Author Topic: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim ~|OT|~ (Read 169526 times)

pilonv1 · « **Reply #1260 on:** January 13, 2012, 05:01:31 AM »

Was this posted yet?

http://christwire.org/2011/11/is-skyrim-teaching-your-children-how-to-perform-rim-jobs-and-other-homo-erotic-sex-maneuvers/

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Once they player has finish killing all the people in Skyrim, his final battle is to have a mass dragon orgy with his fellow homosexual warriors he meets on his way and all take turns impregnating the dragon with homosexual dragon eggs. Once the dragon has been backdoor feasted, the player must kill it. The dragon needs to be killed, so the spirit of death and gayness can enter the new eggs and reek havoc onto the rest of the world. This new destruction will be playable in the next Skyrim saga.

etiolate · « **Reply #1261 on:** January 13, 2012, 05:03:19 AM »

sonnarat approved

chronovore · « **Reply #1262 on:** January 13, 2012, 07:05:20 PM »

I've been watching my bro-in-law play this; the pathfinding for enemy logic seems to be completely broken. He took down an entire nest of thralls, vampires, and master vampires from an easily-reached raised walkway with a handicap-accessible ramp leading to it. The vampires couldn't find out how to get to him.

etiolate · « **Reply #1263 on:** January 13, 2012, 11:41:07 PM »

Yeah enemy pathfinding is bork. I took out about 8 bandits attacking me all at once by walking back and forth across the top of a waterfall. They wouldn't cross the water and just kept going the long way around.

chronovore · « **Reply #1264 on:** January 14, 2012, 02:39:08 AM »

Quote from: etiolate on January 13, 2012, 11:41:07 PM

Yeah enemy pathfinding is bork. I took out about 8 bandits attacking me all at once by walking back and forth across the top of a waterfall. They wouldn't cross the water and just kept going the long way around.

That's great.

Man, it's a pretty game, but I don't see how it can be immersive when the AI is that broken. I will have to give it a try eventually, but not until I get a job.

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Unless it's for research.

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Hey, that's a great idea!

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That is the worst idea ever.

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The Sceneman · « **Reply #1265 on:** January 14, 2012, 02:41:14 AM »

^

yeah I'm 60 hours in and still enjoying it. I like the other questlines more than the main quest. Dark Brotherhood and Thieves Guild story arcs were more interesting imo

etiolate · « **Reply #1266 on:** January 14, 2012, 07:10:34 AM »

I haven't had anything from the thieves guild, where the hell is that?

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #1267 on:** January 14, 2012, 07:37:27 AM »

Quote from: etiolate on January 14, 2012, 07:10:34 AM

I haven't had anything from the thieves guild, where the hell is that?

Riften

cool breeze · « **Reply #1268 on:** January 14, 2012, 11:27:15 AM »

the dragons are getting really annoying now. I hate how they ignore me and fight a random goat or npc farmer. Like shooting flaming arrows at its face isn't enough to show I'm the target.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #1269 on:** January 15, 2012, 02:51:28 PM »

These guys should make a western rpg ala Red Dead Redemption. The more I play Skyrim the more similarities between it and RDR strike me.

cool breeze · « **Reply #1270 on:** January 15, 2012, 03:09:44 PM »

I thought the same playing Red Dead Redemption.

Ideally there's be a happy medium between RDR's lite RPG systems and Skyrim's sometimes overbearing and mundane RPG. In RDR, there were few but unique guns, horse, outfit, and whatnot. Skyrim sometimes feels over bloated. Samey loot and equipment. I think it's wearing on me more than it did in the Fallouts or Morrowind because so many other aspects of Skyrim move away from RPG conventions. Skyrim feels kind of like Mass Effect 1 to me; it's not RPG enough for action to be insignificant, nor is it action enough for the RPG mechanics to be limiting, and neither aspect is as satisfying and they should be. Don't want it to become a lot more action like the switch to Mass Effect 2, but just a better balance between the RPG and Action. Pulling numbers out of thin air, RDR feels 85% action and 15% RPG, while Skyrim is like 35/65. This is rambling.

Sometimes I might seem negative about Skyrim but I'm enjoying it a whole lot. Just finished the main thief quest and thought it was great. Might do mages college now after a little bit of clean up in Reach.

etiolate · « **Reply #1271 on:** January 16, 2012, 12:29:27 AM »

I haven't played a lot of RDR, but it does make me think of RDR at times.

The dragons are annoying me now as well. I have way more dragon souls than I have powers to use them on. I am also running into dragons while doing quests where I have no interest in fighting a dragon. They aren't hard as much as they are tedious. It's rather annoying when you kill one after being full on loot from a dungeon or keep and can't carry all the bone n scale weight. I need a dragon word power for FUCK OFF AND GO EAT A VIRGIN.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #1272 on:** January 16, 2012, 07:01:10 PM »

70 hours in now and finally getting bored. I've encountered at least a half dozen quest breaking glitches too. How anyone can say this is GOTY is beyond me. Great game, but the jank is through the roof.

Gonna try and get 1000 asap and shelve this until some DLC lands

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #1273 on:** January 16, 2012, 07:09:15 PM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on January 16, 2012, 07:01:10 PM

70 hours in now and finally getting bored. I've encountered at least a half dozen quest breaking glitches too. How anyone can say this is GOTY is beyond me. Great game, but the jank is through the roof.

Gonna try and get 1000 asap and shelve this until some DLC lands

How many non-janky games kept you entertained for more than 70 hours this year? I didn't play any. That's how I can say it's GOTY,

etiolate · « **Reply #1274 on:** January 16, 2012, 07:12:30 PM »

I don't judge by amount of content but by quality of content. I liked every moment of Portal 2 and that's why I prefer it to Skyrim even though it is a far shorter game. I probably wouldn't praise a quality 1 hour game, but I tend to prefer 6-10 hours of solid, no filler, high quality gaming to 80 hours of hit and miss.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #1275 on:** January 16, 2012, 07:25:49 PM »

The game is janky no doubt and even sloppy in areas but no game of this scale isn't. That's the price of doing business in a such a big open game. I like a crafted experience also. One approach isn't any necessarily better than the other but Skyrim executes on the premise of a big open world game to such a degree that it wasn't even really close to me when it came to GOTY.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #1276 on:** January 16, 2012, 07:39:06 PM »

yeah I was just trolling or something. The scale of this game is staggering for sure. The fact that I have played for 70 hours and still not done all of the story arc based content is pretty cool.

I've nearly finished the thieves guild stuff, after that I just need to do the College of Winterhold questline then I'll have all all the quest related achievements.

Then I just need to finish off the Daedric quests (got about 6 to go), read about 6 more skill books, gain 5 more levels, clear about 6 more dungeons, and find the 4 or so shouts I'm missing for my 1000. I reckon I'll have it done in the next couple of days.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #1277 on:** January 16, 2012, 07:40:55 PM »

Oh, and I've grown to really like the lore and world of this game. It's the only Elder Scrolls game I've played.

Should I play Oblivion after this? You can get the ultimate edition with all content for like 15$ now

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #1278 on:** January 16, 2012, 07:47:50 PM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on January 16, 2012, 07:40:55 PM

Oh, and I've grown to really like the lore and world of this game. It's the only Elder Scrolls game I've played.

Should I play Oblivion after this? You can get the ultimate edition with all content for like 15$ now

No unless its the PC version so you can fix some of the stupid level scaling which is out of control in that game. Take a look at Kingdoms of Amalur. Looks like that will kinda provide a good open world experience.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #1279 on:** January 16, 2012, 07:48:31 PM »

you could try playing it. It's a total downgrade. Maybe with mods it may be acceptable.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #1280 on:** January 16, 2012, 07:59:00 PM »

I would agree - unless you're playing the PC version with mods its too far behind to be enjoyable. That said the Shivering Ilses is really worth playing.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #1281 on:** January 16, 2012, 08:10:31 PM »

Skyrim definitely needs its own Shivering Isles-esque expansion, maybe sometime towards the end of this year.

cool breeze · « **Reply #1282 on:** January 16, 2012, 09:02:17 PM »

I think in a lot of ways Skyrim is Oblivion done right (not entirely). The things that annoy you in Skyrim are one million times worse in Oblivion. Though, dragons might be more annoying than Oblivion gates.

The main problems I have with Skyrim are mostly misc quests that feel influenced by MMO design. Lots of "collect 20 w/e for 100 gold" and "clear out same cave again for 1 gold ore" and shit like that. Deeper quests are great, like Thief's Guild questline, except for how it takes you all around the world. Other quests do that too and it bothers me because you're expected to quick travel.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #1283 on:** January 16, 2012, 09:21:20 PM »

Oblivion Gates are much more annoying than Dragons.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #1284 on:** January 16, 2012, 11:33:18 PM »

Quote from: pilonv1 on January 16, 2012, 09:21:20 PM

Oblivion Gates are much more annoying than Dragons.

this.

Shivering Isles is really great

The Sceneman · « **Reply #1285 on:** January 17, 2012, 12:36:11 AM »

the funniest thing about Christwire is how they still manage successfully to troll thousands of idiots with every article they post.

So many commenters have fallen for it lol

"Good job checking your facts on this article, not. This game is not made by Blizzard, nor does it take place in Stormwind. Maybe you should actually play the game not watch the trailer next time." - lololololol

and the mysterious thing is, these posts could be counter trolls, but I'm guessing some people are just that stupid? Who knows. The internet is a scary place.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #1286 on:** January 17, 2012, 01:59:31 PM »

scary wonderful place

Crushed · « **Reply #1287 on:** January 17, 2012, 02:04:45 PM »

50% of this game felt like Bethesda actually sat up and thought, "Hey our games suck a big one in certain areas. Let's apply ourselves to improving those."

Then the other 50% is them going, "Nnnnnnnah, that'd require effort," and taking a nap while BethSoftGen-5000 cranks out the lion's share of content.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #1288 on:** January 17, 2012, 04:18:53 PM »

That's a fair Critique.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #1289 on:** January 17, 2012, 04:34:53 PM »

I'd agree with that, some of the things Skyrim does is a big improvement over Oblivion and even Fallout 3, while other things are more or less the same. But it is a step up and I've always been a fan of their games, so I don't complain much.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #1290 on:** January 17, 2012, 04:38:15 PM »

I love Skyrim. GOTY for me yada yada yada. But there are some parts of the game where you almost ask did anybody there play this part. Because its real janky and messed up and confusing.

cool breeze · « **Reply #1291 on:** January 17, 2012, 04:42:09 PM »

one of my favorite things in this game is how 90% of canned animations fail. it's like a too human cutscene generator. my guy is fumbling around in mid air and 20 seconds later the dragon several feet away from me dies.

actually, my favorite one is when you stab someone in the gut and you see your characters emotionless face looking into the void.

I wonder if they'll ever try and add expressive face animations to your character (or any character). Mass Effect and especially Saint's Row 3 do it really well. Bethesda (and Obsidian to include NV) characters are always zombies.

and not to seem negative, I think the armors and weapons look cool in this game. I'm fairly certain I'm sticking with the (Thief guild spoiler):

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kick-ass Nightingale outfit for the rest of the game. I really like it. Fantasy Batman!

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Crushed · « **Reply #1292 on:** January 17, 2012, 04:56:18 PM »

Quote from: Linkzg on January 17, 2012, 04:42:09 PM

one of my favorite things in this game is how 90% of canned animations fail. it's like a too human cutscene generator. my guy is fumbling around in mid air and 20 seconds later the dragon several feet away from me dies.

actually, my favorite one is when you stab someone in the gut and you see your characters emotionless face looking into the void.

The absolute best one is killing a dragon in mid flight, or just as it's taking off. It will complete its entire flight animation before it crashes/lands, and then abruptly dies a second later.

Also yes, that is an amazing looking set of armor, and it makes me kind of sad that I don't really find the enchantments on it that useful compared to my other super-buffed light armor.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #1293 on:** January 17, 2012, 05:44:51 PM »

I can laugh at the canned animations crapping out and other jank,

but SO many quests are glitched to shit, making them impossible to complete. Which is a pretty fucking major flaw for a videogame IMO. GOTY my ass.

Anyway I gotta stop trolling this turd. Gonna get 1000 today and play something else

etiolate · « **Reply #1294 on:** January 17, 2012, 07:29:50 PM »

I decided to head out to Riften finally. I was getting a bit bored, but I like a new locale. So far, I prefer Riften to Solitude. Feels like Riften has a more interesting design and characters.

archie4208 · « **Reply #1295 on:** January 19, 2012, 12:23:40 PM »

I liked the Macho Man mod more.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #1296 on:** January 19, 2012, 02:58:38 PM »

I just discovered the benefits of enchanting and smithing last night. :'(

I never really fooled with it because I'm a straight Destruction Mage but I was curious so I started trying to improve the armor of my companion. Those skills are really useful but I'm close to the end of the game and won't be able to really level up those skills enough to make a real difference. Maybe next Elder Scrolls game.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #1297 on:** January 21, 2012, 04:32:43 AM »

^

yeah, Smithing, Enchanting and Alchemy are all broken as you can power level hard just by grinding that shit. In fact, the majority of the game is unbalanced and abusable. Sure theres 700 hours of misc tasks and 3000 NPCs to talk to, but this is still some sloppy ass casual software. For girls. Definitely the most glitch ridden game I have ever played.

Anyway just finished the Winterhold College questline, definitely the weakest one in the game. Finishing that questline also got me 1000/1000, final playtime ~ 90 hours.

There was a period in that 90 hours where the game was fuckin awesome, but the last 15 hours or so I was bored shitless.

I'll play it again for sure when some DLC lands.

solid 8/10 game

pilonv1 · « **Reply #1298 on:** January 21, 2012, 06:37:29 AM »

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Definitely the most glitch ridden game I have ever played.

You need to play Oblivion. Even with patches

The Sceneman · « **Reply #1299 on:** January 21, 2012, 07:19:54 AM »

yeah I'm definitely keen to play it for the lulz

chronovore · « **Reply #1300 on:** January 23, 2012, 11:29:44 AM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on January 21, 2012, 07:19:54 AM

yeah I'm definitely keen to play it for the lulz

The PC patches may make that more enjoyable, but I'm sure you'll get the 360 version for the Gamerscore. It's the right thing to do.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #1301 on:** January 23, 2012, 11:47:10 AM »

Boogie · « **Reply #1302 on:** January 23, 2012, 12:37:28 PM »

I'm definitely at a point where there's not much loot/skills improvement incentive for doing quests anymore.

I've got TONS of quests left to do, but I've already got armour, smithing, and one-handed maxed out, and archery nearly so. I've got full daedric armor and weapons. I'm a complete untouchable badass, but I'm racking up cash with nothing to spend it on, and no better items to acquire, as far as I can tell.

And yet I STILL haven't touched the dark brotherhood, thieves guild, or civil war quest lines, or set foot in falkreath, and I'm guessing I'm somewhere between two thirds and three quarters through the main quest.

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #1303 on:** January 28, 2012, 10:15:03 AM »

I got this game and am about an hour into it.

It's probably the least janky Bethesda game I've played and that says a lot.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #1304 on:** January 28, 2012, 02:57:51 PM »

Has there been any DLC news yet?

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #1305 on:** January 29, 2012, 01:17:59 PM »

been installing some mods. got Cinematic ENB (lighting, ssao, other effects as well), realistic water, HD flora and fauna, HD texture pack.

loooooookin' good.

Boogie · « **Reply #1306 on:** January 29, 2012, 02:54:26 PM »

In the main quest, I'm

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just past the point where you convene a peace conference to broker a truce between the Stormcloaks and the Imperials.

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Now, I haven't done any civil war quests yet, haven't picked a side, because I really can't decide.

I mean, I want to go with the Stormcloaks because my character is a Nord, and fuck the Thalmor and their religious oppression 'n shit. Plus, the bit with the whole game starting with the Imperials about to execute me for some bullshit and of course I'm going to hold a grudge.

But....damn Ulfric is such a huge asshole that it makes it hard to want to join him. For one, he's a racist, and then

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at the peace conference, he's pushy as shit taking me for granted, and opens a truce discussion with a demand for the Imperials to just hand over Markarth! Wtf, dude, where's the negotiations in good faith?

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Plus, there's the little issue that I found a note in the Thalmor Embassy that says that

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Ulfric used to be a Thalmor agent/asset. Now, maybe he's gone rogue and no longer reports to them, but part of me thinks that by helping the Stormcloaks weaken the Empire, I'd just be helping the long-term plans of those Thalmor assholes.

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Eh, will probably still side with the Stormcloaks anyway. But, in the spirit of the truce, probably won't bother with the civil war quest until after I complete the main quest.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #1307 on:** January 29, 2012, 03:08:33 PM »

Ya it is obvious that the Thalmor are playing a long term game and that by going with you patriotic Nord feelings you are only helping them. Just like how Al-qaeda won by playing on American feelings to put them into expensive wars.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #1308 on:** January 29, 2012, 06:03:54 PM »

I feel like I should be paying more attention to the main story, but it just seems pretty dull.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #1309 on:** January 29, 2012, 10:15:14 PM »

main quest blows dick, Thieves Guild and Dark Brotherhood questlines are way better.

The Greybeards

so glad I have 1000 on this and don't have to play again it until DLC lands

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #1310 on:** January 30, 2012, 02:50:48 PM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on January 29, 2012, 10:15:14 PM

main quest blows dick, Thieves Guild and Dark Brotherhood questlines are way better.

The Greybeards

so glad I have 1000 on this and don't have to play again it until DLC lands

I backstabbed the Greybeards.

me

Boogie · « **Reply #1311 on:** February 06, 2012, 09:38:29 PM »

Finished main quest and civil war. Actually, pretty much every major quest except the thieves guild.

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Final battle with Alduin had a cool vibe, Sovengarde was a badass locale. Unfortunately, he was way too easy. (probably because I"m level 52.

Then Civil War.

Fort Battles.

Battle for Whiterun was badass, though unfortunately the battle for Solitude was laaaame. Run right up to Castle Dour...talk with Tulius and Rikke. Tulius confirms my theory of "you idiot, this is what the Thalmor want", kill them anyway.

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So, that's it. 95 hours to get to this point. Not sure if I'll bother to chip away at any miscellaneous quests that I haven't hit yet, but I don't think there's much left.

cool breeze · « **Reply #1312 on:** February 07, 2012, 01:11:48 PM »

PC peoples, the official High Res texture pack is released on steam (3 gigs) along with the creation kit.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #1313 on:** February 07, 2012, 01:14:24 PM »

*JIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ*

cool breeze · « **Reply #1314 on:** February 07, 2012, 01:17:46 PM »

there's a Space Core (from Portal 2) companion as a mod? lol

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To celebrate the opening of the Steam Workshop for Skyrim, Valve and Bethesda have teamed up to bring you the Space Sphere mod, which'll let the aggressively space-centric little robot tag along on your adventures in Tamriel.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #1315 on:** February 07, 2012, 01:18:10 PM »

Why am I at work now??

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #1316 on:** February 07, 2012, 01:54:36 PM »

HOW DO I MAKE IT DO

pilonv1 · « **Reply #1317 on:** February 07, 2012, 05:54:16 PM »

Quote from: Linkzg on February 07, 2012, 01:11:48 PM

PC peoples, the official High Res texture pack is released on steam (3 gigs) along with the creation kit.

pics dont seem to show much difference, I wonder if the mods are still better?

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #1318 on:** February 07, 2012, 10:01:31 PM »

Steam integration of mods is great, works really well and is very intuitive.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #1319 on:** February 07, 2012, 10:04:33 PM »

Quote from: pilonv1 on February 07, 2012, 05:54:16 PM

Quote from: Linkzg on February 07, 2012, 01:11:48 PM
PC peoples, the official High Res texture pack is released on steam (3 gigs) along with the creation kit.

pics dont seem to show much difference, I wonder if the mods are still better?

there were a few pics i saw on gaf that seemed a significant improvement. shield textures, wood textures on poles, etc.
it seems it's a whole lot of general texture improvements instead of a smaller number of huge improvements that the mods give you.

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Author Topic: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim ~|OT|~ (Read 169526 times)