Aller au contenu

Photo

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Discussion Thread


37007 réponses à ce sujet

#8251
RPGamer13

RPGamer13
  • Members
  • 2 258 messages

RageGT wrote...

LOL... We started on opposite direction then. Riverwood is the first place I met, still at level 2, after leaving the tutorial. But I followed my brethen, not the imperial scum!

Not sure what you mean. I've been going through the steps to unlock dragons. Then I will start roaming around and trying to find dragons and the words required for shouts.

Modifié par RPGamer13, 12 novembre 2011 - 12:15 .


#8252
Ryzaki

Ryzaki
  • Members
  • 34 427 messages

Johnsen1972 wrote...

played the whole evening again, this is the best RGP I played this year!!

I bought a horse NOW!!! :o


Yeah the horse.

...I wish my horse wasn't so dumb. It charged (literally charged agood 20 feet from my character) to a swarm of wolves and spiders. Stupid thing was dead by the time I caught up to it. 

#8253
Guest_Ferris95_*

Guest_Ferris95_*
  • Guests

jreezy wrote...

Ferris95 wrote...

 I just bought the game but can't play until tommorow. I did have a couple of questions though:

  • What's dialogue like? More Oblivion or Fallout?
  • Is speech a worthwhile skill at all this time around?
  • What's the word on the guilds?
  • I've been hearing some bad stuff about dual-weilding, but I really wanted to try it for RP reasons but is viable at all?
Thanks in advance.

 

The biggest problem with dual wielding is that you can't block.


I figure I'll start pumping my light armor skill and restoration to counter this. Was already planning on some enchantment too. Maybe alteration instead, provided it still has the armor buff spells.

#8254
Scimal

Scimal
  • Members
  • 601 messages

Dragoonlordz wrote...

Scimal wrote...

How's the actual story and immersiveness of the characters?

I don't really care about the graphics or the open world, but all of the reviews on Metacritic orgasm at the opportunity to pull of immature hijinks rendered at a high resolution instead of anything on the story itself.

Are there subtleties? Did it make you want to move forward? Simple? Complex? How's the voice acting?

It seems from everything I've seen that I'd get bored quickly since the combat system is so simple without a good story to drive me.


You can turn on or off subtitles in settings, open world/do what you want/you have a main questline up to you if want to follow aka move forward in that direction as opposed to making your own direction instead, VO is ok but silent main character which is fine I prefer it that way just like Fallout series in that regard.


Subtlieties =/= Subtitles..... -_-

And I know there's a main quest line that you can follow, I'm asking how good of a story is it? Is it pretty standard/stereotpyical for the "born into greatness" archetype, or does it pull some good twists and tightly wound plots?

#8255
naughty99

naughty99
  • Members
  • 5 801 messages

Scimal wrote...

How's the actual story and immersiveness of the characters?

I don't really care about the graphics or the open world, but all of the reviews on Metacritic orgasm at the opportunity to pull of immature hijinks rendered at a high resolution instead of anything on the story itself.

Are there subtleties? Did it make you want to move forward? Simple? Complex? How's the voice acting?

It seems from everything I've seen that I'd get bored quickly since the combat system is so simple without a good story to drive me.


The story of the main quest and the various faction and civil war questlines are a lot more compelling than Morrowind and Oblivion IMO. The NPCs are generally more engaging as well. There is more of a life-like quality to the dialog, voice acting and animations.  

Even the minor NPCs have at least some flavor to them. For example, playing as a dark elf I encountered some racist Nords who harrassed me and chased me across Falkreath Hold for a while.  

IMO the voice acting is pretty solid across the board (70 different voice actors), except for one guy who sounds like Arnold Schwarzeneggar.

Pete Farrelly goes into some details about the improvement in the quality of the quests:

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is, in my humble opinion, a perfect game. It’s the first game in nearly 14 years as a videogame journalist I’ve ever given a perfect score to, and despite its flaws (of which there are a few), it delivers on so many varying and engaging levels, it really is unparalleled. Simple things like moving from one destination to another quickly become a day-long event in the real-world, because you’re constantly peaking over each knoll, tree-line or riverbed to make out whatever it is that’s invariably caught your periphery. Moreover, almost all of these points of interest become major moments in the game, from a player’s perspective, in that whether or not they have anything to do with the main quest-line is irrelevant. What matters is the exploratory experience, and this is something Skyrim has in absolute spades. 

The best way to express any of this though, is to simply relay the event. One of the best non-spoiler examples I could muster came in the way of talking to a priest in the town of Falkreath who was conducting a burial in the town’s graveyard -- the biggest graveyard Skyrim has to offer, apparently. 

Talking to him lead to me asking the others at the service what they were there for, and it turns out a little girl who’d not yet “seen her 11th winter” had been ferociously attacked and mutilated by a man who was now being held in the town’s jail, located in the barracks. That’s it. There was no quest-line given, no on-screen prompt to do anything save for a tantalising piece of information: said murderer was locked up. I decided to investigate further. Upon doing this, I learnt that the man suffered an infliction many of you know as werewolvism, and that there was a chance I could help cure him of his burden and maybe, just maybe, bring some relative justice to the young girl’s death. The rest of the tale, I actually cannot tell you for pure spoiler reasons. But I can tell you it’s not even remotely clear cut and dry; you’re forced to think for yourself and the characters around you and make decisions that will impact you. And this is was just one other, small example.



#8256
Andarthiel_Demigod

Andarthiel_Demigod
  • Members
  • 2 114 messages

csfteeeer wrote...

Andarthiel_Demigod wrote...

csfteeeer wrote...

The Dark Brotherhood Has Contacted Me!

I'm doing their Quest right now.

How do you get their attention?


*POSSIBLE SPOILERS, BUT I'LL BE AS GENERIC AS POSSIBLE*

First, you need to go to Riverwood and into the Sleeping Giant Inn, then ask the guy on the bar about Rumors, eventually he will tell you about A Kid Called Aventus(i believe..)Aretino, and to go to a Specific city(i THINK it was Winterhold but don't quote me on that), go to him and do his Quest.

Afterwards go to Swamps around Morthal, and look for an abandoned Shack, then, find a bed roll in the swamps, sleep in it, and afterwards you'll know what to do.

Also, before the Swamps, i received a Letter from a Curier, it was them, but i don't know if this is necessary for them to find you.


I'm sure there are more ways to find them, but that's what happened to me.

Ok, thanks:)
I'm just making my way to Winterhold currently so I might go back to Riverwood once I discover it.
Haven't visited Morthal yet. I wanna join the Dark Brotherhood becuase I'm trying to make this character into an deadly Assassin.
Also, are the Dual Wielding perks part of the One-Handed constellation?

#8257
naughty99

naughty99
  • Members
  • 5 801 messages

Ryzaki wrote...

Johnsen1972 wrote...

played the whole evening again, this is the best RGP I played this year!!

I bought a horse NOW!!! :o


Yeah the horse.

...I wish my horse wasn't so dumb. It charged (literally charged agood 20 feet from my character) to a swarm of wolves and spiders. Stupid thing was dead by the time I caught up to it. 


These horses are really aggressive aren't they!

#8258
sympathyforsaren

sympathyforsaren
  • Members
  • 334 messages
Hoping dungeons start opening up more. Dark Brotherhood has begun!

#8259
RPGamer13

RPGamer13
  • Members
  • 2 258 messages
How do you melee the dragon? He keeps instakilling me with his devour attack.

#8260
TheStrand221

TheStrand221
  • Members
  • 178 messages
Does anybody (perhaps someone with the guide) know the answers to the following:

- What perks from the Block tree work without a shield? "Shield Wall" of course sounds like it wouldn't, but the perk description doesn't mention needing one.

- Are people finding light armor to be worth it, or just focusing on heavy since with later perks its few disadvantages are mitigated?

#8261
Scimal

Scimal
  • Members
  • 601 messages

naughty99 wrote...

the various faction and civil war questlines are a lot more compelling than Morrowind and Oblivion IMO. The NPCs are generally more engaging as well. There is more of a life-like quality to the dialog, voice acting and animations.


Hrm. Maybe I'll get it used or something then. Morrowind bored me out of my skull within an hour, and I never played Oblivion.

After watching Day9's stream it for the last several hours, it seems like the game banks more on its vastness and freedom than its story.

#8262
DragonRageGT

DragonRageGT
  • Members
  • 6 071 messages

RPGamer13 wrote...

RageGT wrote...

LOL... We started on opposite direction then. Riverwood is the first place I met, still at level 2, after leaving the tutorial. But I followed my brethen, not the imperial scum!

Not sure what you mean. I've been going through the steps to unlock dragons. Then I will start roaming around and trying to find dragons and the words required for shouts.


Right at the start of the game, after the Dragon attack, you have your first choice. Either you follow the imperial guard or the stormcloak prisioner out of the keep. The Stormcloak's exit will take you to Riverwood. It's very close to the keep but from that exit.

If you want to reach it fast, just fast travel back to the keep where it all started and go NW (I think).

#8263
RPGamer13

RPGamer13
  • Members
  • 2 258 messages
Oh, you're further ahead than I am. I haven't even defeated the dragon, it just showed up.

#8264
DragonRageGT

DragonRageGT
  • Members
  • 6 071 messages

RPGamer13 wrote...

Oh, you're further ahead than I am. I haven't even defeated the dragon, it just showed up.


No, no. I meant the first Dragon! The one that saves you from losing your head! Still in Tutorial! =P

#8265
RPGamer13

RPGamer13
  • Members
  • 2 258 messages
Say what? There was another path? The only path I found is with the guy who was about to be put on the chopping block as well.

#8266
naughty99

naughty99
  • Members
  • 5 801 messages

RPGamer13 wrote...

Say what? There was another path? The only path I found is with the guy who was about to be put on the chopping block as well.


Yeah you can choose either to follow Hadvar from the Legion or Rolof from the Stormcloaks. The one you choose to follow affects the type of enemies you will encounter in the Keep. more info

LOL after I escaped I went back there and explored all the beginning area, which was still on fire, since you can't open chests or add things to your inventory during that part of the tutorial.

I was convinced I was going to find something valuable, but was mostly empty. IIRC all I got for my efforts were a couple of tomatoes. 

Modifié par naughty99, 12 novembre 2011 - 01:10 .


#8267
Nameless one7

Nameless one7
  • Members
  • 1 816 messages
And everyone but me is playing The Elder Scrolls Skyrim, *Looks at schoolwork, then looks at skyrim game, looks back and forth, finally settles on notes*. I'm gonna have free time next weekend so I'm just a week behind everybody else.

#8268
KilrB

KilrB
  • Members
  • 1 301 messages
Glorious day!

Just as I was about to log onto Amazon and ask where my copy of Skyrim was ...

... there came a knock at my door and the UPS driver placed a box of joy in my hands!

GAME ON!!!

#8269
Ryzaki

Ryzaki
  • Members
  • 34 427 messages

RPGamer13 wrote...

Say what? There was another path? The only path I found is with the guy who was about to be put on the chopping block as well.


You could also follow one of the soldier guys that was going to kill you. (the dude who was reading the names out in specific). So yeah..I'll just stick with blondie. 

@naughty: Very aggressive. 

Modifié par Ryzaki, 12 novembre 2011 - 01:21 .


#8270
Andarthiel_Demigod

Andarthiel_Demigod
  • Members
  • 2 114 messages
Holy- I just encountered one of those Dragon Priests. Why is it that the Priest is actually stronger than the Dragon itself.He's almost unbeatable:pinched:

#8271
ErichHartmann

ErichHartmann
  • Members
  • 4 440 messages
I've been randomly poking around dungeons and forts. I've managed to find good loot but the encounters are getting increasingly brutal, lol. I wandered into a den of stronger than normal vampires earlier and they killed me faster than I could blink.

#8272
RPGamer13

RPGamer13
  • Members
  • 2 258 messages
GD it! So, how do you follow Hadvar?

Also, I read about the sexchange command and...  Well, I tried it and all it does is change your character's body, the head is still whichever you started as.

Modifié par RPGamer13, 12 novembre 2011 - 01:41 .


#8273
spirosz

spirosz
  • Members
  • 16 356 messages
Hey guys, got a question. If I sneak up behind someone can I assassinate them, like in the trailers where the dude cuts the guys throat. Also, do I need a specific weapon or level to learn to do this?

#8274
AngryFrozenWater

AngryFrozenWater
  • Members
  • 9 182 messages

spiros9110 wrote...

Hey guys, got a question. If I sneak up behind someone can I assassinate them, like in the trailers where the dude cuts the guys throat. Also, do I need a specific weapon or level to learn to do this?

Two things about that: 1) If you sneak begind the victim and if you won't be spotted then you do extra damage. 2) The finish moves are random and cannot be actiivated at will.

Modifié par AngryFrozenWater, 12 novembre 2011 - 02:02 .


#8275
wildannie

wildannie
  • Members
  • 2 223 messages

Ryzaki wrote...

RPGamer13 wrote...

Say what? There was another path? The only path I found is with the guy who was about to be put on the chopping block as well.


You could also follow one of the soldier guys that was going to kill you. (the dude who was reading the names out in specific). So yeah..I'll just stick with blondie. 

@naughty: Very aggressive.


I was fighting some bandits at the top of a tower and met my horse on the third floor, she'd come inside and climbed 2 flights of stairs looking for a fight, it's like having shadowmere from the start:lol:.

...I love this game.
http://cloud.steampo...96054948478993/

Modifié par wildannie, 12 novembre 2011 - 02:44 .