Yeah 2-3 hours seems like an exaggeration, I remember when it first came out everyone was saying it was at least 7-8 to go through one side, without accounting for side quests.SajuukKhar said:
What to Expect from Dawnguard?
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Be prepared to be led around by the nose and completely underwhelmed and or pissed off. Seriously fuck dawnguard, fuck the lead you by the nose do what we say, go where we go, gsmeplay
"NO you cannot take any initiative!" the game says "Now get back on the fucking trail. It doesn't matter that you've won a war, become the Harbinger of the companions, the Archmage of the college, and don't forget KILLED THE FUCKING WORLD EATER, and that this piss-ant blood sucking piece of shit is so far beneath you that he's barely a fucking blimp on the fucking radar, you will follow the the linear path of boring as hell quest and dick-hole characters that we have set before you, and you will follow it ************ or you get to eat shit sword boy. I'm sorry, what's that you ask? Why can't you just go kick down the door and chop off the head of the ************ that's beneath you and just be done with it? Because, fuck you that's why! now go to the next arrow on the map and do what we say!"
Oh and by the way the way enjoy feeling yourself dying as you traverse; did I say traverse? I meant trudge! Through the Soul Carin! The only good thing to come from Dawnguard was a couple of side quest one area, a few weapons and some mods, fuck Dawnguard.
Oh by the way
don't click unless you want a major plot point spoiled.
"NO you cannot take any initiative!" the game says "Now get back on the fucking trail. It doesn't matter that you've won a war, become the Harbinger of the companions, the Archmage of the college, and don't forget KILLED THE FUCKING WORLD EATER, and that this piss-ant blood sucking piece of shit is so far beneath you that he's barely a fucking blimp on the fucking radar, you will follow the the linear path of boring as hell quest and dick-hole characters that we have set before you, and you will follow it ************ or you get to eat shit sword boy. I'm sorry, what's that you ask? Why can't you just go kick down the door and chop off the head of the ************ that's beneath you and just be done with it? Because, fuck you that's why! now go to the next arrow on the map and do what we say!"
Oh and by the way the way enjoy feeling yourself dying as you traverse; did I say traverse? I meant trudge! Through the Soul Carin! The only good thing to come from Dawnguard was a couple of side quest one area, a few weapons and some mods, fuck Dawnguard.
Oh by the way
don't click unless you want a major plot point spoiled.
The prophecy is bullshit. It was made by a guy that decided to be a dick, because the gods are dicks, so yeah all the shit the game has you do? Pointless, completely fucking pointless. Seriously, Bethesda dropped the damn ball on this one.
zdog jr said:
Again. This isn't a long dlc. All it is walking across the map, and back. That isn't a "full" dlc to me. They placed quest markers on the other side map, and that's it. Even most of the side missions are like that when it comes to getting the vampire rings/amulets. One ring is on side, and other is on the other side of the map.
That's not more content, because I am walking in the same damn area.
Even soul cain is just one big empty space of nothing, and EVEN IN THAT. Killing the Keepers was just running across the map from one side to another.
That's not how a dlc should be made.
You still boast that you can play through it in 2-3 hours, something we find highly unlikely unless you just skip everything you can and you may not enjoy it, but I had fun in the soul cairn and a good portion of that falmer area once I had left the crystal portion.Valen_Starwalker said:
Sure, go right ahead and replay it. Be sure to time yourself and record the whole thing for youtube.Valen_Starwalker said:
Me, I had to start a new game and a new character, because dlc for skyrim doesn't come out on the system I bought it for initially (I didn't repurchase skyrim, just borrowed it long term), so it felt like a lot longer. But then I was constantly going off dlc quest to fight dragons and do the main quest as a vampire lord, or assassinate people with gargoyles or sometimes just go on murder sprees in the larger cities. So maybe it felt like longer to me, but I interspersed it with other gameplay. Point of fact, it added to my game and I feel it was money well spent. Helps that I got it on sale, but honestly I would have been okay with 20 for it.
As far as customization goes, why? I don't care that I didn't alter the castle or the fortress. I have hearthfire for that. If I get really desperate to buy a flower pot for the corner, I'll play the SIMS.
Awesome environments and the mothafuckin' crossbow.
Don't worry about the attacks too much. Town guards are one of the more OP enemies out there :3
Don't worry about the attacks too much. Town guards are one of the more OP enemies out there :3
I actually bought it a few weeks ago and enjoyed the content. To be honest, I didn't really like Soul Cairn. It's visually cool for a while, but it's actually boring to explore and quite repetitive. The Vale is pretty damn cool, though. You really shouldn't worry too much about the vampire attacks wrecking your game. They killed Belathorn (owner of the general goods store in Whiterun) in my game, but you shouldn't ever run into the danger of running out of shops to sell to/buy from. And if you joined the Thieves' Guild, you'll probably sell your gear there 90% of the time anyway. I think the attacks add a nice dynamic to the game. Makes the world feel dangerous and like it has consequence. And let's be honest, it really needed that.
Other than that, it's OK content. I don't really like vampires (never have, really). I came for the Falmer backstory and new locations. The crossbows are kind of boring. If I'm gonna be an archer, I want an actual bow and not a weapon meant for farmers hastily trying to prepare for battle. There are some cool bows, though: Auriels Bow is good whenever and Zephyr is nice for low-level or low-difficulty play due to it's fast firing speed (not so good on harder difficulties, since it does less damage. You waste too many arrows. Though I think the game sucks on higher difficulties anyway).
Overall, it's a decent addition to the game.
Other than that, it's OK content. I don't really like vampires (never have, really). I came for the Falmer backstory and new locations. The crossbows are kind of boring. If I'm gonna be an archer, I want an actual bow and not a weapon meant for farmers hastily trying to prepare for battle. There are some cool bows, though: Auriels Bow is good whenever and Zephyr is nice for low-level or low-difficulty play due to it's fast firing speed (not so good on harder difficulties, since it does less damage. You waste too many arrows. Though I think the game sucks on higher difficulties anyway).
Overall, it's a decent addition to the game.