Skyrim: What turned out to be bullshit?

[Kurai Angelo]

About 18 hours in at the moment. No massive issues so far other than the UI does not play well with a mouse. I think I would have similiar results trying to navigate it with a potato.

 

[Kopikatsu]

So far I haven't found any major bullshit. Just the occasional glitch with the menu. The 'Radiant Story' was a bit hyped, but I can say that me and a friend are having different experiences with the side quest lines, specifically the companion line. The dynamic snow works for me, sometimes its a light snowfall, other times it is impossible to see, and sometimes even in snowy areas, there is no snowfall at all. I guess that's dynamic enough, just wished the textures were better.

There was nothing they promised that I feel they didn't really deliver on. I mean, they didn't promise to get rid of the weightless physics, and they didn't - I would have liked to see a change, but it's not bullshit that the same-old is there.

OH! The random dragon fights tend to be kind of weak. Only twice have I had a random dragon fight where the dragon felt like an actual threat and one of those times a Giant ran in and saved the day because the dragon iced one of his mammoths.

Fighting the dragons is bullshit, watching them fly around you for 5 minutes waiting for them to land is boring. After waiting for 7 minutes I said fuck it and went on my way, the dragon never bothered to even fight me it just flew around roaring.

seriously? You didn't think to shoot something at it? Shout at it?

My character does not have a bow and the shouts dont have that kind of range and i dont have the one that makes them land. I am talking about how i keep running into dragons that dont land, dont use their breath, they just fly around and roar and do NOTHING else.

Visit more dungeons.

One Shout blows Dragons out of the sky. With lightning!

 

[NinjaRock]

So far, the main issue I've had playing it is that there is no breath meter. Otherwise, I wish there was a way to re-speck your specializations.

Question: Am I the only one who had a dragon attack a city that I just fast traveled to? Once I went to Whiterun I believe and a dragon cam and attacked, landing on the on of the Blacksmith's house (the girl's), so several of the guards, and a few of the citizens, and me fought the dragon. Eventually, we killed it, but then the guards killed me since someone walked into my flame spell... It was still awesome regardless. Anyone figure out how to stop a fight with the guards?

I want more so badly, too bad I was only playing my brother's copy and am waiting until christmas before getting this game.

EDIT: Corrected the city name

You are not the only one.
I have had Dragons attack the Winterhold College 4 times now.
They really hate that place for some reason

 

[The_ModeRazor]

The new engine. Ha. Same commands, same awkward animations, everything works pretty much the same way. It's prettier and more stable though, I'm not complaining that much. Still bullshit.

 

[Savagezion]

The fact that you've having difficulty tells me one of three things. 1. You have no artifact swords yet, 2. You put no points into smithing, or 3. You put no points into enchantment.

If one (or all) of those things are true, you should feel terrible.

Edit: or 4. You didn't invest in two handed perks, or 5. You don't abuse Shield Bashing.

I don't feel terrible that I don't have an artifact sword yet or have spent no points in enchanting yet. Why does 2 handed perks benefit a 1 handed shield warrior? As for shield bashing, it takes stamina (I have about 200) and in combat using stamina to stagger a opponent vs. actually lowering their health with a chunk (power attack) is debatable. Even if you claim stamina potions you can't make/buy them fast enough to compensate for how fast you are using them up. As well, on Expert it isn't only about your damage but their damage. standing toe to toe is stupid and this is coming from someone with over 50 in heavy armor for level 18 and all the perks that go with that except the "brawler" one. As well as 40 in shield with all those perks for that level. I am in dwarven armor with these perks and skills and I am still meeting strong opposition at times. I am using a Dwarven sword of Frost(Superior) and all my dwarven armor is is superior.

Elaborate on how those things are "shameful". Or else I have to assume you haven't been playing on those difficulties/playing a similar class.

EDIT: As well, I could give a crap about the artifact weapon, I just haven't came across one yet. And is that the strongest weapons in the game? If so, you are saying that the game is too easy because the strongest weapons in the game tear shit up?

 

[cheese_wizington]

Nothing yet, I'm loving it.

For one of the Brotherhood quests, I had to trail this one guy. So I did because I figured it was easier to do just that rather then getting the optional quest as well.

So I do so. Guy just ambled along, no care in the world. Occasionally, he went off road to the river, sat there for a couple of minutes and started again. Then he got trapped between some rocks on the shore.

What was I doing during all this? The big bad assassin, dressed in black and blood red, with enchanted daggers, lethal poisons and damaging spells was picking flowers on the side of the road and sprinkled them in the dude's path when there weren't any more to pick.

Also, the Butcher Quest? I didn't get all the items, game thought I did and now it's stuck at a point where I can't do anything to advance it and won't reload since that was ages ago.

It's much easier to take his schedule, read it and observe which place he will be most vulnerable in at what time, and then wait there for your time to strike.

Y'know, like a badass assassin.

 

[Sagacious Zhu]

"You can climb to the top of any mountain"

...by which they mean you can walk around the mountain for thirty minutes trying to find the one arbitrary path that takes you to the top.

Also, what the fuck is up with the bears and saber tooth cats? I can go toe to toe with a blood dragon for ten minutes straight but a big cat can kill me in four hits?

Fuck the dragons; if Alduin wants to conquer Skyrim, he should just send in a couple hundred Sabertooth Cats

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They're really dangerous because they POUNCE at you! You can barely move aside when they try to and they're really strong.
My response? Rune the crap out of them. Yeah. That and stealth bow attacks.

Good idea! Let me just-

Stealth:24
Archery:15
Destruction:32

 

[StarStruckStrumpets]

I've gotta say, the final fight was utter toss.

I was expecting Alduin to be a challenge, but he repeats every other dragon's behaviour. Dragonrend and fire fucks his shit up. It sucks.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

QUESTION!

I have yet to play Skyrim but I remember one of the press releases stating that it would be more like New Vegas (or something along those lines). Has anyone come up against any invisible walls or, main roads lined with unkillable monsters like New Vegas?

 

[AMAZED]

I cannot find anyone in all of skyrim that sells spells above apprentice level, if anyone knows how to obtain advanced spells please tell me

 

[newwiseman]

Unkillable NPC's. It's no fun assassinating someone when he just bends over on the ground and then gets up again. I don't care about some little sidequest with him, I just want him dead! If they're that important to the story, they should at least respawn or something.

Another reason why Morrowind is better, when you killed someone vital to a quest the game would let you kill him, then give you a message that he was important and that you'll need an early save if you ever want to do that quest.

The only think I don't like so far is all the undroppable quest items I've managed to accumulate... I'm at 30.5lbs... I'll fix that the instant the creation kit is available. Oh and the armor system sucks, but that's only when compared to Morrowind.

The crafting system is fun as is enchanting but the Perk system needs an overhaul, or at least some NPC that will offer smithing, enchanting, and alchemy services for a fee provided you supply the materials.

 

[jboking]

My character does not have a bow and the shouts dont have that kind of range and i dont have the one that makes them land. I am talking about how i keep running into dragons that dont land, dont use their breath, they just fly around and roar and do NOTHING else.

All I'm saying is the ability to get him to drop is there. All you really need is a bow or magic that isn't flamethrower style. Honestly, though, the dragons I've randomly run into so far are very adamant about landing and trying to tear my ass apart.

 

[shadow_Fox81]

once i found a creek where the water didn't load, that was funny.

 

[TheIronRuler]

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My character does not have a bow and the shouts dont have that kind of range and i dont have the one that makes them land. I am talking about how i keep running into dragons that dont land, dont use their breath, they just fly around and roar and do NOTHING else.

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Go to an open space, they'll fly around and land occasionally.

 

[Ironic Pirate]

One thing that worries me.....

I am getting it for Christmas, along with a new computer, and people are saying that the menu system is just awful.

Probably it'll be either fixed or have mods to fix it by Christmas, so you should be fine.

Anyway, the marriage system. I don't need a full dating sim, but "I like you!" "I like you too!" *get married* is kind of stupid. And then all you can do is cook for each other. How... romantic? Starts with an R, that's for sure.

 

[Tharwen]

The main issue I've had is how completely spastic NPCs become when you're escorting them. I just cleared a dungeon with the head of the thieves' guild, who refused to use stealth to kill anything, preferring instead to charge the frost atronach and draugr head on.

In fact, the same often goes for my horse. It would be nice if it didn't immediately charge past me and try to take on an entire wolf pack on its own every time I got off it.

 

[EHKOS]

Finally, the kids. Why must there be kids in this game? I didn't miss them in Oblivion, and now they range from "slightly annoying" to "downright fucking despicable".

"You're new here, so I'll go easy on ya"
The fuck did you just say kid?!

Also, I thought the graphics are beautiful.

OT: The cloth map they told us about is paper.

 

[Hyper-space]

...but it's not fun when I can fireball it a couple of times, use healing while it breathes fire and not take any damage, then fireball it a few more times and it's dead.

Don't complain about the game being easy if you are clearly playing the game on very easy (easy at best). I know for a fact that standing there idly by while a dragon is spewing fire on you will kill you with or without healing spells (my character has shit-loads of health, best heavy armor I can get, lots of fire resistance and I can barely survive one round of fire)

Seriously, there are no downsides at all to picking heavy armor and it looks way cooler.

50% stamina regeneration IS A PRETTY BIG DEAL, but again (and this ties to my previous point), maybe not if you're playing on very easy.

I spend a lot of levels increasing my stamina and have different gears (one for dragons, one for lots of stamina) and I can run out of stamina in a pretty hard fight.

So people, if the game is too easy, up the difficulty, don't complain about killing dragons or lying about "like, ttly killing dregons on the hardist seting I TOTES SWEARS" or some shit.

 

[Nannernade]

1. The NPC animations are still a bit stiff, like in the review yes there's dialogue but there really should be something happening, IDK flailing arms pointing, crossed arms something...

2. No Chameleon enchantment (As far as I know) Why would they take away the stealth characters greatest asset? I was really looking forward to being able to do it all again, but no... Bethesda wanted to stick up for the rights of the NPC's...

3. Really crappy prices from Merchants, this effects people in more than one way, for one you get very little for the best stuff you loot from the dungeons or so poor fool who was going home to see his family, in turn the items from the merchants are jacked up to holy hell, if you're only getting about 100 septims for a 600 septim amulet why would you want to spend 15 days saving up 5 grand for a house in Whiterun?

That's really about all I got, I'd mention graphics but other people really have that one covered pretty well and it wasn't that bad of a problem for me. If they give us the ability to add Chameleon to our enchanted items I'll forget about everything else, come on Bethesda let's do it!

 

[Nannernade]

I cannot find anyone in all of skyrim that sells spells above apprentice level, if anyone knows how to obtain advanced spells please tell me

I think like everything else more things become available as you level up those skills, at least that's what it did for me with smithing. But I could be wrong, if you're already a really high destruction level etc etc then I got nothing.