Skyrim will suck for you...
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I really don't have a failure point unless it's buggy has hell. I'll be sad if it doesn't have the continue to play feature. I loathed Fallout 3 and New Vegas for that.
>.> um ... no ... I'm really not looking forward to Skyrim, TSE as a series has never been interesting or 'good' to me.Sjakie said:
but since you asked
the endless, incoming badgering about 'how great it is' and 'how i should be playing it' -.- that's gonna suck
I pride myself in knowing EVERY bit of info available at this point haha. All that, and the only problem I might have is that I suspect you cannot block while dual-wielding. You are twice as deadly though so it's a fair compromise I suppose. I'll edit if I think of anything else.
Your suspicion is correct. Todd revealed this in an interview, it's a more high risk high reward style of combat. Can't remember the exact interview but it's definitely true.Vuavu said:
I would probably get a refund, also what technical problems did RAGE have? I just beat it today, and I can't remember any major technical problems.Sjakie said:
I'm a little worried on how they will handle the lore and story. Morrowind was my favorite game in the series, and while I still liked Oblivion, it didn't seem to mesh well with the setting I played in Morrowind. In-between Oblivion and Skyrim, they have made a number storyline developments, not all of which sit well with me. First among them being that they decided to nuke Vvradenfall into a crater. Since Morrowind was my favorite game in the series, this has significantly lessened my interest in the series. It makes me wonder what Vvradenfall did to deserve this-it seems like an awfully vindictive thing to do to such a well-liked setting.
Other concerns I have include dual wielding, perks and dragon shouts, which seem kinda gimmicky to me and I'm not convinced that they add much to the game, and the simplification of rpg element, such as reducing the attributes to Health, Magika, and Stamina.
While I wouldn't be super-thrilled if Skyrim justifies my reservations, I don't think it would be that bf a deal for me at this point-while I love the Elder Scrolls, destroying Vvradenfall in-between games has really sapped my interest in the setting. Unless they retcon those books i Skyrim (and I doubt they will) my interest in Skyrim will remain decidedly lackluster.
Other concerns I have include dual wielding, perks and dragon shouts, which seem kinda gimmicky to me and I'm not convinced that they add much to the game, and the simplification of rpg element, such as reducing the attributes to Health, Magika, and Stamina.
While I wouldn't be super-thrilled if Skyrim justifies my reservations, I don't think it would be that bf a deal for me at this point-while I love the Elder Scrolls, destroying Vvradenfall in-between games has really sapped my interest in the setting. Unless they retcon those books i Skyrim (and I doubt they will) my interest in Skyrim will remain decidedly lackluster.
Right, Fawxy sort of ran his mouth a bit, but I can get what he/she's saying. TES is a series that boasts large amounts of freedom, the drawback of it is that no single aspect of the game can match that of a game dedicated to a chosen aspect. Dark Souls/Demons Souls is ALL about the combat, it's intensity and the high risk design... they are on a league of their own (hence why it gets so much praise).tehroc said:
That said, I wouldn't praise Dark Souls AI if it's anything like Demons Souls. Praise it's amazing and well thought out level design, but the AI was very basic, just cleverly placed and utilised to challenge the player. This can't be done in a game with random spawns.
Personally, I think your missing the woods for the trees if you single out one aspect out of the many in Skyrim and judging it against a game that dedicates itself to that aspect.
EDIT: A better comparison to Demons Souls/Dark Souls would be something like Ninja Gaiden or the good Castlevanias, since they are all games that challenge a player in a focused form of gameplay. I regard Demons Souls as a Homage to the kind of game that Castlevania was. Slick level designs with monstrous challenges... and fierce bosses.
You could say that TESs biggest draw is it's biggest flaw too.
I'm not thinking Skyrim is likely to have any "deal-breaker" bugs, but I am hoping they've learned a thing or two about "open world" storytelling. It's frustrating to have a game seem to promise a degree of open-endedness and then reduce choices in a seemingly complex plot line to one or two options (and some of the instances of this in Oblivion, like the result of telling the "Gray Prince" the truth of his history, were borderline unforgivable.) I realize it's very difficult to account for everything a player might want or try to do, but I hope they got some version of things into their tester's hands at a level where they could still say, "hey, why can't you do 'x' in this story" and still have opportunity to change it.
Agreed, not to mention story problems, feel, linearity, I could go on all day long. Good thing is, this one isn't a console port so yeah.Sjakie said:
Well I agree, but I do have something to say. The last couple of videos that they have shown from Skyrim, do contain a lot of that weirdness. In fact, as I was watching the GTTV interview the other day, I started to pay attention to the architecture and the feel of the world, and quite frankly, I've never seen anything like it in a fantasy game, so, hoping for the best.Sjakie said:
2 things on this point, 1st, you can decline a fight with a dragon, if you see one and it sees you, you turn and leave or proceed and attack. Also, in one of those 3 hour hands on previews I read that there is a Caravan fast travel system, that is amazing because you pay 20 gold and it takes you to your destination, so it keeps the system immersive.Sjakie said:
Let us hope, it's the best installment in the series. See you in 3 weeks forum.
I'm not really saying that forging a sword and crafting spells are interchangeably awesome. I was just saying that I'd personally be okay without spellcraft if I had that feature instead. Pretty arbitrary trade-off, but it makes sense to me for some reason.Duskflamer said:
I'm pretty sure you can enchant your weapons, I remember seeing a gameplay commentary where the guy playing the game found a Battleaxe of Greater Wolf Burning or whatever and he demonstrated that you can destroy that item to learn its enchantment, and apply it to your own weapons.
