Kotaku Hands On Preview : V

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 8:21 am

http://kotaku.com/5828687/an-hour-with-skyrim-its-amazing

~~Please feel free to delete this if it's already been posted!~~ Nevermind this was just posted less then an hour ago! It's new!

I thought it was cool he played as an orc and comes across a staff that summons a (ghost?) wolf!

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 6:47 am

Don't think it has been. Thanks, reading it now.

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 9:47 am

http://kotaku.com/5828687/an-hour-with-skyrim-its-amazing

~~Please feel free to delete this if it's already been posted!~~ Nevermind this was just posted less then an hour ago! It's new!

I thought it was cool he played as an orc and comes across a staff that summons a (ghost?) wolf!

drop a link in the thread with all this info in it

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 5:31 am

drop a link in the thread with all this info in it

Um, there is a link in my OP. You even quoted it in your reply!

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 1:48 pm

I think he may be the first person to die.
And that staff sounds awesome.

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 12:42 pm

Oohh, a new article, thanks for posting.

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 12:23 am

Thanks for posting, it's getting me even more excited for Skyrim.

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 1:28 am

Good read, ghost wolf staff was probably the highlight, sounds awesome.

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 5:50 am

(If you think I'm poking fun, I'm not. There's something distinct about the way The Elder Scrolls series seems to ignore the issue of race that feels at once mature and perhaps over idealized.)

wut

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 9:14 am

Sounds good.

But I think the author of this one was trying a little too hard.

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 2:32 am

I soon learned that I could shoot the ground in front of an oncoming attacker with my flame spell, which would set anyone alight who passed through it.

Very awesome.

Also liked the bit about the staff that summoned a (ghost?) wolf. Decent article, though there were a few missing words. :/

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 11:34 am

Sounds good.

But I think the author of this one was trying a little too hard.

Typical Kotaku fashion lol. You can tell he's not really a fan of the series but that's ok, he still provides a few new snippets of information.

» Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:27 pm

It was a good read, thanks grim!

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 9:27 am

Um, there is a link in my OP. You even quoted it in your reply!

Ya sorry i was reading should have been more clear i was just saying there is a thread going to collect all these you should drop him a link to youre thread or the link to the article .Also thx good read doesnt sound like an rpg fan or an es fan but seemed to still have fun and a staff that summons a specteral wolf thats sweet

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 11:21 am

Thank you grimdeath!
I've added your thread and link to the collection (with credits going to you offcourse ^_^ )

» Mon Aug 08, 2011 11:33 pm

"The last Elder Scrolls game I tried to play, Morrowind, was my first Bethesda console game; I immediately returned it and bought it for PC. I hated the feeling of playing such a detailed FPS on a console."

.....please tell me he's kidding.

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 12:32 am

http://kotaku.com/5828687/an-hour-with-skyrim-its-amazing

~~Please feel free to delete this if it's already been posted!~~ Nevermind this was just posted less then an hour ago! It's new!

I thought it was cool he played as an orc and comes across a staff that summons a (ghost?) wolf!

Any info worth putting in Zaldir's thread?

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 12:48 pm

Staffs can summon ghost wolves! :celebration:

This indicates enchanting and magical items in general are way better than Oblivion.

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 12:16 pm

wut

Exactly. Not a good article. The guy came off as trying to exercise his writing chops more than saying anything meaningful about Skyrim.

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 2:39 pm

Thanks for the post.

Anywho, as for those worried - it seems animal summons don't need to be constantly cast to keep it in this relm. Just a cast, and the wolf stayed there even after he put the staff away for a while. So some spells will ask for magicka up front and then give you the effect for x amount of time, and other spells will ask you to pay as you go. Very nice.

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 8:10 am

Awesome article, thanks for posting. The ghost staff part was really cool. Perhaps this is a sign that undeath has been expanded in terms of creatures that you can summon from beyond the grave?

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 12:08 am

Thank you grimdeath!
I've added your thread and link to the collection (with credits going to you offcourse ^_^ )

Thanks

Awesome article, thanks for posting. The ghost staff part was really cool. Perhaps this is a sign that undeath has been expanded in terms of creatures that you can summon from beyond the grave?

Come to think of it, this may be the first instance of a regular creature summon we've heard of. There was the Frost Atronach the Dragon Priest summons but that's it. Perhaps it's not a ghost but what all (non-daedra) summoned creatures now look like? Correct me if I'm wrong, Daedra are summoned from Oblivion, while regular summons are just magic-based forms? Something like that maybe?

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 6:51 am

Oh yay. A guy who hated past TES games and is proud of the fact that he couldn't care less about the story and only wants to run around and kill stuff likes Skyrim.

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 11:23 am

lucky fetchers getting an hour with skyrim

AND BEING UNDESERVING OF IT NONE THE LESS!!! :swear:

» Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:54 pm

Is there a gaming journalist in existence who doesn't act as just another PR mouthpiece?