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The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim

Might as well make this, seeing as how we have our first trailer.

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Actually gave me shivers. Dunno how I'm going to wait another year!

It's going to be a daunting task to be better than Oblivion. Are they going to be able to pull it off?

Ban who? This thread was first.

I'll grab this when it appears in some sales. Not saying it's not going to amazing, but I don't trust Bethesda to make it playable at launch anymore so I may as well save a few quid and wait.

I'm with Hasney. Gonna wait for the bugs to get patched out.

Might be awhile, still waiting for New Vegas to stop freezing every 11.5 seconds. Wonder when that patch will happen.

Probably because you're on PS3 Seph? :p

I've had no problems with 360 version since the update.

And I will be pre ordering Skyrim.

The PC version works, sometimes. Still can't do all the bloody quests on the 360 though.

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After looking at the new screens, I see you've finally been able to make a female face that isn't scraped from the scum left in the bathtub of my most putrid, horrific, mortifying nightmares.
I have a feeling that Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is gonna be aaaaaalright!

These screens make me thank god I'm upgrading my 6 year old PC in April :'(

I'll probably wait until I beat Morrowind and Oblivion, which will be never.

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AHHHHHHHHHH

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So there has never been a dragon in an elder scolls game? That seems odd.

Feel kind of burnt out on this engine, so unless they do a lot of big improvements, I'll probably bargain bin it at best. Not asking for a total revamp, mind you, I just don't really want to play the same game again.

Fantasy settings have never really been my bag. A fantasy game has to be really good for me to like it. So far the only ones I've played all the way through are the Baldur's Gate/Icewind Dale games, and Dragon Age.

So I guess only Bioware stuff. Cause I'm fairly certain the people in Bioware are many of the same people who did the forgotten realms games. Still need to try out Neverwinter Nights.

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Originally Posted by Fignuts (Post 3443764)

Feel kind of burnt out on this engine, so unless they do a lot of big improvements, I'll probably bargain bin it at best.

You're fucking nuts man. It looks much improved and awesome.

My genitals weep with anticipation

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Originally Posted by Fignuts (Post 3443764)

Feel kind of burnt out on this engine, so unless they do a lot of big improvements, I'll probably bargain bin it at best.

It's a brand new engine this time around.

Awesome. Also, Dmac I wasn't talking about the graphics. It's obvious that there have been improvements in that area.

Nah, they added a bunch of new shit. BTW, the engine is mostly new. Check out the wiki page to see details about some of the stuff coming, unless you have a subscription to OXM.

Cool, you can use both hands and cast 2 spells at once if you want.

There are unlimited dragons. All with dynamic personalities.

You hear that? UNLIMITED DYNAMIC DRAGONS.

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Originally Posted by Hasney (Post 3547929)

There are unlimited dragons. All with dynamic personalities.

You hear that? UNLIMITED DYNAMIC DRAGONS.

Yep. And by defeating them you "obtain their souls" which allows you to learn spells, which is badass. I also love that the Mages' Guild and Thieves' Guild and possibly Fighters' Guild will still be in. :love::heart:

There's a video on Gametrailers where they were talking with a dev and there was a giant there, minding his own business at that point and a dragon came down and FUCKED UP HIS DAY. Was beautiful :'(

New engine, faces that look like faces, and random dragon fights throughout the game, I'm sold.

Will probably put a lot of hours into this. Hope it is good enough to hold my attention.

Elder Scrolls has never been my bag (mainly because first-person melee combat always felt clunky and awkward), but holy crap, this looks like a truly impressive game. I'm pretty sure I'm going to get this, especially since I'll be using a PC that isn't worthless by the time it comes out.

I'm totally getting this, as long as it doesn't have the lame "monsters scale to your level" thing Oblivion had.

According to an ign article somewhere, when you enter a dungeon/cave/mine/whatever the monsters are locked to whatever level you are at when you first enter the cave/etc.

Going through Oblivion rn and I don't mind the monster levelling too much. I mean I had to do a ruin which had a big room with 4 Lichs in it. Let me tell you how much it sucks to to get spotted and then jumped by Lichs with different staves: My armour got disintigrated, my strength got destroyed (paralyzing me in the processs) I got zombies all over me and I had my magika damaged almost completely. I came so close to eating it that I was practically dripping with adrenaline. Crazy battle.

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Will probably put a lot of hours into this. Hope it is good enough to hold my attention.

Yeah, they've said at E³ that there's at LEAST 300 hours of content, possibly even more...astonishing.

This looks pretty good. I would love to see an Oblivion game with the Demon's Souls combat system, maybe without the complete bastard difficulty.

Bethesda revealed the contents of the collector's edition with the price being $149.99 for the set.

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Here’s a rundown of the Collector’s Edition contents straight from Bethesda:

* Alduin Statue: Created in conjunction with the IP Factory, this collector’s only statue stands 12” tall and is made of high quality PVC. Modeled from actual in-game 3D digital files, it showcases Alduin, the World Eater. He stands perched atop one the game’s many dragon walls that teach the player the lethal language of dragons.

* ‘The Art of Skyrim’ Official Art Book: Featuring over 200 pages of striking, full-color illustrations, sketches and models, this stunning 9 3/8” x 12 1/8” coffee table book showcases the characters, creatures, environments, and weaponry of Skyrim. With a foreword by game director Todd Howard and commentary from Bethesda Game Studios artists, readers will be guided through the game’s iconic visual style.

*‘The Making of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim’ DVD This documentary DVD contains exclusive, behind-the-scenes footage, including interviews with the Bethesda Game Studios team as they take you from concept to creation and provide insights into the story, gameplay, setting, legacy of the Elder Scrolls franchise, and much more.

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http://gamingeverything.com/?p=7181

Also related was how the director for the game feels the gaming industry should be lowering standard game prices to a more friendly $29 range since he feels more people are willing to buy and try out more games than being hesitant at the higher $60 price tag.

Although he ended up being a bit of a hypocrite after rejecting any idea of the Elder Scrolls series or Skyrim being lowered to his ideal price range.

http://kotaku.com/5827898/skyrim-chi...but-not-skyrim

New stuff and info shown during QuakeCon reveals there will not be any spell making possible for Mages, better pickpocketing and abilities for Thieves, and more depth and variety for in-game characters and options.

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Pete Hines, VP of PR for Bethesda, confirmed that Mages can no longer craft their own spells

"There isn't spell making. I thought we'd said that, or someone else had in a preview."

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- Joinable Factions: Rebels with branching path quests (Stormcloaks) and Riverwood Tavern Warrior Clan.

- Pickpocket skill provides greater RP opportunities and much more realistic thievery for thieves.

- Myriad options for face-paint.

- Even minor NPCs have much more complexity and depth compared with Oblivion.

- Character Generation remembers your settings when switching between races

- You can persuade various random NPCs to accompany you and they feel like fleshed out, interesting companions.

- There are six different stages to crafting items. The first two are: Refining crude ore and Assembling materials.

- More realistic alchemy labs.

- In addition to alchemy ingredients there are also reagents.

- Some spells can be learned by reading spell tomes, while others can be bought from merchants.

- Hand to Hand attacks have a much improved gravity and physicality.

- There are more ways to complete quests.

- Lockpicking mini-game is improved.

- There are bards in the game.

- You can choose not to spend perk points each level, and hold onto them instead.

- During Character Generation you can add laugh lines to your character.

- There are dozens of sliders for character creation.

- Aurora Borealis is confirmed.

- You can have animal companions.

- Bosmer "Animal Allies" Racial Ability confirmed.

- NPCs can throw rocks if they are on a bridge above you

- Glow Worms confirmed.

- Killable Bees and insects confirmed (you can harvest bees from beehives).

- Fast Travel costs money.

- Perks do not stop at level 50.

- There are more types of poison.

- Bosmer are immune to most types of poison.

http://multi.systemlink.me/2011/08/s...able-bees.html

Looking forward to this!

- Fast Travel costs money.

That's pretty gay actually.

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Originally Posted by D Mac (Post 3603313)

- Fast Travel costs money.

That's pretty gay actually.

Does seem odd... At least on PC it can be modded out.

I guess you have to visit travel stations or something.

Nah, gives a better sense of scale to the world if you can't just fast travel all the time. Especially if they give you plenty of content to explore in the world itself. They probably want people to come across more content all the time, because when you fast travel everywhere you start to rely on it and it takes you out of the world too much.

They didn't take it out cause obviously forcing people to run EVERYWHERE would probably piss off a lot of people. But making it harder keeps people actually in the world, and judging by how much content they've bragged about so far, they probably want people to actually experience it all.

They should leave that up to the player. The average person that drops 60 bucks on this will want to explore the world regardless. Makes no sense to buy it and just do the main quest and nothing else.

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Yeah, agree with D Mac here. I tried playing as a vampire in Oblivion, which means fast travel = pain and i got so bored of walking/horsing everywhere.

Don't think the world of Oblivion will even compare to this one though (hopefully). They are touting so much 'random world content' that I feel you would miss a ton of it if you fast traveled everywhere. Found myself abusing the fuck out of Oblivion's fast travel because there just wasn't enough unique stuff in the world to make me care about finding it.

It's still there. You just have to pay to use it. In other words, the longer you play the game, the more frequently you'll be able to use fast travel. I'm sure toward the end of the game, when you've already ran from A to B and E to F so many times, you'll have the money to be able to fast travel there like it's no big deal.

I can see that being the case. I actually kinda like Fable 2's fast travel system where you know exactly how much time goes by when travelling from point A to B and that in game activity (mostly involving NPCs) has progressed accordingly. Oblivion has time progression, but it only basically affects what time of day it is when you get there based on distance travelled.

Bethesda reveals the game will heavily rely on Steamworks from Valve instead of just normally using Steam although they didn't reveal exactly will be done but Steam cloud saving and integrated voice commands appear to be likely.

http://www.giantbomb.com/news/praise...eamworks/3598/

Bethesda hinted killing non-playable characters will have actual consequences in the game and can impact how the rest of the game goes on because a revenge system is a new feature for the game.

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“AWESOME SKYRIM FACT #3: If you kill somebody, a family member might wish to take revenge.”

http://www.justpushstart.com/2011/08...-killing-npcs/

Bethesda announces all the DLC for consoles will be exclusive to the Xbox 360 for the first 30 days before also going to the PS3. Microsoft was willing to pay while Sony refused so Bethesda gave the exclusivity in return.

http://screwattack.com/blogs/ScrewAt...for-Skyrim-DLC

Also revealed is a brand new system to help combat bugs and glitches that have been a well-known issue for game engines created by the studio.

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With Skyrim, Bethesda will adopt a special direct connection to their game—on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360—that will let them update the game on the fly, similarly to how EA is able to tweak the rosters of their sports games without going through the standard multi-day or multi-week waits to update most games on consoles. They are also running new and better processes to catch bugs before the game launches.

They are also adopting this new EA Sports-style "live update" system that will let Bethesda tweak the data in their game almost immediately. If a quest isn't triggering because players are doing some unforeseen combination of actions, that might be addressable by tweaking the data tables that dictate the flow of events in the game. If the game is proving to be unbalanced in an unexpected way, that can be fixed on the fly too. And these fixes—Howard prefers to call them "improvements"— will take effect fast. "We can change stats on a sword and it will be available to everyone in a few hours," he said.

http://kotaku.com/5834914/the-skyrim...bugs-this-time

Some of those spells are incredible.

Really have no complaints about what I've seen from this game so far. It looks like they really spent a lot of time on it. Would have been 'meh whatever' had they done nothing to the engine, but it looks beautiful IMO. I'm sure it could be better, given what technology has proven it can do already, but I think they did what they could while still hand-crafting the world and giving it a level of detail you don't often see. Looks like a truly 'epic' game that will live on for years after it's released.

So glad I preordered this.

I know people who put 300-400 hours into Oblivion, so they'll be absolutely thrilled by this game. Hell, I may even put in about half that if it turns out to be as good as it looks.

This looks most excellent.

Steamworks is awesome if only because other venues can sell the game for cheaper prices than even Steam has and they still have to transfer to your Steam account.

I like the fact I can't scratch my copy of TF2

2 pages for skryim? weaksauce...

ps- fast travel is free to places you've discoverd.

we should protest this on wallstreet

also, this game is number one on my wishlist

Skyrim is going to be incredible. Do we really need to discuss it that much more when we've already seen all there is to see so far? :)

Once it hits shelves and ends up on my PC, THEN we're talkin.

i couldn't be anymore excited for this game. just....FUCK. initially i was concerned about the removal of attributes but once you look at how the perk system is working you'll have a more indepth role play expirience with more varied playthrough than traditional number manipulation can offer.

not to mention its looks like you will FEEL like a badass.

Gonna get it on PC. Or pirate if you will. It deserves to be paid for, but I don't have the flow for it after buying BF3 and doing these PC upgrades I just did.

Either way.. it is going to look incredible on my rig, and I am even more excited for it now. :love:

I won't be done being excited about this game till I get killed by a random dragon fight.

i wanna kill one...WITH MY BARE HANDS

Probably gonna spend like 4 hours on creating my character.

I leaning toward Bosmer being a hunter type...but i could totally go JOAT with a Dunmer

but if i am a bosmer...i gonna be a male bosmer...and fuck an altermer...just to amuse myself...like a midget fucking stacy keibler

k, yeah got this preordered and shit. Racing through oblivion's main story to be able to start this right after.

that 20 minutes of skyrim footage reposted

images of preset race faces

360 gets skyrim dlc as timed exclusive

The Argonians (lizard people) look fuckin badass.

The dark elf is pretty sweet too. the charecter redesign is pretty immense for all classes tho. even the wood elf looks like he could be a bad ass. replaying oblivion now and its funny how warm and fuzzy everyone looks. then you get skyrim and everyone looks like they will eat your face.

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The Argonians (lizard people) look fuckin badass.

Yup, they FINALLY got argonians right.

Game of the fucking year ALREADY

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

just sayin

god i want this game

This looks bloody good. I'll wait until I've played Dark Souls out before getting it as I don't have time for both. That'll probably be in about 3 years time.

I need to get Modern Warfare 3 as well so I can shoot my chums in the head.

I just got a terrible glitch in Oblivion that wiped a lot of my character enhancements out. I lost all my special level rewards (Night Mother's Blessing, etc) and abilities (I was either very or completely resistant to pretty much everything except normal damage), effectively making my juggernaut of a health stealing battlemage into a kinda sorta bad ass warrior type with some nifty fireballs and invisibility tricks. I am so not impressed. I sunk 300 hours into this shit and the game is just less fun now. I'm making my way through the main story pretty quick, but I'm just not enjoying it since all that levelling was so I could just be a mega bad ass through the main plot.

End Rant

OUCH. games this size are going to have countless bugs, no real way to test em all out. My first OB playthrough i i actually made a new save nearly everytime i saved in case of some game breaking bug...

I have about 30 saves on Oblivion, never ever just have one.

A lot of the bugs came from that shitty engine though. They've built this new one from the ground up, I'll accept a couple of bugs, but they can't have the game-breaking ones of Oblivion/Fallout.

Yeah, I got 2 gates left before the big siege of Bruma and I'm currently grabbing the great welkynd stone. And I got ANOTHER GLITCH in the form of the very last daedra shrine, the one you get summoned to. I need to trap one soul from each race. I got the first 8 no problem. The last 2 don't register. I've tried everything. Fucking hell.

Cant wait, prolly gonna play an axe wielding son of a bitch who uses light magics for stuff like door locks.

Ugh. Only 19 more days to go, and it still seems like forever. Oh, well.

I had over 1000 saves in Oblivion lol

Fuck me I can't wait for this game.

Finished Oblivion today. The ending is a bit meh.

Install Size for Xbox 360 version will only be 3.8 GB while the PC version will only require 6 GB.

No news on how big the mandatory and optional install sizes will be for the PS3 but its safe to assume at least 3.8 GB for either one.

http://www.gamezone.com/news/skyrim-...-size-revealed

Huh. I would have expected around 7gb or so. I really hope they fix the game freezing while it takes time for "loading area..." before letting you resume the game.

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Can't wait for this game. I'll be playing this all through the holidays. I won't even have time to play MW3. Only 11 more days.

Getting it on PC, must resist Getting it on PC, must resist Getting it on PC, must resist Getting it on PC, must resist Getting it on PC, must resist Getting it on PC, must resist

if I were sure my PC could handle it, I'd get it on pc. This kind of game was made for pc. Not just that, the mods... oh the sweet beautiful mods.

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Getting it on PC, must resist Getting it on PC, must resist Getting it on PC, must resist Getting it on PC, must resist Getting it on PC, must resist Getting it on PC, must resist

If you are talking about resisting the urge to download it now, I think it's just the 360 version, haven't seen the PC version anywhere yet.

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If you are talking about resisting the urge to download it now, I think it's just the 360 version, haven't seen the PC version anywhere yet.

That's what I mean. I'm buying it on PC so I don't want to play a leaked 360 version that I can't move the saves to once I get the game.

While the game has gone "gold", it appears the console versions of the game have a lot of graphical problems confirmed on the Xbox 360 and assumed to be the same on the PS3.

The game will also have a "Day 1" patch for the consoles to help fix up some stability and "quest progression" issues but doesn't fix the graphical glitches the console versions appear to have.

PC version doesn't seem to have any big reported problems besides some minor bugs which will get fixed in the "Day 1" patch.

http://www.gamezone.com/news/skyrim-...ression-issues

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Well, shit that sucks. Hopefully it's nothing gamebreaking if I'm not able to download a patch right away (don't have a XBL connection...).