Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

also btw only just learned that the power key and the shout key were the same dang thing (which explains a lot of shouting misfires in combat)

http://www.bethblog.com/2012/03/15/new-features-highlight-1-5-update/

huh

NEW FEATURES

New cinematic kill cameras for projectile weapons and spells
New kill moves and animations for melee weapons
Shadows on grass available (PC)
Smithing skill increases now factor in the created item’s value
Improved visual transition when going underwater
Improved distance LOD transition for snowy landscapes

the smithing value thing seems a bit silly honestly. unless you have a fence unlocked the effective difference between an item worth 1200 and 3000 is nothing

one of the bugfixes tho:

Lydia will now offer marriage option after player purchases Breezehome in Whiterun

humina humina

sigh. i am sworn to carry your burdens

GUYS

SHADOWS ON GRASS

prayers: ANSWERED

haha

Conjure Dremora Lord

fuck yeah!

i found a staff p early on that does that---so fukkin handy

been reading the song of fire & ice series and am absolutely forlorn for skyriminia, altho i deathly afraid as to how hard it'd crash on my ps3 (has there been a real, conclusive patch yet?)

*i previously played it on pc, but that pc is gone and now i suffice with a half-rate laptop that can't even play homeworld 2 without stuttering.

I've only had one crash in over 150+ hours on PS3. Lotsa bugs, but only one absolute lockup. One or two patches already and another should arrive soon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSLPH9d-jsI

great song forks

Yeah i am not so into it

your girlfriend is pretty foxy tho

dumb q but how do you guys know how many hours you've played?

I just know through http://raptr.com/Jimdoo/games

got $32 in trade for skyrim at gamestop today. fkn right. dead island is p great so far.

holy hell, dead island is an embarrassment

i've been keen on getting back into skyrim... just 3 months after having completed every quest line sans the college's. i miss just trottin around the woods.

whaaaaat dead island is so much fun. i mean, it's a broke-as-fuck eurotrash game but that's part of the charm.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/12/tech/gaming-gadgets/elder-scrolls-skyrim-kinect/index.html

I'm ambivalent on this. I used voice commands on occasion in ME3, and it worked a charm on occasion, it also didn't recognize what I was saying half the time. Way easier for ordering your teammates to use their powers though.

"You have your full arsenal of Shouts available using Kinect without having to stop, go to a menu, pick the one you want to use, and go back in the game and use it," he said. "You just say the Shout, and as long as you have the ability, your character will just use it on the fly."

look i'm not gonna sit in my apartment yelling FUS RO DA at the screen ok. i'm pretty deep down the rabbit hole but i have my limits.

Oh that is a good point. For the three part shouts it's not like you can just say "Force Push" because there are three versions of it.

ha well i'm not gonna buy a damn kinect anyway so i'm just grousing, have at it crazy people!

with this and the star wars dance off, i think i might actually buy a kinect :x

Yeah I also don't have Kinect but I'm still curious.

Dance stuff can be kind of fun but I almost never use the kinect for anything. Actually, shouting "Liara, Singularity!" during Mass Effect 3 was probably the most I've done with it.

is the kinect any good with navigating the dashboard? searching on netflix?

It works but it's slower than just using your controller.

yeah, i've never really used it for that stuff. generally only been easier for shouting commands instead of going through menus. saw an ad for the HBOGo thing though so I might use the hands-free to scroll through game of thrones stuff like a true nerd.

"eksbawks. kill siri"
SINGULARITY

dammit i want DLC not crossmarketing a goofy peripheral

ha, DLC rumors!

http://vehq.net/skyrim-dlc-info-leaked/

KEY POINTS:

Three massive expansions

The Riders of Hammerfell (Hammerfell expansion)

New land: Adjacent Hammerfell landmass
Quest line: About a guild called Dragon Riders
New mounts: Dragon (with shout attacks,) Sabre cat, Bear, Wolf, Mammoth and more
New side quests
New spells, armor, weapons and companions

Morrowind expansion

New land: Somewhere in Morrowind (*supposedly the land adjacent to Skyrim)
Horse armor
More houses, like Frostcraig Spire
Quest line: revolving around werewolves
The ability to shapeshift into other monsters and animals

Cyrodiil expansion

New land: Somewhere in Cyrodiil
Quest line: Waging war on the Thalmor

Omg yes plz esp re Morrowind and plz epic Hammerfall pirates quest

Love to be proven wrong (and there are gates to Morowind and Cyrodill in game) but Bethesda was pretty explicit that they had no DLC intentions of expanding the landmass.

In a game that takes care to poke fun at racism, one thing unites every gamer: kill the dirty Thalmor scum.

kinect upgrade released. haven't played it yet. might start a new game though.

I bet the neighbors on the other side of my paper thin walls are happy I don't have a Kinect.

http://www.bethblog.com/2012/05/01/dawnguard/

summer? that means, like, august 23rd right

i got birthday money
wife and kid are going out of town for a week
i'm "working from home" on friday and monday

buying skyrim - good idea or terrible idea?

yes

its a great terrible idea

terribly great idea

btw how is it possible that by this far into the game we have seen not one bit of DLC for skyrim? seems weird

they announced one for this summer!

best buy has it for $40, guess i'm doing this

i've been playing for a few days, it's pretty cool but i don't know how fun it is? wish it had some of the humor/mischief of fallout. when i get to a new town i feel kind of burdened knowing there are going to be like 10 characters i'm going to go have to talk to. the fighting is especially not fun, i just flail around and always accidentally switch to third-person perspective and get confused. maybe i should take a break from the quests and just explore and build up skill levels for a while.

live combat is too stressful for me, i miss the fallout combat where you can freeze it and decide what you're going to do next. basically i probably should just play fallout instead.