Blue Ninja
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Got mine ordered.Government-man said:
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim |OT| Het Kos Dovahhe
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Government-man
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Blue Ninja said:
I'll buy it for sure later on (can't afford it right now).
GarthVaderUK
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nonnocere said:
Come now, let's be honest. All that other crap is just filler between Elder Scrolls releases.
Government-man
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FuzzyNorman said:
Dunmer battlemage is usually my favourite combination in ES games. So I'd say it's a valid build, very fun to play at least.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
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Lakitu said:
I don't know there were a few moments of hilarity to be had with orc facial expressions while pissing them off.
British Monsoon
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Dorfdad said:
I'm not seeing any major differences, although I'm not very far in. The only annoyance I've encountered so far is that there's a slight stutter for auto-saving. The first time it happened it lasted near 10 seconds and I thought the game had crashed, but in every other instance it's only paused for a split-second. It sometimes auto-saves when you bring up there character menu, but you can set the gaps between auto-saves in the options, or turn them off altogether.
Mad_Ban said:Any AA? How does it run? How big is the install? It's nice to have someone to go off.
I've barely noticed any jaggies at all, so I'm guessing there's some level of AA. Apart from the aforementioned auto-save stutter, it runs very smoothly, although there are a few flickering soft shadows which are a bit distracting and the scenery can look a little washed out at times, although that may just be the starting area. Walking out into the open for the first time wasn't quite as impressive as it was with Oblivion, but on a whole it looks amazing.
Also, the install is 5.5gb, but unlike Oblivion it doesn't install in the background as there's no opening cut-scene.
kai3345 said:
Coming from someone who happily played Oblivion, Fallout 3 & New Vegas on PS3 with little complaint, yeah it runs fine
Lakitu said:
Dunno, got it from some guy on eBay. It's an American copy though, so I'll have to grab any DLC from the US store.
Here's a quick shot of my wood elf dude;
Piercedveil
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Bootaaay said:
Oh my, PS3 copy turned up this morning, goodbye life. I'm just installing it now, and then I'm rolling a kick ass wood elf
Why do you do this to me!!!
@Bootaaay: If you get time, I would love to know the answer to a few things:
- How the fuck does Speech actually work in Skyrim? Nobody has actually had a proper detailed explanation in any preview for this game, even though they completely changed how it works.
- Does Marksman work alright in the third-person perspective now?
- Does the Dunmer active racial (Ancestor's Wrath) scale up with each level, or is it static? How big is the radius roughly?
- Can you verify that all of these starting skill bonuses appear to be correct: http://forums.bethsoft.com/index.php?/topic/1250759-full-list-of-racial-bonuses/
- Do all the active racial abilities share the same cooldown (1/day) or are they different on a per-race basis?
- How the fuck does Speech actually work in Skyrim? Nobody has actually had a proper detailed explanation in any preview for this game, even though they completely changed how it works.
- Does Marksman work alright in the third-person perspective now?
- Does the Dunmer active racial (Ancestor's Wrath) scale up with each level, or is it static? How big is the radius roughly?
- Can you verify that all of these starting skill bonuses appear to be correct: http://forums.bethsoft.com/index.php?/topic/1250759-full-list-of-racial-bonuses/
- Do all the active racial abilities share the same cooldown (1/day) or are they different on a per-race basis?
Deified Data
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Lakitu said:
TerminalDogma
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So, this may not be the right topic for this but I'm gonna ask anyway. If I wanted to build/buy a new computer capable of running Skyrim on high settings, what would I need? Let's say we are keeping this in the $800 range, is that even possible? My current computer is about 3 years old, and could probably play Skyrim fine except for the fact that I LOATHE it and recently has been giving me many many problems.
TheChewyWaffles
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Luthos said:
You expect us to be rational or something?
Deified Data
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Or the complete lack thereof from Argonians or Khajiits...Count of Monte Sawed-Off said:
Blue Ninja
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If you are not, Wulf will drink dragon blood from your skull.BigNastyCurve said:
For the record, Wulf claims Xbox superiority.
Prophet Steve
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Go to the I need a new PC thread. It's great. And I'm quite sure it's possible depending on what you need.TerminalDogma said:
TerminalDogma said:
Just on High settings is easily doable within 800 bucks. First post of the main PC thread is all you need.
Deified Data said:
Actually, the Argonians are probably the only race they got right as far as facial expressions. Part of the reason people don't trust them is that they aren't really capable of expressing much emotion because they don't have the facial muscles. People think they don't have emotions at all and treat them like they might be animals partly for that reason.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
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Deified Data said:
Ha, definitely. Especially Argonians. I could never tell what was going on with them.
Piercedveil
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Government-man
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Yeah I'm glad they got rid off that wheel. Felt like it was worse than chance deciding. Skill mult + chance is probably the best, unless you can construct a really good minigame. A fun way would be to build a text parser where you can input you own convincing sentences. But that is a no-go for consoles I guess.
British Monsoon
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Wallach said:
I'll have to make another character to answer most of those, so I won't get to them immediately, but the starting skills of the Bosmer are all correct and marksman works as well in 3rd person as it does in 1st.
I love 1st person perspective, but 3rd person is really well done in this game too.
Haven't encountered any speech challenges yet, but I'll post back here once I do.
Mad_Ban said:
Yeah, shorter than all of the NPC's I've encountered so far.
Locke_211 said:
Not ready? Just listen to this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0iEO4gQPrg
Then imagine exploring and being a dragon slaying badass in an open environment like this:
Lastly, but certainly not least. Take this guy's advice, and then you will have the proper mindset as you set foot into Skyrim.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hikLjcwFdD8
TheChewyWaffles
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witchedwiz said:
With that sorry ass PC you might just want to stick with the 360.
WanderingWind
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...holy...I'm out. See y'all in a month or so.
If anyone wants to try and get this game for $27.00 for the PC version, do this.
The website intkeys.net is currently selling/taking pre orders for Steam copies of the game for $34.99, but they price match other sites AND give people who notify them of lower prices a %10 discount coupon I believe. Another site called gamerkeys.net is doing their price at $29.99.
Just sign up for intkeys.net, then go to the contact tab to message them, and provide a link to the gamerkeys Skyrim buying page. They should email you back in 24 hours hopefully, and you'll be set to get the game for $27ish dollars.
The website intkeys.net is currently selling/taking pre orders for Steam copies of the game for $34.99, but they price match other sites AND give people who notify them of lower prices a %10 discount coupon I believe. Another site called gamerkeys.net is doing their price at $29.99.
Just sign up for intkeys.net, then go to the contact tab to message them, and provide a link to the gamerkeys Skyrim buying page. They should email you back in 24 hours hopefully, and you'll be set to get the game for $27ish dollars.
Deified Data
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Yeah, I know. I just take issue with the prospect of being expected to guage the emotional state of a people who canonically do not display their emotions with facial expressions. The speech minigame wasn't thoroughly ironed-out.Wallach said:
malingenie
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Bethesda games get a lot of flak in the enthusiast audience, but NOTHING comes close to the immersion and exploration that heir games provide. In fact they are the only 50+ hour games that I know I will finish.
I actually wish there was more competition in sweeping 1st/3rd person WRPG, so that I don't have to wait for one release every year.
Edit: And I only posted this because I am super hyped for this release!
I actually wish there was more competition in sweeping 1st/3rd person WRPG, so that I don't have to wait for one release every year.
I haven't played the witcher, though because my pc is shiite and I refuse to upgrade.
Edit: And I only posted this because I am super hyped for this release!
zlatko said:If anyone wants to try and get this game for $27.00 for the PC version, do this.
The website intkeys.net is currently selling/taking pre orders for Steam copies of the game for $34.99, but they price match other sites AND give people who notify them of lower prices a %10 discount coupon I believe. Another site called gamerkeys.net is doing their price at $29.99.
Just sign up for intkeys.net, then go to the contact tab to message them, and provide a link to the gamerkeys Skyrim buying page. They should email you back in 24 hours hopefully, and you'll be set to get the game for $27ish dollars.
Are these sites legitimate?
RPGCrazied
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I want the PS3 version too. It has some AA you say? That's pretty rare in a PS3 game. How about screen tearing? I really do hate that.
GarthVaderUK
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Man, 'Exploring Part 2' is lovely:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk_sLwQ12ps
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk_sLwQ12ps
neoemonk said:
I had the same question just yesterday and did the research. CDkeysdiscount and intkeys.net are proven, but the gamerkeys.net site is the one that people aren't sure about.
The other two though get the boxed product games from cheaper areas of the world, and then they just open the box up, snap a picture up of the CD keys, and email them to you. Everything is on the up and up.
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