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Mic Den Octela - Student  |
Cause you know you lurve it!
New info as and when it comes out. So far the release is 11.11.11 which is easy enough to remember and approx 295 days from now. Website Worth a read Four French dudes got 2 and a half hours each on a 3 month old build. Check out the roughly translated impressions here. Skyrim is the homeland of the Nords, the original home of man. As far as I know the game is set around the death of the king which happens at the start of the game. I imagine very much like the death of the Emperor in Oblivion (Skyrim takes place around 200 years after the events of TES IV). You take the role of the last of the Dovahkiin, or Dragon Born, and its up to you to deal with a civil war and some sick dragon thing. Go here for more info: Link SO! I had an idea. How about all of us looking forward to Skyrim get together on TeamSpeak on Nov. 11th? We can chat, have a laugh and discuss our experiences as we play. Anyone wanting to play in silent for a bit is welcome to drop in and out at their leisure. I think it'd be a great excuse to chat with each other again! 
Well, Skype didn't happen as I was busy that night. Hope everyone's enjoying Skyrim as much as I am. Can I please ask that nobody gives away any spoilers in this topic, please. Be fair to your kinsmen.  _______________ -Padawan of Virtue -Brother of Menaxia, *|irael, Krynn Adept, Majno, Ris Win Juljul, DaMi3N, Beowulf, Dash Starlight, Carrock and Yuken Zalak Bartender at Munes bar. Sir Mic of Nippledom! Proudly beating Wang, since '07. (Crackdown) This post was edited by Mic Den Octela on Nov 11 2011 03:51pm. |
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Masta - Jedi Council 
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But that would break the unspoken law that states every contemporary RPG must begin in some dark, rocky tunnel.. and a prison is nothing but a creative twist on the rocky tunnel formula. _______________ Find out more about the Jedi Academy Aurochs here and more about Masta here! Married to Kain. |
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Augusta_Mintaka - Student 
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You start off in a prison again? I was hoping something along the lines of maybe being ambushed by a dragon and somehow escaping. _______________ "Deos fortioribus adesse." |
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Degor - Padawan 
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Quote: Yup, the dynamic finishers make the combat system look more fluid and remind me a bit of dark messiah. The fact that you play someone special from the very start of the game is a bit unoriginal though - I mean, you do have to become special at some point, but the predestination feature could be handled differently. You could start out as a normal commoner and then be chosen by the gods or something equally more fun - being the 'dragonborn' sounds too aristocratic for my taste. Also, let's hope they keep the headbob from the trailer :p
But yeah, my first impressions don't differ as that greatly from my first impressions of oblivion back a few years ago: 1. Holy snaps that looks awesome 2. Holy snaps my PC won't ever be able to run this They said you don't know that you are the dragonborn at the beginning of the game. You'll just start in prison and you can still choose whoever you want to be. But yeah ofcourse everyone knows already that you are the dragonborn. But whatever you know you are going to be a great hero in every elder scrolls game. The trailer looks indeed amazing. And my pc isn't going to be able to run it. But I'm buying a new one for it. The architecture really looks amazing too, like I said they couldn't have picked a better province. _______________ May the force be with you. And may the academy stand forever! |
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Masta - Jedi Council 
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Yup, the dynamic finishers make the combat system look more fluid and remind me a bit of dark messiah. The fact that you play someone special from the very start of the game is a bit unoriginal though - I mean, you do have to become special at some point, but the predestination feature could be handled differently. You could start out as a normal commoner and then be chosen by the gods or something equally more fun - being the 'dragonborn' sounds too aristocratic for my taste. Also, let's hope they keep the headbob from the trailer :p
But yeah, my first impressions don't differ as that greatly from my first impressions of oblivion back a few years ago: 1. Holy snaps that looks awesome 2. Holy snaps my PC won't ever be able to run this _______________ Find out more about the Jedi Academy Aurochs here and more about Masta here! Married to Kain. |
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Augusta_Mintaka - Student 
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A new trailer! It looks much better, not only graphically, but the art style of the cities looks improved. _______________ "Deos fortioribus adesse." |
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SaZ - Student 
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Quote: I hope the guards will have catchy lines when they catch you like the Imperial Legion guards.
THEN PAY WITH YOUR BLOOD! _______________ playing jk3 since 30th of january (2005), member since 1st of february. [Unofficial Master to Vision and Z�diac ] If you can make a fool of yourself infront of 300 people you can do anything - Jaiko D'kana |
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Augusta_Mintaka - Student
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I hope the guards will have catchy lines when they catch you like the Imperial Legion guards. _______________ "Deos fortioribus adesse." |
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Masta - Jedi Council
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... and if not, the mod community will correct that. _______________ Find out more about the Jedi Academy Aurochs here and more about Masta here! Married to Kain. |
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Augusta_Mintaka - Student
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RPGs are becoming more immersive, albeit more watered down on the strategy side. From what I read about TESV, NPCs will have families and if you kill an NPC that owns a shop their family takes over that shop. I read that there will be cooking in the game, so we might see a hardcore option in TESV where your character becomes hungry and thirsty like in Fallout NV. _______________ "Deos fortioribus adesse." |
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Masta - Jedi Council
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I think modern free-roaming open-world RPGs need to deepen the extent of the player's interactability with the environment. Throwing around furniture, picking up everything that is not nailed to the ground and beating up every single NPC just doesn't cut it anymore. What is needed is the power to alter the game world itself, not radically I might add, but cutting and sowing trees, picking and planting various flora are the first steps to what made minecraft so famous. We already have the option to craft our own gear, build our own forts and castles from outside of the game by means of editing tools, but how much better would it be to integrate such features (to a lesser extent, of course) into the gameplay itself? _______________ Find out more about the Jedi Academy Aurochs here and more about Masta here! Married to Kain. |
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Degor - Padawan
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I just love the elder scrolls games. Morrowind was just plain awesome. Oblivion was great too but it lacked some of the features in morrowind. Though I think Oblivion made up for that with better graphics and the physics engine which made marksman much more fun(picking up arrows) for example.
Quote: I wonder what they will do to make up for how much smaller Skyrim is compared to Cyrodil.
They said Skyrim will be about the same size as Cyrodiil. I think it might be a bit smaller but they say it looks larger because of the mountains. Quote: Back in a time where if you wanted a house, you just killed all the occupants and took it.
Those were the times. Though I liked it that you could have a house in oblivion it was rather lame. Only one of the houses in Oblivion had a quest. In morrowind you could only get a house if you were a high ranking member of one of the great houses and you saw how the house was build. Now that woodcutting and crafting will be in TESV maybe you could make a small hut yourself. Quote: I hope they'll abolish fast travel, I'd like the travelling to be more meaningful.
I completely agree. I'm currently playing Fallout New Vegas with no fast travel at all. I'd recommend doing this to everyone, especially in TESV. There is just so much to see if you don't use fast travel. You'll get more playtime out of the game and you'll have seen more of the world. You can probably finish the Oblivion mainquest without having seen half of Cyrodiil. Well I'm really exited about it, probably more exited than ever before about a game release. I've been waiting for this since I finished the Oblivion mainquest. Also they couldn't have picked a better province than Skyrim. I just love vikings and Bloodmoon was the best part of Morrowind along with mods like Castle Solstheim. _______________ May the force be with you. And may the academy stand forever! |
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SaZ - Student
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the thing im looking forward the most is... an overhauled leveling and skill system.
they probably realised its just too problematic and not worth keeping it for old times sake. i surely hope they will make the better vanilla game. if not for dark brotherhood storyline oblivion would be pretty bad. and yes id agree about blades - who the hell wants to be in the blades? definitely not me. most of their job is espionage yet all you do is kill daedric monsters.lol id also want more consequences. you become the most powerful archmage in the region and all you get is 'hi archmage' and your own room which is rather pointless. id like that if they keep the guild storylines as they were in past games, they should make some quests, stories, npc interactions being unlocked all the time. for example if you become the best assassin in the world... obviously you wouldnt want to sit around and do nothing but watch gold flow into your pocket. ill be expecting for a better combat system. even with deadly reflex mod in oblivion it took hours to battle one opponent. better stealth - if you are detected you cant hide again. bullshit. also as a stealth character you pretty much had to go invisible 24/7 and only assassinate your objectives. sometimes when you choose to... other times - you have no choice. being unseen 24/7 gets old quite fast. lockpicking was boring. and mods... im starting to realise that they arent just good things. they are double-edged swords. more mods - more mess to set your game up. games like morrowind, oblivion or... mount and blade really suffer from this problem. they really have to make some kind of mod installer. id love to play oblivion now, but im a bit too lazy to find everything... Quote: I wonder what they will do to make up for how much smaller Skyrim is compared to Cyrodil.
size of the world is hardly a problem when developers balance such things as number of quests, where they take part, how often you have to stay in one area, how fast you can travel... hah also note: morrowind was smaller than oblivion since it only took place in vvanderfell. note 2: prepare for a lot of snow. nords dont have that cold resistance for no reason. oh and tes5 really needs something that... probably wont be in the game - DECAPS! _______________ playing jk3 since 30th of january (2005), member since 1st of february. [Unofficial Master to Vision and Z�diac ] If you can make a fool of yourself infront of 300 people you can do anything - Jaiko D'kana This comment was edited by SaZ on Feb 13 2011 03:42am. |
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Laziana - Jedi Instructor 
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Yeah. All the custom content that was available for Oblivion was overwhelming, you could pimp that game quite a lot. On the other hand this was highly neccessary as vanilla Oblivion did suffer from a whole bunch of flaws.
Once again a good modding tool will decide longitme success of TES 5. _______________ Proud owner of Buster Senatu's 200th & 300th, Muro's 370th, Maher's 2100th, Henkes' 1639th, Johauna's 400th, 666th and 900th, Sho Koon's 2000th and Kain Sol's 600th comment Download Laziana's lightsaber here! Glory to Arstozka! |
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Augusta_Mintaka - Student
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Oblivion has had a longer life because of the mod base. I know I bought a second copy when I lost my first so I could continue fiddling around with making mods. I hope TESV is just as mod friendly. _______________ "Deos fortioribus adesse." |
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Laziana - Jedi Instructor
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Thought as much... companies have to go mainstream nowadays to make enough profit, especially with an offline game that has no constant profit potential except for a one-time buy. _______________ Proud owner of Buster Senatu's 200th & 300th, Muro's 370th, Maher's 2100th, Henkes' 1639th, Johauna's 400th, 666th and 900th, Sho Koon's 2000th and Kain Sol's 600th comment Download Laziana's lightsaber here! Glory to Arstozka! |
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Augusta_Mintaka - Student
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From the information already given, Bethesda is making TESV a little more mainstream so I doubt objective markers and fast travel would be taken out. _______________ "Deos fortioribus adesse." |
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Mic Den Octela - Student 
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I agree with Laz. I actually have a notepad in my drawer that I used to use to fill in little notes and stuff on where stuff was in Morrowind (Vvardenfell).
Ald Ruhn Fighters Guild - Empty and full of ALL MY STUFF! Back in a time where if you wanted a house, you just killed all the occupants and took it. Obviously you'd save before hand just in case you killed someone which upset the fabric of time or whatever. _______________ -Padawan of Virtue -Brother of Menaxia, *|irael, Krynn Adept, Majno, Ris Win Juljul, DaMi3N, Beowulf, Dash Starlight, Carrock and Yuken Zalak Bartender at Munes bar. Sir Mic of Nippledom! Proudly beating Wang, since '07. (Crackdown) This comment was edited by Mic Den Octela on Feb 09 2011 05:59pm. |
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Laziana - Jedi Instructor 
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And they should take away all those "guiding" from Oblivion, going back to Morrowind where you start the game and have no clue what to do or where to go. I liked that. _______________ Proud owner of Buster Senatu's 200th & 300th, Muro's 370th, Maher's 2100th, Henkes' 1639th, Johauna's 400th, 666th and 900th, Sho Koon's 2000th and Kain Sol's 600th comment Download Laziana's lightsaber here! Glory to Arstozka! |
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Kainz00r - Jedi Knight 
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I hope they'll abolish fast travel, I'd like the travelling to be more meaningful. _______________ Fervent supporter of duelling - leave a message if you would like to battle! Married to Masta. |
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Masta - Jedi Council
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Quote: I wonder what they will do to make up for how much smaller Skyrim is compared to Cyrodil. Hm, didn't know about that. Maybe they'll pack it with content the way they did with Fallout 3, or completely abolish fast travel; or they might have to remove horses, which would be a bit of a shame. _______________ Find out more about the Jedi Academy Aurochs here and more about Masta here! Married to Kain. |
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Augusta_Mintaka - Student
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I wonder what they will do to make up for how much smaller Skyrim is compared to Cyrodil. _______________ "Deos fortioribus adesse." |
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Mic Den Octela - Student 
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I foresee many a fap.
I'm joking obviously but the point still stands. I'm so glad the game is evolving beyond play-doh faces and hopefully generic race/gender voices are out too. VARIATION = IMMERSION. I don't want to hear that darn Redguard voice actor ever again. Well, maybe just once more... Either way, they can definitely drop that female dunmer voice. It was the least erotic voice over of anything ever. _______________ -Padawan of Virtue -Brother of Menaxia, *|irael, Krynn Adept, Majno, Ris Win Juljul, DaMi3N, Beowulf, Dash Starlight, Carrock and Yuken Zalak Bartender at Munes bar. Sir Mic of Nippledom! Proudly beating Wang, since '07. (Crackdown) This comment was edited by Mic Den Octela on Feb 09 2011 03:31am. |
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Masta - Jedi Council
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I did not expect anything less. _______________ Find out more about the Jedi Academy Aurochs here and more about Masta here! Married to Kain. |
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Augusta_Mintaka - Student
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The characters look so much better than Oblivion _______________ "Deos fortioribus adesse." |
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Mic Den Octela - Student
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This.
Seriously. That. Is win. _______________ -Padawan of Virtue -Brother of Menaxia, *|irael, Krynn Adept, Majno, Ris Win Juljul, DaMi3N, Beowulf, Dash Starlight, Carrock and Yuken Zalak Bartender at Munes bar. Sir Mic of Nippledom! Proudly beating Wang, since '07. (Crackdown) |
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