TES V: Skyrim

[CK]

Was able to get enough money together to buy this as well. Should arrive tomorrow. <3

 

[Cthulhu]

On the one side, woo I can play it tomorrow. Have it pre-loaded from Steam too.

On the other, I'm gonna be away this weekend, so .

 

[ForceStealer]

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/review-elder-scrolls/723801?

hnnnnnnnnnngh

Man, if NOTHING else, Lightning spells sure look a whole lot better

 

[Tennyo]

So I heard a game store broke the release date in Aussieland and our dear Noen has got himself a copy (or so he says on Facebook)

I just want to see Force squirm since he's been nerdgasming over this game for so long

 

[CK]

No it's the 11 here so it was released today...

 

[Tennyo]

He made that post on FB early yesterday for me, so technically, it was before the 11th for you guys that he got it.

 

[CK]

Lucky bastard. I'm getting mine posted to me and it's still at the main office so it probably won't arrive til monday now.

 

[Tennyo]

That sucks.

 

[ForceStealer]

Mine shipped 6 hours ago Unfortunately I won't get the chance to start it this weekend.

 

[Interslicery]

Just waiting for steam to finish decrypting the game files.

 

[Cthulhu]

Woo, played it for a couple hours, . It's winning. The voice acting has - imho - improved over the last one, with more intonation and the like. The graphics are better and prettier than Oblivion (it's just the color scheme that's a lot more drab), and the music is omg winning. The gameplay's awesome too - combining spells and weapons and the like is cool. Spells are much more playable too - just press and hold for great justice instead of re-casting a, for example, healing spell for tens of thousands of times.

They got rid of classes. Instead, you just get points for whatever you actually do, which gives the player a lot more freedom - I was a bit worried if I had to choose between magic, warrior and thief again, but you don't actually have to choose this time.

The downsides, then. The graphics are a bit drab, textures and the like. But I can live with that. The animations, especially during conversations, are rather stiff and occasionally jerky.

But other than that, I'm loving it so far. But then, I'm biased so there .

(Oh also, it's gratifying when the game says "Video settings have been set for Ultra High Quality" when you start it for the first time ).

 

[Interslicery]

So Im in the first town, I try to practice my pickpocketing, she notices and comes after me with the fury of a thousand suns. She wont stop chasing me so I kill her. Now I can't talk to the person Im supposed to talk to cause she'll attack me.

Anyone know of a way to get rid of a bounty or your head or something?

 

[ForceStealer]

(Oh also, it's gratifying when the game says "Video settings have been set for Ultra High Quality" when you start it for the first time ).

I wanted to buy a new graphics card before this game came out...but its $500 I just don't have at the moment...

 

[Rumpelstiltskin]

So Im in the first town, I try to practice my pickpocketing, she notices and comes after me with the fury of a thousand suns. She wont stop chasing me so I kill her. Now I can't talk to the person Im supposed to talk to cause she'll attack me.

Anyone know of a way to get rid of a bounty or your head or something?

If it's the same as oblivion either pay it, or go to jail.

 

[Cthulhu]

So Im in the first town, I try to practice my pickpocketing, she notices and comes after me with the fury of a thousand suns. She wont stop chasing me so I kill her. Now I can't talk to the person Im supposed to talk to cause she'll attack me.

Ugh. I went for target practice on a chicken. Turns out it was He that Lieth Dead that Ever Dreameth in His Chicken-form and the Cthulhu cultists in town decided they were going to kill me for killing their chicken.

Do as I do: load last autosave .

I wanted to buy a new graphics card before this game came out...but its $500 I just don't have at the moment...

$500? What the shit are you trying to buy then?

I bought a €250 one (about... $300? i dunno), and I'm sure you can get away with less. It is built for consoles, after all. lmao .


I just finished my first real quest, involving finding a stolen golden claw from thieves in an ancient nord crypt. I like how it's an actually planned dungeon (it seems), instead of a randomly generated cave like in Oblivion . There's bosses too, and epic rewards (which I can't use yet due to not having progressed far enough into the main quest yet) at the end - and that's how it should be. I just quit exploring random caves and things in Oblivion because there just wasn't anything worth to get.

I'm liking the level / perks system too. Right now I'm doing a little bit of everything, really.

I hope there's not a level cap. I wanna catch 'em all!

 

[Interslicery]

I just finished my first real quest, involving finding a stolen golden claw from thieves in an ancient nord crypt. I like how it's an actually planned dungeon (it seems), instead of a randomly generated cave like in Oblivion . There's bosses too, and epic rewards (which I can't use yet due to not having progressed far enough into the main quest yet) at the end - and that's how it should be. I just quit exploring random caves and things in Oblivion because there just wasn't anything worth to get.

I'm liking the level / perks system too. Right now I'm doing a little bit of everything, really.

I hope there's not a level cap. I wanna catch 'em all!

It's a good thing Im not scared of spiders or else I would have been terrified at that part, and would have shit my pants while walking past its dead body and my guy somehow getting hurt. Good thing Im not afraid of spiders!

 

[Catherine]

I just finished the Bleak Falls Barrow quest as well. I was supposed to get a trophy for it but for some reason I didn't...oh well lol

I've been exploring and the environments are just amazing. You can definitely tell they've put lots of work into this game.

 

[Glaurung]

Listening to the OST while waiting for being able to actually play it. OMG, it's sooo purdy!!!! Sometimes I think I'm listening to Icewind Dale's OST. So many good memories ;w;

 

[Tennyo]

Do the Elder Scrolls games have a continuing plot from game to game or can I pick up just any installment?

 

[Max Payne]

Do the Elder Scrolls games have a continuing plot from game to game or can I pick up just any installment?

You can jump in when you want.

Each game has its own standalone plot for the most part.

 

[Tennyo]

Very nice.

I'll have to put this game on my que.

 

[Glaurung]

That's right. I began playing with Morrowind, without having no idea about what happened in the first two games.

You have many historical references about previous events, though.

 

[Cthulhu]

Yeah, and the basic land's the same - just another province every time.

I'm still waiting for Bethesda to do an Elder Scrolls MMO with all the provinces in there. I wouldn't mind it if it was done with the (quest) quality of Skyrim at all.

I started a mage character during my weekend away, and magic is so much better than in the previous installments . There's also fancy effects if there's powerful fireballs hurling on your faec. It'd be more win if you could set things on fire, but eh, maybe some other time.

 

[Tifabelle]

The game is beautiful, unsurprisingly. And I was walking on the map somewhere and randomly got attacked by a dragon. It was actually really cool. They're difficult to fight without a long range attack of some kind. They do land, but you have to run around and wait for them. Then they take off again and fly around. XD And I kept wanting to dodge roll its attacks XD

 

[Interslicery]

Anyone else with the pc version having mouse acceleration issues? Apparently a few people have been having this problem and while there's a fix, it doesn't work for anyone, including me.
And I can't really play it anymore since I need to drag my mouse across my desk like 4-5 times to turn around. It's killing my wrist.