VindictiveGnome
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They had me at Oblivion, then Fallout 3, then New Vegas, and now Skyrim. 
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim |OT| Het Kos Dovahhe
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Piercedveil
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GarthVaderUK said:
Does this mean ALL dungeons are unique? That's impressive, if so.
Piercedveil
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~Kinggi~ said:
Really? They mostly looked the same to me :O
What I remember hearing was that the one dude who did the dungeons for oblivion was like the world art director or something. This time they realized that was a bad idea and are now using actual level designers.
Can't say anything about the quality of all of them, or if they repeat, but the few dungeons I have seen are leagues ahead of anything in oblivion.
Can't say anything about the quality of all of them, or if they repeat, but the few dungeons I have seen are leagues ahead of anything in oblivion.
Piercedveil said:
Well from the player impressions we've had it seems like they ran into a few similar looking ones but most had been pretty unique with lots of different loot. I think even with them using 8 people now that having 150 completely unique and deep dungeons is a little unreasonable, but who knows maybe they did it.
The Albatross
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cripterion said:
Bolded Translation: "There was a time when people could [steal] a game, just get the CD/DVD, install, and be done with it..."
Steam is like the greatest thing to happen to PC gaming, IMO.
The dungeons, like just about everything else in the game, are made from modular assets. And like Oblivion each one is unique in layout. Skyrim, unlike oblivion though, uses multiple sets of assets/themes to differentiate them to some degree.Piercedveil said:
The only thing Steam has done is make PC pirates wait until release day for Steam exclusive games. The only people the DMR hurts in any way, shape, or form is the users who actually pay for products. Not a discussion worth talking about, especially not here.The Albatross said:
No, when they say unique they mean some designer took graphic assets from 1 of 8 tilesets and made a unique dungeon out of it. They did the same for Skyrim here. Its not like each dungeon is going to have a different look to it artistically. It means their layout and design is hand placed. Oblivion was same way. No randomization.Das Boot said:
bengraven
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Finally decided:
I'm going Nord as my first character because I always place the title race when I start (played a Dunmer in Morrowind and Imperial in Oblivion). I used to do that because I wanted the most prevelant race so I could get a speech bonus when playing, but later it just became a tradition.
So a Nord fighter thief, more warrior than thief this time.
Second will be a dunmer female thief with a bit of magic, because I miss my dark elves.
If I play again, I'll be an Argonian, straight up.
I'm going Nord as my first character because I always place the title race when I start (played a Dunmer in Morrowind and Imperial in Oblivion). I used to do that because I wanted the most prevelant race so I could get a speech bonus when playing, but later it just became a tradition.
So a Nord fighter thief, more warrior than thief this time.
Second will be a dunmer female thief with a bit of magic, because I miss my dark elves.
If I play again, I'll be an Argonian, straight up.
Piercedveil
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~Kinggi~ said:
I'm interested in seeing Skyrim's dungeons now. This game is going to take up so many hours of my life..
Complistic
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Das Boot said:
They weren't randomly generated. They were however made with parts that all snap to together so you could create them very quickly and with reusing assets.
SpeedingUptoStop
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DangerStepp
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I'm shedding my old habit, as well. Every RPG I've ever played I have been a sneak/ranged archer class but I've gotten so tired of it. I think I'm going to go full warrior ogre this time around and really mix it up.bengraven said:
Karak
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After watching a walkthrough of the opening dungeon my excitement went from 10 to 100.
That was insane. It wasn't just that it was different, it was verticality, it was a mix of types from stone to cave to outdoors. It was the underground glittering river flowing to a pool, the various crags and surfaces, small traces of old paths, dead ends where they should be in natural formations.
That was seriously the coolest short dungeon I have ever seen in a game bar none.
That turned even the modded dungeons of Oblivion on its head.
That was insane. It wasn't just that it was different, it was verticality, it was a mix of types from stone to cave to outdoors. It was the underground glittering river flowing to a pool, the various crags and surfaces, small traces of old paths, dead ends where they should be in natural formations.
That was seriously the coolest short dungeon I have ever seen in a game bar none.
That turned even the modded dungeons of Oblivion on its head.
~Kinggi~ said:
Interesting, I don't know why I always thought the dungeons were randomly generated lol. What you have explained makes more sense to me and I'm glad bethesda has more people assigned to crafting the dungeons because even though Oblivion used the same technique, it still FELT to me like they were randomly generated because they were so generic and boring to me lol.
Piercedveil
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bengraven said:
Nord Warrior for me. Not sure if I want to go with light or heavy armor. Probably heavy this time around.
Mengy
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The Albatross said:
I will admit, there was a time when I was a steam naysayer. I didn't like the idea. Today, when a game is NOT released on steam I get disgruntled. I have a few Stardock games and I hate having to use that Stardock steam imitator software to install their stuff. I wish Galactic Civilization II was just on Steam like every other game!
Yeah, now I wish everyone would just use Steam so we had one unified method of digital distribution...
Where is my Skyrim preload? I HATE STEAM!!!
15 minutes into the 82 minutes. Holy shiiiiiiiiiiiiit. Expect high scores all around. Amazing what some quality diverse voicework, and a completely revamped menu system does for this game. I mean, seeing your spells actually glow and look different suddenly gives value to them. Whereas past games they were just a menu listing that seemed boring.
Piercedveil
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EschatonDX said:
So that means it's most likely 360.
Oblivionmancer
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MrBig said:
Weapon bloom is lame and all, but it's perfectly possible to hurt people with the DMR.
amused with myself, yes I am
GarthVaderUK
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Oblivionmancer said:
Thought I'd clicked on the wrong subscription link for a minute there, lol.
OrangeYouGlad
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Probably did it to try and curb people from trying to find out his gamertag and reporting him.EschatonDX said:
dreamer3kx
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Was lucky enough to check this out early at friends house, damn, GOTY.
Net_Wrecker
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Any links to the footage you guys are talking about?
childplease
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Leunam said:Damn, do I take the plunge and buy the PS3 version, or do I upgrade my inadequate power supply and graphics card so I can get the PC version.
If I double dip no one has to know! D:
PC version man always the pc version.
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