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Title: Skyrim
Post by: Annah on February 03, 2013, 01:17:10 PM
Post by: Annah on February 03, 2013, 01:17:10 PM
This has to be one of the most addictive games i have ever played in my life. Totally been blown away over the quality of it.
Anyone else play it?
Anyone else play it?
Title: Re: Skyrim
Post by: Emily Aster on February 03, 2013, 01:20:00 PM
Post by: Emily Aster on February 03, 2013, 01:20:00 PM
I do. Best "offline" game I've played in a long time. Offline is in quotes cause of that stupid Steam thing that makes my offline game require an internet connection. Darn DRM.
Title: Re: Skyrim
Post by: Annah on February 03, 2013, 01:24:54 PM
Post by: Annah on February 03, 2013, 01:24:54 PM
oh i know. It can get annoying at times.
Title: Re: Skyrim
Post by: Robert Scott on February 04, 2013, 02:51:14 PM
Post by: Robert Scott on February 04, 2013, 02:51:14 PM
Sadly, I got the game when it first came out --- I have yet to play it
Title: Re: Skyrim
Post by: Annah on February 04, 2013, 02:52:22 PM
Post by: Annah on February 04, 2013, 02:52:22 PM
Quote from: Robert Scott on February 04, 2013, 02:51:14 PM
Sadly, I got the game when it first came out --- I have yet to play it
OMG play it. Trust me lol
Title: Re: Skyrim
Post by: Sarah Blomsterhatt on February 04, 2013, 02:55:43 PM
Post by: Sarah Blomsterhatt on February 04, 2013, 02:55:43 PM
I got it around release, played it to death for many weeks. I played it even though my GPU is either faulty or just increadibly crap, and made the game crash 15-20 times a day. :P
I have since "fixed" my GPU by underclocking it of all things. But I haven't played Skyrim for a long time now. Increadibly good game though.
I have since "fixed" my GPU by underclocking it of all things. But I haven't played Skyrim for a long time now. Increadibly good game though.
Title: Re: Skyrim
Post by: ~RoadToTrista~ on February 04, 2013, 03:20:19 PM
Post by: ~RoadToTrista~ on February 04, 2013, 03:20:19 PM
Yeah. I hated it when I first got it, the map was confusing and the story didn't seem to be interesting. (I just played to the first dragon) Then I didn't play it for like 6 months. Then one day I just got bored and reluctantly gave it another chance and I got hooked lol.
I'm not playing it now though, there's not really any interesting quests left to do.
I'm not playing it now though, there's not really any interesting quests left to do.
Title: Re: Skyrim
Post by: Puggal on February 12, 2013, 07:51:49 PM
Post by: Puggal on February 12, 2013, 07:51:49 PM
I own Skyrim but play Oblivion because my stupid TV in my dorm room isn't good enough to play it. The text is like microscopic and I can't read anything.
Title: Re: Skyrim
Post by: Bexi on February 12, 2013, 07:55:54 PM
Post by: Bexi on February 12, 2013, 07:55:54 PM
I played it religiously once I got it, then gave it away to save my sanity!
To be fair, I've played the games ever since Morrowind and each one has had me hooked!
To be fair, I've played the games ever since Morrowind and each one has had me hooked!
Title: Re: Skyrim
Post by: Emily Aster on February 12, 2013, 07:57:57 PM
Post by: Emily Aster on February 12, 2013, 07:57:57 PM
I liked Morrowind, but it kept freezing up at random locations on me, so I really didn't spend that much time on it. It was annoying the crap out of me more than anything else.
Title: Re: Skyrim
Post by: kelly25 on February 12, 2013, 08:12:16 PM
Post by: kelly25 on February 12, 2013, 08:12:16 PM
I've had the game since it first came out still haven't beat it fully like I did with oblovin and I mean every guest possible
Title: Re: Skyrim
Post by: Bexi on February 12, 2013, 08:18:51 PM
Post by: Bexi on February 12, 2013, 08:18:51 PM
Quote from: Emily Elizabeth on February 12, 2013, 07:57:57 PMYeah I noticed this too and ended up upgrading my Desktop just to play it!
I liked Morrowind, but it kept freezing up at random locations on me, so I really didn't spend that much time on it. It was annoying the crap out of me more than anything else.
Whoosh! That was a burst of nostalgia! :p
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Title: Re: Skyrim
Post by: Annah on February 12, 2013, 08:20:20 PM
Post by: Annah on February 12, 2013, 08:20:20 PM
there is a free mod that makes the graphics of Morrowind to that Mostly of Oblivion with some Skyrim level of detail.
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmorrowind2009.files.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F12%2Fmuzgob-comparison.jpg&hash=7ebc1afcf96cd8277fcf52b8f9a9cdc925eef0d7)
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmorrowind2009.files.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F12%2Fmuzgob-comparison.jpg&hash=7ebc1afcf96cd8277fcf52b8f9a9cdc925eef0d7)
Title: Re: Skyrim
Post by: Bexi on February 12, 2013, 08:26:09 PM
Post by: Bexi on February 12, 2013, 08:26:09 PM
Quote from: Annah on February 12, 2013, 08:20:20 PM
there is a free mod that makes the graphics of Morrowind to that Mostly of Oblivion with some Skyrim level of detail.
Thanks Annah!
And, if anyone's interested, the first two games in the series (Arena and Daggerfall) are free to download and play
Arena
Quotehttp://download.cnet.com/The-Elder-Scrolls-Arena-10th-anniversary-full-install/3000-7536_4-10281566.html
Daggerfall
Quotehttp://download.cnet.com/The-Elder-Scrolls-Chapter-II-Daggerfall/3000-7536_4-10964310.html
Title: Re: Skyrim
Post by: Elspeth on February 12, 2013, 09:02:33 PM
Post by: Elspeth on February 12, 2013, 09:02:33 PM
Quote from: Annah on February 03, 2013, 01:17:10 PM
This has to be one of the most addictive games i have ever played in my life. Totally been blown away over the quality of it.
Anyone else play it?
Yes, up until I'd run out of almost all but the Dark Brotherhood Quests, which I find creepy. Played it on a PS3, though, one not connected to the PSN, so it could not be easily patched, and I think it wound up destroying the hard drive on my PS3. Beautiful game, though, and the addictiveness was part of why I kept playing despite the frequent hard crashes.
Title: Re: Skyrim
Post by: Tossu-sama on February 15, 2013, 05:50:17 AM
Post by: Tossu-sama on February 15, 2013, 05:50:17 AM
Oh, do I?
I have four characters and they're all past 40lvl, two of them are exactly 50lvl. I've completed the main story quest line with just two of them because the others still have other things to do, so to speak. :D
I basically have all kinds of characters - Orc tank, Khajiit assassin, Argonian mage and Orc berserker - but I seem to have some attitude problems against the human races. They're boring. XD
I'm thinking to make either a full-blown thief or a conjurer mage next. They just have their downsides in battles, though...
I have four characters and they're all past 40lvl, two of them are exactly 50lvl. I've completed the main story quest line with just two of them because the others still have other things to do, so to speak. :D
I basically have all kinds of characters - Orc tank, Khajiit assassin, Argonian mage and Orc berserker - but I seem to have some attitude problems against the human races. They're boring. XD
I'm thinking to make either a full-blown thief or a conjurer mage next. They just have their downsides in battles, though...
Title: Re: Skyrim
Post by: Bexi on February 15, 2013, 05:58:34 AM
Post by: Bexi on February 15, 2013, 05:58:34 AM
Quote from: Tossu-sama on February 15, 2013, 05:50:17 AM
I'm thinking to make either a full-blown thief or a conjurer mage next. They just have their downsides in battles, though...
That's what followers and summoned creatures are for! And the ability to spot the ideal time to gtfo! :laugh:
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Title: Re: Skyrim
Post by: Elspeth on February 15, 2013, 08:19:22 AM
Post by: Elspeth on February 15, 2013, 08:19:22 AM
Quote from: Bexi on February 15, 2013, 05:58:34 AM
That's what followers and summoned creatures are for! And the ability to spot the ideal time to gtfo! :laugh:
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Now I'm going to have to check my main character's details (whenever I can even find the disc)... I've forgotten so much, but essentially I made her someone with mainly mage and archery talents... wood elf? And went through the Mage College quest line first. The character I lost when my first PS3 failed, I had made into mainly a female archer and I went through the Companions line almost all the way before starting the Mage line. I love the house in Riften, but I have mixed feelings about the Thieves Guild quests.
My son started with the Thieve's Guild and only gradually expanded to the other quests... In fact I should talk to him about where he has gotten by now, though I'm not sure how much he's playing still... He got way into Assassin's Creed in recent months.
Title: Re: Skyrim
Post by: Bexi on February 15, 2013, 08:34:38 AM
Post by: Bexi on February 15, 2013, 08:34:38 AM
Quote from: Elspeth on February 15, 2013, 08:19:22 AM:D I stopped playing it months ago, to save my sanity (I was beginning to see bandits around every corner ;)) but my brothers have started playing it again!
Now I'm going to have to check my main character's details... I've forgotten so much, but essentially I made her someone with mainly mage and archery talents... wood elf? And went through the Mage College quest line first. The character I lost when my first PS3 failed, I had made into mainly a female archer and I went through the Companions line almost all the way before starting the Mage line. I love the house in Riften, but I have mixed feelings about the Thieves Guild quests.
My son started with the Thieve's Guild and only gradually expanded to the other quests... In fact I should talk to him about where he has gotten by now, though I'm not sure how much he's playing still... He got way into Assassin's Creed in recent months.
I think I had a wood elf archer too, who was also partial to a spot of backstabbing. But as I was going from quest to quest, I would cast spells to raise those abilities too. She was eventually level 50 in no time!
Title: Re: Skyrim
Post by: Emily Aster on February 15, 2013, 08:48:09 AM
Post by: Emily Aster on February 15, 2013, 08:48:09 AM
I have a pattern I follow in these types of games. I start with the mage and get bored with it. Then I try the rogue and have loads of fun, before becoming frustrated. Next thing I know I have a mix of a warrior and mage, basically a paladin and that's the one I stick with. I've tried starting off with the pally type class first, but I ended up getting bored with the game faster. I guess I just need to know how the other classes work before I settle on my favorite.
Title: Re: Skyrim
Post by: Elspeth on February 15, 2013, 09:05:40 AM
Post by: Elspeth on February 15, 2013, 09:05:40 AM
Quote from: Bexi on February 15, 2013, 08:34:38 AM
:D I stopped playing it months ago, to save my sanity (I was beginning to see bandits around every corner ;)) but my brothers have started playing it again!
I think I had a wood elf archer too, who was also partial to a spot of backstabbing. But as I was going from quest to quest, I would cast spells to raise those abilities too. She was eventually level 50 in no time!
I was unable to find the disc just now... it will show up, now that I'm thinking of it, I hope. My main concentration was on potions and blacksmithing at first, to generate the gold to level up fast, and to have all the useful stuff. The AI is still fairly messed up, and I hate getting NPCs killed, so while I have a lot of available followers, I didn't use them very much. My mage skills are heavily weighted to conjuring, so I have, at this point the Conjure Storm Atronach (or one of my wands with that spell) -- my usual follower now, though, comes from arming (or finding well armed and armoured) corpses and using the Summon Thrall spell, which lasts until they get killed again.
At the present level, the problem becomes one that very few battles are that interesting, or that common attackers wind up being way, way more powerful than they have any right to be, given my own level (which also makes things nasty for followers). That was as much of the reason I started to lose interest... that and how bogged down some of the superquest battles could get at that level.
One think I do with almost any game is find the wiki and start figuring out a course that sounds like fun (and that won't turn out to be too distressing because of some limitation). First time around, for instance, I was getting way too many horses killed, and at lower levels those can be expensive to replace.
Title: Re: Skyrim
Post by: Dovahkiin on February 19, 2013, 05:06:41 PM
Post by: Dovahkiin on February 19, 2013, 05:06:41 PM
I love Skyrim (could you tell?) xD
I'm playing as a mage at the moment and role playing it properly, but when I first got it I went in as a Nord wielding two handed weapons.
I'm playing as a mage at the moment and role playing it properly, but when I first got it I went in as a Nord wielding two handed weapons.
Title: Re: Skyrim
Post by: DeeperThanSwords on February 19, 2013, 07:23:54 PM
Post by: DeeperThanSwords on February 19, 2013, 07:23:54 PM
I finished Skyrim some time ago, but loved it, it's so beautiful. I love the Elder Scrolls games.
If anyone plays the PS3, feel free to add me (Kittendumpling) :).
If anyone plays the PS3, feel free to add me (Kittendumpling) :).