Topic: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

[MysterD]

NEW -> 8-18-2013:
GameInformer -> Fan Community is rebuilding TESIII: Morrowind w/ Skyrim Engine.


OLD:
BethBlog -> "Moving to our next adventure" - i.e. Team moving onto next project; no more Skyrim DLC's; maybe expect minor Skyrim patches here & there.
BethBlog -> Patch 1.9 on PC released; adds Legendary Difficulty & Skills; and a lot of bug-fixes.
Kotaku -> Vilja Companion Mod for Skyrim.
Destructoid -> Dragonborn DLC Trailer - and yes, it does include some Morrowind-based areas & Dragon Mounts.
G4TV -> Rumor -- Upcoming Dragonborn DLC might take place in Morrowind and include Dragon Mounts.
GameSpy -> Someone's been modding & re-creating some of the areas from ES1: Arena over into Skyrim PC.
GameSpy -> Hearthfire could be name of next Skyrim DLC; could be a zombie apocalypse.
Dawnguard PC released for $20 on Steam.
Dawnguard PS3 delayed due to performance issues currently.
BethBlog -> PC Patch 1.7 released via Steam.
GamesRadar -> Dawnguard PC/X360 still unannounced after 30 day XB exclusivity...
OWNet -> Dawnguard DLC - Console Version Reviews.
RPGWatch -> Dawnguard X360 Beta sign-up info. If you do get selected for The Beta, you won't have to buy the add-on. The FULL version of Dawnguard X360 will be yours.
Dawnguard - E3 2012 TRAILER.
GameRadar -> Skyrim PC - Beta Patch 1.6 released adding Combat to Mounts.
Dawnguard announced for Summer on X360; more details at E3.
BethBlog -> Skyrim PC Patch 1.5 released; console versions of this patch are coming soon.
Skyrim -> Upcoming Patch 1.5 - Kill Cams Trailer.
Skyrim PC Patch 1.4 released via Steam; console patches coming sometime later.
Video on the upcoming Skyrim PC Creation Kit.
Skyrim PC patch 1.3.10.0 released last night to add 4GB LAA support officially.
SkyrimNexus -> SkyUI - another UI mod to try and fix Skyrim's Inventory.
BethSoft updates that Patch 1.3 is in final testing stage, which will not include Skyrim PS3 issue fixes; expect Skyrim PS3 fixes likely in patches probably after Patch 1.3.
UGO -> UGO's list of Skyrim PC Mods.
IGN -> Complaints on Skyrim PS3 being "broken"
IGN -> Joshua E. Sawyer of Obsidian talks about Skyrim PS3 issues...since he was involved w/ FO: New Vegas on a BethSoft Engine on PS3.
Info on Skyrim Patch 1.2. -> Skyrim PS3 patched-up to version 1.2; Skyrim PC and 360 patch 1.2 coming this Wednesday [Nov. 30].
NVidia -> Their tweaks for Skyrim PC.
PC Gamer -> Their Top 20 Skyrim PC mods.
RockPaperShotgun -> Their list of Mods and Ends for Skyrim PC.
BethSoft working on HUGE Skyrim patch; it might take a while; and no timetable yet for its release.
PC Gamer -> Their list of the best 10 Skyrim mods.
PC Gamer -> Some Skyrim PC Tweaks by the INI files.
Animation of Skyrim TRAILER.
Destructoid -> World of Skyrim TRAILER.
Patch 1.1 to be released on Day 1 for Skyrim for ALL platforms.
CVG -> Preview on Skyrim.
PC Gamer -> Interview w/ Todd Howard.
PCG -> Todd Howard on the coolest bug ever in Skyrim.
First TWO Skyrim DLC's will be 30-day exclusives FIRST for X360.
Collector's Ed revealed at $150 USD.
PC Gamer -> NEW Skyrim game-play footage from Comic-Con 2011.
IGN -> 5 changes from Oblivion to Skyrim.
Joystiq -> Preview.
PC Gamer -> Preview.
Youtube -> NEW Skyrim Trailer.
PC Gamer -> Trailer analysis, frame-by-frame.
G4TV -> Comedic trailer analysis.
Eurogamer -> NO Class System in Skyrim.
GameInformer -> The Menu System's Overhaul.
GameInformer -> Art of Skyrim.
GameInformer -> Combat.
Shacknews -> The Creation Kit SDK/Modkit confirmed for TES 5.
GameInformer -> The Technology Behind The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
VG247 -> Lots of details on Skyrim.
VG247 -> Info on Skyrim's Level Scaling.
GameInformer -> Article about entire Elder Scrolls series development and its Lore.
PCG -> Elder Scrolls V has a new engine entirely.
GTTV -> ESV: Skyrim - Spike TV VGA Awards 2010 Trailer - with game planned for 11/11/11.
Destructoid -> Rumor has it that Elder Scrolls V will be a direct sequel to Oblivion.
Gameindustry.biz -> BethSoft is aiming at 2010 for Elder Scrolls 5.

[Xessive]

Cool. Can't say I'm excited about it just yet as my mind is occupied by the anxiety of getting Fallout 3.

I'm still waiting on Fallout 3 PC. Apparently no shops here have received it yet. All they have are the X360 and PS3 versions. Sucks.

[MysterD]

I jumped for joy when I heard Elder Scrolls 5 coming in 2010.

I tell you, BethSoft is like a fine wine -- with age, they just seem to be getting better and better.

Morrowind was much more stable than Daggerfall was according to many and the dungeons weren't random anymore.

Oblivion fixed a lot of my concerns w/ Morrowind (with now full-on voice-acting, no more breaking the game by killing story-characters) -- and yes, I thought MW was great).

Fallout 3 fixed a lot of my concerns w/ Oblivion (much more pre-set choices to finish quests, full-on dialogues trees replace "topics", not as much level-scaling, more unique responses from NPC's, the game's more stable than Oblivion.).

Hopefully, next game, BethSoft will just allow for MORE sorting and divisions within their Weapons, Armor, and Spells -- since you can come up with a lot. It's not that their inventory is bad, it's just you need more division b/c you still can pack-rat too much stuff.

[Pugnate]

I read about this and wasn't at all excited. It is just too soon. I wish they'd try something different...

[Quemaqua]

I'll probably get excited when they show it and announce what'll be new and different.  The universe has tons of potential yet to be tapped.

Honestly, though, I think I'll just go back and replay Morrowind next time I've an ES fix.  I miss that game.

[KontrollerX]

I love this game company. 

They have not dissapointed me yet.

You guys were right about them for all those years you also gave them your love and support oh yes!

[Ghandi]

I'm still nowhere near finishing Oblivion. And I probably won't anytime soon, since I have FO3 now.

[Quemaqua]

I can't believe how much mileage I'm getting out of FO3, mostly because I'm so eager to go back as a new character and do things differently.  Tremendous.

[Ghandi]

I was seriously contemplating starting over today, but I really like my character. It's incredible how many paths there are. I'd love a personality-based character just to see the dialogue options.

[angrykeebler]

I"M YAWNING ALREADY

[MysterD]

I"M YAWNING ALREADY

Okay, then go play Mercenaries 2 then.

[angrykeebler]

Okay, then go play Mercenaries 2 then.

i dont even know what the hell that is

[Quemaqua]

Don't bother him.  He's too busy playing the same five minutes of gameplay over and over again in WoW.

Oooh, can you feel the burn, Steve?

[angrykeebler]

yeah but i love all the money i save from just paying for WoW

SO MUCH MONEY

I LIKE TO SWIM IN IT

[MysterD]

yeah but i love all the money i save from just paying for WoW

SO MUCH MONEY

I LIKE TO SWIM IN IT

I like spending $15 on a different game every month.

[angrykeebler]

I like spending $15 on a different game every month.

what games cost $15

[PyroMenace]

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[MysterD]

what games cost $15

I often get games that been out a bit of time on the PC.
Often, Gogamer is the place for me to buy something.

[angrykeebler]

I often get games that been out a bit of time on the PC.
Often, Gogamer is the place for me to buy something.

sigh

[Pugnate]

And how many of those remain shrink wrapped?

[MysterD]

And how many of those remain shrink wrapped?

None.
B/c I actually open the box and make sure all the discs and that there's a CD key and all.

The real question should've been, "How many have you put aside and NOT installed?"
To answer that, "Probably at least 30."

[angrykeebler]

None.
B/c I actually open the box and make sure all the discs and that there's a CD key and all.

The real question should've been, "How many have you put aside and NOT installed?"
To answer that, "Probably at least 30."

wow and you guys accuse ME of wasting my money

[Pugnate]

Yea you spend way too much on WoW.

[MysterD]

Yea you spend way too much on WoW.

Exactly.

He spends it all on ONE game.
I waste it on numerous different games.

[Pugnate]

I was being sarcas.... ahhh... never mind.

He plays the game and gets the most out of his $15.

[MysterD]

I was being sarcas.... ahhh... never mind.

He plays the game and gets the most out of his $15.

Do they add like loads of new content per month on WoW?

[Pugnate]

No.

Does the bread you buy every week come in different flavors?

[Xessive]

No.

Does the bread you buy every week come in different flavors?

Man, you just reminded me how much I like milk buns. I'm going to the bakery now.

[angrykeebler]

Do they add like loads of new content per month on WoW?

They add new content in ALL the time in the form of new patches, seasonal events, world events, new dungeons, new pvp arenas. However MysterD, you seem to forget WHY people play a Massively Player ONLINE game. I love the social interaction that comes from the game. I have met up with my guildmates on MANY occasions and hang out with 3 of them every week. We have all gotten to be very close friends. When I went to Blizzcon I went to a huge bonfire gathering in Long Beach and shared motels rooms and partied all night. I am just about to go to lunch with a gal I met playing WoW. When we do raids in WoW we joke and laugh on voice chat. Often times I laugh so hard at our crap that I have to stop playing for a minute. Do your NPC's in Elder Scrolls do all this? Can you interact with them like I can with my WoW friends?

I think not.

Do I feel I am wasting my $15? Absolutely not.

[MysterD]

They add new content in ALL the time in the form of new patches, seasonal events, world events, new dungeons, new pvp arenas.

Cool.

However MysterD, you seem to forget WHY people play a Massively Player ONLINE game. I love the social interaction that comes from the game.

That's why pretty much most people play MP-based games.

It's what I like about Guild Wars -- which has no monthly fee.

I have met up with my guildmates on MANY occasions and hang out with 3 of them every week. We have all gotten to be very close friends. When I went to Blizzcon I went to a huge bonfire gathering in Long Beach and shared motels rooms and partied all night. I am just about to go to lunch with a gal I met playing WoW. When we do raids in WoW we joke and laugh on voice chat. Often times I laugh so hard at our crap that I have to stop playing for a minute.

Cool.

Do your NPC's in Elder Scrolls do all this? Can you interact with them like I can with my WoW friends?

I think not.

NPC's in ES games are AI-controlled bots, not actual human beings -- since these games are SP-based.

There were rumors in the past that a ES MMO might eventually surface -- but, that was just a rumor. Nothing official. Well, not just yet, anyways.

[angrykeebler]

I GIVE UP

[Xessive]

AI doesn't compare to actual human interaction. And some people do get into character when playing online, kinda weird but amusing with online gamers.

When it comes to environment I think it's just a matter of taste or mood. Sometimes I don't feel like dealing with online players, especially people I don't know, and other times I love being cooperative, friendly, and all-in-all a good samaritan. It depends on my mood. Another factor would be actually getting people together online. It's a lot easier for me to sit and play when it suits me.

For me, ES games (as well as Fallout 3) are for those moments when I just wanna go solo and get lost in their fantastic worlds.

Massivley Multiplayer games are great but they all just seem to be clones of one another with the same monotonous "grinding" rituals. You're always after the next fix to level-up.

For multiplayer I much prefer smaller scale games like Neverwinter Nights, or even Diablo and such.

[MysterD]

Massivley Multiplayer games are great but they all just seem to be clones of one another with the same monotonous "grinding" rituals. You're always after the next fix to level-up.

A non-linear MMO with lots of decision making quests where you can finish quests with numerous different results would be cool.

[Xessive]

A non-linear MMO with lots of decision making quests where you can finish quests with numerous different results would be cool.

Not even that, simply a story-driven MMO would be interesting. Even if it's strictly linear. MMO's in general seem to be the most rushed games ever. Seems pubs/devs just want to pump out as many as they can as fast as possible. So they always come out kinda half-assed and then they just rely on daily/weekly updates to resolve the inevitable issues that arise.

[Quemaqua]

Story-driven MMO = Guild Wars.  Not the best story (stories, I guess -- two expansions) ever, and certainly not the best acted, but the events themselves that you get to take part in are awfully fun, and work well contextually.  The rest of the stuff fades into the background a bit when you're busy exploding large batches of bad guys with catapults.

[Xessive]

Story-driven MMO = Guild Wars.

I still need to try that. NCSoft took off the 14-day trials from the official site as well as the affiliates.

Now I'm getting second-thoughts about GW just to wait for GW2, which according to NCSoft is on the horizon.

[Quemaqua]

Naw man, GW is awesome!  Idol and I have had a bunch of fun with it.  Plus who knows what differences there might be with the next one.  I hope it'll be the same formula, but they might do too much crazy monetizing shit or even go for a fee.

[Pugnate]

Cool.
That's why pretty much most people play MP-based games.

It's what I like about Guild Wars -- which has no monthly fee.
Cool.
NPC's in ES games are AI-controlled bots, not actual human beings -- since these games are SP-based.

There were rumors in the past that a ES MMO might eventually surface -- but, that was just a rumor. Nothing official. Well, not just yet, anyways.

If this was a reply from someone else, I would have laughed thinking it was deliberate.

[Cobra951]

If this was a reply from someone else, I would have laughed thinking it was deliberate.

You're not kidding, either.

[MysterD]

If this was a reply from someone else, I would have laughed thinking it was deliberate.

What do you mean by "deliberate?"