Funny Hat : V

» Mon Sep 19, 2011 11:13 pm

I have seen some videos of the forthcoming SkyRim game and I really am extremely impressed with what I have seen so far. However, and I am totally serious about this, something about the stuff I have seen is a real game stopper for me and I genuinely would NOT purchase this game if it were true . . . Does our hero really need to wear that silly hat, the hat with the silly turned down horns? If that is the case, or if it is not possible to change that hat within a few minutes of starting the game, then I will NOT buy SkyRim at all! Anyone know the answer? Is that silly hat really what our hero is required to wear for either the whole game or even for a small part of it?

Mike

» Mon Sep 19, 2011 12:52 pm

No.

» Mon Sep 19, 2011 7:55 am

Seriously? Of course you can.

[And the horned helmet looks badass, so don't hate.]

» Mon Sep 19, 2011 6:44 pm

You don't have to wear anything if you don't want to. Run free in your undies if you really want to.

» Mon Sep 19, 2011 9:41 pm

Of course you can take it off. And I think it looks pretty badass.

» Mon Sep 19, 2011 7:29 pm

Lol of course. You can take it off and remove it from your inventory if you hate it so much.

» Mon Sep 19, 2011 4:07 pm

You probably don't start with the helmet anyway. But yes, you can take it off.

» Mon Sep 19, 2011 7:35 pm

"Do what you want, be who you want, wear whatever funny hat you want."

» Mon Sep 19, 2011 11:46 am

Have you ever played a TES game? Ever?

No.

Mike

» Mon Sep 19, 2011 4:28 pm

The Dovahkiin helmet is legendary.

» Mon Sep 19, 2011 1:03 pm

No.

Mike

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» Mon Sep 19, 2011 6:12 pm

There are several Nordic-style helmets with horns. Of course, if you don't want to wear it, you can wear other or wear no helmet at all.

» Mon Sep 19, 2011 1:02 pm

Probably a troll. [Account made today] But I was accused of being a troll the first time I posted with this new account so I won't judge.

No, I am not a troll. It was a genuine question to which I did not know the answer. I have used computers, mostly programming as a hobby, for more years than I care to remember, since the days of the Sinclair ZX80, but it is only recently after I retired from work that I started playing RPGs. I've played a few, not many, and I do know that most of those I have played allow you to change your garb at at least some stage in the game, but in view of the fact that every SkyRim video sample I've seen had the turned down horn hat I began to wonder whether it was a permanent fixture. Really. I am not stupid, and I am not a troll, but I am a relative newcomer to RPG games and a total and absolute newcomer to The Elder Scrolls.

Mike

» Mon Sep 19, 2011 11:56 am

this has to be troll bait
of course you dont have to wear it
its a TES game :slap:

He's only been here for one day....and has never played a TES game before. :shrug:

» Mon Sep 19, 2011 7:07 pm

Yeah, guys chill. It's a legit question. At least he isn't adding to million + Werewolf threads.

I have feeling that you wont even get the helmet when you start though. I think it's really just something the Skyrim team used to snag peoples attention. I mean, I haven't seen any game, that is memorable to me, with that look for a helmet, and it does look pretty cool, at least to me. It's just to be the "Skyrim Helmet!" I mean, if you look at footage from Gamescom or whatever its called, you can see people lined up to play the demo wearing a plush version of the hat. I really want one now.

» Mon Sep 19, 2011 3:30 pm

No, I am not a troll. It was a genuine question to which I did not know the answer. I have used computers, mostly programming as a hobby, for more years than I care to remember, since the days of the Sinclair ZX80, but it is only recently after I retired from work that I started playing RPGs. I've played a few, not many, and I do know that most of those I have played allow you to change your garb at at least some stage in the game, but in view of the fact that every SkyRim video sample I've seen had the turned down horn hat I began to wonder whether it was a permanent fixture. Really. I am not stupid, and I am not a troll, but I am a relative newcomer to RPG games and a total and absolute newcomer to The Elder Scrolls.

Mike

That's why I said I won't judge. As for your original question, I believe you have been answered.

Welcome to the forums, Mike.

» Mon Sep 19, 2011 4:52 pm

OH! That Death Dealer hat rocks but you already know you don't have to wear anything you don't want to.

» Mon Sep 19, 2011 11:34 am

1) You can wear whatever you damn well please (so long as it is in the game) hell, you can run around naked if you want.
2) The Dovahkiin helmet looks badass.
3) You are really going to let it swing your decision to buy the game?

» Mon Sep 19, 2011 12:29 pm

this has to be troll bait
of course you dont have to wear it
its a TES game :slap:

No it is not troll bait and, as I said in my previous post, I am not a troll. I am a relative newcomer to RPGs and an absolute newcomer to The Elder Scrolls. Please do not think that the things which you know yourself are also known by newcomers, or that the answers are in some way self evident, because they are not. I imagine that most of the people who buy SkyRim will be TES regulars, just as you obviously are yourself, but hopefully this game will also be bought by many relative or absolute newcomers to RPGs, such as myself, and you are not doing either yourself or Bethesda any favours by mocking those people. In fact I was actually going to ask a further question, which you may also have mocked, until I saw a SkyRim video which answered it for me. The question I was about to ask was whether you could walk in SkyRim and admire the view, rather than run around all the time. This might have also sounded like a stupid question to you, but even though I have played just a few RPGs at least one of them did NOT allow you to walk, and it was necessary to run everywhere, something which I do not like. So, even though it might have sounded like a stupid question to you, it definitely would not have been a stupid question to me. Besides, there is no such thing as stupid questions . . . just stupid answers!

Mike

» Mon Sep 19, 2011 3:48 pm

he needs a Colovian Fur Helm

» Mon Sep 19, 2011 7:27 am

You don't start with the hat, it is not a prison wear.

» Mon Sep 19, 2011 9:25 am

you can either wear the horn-helmet or a weird santa clause hat. I choose the silly helmet.

» Mon Sep 19, 2011 11:08 am

First question
The hat is a option to wear, and there are probably going to be many other types of looking helmets as well....and if you dont like the looks of any helmet you can just not wear one.

To answer your second question....
yes you can admire the beauty of the world of skyrim and you can walk, your not auto forced to run when you move/...
Its a Open world game that means the choice is yours to do whatever you want, you dont even have to the the main quest at all...you can just stick with side quest or not even take any quests....

» Mon Sep 19, 2011 7:37 pm

You don't have to wear it. You can drop it and throw it in a river if you so desire.

» Mon Sep 19, 2011 5:40 pm

pointless flame removed

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