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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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Alex Dkana - Staff 
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Quote: Only thing Oblivion did better was having more entertaining guards. The ones on Skyrim are dull
 Criminal scum. _______________ To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield | Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken | Rhaiko D'kana - SWTOR EU Guild Co-Founder | Is it what the teacher, teaches? Or what the student learns? A Dkana |
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Augusta_Mintaka - Student 
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Only thing Oblivion did better was having more entertaining guards. The ones on Skyrim are dull _______________ "Deos fortioribus adesse." |
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SaZ - Student 
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no random dungeons (!!! so far atleast, every dungeon that i visited either had a misc secret, side quest, faction quest, main quest or shout there) Curious - I've emptied many forts and dungeons that only had a bunch of beasts or bandits in them, but it's possible that they might be used for minor quests at some point. thats atleast from my perspective or ... luck. maybe its not as good as im claiming it to be, but compared to oblivions dungeons this is surely an improvement. _______________ 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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Alex Dkana - Staff 
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Quote: Khajiit. Sneak/Destruction/Archery/Onehanded wpnz.
what. backstabbing powerful foes, blasting masses with fireballs and spaming arrows on dragons. That was pretty much how I played Oblivion, sounds even better in Skyrim. Quote: crazy stories? my horse tanked 7 dragons, died on his 8th one. Haha you wait, the horse armor mod will have your horse tanking 12 dragons!
Quote: the morrowind feel is indeed there - the desolate lands (reminds me of those ash storms a little bit), most races looking grim (dunmer design is exactly like morrowinds imo), heck even heard a soundtrack from morrowind.
This is just what I wanted to hear.
I know what you mean about those improvements too. Perhaps the biggest problem with Oblivion was the smaller details, such as the bandits/lack of detail/quests fizzling out etc. It's maybe most impressive that they have managed to make most of the caves/dungeons etc. feel unique in some way. Not easy with a game the size of Skyrim I'm sure. Can't wait! _______________ To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield | Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken | Rhaiko D'kana - SWTOR EU Guild Co-Founder | Is it what the teacher, teaches? Or what the student learns? A Dkana |
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Masta - Jedi Council 
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Quote: no random dungeons (!!! so far atleast, every dungeon that i visited either had a misc secret, side quest, faction quest, main quest or shout there) Curious - I've emptied many forts and dungeons that only had a bunch of beasts or bandits in them, but it's possible that they might be used for minor quests at some point. _______________ Find out more about the Jedi Academy Aurochs here and more about Masta here! Married to Kain. |
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SaZ - Student 
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Khajiit. Sneak/Destruction/Archery/Onehanded wpnz.
what. backstabbing powerful foes, blasting masses with fireballs and spaming arrows on dragons. crazy stories? my horse tanked 7 dragons, died on his 8th one. the morrowind feel is indeed there - the desolate lands (reminds me of those ash storms a little bit), most races looking grim (dunmer design is exactly like morrowinds imo), heck even heard a soundtrack from morrowind. mechanically, the game is really good. the daedric armored bandits are gone, major skills are gone, no cliff racers, no random dungeons (!!! so far atleast, every dungeon that i visited either had a misc secret, side quest, faction quest, main quest or shout there). on paper these things dont really look like much, but in game its so good - everyone who played knows this. storywise... i must say i like it. i think im about halfway through main story and id say its not as straightforward as i thought its gonna be. (delayed main story till i was like lvl15. a bit of a mistake, knowing that dragons spawn randomly). finished dark brotherhood - the story tension was a little weirdly balanced, but it really delivered that experience that we loved in oblivion. overall id say quests are really well done and you dont get them in such obvious and poor ways like in oblivion - just thinking about how straightforward, poor and anticlimatic the whole mages guild story was just makes me wonder what they were thinking back then lol. _______________ 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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Komence - Student 
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THIS GAME IS SO FUN WTF |
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Masta - Jedi Council 
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I've played 16 hours now, did two quests from the main quest line, finished the fighters guild and a few miscellaneous quests, and explored about a fourth of the map. A FOURTH OF THE MAP. _______________ Find out more about the Jedi Academy Aurochs here and more about Masta here! Married to Kain. |
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Kainz00r - Jedi Knight 
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Playing a high elf, full mage character myself. Thoroughly enjoying Skyrim so far. _______________ Fervent supporter of duelling - leave a message if you would like to battle! Married to Masta. |
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Monteeeeeee - Nugget 
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i found a exploit lol, 8 levels in 7 minutes haha _______________ If you add me to MSN, tell me who you are
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planK - Jedi Council 
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I've spent HOURS just travelling off the roads and into the wild.
Noticed a few weird bugs (Mammoth's falling from the sky and dying, etc) but man, what a game. I'll be playing this well into 2012. I'm totally neglecting MW3 and Arkham City for this! |
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Alex Dkana - Staff
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Thanks for sharing Amik! Glad to hear that the impression I've been getting from watching it is along the right lines.  _______________ To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield | Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken | Rhaiko D'kana - SWTOR EU Guild Co-Founder | Is it what the teacher, teaches? Or what the student learns? A Dkana |
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Augusta_Mintaka - Student 
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Skyrim is a lot more desolate than Oblivion, in a beautiful and mysterious way. If you miss that kind of atmospere from Morrowind, then you will love Skyrim. You can go hours accross the planes, mountains and forests to only see wildlife. Then while enjoying the beautiful landmarks, a group of bandits will intercept you. While pumped with adrenalin fighting off half a dozen bandiits with your trusty thane, you hear a loud roar accompanied by flapping wings. A dragon suddenly swoops down and eliminates all said bandits with its fiery breath.
Suddenly, you are going from fignting off weak bandits to downing a huge fire breathing lizard. You frantically try to pump it full of arrows untill it finally drops down to fight you in melee. With a shield in one hand, a war axe in the other, you carefully whack it to death while avoiding getting insta-killed. Finally, with one last crushing blow, you defeat the dragon and get its soul as a reward. You loot all the corpses and begin to head to your initial destination.....until a thief confronts you (with the dead dragon in plain sight) and asks you to hand over all your valuables. Just another day being the dragon born. But yeah, the game's atmosphere is kind of life daggerfall/morrowind with the vibrance of Oblivion. Combat is improved, but you can't expect it to play like a decent 1st person shooter (with swords). A lot of lore, activities, side-quests, scripted encounters and places to explore. Skyrim is best described as you having either one of two things: A feeling of peacefulness or utter chaos. _______________ "Deos fortioribus adesse." |
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Alex Dkana - Staff
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No elves or beasts yet then, interesting! No out and out magic users either.
How are you all finding the levelling? Oblivion was notoriously bad in that department (without mods at least) but I hear Skyrim has improved in that department. Any incredibly random (but awesome) things happened to you yet? Watching livestreams etc. I still get this 'Morrowindy' vibe from it (despite the lack of giant mushrooms etc.) is that just me or would you say it has recapturred a similar atmosphere to that game? _______________ To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield | Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken | Rhaiko D'kana - SWTOR EU Guild Co-Founder | Is it what the teacher, teaches? Or what the student learns? A Dkana |
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Masta - Jedi Council
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Quote: Nord Barbarian/Warrior type of guy here. Running around in heavy armour with an Ancient Nord Greatsword of Cold omg. Same. _______________ 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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Imperial rogue/duelist. I use the bow a lot, but I also like dual wielding. I'm investing a little in conjuration magic. _______________ "Deos fortioribus adesse." |
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planK - Jedi Council
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Nord Barbarian/Warrior type of guy here. Running around in heavy armour with an Ancient Nord Greatsword of Cold omg. |
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Mic Den Octela - Student 
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Quote: So what race/playstyle have you guys gone for in the end?
I need interesting anecdotes and crazy stories to tide me over until I can actually play it.
@Mic: Could you put a spoiler warning in the title once plot spoilers start to get discussed? I'll be careful reading the comments anyway but would be a nice heads up. I went for Nord male called Mikhal Wolf-Bane. He's my Daggerfall/Morrowind/Oblivion/Skyrim carry-over character. My "test the waters" build is usually spellsword which is proving to be interesting this time around. I'll probably be making a Khajiit next. I'll keep reading the comments and will post a spoiler warning if plot elements get leaked. _______________ -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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Alex Dkana - Staff
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So what race/playstyle have you guys gone for in the end?
I need interesting anecdotes and crazy stories to tide me over until I can actually play it.
@Mic: Could you put a spoiler warning in the title once plot spoilers start to get discussed? I'll be careful reading the comments anyway but would be a nice heads up. _______________ To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield | Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken | Rhaiko D'kana - SWTOR EU Guild Co-Founder | Is it what the teacher, teaches? Or what the student learns? A Dkana |
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planK - Jedi Council 
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Played Skyrim all night.
I am not disappointed in the least. |
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Augusta_Mintaka - Student
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Spellcasting is pretty viable with the perks that up the armor value of your defensive spells. _______________ "Deos fortioribus adesse." |
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Monteeeeeee - Nugget
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Im thinking im gonna go pure spellcaster and see how it goes for me. My gut tells me to do a sweet melee brawler but im fighting it haha _______________ If you add me to MSN, tell me who you are
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Masta - Jedi Council
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I've played it for four hours now and I must say that I am not disappointed. Will see how it progresses though. _______________ Find out more about the Jedi Academy Aurochs here and more about Masta here! Married to Kain. |
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Alex Dkana - Staff
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That's high praise! And I'm seeing similar reactions elsewhere, although I am going to avoid reviews as I already know I'll love the game and they will only colour my initial perception of it.
Sadly I won't get the chance to find out what I think of it for a week though, confirmation that due to a certain part not being in stock I won't be getting my PC tomorrow. It's almost wose having Skyrim sitting here, with no way to play it. _______________ To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield | Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken | Rhaiko D'kana - SWTOR EU Guild Co-Founder | Is it what the teacher, teaches? Or what the student learns? A Dkana |
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Augusta_Mintaka - Student
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The game so far has met all my expectations! _______________ "Deos fortioribus adesse." |
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