The BIG Skyrim Thread

[Hells Malice]

Well looks like my wish came true.
Downloading game + crack now, before work.

I upgraded my internet recently and it shows >_>
Yeah my download is about the same but now i'm uploading at about 400 kb/s -_-;;
Dammit Bungie that doesn't help me at all. Oh well. If it keeps up the pace it'll be done by the time i'm out from work, and i'll have uploaded a fuckton as well. (i've downloaded 500mb so far, and uploaded 575mb)

 

[Satangel]

PC VERSION IS OUT FUCK YEAH FUCK YEAH FUCK YEAH!

 

[Hells Malice]

I have to wonder why the Steam release date is 12 hours from the time i'm posting.
The hell Steam. It's ok, you can release it at midnight like everyone else would.

Oh well. I'll have it DL'd and cracked before Steam even unlocks it here.

 

[prowler]

I have to wonder why the Steam release date is 12 hours from the time i'm posting.

Your flag says Canada, the time is 12:38 in Ottawa according to Google... so that's about right?

wow.

it's the first time i see such a difference between the PS3 and 360 version.
definitely looks way better on the PS3

I only own a PS3 so it's good news for me :3
Though there are some issues with the 360 version on textures, it could be them not loading properly? Who knows, it might be patched.

Edit: http://www.neogaf.co...ad.php?t=451621
Console performance thread on Neogaf.

Also added the GameRankings page, which gives Skyrim a whopping 95% for the 360 at the moment!

Major reviewers only got sent the 360 version so there's that reason.

 

[Satangel]

Also added the GameRankings page, which gives Skyrim a whopping 95% for the 360 at the moment!

 

[Pluupy]

UGH I had to be the stupid one and get standard shipping from Amazon. :'( One of my schoomates just texted me saying he's having a blast. FML.

...OTL.

Anyway, I recommend downloading from . All the public torrent sites are loaded with leechers. PM me for an invite to if they've closed up registrations. I don't remember if they're doing it. I hardly check on too often since more public torrent sites are...ok. xP lawl

 

[Satangel]

I've just played it for 3 hours. My biggest gripe at the moment is the menu's are a real adaptation, and crafting/mining/smithing is still a big question mark for me. But I like it, I like it, a lot. Atmosphere is amazing, some cool new additions (you can actually have a companion now when you go on a quest, super handy, you can give him all sort of loot so you can carry much more), and I feel like I'm in the LotR world, looks superb.

 

[Hells Malice]

I have to wonder why the Steam release date is 12 hours from the time i'm posting.

Your flag says Canada, the time is 12:38 in Ottawa according to Google... so that's about right?

Release date says Nov 10.
Release time is Nov 10, 9pm where I am.
That's...pretty bad.


Haven't played much, but within 10 minutes I had to plug in my 360 controller.
It's a console port through and through. M/KB functionality is abysmal. Not to say I expected any more from them at this point.

Regardless, still pretty fun.

EDIT: fail typo.

 

[YayMii]

Been 1 hour since midnight release. Haven't played it yet, since I'm having old-fashioned split-screen CoD fun with other people.I got the pre-order map. it's just like the paper maps from previous games, but with a texture and not as easy to rip.

 

[Hells Malice]

My same complaint from Oblivion and Morrowind still exists.
The NPC AI is completely retarded. You can rob people blind, right beside them, with a sneak level under/around 20.

 

[YayMii]

My same complaint from Oblivion and Morrowind still exists.
The NPC AI is completely retarded. You can rob people blind, right beside them, with a sneak level under/around 20.

Ummm...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt5aUdijAN8

 

[Satangel]

My same complaint from Oblivion and Morrowind still exists.
The NPC AI is completely retarded. You can rob people blind, right beside them, with a sneak level under/around 20.

Pickpocketing is really hard, even with a lvl 20 at sneak and pickpocket. The more expensive the goods, the harder it is.
What you say is true, but why do you care? It's not you earn that much money with those stolen goods. And you should take a NPC with you on a quest, really quite impressive how smart they are. If you give him your spare parts, he'll equip them automatically, he'll sneak when needed, you can order him to stand somewhere, ....

 

[Hells Malice]

I hardly pickpocket, unless i'm stealing someones key. Merchants actually have some pretty impressive stuff hiding around, but i'm not just talking about merchants.
There are chests, display cases, and random other things in tons of buildings, with some pretty valuable shit. Even if there are people around guarding, they're too stupid to notice what you're doing.
Hell you can even pick the lock of things in plain view (NPCs don't care...I dunno if it was always like that), and then just stealthily work about stealing it. By stealthily, I mean wandering from side to side of the object until the NPC stops detecting your presence.

I don't fight with people, lol. I never let people fight my battles in these kinds of games. Unless a quest forces it on me, i'll never use a companion. Regardless, battle AI =/= general AI.
I actually enjoy sneaking around and stealing shit, so I actually wouldn't mind if it was a little more difficult.


On the flipside of complaining.
I'm liking the combat. It's still not this super nice combat system like Dark Souls, but it's a LOT better than Oblivion's "hack and slash till shit stops moving". with a boring magic system.
I love having magic in my left hand, and a sword in my right. I said I was going to be a magic swordsman in Skyrim and by gods, I actually am shaping to be one.
I like the perks. Those were a nice touch, but waaaaay too many things to build to only get 1 point a level QQ. I'm also wondering if level ups for magicka, health and stamina start to increase...+10 per level for ONE thing kinda sucks. Though for magic that's kinda offset by the perk that halves mana consumption (at least, for novice spells so far).

 

[Satangel]

The items you can steal are definitely impressive, but when you actually sell them they are only worth 1/3 of the price, so frustrating at times.... So it still keeps you busy for a long time to get wealthy. Atm I've got 8500 gold by playing about 10 hours, but it will improve soon when I find a way to sell my fucking stolen goods. I'm almost in the Thieves Guild, hopefully they have some kind of way.....

Perk and battle system are definitely improved like you said, especially the perk system is really neat. Only gripe I'm still having is the menu's and especially the quickmenu. I liked the Oblivion set-up much more on the PC, you could just bind the 10 numbers above your typing keys to any item/spell, it was much much faster that way. You pressed 1, and bam you immediately had a torch. 2 minor heal, 3 major heal, 4 bow, ....
Now in Skyrim you have to press the desired button, time freezes, and you have to start scrolling and searching your item/spell. Already getting annoyed by it after only 10 hours of play, can't wait till the modders get it fixed!

 

[Gvaz]

ii killed some woman in town and i was hanging out in her husbands house and some hired guards broke in and tried to kill me and the husband turned around and killed them, i looted their bodies and it was a contract from the husband to kill me for murdering his wife

i dropped an iron armor i was carrying to free some room. 20 minutes later an npc ran up and said "i think you dropped something my dear" and placed it back in my inventory, encumbering me again. then she reeled backwards as if struck, said "damn you" and attacked me.

 

[Satangel]

ii killed some woman in town and i was hanging out in her husbands house and some hired guards broke in and tried to kill me and the husband turned around and killed them, i looted their bodies and it was a contract from the husband to kill me for murdering his wife

i dropped an iron armor i was carrying to free some room. 20 minutes later an npc ran up and said "i think you dropped something my dear" and placed it back in my inventory, encumbering me again. then she reeled backwards as if struck, said "damn you" and attacked me.

Yup, that's a Bethesda Game for you! I somewhat had the same experiences though, I've already had a Dark Brotherhood assassin trying to kill me, and 3 thugs because I killed an old, wrinkly woman (name was Anise or something). Both enemies had a note, but no bugs involved.

Had the same experience that someone gave me some stuff back, but then he didn't turn hostile, he just went on smithing.

 

[Hells Malice]

Thieves guild has a Fence to sell stolen goods, as per the usual.

 

[Costello]

I hope the thieves guild will be as interesting as the one in Oblivion.
It was by far my favorite part of the game
cant wait!!

 

[Nujui]

I'm glad my computer can handle it . Though at low settings, though I don't mind that.

 

[Gvaz]