I play it every day.
And I can't wait for the modding stuff once the creation kit is out.
Yarrrrrrrrrrr!
And I can't wait for the modding stuff once the creation kit is out.
Yarrrrrrrrrrr!
Skyrim - Two months later.
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I have a Level 13 Khajiit male character, and I took him the combat mage route -- one-handed weapons, Destruction magic, and heavy armor. In the end, I dropped it when my social life got overloaded, but I might go back a while now that I've found a "voice to Skyrim" mod where you can shout your Shouts in real life and the game will react. I might just have to sit around my house yelling FUS RO DAH at my screen until my housemates punch me in the face.
The game was fun but exactly what I had expected -- a lot of fun novelty and not a lot of story and character.
The game was fun but exactly what I had expected -- a lot of fun novelty and not a lot of story and character.
I've put 70 hours into the game. Putting the game down about halfway through my second playthrough as the game simply lost it's charm. I was looking for something unique in Skyrim...what I got was a good expansion to Oblivion. Needless to say I find it to be extremely disappointing as a result.
I'll likely revisit Skyrim during the gaming lull of 2012 as I've yet to experiment with the stealthy bowman.
For now I've moved on to The Old Republic. A game that I consider my GOTY 2011 and will likely continue playing for a more months until Mass Effect 3 is released.
I'll likely revisit Skyrim during the gaming lull of 2012 as I've yet to experiment with the stealthy bowman.
For now I've moved on to The Old Republic. A game that I consider my GOTY 2011 and will likely continue playing for a more months until Mass Effect 3 is released.
I'm currently not in posession of my copy of Skyrim having leant it to a friend, but I had finished all of the main quests clocking 200+ hours, learned at least the first word of 20 dragon shouts and done a lot of misc' quests, when I get it back I intend to make a new character and do things a little differently, after which it will most likely sit undesturbed on my game rack until the inevitable DLC comes out, which I will promptly buy and play ceaselessly until it is done, then it will likely once again sit undesturbed on my game rack until either new DLC comes out or I feel like playing it through again
I'll probably keep playing till Mass Effect 3 comes out then focus on that. For the moment I would say it is inferior to Oblivion.
Main Reasons
1. Dragons are fun and all but I wish they had a bit more strength and moves.
2. QUESTS NEED TO BE INTERESTING. Oblivion had Whodunit, and although Skyrim's Dark Brotherhood had the Emperor it was a huge loss of potential and nowhere near as fun.
3. Bugs. Why are there butterflies? :L
4. SPELLCRAFTING? WHY?
Main Reasons
1. Dragons are fun and all but I wish they had a bit more strength and moves.
2. QUESTS NEED TO BE INTERESTING. Oblivion had Whodunit, and although Skyrim's Dark Brotherhood had the Emperor it was a huge loss of potential and nowhere near as fun.
3. Bugs. Why are there butterflies? :L
4. SPELLCRAFTING? WHY?
I've played Morrowind, Oblivion, Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, and now Skyrim for several hundred hours each. I typically go through 5 stages in these games.
The Newbie:
ZOMG-SOOO-PRETTY-must-play-every-waking-moment-till-I-pass-out-from-sheer-exhaustion! This stage usually lasts from a few days to a week.
The Adventurer:
At this stage I've gotten a pretty firm grasp of the game's mechanics and storyline and I generally know how I want to progress my character. I typically play in a set style (Mage/Warrior/Theif) pretty faithfully. This stage lasts two or three weeks.
The Veteran:
Once I've gotten to this stage I've pretty well exhausted all options of the previously selected play style and begin to branch out into the others. I try a little of this and a little of that while falling back into my dominant style when it really hits the fan. Again, this stage lasts a few weeks.
The King:
I generally go into a "Power leveling stage" at this point. I try to get my character's skills maxed and his equipment just as brokenly powerful as I possibly can. I usually start exploiting a bit and using some console codes at this point as well. This stage lasts until I get bored of it. (This is the stage I'm currently at in Skyrim.)
The God:
At this stage I've done pretty much everything and don't give a crap about keeping it "Legit" anymore. I glitch, mod, exploit, massacre entire towns on a whim, kill my followers in entertaining ways, etc. I am a living manifestation of chaos and destruction. Sheogorath and Merunes Dagon don't hold a candle to me. The world is my plaything, and I will break or burn it in any manner I see fit. Or, I might just go around Wabbajacking chickens for teh lulz. It depends.
The Newbie:
ZOMG-SOOO-PRETTY-must-play-every-waking-moment-till-I-pass-out-from-sheer-exhaustion! This stage usually lasts from a few days to a week.
The Adventurer:
At this stage I've gotten a pretty firm grasp of the game's mechanics and storyline and I generally know how I want to progress my character. I typically play in a set style (Mage/Warrior/Theif) pretty faithfully. This stage lasts two or three weeks.
The Veteran:
Once I've gotten to this stage I've pretty well exhausted all options of the previously selected play style and begin to branch out into the others. I try a little of this and a little of that while falling back into my dominant style when it really hits the fan. Again, this stage lasts a few weeks.
The King:
I generally go into a "Power leveling stage" at this point. I try to get my character's skills maxed and his equipment just as brokenly powerful as I possibly can. I usually start exploiting a bit and using some console codes at this point as well. This stage lasts until I get bored of it. (This is the stage I'm currently at in Skyrim.)
The God:
At this stage I've done pretty much everything and don't give a crap about keeping it "Legit" anymore. I glitch, mod, exploit, massacre entire towns on a whim, kill my followers in entertaining ways, etc. I am a living manifestation of chaos and destruction. Sheogorath and Merunes Dagon don't hold a candle to me. The world is my plaything, and I will break or burn it in any manner I see fit. Or, I might just go around Wabbajacking chickens for teh lulz. It depends.
Got it at Solstice. Level 42 Stealth Mage. Still playing (need to get my Smithing and Enchanting up to 100 each). Still having fun.
My wish? That dragons were a bit tougher and that everything else was a tad less tough (I should be more afraid of Elder Dragons than Sabre Cats and Bears).
My wish? That dragons were a bit tougher and that everything else was a tad less tough (I should be more afraid of Elder Dragons than Sabre Cats and Bears).
Got it first day. Played as a high elf mage until christmas which is when I got my gaming PC. Then started playing as a sneaky archer, twas so much better than playing as a mage. Well in my opinion at least.
Mods gotten so far: SkyUI, Skyrim HD, Better Maps with roads and the Rainbow dash horse mod!
Mods gotten so far: SkyUI, Skyrim HD, Better Maps with roads and the Rainbow dash horse mod!
I agree with this. I spent 400 hours+ on Oblivion and only 50 on Skyrim, to pretty much lose interest in it. I don't really know why either. I probably spent more time playing Morrowind as well. It lacked something and I'm not sure what.Sarpedon said:
I played 101 hours, fucking loved it, have no desire to return to it yet.
I've found that as I've gotten older, I'm much more willing to stick with one character and have one long playthrough, then I am to have multiple shorter ones.
Probably something to do with having more money and a timetable that means I only need to go into 6th Form 3 hours a day.
I've found that as I've gotten older, I'm much more willing to stick with one character and have one long playthrough, then I am to have multiple shorter ones.
Probably something to do with having more money and a timetable that means I only need to go into 6th Form 3 hours a day.
I hit level 50 or so. But I was super careful about optimizing my perks so I am pretty much invincible now, which has taken the danger out of the game. I did all the main quests and the vast majority of the non-repeatable side quests.
I hope the DLC adds new monster types.
I hope the DLC adds new monster types.
Played it way too much, kind of burnt out on it (as in reduced to 3 hours a day)
Thieves Guild questline was awesome (except 'Taking Care of Business' which should've had more ways to get what's owed)
College of Winterhold questline was very dissapointing to me.
Dark Brotherhood was fine, but preferred Oblivion's
Companions was surprising, liked it.
Main Quest is IMO the best one they've done so far, but had the feeling that you're 'supposed' to play as a Nord, which I didn't.
Stealth is still WAY overpowered if you want it to be and focus on that skilltree (so are other playstyles really, but not so you can instakill an ancient dragon with the right equipment and perks)
Bring on the DLC
Thieves Guild questline was awesome (except 'Taking Care of Business' which should've had more ways to get what's owed)
College of Winterhold questline was very dissapointing to me.
Dark Brotherhood was fine, but preferred Oblivion's
Companions was surprising, liked it.
Main Quest is IMO the best one they've done so far, but had the feeling that you're 'supposed' to play as a Nord, which I didn't.
Stealth is still WAY overpowered if you want it to be and focus on that skilltree (so are other playstyles really, but not so you can instakill an ancient dragon with the right equipment and perks)
Bring on the DLC
BURNT OUT, seriously, I played it so much at first but after about a month I also got burned out. I've just started playing it again trying to get the last few achievements I don't have (oblivion walker and thuum master SUCK). It feels like a chore at this point, I also have to do the civil war quests and most of the main quests but I'm actually looking forward to those, I haven't done them as a an incentive to keep getting through this boring stuff I'm currently stuck doing. I think one thing they could have done differently would be offer less quests and make the ones they did offer a lot more unique, treading through the same scenario six hundred times because I want achievements and I am a completionist is total bullshit.
I've been playing it since November and I'm still enjoying it a lot, still playing with the same character I started with too, a khajiit archery master.
I started a new game with a mage wood elf but I missed my khajiit character way too much so I switched back and I took a small break to play Arkham City though but I picked Skyrim back up after finishing that.
I started a new game with a mage wood elf but I missed my khajiit character way too much so I switched back and I took a small break to play Arkham City though but I picked Skyrim back up after finishing that.
I love it, and still play it a couple of days a week. My only problem though is the lack of feeling accomplishment. The end of the main questline was so damn anticlimatic, when I was done with it I was like....okay, where's my parade...or reward? I think that in the future maybe adding a brief one minute cut scene or something should be added in Bethesda's next ES title. Not just a stupid journal update. That's actually kind of true with all the guild and faction questlines too.
I got it the Monday after it came out and while I still play and still enjoy it, I have to say I do have a big problem with the different questlines. So far I've completed both the Dark Brotherhood and Thieve's Guild questlines, and to say that I was disappointed would be an understatement. They just seemed rushed and it felt like I went from newcomer to head of the guild in two seconds flat. The qeusts just felt slap-dash and really kind of boring; there have only been one or two I've really enjoyed, side-quests included.