I generally do, unless I get stuck.

Do, or do not. There is no try. :poke:

In all seriousness, I ruined Oblivion for myself by purchasing the guide with the game. Fallout 3 I played through without purchasing a guide, and managed to limit the use of online guides. For Fallout: New Vegas, I didn't purchase the guide until after my first play-through so I could go back and find all the hidden stuff. I had quite a bit more fun that way, so that's what I'll do for Skyrim. I'll hold off on the guide until I play through once, and then get it to find the stuff I missed. Should be fun.

Of course... that's what most people do isn't it? Oblivion was linear/easy enough, especially with that stupid compass. Who in their right mind would use a guide? You literally have a magic glowing arrow telling you what to do. There was very little immersion in Oblivion to BE ruined by a guide anyway. Let's hoping Skyrim is more like Morrowind, and that I'll actually be stumped at least ONCE in the ENTIRE game.

When I first got my first ES game, Oblivion, I didn't even bother to read the manual. I just jumped straight in. I had no idea how to do everything, lost and wasted a lot of stuff, kept some useless stuff and spent half an hour meandering from the Imperial City to Chorrol. Then I beat up Jauffre thinking he was hostile.

It was awesome.

As a rule, I only look up walkthroughs for games if I actually need them, which if the game is anything like Oblivion, I won't need. In general, I prefer to play my games with as little knowledge as to what will happen next as possible, unfortunately, I'm sure I'll get some spoilers since I probably won't be able to stay away from these forums. The ending of Oblivion was spoiled for me, as was that of Fallout 3, fortunately I finished Morrowind's main quest before I discovered these forums so I went into it not knowing exactly what the ending would be like, not that the ending was incredibly surprising. Hopefully for Skyrim, I can avoid too many spoilers, in either case, I don't plan on checking walkthroughs unless I'm really stuck and just don't know how to proceed, which is something I rarely got even in Morrowind.

As for right now I can't help but look at all of the info and screenshots. But when I get the game I suppose I'm going to try to "blind" it. Hopefully I'll get a whole playthrough with one character before looking at the Skyrim forum and start adding mods, but I don't know how long I'll actually last.

For my first playthrough I will.

I never like looking into anything because it ruins the game flat out. Why remove any surprises? That's why I'm going to do my best to avoid reading up on much else about this game so when I play it, everything for the most part will be fresh. If I get stuck, it's an open world game. I can go do other things until I figure it out.

I definitely want to. I am sad to say that I must abandon the forums for the first two months after the game's release because SOME people can't control their urge to spoil things for others. :glare:

I always play blind the first time , or atleast as blind as possible. I try and avoid spoilers and i use my own custom class / character makeup.

I have never looked anything up on the internet in my eight years of playing Elder Scrolls. It's not fun to me and it doesn't interest me. So, no.

I have looked things up in order to answer people's questions on the forums though. However, I see that as something different than looking stuff up while playing.

I always "blind" RPGs. It's just a game, so I'm not afraid of making mistakes or doing something in a less rewarding way. I just want the experience of not knowing what's going to happen.

For me i will try to only watch trailers, not even gameplay videos or screenshots. When i first got oblivion, i didn't even know how it looked i just saw the title of elder scrolls on it and purchased it at the store and i had no idea what to expect, i thought it would look like Morrowind :woot:

Why yes I will! Needless to say I will not be joining the party on the forum Nov 11. I do not watch any spoilers or help which there will be plenty I'm sure. So for at least a month I won't even come to the forum. Can't risk it haha

I'll be going dark about a month before release, I think. Or perhaps immediately after E3. The only thing I still might watch after that are stuff like a launch trailer. I want to know how it looks like and how it plays, but I want most of the stuff to happen in it to remain a surprise.

I had to do it on Oblivion because of all the bugs, but I'll avoid researching during Skyrim, it'll make it seem more like my own adventure that way.

I will try, but I have to see some reviews first. MEABY I will look up if werewolves are in the game, since I realy would like to know, but going in blind and not knowing if one of these beast might attack me anytime would be great, expecially when they do

I definitely will. I really cannot see any reason to check out a lot of the information about the game before you play it for the first time. That is like reading a summary of a movie before watching it (and I don't just mean the teaser on the back of the box!). I have usually checked out the UESP when the game was getting old like on the third or fourth character, to see if I missed out on some easter eggs, something I just didn't get or whatever. But never on the first playthrough, that would just ruin it for me.

Played Oblivion for two years and then looked at the wiki, intend to do the same here. Was watching my son playing Zelda on the DS with one hand, whilst finding how to do the dungeon he was on through the web with the other, and couldn't help thinking ' that game cost good money, what a waste.'

Apart from the in-game tutorial (which will surely be "mandatory", as it was in Morrowind and Oblivion), and the sneak peeks that are released before the game (I won't be able to resist to see them), I'll play the game blindly.

It's just silly to spoil the game looking at a guide like UESP or similar before experiencing it by yourself.

I blinded Morrowind and Oblivion. I'll blind Skyrim.

I always do that in games anyway. I refuse to use guides or anything that will give the game away.
When Skyrim comes out I want to find everything out myself firsthand. Thats part of the magic with games like TES, exploring and discovering things long after you thought you knew it all.

I'll look at all the information that is given out before the game. Once I get the game, I'll shield myself from all spoilers and hints till I finish the game.... or at least I'll try. Sometimes you get so stuck that you just need a nudge in the right direction.

most likely, cause this wait is painful, and i dont wanna ruin the game by reading ahead on anything on my first playthrough... though its gonna svck if i miss anything really awesome in every quest i do.

I'll blind it my first playthrough, after that I'll just gather all the cool [censored] n stuff