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heroicraptor
11-22-2011, 06:47 PM
This game is wonderful.
http://www.ragemaker.net/images/Pleasure/sweetjesusface.png

theburningreptile
11-23-2011, 05:28 PM
Agreed. There is so much to do. I can't believe how big it is. I've spent hours just wondering around and pwning Ice Trolls with my Fire spells without even touching the main story. Also Giants suck. :)

slave2thewage
11-24-2011, 10:03 AM
I HATE GIANTS.

49 hours so far. JFC.

waffel
11-25-2011, 02:50 PM
Can't wait to get my hands on this for Christmas. The plan is to be a ranger/rouge werewolf.

Wretchedest
11-27-2011, 12:06 PM
Yeah this game is endless and I love it. I've got mastery in Conjuration and Illusion and I'm working on destruction. Lots of Fun ways to play. probably 50-100 hours and I haven't even gotten into the main quest yet. They really did it perfectly. The flavor of everything, the powers, weapons, settings.

My only qualm is with the perk system, which everyone else seems to love. The perk system seems to render leleling up skills to totally useless. It doesn't totally matter that I'm a level 100 Conjurist, it's the perks that count. And since you can't get perks without leveling up, the game eventually slows to a crawl as far as powering up goes. Leveling and becoming more powerful is the fuel and motivation for exploration in this game, so once that essentially becomes very rare or impossible, I've started to lose interest in the game.

heroicraptor
11-30-2011, 03:02 PM
Welp. The 1.2 patch broke the main menu for me. No text loads, so I can't do anything.

Solved. Val's Crafting Meltdown (http://skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=874) causes the bug.

Clownboat
11-30-2011, 04:02 PM
I'd put about 31 hours in on PS3, and then I travelled far away for Thanksgiving. I stayed with a friend and played it on PC. Now it's really hard to play it on console. :(

Wretchedest
11-30-2011, 04:02 PM
^^^ yeah, I was getting the serious lag issues on PS3.

I bust out the game to show my friend get the patch, then go into a cave to show him how awesome it's been to. The cave is filled with bears. They each start fighting the walls? and then one by one get sucked into the cieling.

It was fucking crazy.

New patch makes the game glitchier somehow.

Clownboat
11-30-2011, 04:09 PM
I love Bethesda games because the glitches are always hilarious and almost always stupid. I live for moments like that.

krush
12-01-2011, 01:20 AM
^^^ This made me lose it:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_xCjK3BD6u4

xmd 5a
12-01-2011, 08:45 AM
Apart from the weird menu interface and some annoying glitches (fucking don't sell your Thieves Guild armour or the fucking questline will fucking break just before completion after fucking doing fucking hours of fucking thief jobs GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!) this game is divine and among the defining moments of this generation.

About 60 hours in:
-Level 31, Heavy Armour, One-Handed dual-wielding specialist
-College Questline done
-Companions Questline done
-Thief Guild Questline literally one broken objective away from being done
-Mid-way through Civil War Questline
-Main Story barely touched (waiting for my wife to finish it first since I promised her first playthrough)

I've spent most of the time faffing around exploring though. Adore the scenery in this game!

october_midnight
12-01-2011, 11:23 AM
Haven't played since the 1.2 patch, went back to GoW3 but luckily I didn't have any glitches or texture issues at all. Currently Level 51, finished the main storyline and 3 achievements away from getting them all. Can't wait for some DLC!

The one thing I found kinda weird was how easy it was to get full Daedric armor and how easy that made the game, I had to tweak the difficulty up a bit. Get all Daedric armor, enchant some of your gear to heal and some to do extra damage (i chose fire), sword in one hand, heals in the other...couldn't be beat.

jehuty
12-01-2011, 12:56 PM
Played this game for about 35 hours before my PC broke down last week (right after I bought Arkham City on Steam -.-). Needless to say, it's amazing, but still has a lot of "filler" stuff that has no substance at all. But this time (as opposed to Oblivion) you can actually discover new things if you try to explore, which is really what this game is about for me.

This also marks another game in the Bethesda games series (from Morrowind on through every game now up to Skyrim) that hasn't shown me any sign of serious bugs (of course I still get the things like the baseball-with-your-body giants, but it's arguable if this is a bug - I think they left it in intentionally, or at least they gave fixing this a very, very low priority during development) even though the whole internet is complaining about it. I think I went into this a bit more in depth in the Fallout 3 thread in the old forum.

I'm looking forward to DLC for this game. As of right now, most of the landscape is pretty filled with dungeons and locations to explore, so they probably won't have very much space to just put in new quests or something in the old world, which means that we'll probably get to see new regions in DLCs.

Wretchedest
12-01-2011, 02:02 PM
Being at level 41 witg 100 skill in illusion and conjuration is pretty ridiculous. I walk around with two storm atronarchs, a dog, a horse, and a fucking dragon. Nothing even gets to me any more. If shit hits the fan, harmony stops everything the room from wanting to attack you. And then mayhem turns them all against each other. And thats if the enemy dpesnt get sucked into the sky. Which they will.

october_midnight
12-01-2011, 02:07 PM
Yeah exactly, there are so many combos that can make you massive OP'ed. Also they made it too easy to level, but of course it's a Bethesda game...there are going to be easily exploitable things. That combo you're rocking sounds absurd. One thing I found that made leveling so incredibly easy was smithing iron daggers (easy materials, levels you up too quickly lol) and getting Equilibrium and Healing....spam Equilibrium...spam Healing...rinse and repeat.

Oh and for the DLC there's some video I saw on YouTube of the NE edge of the map, there's a giant stone archway and you can see beyond it though you can't go through...seems like you're right that it'll just be an expansion to another part of the larger map.

Piko
12-01-2011, 02:44 PM
Have two characters. A lvl 13 Thief/assassin. And I started a heavy armor one-handed lvl. 5. Dragons are a pain at times. Some are super aggressive. Some fly around and a real pain to hit.

Jinsai
12-01-2011, 02:49 PM
Apart from the weird menu interface and some annoying glitches (fucking don't sell your Thieves Guild armour or the fucking questline will fucking break just before completion after fucking doing fucking hours of fucking thief jobs GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!)

WHAT?! Oh no...
Do you mean the Nightingale Armor set, or just the thieves' boots etc?

It's these kinds of things that are driving me nuts. Up until this mistake, I guess the broken questlines have been relatively minor. I can't do any more companion quests, because I already killed the animal for the Animal Extermination mission I'm on. I can't deliver the rare book to the guy in Winterhold, because I picked up the book earlier... which kind of sucks, because now I can't even drop it, I'm just carrying around this extra pound of broken questline. I can't talk to the fortune teller lady in Whiterun because I guess I must have sold the little gemstone that I was supposed to give her? Ogava's Token or something? It looks like a generic sapphire... Yeah, don't sell that either, because apparently it leads to a big side quest with a word wall at the end.

It's a fantastic game. I love it. But still, some of these bugs are unacceptable. I guess I've been lucky with the PS3 version, because for the most part I haven't encountered the lag very often. Sucks for everyone else though.

dominik
12-01-2011, 03:32 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt5aUdijAN8

Piko
12-01-2011, 04:02 PM
Haha! I saw that! I thought about it. But, I chose to just lvl up my sneak instead. If it didn't matter, oh yeah, absolutely. Maybe with my warrior, I will.

Conan The Barbarian
12-01-2011, 04:53 PM
I am not really into rpg's.

I picked this up for my girlfriend as a surprise. she forced me to make a character so I went along with it. By accident I made my nord look like arnold's conan. I am now hooked, which is odd since I couldnt even finish Oblivian.

this game really is great and fun. Decapitating someone feels sooooooo good.

Quick question though.

Since I dont play rpgs, I am focusing on leveling up my two-handed and other combat categories. Should I spread the points out to magic and such as well?

Wretchedest
12-01-2011, 05:00 PM
Look at the trees and decide what youre into. Pick like 3 or 4 main ones. Focus your perks into those because leveling skills is meaningless witgout plugging perks into them. Figure you have about 37 perks before leveling slows to a complete crawl. You dont need magic. But its nice to have a projectile and or distraction option when dealing with dragons

Conan The Barbarian
12-01-2011, 05:13 PM
That's a good point as seeing as some dragons dont land and my arrows dont do squat against them.

exilajei
12-01-2011, 05:22 PM
Game is amazeballs.

I've been playing on PS3, and somehow my friend ended up accidentally overwriting my save after I had put about 20 hours into a warrior type character... needless to say, I was pissed. Good thing about this game though is that after I made another character, I decided to just ignore the quests I had already done as to not get bored, and so far I've already clocked around 45 hours. Went the way of a thief with some archery and illusion magic, and I'm enjoying it a lot more.

... and just imagine what Fallout 4 is going to be like.

Conan The Barbarian
12-01-2011, 05:24 PM
Can I make more than one character without saving over my nord?

heroicraptor
12-01-2011, 05:27 PM
Yes. Just make a new save.

exilajei
12-01-2011, 05:27 PM
Can I make more than one character without saving over my nord?

Shouldn't be a problem, just keep an eye on it and back your main save up. The saving system looks a lot better on the 360 than it is on the PS3. The auto-saves are limited to 3 slots and it just starts going over them, which has irked me a few times. Or is that the same as well?

heroicraptor
12-01-2011, 05:37 PM
It's also limited to 3 auto saves on PC.

Corvus T. Cosmonaut
12-02-2011, 04:39 AM
Couldn't stand Oblivion and was pretty disappointed with Fallout 3, but I'm hooked on this. Bethesda did a great job.

About level 28 right now, maybe 60 hours in. Sneak skill's maxed out, including all the perks. Archery's getting close. Most of my play consists of sneaking around and backstabbing the shit out of people with that awesome X15 damage modifier, or catching them unawares with X3 plus my enhanced archery prowess at a distance.

Last main quest item for me was to train with the Greybeards, which I did maybe 30, 40 hours ago? It's shocking how much exploring I've done, yet how much remains to be discovered. I haven't even touched almost half the map.

xmd 5a
12-02-2011, 06:59 AM
I couldn't get into Oblivion either, but this game is reminding me of why I loved Morrowind and then some.


WHAT?! Oh no...
Do you mean the Nightingale Armor set, or just the thieves' boots etc?


The plain Thieves Guild Armour you're given at the start.

Ran into a really weird bug with a dragon. It was flying erratically/backwards/hovering (as per video above) and when I was trying to kill it the game became a slideshow. The massive lag was only cured when I got far enough from the dragon to be able to fast travel. I did some quests elsewhere and turned the game off. When I turned it back on (assuming the problem would be solved) and fast-travelled to the area (in the Riften region) where I have to kill that dragon for a Bounty the game instantly started lagging again and the dragon was still acting screwy.

Piko
12-02-2011, 07:55 AM
Maybe try questing in another area for a little while then try again? How random are the dragons supposed to be exactly? I had one quest, and it would always appear there after I fast-traveled. It wouldn't land, so I shrugged it off. Eventually went back and it was gone.

october_midnight
12-02-2011, 10:51 AM
From what I've experienced they're completely random. From one appearing in Riverwood as soon as I left the trader's store, to seeing 2 almost back to back. Dragons are pretty easy if you have the Dragonrend shout and the Sanguine Rose weapon that casts a demon in Daedric armor to fight for you since he always takes all enemy aggro...Dragonrend, shoot Sanguine Rose to spawn demon, dragon lands, they fight, you jump in behind the dragon and destroy it. Easy.

krush
12-04-2011, 03:01 PM
Mod of the year all years I will have this installed forever:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6QEZ_QZprM

Chris_CDN
12-05-2011, 05:32 PM
Loving this game. Level 48 so far. I usually sneak around in the shadows and stab people, but I'm slowly trying out some other skills. The story is a bit tough to follow when you're trying to do 100 quests at a time, but that's my fault for having Skyrim ADD. I'm having some frame rate issues on 360, but it seems to resolve itself by jumping back to the dashboard and back into the game.

cab
12-05-2011, 07:49 PM
this game rocks. i downloaded the last patch but didnt play it. the next day i heard it broke the game. im waiting for the next patch before i play it again.

danebraddy
12-07-2011, 04:04 AM
I had my Xbox stolen (a week before the Xbox update that will let me have cloud storage for saved games) - so had to start again... so I'm only at a lowly level 8 - I find I'm doing thing a little differently... a lot of guys in my office plan to start again 'proper' soon. The reason I love this game is that you can start again, use the same character class and still have a slightly different experience...

xmd 5a
12-07-2011, 05:35 AM
Finished all of the faction quests so have started on the story. I'm up to "Elder Knowledge" and am psyched with how epic this questline is shaping up to be. Hopefully the payoff is as good as I'm expecting.

Ken
12-07-2011, 09:34 AM
0000

heroicraptor
12-07-2011, 01:01 PM
1.3 just dropped on Steam.

Conan The Barbarian
12-08-2011, 12:04 AM
Just finished main quest at level 15. Time to put on some serious hurt to the world of skyrim.

Maurish
12-08-2011, 06:24 AM
There's a nice save manager for those interested in having multiple characters.
http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=365

xmd 5a
12-08-2011, 02:53 PM
Just got to Blackreach. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck I love this place.

Demogorgon
12-09-2011, 11:33 AM
Just got to Blackreach. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck I love this place.

one of the best locations in the game i think; it's almost like a mini-DLC in it's own right. i like how they tied it in with Oblivion via Sinderion and the nirnroots.

BrewHa
12-13-2011, 02:13 PM
Quite possibly the best game of all time.

Corvus T. Cosmonaut
12-13-2011, 04:11 PM
On what basis?

exilajei
12-13-2011, 04:57 PM
It's definitely one of the best games I've ever played. If someone wants to call it the best, I'm cool with that. It provides an experience like no other at the moment, really.

jrdsctt
12-13-2011, 05:02 PM
Should I join the dark brotherhood?

xmd 5a
12-14-2011, 08:01 AM
I usually play "good" characters in RPGs, but I joined every organisation in Skyrim in the interests of experiencing as much glorious content as possible. Sure, if you want to analyse things my character would be a crazy mess of contradictions, but in this case gameplay wins out over plot.

sentient02970
12-14-2011, 09:24 AM
I usually play "good" characters in RPGs, but I joined every organisation in Skyrim in the interests of experiencing as much glorious content as possible. Sure, if you want to analyse things my character would be a crazy mess of contradictions, but in this case gameplay wins out over plot.
It's funny how elder scrolls is so different this way compared to Fallout. I liked in Fallout how I could strike a balance between Good and Evil karma in an attempt to stay Neutral. But in Elder Scrolls, you don't have that kind of game. You have choices guided by story or just plain whim. It's an element in gaming I like to see more of. I need to add that both ideas are superb.
Oh and yeah I have yet to buy this game!! Or even finish Oblivion for that matter, I also like to discover everything in a game before considering it "done". This one, might take a lifetime.

slave2thewage
12-14-2011, 09:37 AM
Elder Dragons are the worst.

BrewHa
12-14-2011, 01:58 PM
It's definitely one of the best games I've ever played. If someone wants to call it the best, I'm cool with that. It provides an experience like no other at the moment, really.

That's exactly what I meant with that statement and one more thing...Daedric/Dragon armor.

xmd 5a
12-15-2011, 06:04 AM
I wouldn't have much problem with anyone calling it the best game of all time. It's definitely one of my favourite overall gaming experiences of this generation (along with Bayonetta and BioShock) and has some of the best scenery porn to explore in any game ever.

heroicraptor
12-16-2011, 05:49 PM
Dragonscale armor looks so badass.

Conan The Barbarian
12-16-2011, 09:31 PM
Is it strong armor?

twilight explosion
12-16-2011, 09:39 PM
Is it strong armor?

it's the best armor in the game. it's so awesome.

Space Suicide
12-16-2011, 09:59 PM
I got this day or release. Got to level 6. came to grips I don't have the time for it. Traded it to Best Buy on Black Fridy and swapped it for Arkham City straight up.

krush
01-07-2012, 02:34 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bifmj1O3D24

Piko
01-07-2012, 12:04 PM
Saw that earlier. Cannot even begin to describe how amazing that is.

Space Suicide
01-07-2012, 12:14 PM
I doubt I'm gonna re-buy this like I thought. I realize the more and more I hear about it the more I've grown tired of it. I played it and explored for a while and enjoyed it but this game is grossly overrated.

sentient02970
01-10-2012, 09:10 AM
Recently finished one of my first non-main story quests "Forbidden Legend". I was impressed how well-crafted a story it was along with the challenge it presents in every piece of the quest's puzzle. This and games like it really benefit from quests having a real story to it rather than a "go here, kill some stuff and loot the place".

DF118
02-15-2012, 05:53 PM
I'm curious, how many hours have most people clocked up? I've put in around 20 with very little to show for it, my safe file is largely a book reading and butterfly chasing simulator

sentient02970
02-15-2012, 06:55 PM
Funny you should mention the book reading as now that I have the collectors edition guide I'm committing myself to actually read every book available in the game.

heroicraptor
02-15-2012, 06:58 PM
IIRC, someone went through all the files and ripped the books into epub (or some other format) so you can read them on an ereader.

DF118
02-16-2012, 10:02 AM
IIRC, someone went through all the files and ripped the books into epub (or some other format) so you can read them on an ereader.

That is Immense. Now I can pretend my Imperial is carrying an iPad around Skyrim with him. Anyone want to mod that?

Alexandros
02-17-2012, 02:59 AM
IIRC, someone went through all the files and ripped the books into epub (or some other format) so you can read them on an ereader.

Thanks for bringing this to our attention. I was hoarding every book I could get with the intention of reading all of them at some point in the game, but I only have so much free time and had only read about ten or twenty so far. Now I can read all of them while commuting to and from work!

Also, great game. I don't know if it's overrated or not, but it is very entertaining and they've put attention to every little detail. The only minor gripe I have are the close-up textures of the landscape and the environment in general, they are not as detailed as I would like, but I guess if they were high-resolution it would be quite a resource drain. Does anyone know if there are mods out there that improve the textures without slowing down the game much?

EDIT: Nevermind my last question, I just discovered Skyrim Nexus, it's got all the info I need.

DF118
02-19-2012, 04:44 PM
Are there any women in Skyrim who don't arn't PMSing all over the place? I just walked up to a random female who told me that they'd stab me if I didn't go away. That would be fine, but they're all like that.

DVYDRNS
03-10-2012, 04:54 PM
just beat the main quest a few days ago. Set it aside so I could pick up Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (http://reckoning.amalur.com/)
so far I don't think its as impressive as sky rim. it just seems like Fable with the intensity punched up a few notches...


Anyway. I might go back to skyrim if they release some DLC soon.

Conan The Barbarian
04-12-2012, 09:41 AM
Finally!!!!!!


http://youtu.be/y3f1TOcyKHc

ibanez33
04-19-2012, 03:40 AM
Pretty sure I'll never need another weapon, ever.
http://i.imgur.com/yJ7y5.jpg

Goldfoot
04-19-2012, 03:13 PM
^^Fuck, man, how many smithing potions did you have to use to get it that powerful? My mace does like 96 damage, and I thought that was a lot until now.

october_midnight
04-19-2012, 03:29 PM
When I played through it after it came out I just got the Daedric Sword and Armor as fast as possible, pretty much untouchable thereafter.

ibanez33
04-21-2012, 02:33 AM
When improving: 1 smithing potion for 20% boost, 4 pieces of armor each enchanted for 20% boost. when equipped I'm wearing 4 pieces of armor each enchanted for 44% increase in one-hand attacks. all enchantments done while using an Enchanters Philter for 20% boost. Also maxed out all of my smithing & enchanting perks early on, but now leveling has grown to a crawl and a lot of my other stats are suffering because of it :(

Wretchedest
04-21-2012, 05:14 AM
I was finally able to play for a while after 1.4 and then they updated to 1.5 and now my ps3 crashes whenever i touch water.....

Rossva
04-29-2012, 05:38 AM
Pretty sure I'll never need another weapon, ever.
http://i.imgur.com/yJ7y5.jpg

Christ on a bike, i WANT!

october_midnight
05-01-2012, 01:35 PM
http://gamershavennews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Dawnguard.jpeg

Comes out this summer, 360 gets it a month before all other platforms.

Space Suicide
05-01-2012, 01:37 PM
I don't own this game nor fancy to again (ditched it after a week or so) but I was wondering when DLC would be out for it.

Piko
05-01-2012, 02:28 PM
http://gamershavennews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Dawnguard.jpeg

Comes out this summer, 360 gets it a month before all other platforms.

I've yet to actually finish the game... never even bothered with the main quest.

october_midnight
05-01-2012, 02:36 PM
I finished it within like a week and it was fucking awesome. Can't wait for some DLC.

ibanez33
05-02-2012, 02:58 AM
I did the main quest after the Civil War, but I haven't joined the Blades yet. There's still so much stuff I haven't done. I think I'm gonna start a new character when the DLC comes out though and try a mage play-through. I've haven't got much into the magic in Skyrim yet, mostly just run around and burninate the peoples heads off with my Trogdor.

slave2thewage
05-02-2012, 07:49 AM
I don't want to join the Blades, since I know who you have to kill :(.

Wretchedest
05-02-2012, 01:58 PM
HA trogdor is my characters name!

Im psyched for dlc see but it so far it seems lime a 360 excluaive... and i still havent gotten through most o the regular game yet. Im heald up because i cant fucking swim.

Space Suicide
05-02-2012, 02:26 PM
I bought GOTY Oblivion this morning. I'll give it a whirl.

Conan The Barbarian
05-02-2012, 04:52 PM
I don't want to join the Blades, since I know who you have to kill :(.

Don't. I made a seperate save to do the blades. Fucker glitched.

exilajei
05-02-2012, 05:04 PM
Kind of a dick move on Bethesda's part with that timed exclusive craziness. The majority of their fanbase came from the PC. Curse you Microsoft!

october_midnight
05-03-2012, 11:51 AM
The Elder Scrolls MMO was just officially announced. I promptly shit my pants.

Space Suicide
05-03-2012, 11:54 AM
Kind of a dick move on Bethesda's part with that timed exclusive craziness. The majority of their fanbase came from the PC. Curse you Microsoft!

Same shit happened with both Fallout 3 and New Vegas.

Space Suicide
05-03-2012, 05:47 PM
Holy Shite!

I'm playing the Shivering Isles DLC for Oblivion as stated previously and it's so much freaking fun. I love it. Color me surprised!

Jinsai
05-04-2012, 06:55 PM
Same shit happened with both Fallout 3 and New Vegas.

Actually, with Fallout 3 and New Vegas I'm pretty sure it was just the PS3 version that was delayed. The DLC came out on PC and 360 at the same time.

Also, the new issue of Game Informer showed up in the mail today, with a cover story on Elder Scrolls Online

Space Suicide
05-04-2012, 09:20 PM
Actually, with Fallout 3 and New Vegas I'm pretty sure it was just the PS3 version that was delayed. The DLC came out on PC and 360 at the same time.

Also, the new issue of Game Informer showed up in the mail today, with a cover story on Elder Scrolls Online

Well, what I initially meant was that Xbox got the DLC first. Dead Money came out a long ass time until it was available on the Playstation Network. PS3 usually gets left out and gets everything last out of this generation.

october_midnight
05-18-2012, 06:55 PM
Bethesda promises Elder Scrolls Online will still have a solid solo campaign. (http://www.complex.com/video-games/2012/05/the-elder-scrolls-online-will-make-you-feel-awesome)

october_midnight
05-19-2012, 03:19 PM
Article that compares The Elder Scrolls: Online to other MMO's such as WoW and SWTOR. (http://www.gameinformer.com/games/the_elder_scrolls_online/b/pc/archive/2012/05/11/what-elder-scrolls-online-offers-skyrim-fans-mmo-players.aspx)

A few interesting things I noticed are keeping the skills to 6 (for now) which is good in my opinion. The brief period that I was addicted to WoW (like a crack fiend to be honest lol) I only had 2 characters but found myself only using the same handful of skills/powers over and over anyways. Same for Skyrim. Either way I might wait to see the reviews when TES:O drops but I'm pumped for it.

october_midnight
05-20-2012, 08:37 PM
A few VERY minor details have apparently been found regarding the Dawnguard DLC. (http://www.oxm.co.uk/41680/features/skyrim-dlc-dawnguard-snow-elves-and-the-eye-of-magnus/)

Looks like they're keeping mum until E3.

Space Suicide
05-21-2012, 11:40 AM
A few VERY minor details have apparently been found regarding the Dawnguard DLC. (http://www.oxm.co.uk/41680/features/skyrim-dlc-dawnguard-snow-elves-and-the-eye-of-magnus/)

Looks like they're keeping mum until E3.

I changed my mind after reading that. I'll have to venture out to go buy Skyrim again sometime.

Piko
05-21-2012, 12:40 PM
I just wonder if it's just a regularly DLC, or a well fledged expansion like Shivering Isles. The world is far bigger than just Skyrim afterall.

Space Suicide
05-21-2012, 02:01 PM
I just wonder if it's just a regularly DLC, or a well fledged expansion like Shivering Isles. The world is far bigger than just Skyrim afterall.

I'm sure its like Shivering Isles for $29.99. But that means it's full worth the money for it.

Piko
05-21-2012, 02:51 PM
I'm fine either way. If it's a full-on expansion, even better.

october_midnight
05-24-2012, 05:09 PM
Mounted combat included in the 1.6 update coming soon.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS2GG2tLh9Y&feature=youtu.be

Conan The Barbarian
05-24-2012, 10:47 PM
looks really cool, but it does look like its gonna take a bit to get used to.

Wretchedest
05-25-2012, 10:43 AM
Are they going to fix the fucking water problem in the new patch???

october_midnight
05-26-2012, 06:04 PM
looks really cool, but it does look like its gonna take a bit to get used to.

Yeah apparently it will. (http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/elder-scrolls-v/1224840p1.html)

Also, For TES: Online they're actually creating a brand new engine to run it. (http://www.examiner.com/article/the-elder-scrolls-online-is-not-using-the-hero-engine)

Could be amazing....or too risky a move.

october_midnight
05-31-2012, 11:39 AM
Dawnguard will be 1600 MSP on the 360.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PjBSicSVqI

Piko
05-31-2012, 12:24 PM
For 1600, it better be longer than two hours...

PooPooMeowChow
05-31-2012, 02:53 PM
That trailer made me finally start playing the story.
I just got the achievement for clearing 50 dungeons. Only just did the embassy story mission. lol

Space Suicide
06-01-2012, 10:05 PM
http://dawnguardbeta.elderscrolls.com/

Sign up for the Dawnguard DLC Beta. Select people will get Beta access to the DLC and once it is released the chosen participants get the DLC free. Awesome, even though I don't have the game anymore I have an entry.

october_midnight
06-05-2012, 02:26 PM
New character trailer.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMrRAthQg6E

Not much, but it's something I guess...

october_midnight
06-05-2012, 05:37 PM
Dawnguard drops June 26th for the 360; shortly after for PS3 and PC. (http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/724634/elder-scrolls-dawnguard-dlc-features-werewolf-perk-tree/)

"10 to 20 hours of gameplay..."

Piko
06-05-2012, 08:29 PM
Nice! Just before my birthday!

Space Suicide
06-07-2012, 03:28 PM
Screens for Dawnguard (http://www.trueachievements.com/n9246/ten-new-skyrim-dawnguard-screens.htm)

Looks amazingly cool, better than what I played of the actual game...I'll have to get it again sometime.

Piko
06-07-2012, 04:46 PM
Not sure what I think of having to find the new content. Cool idea, but just how much searching will I have to do?

Rossva
06-10-2012, 04:56 PM
Not sure what I think of having to find the new content. Cool idea, but just how much searching will I have to do?

As much searching as it takes to type "dawnguard dlc where to find it" in google ! At least that's what I'll do!

Piko
06-11-2012, 08:04 AM
Probably what I'll end up doing...

twilight explosion
06-29-2012, 03:46 AM
dawnguard is awesome like the rest of skyrim is

Piko
06-29-2012, 08:06 AM
I might buy the DLC to play over the weekend.

Wretchedest
06-29-2012, 11:11 AM
Im looking forward to it playstation wise... but the whole choice element seems like a joke: do you want to become this awesome beast vampire thing with new ppwers and skill yrees or do you want toblargely ignore the most significant part of your 15 dollar purchase?

Piko
06-30-2012, 10:14 AM
Haven't decided yet if I want to be a vampire or not. Traded in a game for the dlc yesterday. I always heard being a vampire sucked in Oblivion. I never tried it though. Anyone try it?

Vertigo
08-13-2012, 04:55 AM
Bit late on the Skyrim bus, bought it during the Steam summer sale. Anyone have any mod recommendations?

Piko
08-13-2012, 08:27 AM
Really need to finish this fucking game! A good ways into Dawnguard. Just upgraded to HD (finally). Perhaps today would be a perfect time.

Hula
08-15-2012, 11:41 AM
Bit late on the Skyrim bus, bought it during the Steam summer sale. Anyone have any mod recommendations?

The weather mods are the only ones I've really bothered with. They really do make a difference; it all just feels so much more lush and real than with the vanilla weather.

Vertigo
08-16-2012, 03:53 AM
The weather mods are the only ones I've really bothered with. They really do make a difference; it all just feels so much more lush and real than with the vanilla weather.

Linkage, if you would be so kind?

Hula
08-16-2012, 09:48 AM
Real Rain (http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/16541/), ReAL Sun (http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/866), Immersive Thunder (http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/1702/), Pure Waters (http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/1111).

This mod (http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/11074/) to make camping equipment available to buy is actually pretty useful, and if you're into realism there's a mod to give your character basic needs (http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/10843) that you have to attend to or your performance suffers (à la Fallout hardcore mode).

Vertigo
08-16-2012, 03:57 PM
Ta very muchly!

heroicraptor
08-23-2012, 03:41 PM
Holy shit do I love me some crossbow action! So much better than bows.

october_midnight
08-28-2012, 09:06 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvhQZoyZn1g&feature=player_embedded

sentient02970
08-28-2012, 09:32 AM
I suspect this goes a long way to apologize for the Oblivion Horse Armor DLC. Not sure I'd be without much to do in Skyrim anytime soon to have the time to manage this. But looks cool.

Piko
08-28-2012, 09:33 AM
Interesting.

Wretchedest
08-28-2012, 11:47 AM
It looks cool but us ps3 users havent gotten dawnguard yet. Its like they hate us.

Piko
08-28-2012, 12:29 PM
Hopefully there's more to it than playing house? Cool idea, but I can care less about that stuff... doesn't affect me much at all. I prefer the nomad route.

sentient02970
08-28-2012, 02:40 PM
Hopefully there's more to it than playing house? Cool idea, but I can care less about that stuff... doesn't affect me much at all. I prefer the nomad route.
http://kastatic.com/i2/tv/4162.jpg

DF118
08-28-2012, 04:45 PM
Smells like Horse Armour.

Vertigo
08-28-2012, 05:03 PM
Smells like Horse Armour.

Might amount to something similar - pimp my manse rather than my ungulate. But the real issue with Horse Armour was always that it was an incredibly basic addition, the kind that the modding community would produce in a few weeks given motivation, and appeared so quickly that it was almost certainly cut from the game to be released later as premium DLC. Basically, it was cynical exploitation. While Hearthfire may turn out to be a bit low on substance, it's an innovative and complex piece of coding (and, I believe, cheaper than Horse Armour was, despite requiring a ton more work).

Anyway. To me, Hearthfire looks rather weird (who exactly wants to adopt a kid? And when will they be appearing on To Catch A Predator?), but if there's enough design customisation involved I'll definitely go for it so long as the PC price matches the reasonable sum for the Xbox. If we're just going to be choosing from three or four preset styles for each room, pass.

PooPooMeowChow
08-29-2012, 10:25 PM
I know plenty of people who will get lost in this. How ever I have always wanted to be able to affect larger areas.
Like to bring Winterhold back to its former glory as a bustling town. Something to make you feel good (or bad), not just looking out for number one.
But building a dope house would be cool.

october_midnight
11-08-2012, 10:58 AM
Finally, in-game environment and gameplay footage has been released in a new trailer video. Naturally, the game looks fantastic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlEipFtHw7o

sentient02970
12-03-2012, 08:39 PM
Arrrrgh disappearing followers!! I think she might have died fighting Malkoran but I can't find her body (and my stuff!). Yes I tried fast travel. Going to have to redo the Malkoran fight.

Space Suicide
12-31-2012, 01:20 PM
http://img.gawkerassets.com/post/9/2012/05/dawnguard.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kviBrvWoWlc/UFUin3fwhZI/AAAAAAAAAbs/kNa6J7lhTeU/s1600/skyrim-hearthfire-top630.jpeg

Last Day of Xbox Live Countdown to 2013 Sale was very good! 50% off Dawnguard and 50% off Hearthfire.

I bought them both, such a great price!

Also Oblivion, Shivering Isles and Knights of the Nine are on sale too.

Conan The Barbarian
01-03-2013, 02:04 PM
I recommend the Dragonborn DLC when you get the chance.

Space Suicide
01-03-2013, 02:09 PM
I recommend the Dragonborn DLC when you get the chance.

Plan on it...eventually.

october_midnight
03-04-2013, 10:24 AM
New update coming, will include the ability to 'prestige' learned skills. (http://www.oxm.co.uk/50790/skyrim-legendary-update-to-release-on-xbox-360-later-this-month/)

Space Suicide
03-04-2013, 10:59 AM
Great a new patch!

Conan The Barbarian
03-12-2013, 10:36 AM
MUST OWN THIS!!

http://www.bethblog.com/2013/03/12/dragonborn-statue-available-for-pre-order/

october_midnight
08-02-2013, 01:18 PM
Scroll to about 41:00 in for a new live gameplay demo of TESO. (http://www.twitch.tv/bethesda/b/439743009)

This game's lookin' hot.

october_midnight
08-21-2013, 10:47 AM
Well, so much for that. The Elder Scrolls Online will be subscription based a la WoW, first month free, then $15/month thereafter. Sure it means better servers and more frequent content (perhaps) but no thanks. I deem subscriptions like this as a way to kind of force you to play it enough to make it worth the money you spend. With two jobs, running a business, and knowing that I already waste too much of my life in front of the tv instead of actually doing something, I'll pass.

darktemplar007
08-21-2013, 12:44 PM
Given the recent trends in MMOs I feel like it's not going to be long before it goes free to play.

BrokenSpiral
08-21-2013, 01:10 PM
I plan on picking up one of the DLC. What do you guys recommend? Dawngaurd or dragonborn? Should I play dawnguard first or does it matter?

Piko
08-21-2013, 01:41 PM
Dawnguard is pretty fun. A lot of bang for your buck as well. Yet to play the other one.

ericy210
10-01-2013, 09:08 PM
Anyone pretty much done? I have a few random quests to do, but any other way to make it feel new again? Is it worth starting with a new character? One of my top 5 games ever....

Space Suicide
10-01-2013, 10:16 PM
Anyone pretty much done? I have a few random quests to do, but any other way to make it feel new again? Is it worth starting with a new character? One of my top 5 games ever....

I beat the main story, Dawnguard, built a house with Hearthfire and am on the second to last quest of Dragonborn. I don't have all of the achievements (ugh) but I feel I'm close to being done with this game in a sense.

Piko
10-02-2013, 10:30 PM
I never finished the main story, finished Dawnguard, finished the dark brotherhood quests, pushed through a good bit of the thieves guild and the companions. I may not have "beaten" the game, but I certainly clocked in a LOT of hours just in those side quests. Yet to touch Dragonborn, but I did buy it recently. Slowly, i've been replaying it. I'm in no real rush though.

slave2thewage
10-02-2013, 10:41 PM
I finished the "main quest" of Dragonborn last week, but Fallout 3 has sucked me back into that so Skyrim's in the backseat once again.

october_midnight
01-21-2015, 10:23 AM
The Elder Scrolls Online coming to XB1/PS4 on June 9th, will be free to play. PC version going free to play earlier, March 9th, with 'ESO Plus', xp boosts yada yada for those that still want to keep paying the monthly fee. Probably pick this up along with Arkham Knight but summer is the last time I ever wanna game...always out somewhere lol.

Space Suicide
01-21-2015, 03:33 PM
The second of worthy games being released for Summer, which is usually empty of releases. Still on the fence about this one.

Piko
01-21-2015, 03:33 PM
Been hearing some negative things about it...

Space Suicide
01-21-2015, 05:23 PM
Been hearing some negative things about it...

Yeah, that's what's stopping me along with video play throughs I've watched on Youtube.

Piko
01-21-2015, 07:19 PM
And, after the thing's I've heard and read, and now seeing it's going to be free to play makes me a little weary of it. Probably going to pass on this one

pulse
01-22-2015, 03:22 AM
The Elder Scrolls Online is coming to XB1/PS4 (http://www.wired.com/2015/01/elder-scrolls-online-consoles-free-play/) on June 9th and it will be free-to-play instead of requiring monthly subscription on top of your PSN Plus or Xbox Live Gold subscriptions. The new free-to-play version will launch for PC on March 17. I had quite a bit of experience as a beta tester last year and spent several months later playing it on PC. In my opinion, it was released too soon. It had a lot of problems. However, Zenimax has done a lot of work to rectify many of them and get it ready for the console releases later this year. If you like MMORPGs then it's definitely worth your time. What it absolutely is not is a completely immersive RPG experience like the Elder Scrolls series of games by Bethesda Studios (i.e. Daggerfall, Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim). I'll toss Fallout 3 in there as well since it was also made by Bethesda and is of the same vein. You cannot have those kind of experiences in an MMO world for obvious reasons. If you want that, wait on Bethesda to release Fallout 4 or Elder Scrolls VI. There's also the massively huge modded remake of Morrowind called Skywind (http://tinyurl.com/qhtvtmc) that looks awesome and is coming out hopefully by the end of this year. Or you could just play the new Witcher game that's about to come out. Anyway, yeah.... ESO is not a bad MMO at all. In fact, it's pretty damn good. Enjoy...

Dr Channard
11-10-2015, 08:26 AM
Around a few years ago a friend gave me a copy of Skyrim for PS3, and I finally started it yesterday. To someone who’s never played elder scrolls games before, anyone have any helpful tips to keep in mind?

Going in blind, I’m kind of expecting this to be like Fallout 3, but with dragons instead of deathclaws and magic instead of a pip-boy.

sentient02970
11-10-2015, 08:38 AM
Around a few years ago a friend gave me a copy of Skyrim for PS3, and I finally started it yesterday. To someone who’s never played elder scrolls games before, anyone have any helpful tips to keep in mind?

Going in blind, I’m kind of expecting this to be like Fallout 3, but with dragons instead of deathclaws and magic instead of a pip-boy.

I haven't played it for a while on my Xbox 360 but when I did I played it quite a lot. I would say my number one tip is to get good with bow and arrow (range weapons) as it's really the only way to take down dragons (which you start seeing a lot of as the game goes on). The main quest is OK but side missions are great. Mix them up. Don't be afraid to explore (I hardly ever used fast travel). Enjoy!

Dr Channard
11-17-2015, 11:14 PM
I would say my number one tip is to get good with bow and arrow (range weapons) as it's really the only way to take down dragons (which you start seeing a lot of as the game goes on)... Enjoy!

Thanks for the tip. The game is fun, but I kind of suck at it so far. Still trying to figure out the workings of a lot of shit really (leveling, skill trees, weapon upgrading, using magic at all, etc.). And whenever it’s time to fight, my brain seems hardwired to go into Dark Souls mode which doesn’t help things.

But yeah, I’ve dropped two dragons so far with my bow.

Dr Channard
11-30-2015, 10:23 AM
Gah! I think I fucked something up somehow and now the guards in Markarth will not allow me to move an inch around the city without locking me up in a dialogue loop. The only way out I can find is to fight and kill all the guards, which is difficult to do and has driven up my bounty astronomically, and they all just respawn anyway forcing another showdown the next visit. This is one fucked up glitch.

allegate
01-28-2021, 12:26 PM
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D7D8IaRWsAATc_U.jpg

OK so got a new computer, one that could potentially actually run Skyrim unlike my last one. 3060, i7, 32GB ram, SSD. Anyway, I went to Steam to install it and noticed that there isn't any DLC available except for the soundtrack. I could download the game again - small victories - and the Hi-Res texture DLC that I somehow had* but that was it. Is this fallout (lol) from the MS purchase?

*why would I buy that texture pack if the game could barely run as-is on the old machine? mysteries.

allegate
08-19-2021, 04:41 PM
https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1428469450647379969

you can fish now?