Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

[mr_woo]

Started playing this and about 10 hours in or so now. Great stuff, really enjoying it but one thing that was really doing my nut was always being overencumbered, I just find it an annoyance in Elder Scrolls games as I love nicking everything and anything in sight. Then I remembered, I was playing the PC verson so one console command later and I can now thieve everything in sight! Woooooooo

[supert3d]

Started playing this and about 10 hours in or so now. Great stuff, really enjoying it but one thing that was really doing my nut was always being overencumbered, I just find it an annoyance in Elder Scrolls games as I love nicking everything and anything in sight. Then I remembered, I was playing the PC verson so one console command later and I can now thieve everything in sight! Woooooooo

Bit cheaty though? I like going to elaborate lengths to legitimately steal.

My favourite is looting a room with someone sleeping, then waking them up as I leave.

[mr_woo]

Bit cheaty though? I like going to elaborate lengths to legitimately steal.

My favourite is looting a room with someone sleeping, then waking them up as I leave.

Without a doubt it's cheaty but then I don't care about that. When I say 'thieve' though I just mean taking everything that I can without worrying about weight limits . I still have to worry about stealing or people seeing me etc. I'm talking only about raising my weight limit in my inventory, that's it. I haven't altered any character behaviours or anything like that. In other RPGs I don't mind but in games like Elder Scrolls it just annoys me. I like grabbing everything whilst I'm there in the dungeons and then flogging them off later. I don't cheat in any other way and am currently saving money for the house in Whiterun but yeah makes the game much much better for me.

[robdood]

I hope you don't enjoy achievements either, as they will no longer unlock for you using that savegame.

[mr_woo]

I hope you don't enjoy achievements either, as they will no longer unlock for you using that savegame.

Doesn't affect achievements. you still get them. You can actually give yourself the achievements if you want too. I looked it up after getting an achievement after altering my carry weight and yeah, Bethesda don't give a shit. They did the same thing with Fallout 3 where if you played it on GFWL you could use a console command and give yourself all of the achievements.

Not that I give a fuck about that anyway, achievements mean shit to me.

[Sardan]

Got myself in an embarrassing pickle yesterday. I decided after 70 hours it was time for my Orc warrior to settle down. I got the Amulet of Mara and proposed to Ysolda, the cute girl from the market in Whiterun. She wats to be the best merchant in Skyrim and I like a girl with ambition. (Actually I would have liked to marry Hroki - great norks but you can't.)

So I propose and despite being ony average looking (for an Orc) Ysolda has clearly heard about my adventuring prowess and accepts. We get to the temple of Mara. The priest tells me tomorrow will be the big day. So I go outside, have a few beers in the bee and barb and wait until morning.

The next morning I go to the Temple of Mara and Ysolda turns up with a few guests. Not a great deal happens so I assume that is that so I travel back to Whiterun. Check the house to see if Ysolda is there for a bit of She isn't. So I realise i havent arranged for her to live at my place so i head over to her house.

It's locked. That's weird. Fortunately I have a stack of lock picks so I can let myself in.

She's not there either So head outside to see if she is at her stall, she is ambitious. Then someone in the market place says something to me about a wife and I realise that the priest had said something about the ceremony lasting all day and how actually not much seemed to happen. And then it occurs to me, maybe I left in the middle of the ceremony!

So I fast travel back to Riften and sprint to the temple of Mara. To be greeted by Ysolda coming out of the temple. I go to greet her but she looks sad. I try to talk to her and all she will say is, 'how could you'.

Oops.

[supert3d]

Love how this lets me rename weapons when enchanting them. I'm so grown up.

[supert3d]

Got myself in an embarrassing pickle yesterday. I decided after 70 hours it was time for my Orc warrior to settle down. I got the Amulet of Mara and proposed to Ysolda, the cute girl from the market in Whiterun. She wats to be the best merchant in Skyrim and I like a girl with ambition. (Actually I would have liked to marry Hroki - great norks but you can't.)

So I propose and despite being ony average looking (for an Orc) Ysolda has clearly heard about my adventuring prowess and accepts. We get to the temple of Mara. The priest tells me tomorrow will be the big day. So I go outside, have a few beers in the bee and barb and wait until morning.

The next morning I go to the Temple of Mara and Ysolda turns up with a few guests. Not a great deal happens so I assume that is that so I travel back to Whiterun. Check the house to see if Ysolda is there for a bit of She isn't. So I realise i havent arranged for her to live at my place so i head over to her house.

It's locked. That's weird. Fortunately I have a stack of lock picks so I can let myself in.

She's not there either So head outside to see if she is at her stall, she is ambitious. Then someone in the market place says something to me about a wife and I realise that the priest had said something about the ceremony lasting all day and how actually not much seemed to happen. And then it occurs to me, maybe I left in the middle of the ceremony!

So I fast travel back to Riften and sprint to the temple of Mara. To be greeted by Ysolda coming out of the temple. I go to greet her but she looks sad. I try to talk to her and all she will say is, 'how could you'.

Oops.

[Keanu] Duuuuude [/Keanu]

I married her! Spotted her on the first day I played. We fell in love and she didn't even know it. I like her short hair.

Was a nice ceremony; she was so happy. We moved to her house after the wedding, it was a dank shithole so we moved to my place (Breezehome?) in the same town. Now when ever I return home she gives me a 'Home Cooked Meal' it's wonderful.

[Sardan]

[Keanu] Duuuuude [/Keanu]

I married her! Spotted her on the first day I played. We fell in love and she didn't even know it. I like her short hair.

Was a nice ceremony; she was so happy. We moved to her house after the wedding, it was a dank shithole so we moved to my place (Breezehome?) in the same town. Now when ever I return home she gives me a 'Home Cooked Meal' it's wonderful.

I hate you.

[marcus]

Im level 38 now and feel like Ive done SO many quests and missions, I can see people on my friends list who are level 80 and over. I imagine someone who is that level must surely have seen most of what the game has to offer in terms of missions, or does the game manage to keep on dishing out missions throughout? I notched the difficulty up to Expert earlier as I found the game wasnt really challenging, so far it seems like a good choice as its made the combat more interesting again. As I level up, do enemies rank up accordingly or will I get to the point where Im so high-levelled that I obliterate everything?

[supert3d]

I hate you.

Hope this helps. One from our album, during the ceremony:

[Gringo]

That's the woman I married, Jesus she's easy. I'm gonna have to go kill her now.

[supert3d]

That's the woman I married, Jesus she's easy. I'm gonna have to go kill her now.

Blatantly designed to be attractive to the kind of people who play Skyrim. That's our type guys.

[Monkeyboy]

Had a break of about a month from this whilst I played Saints Row 3. It's really nice to come back to, and I'm staggered that even after 160 hours, I'm still finding new stuff. I've still got a ridiculous amounts of quests to do (30 normal quests, and 40 misc ones).

Went into a newly discovered cave, and ran into a battle between bandits and Falmer. Watched from the shadows, and the Falmer won easily. I made my entrance, and killed about eight of them in an epic battle. What I liked about the cave, is that all the little details were there for a story where you just fill the blanks in yourself. The front of the cave had been converted into a saloon, with a kitchen to the rear. Exploring further, there was a hole in the wall. This was obviously where the Falmer had broken through and surprised the bandits. Down into the cave I went, killing Falmer one by one, until it opened out into a dwarven ruin.

Everything dead, I made my way back to the entrance, only for the Bandit Chief and two more bandits to walk into the cave from outside, like they'd just been on some adventure, and were looking forward to some mead. The Bandit Chief said something about being thirsty, expecting to see all her friends, and then expressed surprise at all the carnage in front of her.

They didn't survive long. But somehow, because of the little details, they felt more real than they normally do. I almost felt sorry for them.

[Loki]

My wife is better-er:

[Stig]

Where can this woman be found? I want to errrr pay her a visit to say hi

[Gringo]

Markarth, beware though. I came across her (NOT LIKE THAT ) for a quest. I can inform you she is certifiably insane.

[Stig]

Mate, I dunno if anyone's told you but I'm the dovahkiin. I clear out dungeons and caves in my sleep and kill dragons with my fierce voice and fiery mace. I can handle this crazy bitch.

[Sidewaysbob]

After 150 hours of play i have descided to not use weapons any more and just punch stuff to death.

You've not lived until you've punched a mammoth to death.

[Bojangle]

After 150 hours of play i have descided to not use weapons any more and just punch stuff to death.

You've not lived until you've punched a mammoth to death.

[Stig]

That's awesome

[Mr Ben]

I didnt know melee had that face punching finisher! Awesome.

[jonamok]

That's the funniest Skyrim video yet, and one of the funniest things I've seen. The guy is a legend.

[Stig]

I wish I had the balls to play like that

[Kryptonian]

Oh man, I ditched those gloves about 80 hours ago

[Stig]

I disenchanted them so I can slap the perk on something else. I really feel like becoming a punching warlord for a bit.

[drkbfhmmr]

"Remember you are a fucking badass. You're the one that killed Bambi's mother. Skin that bitch and make her into leather."

[neoELITE]

I finished the main quest on Saturday. I concur with others on this thread

is that it, a twenty minute wander and a two minute fight against Alduin

but this isn't about the main quest is it?

I think the game tonight was utterly broken - I finally managed to complete the Liberation of Skyrim quest but throughout the last few fort seiges, I had to keep waiting and reloading as the quest arrows weren't working, characters you had to report to weren't there and the final part was just ridiculous

you confront General Tillius and have to kill him but I'd rushed in already and whacked him to bits with my mace... he lay dead and broken but still managed to have a long conversation with his Stormcloak aggressors and then the 30g achievement pops up

.

I have 810g and just have the rest of the Thief Guild quests to go through - read some more books, get to level 50 and do the criminal cheevo and it's 1000g. I've put close to 100 hours in altogether - other than the broken quest tonight, it's been a fantastic journey. Would recommend to anyone who has 100 hours to spare.

Some amazing moments - that first dragon fight, endless exploration, the vistas you happen across when you're out in the wilderness, the bizarre characters and the depth of the back story are a wonder to behold. It's everything for me that Fable II wasn't. Although it is a linear experience, there's so many ways to play that down that line.

[mr_woo]

I've put nearly 30 hours into this over the weekend and it's been a blast so far. I absolutely love the world in this. I love snowy environments and I love Vikings/Nords and just find it a really fun world to wander in and explore. I just love the way you come across random buildings whilst travelling to your next destination and the way you end up spending over 30mins doing a random quest you never expected. I'm still trying to figure out the build I'm going for, I guess Mage since my destruction is at 55 so far but I'm still not sure around that though I've been putting points into things here and there.

Anyway I came across a place last night I was obviously too underleveled for but had a blast doing. It was..

In a place called Mzinchaleft. It was full of these really cool steampunk style robots which absolutely kicked my ass. With a lot of saving and back and forth I managed to defeat them slowly. It was such a cool area and there was a mechanism at the end which I can't unlock yet. Can't wait to see if I ever find the key

I'm looking forward to messing with mods as well, a lot of great stuff out there right now and with the Creation Kit due out very soon should get even better soon.

[Sardan]

I have been playing a sword and shield wielding orc warrior and was a bit underwhelmed by the shield and was going to switch to dual wielding. But I have persevered and spent some perks and now am really into it. Bashing is great and I can deflect arrows and elemental magic!