14:00 Author: Ayneh  Posts: 2454 |
| Lol at the stealing video! "Hey look, I'm just going to put this bucket on your head. You don't mind do you?" "Oh of course not, go ahead!" | 2011-11-11 19:27:00 Author: SnipySev Posts: 2452 |
| Holy s***, what is this? Forged in God's very flames. Do mine eyes tell me lies, A new Elder Scrolls Game? Time is nigh, I must fly, Venture forth on my quest. Goodbye Ma, goodbye Pa And goodbye Girlfriend's breasts. I'll be off Azeroth, catch you later Hyrule. I'll be gone Albion, I'm no longer your fool. Other crap filled the gap While I waited to begin... The adventure of my life in the land of Skyrim! | 2011-11-11 19:39:00 Author: theswweet Posts: 2468 |
| Holy s***, what is this? Forged in God's very flames. Do mine eyes tell me lies, A new Elder Scrolls Game? Time is nigh, I must fly, Venture forth on my quest. Goodbye Ma, goodbye Pa And goodbye Girlfriend's breasts. I'll be off Azeroth, catch you later Hyrule. I'll be gone Albion, I'm no longer your fool. Other crap filled the gap While I waited to begin... The adventure of my life in the land of Skyrim! The same guy that made that video released this one not long ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsqiSknjHK8 Here is the first video thesweet alluded to, for those who haven't yet seen it. Anyone who searched "Skyrim" on YouTube during this year must've seen it, though. It has become legendary by now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9eGtyqz4gY | 2011-11-11 19:59:00 Author: SnipySev Posts: 2452 |
| I just bought this game! | 2011-11-12 02:38:00 Author: warlord_evil Posts: 4193 |
| The stealing video reminds me of stealing in Fallout New Vegas. "Hey, I'm just going to drag these items into this broom closet, go in there myself, close the door and come out a few moments later. Naturally, the items will still be in the broom closet when I leave, trust me." "But of course!" Speaking of which, does anyone who has the game know if it has similar freezing issues that FO3 and NV had? I know Bethesda is using a new game engine for this and was wondering how it compared. | 2011-11-12 03:24:00 Author: Dapiek Absaroka  Posts: 512 |
| I want this game so much... I need a new RPG to play... But I'm torn! I can either get this, or MW3 to play with my friends... I want this one more... But my friends are all on MW3 and I miss them! T-T Who votes that I should flip a coin? | 2011-11-12 03:55:00 Author: Speedynutty68  Posts: 1614 |
| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QJIxej1PiQ lol | 2011-11-12 04:03:00 Author: Ayneh Posts: 2454 |
| http://gyazo.com/093c6df5da61eb680ae5b010b4058281.png Six pages, not bad. http://gyazo.com/1c2f35bb55f6f05e22a839667c7b731e.png Three! Even better! http://gyazo.com/bd819d0fa37ef97e1e4cdddc2d9a5fae.png ... I can not get the PC version to work. From having to reinstall six times (three of them in a row), to countless bugs and horrible UI, they just really ****ed up. I realized it was going to be a port but my god, it's like they just took the console version, changed the controls a bit, let a puppy play on a programmer's keyboard, then shipped it. Some people experience no problems, others have enough to last three Bethesda launches. It's just terrible. EDIT: Make that seven times now. | 2011-11-12 04:51:00 Author: Testudini Posts: 3262 |
| http://gyazo.com/e64bc769f88a663b91c7c52368434d1e.png 3 - 4 GB in 7 mins...? O_o Who's your provider? xD | 2011-11-12 08:00:00 Author: Silverleon  Posts: 6707 |
| I want this game so much... I need a new RPG to play... But I'm torn! I can either get this, or MW3 to play with my friends... I want this one more... But my friends are all on MW3 and I miss them! T-T Who votes that I should flip a coin? All my friends play CoD but I've never been tempted to try it. If I want to socialize with my friends, I'll go out into The Real World * everybody gasps* and hang out with them in person. Get Skyrim, it's so much better than MW3. | 2011-11-12 08:44:00 Author: abyssalassassin Posts: 717 |
| Picking it up in the morning. Hope bestbuy is honest with their availability information. I was going to get PC but I am seeing a good amount of trouble over it. | 2011-11-12 09:14:00 Author: Littlebigdude805  Posts: 1924 |
| I want this game so much... I need a new RPG to play... But I'm torn! I can either get this, or MW3 to play with my friends... I want this one more... But my friends are all on MW3 and I miss them! T-T Who votes that I should flip a coin? Buy Skyrim if you want it more, and ask your friends to play a game you already have in common, with you, if they're not even willing to do that, then its not really worth it to buy "their" game just because they don't wanna play with you. | 2011-11-12 09:52:00 Author: Silverleon Posts: 6707 |
| http://gyazo.com/093c6df5da61eb680ae5b010b4058281.png Six pages, not bad. http://gyazo.com/1c2f35bb55f6f05e22a839667c7b731e.png Three! Even better! http://gyazo.com/bd819d0fa37ef97e1e4cdddc2d9a5fae.png ... I can not get the PC version to work. From having to reinstall six times (three of them in a row), to countless bugs and horrible UI, they just really ****ed up. I realized it was going to be a port but my god, it's like they just took the console version, changed the controls a bit, let a puppy play on a programmer's keyboard, then shipped it. Some people experience no problems, others have enough to last three Bethesda launches. It's just terrible. EDIT: Make that seven times now. That sucks. I'm 10 hours into the PC version and I've had no issues (other than 1 crash), so I'm happy. Looks stunning on my laptop as well, can't wait to get it on my desktop running at max settings when I'm home at Christmas though... | 2011-11-12 10:14:00 Author: Unknown User |
| http://gyazo.com/093c6df5da61eb680ae5b010b4058281.png Six pages, not bad. http://gyazo.com/1c2f35bb55f6f05e22a839667c7b731e.png Three! Even better! http://gyazo.com/bd819d0fa37ef97e1e4cdddc2d9a5fae.png ... I can not get the PC version to work. From having to reinstall six times (three of them in a row), to countless bugs and horrible UI, they just really ****ed up. I realized it was going to be a port but my god, it's like they just took the console version, changed the controls a bit, let a puppy play on a programmer's keyboard, then shipped it. Some people experience no problems, others have enough to last three Bethesda launches. It's just terrible. EDIT: Make that seven times now. Err... The only thing I can suggest is to wait and fill your time with other games...? | 2011-11-12 17:22:00 Author: grayspence  Posts: 1990 |
| Kill one chicken and eeeeeeverybody hates you :/ Puh, racist, they just hate me cause I'm scaley. | 2011-11-12 19:32:00 Author: Littlebigdude805 Posts: 1924 |
| I'm playing it as a High-Elf racist All other races are inferior to us High-Elves | 2011-11-12 20:03:00 Author: Macnme Posts: 1970 |
| Okay guys... I really like the look of this game... SHould I buy this, Or Uncharted 3? | 2011-11-12 20:19:00 Author: grayspence Posts: 1990 |
| PS3 one's better. My brother got a 2nd PS3 today because I kept hogging the 1 he bought for himself to play LBP. He also bought Skyrim and Arkham City, both EPIC GAMES. But I prefer Skyrim My character's called Elle Sparkes. | 2011-11-12 20:23:00 Author: Unknown User |
| i got to say the main story in this is so much better than oblivions | 2011-11-12 21:07:00 Author: Ash_uk1 Posts: 255 |
| So everyone, tell me what/who is your.... Spouse? Follower? Dog? House? I've come across a ton of all those, but as of now I have a house in Solitude, Jenassa's my follower, I have a pet called Meeko who's my dog, and I have yet to find a spouse. Btw, if anyone wants to get married, you need to have an amulet of mara, which you can buy off a guy in the Bee and Barb in Riften, or find on the beach to the east of Dawnstar. | 2011-11-13 04:09:00 Author: Kog Posts: 2358 |
| ive got a house in whiterun fully furnished too and i can have Lydia follow me but i leave her at the house to go adventuring on my own spoiler i have a pet dragon well sort of i can call it in to battle | 2011-11-13 09:39:00 Author: Ash_uk1 Posts: 255 |
| Okay guys... I really like the look of this game... SHould I buy this, Or Uncharted 3? Do you prefer hollywoodesque action/adventure and replayablity through online mode? Buy Uncharted. Do you prefer high fantasy with a nordic style that takes hundreds of hours to complete? Go with Skyrim. I have both, and I just can't say which one I like best. Uncharted 3 packs the best 8 hours of gameplay you can have but you'll be yearning for more the moment it's over. Skyrim requires more patience and screwing around to get you to the good parts. | 2011-11-13 15:59:00 Author: SnipySev Posts: 2452 |
| So like... wow (todays steam stats) Current - Peak 232,203 - 287,411 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 38,952 - 62,866 Football Manager 2012 37,843 - 86,832 Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 - Multiplayer 29,381 - 48,376 Team Fortress 2 28,364 - 67,934 Counter-Strike 21,578 - 53,677 Counter-Strike: Source 17,722 - 22,333 Sid Meier's Civilization V 14,354 - 41,669 Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 9,848 - 11,448 DC Universe Online 7,869 - 10,717 Left 4 Dead 2 Genuinly suprised to see CoD not on top. Awesome, I am proud of my fellow PC players. I have never seen stats that high before. | 2011-11-13 23:25:00 Author: ryryryan Posts: 3767 |
| lol @ FM12 also beating CoD. FM FTW. And Skyrim, of course <3 | 2011-11-14 00:01:00 Author: Unknown User |
| http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/594702184980963053/CC909C87AE60E66A609F844900FADE545F431B18/ Also, has anyone come across something like this? http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/594702184957972878/C58D4151E153151C06E0011B35E9D1B482CD7D15/ I've found two of them and am clueless to what they do. It's just a building with 4 gates and a single lever in the center. I'm assuming they are apart of some quest, but which one? | 2011-11-14 01:34:00 Author: Kog Posts: 2358 |
| Spoilers on the horse Kog? :/ Not much, but if its anything like oblivion then yeh. Also no idea with those buildings. | 2011-11-14 03:50:00 Author: ryryryan Posts: 3767 |
| Ugh, this game sounds amazing... Its so hard for me to wait for BF for a good discount! But, I need this and Rayman Origins... | 2011-11-14 04:26:00 Author: theswweet Posts: 2468 |
| So, apparently the Xbox 360's optional installation has an issue. Bethesda recommends people to install it to reduce the excrutiatingly long loading times on the Xbox, but when you install it, the texture streaming is affected and some textures get downgraded (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-skyrim-texture-problems-on-xbox-360). Choose the PS3, and go with fuzzy textures and (possibly, awaiting Digital Foundry's article on this) weakest render distance. Choose the PC, and get riddled with loads of bugs. (a friend of mine in a forum said he had to extract a file from Oblivion's Mod Manager to get someting related with the voices to work. People who screwed the process up got their gamesave broken) Choose the 360 and you'll also have to choose between downgraded textures or terrible loading times. Pick your poison, ladies and gentlemen. | 2011-11-14 06:08:00 Author: SnipySev Posts: 2452 |
| So here's my first opinion after a whole red eyed weekend with it... To start I LOVE THIS GAME! Seriously, I fell in love with it instantly. IT's better then oblivion and in my opinion it's better for me than Morrowind was. I love everything about it, yes it has some technical hiccups, but it never has once brought me out of the overall experience of the game. I spent two hours just wandering around doing anything that came up. Now two days in, I have 17 hours played, i'm a level 20 Kajeet, specializing in archery. Just joined the dark Brotherhood as well as the Companions(fighter guild). I'm so into it, all I can say is there goes my life. | 2011-11-14 06:13:00 Author: Frank-the-Bunny Posts: 1246 |
| So I finally got this working, and I'm loving it so far! Stayed up till three yesterday playing it! 3 - 4 GB in 7 mins...? O_o Who's your provider? xD Installing from the disc. Also, has anyone come across something like this? snip I've found two of them and am clueless to what they do. It's just a building with 4 gates and a single lever in the center. I'm assuming they are apart of some quest, but which one? Dwemer ruin exit | 2011-11-14 07:08:00 Author: Testudini Posts: 3262 |
| So like... wow (todays steam stats) Genuinly suprised to see CoD not on top. Awesome, I am proud of my fellow PC players. I have never seen stats that high before. I suppose its nice to see an overhyped game beat another overhyped game once in a while, basically the same thing, tho. | 2011-11-14 11:28:00 Author: Silverleon Posts: 6707 |
| Well I'm about 28 hours into it and am loving it! It's better than Oblivion and I adored that game. I'm finding it hard to shut it down for the night! | 2011-11-14 14:15:00 Author: Morgana25 Posts: 5983 |
| Well I'm about 28 hours into it and am loving it! It's better than Oblivion and I adored that game. I'm finding it hard to shut it down for the night! What is this "shutting it down" you speak of? Gotta get back, freezing out here... danged luna moths, they never freeze. Just follow the road, follow the road... is my character getting sleepy? the screen is going black. Snap, it's me. Gotta get some coffee. Can't stop to sleep here, there are wolves... some mead to warm the belly... or is it coffe? Can't... stop... now... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz | 2011-11-14 19:17:00 Author: SnipySev Posts: 2452 |
| I suppose its nice to see an overhyped game beat another overhyped game once in a while, basically the same thing, tho. But Skyrim lived up to the hype. It wasn't over hyped, it was just very hyped up for good reason. MW3 however... | 2011-11-14 20:03:00 Author: ryryryan Posts: 3767 |
| If anything I'd say it was underhyped I've recently been going after the 8 dragon priests, each of which owns a mask which do something pretty cool if brought together at the right place | 2011-11-14 20:27:00 Author: Kog Posts: 2358 |
| Do you have to sell stolen items to a fence like in Oblivion? | 2011-11-14 20:54:00 Author: Foofles  Posts: 2278 |
| Do you have to sell stolen items to a fence like in Oblivion? I think so, since there's a Thieves Guild. But I think I've already seen a perk (maybe high up in the "pickpocket" constellation but I'm not sure) that allows you to sell stolen goods to normal merchants. Soon I'll confirm if I am remembering this correctly. | 2011-11-14 22:24:00 Author: SnipySev Posts: 2452 |
| But Skyrim lived up to the hype. It wasn't over hyped, it was just very hyped up for good reason. MW3 however... If anything I'd say it was underhyped I've recently been going after the 8 dragon priests, each of which owns a mask which do something pretty cool if brought together at the right place Well I'm not gonna fight personal opinion here, you seem to have liked it a lot, that's all that matters, right? | 2011-11-15 01:43:00 Author: Silverleon Posts: 6707 |
| I think so, since there's a Thieves Guild. But I think I've already seen a perk (maybe high up in the "pickpocket" constellation but I'm not sure) that allows you to sell stolen goods to normal merchants. Soon I'll confirm if I am remembering this correctly. Speech I believe. I find it funny how I can defeat dragons no problem, but if a Snow Sabre Cat runs up to me, it's all over Also, fireball = godly. | 2011-11-15 15:20:00 Author: Testudini Posts: 3262 |
| The Star of Aszura is an incredibly useful item to own early on if you're an enchanter. I would suggest visiting the shrine if aszura as early as possible | 2011-11-15 15:36:00 Author: Macnme Posts: 1970 |
| I've trapped Morkai's soul in the Black Star. I also have the Staff of Magnus. I should have the Skeleton Key in a few hours...then I'm getting back to the main quest. I recommend you google both Azura's Star and Skeleton Key if you're not familiar with the items. | 2011-11-15 17:36:00 Author: BasketSnake Posts: 2391 |
| Thought you guys might enjoy this If you look closely you might see something on her head. http://mypics.site11.com/Headshot.JPG Not meaning to brag but what a shot! Right between the eyes AND she's still sitting in her chair! It was a fluke sure but it's still awesome.http://mypics.site11.com/rightbetweentheeyes.JPG | 2011-11-16 03:02:00 Author: SR20DETDOG Posts: 2431 |
| So has anyone had luck in keeping their followers alive? I just lost my second one! They never seem to make it through even the first real fight :/ I give up! They are too much of a hassle to always be worrying about. | 2011-11-16 05:49:00 Author: Littlebigdude805 Posts: 1924 |
| Only my horse so far has died on me... I was gutted. The housecarl Lydia that you get for becoming Thane of Whiterun seems to be tough as nails... she's normally killed something before I have a chance to start casting! I was starting to think maybe she was invincible - but maybe not... | 2011-11-16 06:15:00 Author: Macnme Posts: 1970 |
| So has anyone had luck in keeping their followers alive? I just lost my second one! They never seem to make it through even the first real fight :/ I give up! They are too much of a hassle to always be worrying about. Yup, I've got three and they're all still alive, but that's because I never use them. I don't think I ever will, not on quests anyway, I usually pick off as many enemies as I can sneaking with my bow and arrow then go in and finish up with sword in hand. I can only see followers being a nuisance with my way of doing things, I might take them with me if I'm just mucking around though. Horses are another thing I never use, I find I'm more than fast enough on foot. | 2011-11-16 06:37:00 Author: SR20DETDOG Posts: 2431 |
| Thought you guys might enjoy this If you look closely you might see something on her head. http://mypics.site11.com/Headshot.JPG Not meaning to brag but what a shot! Right between the eyes AND she's still sitting in her chair! It was a fluke sure but it's still awesome.http://mypics.site11.com/rightbetweentheeyes.JPG I was hoping it was an apple on her head, and the next shot would be you taken down the apple xD | 2011-11-16 16:33:00 Author: ryryryan Posts: 3767 |
| Well, isn't this just *******ing great. (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-11-16-skyrim-players-call-for-ps3-save-file-bug-fix) | 2011-11-16 17:02:00 Author: SnipySev Posts: 2452 |
| Well, isn't this just *******ing great. (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-11-16-skyrim-players-call-for-ps3-save-file-bug-fix) Arrr Noooo. that must be why my game lags now. mines still playable tho, my saves about 7mb now | 2011-11-16 20:26:00 Author: Ash_uk1 Posts: 255 |
| This game has consumed a lot of my time this past weekend. I am enjoying every minute of it. I haven't had any of my followers follow me yet though, I hate having to worry about other people. Oh, also, I started a video series, where I tell stories of my adventure. You guys can check it out here: The Dragonborn Diaries Part 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3MfP4IaYho) | 2011-11-16 20:34:00 Author: Spider-Jew  Posts: 1090 |
| I haven't had any of my followers follow me yet though I'm fairly sure they can't die, they only are unable to fight for a few moments when their health is depleted, where then they get back up and fight more when it refills; mind that you can kill them yourself though. | 2011-11-16 21:51:00 Author: warlord_evil Posts: 4193 |
| I have found that my followers can't die... to enemies. I, of course, am not an enemy, so murdering by my hand is possible, and oh boy does it happen a lot. If I had a cent for every time I shot Meeko in the head with an arrow and killed him, I'd be a millionaire. Seriously, I find I have to reload saves more because I killed my followers rather than having me died. In other news, I've got seven of the eight dragon priest masks Also, ZOOM ZOOM AQUAHORSE! http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/594702185005228760/4DBA286A4BDA9F27A5DFCE5DD87C10EF5C1E8D86/ | 2011-11-16 22:22:00 Author: Kog Posts: 2358 |
| ive finished the main quest now currently doing the thefts gild and generally messing about and looking for more dragon shouts also ive heard you can still get perks past level 50 is this true can any one confirm this, as i remember in an interview with tod howard he said the perks stop at level 50 but you can level up to 80 | 2011-11-16 22:40:00 Author: Ash_uk1 Posts: 255 |
| So...I killed Lydia and J'zargo? D: Well...I was using flames on both occasions and I know for a fact J'zargo jumped in to it (One moment Im burning an ice troll to a crisp, the next I realize he had rejoined me and was standing in front of the troll D: ) So perhaps I will bring followers around once more, just be sure to use more accurate spells. Reanimating their dead bodies was always fun though | 2011-11-16 22:44:00 Author: Littlebigdude805 Posts: 1924 |
| So do I join the Stormfronts who want an all-white/nord Skyrim or the Pure Evil Imperial Briti-I mean-Roman Empire? | 2011-11-16 23:12:00 Author: Ayneh Posts: 2454 |
| So do I join the Stormfronts who want an all-white/nord Skyrim or the Pure Evil Imperial Briti-I mean-Roman Empire? ...yes? | 2011-11-16 23:45:00 Author: Littlebigdude805 Posts: 1924 |
| Also, ZOOM ZOOM AQUAHORSE! http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/594702185005228760/4DBA286A4BDA9F27A5DFCE5DD87C10EF5C1E8D86/ Wow cool!! You got a Shadowmere!! Is that Horse worth what you go through for it?? (I heard it's awesome).Don't you have to go through a few of the Dark Brotherhood missions to get him?? | 2011-11-17 00:03:00 Author: Unknown User |
| ooo yikes...I told that super clumsy dark elf magician in the Winterhold College that I was interested in her, just to see what would happen. "Great! It's settled then!" -_- What have I done. I'm Archmage...is it even ethical to marry a student? Can I still flirt about with the other ladies of Skyrim? | 2011-11-17 03:04:00 Author: Littlebigdude805 Posts: 1924 |
| ive finished the main quest now currently doing the thefts gild and generally messing about and looking for more dragon shouts also ive heard you can still get perks past level 50 is this true can any one confirm this, as i remember in an interview with tod howard he said the perks stop at level 50 but you can level up to 80 The old trick from the previous games was to commit some heinous crimes and choose to do the time in jail - this would lower your level if you stayed in jail for long enough and then you could re-level up and put more points in your skills - but the levelling system was different in the previous games, so the same trick probably won't work. | 2011-11-17 03:41:00 Author: Macnme Posts: 1970 |
| Wow cool!! You got a Shadowmere!! Is that Horse worth what you go through for it?? (I heard it's awesome). Don't you have to go through a few of the Dark Brotherhood missions to get him?? Well, doing all the DB quests are worth it, so yeah. It's always fun killing people ooo yikes...I told that super clumsy dark elf magician in the Winterhold College that I was interested in her, just to see what would happen. "Great! It's settled then!" -_- What have I done. I'm Archmage...is it even ethical to marry a student? Can I still flirt about with the other ladies of Skyrim? Nope, unless you some how divorce, but I'm pretty sure you can't do that. | 2011-11-17 05:13:00 Author: Kog Posts: 2358 |
| Guess I just have to get used to being turned in to a hairy cow then -_- | 2011-11-17 05:17:00 Author: Littlebigdude805 Posts: 1924 |
| Guess I just have to get used to being turned in to a hairy cow then -_- Why not just kill your wife? I mean, if she doesn't make you happy, it seems to be the most logical solution. | 2011-11-17 06:01:00 Author: Spider-Jew Posts: 1090 |
| Why not just kill your wife? I mean, if she doesn't make you happy, it seems to be the most logical solution. Join us next time on, Life Tips, With Spider-Jew. Coming up next, "10 steps to making the best child sandwhich you've ever had." | 2011-11-17 06:05:00 Author: Kog Posts: 2358 |
| Join us next time on, Life Tips, With Spider-Jew. Coming up next, "10 steps to making the best child sandwhich you've ever had." The key is to marinate them in hot sauce for 18 hours before grilling. | 2011-11-17 06:18:00 Author: Spider-Jew Posts: 1090 |
| I have Lydia as a companion, then I forgot I had her and ran off at full speed on my horse. Long story short, I haven't seen Lydia for hours. Can anyone help me in trying to find her, seeing as I can't get a new companion without relieving her either, this will become a bigger issue rather than a small annoyance later on. | 2011-11-17 07:09:00 Author: Plasmavore  Posts: 1913 |
| I have Lydia as a companion, then I forgot I had her and ran off at full speed on my horse. Long story short, I haven't seen Lydia for hours. Can anyone help me in trying to find her, seeing as I can't get a new companion without relieving her either, this will become a bigger issue rather than a small annoyance later on. She'll pop up anytime you load a new area. If not, she was probably murdered painfully and slowly by a pack of wolves, her final words being... "Why Plasma? Why?" | 2011-11-17 15:02:00 Author: Testudini Posts: 3262 |
| I have a question for people who have done smithing. i have just got the steel perk but cant improve weapons or armor past fine. my smithing lvl is 22. is it because of my smithing lvl? | 2011-11-17 16:37:00 Author: Ash_uk1 Posts: 255 |
| This got delivered yesterday, and even though I'm not ready to play it, I couldn't resist popping it in to have a quick look. Character builder has been drastically nerfed. Mostly it's choosing between some presets with few actual parameter sliders, none of which are inter-connected. This was probably a wise move for most players, but I would have appreciated the chance to try to make one of the desiccated ancient alien husks they're trying to pass off as elves presentable. I thought Wood Elf implied where they live...not what they are made out of! Really like the new lock-picking mechanic, feels more realistic. Environments are beautiful and full of nice details. Sadly the combat seems little improved from Oblivion and you don't get any sense that your weapon has actually connected with anything. They added some finishing move sequence that's very disorienting...I don't need the camera zooming in every time I kill something, I didn't do anything special (need to see if you can turn this off). It's pretty difficult going from the excellent combat in Dark Souls to this, which is decidely lame, I'll probably play as a pure-mage so I'm less apt to compare the two. Anyway, Skyrim seems quite promising so far, if you liked Oblivion (I thought it was hugely overrated) you'll certainly enjoy this. Of course the most dangerous thing I've encountered thus far in Skyrim has been a kettle that decided it really needed to be elsewhere in a hurry! | 2011-11-17 18:27:00 Author: fullofwin Posts: 1214 |
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