The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim

[Lee909]

Strength,endurance were my first two to get high.

Needed to be able to cart dungeon loot.

[RedBrian84]

I always focused on stealth, agility and marksman. Made me deadly with a bow but fucking useless when a minotaur found me outside though.

 

Not sure what approach to take with this one since the game randomly generates big arse dragons to beat the shit out of you. I'm thinking i'll need to be properly tooled up to deal with those bastards.

[Pidge]

Just ordered the game of the year edition of Oblivion, as I've not really got anything like this to get my teeth into at the moment. One good thing is that by the time I get round to buying Batman it'll be a shitload cheaper.

 

Me too, I haven't even played Arkham Asylum yet and only started Oblivion recently. GOTY edition for cheap sounds like the way to go.

[theghost]

I found Oblivion tedious in the extreme.

[The Guest]

Strength,endurance were my first two to get high.

Needed to be able to cart dungeon loot.

 

Ye there's nothing worse than early on the game you get through a hard dungeon and you can't carry the loot. I had gone off games for a bit but my three to buy were FIFA 12, Skyrim and COD but now there's Arkham asylum and Mass Effect 3 as well. I'm not going to have time.

[Baldi]

I found Oblivion tedious in the extreme.

 

Snap or as my wife called it, walking around eating cheese. Loved Fallout though both of them.

[Pony Princess]

I'm probably gonna finish Oblivion tonight or tomorrow in preparation for skyrim. there are so many good games out this month its ridiculous.

 

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[gumps]

Seen trailers for this and very impressed.

 

Thing is, I've never played an RPG game. Was always put off by the whole Final Fantasy angle.

 

Ive enjoyed open world type games like Red Dead Redemption and GTA4.

 

Is it a bit like them?

[Lee909]

Closer to Red Dead than FF.

Its not a turn based game so combat is real time.

[gumps]

Sounds good, will deffo put it on my list.

 

This last quarter is just insane for good games. Batman, Uncharted, Assassins Creed, Battlefield and some other FPS whose name escapes me at the moment!

 

I'll not get to play a lot of these until well into the new year.

[Mathewbet1]

I asked my wife if she fancied skyrim, she slapped my face.

[ChrisM]

Reviews are coming in -

 

cvg - Review: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Review - ComputerAndVideoGames.com

 

9.5 / 10 A vast, open world overflowing with excitement, danger, mystery and humour. Truly, a generation-defining RPG.

 

Gamespot - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Review on Xbox 360 - GameSpot.com

 

9.0 / 10 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is the big, bold, and beautiful sequel you hoped for and is sure to bewitch you for countless hours.

 

ign - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Review - PC Review at IGN

 

9.5 / 10 Skyrim is a rare kind of intensely personal, deeply rewarding experience, and one of the best role-playing games yet produced.

[Bobby Hundreds]

Lower score than unchartered 3 I've found unchartered 3 to be fairly boring and the game basically plays itself apart from the odd shooting parts. I'd rate oblivion above unchartered 3 still. I am staying in this weekend so skyrim will be getting a lot of time. Happy days, well until my bird decides to ruin it.

[Lee909]

i have to work at the weekend so its friday and monday on skyrim for me.

be interesting how many hours it takes,last i and game saves of 250hrs.

[Guest Gucci_Ledge]

Lower score than unchartered 3 I've found unchartered 3 to be fairly boring and the game basically plays itself apart from the odd shooting parts. I'd rate oblivion above unchartered 3 still. I am staying in this weekend so skyrim will be getting a lot of time. Happy days, well until my bird decides to ruin it.

 

Skyrim is a WRPG though, and UC3 is an action adventure game. I agree that UC3 was not that great (nowhere near as good as UC2 which was amazing at the time and worthy of the 10/10s) but ffs neither Skyrim or Uncharted are 'better' than the other, they're in compltely different genres. It would be like saying Pepe Reina is better than Robbie Fowler or something.

[Bobby Hundreds]

Skyrim is a WRPG though, and UC3 is an action adventure game. I agree that UC3 was not that great (nowhere near as good as UC2 which was amazing at the time and worthy of the 10/10s) but ffs neither Skyrim or Uncharted are 'better' than the other, they're in compltely different genres. It would be like saying Pepe Reina is better than Robbie Fowler or something.

 

They need to change rating systems and maybe segregate the genres, as an action adventure it may be the pinnacle of gaming ( though not for me, it plays itself almost).

 

I don't know if skyrim is better than uc3 as I haven't played it yet but I can say one is better for me than the other depending on which one I enjoyed the most regardless of the genre obviously you can't compare reina with fowler but if you game me a choice between both in there prime I'd choose fowler. My personal preference. My last post wasn't me stating fact just opinion on how I found the game.

[mlwilliams]

Played abit of it today. It's good.

[Rafiagra]

I never got into Fallout and I've never really played many RPGs like this as they've not appealed. Tempted to give this a go but will prob play through Uncharted first

[Lee909]

On my way to Asda in a couple of hours to pick it up,should be able to get a hour on it before the Raiders and Chargers game.

[Sweeney287]

I never got into Fallout and I've never really played many RPGs like this as they've not appealed. Tempted to give this a go but will prob play through Uncharted first

 

Found Fallout quite dull in comparison to Oblivion, so hoping Skyrim is more like the latter.

[Rafiagra]

That sounds promising as I found Fallout really dull. I kept getting lost and the s nothing to do so my ridiculously low boredome threshold soon was reached despite everyone going on about what a great game it was.

[dirk grout]

That sounds promising as I found Fallout really dull. I kept getting lost and the s nothing to do so my ridiculously low boredome threshold soon was reached despite everyone going on about what a great game it was.

 

Having played Fallout and not Oblivion I was also a little concerned. I can safely say that this game is absolutely awesome. I reckon i'll spend more time on this than any game i've ever played. Been playing it all day, 6 in game days have passed and i've completed a grand total of 2 main quests, in fact it is possible to completely forget about the main story such is the depth to this game. Also anyone that thinks uncharted 3 (which though good took me under 9 hours to complete) is better than this is mental.

[Adebisi]

Watched my mate play the opening hour or so today. I wasn't blown away, but the last one, and Fallout, was a slow burner too I suppose.

 

Might just wait for a price drop (He got it for £36 in Sainsburys) but I don't do enough gaming these days to justify paying even that.

[Mathewbet1]

This game gets amazing 4 hours in im told - slow burner.

[Lee909]

Really slow.

I played about 6-7hrs yesterday.Looks amazing and I'm enjoying it but it is very slow