Skyrim - Two months later.
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I've had two full playthroughs where I may not have accomplished everything, but accomplished what I felt was my characters arc. Right now I have no fewer than six games I have yet to start, except for two in which I'm about a 5th of the way through, and I'm fighting the urge to to start a third game. I believe I will fail to resist this urge.
Fuckin' Skyrim man. Greatest game ever.
Fuckin' Skyrim man. Greatest game ever.
Yeah I haven't touched it in weeks, I just got so bored with it, I felt like I was playing it for ages and haven't even dented the story, I know I was progressing but it's just so damn slow that the game never feels like it's progressing with me.
I still play it, I have a level 53 Imperial Badass. I think I'm past 80 hours. But it just feels so fun to play plus all the Imperials saying "Time for round 2 Thalmor!" And the dlc, it just keeps me going. I will probably be playing the Hell out of it for the next two years．
Nearly done with my second playthrough, and slight boredom is just starting to set in. First it was a dark knight wielding a big-ass ax, now a cloth mage. I have a third playthrough planned as a thief/assassin character. But I'm gonna take a break after the mage.
Will check something else out, and wait for more mods.
Will check something else out, and wait for more mods.
I'm level 70, am running around in full 2x enchanted and improved Daedric Armour and am wielding a one-handed sword and shield. I have completed:
1) the main quest
2) the thieves guild
3) the companions guild
4) the mages guild
5) the dark brotherhood
6) all the shouts
... and yet I'd still not call it "game of the year". Extraordinary quantity yes, but several other games have superior quality (though are much shorter, for example: Bastion).
... and then there is Dark Souls, which has both. And is extraordinarily deep and difficult and beautiful.
Don't misunderstand me, Skyrim is very good. It's just not great, probably due to the lack of polish ruining immersion - which is the compelling element in most RPGs. It's been an awesome 70 hours so far though, and when the mod toolkits are released, I'll probably invest several more...
1) the main quest
2) the thieves guild
3) the companions guild
4) the mages guild
5) the dark brotherhood
6) all the shouts
... and yet I'd still not call it "game of the year". Extraordinary quantity yes, but several other games have superior quality (though are much shorter, for example: Bastion).
... and then there is Dark Souls, which has both. And is extraordinarily deep and difficult and beautiful.
Don't misunderstand me, Skyrim is very good. It's just not great, probably due to the lack of polish ruining immersion - which is the compelling element in most RPGs. It's been an awesome 70 hours so far though, and when the mod toolkits are released, I'll probably invest several more...
I still hate the character creation system. EVERYONE is hideous, I understand they were trying to make them look rugged but they only succeeded in making everyone look like cavemen.I cant stand to look at my character for more than a minute before I get the urge to say screw it and remake him from scratch hoping I can magically make his face bearable. Also dont get me started on the way the elves look in skyrim. You know something went wrong when you start shopping for helmets to hide your character's face from yourself.
I am loving Skyrim - I sort of stumbled upon the Dark Brotherhood quest by accident (due to the way I was playing the game) and found that to be very cool indeed.
I would rate it above Oblivion vanilla and even Morrow-wind vanilla but maybe behind Fallout NV (which is still my favourite of those sorts of RPGs)
I would rate it above Oblivion vanilla and even Morrow-wind vanilla but maybe behind Fallout NV (which is still my favourite of those sorts of RPGs)
I'm still really enjoying it, my only gripe is that there's no good major mods out (yet), I was disappointed when I bought it on boxing day and all I could find was nude mods, tweaks and a variety of weeaboo hair/weapon mods.
Fun enough.
In dire need of mods though.
Uzo's Mod List For All Fallout/TES Games:
1. Fatality ! Combat must be unforgiving, generally a 1-, 2- or 3-hit affair. Blocking in TES and ducking for cover in Fallout are actually important. Eg - headshots in Fallout are almost always instantly critical. Guns, axes, arrows, and knives HURT.
2. Reality ! Food, drink, sleep, diseases that are actually a problem. Those endless gecko steaks, jugs of wine, nuka colas, cheese wheels, radishes, etc. are actually important now. I played a mod of Fallout 3 where I spent most days in the game simply gathering enough supplies for me to eke out an existence. Couple this with crippling radiation sickness and deciding whether to eat that irradiated mole rat or tuck into your precious CRAM supplies becomes a decision of import. Muttfruit - food of the gods.
3. Fiscality ! I like reactive economy mods. Prices vary based upon demand and supply - walk into town and sell a thousand daedra hearts, and people will get over their appeal pretty quickly. Hell, I just saw a street urchin walking down the street bouncing one.
4. Variety ! The mods like Mart's Mutant Mod etc where you get creatures spawning of various sizes & colours - not every single creature being a clone of its fellows.
In dire need of mods though.
Uzo's Mod List For All Fallout/TES Games:
1. Fatality ! Combat must be unforgiving, generally a 1-, 2- or 3-hit affair. Blocking in TES and ducking for cover in Fallout are actually important. Eg - headshots in Fallout are almost always instantly critical. Guns, axes, arrows, and knives HURT.
2. Reality ! Food, drink, sleep, diseases that are actually a problem. Those endless gecko steaks, jugs of wine, nuka colas, cheese wheels, radishes, etc. are actually important now. I played a mod of Fallout 3 where I spent most days in the game simply gathering enough supplies for me to eke out an existence. Couple this with crippling radiation sickness and deciding whether to eat that irradiated mole rat or tuck into your precious CRAM supplies becomes a decision of import. Muttfruit - food of the gods.
3. Fiscality ! I like reactive economy mods. Prices vary based upon demand and supply - walk into town and sell a thousand daedra hearts, and people will get over their appeal pretty quickly. Hell, I just saw a street urchin walking down the street bouncing one.
4. Variety ! The mods like Mart's Mutant Mod etc where you get creatures spawning of various sizes & colours - not every single creature being a clone of its fellows.
I am still waiting for a mod to reliably take spiders out of the game before I buy it. Seems like a cool game, but my desire not to have a panic attack is much stronger than my desire to play it right now.
"lol arachnophobia, youz sucha wuss"-crowd, that's your signal, I suppose.
"lol arachnophobia, youz sucha wuss"-crowd, that's your signal, I suppose.
I'm on a break due to college. I beat the main quest, the mage's college, and the civil war and I'm like level 49. I plan to eventually get all the shouts and the last dragon priest mask (i have 7). I also barely started an alt who's going to do the dark brotherhood and the thieves guild. So no, I'm not burnt out or dissapointed.
My single character has 350 hours under his belt, has done all, the major questlines (save for the Dark Brotherhood, because I'm in the process of doing it now), is a thane in each hold, hehas every daedric artifact, has cleared almost every dungeon, has all the words of power unlocked, has maxed every skill (still don't understand why 81.5 is the Max level), has half a million gold....and I'm still playing.
I like this game still.
I like this game still.
Yeah, still playing (second run as a stealthy assassin/thief). I feel really bad because i have 8 games bought over christmas that i still haven't touched. Though thanks to my constant playing; i'm only 3 trophies away from platinum!
Oh, dude, i feel the pain. I don't have arachnophobia, but the ones in Skyrim are DAMN scary!Monsterfurby said: