The more I have to fight with glitches, quest breaking and desktop crashes the more I am becoming extremely disillusioned about playing Skyrim. I have restarted this game several times now since I purchased it a week ago Monday. And, since I have a slideshow desktop of screenshots from my FNV, FO3 and DA:O games the more I want to go play those games. After all, I was playing those games before Skyrim came out and I was much happier and less stressed out then too. Just saying.

Then just go play them?

The game is just fresh released. Eventually there will be a bunch of stability aids.

We should hope that a patch can fix this sometime soon then. I agree, this game does crash more often than any other games i have tried. It can crash after 5 minutes and it can crash after 10 hours. Not sure why but if they knew they probably would have fixed it allready.

I've not had one crash in nearly 100hrs?

I vote user error as the foremost cause.

I've only run into a few glitches on the PS3 version. If you're feeling the disillusionment taking a break really should help. Play something else, or even play another RPG for a bit, you'll miss Skyrim after a while, THEN you should come back.

First time I ran the game it would freeze in the wagon ride down the mountain to the execution. I couldn't even start the game. I was fully prepared to go back and play Mass Effect 2 again for a final save for ME3. Found a fix and now I can't stop playing. Still having intermittent freezes but the game continues to surprise and delight me. Hope they patch it. Sorry about the bad performance OP..

63 hours and the worst bug ive had happen so far is the archmage robes + dragon priest making my head invisible.

im with soop on this one. user error

well theres your problem your letting avideo game stress you out... i play video games to relieve stress not cause it haha

Playing on the 360 and the most annoying thing I have run into is when I blow a corpse through the ground and can't loot it. Happens most frequently with shouts.

This thread is pretty much the reason why I stick with the console version, in spite of the tradeoff of not being able to have any mods or having the construction kit (now called Creation Kit).

I at least don't have to worry if I've gotten my system up to spec, but instead can just install it to the 360's hard drive and then otherwise drop disc into tray and play.

You should look into tech support if you're having bad problems with it running on your system, that's the best I can contribute.

I suggest you change your desktop Slideshow from Fallout, Fallout NV, and DA:O screenshots to Skyrim, Skyrim, Skyrim, and Skyrim screenshots.

Hold
In
There.

Dust will eventually settle down.

I'm playing on pc and so far I haven't had any real problems. There have been a few minor glitches, like floating weapons and such, but nothing game breaking

The 4gb patch has also helped things go a lot smoother.

Here's my rant:

I am retired and living on a very limited social security check each month --through no fault but my own. But, that being said, $60 is a considerable amount of money. Therefore, perhaps a I am being a bit delusional, but one would expect after all of the hype that the game would work as was expected. That's all I am saying.

Something is wrong with your install then.

i bought this game on release day and have only experience 2 crashes so far.
The only other issue I have is the ugly, pixelized shadows.

Other than that, this game is running on ultra @ 1920x1080 smoothly.


So unless you are going to post specific crashes, glitches or some kind of error code.

I suggest uninstall skyrim to save yourself from having suicidal thoughts.

I've put almost 100 hours into the game but I've only finished 2 factions and 1 hold (that's more than I get out of most other games in total i.e. DA2 = 32 hours). I've decided to take a break from the game and wait for a patch or two, the construction kit + a proper PC UI mod before I get back into it. No reason to burn yourself out, you own the game now and TES is a slow burn kind of series.

I asked in an another thread if it mattered once way or another if you installed the game from the disc, which I did; because Steam was already installed for FNV; or from Steam. I never did get an answer.

many people make condescending statements and put a question mark on the end?

I vote doucheness as the foremost cause.

I have the same problem but I am not disillusioned. I am however extremely pissed that for some reason Steam keeps screwing up my game. It appears thier promo popups kick you out of the game. This CRAP shouldnt even activate when you are playing the game. This IS Bethesdas problem as well, because they insist we use Steam. Thats fine, just make sure the [censored] game works.

Nice contribution to the thread. I think this is probably the pinnacle of douchedom in this thread..

What?
Don't you mean "Hang in there" ?
:tongue:

I just uninstalled it. But I am not sure whether I want of reinstall from the disc or from Steam? Incidentally, I do appreciate every comment thus because sometimes we all need help and a little guidance--- no matter how old you are. Thanks everyone.

Beth game. Always be patient. Play others til a patch comes out.

Win-Win!!!

I know how you feel, OP. I've restarted my character(s) about 4-5 times now, each time figuring out a bit more about how to stay alive, deal decent damage, assign my perk points, etc. The first couple characters I made felt so weak after about level 15 that I figured the game hadn't been playtested at all; it was simply too hard, too fast, and very unforgiving. Then, after much frustration, I went online, started doing research, reading about the experiences of others with many of the skill trees, combat options, etc., and I restarted again with this knowledge.

The character I have now is a pure stealth assassin at about level 20, and it has been awesome. I've been able to delve into enough dungeons and quests now that I realize how well crafted the world is; the dungeons are long, detailed, and unique, and the quests are much more sophisticated than those in oblivion, with many more twists and turns, and much surprise/suspense. I have however, experienced all the crashing and bugged quests/UI problems that others have complained about, so the game isn't perfect... but it's very, very good. Rather than whine about the obvious problems (bugged hotkeys being the worst, imo), i'll try to give you some tips on how to get the most out of the game by adjusting how you approach it.

First of all, the fact that perks can't be reassigned, coupled with their limited quantity, means that the awesome hybrid builds you and I had conceived don't work so well in practice. Maybe some people out there have found a way to put perks into 3-4+ skill trees and have it work, but I haven't been able to thus far. What i've learned, at least from playing the assassin, is that you should probably pick just one core skill and focus your entire early build around it, putting perks almost exclusively into that tree and saving up the others till about levels 10-15 when the game suddenly becomes much, much more unforgiving. I have only put perks into sneak, and I just started doing alchemy... no perks into any combat skills at all, yet. I'm not sure if this just means that sneak and assassination in general are "overpowered", but this has worked far better for me than my previous builds that combined sneak, archery, one handed, light armor, and illusion as a 'witchhunter' class. You can still use all of those skills, but essentially, just pick your bread-and-butter skill and keep your complimentary skills with as few perks as possible just to get the truly powerful, game-changing mechanics (such as Mage Armor or Impact). I'd keep the number of skills used for any class to about 3, with one major (perk almost exclusively into this until about level 12-15), one minor (perk this one up to about halfway, starting at level 12-15), and one minor (put one perk every few levels just for utility, or wait until level 18-20 to start this one). What you don't want is to spread perks evenly between 3-4 skills from the very start... it just doesn't seem to work.