Video & PC Game Discussion

My mate purchased it on XBox.  I had a quick look at it.  Unfortunately we didn't have long as we were going out, so I only saw two of his characters walking about and didn't see any combat.

Graphically it didn't look as great as Oblivion.  Although character faces looked much improved.

I do like the sound of all the little touches they've put in.  Maybe when I've upgraded my computer and the GotY Edition is out, I may then take a look at it.  I have very little harddisk space right now my laptop is over 4 years old (I'm sure it'll run on lower settings though).

I really could do with a new machine... ah well.

Are you guys completionists?

My mate was wandering about with one of his characters and was chatting to people and it seemed some of them were offering quests but he wasn't interested in them (not even seeing what the quest was).  That sounds weird to me!  I try and do every quest I can, unless it doesn't fit in with my characters alignment.

He was also wandering around trying to find some guy but hasn't a clue where he is... I'm sure he'll find him eventually.


Edited by James - November 16 2011 at 02:30

Epignosis wrote: facepalm

I take up all the quests I can find...my "Miscellaneous" section is absurd right now. 

I have about 27 hours so far, according to Steam...last night I found and killed my first dragon priest, they're pretty cool.  I'll say no more to avoid possible spoilers. 

I was reading on the BioWare forums (where they have a Skyrim thread) that some people have played 36 hours or more and barely even scratched the surface.  They're mostly doing side quests too and leaving the main quest 'til late.

I'm the same with RPGs in terms of trying to be a completionist.  I try and do as many of the side quests as possible until I cannot do them any more.  Then I do some of the main quest, which often opens up more side quests.

I've got 11 shouts, although a lot of them are useless and I've only unlocked like 5 and use 3 regularly. Kinda sucks, two of them I've picked up are just spells from Oblivion/Morrowind in omg shout form!. 

7 dragon souls left over too.

Just checked, clocked 37 hours now.

Edited by progkidjoel - November 17 2011 at 02:26

I've just bought Batman: Arkham City for Xbox 360.... I'm instaling it right now :B

I'd have done it.

My amazing sister managed to track down a copy of the EU Collector's Edition of Deus Ex: Human Revolution for my birthday, so been playing that whilst staring spitefully at Skyrim.

Absolutely loving it so far - defintely worthy to carry the Deus Ex name. The 'everything is yellow' filter is annoying at times but the game is fantastic.

Playing as a pacifist for this playthrough although that's kinda hampering my enjoyment of it a little, thanks to not being able to use 90% of the weaponry/a few other things.

Also, Skyrim stuff: Game is playable for about 30 minutes per boot and then chugs at 10fps forever. Ocasionally it won't launch either, just going to a black screen when I load the disc.

Bethesda are releasing a patch for all 3 systems around the end of the month although I'm probably not gonna bother playing until then.

Edited by progkidjoel - November 18 2011 at 23:31

-Inventory is a pain now that your load-lightening skills are ridiculously-high on trees (req. 75 points in heavy armor to eliminate encumbrance at all, weak and hard-to-find load alteration spells, no strength to buff carry weight).
-Shields are a win button. DW style is awful because you can't block at all. The game cries out for a block/counter mechanism for all weapons, but alas, nothing.
-Combat is still meh. No impact to actions at all. Weird cutscene kills are annoying, especially when you get one-hit by an enemy's hammer while you're pretty far away (first thing I did in Riverwatch or whatever was start killing people, and one guy instagibbed me like that).
-AI hasn't improved at all. I killed two Giants by standing on a rock 10 feet from their faces and pelting them with arrows.
-Smithing and alchemy requires a lot of looting junk. The ores you mine get really heavy really fast.
-Magic is redundant. For example, your novice-level destruction spells are all the same spell with slightly-different effects.
-Favorites system is a pain in my ass. I hate pausing the game all the time to switch gear (and I switch between destruction, restoration, and weapons all the damn time).
-The game doesn't look that great. Not shocking as it's made for 6-year-old hardware, but still. Bodies look decent, but faces could use a facelift (har har). Way too much shiny. 2xAA slices framerate from 50 to 10. I do not know why.
-Sneaking, destruction, and armor are stupid-hard to level. Walking into a wall near an enemy gives you a level every 2 minutes or so, destruction takes a few kills with nothing but fire to get a level, and armor... well, barring that you use a shield, you'll just never level it.
-Seriously, you can't just put the goddamn shrine of Talos on my map and you won't let me add it? Damn it all!
-Really love the constellation system. Too bad they didn't fix the skill-leveling balance. Enchanting your way to level 100 is just silly.
-Speaking of which, enchanting calls combination enchants individual enchants. WHY!?