Dutch cover story: Interesting Info : V - Skyrim

» Tue May 10, 2011 4:45 am

How can you solve puzzles by viewing an item (like a sword) in 3d in the inventory?

Something like in classic Resident Evil's, perhaps?

Hah, the pre-release information inspired doomsaying has begun! *grabs popcorn*

» Mon May 09, 2011 9:19 pm

Well... the main quest will be done in a week... So I repeat: 20 hours is not promising at all.

» Mon May 09, 2011 1:10 pm

The GI magazine says, "Set two completely different spells in either hand, or put the same spell in both hands."

Either the GI magazine is incorrect, or this Dutch magazine is.

Maybe the Dutch magazine is saying, you can't use two completely different spells at the same exact time like you can with the same spells in both hands. But you can still have two different spells and use them one at a time.

That's the way I'm taking it. You can equip two fireballs to shoot one big fireball, or you can equip one fire and one frost spell and shoot each separately, but you can't combine them into a single fire/frost projectile.

...You know, it just occurred to me as I was typing this that he might not have been talking about equipping spells, but rather creating spells in the spell editor, saying you can't make a single spell with multiple elements, because of the secondary effects elements now have.

» Mon May 09, 2011 6:25 pm

Well... the main quest will be done in a week... So I repeat: 20 hours is not promising at all.

Have you forgotten about the guild quests?

» Tue May 10, 2011 2:06 am

Well... the main quest will be done in a week... So I repeat: 20 hours is not promising at all.

And I repeat: MQ =/= majority of the game.

» Mon May 09, 2011 4:57 pm

Well... the main quest will be done in a week... So I repeat: 20 hours is not promising at all.

I estimate it will take me 6 months to 1 year to finish it. Been playing Oblivion for a few years and still haven't finished the main quest or found all the locations.

» Mon May 09, 2011 1:23 pm

Anybody who seriously thought that the MQ was going to be longer than 20 hours was just kidding themselves.

» Tue May 10, 2011 5:29 am

Have you forgotten about the guild quests?

No. But I'm talking only about the Main Quest here...

» Mon May 09, 2011 9:00 pm

Well... the main quest will be done in a week... So I repeat: 20 hours is not promising at all.

How long do you want it to be ON TOP of all the sidequests and guild quests?

» Mon May 09, 2011 6:35 pm

This is wonderful news

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» Tue May 10, 2011 3:58 am

Well... the main quest will be done in a week... So I repeat: 20 hours is not promising at all.

Well I just thought... does the 20 hours count with fast travel or just walking? It can make a pretty big difference... both immersively and time-wise

» Tue May 10, 2011 5:51 am

Thanks for the info, but this :

"Skyrim is approximately as big as Oblivion."
"Low-Fantasy"
"Dragons are not rare."
"Main Story is approximately 20 hours."

bothers me very much.

» Tue May 10, 2011 6:01 am

Re: main quest length, Morrowind and Oblivion's main quests weren't any longer than that. I still had a 900+ hour character over the course of two years in Morrowind, and a 500+ hour charatcer in Oblivion. (Largely due to book and artifact collecting, but still.)

» Tue May 10, 2011 1:50 am

because of the secondary effects elements now have.

What?

» Mon May 09, 2011 11:04 pm

Why is the MQ the most important aspect of the game to you? Traditionally the MQ has been a facet of the TES games and not the focus. They're just continuing in the style of all of the games that have made us fans of the franchise.

I′m not saying the MQ will be done in a week, I′m saying the whole game will be done in a week.

Gotta love the conclusions people jump to.

I jump to them since those conclusions are more likely to happen than not, jumping to conclusions with other games has taught me that, again and again and again, also it′s better to think the worst, at least it hopefully won′t get worse than the worst, and if it′s better then that′s good.

» Mon May 09, 2011 7:05 pm

Umm, we know what the Elder Scrolls universe is like. Who cares if someone describes it as "low-fantasy." We already know about it's world, what creatures inhabit it, what rules guide it. This isn't like a complete new series. It's the Elder Scrolls.

Oblivion did not feel as TES as Morrowind.Just because the developer is the same,Oblivion became Elder Scrolls but I honestly see very little connection between those two games other than the races.

» Mon May 09, 2011 7:37 pm

Goalie8, were the images in the dutch article the same as these images in Game Informer?

Edit: links removed, sorry

From the way you described them, they sound similar.

» Mon May 09, 2011 10:06 pm

Don't forget, we're guaranteed at least one expansion.

» Mon May 09, 2011 3:33 pm

I added a description of all the screenshots in the article that seem new to me (First post). Can anyone confirm whether they are new, or whether I've been spending too much time doing other stuff?

Edit: Thanks Iminyourcloset. No new screenshots. Guess that link should be removed.

» Tue May 10, 2011 6:39 am

I′m not saying the MQ will be done in a week, I′m saying the whole game will be done in a week.

Even if I was main-lining Four Loko and Red Bull and could stay awake to play continuously for 1 month without stopping, there would not be enough time to finish all the Oblivion quests and find all the locations.

What makes you think that Skyrim will be less detailed and not as deep as Oblivion. There will be 130 freaking dungeons, man!

» Mon May 09, 2011 11:12 pm

I′m not saying the MQ will be done in a week, I′m saying the whole game will be done in a week.

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL.

Now I've done my share of Oblivion bashing, but I'm still playing and enjoying that game and I have been since release. Same for Morrowind. If you think that you'll be "done" with Skyrim in a week then you aren't playing the TES games right.

» Mon May 09, 2011 11:59 pm

Goalie8, were the images in the dutch article the same as these images in Game Informer?

You can't post links to scans or anything alike!

» Mon May 09, 2011 10:00 pm

Don't forget, we're guaranteed at least one expansion.

You sure about that? DLC killed the expansion pack, and got away with it :stare:

» Mon May 09, 2011 2:38 pm

Goalie8, were the images in the dutch article the same as these images in Game Informer?

From the way you described them, they sound similar.

It's against the rules to link to scans of a magazine, since it's.. ya'know.. illegal. :whisper:

» Tue May 10, 2011 12:18 am

Goalie8, were the images in the dutch article the same as these images in Game Informer?

From the way you described them, they sound similar.

I suggest you take those links down. Scans aren't allowed here.