New Screenshot in GI April! : V

» Fri May 13, 2011 10:11 am

Unless you don't already know there is a new Skyrim screenie in the latest edition of GI.
It shows a beautiful mountain range (High Hrothgar?) from the "Pine Forest" region looks bloody amazing.
(I'm also Aprils angry aussie)

SHORT RECAP:

-Spier webs that slow people down confirmed.
-Daggerfall Style Random Encounters
-Shadows are a big deal.
-Snow is NOT a shader. It builds up onto objects depending on altitude and region. Super complex calculations go into it.

» Fri May 13, 2011 9:38 am

Unless you don't already know there is a new Skyrim screenie in the latest edition of GI.
It shows a beautiful mountain range (High Hrothgar?) from the "Pine Forest" region looks bloody amazing.
(I'm also Aprils angry aussie)

Sounds nice, but being an initiate (meaning you haven't been posting long), we may have seen this already without your knowledge, we'll see. We have seen an image with the pine forestand High Hrothgar in it, but it may be a different one. Though actually, that one had a dragon, and you probably would have mentioned something like that, so yeah, would love to see this.

» Thu May 12, 2011 11:52 pm

I've been here before Skyrim was announced.

I'm not a regular but I keep up.

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Yeah, the screenshot didn't have a dragon in it, it shows a dirt path with a fallen tree next to the road.

» Fri May 13, 2011 10:37 am

Is this the GI with the Saints Row 3 cover story?

» Fri May 13, 2011 7:34 am

^ Yeah it is that one.

Spider Webs that slow people down confirmed.

» Fri May 13, 2011 2:54 pm

Just one screenshot or is there a new article? They just had a 14 page world exclusive cover story so I'm surprised that two months later they have another article.

» Fri May 13, 2011 6:30 am

This GI has been out for a while now I'm surprised no one else has mentioned this.

» Fri May 13, 2011 12:49 pm

Sounds nice, but being an initiate (meaning you haven't been posting long), we may have seen this already without your knowledge, we'll see. We have seen an image with the pine forestand High Hrothgar in it, but it may be a different one. Though actually, that one had a dragon, and you probably would have mentioned something like that, so yeah, would love to see this.

Which screen has the pine forest and high hrothgar in it? The trailer shows the lush green pine forest with that stone head in it.

» Fri May 13, 2011 12:27 am

The article is one spread.

» Fri May 13, 2011 5:52 am

This GI has been out for a while now I'm surprised no one else has mentioned this.

if Skyrim's not on the cover nobody cares about it.

there were a few screenshots in the OXM interview they did with Todd that's been on Live that never got posted online. maybe the screen in GI is one of them?

also yeah is this a straight up ARTICLE? i might finally have to go buy something. oh god.

» Fri May 13, 2011 11:40 am

It's a straight up article. It's one spread.

» Fri May 13, 2011 1:07 pm

if Skyrim's not on the cover nobody cares about it.

there were a few screenshots in the OXM interview they did with Todd that's been on Live that never got posted online. maybe the screen in GI is one of them?

also yeah is this a straight up ARTICLE? i might finally have to go buy something. oh god.

It sounds like it is that one screen from the Inside Xbox with Todd.

What could this article be about? They just had a 14 page world exclusive?

» Fri May 13, 2011 1:27 am

It's just recapping most of what we already know.

Talks about radiant AI (again).

» Fri May 13, 2011 6:12 am

-Spider webs that slow people down confirmed.

These spider things are gonna be awesome! I hope we can use torches to burn the web and the spider altogether.

» Fri May 13, 2011 7:47 am

Ah!

The screen has already been featured in OXM UK.

» Fri May 13, 2011 2:49 pm

Which screen has the pine forest and high hrothgar in it? The trailer shows the lush green pine forest with that stone head in it.

http://attackofthefanboy.com/wp-content/gallery/skyrim/the_elder_scrolls_5_-_skyrim_screenshot_5.jpg
That one. Though it's not the same pine forest. It's not as green as in the trailer.

» Fri May 13, 2011 3:29 pm

-Shadows are a big deal.

Do they say something specific about how shadows are important? Important for aesthetics or do they play a part in gameplay? (ie the npcs seeing your shadow breaks your stealth...)

» Fri May 13, 2011 2:01 pm

Do they say something specific about how shadows are important? Important for aesthetics or do they play a part in gameplay? (ie the npcs seeing your shadow breaks your stealth...)

Because Skyrim is alot more craggy, they had too differentiate between what was in the open and what was not.

» Fri May 13, 2011 11:41 am

Because Skyrim is alot more craggy, they had too differentiate between what was in the open and what was not.

i kind of don't quite get this, but i like shadows and craggy sounds good so i'll smile and nod.

also what's this about snow not being a shader? is there actual DEPTH to the snow? i'm all confused and excited and a little moist.

» Fri May 13, 2011 11:47 am

Thanks for the new info!

Anyone care to elaborate (or speculate) on what "Daggerfall Style Random Encounters" means for Skyrim?

» Fri May 13, 2011 5:30 am

Thanks for the new info!

Anyone care to elaborate (or speculate) on what "Daggerfall Style Random Encounters" means for Skyrim?

Walking around in daggerfall, you would sometimes get a message saying something like "person x slips a letter into your pocket and disappears into the crowd", it's basically people seeking you out, and interacting with you.

» Fri May 13, 2011 2:58 am

Walking around in daggerfall, you would sometimes get a message saying something like "person x slips a letter into your pocket and disappears into the crowd", it's basically people seeking you out, and interacting with you.

Yeah it could be this. My guess is it won't be a message though. It will be realtime and similar to the random encounters from Fallout 3/NV. They put a lot of time into working out the mechanics of this feature and it's my guess they have brought it over.

» Fri May 13, 2011 4:01 pm

Nice to hear about the random encounters. I need to dig my GI out and take a look as I missed the article.

» Fri May 13, 2011 6:54 am

What page is the article on? We have the issue, but I'm not spotting the Skyrim coverage.

» Fri May 13, 2011 9:37 am

Sounds nice, but being an initiate (meaning you haven't been posting long),...

Just a small digression:
Noticed that he actually joined a week before you. And I think that post count rank doesn't mean much.