[Legolastom]

No Deadra can die, they can only be banished, even Deadric princes (Happened to Dagon a few times in the series).

[Legolastom]

Just read this: Although the reason that the situation had arisen in the first place was due to the hero from Morrowind releasing the Heart of Lorkhan at the end of the main quest. This weakened the barriers enough between Nirn and Oblivion enough that after taking out the Dragonfires it was incredibly easy for the Mythic Dawn to pop Oblivion Gates into existance in large numbers (normally it would either be extremely difficult if not outright impossible to create even a very small portal). So overall it's more of a Nice Job Breaking Hero on the Nereverine's part rather than the Champion of Cyrodiil's.

[Someone Else]

That works for me.

[Saturos S.]

So I installed Elder Scrolls again...

and it's still fun.

[Someone Else]

Which one? o.o

[Saturos S.]

Oblivion, and the shivering isles expansion. The shivering isles are a pretty awesome place, and they give you magical items for nearly every quest, so that's nice too.

[Legolastom]

Yeah to bad most the variety of items in Oblivion has just fucked right off compared to Morrowind.

[Legolastom]

Bump

New novel is out, with epic spoilers about the world after Oblivion: http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index.ph...owtopic=1058060

[Legolastom]

Bump again. Seriously. READ THIS.

[Someone Else]

H'oh shit guys I think I'll play this again just for giggles.

[Someone Else]

Anyone who plays Oblivion again should get this mod.

http://www.tesnexus....le.php?id=22282

[Legolastom]

Just got Morrowind for my PC only downloaded MGE so far, not too interested in downloading mods yet might enjoy the vanilla game for a while (Enjoying it so far).

So yeah, anyone else playing TES?

[Zeypher]

I'm burned out on Oblivion for PS3.

The main story arc isn't quite doing it for me (I'm on the part where you have to get a Daedric artifact). I've completed the Dark Brotherhood which was pretty rad, but other than that I'm lost. Any suggestions of quest lines I should take?

I also have completed the Knight quest where you go with that one Orc (I let her die at the end and took her awesome sword) and I finished the Vampire hunting one. I got about halfway in Priory of the Nine before I started up the Dark Brotherhood -- Priory of the Nine was pretty lame anyway.

[Saturos S.]

Might start playing it again.

I always enjoyed the daedric shrine quests, so you could do those. I always found the priory of the nine quests quite fun too, but meh.

[Someone Else]

So yeah Elder Scrolls V was announced, the rumors were true that it's Skryim. The game's plot will have to do with Akavir, or the Septim bloodline. Probably Septim bloodline, but who knows, we don't really know much.

[Zeypher]

I hope there's a 3DS version.

[Someone Else]

I'm telling you man, you're going to regret selling your only current gen system.

[TheEnglishman]

I'm reasonably interested in V. I've been playing IV a bit recently. Did the Dark Brotherhood/Thief guild quests, but haven't really got that far in the game.

[Zeypher]

Someone Else, on 18 December 2010 - 01:41 AM, said:

I'm telling you man, you're going to regret selling your only current gen system.

I have a Wii >.>

[Caael]

Zeypher, on 18 December 2010 - 01:37 PM, said:

I have a Wii >.>

He said system, not household appliance.


http://www.youtube.c...h?v=li5aDU9280c Everyone get needs to watch this

[Zeypher]

I'll have a next-generation system then. With 3D WITHOUT GLASSES OMG.

[Someone Else]

List of stuffs we know about Skyrimz so far. I think I've got everything...

• Enemies use Fallout 3 styled leveling. THANK GOD
  
• Also like Fallout 3, perks are in. I believe you get one for each new level. Examples given are a sword perk that increases your chances of landing a critical Strike. The mace perk lets you ignore enemy armor, thus increasing the damage you deal. The axe perk makes the enemy bleed, causing damage over time.
  
• Dual wielding is in. You can allocate weapons and spells to be put into any hand. You could have a fire spell in one hand, and a shock spell in the other hand, or you could have fire in both hands to magnify the effect. I believe this means we could have left handed characters if you so chose, with a weapon in your left hand and a shield in your right if you want to be like Link.
  
• Classes are out, all skills contribute to a level up.
  
• High level skills still take a long time to level up, but contribute more to your overall level meter than lower level skills do. This is unlike Oblivion, where all major skills leveled you the same no matter how high or low they were.
  
• Upon leveling up you get an HP boost, and have a choice to level up your HP more, MP, or stamina.
  
• Finishing moves are in.
  
• Characters run backwards slower now.
  
• Holding the block button makes you do a bash move, but pressing the block button in time with an enemy attack does a block. This means you'll have to time your blocks in Skyrim.
  
• Sprinting is in.
  
• Bows are slower, but more powerful now. (sniping!)
  
• Daggers are now the ultimate stealth weapon, and do bonus damage in sneak attacks.
  
• Mysticism has been axed, and it's spells have been moved around the five remaining schools.
  
• Enchanting has returned.
  
• There are 18 skills.
  
• There are 85 different spells.
  
• Fire deals the highest amount of damage, lightning drains the enemy’s magicka, and frost drains stamina and slows down enemies physically.
  
• Fast travel returns.
  
• Companions/swords for hire
  
• YOU WILL FIGHT DRAGONS IN THIS GAME! You'll get a reward for killing them in the form of new special moves called "dragon shouts", which will let you do cool things like slowing down time, or even calling a dragon to your aid. There are over 20 unique shouts in the game.
  
• Conversation system has been overhauled. The rest of the world does not freeze and you no longer zoom in on NPCs faces when you talk to them. NPCs may even move around and do tasks while you talk to them.
  
• Bethesda speaks of a system used in the game called "Radiant Story", which will give the players quests based upon how they play the game. Think Red Dead Redemption's random events, but more tailor-made for the player. For example, a spell-casting player may be approached for a duel by a fellow mage, or a player who kills a lot of vampires might be asked to clear a nearby vampire cave that has yet been unexplored by the player.
  
• NPCs will be much smarter than before. Bethesda even claims that if you drop a weapon on the street, a boy might pick it up (kids are in the game?) and give it back to you, or two men might get into a fight over who will keep it. It's worth noting that Bethesda promised things like this in Oblivion, and NPCs weren't particularly smart in that game, though they were more interesting than NPCs in other games.
  
• You can cook, farm, mine, woodcut, and do smithery.
  
• There are the same 10 races to choose from. Beards are in. It would seem Sims-style face editing is in, as in you pick some general facial features and then modify those. I heard this second hand, but apparently Todd Howard said it himself on a podcast, don't hurt me if I'm wrong though. Bodies will be customizable but to what degree is unknown. boobies
  
• Dialog will pop up when you approach an enemy (? I read this somewhere but didn't see a source...)
  
• Todd Howard has said not to expect dragons as mounts.
  
• Skryim will be about the same size as Cyrodiil (though in lore Skyrim is actually smaller)
  
• You can end conversations with people simply by walking away from them.
  
• Perks are tied to skills (the axe, sword, and mace perks discussed above are tied to the one-handed skill) and individual perks then have their own trees to further specialize your style with a particular one handed weapon.
  
• The thief, mage, and warrior nebulae each have six different constellations, each constellation representing one of your skills. Therefore, each star in a constellation represents a perk. When you pick and improve perks a corresponding star in the game's sky will become brighter. Every player's night sky will look different because of this.
  
• The game will help you hit enemies rather than friendlies, unlike Oblivion where it seemed to be the other way around.
  
• Archers can hold their breath Call of Duty style for increased accuracy.
  
• Dragon encounters are random/unscripted.
  
• Apparently it's possible to ruin a town's economy by doing things like destroying crops, forcing them to buy crops from another settlement.
  
• "In theory, you can engage a dragon whenever you see one simply by pelting it as it flies past, but make sure you're ready for the fight" says Todd Howard. Dragons will be seen flying around Skyrim, but some will have taken up residence in dungeons.
  
• "Also, if you think you're the only one wandering around Skyrim with the ability to turn words into magic, think again." There are others who will be able to use Dragon Shouts?
  
• Dragon Shouts have a cooldown timer. Hopefully it's good and long.
  
• Each of your hands will have a quick menu.
  
• Random wildlife no longer has an insatiable desire to kill you. Giants will ignore you unless you attack them.
  
• There are "multiple types of dragons."
  
• NPCs have jobs. (Oblivion characters didn't really, other than the shopkeepers...)
  
• We have confirmation on town economies! Each settlement has a good that generates it's income. Riverwood, for example, has lumber. So you probably really shouldn't set it's sawmill on fire...
  
• Factions are back, and work differently than Oblivion's. More info on this coming soon.
  
• There are carriages in the game which can take you to major areas you haven't been to before for a fee (you can't fast travel to cities until you've already been there once, unlike Oblivion where you could fast travel to any city right from the beginning of the game.) In theory, one could disable fast travel with a mod and instead use carriages to make traveling more like Morrowind.

This post has been edited by Someone Else: 13 April 2011 - 07:24 PM

[Zeypher]

You forgot about the DRAGONS.

[Someone Else]

Someone Else, on 13 February 2011 - 10:21 PM, said:

• You'll fight dragons in this game. You'll get a reward for killing them in the form of new special moves called "dragon shouts", which will let you do cool things like slowing down time, or even calling a dragon to your aid. There are over 20 unique shouts in the game.

That reminds me though, Todd Howard said that flying on dragons is unlikely.

[Zeypher]

Yeah, I didn't read it.

[Someone Else]

but you said you did carl that makes you a liar

[Zeypher]

I read the five page Gameinformer feature so I felt like I could skim through your post and get away with it.

:C

[Lemontime]

This sounds radicool.. I've never been this interested in an Elder Scrolls game.. Is it released for PC at the same time as consoles? Is there any word of a release date?

[Someone Else]

Yes, all versions of the game (360, PS3, PC) release on 11/11/11 :D

Unless it gets delayed of course, but while I was putting together that list I ran into a quote where Bethesda said "we wouldn't pick that date unless we were positive we could make it."

[Nosferatu]

Om nom nom delicious. Maybe this combined with the power of ME3 will pull me away from the fact that I have next to nothing on my "Do Want" list this year.

E3 and PAX, don't fail me.

[Someone Else]

Dug up some more info

Quote

• You can end conversations with people simply by walking away from them.
  
• Perks are tied to skills (the axe, sword, and mace perks discussed above are tied to the one-handed skill) and individual perks then have their own trees to further specialize your style with a particular one handed weapon.
  
• The thief, mage, and warrior nebulae each have six different constellations, each constellation representing one of your skills. Therefore, each star in a constellation represents a perk. When you pick and improve perks a corresponding star in the game's sky will become brighter. Every player's night sky will look different because of this.
  
• The game will help you hit enemies rather than friendlies, unlike Oblivion where it seemed to be the other way around.
  
• Archers can hold their breath Call of Duty style for increased accuracy.
  
• Dragon encounters are random/unscripted.
  
• Apparently it's possible to ruin a town's economy by doing things like destroying crops, forcing them to buy crops from another settlement.

[Zeypher]

Quote

Apparently it's possible to ruin a town's economy by doing things like destroying crops, forcing them to buy crops from another settlement.

On that note I hope there will be random bandits pillaging towns similar to RDR.

[Caael]

http://ca.kotaku.com...crolls-v-skyrim

That is all.

[Zeypher]

This does deserve its own topic.

[Caael]

http://i56.tinypic.com/wapvm8.png

[TheEnglishman]

It doesn't look massively different to the last one to me.

[Caael]

TheEnglishman, on 24 February 2011 - 04:19 PM, said:

It doesn't look massively different to the last one to me.

I'd say thats a positive in all honesty

[TheEnglishman]

I just don't want 'Oblivion: With Dragons!' To be fair though it'll make a better impression on me if there aren't any Oblivion Gates or some equivalent. They got dull fast.

[Zeypher]

Oblivion in general got dull fast. I like what I've read about Skyrim so far, but we will see.

[Caael]

Zeypher, on 24 February 2011 - 07:33 PM, said:

Oblivion in general got dull fast. I like what I've read about Skyrim so far, but we will see.

Then you were playing it wrong.

[Zeypher]

I was doing the main story, didn't find it interesting and went on to do some side quests. I completed the Dark Brotherhood quest and didn't find any of the others interesting. What it lacked was a strong story.

[Nosferatu]

Zeypher, on 24 February 2011 - 10:22 PM, said:

I was doing the main story, didn't find it interesting and went on to do some side quests. I completed the Dark Brotherhood quest and didn't find any of the others interesting. What it lacked was a strong story.

And decent animations and varied environments and logical enemy progression and.....

[Someone Else]

TheEnglishman, on 24 February 2011 - 05:37 PM, said:

I just don't want 'Oblivion: With Dragons!' To be fair though it'll make a better impression on me if there aren't any Oblivion Gates or some equivalent. They got dull fast.

I suggest glancing through my massive wall of text list of changes/additions in the Elder Scrolls thread. It's still Elder Scrolls but they've changed and added a lot of stuff.

Zeypher, on 24 February 2011 - 10:22 PM, said:

What it lacked was a strong story.

I suppose. I mean, we all want good stories in our games, but I don't think Elder Scrolls needs one. The games have never been particularly centered on a story or a character, the world you play in is what the games are really about. It's the lore that carries the series, and too tight of a narrative would negatively affect the overall sandboxy-ness of the game, which is what most people are buying these games for. If you want to be told a story you're playing the wrong game.

[Caael]

Someone Else, on 25 February 2011 - 05:26 PM, said:

I suggest glancing through my massive wall of text list of changes/additions in the Elder Scrolls thread. It's still Elder Scrolls but they've changed and added a lot of stuff.


I suppose. I mean, we all want good stories in our games, but I don't think Elder Scrolls needs one. The games have never been particularly centered on a story or a character, the world you play in is what the games are really about. It's the lore that carries the series, and too tight of a narrative would negatively affect the overall sandboxy-ness of the game, which is what most people are buying these games for. If you want to be told a story you're playing the wrong game.

I agree, the whole idea behind TES games is character Roleplay, yknow, the whole RPG aspect of it. I suppose in a really cheesy marketing way, "you make your own story". You meet the game in a middleground; it provides you with the tools you need to make your own story.

[Nosferatu]

Essentially what they're saying. On my file that I'm TRYING TO KEEP SAFE DEAR GOD I knocked out the Main Quest as fast as possible to get it out of my way (and to get rid of the fucking obnoxious mcguffins (Oblivion gates)). At this point I'm just doin' whatever I feel like however I feel.

[Caael]

Ironically the Skyrim trailer gives me a bigger boner than all the spambot porn combined.

[Someone Else]

It's too dangerous to moderate the spambot porn while at school. Fuuu

[Zeypher]

By story I meant a driving force behind the game. If I'm going to "roleplay" my character, I want other characters in the game that I actually care about. I want scenarios that affect what decisions I make based upon the storyline. etc etc

[Caael]

Zeypher, on 02 March 2011 - 06:41 PM, said:

By story I meant a driving force behind the game. If I'm going to "roleplay" my character, I want other characters in the game that I actually care about. I want scenarios that affect what decisions I make based upon the storyline. etc etc

Someone hasn't played The Shivering Isles expansion :B

[Zeypher]

No I haven't. I was thinking about picking up the GOTY edition to get the expansions.

[Someone Else]

http://kotaku.com/#!...o-be-dragonborn

If I was named Dovahkiin I'd go all out with it, I don't know about you. OOOS RUS GAWWW

[Caael]

Zeypher, on 03 March 2011 - 11:36 AM, said:

No I haven't. I was thinking about picking up the GOTY edition to get the expansions.

Doit. It's probably piss cheap now anyway, definitely worth it imo. Once you get into the feel of the game you will play it for hours on end.

[Nosferatu]

Caael, on 07 March 2011 - 09:25 AM, said:

Doit. It's probably piss cheap now anyway, definitely worth it imo. Once you get into the feel of the game you will play it for hours on end.

Unless you're Caael in which case you'll play with it for hours on end trying to get mods work.

[Caael]

Nosferatu, on 08 March 2011 - 02:51 AM, said:

Unless you're Caael in which case you'll play with it for hours on end trying to get mods work.

OH GOD THIS

[Someone Else]

Some new infos coming out of OXM

• "In theory, you can engage a dragon whenever you see one simply by pelting it as it flies past, but make sure you're ready for the fight" says Todd Howard. Dragons will be seen flying around Skyrim, but some will have taken up residence in dungeons.
  
• "Also, if you think you're the only one wandering around Skyrim with the ability to turn words into magic, think again." There are others who will be able to use Dragon Shouts?
  
• Dragon Shouts have a cooldown timer. Hopefully it's good and long.
  
• Each of your hands will have a quick menu.
  
• Random wildlife no longer has an insatiable desire to kill you. Giants will ignore you unless you attack them.
  
• There are "multiple types of dragons."
  
• NPCs have jobs. (Oblivion characters didn't really, other than the shopkeepers...)
  
• We have confirmation on town economies! Each settlement has a good that generates it's income. Riverwood, for example, has lumber. So you probably really shouldn't set it's sawmill on fire...
  
• Factions are back, and work differently than Oblivion's. More info on this coming soon.

[Someone Else]

Add another snippet of info. This isn't actually new, but the last time I heard about this it was worded poorly as if the author didn't quite understand the feature, so I left it out until we knew more about it.

"Offensive spells are now more flexible tools: a fire spell is not just a fireball, it can be used as a flamethrower or to place fire traps on the ground. And Bethesda say they’re hoping to let you combine them with one another, though exactly how won’t be nailed down until they’re sure they can do it."

Cool stuff huh?

[Someone Else]

This news is a bit old by now because I kept forgetting to post it here:

There are carriages in the game which can take you to major areas you haven't been to before for a fee (you can't fast travel to cities until you've already been there once, unlike Oblivion where you could fast travel to any city right from the beginning of the game.) In theory, one could disable fast travel with a mod and instead use carriages to make traveling more like Morrowind.

Aaand that's pretty much the only news for roughly the last month. Hopefully there will be some kind of new info next week, as Bethesda is letting other press guys play the game. It's the same demo that GameInformer played though so it'll probably just end up being recycled info, but who knows, maybe somebody will find something that GameInformer overlooked.

What I'd really love Bethesda to do is just release one new screenshot each week to keep people interested. Nothing fancy. Just one new screenshot. Once in a while maybe a short video of some form of gameplay. I'd jizz if we saw some town gameplay of the player just taking a walk down a street, I REALLY want to see the new Havok Behavior system in action. I mean, it supports cloth physics!! I want to know if that aspect of it will make it to Skyrim.

[Nosferatu]

Someone Else, on 13 April 2011 - 07:20 PM, said:

tl;dr shit

Bethesda is having a thing up in Utah this monthish? I'm assuming there will be Skyrim news and stuff about Honest Hearts.

[Merlinni]

I didn't like oblivion that much but I completely loved morrowind to death. Here is top hoping Skyrim delivers like morrowind did! =D