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scottcr

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Screenshots would be great, and you should be able to export them to Facebook or twitter or a blog site... Corruption let you take photos that were stored on you calendar, but the low images looked pretty rubbish...but games like this and RDR would be ideal for that kind of thing.

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I don't seem to be able to ride my horse in the first person. It switches automatically to third. Is it like this for everyone? The horse-riding looks so terrible I don't know why they'd force you to see it.

yeap... No option. You can't fight while on one either so I just don't bother. Spoiled by the great horse riding in RDR.

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Lol, this game goes from great to silly in a whim. It's dragon logic seems to be completely broken.

I can accept (barely) that because I'm dragonborn I can kill a dragon, but how on earth can mammoths kill a dragon? I mean, just fly and fry, what's the problem with that?

Dragons losing their epicness more and more... :facepalm:

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womblingfree

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Not being able to fire a bow and arrow or use a sword on horseback is the only annoying thing so far. Hoping I can get trained to do this later on.

Was starting to think I was an indestructible wizard-warrior with the old fireball/sword combo, then a giant came along, walloped me once with his club and I went flying 100 metres into the air!

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After RDR's horses and horse gameplay this feels like a joke really.

But I didn't expect anything better from Bethesda in that area, so I'm not too bothered.

I'm more bothered from the shitty ui on pc, the lack of icons about spells duration, etc. and the greatly unoptimized engine.

Oh, and dragons which get owned by mammoths and giants when they can simply fly and fry them on the spot.

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Ah right, I'm at that level but can't see them about. Where does it say what level they are, adept/novice etc?

I wish I could be more helpful... I can't remember if it mentions on the item itself. You can certainly tell from the price, Adept level spells are about 700 gold+.

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Stuck in a loop of infinite death. :(

I am on a Mage quest and I am fighting a boss called The Caller. She is way more poweful than me to fight with spells, and I am shit out of melee weapons and I only have one potion left. Somehow my game saved at the start of the fight when she is aggroed so I am going to have to revert to an earlier hard save which might be a couple of hours (and certainly an whole dungeon) ago. FUCK.

Got the bastard Tom!

Luckily I had a few unspent perks. Dumping them in archery and busting out a bow I had on me seems to have paid dividends. Also taking advantage of quite awful AI helped too, sneak attack bonuses ahoy!

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Monkeyboy

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Just spent ages making my way up a mountain. Very epic. Guy on a bridge at the village at the bottom of the mountain says, "Yeah, bit snowy up there, might see a few wolves mate. Nowt to worry about."

Oh really? Did the ice trolls and ice wraiths slip your mind? No wonder he didn't want to go up!

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NecroMorrius

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This game :wub:

I've had a few crashes to desktop today, as I've gotten further into the game. Same old Bethesda crap :(

Suppooooooooosedly they're working on a fix, if anyone is having the same problem, upload a diagnostic from directx to the Bethsoft forum for them to take a look at. I would hazard a guess that it's the same problem which causes hard locks on the PS3 and 360 too, and it's the same problem which plagued Oblivion, Fallout 3, Fallout New Vegas and Morrowind :lol:

So far it's been remarkably unbuggy for a Bethesda game, they seem pretty proactive in getting things fixed too, so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt.

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Monkeyboy

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This game :wub:

I've had a few crashes to desktop today, as I've gotten further into the game. Same old Bethesda crap :(

Suppooooooooosedly they're working on a fix, if anyone is having the same problem, upload a diagnostic from directx to the Bethsoft forum for them to take a look at. I would hazard a guess that it's the same problem which causes hard locks on the PS3 and 360 too, and it's the same problem which plagued Oblivion, Fallout 3, Fallout New Vegas and Morrowind :lol:

So far it's been remarkably unbuggy for a Bethesda game, they seem pretty proactive in getting things fixed too, so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt.

I've just this minute had the game lock up on me (Xbox 360), just as it was autosaving when I entered a mill. It'll probably mean back to the previous village, and starting out again on the same trek, as I think that was the last place I saved. Still, I'm not that bothered, it was a fun trip.

Anyhoo, I think Bethesda have taken some inspiration from RDR with the little incidental moments that you see along your journey. I know they did a similar thing in Fallout 3, but they seem more frequent in this. About half an hour ago, I saw a Stormcloak prisoner with his hands bound in front of him, go running past me, with three Imperial soldiers in hot pursuit.

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For some reason, all Khaajit characters in my game have slightly transparent faces. As in, I can faintly make out the environment on the other side of their head. Hrrm.

In mine nearly every Redguard's face can be described less as black and more as a void which only the strongest amount of HDR gimmickry can illuminate (my own character included). It must be some sort of colour palette/lighting issue because I get the same thing with the entire body of my dark brown horse.

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Blooming Marvellous

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This game :wub:

I've had a few crashes to desktop today, as I've gotten further into the game. Same old Bethesda crap :(

Suppooooooooosedly they're working on a fix, if anyone is having the same problem, upload a diagnostic from directx to the Bethsoft forum for them to take a look at. I would hazard a guess that it's the same problem which causes hard locks on the PS3 and 360 too, and it's the same problem which plagued Oblivion, Fallout 3, Fallout New Vegas and Morrowind :lol:

So far it's been remarkably unbuggy for a Bethesda game, they seem pretty proactive in getting things fixed too, so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt.

setting the sound default format to 24bit 44100hz solved the CTD problems for a lot of people. Me included.

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I didn't think I'd get to write this. I thought my time was done but it seems the Gods looked down on me today and decided I was worth saving. I'll start from the beginning, that's normally wise.

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I am Bun-Za. An Argonian. I come from a proud line of warriors, but I took a wrong turn somewhere along the way and ended up with a life of crime. I hid this from my father as best I could, but eventually he discovered what I really was and banished me from our family home. He ordered me to not come back, and worst of all, told me as far as he was concerned, he had no son. It was then I decided to leave the Black Marsh. Start somewhere new, fresh. Become the great warrior that my father would be proud of. At least that's the plan.

I managed to hitch a ride into Skyrim with a group of people who call themselves the Stormcloaks, they seemed friendly enough, even let me ride with them for free despite me offering to pay. They were going my way anyway. That's when things went a bit awry. We rode into an Imperial ambush and were captured, assuming me to be with these Stormcloaks. They took us to a small town named Helgen. It was to be our last stop, they planned to execute us. Another human we picked up on the way, I can't remember his name, tried to run and got an arrow in his back. As the Imperials were preparing to deal with us, some strange sounds were heard in the distance, the process continued and one of the Stormcloaks was up on the block. I admired his courage, the believe his cause was just as he was on his knees waiting for the final chop. I imagine my father would have admired it too. I'd like to say I acted the same once it was my turn, but I can't. As I was there, taking a final glimpse at the sky, a glance towards the executioner as he readied his weapon, I felt nothing but fear. Failure, I'd achieved nothing with my life. This was a fitting end for someone like me. Or so it should have been.

That noise again, this time much closer. An animal of some kind, though one I've never heard before. The executioner raised the axe, and at that moment a beast of legends, a dragon landed on top of the watchtower in front of us and let out an almighty roar so powerful it knocked everyone down. What happened next was a bit of a blur, but this dragon wasn't selective, it burnt that town to ashes. I remember one of the Imperial soldiers, Hadvar, saved me. Guided me into shelter when I was dazed after the awful roar the dragon let out. He offered to let me follow him inside, but I met up with Ralof of the Stormcloaks and followed him instead. From the tales I was told on the ride into Skyrim, and from what I saw in Helgen with my own eyes, the Imperials need dealing with.

After working our way through the cave system underneath Helgen we finally came out at the other end. The journey there was tiring, and I hadn't eaten for a while. Before we parted ways Ralof advised I visit him in place called Riverwood, he knew people there who could help me. I headed north after leaving the caves and came across a secluded shrine, up in some hills. Oddly the shrine was surrounded by three dead worshippers, and a single dead Thalmor soldier. What had happened here I'm not quite sure. The Thalmor soldier had a note on him, it would seem he was aware of this shrine and had informed one of his superiors such, but they'd said without more evidence he'd not get any support with his mission, so I figure he came to gather what he needed but never got to report back his findings. I can't help but wonder exactly what happened here though, who attacked first? Why would the soldier even attack these people, I saw no signs of necromancy or anything of the sort.

I continued north, in search of food and shelter and came across an apparently abandoned hut. The door was locked and no one answered when I called, so despite me trying to change my ways, I broke in. I had to find shelter though, the sun was setting and hopefully they'd be a fire inside letting me cook the meat I'd found. Once inside I knew this place wasn't abandoned, shelves were full of books, potions, wine. The table was full of all different types of meat and bread. I heard footsteps from downstairs so I approached cautiously, only to be greeted by a green skinned Orc charging at me with his axe in hand. I tried explaining I was just looking for shelter but he was in far too much of a rage to listen. So I defended myself.

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After taking care of the Orc I had a proper look around the hut, I found a note on the table. It mentioned something about the woodcutting cover working well so far and that he'd left some wine behind the bookcase as a reward. Looking around further I noticed a button on the wall next to the bookcase, pressing it the bookcase swung open, revealing a passage leading down into what appears to be an underground mine. Tomorrow I shall delve deeper into the mine and discover just what these people are really up to, but now, I'm going to feast on this food, and sleep with one eye open and a hand grasped around my axe.

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For some reason, all Khaajit characters in my game have slightly transparent faces. As in, I can faintly make out the environment on the other side of their head. Hrrm.

For me, it's trolls that are transparant. See right through them. Maybe they're using invisibility potions? :ph34r:

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For me, it's trolls that are transparant. See right through them. Maybe they're using invisibility potions? :ph34r:

I think I might have the same thing! I haven't met a troll yet, but I was just presented with one on a loading screen and, sure enough, it was kinda transparent. Then the game crashed to desktop...

Still, this is amazing! I've been wanting to put up a big post with my impressions so far, but I literally don't know where to begin. That, and the fact that I know I haven't even come close to scratching the surface of what this game has to offer. What I will say is that, if the quality keeps up (and I get the feeling that it will), Skyrim might very well eventually take a place among my top five of all time. :wub:

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I find the health regeneration makes things pointlessly easy. There's no need to use most of the potions or food that I find, so I either end up ignoring it or selling what I do find. However, I just discovered this great console command for PC users.

player.modav healrate -0.7

That permanently removes the default 0.7 regen rate from the player. Food and potions are now actually useful.

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