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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim |OT| Het Kos Dovahhe
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This game is drop dead gorgeous on PC once you give it a chance. The textures are mediocre in spots but the fantastic weather effects means the world is dripping with atmosphere. It easily stands up to the likes of the Witcher 2/BF3/Uncharted 3 in it's own way despite not having the same graphical feature set. The art really makes up for the technical deficiencies and once modders get their teeth into it it's going to look incredible.
Blue Ninja
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Hehe, those places... Fun little anecdote I experienced there:nicoga3000 said:
I'd been in Rorikstead before, shared a drink with a guy there and ended up with a hangover in Markath with no recollection of the night before. The game sent me on a series of mini-quests from that point, pretty much all over Skyrim. Someone in Whiterun told me I mentioned a "fiancée waiting for me". She happened to be waiting for me in that very particular house you just posted a pic of. :lol
She turned out to be a Hagraven who passionately wanted to 'consume our love'. I stuck my other sword in her instead, right as a dragon attacked.
She turned out to be a Hagraven who passionately wanted to 'consume our love'. I stuck my other sword in her instead, right as a dragon attacked.
Distracted from the main quest by the side quests. Distracted from the side quests by the miscellaneous quests.
I love it. The amount of things to see and do here is just staggering. And I really like how a lot of the side stuff is presented much more naturally than in past games. Usually by just observing and overhearing people talk. Sometimes you have to unearth it for yourself through conversation. It's not just "HEY! HEY! GOT A THING FOR YOU TO DO HERE! RIGHT HERE" 100 percent of the time.
I love it. The amount of things to see and do here is just staggering. And I really like how a lot of the side stuff is presented much more naturally than in past games. Usually by just observing and overhearing people talk. Sometimes you have to unearth it for yourself through conversation. It's not just "HEY! HEY! GOT A THING FOR YOU TO DO HERE! RIGHT HERE" 100 percent of the time.
The sheer amount of stuff to do is overwhelming. Quests upon quests upon quests. And I've barely been anywhere! I'm level 16 and just scratched the surface of Markath, plowed through a lot of Whiterun and just started the College of Winterhold quests. I haven't been anywhere else yet.
17 hours in, and literally just a drop in the bucket. This game is huge.
17 hours in, and literally just a drop in the bucket. This game is huge.
firehawk12
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Ah, cheers.loblaw said:
catotheyounger
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Dragon fights are intennnnnse. Either I am underleveled for them, or they are meant to be a slugfest. Last one I did I was out of health/mana/stamina potions, mana, near death, and with no stamina. When that "Oh shit, this is some epic dragon shit right here" music starts to play as you ride on its head to deliver the last blow, its just great. Knowing that I have to come into dragon fights prepared and with a gameplan, I avoid some. The area with the hotsprings looks spooky at night, complete with fog and the mist from the geysers. It was even worse with a dragon flying patrol, giving out its whale-like calls. So immersive. So atmospheric. So great.
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
Okay so I think I need to head to a town and sell stuff... 300/300 and pretty much killed everything on site in every possible dungeon I've passed through :lol My god this game!
THIS IS MORROWIND.Hesemonni said:
PumpkinPie
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Hawkian said:
Oblivion is one of my games of the forever but I agree, everything that was wrong with Oblivion is right in Skyrim, it's like Bethesda actually listened to criticism.
scorpian007
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Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but where is the cheapest place I can buy a steam key from?
Thanks
Thanks
Dice
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I just used this to add up all the perks I want for my Shield & Mace build. Archery will be a bit limited, but my use of it was going to be limited anyway. Otherwise, I'm glad I'll have so many abilities. I haven't been getting very hurt and my armor will only keep rocking more so I think I should start pouring into stamina.
It also seems like I'll want to do Mage & Thief playthroughs later. How much am I going to play this game? lol
It also seems like I'll want to do Mage & Thief playthroughs later. How much am I going to play this game? lol
Whaaaaat? I may top off my Archery afterall...Woorloog said:
While it's still early, and I'm only level 14 or so, this is most likely gonna be my GOTY. I think the real biggest competition it had (for me) was Uncharted 3, and while it was good, Skyrim just beats it.
Skyrim just pulled me in and wouldn't let me go. And I know tomorrow is gonna be the same damn thing.
Skyrim just pulled me in and wouldn't let me go. And I know tomorrow is gonna be the same damn thing.
I hear that. I'm doing a Sword & Board character. With some stuff in smithing and restoration (a paladin of sorts). And I'm already thinking of how I'm gonna do my mage and assassin characters when it comes to it. Ugh, this game is gonna get so much play time, probably more than Oblivion.Dice said:
So I've been kidna wandering around aimlessly since starting the game. Did the main story line up to the first dragon attack, still haven't gone to visit greybeards, did the first two missions for the companions and some miscellaneous side quests.
I'm level 21 (77 archery, 75 smithing what what). Archery was so bad at the start of the game that I almost made a new character. It gets significantly better once you get full run speed with bow drawn and 30% faster draw. Part of the problem might be that I have taken stamina on literally every level up but hey I can sprint for like a minute straight which is so nice. Also my light armor skill blows asshole since I spend most of my time trying not to get hit at all.
Smithing is broken as hell too. You get your fifth tier of item improvement options at 75 (so I can improve my stuff to "(epic)" quality), which nearly doubles the base stats of armor/weapons. I'm assuming this isn't the last tier either. Insanely worth it. Also gives you mega early access to higher quality material armor (vendors already selling raw mats for glass armor and whatnot).
Oh also I have 5 dragon shouts unlocked just from running into random ass dragon fights in the mountains but I can't use any of them? I assume it's because I haven't progressed the main quest like at all. But whatever. Also pretty much every dragon fight is easy as hell to cheese on any given pillar via LOS breath -> shootshoothshoot -> rinserepeat. I have probably died more to snow bears/cats more than anything. Jesus christ snow bears.
All in all having fun tho.
I'm level 21 (77 archery, 75 smithing what what). Archery was so bad at the start of the game that I almost made a new character. It gets significantly better once you get full run speed with bow drawn and 30% faster draw. Part of the problem might be that I have taken stamina on literally every level up but hey I can sprint for like a minute straight which is so nice. Also my light armor skill blows asshole since I spend most of my time trying not to get hit at all.
Smithing is broken as hell too. You get your fifth tier of item improvement options at 75 (so I can improve my stuff to "(epic)" quality), which nearly doubles the base stats of armor/weapons. I'm assuming this isn't the last tier either. Insanely worth it. Also gives you mega early access to higher quality material armor (vendors already selling raw mats for glass armor and whatnot).
Oh also I have 5 dragon shouts unlocked just from running into random ass dragon fights in the mountains but I can't use any of them? I assume it's because I haven't progressed the main quest like at all. But whatever. Also pretty much every dragon fight is easy as hell to cheese on any given pillar via LOS breath -> shootshoothshoot -> rinserepeat. I have probably died more to snow bears/cats more than anything. Jesus christ snow bears.
All in all having fun tho.
I guess my biggest complaints would be:
1) WHY CAN I NOT JUMP WHILE SPRINTING. WHY. INFURIATING.
2) And as an offshoot of the above complaint, transition between movement commands and combat commands just feels clunky in general. Takes several button presses or too long for states to change and it makes the whole ordeal just feel unresponsive and in a lot of situations unfun to play.
1) WHY CAN I NOT JUMP WHILE SPRINTING. WHY. INFURIATING.
2) And as an offshoot of the above complaint, transition between movement commands and combat commands just feels clunky in general. Takes several button presses or too long for states to change and it makes the whole ordeal just feel unresponsive and in a lot of situations unfun to play.
SPACECADET
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this game is... awesome.
Dice
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Wait, I need the claw to open this door but I just looked at my quest thing and the golden claw is actually in this temple somewhere? It says I already killed some dude so I guess he was supposed to be harder than the others so I knew to check the body or something? I'm so confused.
Blue Ninja
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Had another dragon attack Solitude, this time while I was outside of the city. At this rate, I'm gonna have more random attacks on cities than in the countryside.
The dragon skeleton inside the city keeps spazzing out when I enter, too. :lol
The dragon skeleton inside the city keeps spazzing out when I enter, too. :lol
nismogrendel
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BeeDog said:
I just ran through some dungeons and made multiple fast travel loot runs during each one.
Pixel Pete
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zmoney said:
I hadn't even started that plot line so yeah, that's for filling me in on that :/
Good god I love Archery. I was hunting 2 Mammoths and got ambushed by bandits. So I ran between the bandits to let them face the wrath of charging mammoths, two bandits died and the other one I oneshotted with a perfect headshot. Then I ran towards some rocks and circled around it shooting the mammoths in the face, took me like 40 arrows or something. Damn I felt like Legolas in Return of the King.
Blue Ninja
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Except that Dragons are awesome.3chopl0x said:
3chopl0x said:
If you start Clavicus Vile's quest, at a certain point you get his hound Barbas as a follower. He's in the shape of a regular dog, but he's immortal, so he's a real boon in combat.
Had him with me for a while before I grew tired of him constantly bumping into me or blocking my path in dungeons. You also can't tell him to wait, so he's not a full-fledged companion.
Fix The Scientist
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Apart from whiterun where else can you own a house? I don't want to spend all that money then find somewhere better.
Franklinator
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I just finished playing for around four hours alongside my friend. I'm now completely hooked, as I figured I'd be.
Blue Ninja
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Yeah, it's a lot more like in Morrowind. At least the beast races aren't being enslaved here.NBtoaster said:
nismogrendel
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Fix The Scientist said:
I like the whiterun house. Fast travel there and you are like 10 steps from your front door.
Not sure if the others are this convenient...
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