Elder Scrolls V - Skyrim - Page 313

DOMINOSC

Canada345 Posts

November 17 2011 05:19 GMT

#6241

so ive run into a problem in skyrim i started the game made it through the "training" when i left the cave and started to head towards riverwood i decided to kill the guy that leaves the cave with you so i beat him with my sword and he fell to his knees but doesnt actually die so i just left him there i got to riverwood and hes now standing at the gate and attacks me if i try and kill him again he doesnt die and ends up coming back to kill me again andone know a fix for this.

GreyKnight

United States4720 Posts

November 17 2011 05:20 GMT

#6242

On November 17 2011 13:59 Warpath wrote:
Yeah. Forbidden Legends was my favourite mission so far, but theres one i found in a very northern cave
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you get tasked by an mad(insane) wizard to find an elder scroll. COULD BE SICK

That i am looking forward to doing tomorrow after school :D

it takes a really long time better devote some time.

SteemdRIce

Australia44 Posts

November 17 2011 05:25 GMT

#6243

Played this for about 30 hours already, and I personally feel it's a bit of a step back from Oblivion in a few respects, but also a massive improvement in others.

DISCLAIMER: Obviously everything is in my opinion

Improvements

It's got a much better immersion factor thanks to the new engine; animations are much less stiff, (fighting especially), and the conversations are a bit better.
It's a lot prettier; the engine upgrade really helped out here. The way spellcasting works is also a lot better in my opinion, but it does make playing a 2h warrior a lot more annoying than in Oblivion; not necessarily a bad thing.
The game 'feels' better; there are more people in the streets and the cities are lain out in a more interesting manner imo. Not every city has a wall around it, so you can see the differences between a fortress city and a city that's sort of 'evolved' from a town.
Third person view has crosshairs now :D
UI is more minimalist, despite being a lot more console-y; more below
The quests are a lot less padded; while good, it also means that they're a lot shorter than they were in Oblivion, the main quest especially. (The length of the Oblivion one in having to close all the freaking Oblivion gates was ****ing annoying though)
THE WATER IS SO PRETTY

Steps back

The UI. Oblivion's UI was far from perfect, but Skyrim's is worse in my opinion. You can see clearly that this was mostly a console port. The most annoying case of this is in dialogue/selling things and the level up system. If you miss the word of your character's name even slightly with the mouse it goes back to the previous dialogue screen. In the level up section, you have to hit 'enter' in order to select something to level up.
The tab menu is more annoying. Splitting up quests from the tab menu as well as your stats and placing the two of those into the esc menu is quite annoying to say the least, especially when you're used to Oblivion's controls.
The LMB/RMB display is WRONG on the inventory/magic/favourites screen. When you click LMB it displays [R] and vice versa. This gets really confusing.
Optimisation. While Oblivion was far from the most optimised game around, Skyrim feels a lot worse. I have a pretty beastly rig, but it still chokes up in some places; mostly interiors, oddly enough. I hope we can see a user mod to increase the optimisation on this

Things I wish they'd changed

Cities still don't feel big enough, and even though there are more people in the streets now, it still doesn't feel crowded enough.
Dual wielding is wonky in my opinion. I wished it worked more like some of the mods out there but I don't really care either way; I don't dual wield and I didn't dual wield much in Oblivion on those characters.

Despite all this though, I've been having a blast playing it, and getting to walk around Skyrim, which is a stark contrast to the surroundings we got in Oblivion. Not having to deal with Oblivion Gates is great too

Honestly, the true potential of Skyrim hasn't even been seen yet; I can't wait to see what the modding community throws out once they get their hands on the construction kit. (Apart from the nude mods -_-)

TLDR: It's a solid game, feels a lot like a console port, but you should buy it.

Quotidian

Norway1937 Posts

November 17 2011 05:26 GMT

#6244

On November 17 2011 14:06 Tnerb wrote:
Imagine this game re-done with some of the famous fantasy book series/stories like The Wheel of Time, Lord of the Rings, Sword of Truth, and A Song of Fire and Ice.

I get nerd chills just thinking about how awesome it would be to play as Richard running around with the sword of truth and following the books story. Or being Rand Al'Thor the Dragon Reborn...oh man something like that would be so amazing. I would love to see the devs do this themselves but I would settle for a third party mod but I can see how they could make a ton of money from selling DLCs that modify the game to follow popular fantasy book stories.

Btw 44 hours played currently and I really love the game and the story so far. I just can't stop thinking how much cooler it would be to play out some of my favorite book series stories as well.

I don't see how substituting one generic fantasy setting for another generic fantasy setting would make for a better game. I'd much rather see Morrowind straight up ported to this engine or something. I think the elder scrolls world is pretty cool, actually.. though after the Dragon Age games it feels like they're both heavily referencing some very specific fantasy fiction that I don't know about (besides GOT ... could be Wheel of time I guess.. haven't read any of it and it doesn't seem that interesting either)

Steveling

Greece10806 Posts

November 17 2011 05:28 GMT

#6245

Yeah man, it's pretty ridiculous how bad each and every attempt at a LoTR rpg has being so far.
I cry my eyes out whenever I see another half ass attempt in action/rpg style.
I just wanna play a well designed sandbox rpg in middle-earth/other fantasy world godamit!

Cyro

United Kingdom20343 Posts

November 17 2011 05:32 GMT

#6246

On November 17 2011 09:33 Fontong wrote:

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Seems like you may not have a good soul gem in your inventory to enchant with? Using petty souls will give you numbers like that.

Thanks

(you too travis)

FuzzyJAM

Scotland9300 Posts

November 17 2011 05:36 GMT

#6247

On November 17 2011 14:25 SteemdRIce wrote:
The LMB/RMB display is WRONG on the inventory/magic/favourites screen. When you click LMB it displays [R] and vice versa. This gets really confusing.

There's an option to switch this.

teser

United States156 Posts

November 17 2011 05:41 GMT

#6248

Having a really hard time filling grand soul gems, I was surprised that giants were only considered greater souls, and dragons resist soul trap 100% so I have no idea what i'm supposed to do to fill them.

Yergidy

United States2107 Posts

November 17 2011 05:42 GMT

#6249

On November 17 2011 14:36 FuzzyJAM wrote:

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There's an option to switch this.

Ya that was incredibly annoying for me, I had to change it asap.

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China13814 Posts

November 17 2011 05:46 GMT

#6250

On November 17 2011 13:45 Iyerbeth wrote:

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If you can swap out your shield for a Ward spell from your restoration skills when you're against mages and use that as you would a normal shield (though be careful as it will drain mana) you'll find you can drastically reduce incoming magic damage. Also, enchanting gear, or purchasing item already enchanted so that you can maybe get some magic resistance might help too. Finally, quite early in the Alteration tree if you have any skill, it has a perk for 10/20/30% base resistance - even the 10% is quite substantial.

And if all else fails, magic resistance potions.

I think one of the stones also gives a +25% magic resistance? not sure...

SteemdRIce

Australia44 Posts

November 17 2011 05:57 GMT

#6251

On November 17 2011 14:36 FuzzyJAM wrote:

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There's an option to switch this.

Oh really? Well derp. I've gotten used to it though >_<

DystopiaX

United States16236 Posts

November 17 2011 05:58 GMT

#6252

On November 17 2011 14:26 Quotidian wrote:

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Can't wait for whatever mod ports Oblivion and Morrowind over and you can travel between each region simultaneously. Does weird things to the timeline though.

gosuMalicE

Canada676 Posts

November 17 2011 05:58 GMT

#6253

On November 17 2011 14:41 teser wrote:
Having a really hard time filling grand soul gems, I was surprised that giants were only considered greater souls, and dragons resist soul trap 100% so I have no idea what i'm supposed to do to fill them.

Use black Gems Instead and fill them from random human enemies you find in dungeons, way eaiser IMO.

Rabbet

Canada404 Posts

November 17 2011 05:59 GMT

#6254

It is "A Song if Ice and Fire", not the other way around.

iamke55

United States2806 Posts

November 17 2011 06:00 GMT

#6255

Go kill some mammoths.

Psiven

United States148 Posts

November 17 2011 06:05 GMT

#6256

On November 17 2011 14:42 Yergidy wrote:

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Ya that was incredibly annoying for me, I had to change it asap.

LMB controls the Right hand, so it's not displaying wrong. It's quite normal for LMB to be the main-hand and RMB the secondary.

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China13814 Posts

November 17 2011 06:12 GMT

#6257

On November 17 2011 14:58 gosuMalicE wrote:

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Use black Gems Instead and fill them from random human enemies you find in dungeons, way eaiser IMO.

mammoths are grand souls IIRC

Zeke50100

United States2220 Posts

November 17 2011 06:12 GMT

#6258

Level 24 with 69 Sneak; Difficulty of combat: High (Thank you, Pickpocketing >.<)
Level 24 with 70 Sneak; Difficulty of combat: Ridiculously Low

At least, that's my experience with the Sneak perk so far. Does it really negate all downsides of movement? Everything certainly seems much easier to assassinate.

heroofcanton

United States167 Posts

November 17 2011 06:18 GMT

#6259

I think the best part about Skyrim is how easy it is to be a battlemage. 1h weapons + destruction magic works really well now that you dont have to keep switching back between spells and weapons like in previous games. I have been roleplaying as Thor with a mace in one hand and lightning in the other.

It's awesome.