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A bunch of new Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim details
October 2nd, 2011 Posted in 360, News, PC, PS3 Posted By: Valay
The latest issue of PC Gamer contains a ten page article on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. The feature has a bunch of new details, which we have for you below.
- Leon from OPM playing tag with the Riverwood children
- Leon and Jon from OXM experienced significantly different outcomes from the lowe letter quest
- Journalist playing finds an unnaned Nord town that is walled-off. He enters by jumping up
rocks and boulders. This reinforces the idea that the game is truly non-linear and can be fully explored.
- Article metions an abandoned subterranea torture chamber/prison
- Learn “Spark” which is a streaming lightning spell
- A portion of the 3D map is obscured due to mist, not a blizzard. It could be related to
unexplored areas or may hint at the weather engine creating a mist effect so thick that it
affects your vision.
- Journalist finds a bloody trail that leads him to a dead horse, upturned cart, and slaughtered travelers
- Imperial camp description: “imperial guardsmen are milling about”
- Camp is attacked during the cooking interface/animation; cooking/crafting seems to happen in real time
- Redguard woman attacking the camp is killed by an arrow and shot by an imperial guard
- This is before you have a chance to strike her down yourself
- Can join the imperial guard
- Half-naked man runs towards the player; the two talk and the man says he wants the player to hold something and return it to him later; player agrees, hunter soon comes running and asks the player if he has seen the thief; the player says no, but the hunter spots the thief running away and tries to kill him with an arrow
- Imperial guards chase the player all the way to the main gate of Riften
- Players is invited to try out for the thieves guilde in Rifteen
- Todd Howard mentions an ice shout that freezes the target and encases him in a block of ice falling over. The target will be momentarily defenseless and can take damage at the same time. The ice will shatter and causes additional damage.
- Howard said there are “literally hundreds of dungeons”
- Howard explained that the editor’s power is so strong that modders can also tweak and twist the Radiant Story settings
Achievements
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