Hi, first post so be kind

i dont know how good your dutch is but these gamecritics do a tour around Gamescom and the first part of the vid is about Skyrim.

http://www.gamekings.tv/videos/gamescom-2011-de-eerste-beursdag/

nothing new except you can (drumsounds) COOK!

(don't beat the sh%t out of me if this was already common knowledge)

some basic translation:

- it's sort of the same as crafting ore/mining
- it doesn't 'feel' like a minigame
- you actually use a frying pan
- apparently the person who was showcasing the game was cooking a butterfly (yeah your not the only one wtf'ing here)

Frying pans and killable butterflies confirmed? :yes:

Also, here, have one of these: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LajfWnxcC20/TVCt77rogxI/AAAAAAAAAEM/0ACfpDfPKjU/s1600/Fish+Sticks.jpg

A butterfly? http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2011/4/16/01e79e65-a84e-4ef0-a6e4-0c26bb74bc23.jpg

If this is true, I'm happy. One of the things I was most concerned about with Skyrim are these new side features (mining, cooking, smithing etc.) feeling like tacked on mini games.

Yes, now I can massacre pretty little butterflies to solve all my real-life issues!!!!

Yeah they already mentioned cooking in passing (that you could cook the Horker meat). Wonder why you would be cooking butterflies though...hopefully more because of alchemy than feeding

Thanks, Watching it now.

Interesting. "actually using a frying pan" could mean a lot of different things though.

He said "Kolibrie" that means http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hummingbird, not butterfly. That would be "Vlinder"

Edit, okay, now they're saying he picked up an http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odonata and cooked it later. :mellow:

Tricky tricky.

That would definitely make more sense.

This brings up some interesting ideas for my cannibal Bosmer...... :laugh:

Dam that cooking is even more detailed then I thought it would be, actual frying pan control... thats insane!

Look out Cooking Mama, Skyrims going to become the new cooking simulator!

I got sick of their dutch accents like 10 seconds in. It all sounded like gibberish.

Yes! Frying pans! I'm so excited! Now we need a stew pot and a loaf pan and we'll be all set!

Excellent news, if this is true.

One of my biggest fears for Skyrim was Fable-esque mini-games for certain activities like jobs, crafting and cooking.

It may have sounded like gibberish to you, because they were speaking Dutch. There's a difference, you know.

Ah yeah sorry, no butterfly but a 'Odonata' thanks for the rectification.
maybe i rushed a bit and i now have to dissapoint because they also said that they didn't actually see it. but heard someone talking about it. If it was someone from Bethesda then off course it's 'not gonna feel like a mini-game' and it's raining rainbows and glittery sparks. because in their eyes the game is perfect.

Still interesting stuff though. I can see now why they did so much trouble with the 3D models of gathered meat and flesh.

Also i can imagine that the Odonata's in Skyrim are poisonous or something and when cooked with meat creates a poisonous meal... Dark Brotherhood anyone? because i do get the feeling we can mix stuff.

Oh. It kinda sounded like english thou.

Wait, are we going to kill cute little Hummingbirds?
Bethesda are mosters without any morals!

• You can use a mining pick to get ore from rock.
  
• You can melt the ore in forges to get bars.
  
• You can make these bars into armor and weapons.
  
• You are able to attach "spell badges" (as he called them) to weapons. Seems to have the same effect as enchanting.
  
• You can catch fish, dragonflies and hummingbirds.
  
• You can combine these as ingredients and make your own poisons.

No wonder Notch is looking forward to Skyrim.

I really... Reaaaaally hope not.............. =(

I wonder if we can cook dogs?

do they show any of the things the OP said
its taking forever for it to buffer for me