Why not keep all the Magazine dicussion together in one topic !



I will try to keep all of features mentioned in the magazine here !

Confirmed Features:

-2-handed weapons and duel wielding confirmed.

-A variation of level scaling.

-18 skills.

-Perk picking at every level-up

-Finishing moves, unique to each weapon and enemy you fight.

-Dynamic Shadows

-Kids

-Overhauled Combat-system

-5 Major Cities

-Improved Faces/Improved Models Example: Faces have been dramatically overhauled. Characters now exhibit more emotion show of distinctions between different races and just plain looks better.


-Radiant AI

-Updated Engine Snow falls dynamically (not as a basic texture on the ground)
Trees and branches move independently with the wind
Water flows

-The Hero has a mentor: His name is Esbern and Voiced by Mark Von Sydow (Surviving Blade)

-The game takes place 2 centuries after Oblivion

-Initiating a conversation between a NPC no longer zooms: Quote (Conversations aren't done in a zoomed in static shot anymore. Start a conversation with some and they will act like someone would in real life, looking at you occasionally and walking around a bit and also continue doing a task if they were doing one while talking.)

-Sprint is added !

-Randomly generated quests.

-Beards

- Dialog will pop up when you approach an enemy

- You can't run backwards as fast as you do forward.

- 10 races to choose from

- confirmed creatures: zombies, skeletons, trolls, giants, ice wraiths, giant spiders, dragons, wolves, horses Elk, mammoth, saber-toothed cats

- presumeably open cities (as dragons can attack)

- cooking/farming/mining/woodcutting/blacksmithing

-Hud-free first-person view and improved third-person perspective

-5 Magic Schools Destruction Alteration Conjuration Restoration Illusion. (Alchemy Enchant (now added) are not magic schools (?) )

-very unique landscapes! Also unique dungeons! In other words, lots of uniqueness!

-Character creation improved, body features customizable
... Updating frequently

Don't use a scan as your avatar man!

No mention of a Construction Set... *nervous writhing*

BUT! This means that if I roleplay as a civilian I won't have people running up to me asking me to random stuff that my character would never do.

The PC is a Dragon-born that nobody knew about, and the Septim Emperors were only one line of Dragon-borns. There are more in the world.

I really want to see the tavern lady....

Continued :

me :


Ozorn :

Hmm, don't they say the septim are descended from them, or something ? There does seem to be a blood component, no ?

*edit*
Martut :

All right. Good enough for me !

the rocky landscape looks very natural and not so forced like in Oblivion!

So, just in case anyone is wondering, there are real-time shadows on objects, including buildings.

Why not have an OP with information in it?

Sounds like a good idea.

So the player is the new dragonborn eh? Does that enable the player to become emperor? (Not implying thats possible in this game - but would it possible according to lore?)

OMG that is the face, wow this game will be awesome

Oh, Ops!, Sorry i'll change it then

@Dovahkiin *Cough* MrTamarian's avatar.. :whistling:

How does the radient Ai sound so far? can you post some info on it for me?

I can just imagine being a civilian and walking around in these beautiful environments collecting supplies! Amazing!

Characters now have more emotion, and there's more distinction between the races.

To the guy worrying about being a certain race, one the pages of the magazine shows a level-up screen and it says on the bottom "race: dark elf"

Is there dismemberment?

NPCs showing distress over relatives killed, picking up dropped weapons for themselves or to give it back to you, duelling with you, asking you for help.

It is much more flexible than in Oblivion. The NPCs now have a choice what to do. If you drop a weapon, maybe they'll bring it back to you, grab it, fight for it with antoher NPC or sell in a shop to gain money!

Theres no real need for a Dragon-born to hold the throne now, Martin's apotheosis into the avatar of Akatosh sealed the portals to oblivion forever. Therefore having a dragon-born light the dragon fires is no longer needed.

I agree, you should just start updating the OP with all the little bits of info you get, like:

2-handed weapons and duel wielding confirmed.
A variation of level scaling.
18 skills.
kids confirmed.
improved radiant AI
Enchanting as skill
ect.

Let me make a suggestion, someone post a topic, hopefully a sticky, that all this information can be place so we can read it all instead of just bits and pieces every 20 posts. It makes it easier.

Congratulations Bethesda. You really listened to the community and I feel awful that I even remotely doubted some of the features of this game.

You took everything that I disliked about Oblivion, overhauled it, spit shined it, buffed it, slapped a fresh coat of paint on it, and wrapped it in pretty paper and a bow, then included 20 or so boxes additionally with plenty of new content. NOW HURRY UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!

I will !

Theres a possibility to do a Mages duel with the Mages Guild ! ! !

any mention about religion or its factions?