CoD, BF3. What about Skyrim?

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my buddy was just at Game Stop. He is planning on playing all night. Im not a huge fan of these types of games...

[Bauer_CTU]

I wanted the day off too, but heaps decided they were 'tired' so I had to rock up with 2 1/2 hrs sleep only. Grrrr, and they don't do **** all day anyways.

[kawaiku]

Hi Kawaiku,

I see what you're saying, and for some stupid reason, it kind of dawned on me that maybe the main questlines are meant to be the in-house Campaign, as it were, akin to CoD's campaign vs its multiplayer element ie. bigger side questing in OB/Skyrim.

But, this is probably just dumb pizza/beer/tired Friday fuelled thinking which has absolutely no bearing to real world scenario.

BTW, haven't been able to play too much, but I am loving it!

yeah. Tbh, I've hardly ever touched both Morrowind's and Oblivion's main stories. I usually just went off and did my own thing after I received a few vital necessities from the opening few quests of the stories. I just end up exploring everything! I'm still in Vivec in my recent play through in Morrowind. Oblivion I could barely get working so I stopped trying after a little bit. I just can't imagine what Skyrim might be like. I was miffed at how they handled Oblivion but I love the world they created so I know I'll end up buying the game once my comp gets upgraded... until then I can only watch other people playing it

[Bauer_CTU]

Kawaiku,

I feel your pain re computer upgrades. First time I was able to upgrade was earlier this year to a Sandy Bridge (!) after a few years. I used to mainly play WoW so upgrades at least until and inclduing WotLK didn't really require an upgrade.

My brother completed the main questline on OB as a muck around (I only saw the end result) he wasn't terribly impressed as there was no real immersion to the game, as you say as wel. He said it's probably more so for the reviewers as a showcase thing for the magazines to get a quick sense of how the game runs. I've neber done it in OB and I won't in Skyrim, like you, I love the immersion and working for my own end rather than for bringing about the 'balance' in Tamriel.

[Spartan10k]

There was a beta tester who was able to finish Skyrim in around 2 hours though.

It was one of the Bethesda staff.

In an internal competition between development and QA, Bethesda's Sam Bernstein managed to complete The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim in 2 hours, 16 minutes and 10 seconds. He beat his rival, Jeff Browne, by a mere 20 seconds.

Bethesda traditionally holds a speedrun competition to celebrate when a game ships. When Fallout 3 finally headed off to store shelves, Bernstein managed a time of 1 hours and 15 minutes, again pipping his opponent to the post by a matter of seconds. No cheats are allowed, and the participants must draw on every ounce of their insider knowledge of the game to zip through it in such a short space of time.

He won a pumpkin pie baked by studio head Todd Howard and an amusingly tiny trophy. You can have a look at photos over on the Bethesda blog.

Obviously, it's going to take all of us a heck of a lot longer to make our way through this monster of a game. The Skyrim speedrun took Bethesda's staff just over an hour more than either Oblivion or Fallout 3 - so we can infer that it the main story is a larger component of Skyrim than in any Bethesda game before it.

http://pc.ign.com/articles/120/1200217p1.html

[Token White Guy]

They do that after the devs finish the game. I think one of them beat Fallout 3 in under an hour.

[Hennie the Great]

They do that after the devs finish the game. I think one of them beat Fallout 3 in under an hour.

Read the post above Einstein!;

When Fallout 3 finally headed off to store shelves, Bernstein managed a time of 1 hours and 15 minutes,

[Token White Guy]

Read the post above Einstein!;

Bah. Too early in the morning to comprehend large blocks of text.

[Astaran]

I just bought Skyrim and can't play the game since steam is not working. I can't even install the bloody game from my DVD, because steam constantly crashes. I hate it so much when honest players who actually bother to buy a game are punished by this steam piece of ****. Seriously, why the hell am I still so stupid to buy games and get punished for it by ****ed up customers support, failing infrastructure and the like, instead of simply downloading them illegally and get a working copy instantly?!

/nerdrage off

Fortunately I'm going out tonight, so hopefully this steam crap works by tomorrow without crashing every 2 minutes.


Edit: Finally convinced Steam to work properly. Approx 20 minutes left for the patch :> This game is better be good

[Hisroyalhighness]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt5aUdijAN8&feature=channel_video_title

[BAF]

I normally don't like to play such games, i played oblivion for like 5hours. But this does look good, i'll guess i'll try it when it drops in price in a year or so.

[Token White Guy]

This game is so fun to play. It reminds me a lot of Morrowind. Skyrim doesn't hold your hand like Oblivion did.

[Token White Guy]

I want Skyrim to have my baby.

[Fargin]

This game is so fun to play. It reminds me a lot of Morrowind. Skyrim doesn't hold your hand like Oblivion did.

I'm getting the Morrowind feeling too, I clocked less than 5 hours in Oblivion.

[Aerosoul]

Downloading from Steam now.
Got a taste of it a friend's. Level of depth in the character development is just so sick.