6 "New" Screenshots Discussion : V - Skyrim

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 4:51 pm

360...

Nice!

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:27 pm

They're the same anyway. The helmet may look different if you don't notice the spike at the front in the one picture. But they're clearly the same armour.

You must not read a lot. Time for a revision of my original Dwarven vs. Elven armor post...

*Look closely*

http://i55.tinypic.com/2cp6dxs.jpg

http://74.125.67.100/images?rlz=1T4GGHP_enUS416US416&q=skyrim%20game%20informer%20elven%20armor&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1345&bih=532

http://i53.tinypic.com/14dmyj7.jpg

There. Hopefully this should clear things up and you can see what I was intending to post until I realized one screenshot was actually a scan. If that second link is against the forum rules, tell me and I'll take it down (again). Maybe I'm just wrong though and it's all the same armor as most of you seem to believe.

Edit: Looking over, I noticed that all three suits are slightly different which confirms my previous assumption that either the team is still developing that particular set of armor or that it's just interchanged with other pauldrons, greaves, etc.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 11:01 pm

Doesn't anyone else think the hand casting a spell in the picture where he's fighting the wolves looks crappy? Especially the part around the elbow.

In general it looks great though

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» Wed Sep 01, 2010 2:47 pm

I can't make out what http://i652.photobucket.com/albums/uu244/MrTissueBox/Skyrimnord2.jpg?t=1301607598 Anyone know?

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 2:59 pm

I can't make out what http://i652.photobucket.com/albums/uu244/MrTissueBox/Skyrimnord2.jpg?t=1301607598 Anyone know?

Looks like a man purse.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 4:51 pm

It's the HDR, it did that with Oblivion as well. As you look more towards the sky, you can see it better.

Well it was too much in Oblivion.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:56 pm

Looks like a man purse.

Ah, I can see it now.

Anyway, the straps on the back of the Nord and the Dunmer are exactly the same. The only difference is that the Nord is shirtless, and has a different left-pauldron. This gives more plausibility that pauldrons are separate, and that there are multiple layers of armor/clothing.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 11:28 pm

You must not read a lot. Time for a revision of my original Dwarven vs. Elven armor post...

*Look closely*

http://i55.tinypic.com/2cp6dxs.jpg

http://74.125.67.100/images?rlz=1T4GGHP_enUS416US416&q=skyrim%20game%20informer%20elven%20armor&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1345&bih=532

http://i53.tinypic.com/14dmyj7.jpg

There. Hopefully this should clear things up and you can see what I was intending to post until I realized one screenshot was actually a scan. If that second link is against the forum rules, tell me and I'll take it down (again). Maybe I'm just wrong though and they're all the same armor as most of you seem to believe.

Edit: Looking over, I noticed that all three suits are slightly different which confirms my previous assumption that either the team is still developing that particular set of armor or that it's just interchanged with other pauldrons, greaves, etc.

You do know that the 2nd picture is concept art right? They're all Elven armour.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 11:01 pm

Why would it be concept art when every other picture in that magazine has a been released as a clear screenshot?

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 1:49 pm

It's not concept art. All of those pictures are screenshots.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 2:05 pm

It's not concept art. All of those pictures are screenshots.

Thank you. They're just texturized for the article. :thumbsup:

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 5:03 pm

It's not concept art. All of those pictures are screenshots.

I may well be wrong, but the backdrop atleast looks more like concept art than ingame fotage to me. Then again, the picture is only 560x296 so it's kinda hard to see.

They are all still the same armour however. The differance in colour is probably due to different light sources or something (I mean, the colour differs between every one of those pictures).

» Thu Sep 02, 2010 12:17 am

Doesn't anyone else think the hand casting a spell in the picture where he's fighting the wolves looks crappy? Especially the part around the elbow.

In general it looks great though

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Yes, his arm does look weird. Not sure what's going on there. Everything else looks awesome though!

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 12:20 pm

On the third to last shot, check out the Draugr's footing. His stance is reacting to two conflicting levels of elevation/sloping. His right leg is up higher and foot sloped down the rock realistically. Small details like this really make the game for me.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 4:07 pm

I hope the hair is just placeholder. Everything looks great, well detailed armor and weapons, excellently sculpted and textured skin and muscle tone. Then this flat and jagged 2D hair sticking out under his helmet. :facepalm:

i agree. they need to work on the hair. unacceptable.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 12:11 pm

I know, but all that can be controlled through settings. The nuclear sky is very badly done HDR.

Example of what the mod All Natural does for Oblivion:
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj317/Brumbek/All%20Natural%20Oblivion%20Mod/AN-Tints-IC-Comparison-Vanilla.jpg
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj317/Brumbek/All%20Natural%20Oblivion%20Mod/AN-Tints-IC-Comparison-ANDefault.jpg

Hmm, I must have forgotten that Tamriel was on Earth. The Elder Scrolls are not a world simulator, I'm actually glad the skies look fantastically lit, gives the environment a sense of abnormality and alienation. Did the skies in Morrowind look realistic to you? No, but they fit the setting and no one complained about them. I also like the design of the wolves, not entirely designed true to wolves on Earth, which gives it a unique flavour. The ice wraiths also look amazing now that they're blown up. Screenshots are absolutely gorgeous, and to think, this will still undergo large amounts of graphical polish, AND it's on the 360. Absolutely stunning.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 6:46 pm

The last one looks GORGEOUS!

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 12:26 pm

The last one looks GORGEOUS!

The environments look awesome. From the green forests to the snowy mountains, I can't wait to explore this world.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 11:23 am

fantastic, just fantastic

» Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:33 am

If these are truly on X360, then I'm happy. Cause it's going to look better on PC.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 11:09 pm

the first screenshoot remenbers me so much of assassins creed... not the le parkour thing, but those assassinations that actually make you look badass.. JUST LOOK AT IT!! :toughninja:

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 2:05 pm

the first screenshoot remenbers me so much of assassins creed... not the le parkour thing, but those assassinations that actually make you look badass.. JUST LOOK AT IT!! :toughninja:

I totally thought the same thing.
Was all like "Silly Altair! This isn't Assassin's Creed!"

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 4:34 pm

They are all still the same armour however.

If you cared enough to really study them, you'd realize they aren't exactly the same.

the first screenshoot remenbers me so much of assassins creed...

I'm glad to see that they are taking the best things from recent games and implementing them in their own way. When I first heard about 'assassinations' I was thinking Halo: Reach style. Great that Assassin's Creed has influenced the stealth aspect of Skyrim.

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 11:49 pm

Are those from the N64 version?

» Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:46 pm

How did they make the game look so good on the 360? <_<