The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Screenshots and Information)

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It sounds like it's going to be a big improvement from Oblivion. Is that even possible?

"... you could enter your inventory and decide to drop a heavy two-handed weapon rather than sell it at a nearby shop. In some instances, ... a young boy might grab it up and rush after you, asking if you had dropped it and might like it back."

Adoring fan?

"Dragons are real and regular threats in the game world. They fly into battle at unexpected times. They ravage towns. They wield awesome power. And you'll have to face them repeatedly in single combat."

Looks like the cliff-racer is back. Meaner than ever x_x

*Oggles*

Oblivion is what introduced me to lucid dreaming. Therefore I am ever grateful to the boy who introduced me to Oblivion. :D

I can't believe we have to wait a year for this bloody thing! :bang:

SOOOOO EXCITED! :drool:

This looks awesome, we've come a long way since Morrowind!

Aww goddamn. When Morrowind came out I bought a new computer. When Oblivion came out I once again had to buy a new one. Looks like it's going to be the same story all over, because this looks awesome!:D

I'm certainly not going to pick it up as soon as it comes out. I'll probably wait a month or two for mods to come out.

Meh, I used to love playing Oblivion without mods. Mods would only come in after I had drained vanilla of it's fun, and then the mods would build up until the game would finally become completely unbearable. Then I rinse and repeat after about a few months break xD

Hey!
Found this and I thought I should share!

Behind The Scenes Of Skyrim - News - www.GameInformer.com

It's pretty coolieo.

Wow, the graphics look amazing can't wait!

Wow, I want to work there.

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Hey!
Found this and I thought I should share!

Behind The Scenes Of Skyrim - News - www.GameInformer.com

It's pretty coolieo.

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Thanks :D I think Bethesda studios is even cooler now. AND I want to work there:p But that's not gonna happen.

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Hey!
Found this and I thought I should share!

Behind The Scenes Of Skyrim - News - www.GameInformer.com

It's pretty coolieo.

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Thanks a lot, I'm watching that now.

Lol'd @ the whiteboard:
black pen: ? How to tell difference between DETECTED | DANGER
blue pen: DUH, the people trying to kill you!!

is it missing an image? between Weapons of Choice and A new Land?

And this is going to be AWSOME

Yeah I think it is missing a picture.

They should all be included in this video: YouTube - ElderScrolls V Skyrim Pictures

Also, The Sounds Of Skyrim - News - www.GameInformer.com <- big article about sounds in Skyrim.

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It sounds like it's going to be a big improvement from Oblivion. Is that even possible?

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I ask the same thing, Bethesda improving a game? They seem to always remove something on the sequels and sell us the "YOU CAN DO EVERYTHING" every time (and I believe it every time).
I wouldn't be surprised if Skyrim didn't have a construction set or even less skills.-

This is why I need a better computer!:bowdown:

Here's some vids to turn down your hype xD

I remember when I first heard they announced this. I almost gave birth... and I am a guy.

Cannot wait until it comes out. TES FOREVER!

I really hope they make the environments more diverse than oblivion was. I thought the environments and towns were a real bore to be honest. I will inevitably check it out though, just because I loved Morrowind so much. I just hope the setting and leveling system is improved this go around.

I told my sons of this thread and all of us can hardly wait. We are MAJOR Oblivion addicts (until the XBox broke, now they play on the computer, but I don't like the PC version for some reason).
I hope they give more options for decorating. I spend hours working on my houses and it's get's really annoying moving books just to have them fall through the bookcase lol.

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I told my sons of this thread and all of us can hardly wait. We are MAJOR Oblivion addicts (until the XBox broke, now they play on the computer, but I don't like the PC version for some reason).
I hope they give more options for decorating. I spend hours working on my houses and it's get's really annoying moving books just to have them fall through the bookcase lol.

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I TOTALLY know what you're talkin' about!

Check it: YouTube - Oblivion Tour - MasterNILE

So is anybody else over-excited just because of the dragons?

Oh, and a new trailer.

Btw check the elderscrolls site for more goodies like wallpapers

The new trailer is epicness.

I've watched it many times now, and at the point right after he yells at the dragon gives me chills every time :D

Sorry for everyone who hate reviving old threads.
But I thought that i should post, because Skyrim is right behind the corner.
I'm truly waiting for Skyrim. 11.11.11 :shadewink:

I will be wasting my friday night sitting outside of a gaming store to pick up my preorder witht he rest of the geeks.

Damn wish I could run it

I've already put 26:18:32:03 into this game and it's absolutely amazing.
You can actually write letters to other online players using the parchment paper.

Co-op is a bit one sided, though. If you marry and bring an acquaintance into battle with you, which ever one of you invited the other person gets the experience. Lame..but whatevs, still an awesome game!!

hehehe

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This is probably the one thread I'd like to see revived. (Oh wait, what, I just realized I made it. What the fuck)

Huh, either way, I actually haven't been all that excited. Strange, eh? I've been looking forward to it, sure, but I've felt a bit indifferent and sort of "oh yeah, that'll be fun".
I have a friend in my class who is über hyped, and my little brother is hyped to the moon as well. In a way, I'm glad I feel this way, because, let's face it, this is Bethesda, the game is going to have plenty of glitches and bugs and silly shit going on. But really, I fucking loved both Oblivion and Fallout 3. And look at the kind of improvements that happened from Oblivion to Fallout 3, now it's going to happen again!

And also I no longer feel like that. Last couple days, I've become more hyped as well, and now I feel like I can't wait ! :D
I really hope stores won't run out of copies, I'd hate to not get it because they ran out -.-

There's also plenty of spoilerific things out there, videos and such, because the Xbox 360 version was leaked. I've watched some of it. It's good :3

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I've already put 26:18:32:03 into this game and it's absolutely amazing.
You can actually write letters to other online players using the parchment paper.

Co-op is a bit one sided, though. If you marry and bring an acquaintance into battle with you, which ever one of you invited the other person gets the experience. Lame..but whatevs, still an awesome game!!

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Wait, what? You've got the leaked version? Letters to online players? Co-op? What the fuck is this shit.

SKYRIM IS CLOSE AT HAND!!1!1!one!!!1!!

Hype Up!

The World of Skyrim

Every straight man is allowed 2-5 seconds of gay everyday; i'll go ahead and use my now:
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! :cheeky:

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Every straight man is allowed 2-5 seconds of gay everyday; i'll go ahead and use my now:
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! :cheeky:

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[ha!] whatevs

I only fear that I'll start failing my classes.

Yeah I'm at the library right now getting ready to study for the next few hours. Gonna get caught up on ALL my homework so I can enjoy this game fully tonight. I requested off of work tomorrow so I'm thinkin about pulling an all-nighter :D

Gametrailers review
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IGN review
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Review - PC Review at IGN

Can't wait~ Game should unlock for me in 8 minutes. Then I shall continue to decrypt... Then go to bed and go to school. FML.
Nah, it's okay, I'm patient...

I've been chatting with a guy from Australia who's been playing all day. FML.

I'm really disappointed right now. I guess the game isn't meant to be played on PC? The mouse moves really slowly. At first I thought it was because my character was supposed to be weak and slow-moving, but after playing a while I don't think so. I don't think I can play this unless I figure out how to make the mouse move like it does in Oblivion. It moves really slowly now and seems to decelerate unnaturally at the wrong times. Changing the sensitivity (in-game) up doesn't do what I want it to, it doesn't get rid of the annoying deceleration problem. It's nearly impossible to play because of this. In the game, it takes my mouse about 4 trips across the mouse pad just to look all the way upward. This is ridiculous. I guess I'll try tomorrow to change mouse sensitivity stuff.

I was so excited about this, the reviews were only positive. At least I won't be staying up all night now.

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I was so excited about this, the reviews were only positive. At least I won't be staying up all night now.

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Don't worry, I didn't either. I drank all day...bought the game at 12:01 and stayed in chat for about two hours, and finally popped in the game. I spent enough time to name my character and passed the eff out. Oh well, that means I get an early jump today.

I read something about people having mouse sensitivity problems. I know there's a fix for it somewhere...
For now, I'll see if I get the same problems. Also just quickly scanned for a fix, as I know that I've seen people talking about it.

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Disabling mouse smoothing/acceleration

Mouse acceleration can be more frustrating than helpful, and there’s no in-game option to disable it.

Go to your Steam Directory -> steamapps -> common -> skyrim -> Skyrim
Create a backup of the SkyrimPrefs.ini file
Open the file, then scroll down to where it says [Controls] and find bMouseAcceleration=1
Change to bMouseAcceleration=0
Save, exit, and play

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How to Improve Skyrim with .ini File Tweaks | GameFront
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim tweaks improve graphics, disable Vsync, change FOV and more | PC Gamer

Now I'm off to play this damn thing!

Argg, can't play till I get off of work! Can't wait, game looks like pure awesome.

I was pretty unimpressed with Oblivion's braindead combat and this game doesn't look meaningfully different from Oblivion to me.

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I am a lizard.

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I read something about people having mouse sensitivity problems. I know there's a fix for it somewhere...
For now, I'll see if I get the same problems. Also just quickly scanned for a fix, as I know that I've seen people talking about it.

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Disabling mouse smoothing/acceleration

Mouse acceleration can be more frustrating than helpful, and there’s no in-game option to disable it.

Go to your Steam Directory -> steamapps -> common -> skyrim -> Skyrim
Create a backup of the SkyrimPrefs.ini file
Open the file, then scroll down to where it says [Controls] and find bMouseAcceleration=1
Change to bMouseAcceleration=0
Save, exit, and play

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How to Improve Skyrim with .ini File Tweaks | GameFront
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim tweaks improve graphics, disable Vsync, change FOV and more | PC Gamer

Now I'm off to play this damn thing!

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Wow thanks. I love when fixes are so easy.

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I want this so badly, but I seriously doubt my laptop can run it. Luckily it's also out on the PS3, but that means I can only play it at home. Ah well, still getting it. =D

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I was pretty unimpressed with Oblivion's braindead combat and this game doesn't look meaningfully different from Oblivion to me.

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I agree with this. Elder Scrolls makes great RPGs but not very good FPS combat systems

It's fixed a bit but still pretty bad. It's frustrating to play, and I don't think I'll play again until they come up with a patch or someone makes a mod or I find some other way to fix it. Even with the deceleration off and the other mouse lagging solution applied, the game lags in responding to the mouse. The movement is smooth, but the game doesn't respond quickly enough. So say I need to look to the left, then back to the right. I have to move to the left, wait a moment for the screen to finish moving, then move to the right. I can't even enjoy looking around and exploring. It's agonizing to try to turn a corner.

Maybe my system just can't handle it, although I thought it could. It runs Oblivion and every other game I've tried fine. And the rest of the game doesn't seem to lag, just the mouse.

Another problem is the y-axis (up-down) movement for looking around is extremely slow, like 5x as slow as the x-movement.

Why do all these problems exist? They're extremely basic game-play issues that disable the player from enjoying anything else they worked hard on. You'd think they'd have run into the problem right away while testing it and fixed it before release. The Oblivion mouse movements were perfect. I wish there was an option to make it exactly like it was in Oblivion. Hopefully in a mod.

slayer, your character has murderous eyes :D

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I am a cat!

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Wow thanks. I love when fixes are so easy.

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So it worked? :3
Glad I could help if it did. Personally I still feel the mouse controls is somewhat weird, not too bad but just... Weird. Moves slower when looking up and down than when you look to the sides.

And I'm getting random lag every now and then. When I enter or leave a building, sometimes the game just goes into extreme under-10-FPS-mode until I restart the game... And in one dungeon, there was one tiny area that my computer couldnt handle, so whenever I looked in the direction of that little area, I'd get an insane FPS drop. Urgh~

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Just saw your new post...
Eugh, yeah. Well, the issue about delay I don't have, but the y-axis movement being slower I do have. It's strange. Actually I think there's quite a few strange things about the controls that are not so good. The UI being a bitch to navigate (How the fuck do I navigate the perks? ._ .) and the camera moves in strange ways. Nyeh.

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I was pretty unimpressed with Oblivion's braindead combat and this game doesn't look meaningfully different from Oblivion to me.

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Aye, it never really was that exciting was it... Well, Skyrim has improved it a bit. Not much, but a bit. To me, Oblivion was a bad game in many ways, buggy, glitchy, weird mechanics and the melee combat being not so exciting. But it was also always a really really awesome game, probably one of the best I've played. So to me, if those things made you not want to play Oblivion, those same things are probably going to make you not want to play Skyrim as well.
But then again, the combat has improved (as far as I know), and a lot of other things have as well. Graphics, lots more voices, way cooler dungeons and what not.

So far this game has been really awesome for me, (barring technical issues and the weird UI) I was actually expecting it to be more like Oblivion than it is.

Normal day in Riverwood

Ah-hah-hah, that was too funny. Somehow, my snort-like sounds of giggling to myself made it into the video. Weird.
The shit that happened to me in the past hour or so has been fucking awesome.

In Riverwood,

Spoiler for Uhm, not a real spoiler but it's cooler if you see it yourself...:

played tag and hide and seek with a little girl called Dorthe, that ... I... I didn't want to leave this town ever! Seriously though, that was a really cool/cute little addition although it doesn't work for shit.

Minutes later, just outside town, I was battling a tiger thing and a wolf... In the middle of a waterfall/river, half river rafting, half jumping from cliff to cliff while healing.

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This has probably been answered but... I notice that the Y axis moves much slower than the X axis, how can I make the sensitivities the same? Kind of annoying dragging my hand across the desk to look at the sky.

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Pause -> Settings -> Gameplay -> 360 Controller
Turn it off and you are good to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I have not tested this yet, had no idea the 360 controller setting was on... When I wrote my last post, I thought about putting in that overused term, "console port". Maybe it is relevant after all? ._ .

Level 9 Argonian.....back to the mancave I go; dealing with the likes of you fools seems arbitrary at this point, as I'm usually talking to myself in here anyway.

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I was pretty unimpressed with Oblivion's braindead combat and this game doesn't look meaningfully different from Oblivion to me.

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I'll take storyline over combat any day when it comes to RPGs. The AI has improved, so you're not just fighting some clown who runs directly at your face all the time. It also depends on what type of combat you're referring to. There's only so many ways you can swing a sword at someone before you turn the game into soul caliber. Maybe you should try making a magic user or get your archery on.

Bought it yesterday, it's lookin' good!!!
I am high elf mage, Lovin' the new spell effects.

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Aye, it never really was that exciting was it... Well, Skyrim has improved it a bit. Not much, but a bit. To me, Oblivion was a bad game in many ways, buggy, glitchy, weird mechanics and the melee combat being not so exciting. But it was also always a really really awesome game, probably one of the best I've played. So to me, if those things made you not want to play Oblivion, those same things are probably going to make you not want to play Skyrim as well.
But then again, the combat has improved (as far as I know), and a lot of other things have as well. Graphics, lots more voices, way cooler dungeons and what not.

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That's too bad because I actually really like the concept. Open-ended style without set classes is definitely something I'm in favour of.

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I'll take storyline over combat any day when it comes to RPGs. The AI has improved, so you're not just fighting some clown who runs directly at your face all the time. It also depends on what type of combat you're referring to. There's only so many ways you can swing a sword at someone before you turn the game into soul caliber. Maybe you should try making a magic user or get your archery on.

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True enough it's just that I like it when the combat is about positioning and has some in-depth defensive elements, too, where in Oblivion it was pretty flat and usually boiled down to just about trading blows. Something more like Vindictus where it's very action game-y and skill oriented is what I'd like to see in these kind of games.

Yeah I love Elder Scrolls open ended RPG style. I had a blast in Morrowind. Oblivion was a step down to me but Fallout 3 basically upheld all the expectations that oblivion failed on. In all three games combat was a disappointment, least of all in fallout which was more like a straight FPS. I'm not only interested in combat but it really hurts the game if the battles don't run smoothly. They don't have to be easy or anything but fighting has always been very awkward in bethesda games.

Granted most FPS dont try to handle full fledged melee combat. Age of Chivalry did pretty well though.

I still have the mouse problems, but I have played a bit anyway.

I'm playing as my usual default the first time through - a female high elf mage. I've also decided to be 'good'. I won't break into anywhere that isn't necessary for the main quests, I won't steal, etc.

Right now I'm finding some merchant his golden tooth that was stolen, and ended up in a creepy spider cave with webbing everywhere that you have to cut through. That itself was way cooler than the average Oblivion quest. I found a guy trapped in spider webbing and killed a giant spider.

The mouse problem is still pretty annoying though. It makes it difficult to aim spells because by the time I've moved my cursor to the guy, he's moved too.

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On topic:

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I'm going to be getting a decent gaming laptop soon, so I might just go ahead and buy the PC version (as if I can't keep myself busy with WoW and Minecraft).

What are your specs Dianeva? I've been thinking of getting it and I think my desktop meets at least minimal requirements.

I would say it was hugely disappointing, but that would require me to have expectations to begin with. Several months ago when Todd Howard said that they took lessons learned from Fallout and incorporated them into Skyrim, I knew it would be a pile of shit. And I was right. I'm really glad I only pirated it and I didn't actually spend $60 on this crap.

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I would say it was hugely disappointing, but that would require me to have expectations to begin with. Several months ago when Todd Howard said that they took lessons learned from Fallout and incorporated them into Skyrim, I knew it would be a pile of shit. And I was right. I'm really glad I only pirated it and I didn't actually spend $60 on this crap.

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Why exactly did you not like it...? As someone who is seriously considering buying this game, "this game sucks" doesn't really help me make up my mind.

This game is the best use of money I've spent on a game in along while. (up there with minecraft, killing floor, oblivion) Logged like 20 hours so far and I've hardly scratched the surface. I'll explain a little what the game is like. The game is around 25 square km, so it takes around 2 irl hours to walk from one side to the other. Not that you have to do that, you can spend a little coin to hire a horse taxi, or buy/rent a horse to ride yourself, and once youve visited a city or location once you can fast travel via your map. Also walking across such a large area isn't simply barren, theres tons and tons of unique dungeons in the game (~200), as well as chance encounters with fellow travelers, wildlife, thieves, vampires, as well as the (some scripted, some random) encounters and battles with dragons.

The scenery in the game is phenomenal, the mountains are breathtaking and the mood of skyrim is really captured well. I'll upload some pics later. The cities are all unique and awesome, and as soon as you walk in a city you are greeted with a large population of people all going about their lives. Each person has a daily schedules, they interact and go about their day. Just walking around a city occasionally chatting with random citizens you can attain like 50 side quests, and they aren't like mmo side quests in that they are tedious tasks like chopping wood; they are well thought out adventures that sometimes blossom into massive quests. Theres the various guilds you can join (Compainions, Mages College, thieves guild, Dark brotherhood) that all have interesting tasks as you rise through their ranks (at least like 5 hours apiece). Then theres the main quest, a massive epic which I haven't really had more than 2 hours at yet so I can't speak on it's behalf. Everything you do adds to the game, and it really becomes your own game, the more you use certain skills the better you become, and you can also advance skills that you like when you level by choosing perks from a tree for each talent. Theres a large variety of races to choose from, each with their own special ability. The scope of the game is massive, and I guess that is one of its putting off points for some people- they say that it lacks direction. Personally, I dislike linear games where absolutely everything is scripted and everyone who plays it has the same experience, but thats just me. Also some people don't like collecting various trinkets and enchanting their weapons stats and whatnot, they just like to run around shooting people.

So if you want a long, rewarding adventure filled with choices and various storylines, this game is for you. If you prefer a little less thoughtless and 'thrilling' expirience, you might want to go for something like cod.

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What are your specs Dianeva? I've been thinking of getting it and I think my desktop meets at least minimal requirements.

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Mine meet the minimum requirements, but fall a bit short of the recommended ones. I only have 2 GB of RAM and Core 2 Duo. Maybe it has something to do with my video card though. I'm ignorant about those and don't really know how to tell if mine is good enough, but thought I had a good one. (NVIDIA GeForce 9400).

BTW I've been noticing that the game itself is slightly laggy too. I thought it was only the mouse at first, but I've realized it's more. It almost seems like the framerate is low, most noticeably while I'm walking, but it's probably just lag.

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I would say it was hugely disappointing, but that would require me to have expectations to begin with. Several months ago when Todd Howard said that they took lessons learned from Fallout and incorporated them into Skyrim, I knew it would be a pile of shit. And I was right. I'm really glad I only pirated it and I didn't actually spend $60 on this crap.

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Even with my lag issues I can tell this is an amazing game. I suppose it's subjective, but for most people it will probably be worth buying. I find it's very similar to Oblivion but better, so if you liked that you'll like this. If anyone is considering buying it, watch some reviews and gameplay videos on youtube.

Hm, yeah that video card should be good enough, I wonder what it is. My brother got it too so I'm just gonna test it out first before I get it myself.

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Why exactly did you not like it...? As someone who is seriously considering buying this game, "this game sucks" doesn't really help me make up my mind.

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It's Fallout 3 in a different setting. I'm not sure how I can make it more precise than that.

Aside from the ending and the combat, Fall-out 3 was a really nice game.

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I would say it was hugely disappointing, but that would require me to have expectations to begin with. Several months ago when Todd Howard said that they took lessons learned from Fallout and incorporated them into Skyrim, I knew it would be a pile of shit. And I was right. I'm really glad I only pirated it and I didn't actually spend $60 on this crap.

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Go away, milk drinker.

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I would say it was hugely disappointing, but that would require me to have expectations to begin with. Several months ago when Todd Howard said that they took lessons learned from Fallout and incorporated them into Skyrim, I knew it would be a pile of shit. And I was right. I'm really glad I only pirated it and I didn't actually spend $60 on this crap.

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You're just permanently disgruntled, aren't you.

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It's Fallout 3 in a different setting. I'm not sure how I can make it more precise than that.

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Except for the massively improved graphics and the improved skill/leveling system. It takes perks from Fallout 3 which worked well and they added those VATS-like finishing moves that really add some cool feel to the combat.
Other then that, yeah, it's a lot like Oblivion and Fallout in a different setting. But have you looked at how drastically different the setting is?

I very much disagree that it's just like Fallout 3, exactly as Fallout 3 isn't just like Oblivion. There are many similarities, and there are some improvements. But overall, I think there's one truth here, and that is if you really hated Fallout 3 for some reason, then you're not going to like this either. But I have no idea why you would dislike Fallout 3.
Both Fallout 3 and the Elder Scrolls are a lot about the world and the quests and less about combat. I really loved the worlds in Oblivion and Fallout 3, and Skyrim is just as interesting to me, and I'm not even halfway through it yet. It's about seeing the areas, exploring the dungeons, seeing the cities, talking to the folks and hearing the stories. Shooting things in Fallout 3 is a side-effect, just like combat is a side-effect in Oblivion. And honestly, after I got the grip of it, Skyrim's combat is actually pretty damn engaging to me.

The hotkey system is a bit clunky in some ways, for example if you equip a sword, you can hit and block. If you then equip a spell, you lose the ability to block. Normally, if you press the hotkey again, you will unequip, but with spells you'll just equip it in the other hand aswell. So that means if you equip a spell, you cant block unless you open up the menus or use a work around. (Quickly equip and unequip a shield with a hotkey)
But as of now, I use two conjured swords, sometimes a non-conjured sword in one hand. There's a lot of spamming swords while downing litres of potion, and it's engaging enough to me. And even then, that's not always. Sometimes I run back, look for cover, use a bow and arrow, switch to spells, heal, hide and whatever else there is.

This game has some problems. Mainly technical ones at the moment. Yes it is another one of Bethesda's open world RPG games, except improved. Also, dragons.

Spoiler for A downed dragon, is a dead dragon:

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I fucking love conjured weapons, they look so boss.

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It's Fallout 3 in a different setting. I'm not sure how I can make it more precise than that.

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Perhaps by saying what you didn't like about Fallout 3? I haven't played any of these games before.

That just makes it more promising for me, Fallout 3 was awesome.

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I'm going to be getting a decent gaming laptop soon, so I might just go ahead and buy the PC version (as if I can't keep myself busy with WoW and Minecraft).

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Yeah uhhh, don`t get a gaming laptop. For the same price I can custom build you a desktop PC that will absolutely destroy your laptop in performance, like easily double it. Laptops will croak after a year or two, as gaming really puts a strain on GPUs and CPUs, not to mention the PSUs in laptops are naturally made for less wattage to be pushed through, the laptop is going to get really, really hot because its in such a confined space. If you want to upgrade your graphics card or processor in a couple years, get a custom build PC as you can't with a laptop. Unless of course you travel on planes or something constantly.

For people wondering if they can run the game, check out this, it tests your computer and gives you a basic estimate to see if your rig is up to snuff. Keep in mind that it still might work/not work if this says it will. I'm fairly sure that most people will be able to 'run' the game, ie. turning everything to low, no anti aliasing, all distance sliders min, you should get a half decent frame rate.

Lv24 ...catch up bitches :tonguewiggle:

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the laptop is going to get really, really hot because its in such a confined space.

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Meaning it's probably going to overheat and shut down a lot, especially when playing games (as mine does.)

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How many hours have you played since it came out?

Hee hee, I'm level 27, playtime 36,5 hours~

Actually starting to work on the main quest now... Actually I think the amount of quests is a little overwhelming. Actually caught myself deciding against heading towards a new town just because I knew I'd be drowning in quests. And also my loot is overwhelming me. Seriously I bought a house for the sole purpose of getting rid of all my junk, (Can't even sell it, nobody in any town seems to have the money to buy my shit) now I've just stuffed all kinds of bullshit into a chest, and now my inventory is full again...
Well I'll sell some things, I'm near Riften so perhaps they have some money :V

Finished the Dark Brotherhood, took me like 7 hours. Onto the thieves guild! Level 23 argonian, stealth/archery based :D. I bought a house just so I could store all the ridiculously heavy fucking dragon bones and stuff. Completed like 20 misc. sidequests, so entertaining.

Getting it tomorrow, I can't wait. Just about all my friends have it and say it's amazing. I think I'll go with a mage/archer type character, but I'll have to wait and see. This looks like it could easily be the game of the year, or even ever!

I ran into a little girl who was bullying a little boy to give her his money or something. lol wtf.

I really like that inn in Hammerfell (if that's the name). The bard is nice to listen to and the whole place has a really comforting atmosphere at night.

Did the Mage's College quest first, then the main storyline.

Right now, I'm going through the Companion quests, mainly because it has a spell I want as a reward. Only reason I know this is because I bought an official strategy guide in hopes to find more spells to aid me.

I am an Argonian, stealth based but I like to use a sword and shield, as well as conjuration to summon a Flame Atronach. 35 hours total.

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Lv29: 43.42.22hr and not 1 crash, or corrupted file. ( ps3 )

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Are you leveling a ton of skills? Or do you just have that much of free time?


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Also 17 hours level 15 Redguard. Sneak, one hand, with a little smithing. I haven't joined any group other than the Dark Brotherhood...Nearly like my Oblivion run. I'm obviously expecting that I'll have to choose sides one day though.

I have a lot of free time, but if you want to level your skills up faster in the beginning there is a birthstone ( the lover ) on the left hand side of the map, towards the middle that gives you +15 faster experience gained in every single skill.

I really wish Bethesda would have put in the option to build our own homes, furniture and what not. I absolutely love crafting my own armor, smelting ore and refining my gear. Man I'd spend all of one day alone chopping down trees and mining iron ore for nails to use..etc. :cheeky:

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I have a lot of free time, but if you want to level your skills up faster in the beginning there is a birthstone ( the lover ) on the left hand side of the map, towards the middle that gives you +15 faster experience gained in every single skill.

I really wish Bethesda would have put in the option to build our own homes, furniture and what not. I absolutely love crafting my own armor, smelting ore and refining my gear. Man I'd spend all of one day alone chopping down trees and mining iron ore for nails to use..etc. :cheeky:

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Just wait until the toolset is released. You'll be able to make much more than your own personal home.

That's the one thing I envy most about pc gamers.

The mods will be glorious indeed! I modded the shit out of oblivion, added like 30 mods ranging from new creatures and weapons to guard fixes to quests that add like 20+ hours of gameplay.

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Are mods only available on the PC? If so then that's super lame...

Yes, only for the PC.
It's just not really possible for them to add it to consoles...

I'm totally on a Skyrim withdrawal because school is forcing me to face this infamous Real Life thing.

Leaving this here, I really love this guy's videos. He's made a video like this for New Vegas called "Wild Wild Wasteland" and it's hilarious.
But! Beware spoilers; I haven't even watched it all myself because of spoilers, but I can say that up till around 4:40 it's fairly spoiler-free. Constant vigilance!

Criken, beware spoilers

Aaaahh, that's so unfortunate. But I don't have a gaming PC, so... no sense worrying about it, I guess. Plus I like remotes. ^^'

Still haven't played it but I've heard nothing but good about the game so far. I've never played an elder scrolls game even though I am a fan of RPG style games. If I play skyrim first, will I not be able to understand the story given that it continues from the previous games or is the storyline completely different than the earlier games in the series??

I'm not sure if I should get Skyrim, because I didn't really like Oblivion at all, but I loved Fallout 3 and NV and played them for 200+ hours? IMO Oblivion seemed boring and it lacked atmosphere. What do you guys think?

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Still haven't played it but I've heard nothing but good about the game so far. I've never played an elder scrolls game even though I am a fan of RPG style games. If I play skyrim first, will I not be able to understand the story given that it continues from the previous games or is the storyline completely different than the earlier games in the series??

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It shouldn't matter at all. The story doesn't even really continue from Oblivion. It's a whole new story.

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I'm not sure if I should get Skyrim, because I didn't really like Oblivion at all, but I loved Fallout 3 and NV and played them for 200+ hours? IMO Oblivion seemed boring and it lacked atmosphere. What do you guys think?

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Well, when it comes to the atmosphere of the world, I guess it gets hard to tell whether you'll like it or not. I liked Oblivion for being so vibrant and colorful and magical, and I loved Fallout's atmosphere for being so bleak and depressing and wastelandy. Skyrim is a lot like Oblivion in that it is colorful, focused on the beauty of landscapes, mountains. It's very adventurey, which is similar to Oblivion. But contrary to Oblivion, Skyrim also has this rugged feeling. It has that "viking" air about it almost everywhere, and it definitely makes it feel different. Also inns and cities are amazing in my opinion because some of them really do have the feeling of a cozy little village. Especially in the inns.

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Still haven't played it but I've heard nothing but good about the game so far. I've never played an elder scrolls game even though I am a fan of RPG style games. If I play skyrim first, will I not be able to understand the story given that it continues from the previous games or is the storyline completely different than the earlier games in the series??

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Well if there's anything bad about the game, it'd be the interface and some problems that some PC users are currently having.
User Interfarce: Skyrim’s Silly Choices | Rock, Paper, Shotgun

And yeah, Skyrim takes place like 200 years after Oblivion, so all you miss out is a vague reference to "the Oblivion Crysis" every now and then.

My only regret is that you cannot parry on dual wield :( Also, it is strange that there is race bonus for Khajiit for unarmed combat and heavy armor has feat that boosts it, yet there is no unarmed skill anymore. Maybe it is just to boost your brawling capacity :P

Also, leveling has never been an issue on Elder Scroll games since it is skill based you can easily grab levels if you want to. In Oblivion you didn't want that because the danger level rose with your own level.

About combat it is pretty widespread with combined use of magic, bow and melee. Mobility is also rewarded on light armour since you can dodge better than in oblivion. It is hack and slash, but surprisingly that is what realistic combat is also. Only thing that you could add in my opinion is counterattack system after parry or block. It kind of has pieces of it if you take block perks.

Now if you excuse me, imma back to dungeon crawling.

I am REALLY loving the game so far. I just wish it wasn't so dark (and yeah, I changed my default settings. It could be that my TV just completely sucks lol)
I've put in about 5 hours and I'm only level 5. I take my time... plus, I kept dying when stupid Hired Mercs came after me :lol: Those guys were TOUGH!! But I do a LOT of thieving lol
I hate that the mercs are sent after you even if no one catches you stealing! :wtf:
I also miss not being able to carry my alchemy equipment with me. I do a lot of harvesting when I travel and I explore areas along the way.
And I'm uncertain how I feel about food being separate. Making basic fatigue potions out of readily available food is how I made my money early on in the game in Oblivion.

I'm playing a female Argonian archer who specializes in stealth and lockpicking :)
Too bad no one has discovered a duplication glitch yet. I HATE always having to buy arrows lol

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Too bad no one has discovered a duplication glitch yet. I HATE always having to buy arrows lol

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You could always just steel arrows off of enemies. Iron arrows are easy to come by.

Okay, time to check in.
Lv36
Hr: 56.44.01

Not a lot happened today as far as story completion. I worked on my smith skill and raised it to 100; forged some dragon armor. That's kinda sweet, I guess. I can knock out 100% completion in under 105hr, I almost positive. We'll see.

Forever alone ...:?

Can't really check my stats cause I'm at work (and I still can't log onto DV from home :(), but I've probably got about 15 hours in. Level 9-ish. (Spent a lot of time just wandering. Still only explored a small section of the map, though.) Trying to keep a steady mix of might and magic, with a bit of emphasis on magic. Just made my way up to the college at Winterhold to learn some more spells and stuff. Killed one dragon so far and done a couple of sidequests. Haven't taken down any elks yet, because they keep hearing me coming, before I spot them. Lol.

Think i'm at level 20 right now. Completed the darkbrotherhood quest...loved it. Thinking about continuing the theives guild, or just go around and get some deadra action going before I continue on to the main quest. Next character is going to have to be a mage of some sort...maybe a warlock or illusionist. I'm already thinking about one because I'm not sure if I'll end up wasting too many points.

Well, some mods are out. HD faces, bodies and smoothing mods, an FXAA mod, a (more) starry sky mod, the obligatory nude mod, various enhanced texture mods, and 100+ more.

Heres a compaison for the FXAA post process injector mod, left being the modded version.

http://cdn.gamefront.com/wp-content/...d-11-15-11.jpg

you can d/l them over at www.skyrimnexus.com

Played Skyrim for the first time yesterday. It was amazing! It was a bit of a pain in the arse getting used to the controls at first, but from then on it was pure pleasure.

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What HS said. Controls are a pain in the ass to get used to, and the mouse is killing (Both in game and in real life) me. But eh, I'll get used to it.

Even on the lowest graphical setting, it looks stunning. Can't wait to get back home.

Now, I can't wait to get my PSU in, so I can can some dragon ass the highest graphical settings >:3

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What HS said. Controls are a pain in the ass to get used to, and the mouse is killing (Both in game and in real life) me. But eh, I'll get used to it.

Even on the lowest graphical setting, it looks stunning. Can't wait to get back home.

Now, I can't wait to get my PSU in, so I can can some dragon ass the highest graphical settings >:3

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If you go to My Documents>My Games>Skyrim> SkyrimPrefs.ini and open it in notepad you'll see a bunch of text settings.
Hit Ctrl+f and type in mouse and hit next. Hit next until you find mouseacceleration=1, and change it to mouseacceleration=0, then save and exit.
Now your mouse will act like any other game.

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If you go to My Documents>My Games>Skyrim> SkyrimPrefs.ini and open it in notepad you'll see a bunch of text settings.
Hit Ctrl+f and type in mouse and hit next. Hit next until you find mouseacceleration=1, and change it to mouseacceleration=0, then save and exit.
Now your mouse will act like any other game.

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Hmmm forgot about that. Maybe i'll take a look tonight and mess with it.

Just beat the storyline in Skyrim, and it was a complete disappointment... There were some aspects of the storyline that were kind of cool, but for the most part it was completely dissappointing. I guess if I enjoyed pointless exploring and making my character completely OP I would have enjoyed it more, but that's not my playstyle. I played on Master and beat the game at a mere 16. The puzzles were stupidly simple. I solved all of them in about a minute and they required no thought at all. And then they even have the EXACT same puzzle twice... But by far the most disappointing aspect was...

Spoiler for Mild spoilers for the most anticlimatic final boss ever:

...Alduin is a plain and simple run of the mill dragon. The exact same fight you've done 10+ times before. No change in moveset, no change in overall appearance, no second form. And this time you have THREE tanks. The easiest, most anticlimatic, most dissapointing final boss ever... sadface

I guess this just isn't my type of game. But still, on Master difficulty it should be difficult, the puzzles should actually require some thought, and the final boss should be EPIC not an absolute joke... Oh well, I guess it's time to go back to my NG+ on Dark Souls and have a satisfyingly difficult experience.

I like the look of the right side better. It looks more realistic. The left looks a bit cartoonish.

Fighting my first dragon was extremely frustrating because of the mouse issues. I've already changed mouseaccelleration and disabled vsync and something else, played in a lower resolution, disabled the xbox-360 controller option, downloaded some program called Game Booster. Those fixed the problem a bit but I still have it. Traveling across terrain isn't that big of a deal, because mouse responses don't have to be instant. But while in narrow caverns and while fighting enemies it's extremely annoying.

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Just beat the storyline in Skyrim, and it was a complete disappointment... There were some aspects of the storyline that were kind of cool, but for the most part it was completely dissappointing. I guess if I enjoyed pointless exploring and making my character completely OP I would have enjoyed it more, but that's not my playstyle. I played on Master and beat the game at a mere 16. The puzzles were stupidly simple. I solved all of them in about a minute and they required no thought at all. And then they even have the EXACT same puzzle twice... But by far the most disappointing aspect was...

Spoiler for Mild spoilers for the most anticlimatic final boss ever:

...Alduin is a plain and simple run of the mill dragon. The exact same fight you've done 10+ times before. No change in moveset, no change in overall appearance, no second form. And this time you have THREE tanks. The easiest, most anticlimatic, most dissapointing final boss ever... sadface

I guess this just isn't my type of game. But still, on Master difficulty it should be difficult, the puzzles should actually require some thought, and the final boss should be EPIC not an absolute joke... Oh well, I guess it's time to go back to my NG+ on Dark Souls and have a satisfyingly difficult experience.

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I agree with a lot of this, only thing I don't agree with is the difficulty. I play on default difficulty and at sometimes the game just goes batshit on me. The main storyline... Not so much.
And oh yeah the puzzles, I actually found them to be almost comical, because of how out of place they seemed. I mean, if you're an ancient people trying to guard some really important artifact, you'd think they'd have a harder puzzle :V
And there was one case that I had massive trouble with, not because the puzzle was very hard, but for a long time I just couldn't find the "hint". Actually some simple doors have been harder puzzles for me, because I had to look around for a chain...

And then the fact that all dragons are kind of easy, while any normal bandit or forsworn or whatever that uses frost has me downing liters of potions constantly... But somehow dragon fights still manage to feel epic for me.

Actually I think maybe the problem can have something to do with level scaling. I noticed that at one point, I just started to have a much harder time with bandits and what not than I used to. I think, if you level up by improving skills that don't improve you in battle, the game will actually get harder as you level up.

I'm very glad there's other things to do in Skyrim, the main quest was indeed pretty bad. The main quest is also the only thing in Oblivion that I've played just once.

It doesn't look very good. Maybe it requires a lot of hardware but the models and lighting and animations make it look like an old game.

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I'm very glad there's other things to do in Skyrim, the main quest was indeed pretty bad. The main quest is also the only thing in Oblivion that I've played just once.

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Same here. the only main quest in the elder scrolls series worth doing was the Morrowind one. And even then I didn't even finish it.

I love exploring and completely ignore most quests for as long as possible. THe only exception is the thieves guild. I'm just now getting into it (at level 17). I was having too much fun just covering the map to be bothered with it. But I steal everything I can lol. I'm constantly breaking into homes.

For those who want a cheat (that's not *really* a cheat for a thief)... whenever you train, pickpocket your money back, save the game and continue :D

The hardest enemies I've encountered thus far have been hired thugs. I'd much rather fight a dragon than just one of the thugs (let alone the 3 that weren't sent for me!).

Another complaint is that stealing and sneak are MUCH too easy. I've had bad guys walk inches beside me and not see me as I shot them full of arrows. And so long as the item you're stealing isn't in the NPC's direct line of sight, they don't notice you taking it.
I still hate how dark the game is, but what can you do? I need a new tv.
Anyone know of any enchanted weapon or armor with light or "feather"? I miss those the most out of enchanted gear.

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I agree with a lot of this, only thing I don't agree with is the difficulty. I play on default difficulty and at sometimes the game just goes batshit on me.

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Yea, but the thing is. You can run through entire dungeons. The 2nd to last dungeon would have taken hours of whoring quick saves to get through for me. The enemies took miniscule damage and I died in one hit. But I could easily sprint through the entire dungeon. Then when the 'boss' of the dungeon showed up. I ran right past it and into another room... The door should be locked until the 'boss' is dead. Fail.

^I feel like I'm cheating when I do that, so I usually don't. But in Oblivion, I got so sick of the actual Oblivion realm that I started running all the way to the sigil stone. I really hated that place.

A little over 90hr in and I'm right at 67% completion.

Xbox 360 will get the first 2 DLCs, if anyone is interested.

Just bought the game today, haven't played endless hours yet. The controls are a bit weird, but it's pretty good. Annoying at the beginning, just like many video games though. But I dig it~

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I love exploring and completely ignore most quests for as long as possible. THe only exception is the thieves guild. I'm just now getting into it (at level 17). I was having too much fun just covering the map to be bothered with it.

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Haha, I was actually just on my way to start the thieves guild with my new character. I don't completely ignore quests, but I do get sidetracked all the time when I'm traveling :p Like, heading towards a town and suddenly, hey is that a tower over there? Traveling turns into quite the adventure in and of itself.

I'm also being sneaky, and have also had that awkward moment with someone looking directly at me, standing there for a moment, then going "Guess it was nothing."
I was just looking for a video related to this when I stumbled opun something even better.
Lol


Here's something that makes me really, really look forward to when the CS comes out.
I had no idea about this, but almost all of Tamriel is already in Skyrim, well technically.

Tamriel

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Yea, but the thing is. You can run through entire dungeons. The 2nd to last dungeon would have taken hours of whoring quick saves to get through for me. The enemies took miniscule damage and I died in one hit. But I could easily sprint through the entire dungeon. Then when the 'boss' of the dungeon showed up. I ran right past it and into another room... The door should be locked until the 'boss' is dead. Fail.

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Hahah, awesome. Actually that just never occured to me. I usually at least try to kill whatever is trying to kill me. (Exceptions: Spriggan)



Also, do you people find the children in Skyrim annoying? o.0 Apperantly a lot of people really don't like them, or at least that's the way it seems on this other forum I'm on. But then again, over there they hate everything.

Spoiler for Good god, this will get Skyrim banned in all the countries:

Children

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Stopping

Screenshots:

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/63...FEDC25BF53644/
http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/63...856B8698C2AD9/
http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/63...2DFE944DDF113/
http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/63...77575EE60CC89/
http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/63...FFC267E3D9276/
http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/63...D45DC8CF936E4/

Maximum possible settings without modding anything but the .ini files.

Awesome videos Maeni!

Love the Screenshots, Sornaensis.

Whenever I'm in an enemies place, I HAVE to kill everyone. I've never just run through an area (and yes, saving the game does get old after awhile, especially seeing how- for some strange reason- I automatically want to draw my weapon when I save. But you always had to push "start" to save so I've no idea why I think it's different now :lol:)

I also miss the way our hotkeys (?) used to be. Pausing the game to switch from bows to sword to spell to heal is really annoying. BUT, we do have more favorites now....

Those are really clean, Sornaensis.
How would I get a screenshot like that from a console, is that possible?

Daym, awesome screenshots indeed. Gotta love how the environments look. Although sometimes I kind of miss the very vibrant, colorful and more flowery look of, for example, the forests around Skringrad.

Picture of my own;
http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/8...112000001n.jpg

And also, as I said before I was headed to the Thieves Guild, but the way I had made up my character in my head, she kind of turned out as a likable character, didn't feel right at all making her do the stuff the Thieves Guild wanted her to.
Now, I've only just tried like, the very beginning of the Thieves Guild, but I missed that air of honor they had in Oblivion. And it always seems silly when quests try to appeal to wealth, as if I didn't have enough money already...

So I turned around and walked away, and my newest character is now as far from an evil character as possible, apart from being a part time kleptomaniac. (And I also used some console magic to split her into two seperate characters, so now she has a bit of an evil, assassin twin.)

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Hr: 102.26.08
100% completion as far as platinum for ps3. :happyhappy:

Those screenshots are amazing, especially that aurora in Maeni's. I realize now I must have been playing on a lower resolution or something, because my game definitely doesn't look like that. Next time I play I'll adjust the settings. Maybe that will fix the mouse problem too. I haven't actually played in over a week though.

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Noice, congratz!
Cheese!


Aaaand, dumping stuff.

Random pictures, not mine:
http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/59...52B1A35DFF7FB/
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6111/6...35e31649_b.jpg
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6054/6...8ea55fe4_b.jpg

And my own;
This dragon crashed, but since I was on the peak of a mountain, instead of sliding across the ground, it smashed directly into the side of the mountain. The ground on the peak of the mountain still seemed to think a dragon was sliding over it, but it sounds cooler to imagine the dragon just died on impact, instead of the reality which is that the whole fight bugged out completely :V

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/6271/dragonfs.jpg

Still looked cool when the dragon fell down the side of the mountain and landed there.

And something that may be useful:
Large Address Aware at Skyrim Nexus - Skyrim Mods and community

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whats the max lvl in this game? I'm at lvl 20 and finished the main quest.

The way I've heard it, leveling hits an extreme slowdown when you reach level 50, but you can actually get to level 81.

For some reason o.0

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http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Leveling#Maximum_Level

Damnit, stop distracting me, stupid aurorae!

http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/2...112300001s.jpg

http://img802.imageshack.us/img802/7...112300003v.jpg

http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/4...1112300002.jpg

I got to 56 and couldn't take it anymore. There is an infinite xp glitch you can use, but it should be patched after Thanksgiving.
Inf xp I advise playing the game all the way through first, as this might take all the fun out it.

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Pickpocket is maybe the easiest skill to raise if you do it right, without cheats. Just get the first perks on pickpocket and steal all the time :P

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Another complaint is that stealing and sneak are MUCH too easy. I've had bad guys walk inches beside me and not see me as I shot them full of arrows. And so long as the item you're stealing isn't in the NPC's direct line of sight, they don't notice you taking it.

Anyone know of any enchanted weapon or armor with light or "feather"? I miss those the most out of enchanted gear.

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Stealth is easy, in a way. Problem is what you sacrifice by playing stealthy character. Since your focus in on light armour, your defense is pretty crappy. That's why I BOOMF most of them with my 30x backstab and then start to whack them with dual blades. There is lot of carrying capacity increasing gear if you have problem with carrying items? :)

Anyway, on the difficulty of the game. Some my friends have told me that fights are too easy, but personally playing Khajiit light armour assassin with blade + dagger, I find it constant fight for survival. I play on second hardest difficulty and most of the melee fights are downright suicide to me. One crappy dodge and I am gulping potions down. Of course, my friend rushed this through with heavy armour shield bearing juggernaut and did not have that much of a problem. I however, always play my games with kind of multiclass character, which adds nice difficulty to it. Besides, sneak characters have always more fun ;)

Anyway, I never have understood people who run RPGs through as fast as they can. Especially ES games. I have just followed the wind and ended up in pretty awesome places. Fact is this game has more quests than ever. And most of them are pretty good and captivating. Especially the booze drinking contest and the aftermath :P

The scenery is so beautiful! I have never stopped to admire scenery, as I have in this game. Skyrim even affected a dream I had the other night, too. I was using a sword (which I never do) and tried to kill someone, but he put his sword on me and I actually felt it and woke up! This game is a lot of fun, too! I love exploring and finding hidden places and treasures.

Oh dear, this is bad. Another "The Good, The Bad and the Dovahkiin" is made, and I'm still holding off watching them due to spoilers.

Dovahkiin

I also finished the Dark Brotherhood. T'was interesting.

Spoiler for Dark Brotherhood spoilers:

Babette is awesome, lol. And also, I didn't notice at first, but that spell you get to summon an ancient spirit? I thought it was just the same one that would come to kill you back in Oblivion, but it turns out to be a Lucien Lachance ghost companion, even comments on a lot of things. I had so missed the voice of Wes Johnson.

Now it's either back to my good character, or complete the Thieves Guild :o
And I still haven't found Sheogorath, and I really want to meet him!

sometimes I like to just go werewolf and take down a whole city. Then I go back to my previous save lol. I'm a pussy

Just started playing since I now had the time. The game is immersive, though the atmosphere is very different from the previous games. I both like and dislike that. It's new, yet not what I was looking forward to.

Was a surprise that I could almost run it at all ultra though. Had to drop the shadows to high to make my 5870 run it decently at 2560x1600.

Oh, and the scenery, I love it. The previous games didn't do it very well, this one does!

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/59...5F72EB9897FD6/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2BFWRjhTK0&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Just a little test vid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mh0PT4SuDic

And a little exploiting

Hey has anyone had any skyrim dreams? I had one last night were I was fighting a monster and picking up weapons was the same format as the game. The setting was not in Skyrim, but in some mid west town. It didn't last very long but I killed the giant purple monster that looked sort of like Dr. Mundo from League of Legends. I enjoy skyrim and i'm lv 22 right now.

Nah, I used to have some Oblivion influenced dreams, even way after I stopped playing it. Maybe it'll come up later, but not yet. But then again, I rarely remember my dreams anymore, so I might have had some :/

In case you peeps haven't heard yet, the Creation Kit is coming out in January.
Not only that, but it's going to be integrated into Steam Workshop, like that thing they have going with TF2.
Skyrim — what we’re working on | Bethesda Blog

Honestly I don't know what to think of it. Maybe it'll be great and easy, or it might mean there will be less complexity in the mods? What will happen to the Nexus? How will Steam Workshop handle mods that add things like nudity? And what about all those extra things that some mods require, like that script extender for Fallout 3. I guess we'll see in January! And I can't wait to see what the community will pump out! Looking back at the mods for Fallout 3, New Vegas and Oblivion, it's going to be amazing!

EDIT:
Pictures?
Pictures.

A totally bug-free dragon battle. It managed to totally bug up the terrain on the top of a mountain. Again.
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/6230/2011112900003.jpg
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Also, what the hell caused this? I'm not sure, but this seems to be there permanently...
http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/262...120100001y.jpg

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Hey has anyone had any skyrim dreams? I had one last night were I was fighting a monster and picking up weapons was the same format as the game. The setting was not in Skyrim, but in some mid west town. It didn't last very long but I killed the giant purple monster that looked sort of like Dr. Mundo from League of Legends. I enjoy skyrim and i'm lv 22 right now.

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Yeah I had a few. Some are where I'm playing and some are where I'm actually in it.

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The scenery is so beautiful! I have never stopped to admire scenery, as I have in this game. Skyrim even affected a dream I had the other night, too. I was using a sword (which I never do) and tried to kill someone, but he put his sword on me and I actually felt it and woke up! This game is a lot of fun, too! I love exploring and finding hidden places and treasures.

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As amazing as the game is... I am taking a break for awhile. I played too much around Thanksgiving break, that it had affected my dreams to the point where I would reply to conversations with dialogue that was in subtitles and I would run around with a bow in my lower peripherals. Eventually I'll jump back on Skyrim, eventually.

lol, I had a werewolf dream last night XD

Anyway, I'm extremely disappointed at how skyrim ended. Like..... very, very annoyed. Imma put the rest in spoiler tags, if anyone has a problem with me doing this anyway. PM me. I'll remove it.

Spoiler for If you haven't beat the main quest, DO NOT READ!:

Fighting Alduin was a freaking joke. Seriously, I had more trouble with the dragon at kynegrove then I did with Alduin. I used dragonrend, and that was pretty much the end of the fight. Even the companions quest was meh, although being a werewolf is freakign awesome :D

I lovelovelovelovelove this game so much. I played Morrowind when I was little, and when they announced this game I remember thinking: ''I hope it's going to be good, but I'll be disappointed.'' Well, I'm not. There are some really annoying bugs but overall it's a beautiful game. I love it!

I'm a Breton mage. I love high elves but they are so weak and vulnerable to magic it's not even funny. I never pick them on first runs. I almost finished the main quest, but right now I'm just random destroying towns and reloading previous saves.. hehe.

Oh! And I love the fact that females look feminine. I'm a girl IRL and I never play males. In Oblivion they didn't look like females.. but now they do. That's such a relief!

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Hey has anyone had any skyrim dreams? I had one last night were I was fighting a monster and picking up weapons was the same format as the game. The setting was not in Skyrim, but in some mid west town. It didn't last very long but I killed the giant purple monster that looked sort of like Dr. Mundo from League of Legends. I enjoy skyrim and i'm lv 22 right now.

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Yeah, I've had a couple, since I've begun playing - mostly concerning dragons. I've also done one of the Shout attacks in a lucid. Good times. :>

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Yeah, I've had a couple, since I've begun playing - mostly concerning dragons. I've also done one of the Shout attacks in a lucid. Good times. :>

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Shout attacks in a dream... That's pretty sick. I've been meaning to acquire the 'Slow Time' shout; but there are just too many side quests that keep distracting me from the numerous goals that continue to accumulate. It took me for ever to get to the College of Winterhold.

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I'm a Breton mage. I love high elves but they are so weak and vulnerable to magic it's not even funny. I never pick them on first runs. I almost finished the main quest, but right now I'm just random destroying towns and reloading previous saves.. hehe.

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Well you could have made a melee type high elf and got the atronach stone bonus to cut down on magic damage. And speaking of High Elves, I've been running a frost mage....and it's made the game so much more difficult. I've only trained in destruction, and enchanting, and only selected the ice bonuses. If I come across something that's completely immune to frost I'll summon something or use a staff. At first I was using low level flames and shock, but now there are enemies that are just completely immune to those low level spells. So far, it's been a crazy ride. Sometimes I can just own tons of stuff. Sometimes, I'm watching myself get two shotted by melee/magic. Oh btw....I sent her straight to the college and completed those quests first. I'll probably try a shock mage, and finally make a warlock do nothing bot deadric quests.

Anyone complaining about the difficulty in the game should really try to limit what they train in. Instead of being an all powerful jack of all trades.

on my second play through, and i need some help.
the first time i played it i found a necklace with 100% immunity to disease, but i don't remember if it was a random chest, or fixed. i can make potions and heal via alters, or become the wolfman, but i'd like to find this necklace, again. i've already got my plat, so i was wanting to just collect stuff this time around.

anyone know what i'm talking about

It doesn't sound like a fixed item, so it's probably just something that appears randomly. That seems to be my experience especially when it's about rings and necklaces.

Time for stuff! From Elsweyr!
This one might as well have been a comic for Oblivion, except for the horned helmet.
http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/f/20...an-d4hst4n.png

Arrow in the knee

http://www.virtualshackles.com/img/thwack.jpg

something tells me ai may have the last laugh, though

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...is-awesome.png

Yay, more from this guy!
More Dovahkiin

Also, currently level 40 with my newest character. Leveling slowed down a lot after Sneak hit 100, as I only really use that, One Handed, Lockpicking and Pickpocketing.
The character is mainly a good character, but believes in "chaos", that the world needs to be as dynamic as possible, and therefore has taken the responsibility for "moving" items of value. But she isn't even in the Thieves Guild yet. The thing I realized was that roleplaying really does make me like this game a whole lot more. My character contracted Sanguinare Vampiris, and I found that letting her become a vampire turned her into a much more interesting character, seeing as she is mainly a good character.
Oh-hoh, self-insert!

The best game of 2011, right after Battlefield 3 :banana:

Extra Credits finally got back into making their videos, and taking a shot at the opening of Skyrim.

Penny Arcade - Extra Credits &ndash; Skyrim’s Opening

I agree with a lot of it, but on the other hand, this is sort of the theme they've been running with. It was exactly the same way in Oblivion as well, and I agree that the beginnings of either of the games were less than impressive. The moment that amazed me and made me realize what I was getting into when I played Oblivion, was the moment I stepped outside of the sewers. And I think the same goes for Skyrim; there's nothing really impressive about the intro, the moment you feel like you're actually playing Skyrim is when you step outside the cave.

The magic-casting system is such an improvement over Oblivion. I'm a magic-oriented person, and the first spell I shot made me smile like a complete fool...

It was a glorious day. And it still is, 80-some hours in.