Really is there no one else annoyed by the bullet time dragon shouts. Does everyone feel that it wouldn′t be annoying to have the game slow down 300 style as you should out your words ? Please tell me I′m missing something... and the magnetism will svck, I hate not being in control of my character like that, if I shoot straight I shoot straight, not past my friend and into a nearby goblin, may as well just have a target system then like in WoW, target goblin and then watch as your spells fly in every direction but always hit the goblin.

-For consoles : the "block" action is performed by pressing both trigger buttons at the same time. Each separatly correspond to the action of what you equipped in one hand or the other.

Really is there no one else annoyed by the bullet time dragon shouts. [cut cut cut]

In what way is it meaningless?? Just because magic and stuff exists doesn't mean that our physics can apply equally to the world. Clearly we know they do.

Magnetism doesnt effect what you do, it makes the enemies stay closer together.

@alucard7. Why is it pointless? If people keep saying they want realistic games well there giving it to us.

Really is there no one else annoyed by the bullet time dragon shouts. Does everyone feel that it wouldn′t be annoying to have the game slow down 300 style as you should out your words ? Please tell me I′m missing something... and the magnetism will svck, I hate not being in control of my character like that, if I shoot straight I shoot straight, not past my friend and into a nearby goblin, may as well just have a target system then like in WoW, target goblin and then watch as your spells fly in every direction but always hit the goblin.

Really is there no one else annoyed by the bullet time dragon shouts. Does everyone feel that it wouldn′t be annoying to have the game slow down 300 style as you should out your words ? Please tell me I′m missing something... and the magnetism will svck, I hate not being in control of my character like that, if I shoot straight I shoot straight, not past my friend and into a nearby goblin, may as well just have a target system then like in WoW, target goblin and then watch as your spells fly in every direction but always hit the goblin.

The spider sneak attacks must be awesome! I guess torches and staring at the caves ceilings will be my new obsession

@AliTheLord I'm pretty sure that we'll have to use a shout at some point in the game.

From the French mag:

Who should we believe? A possibly poorly written Playstation magazine, or the French?


So don't shout those words. Jeezus.

I dont think magnetism will be as strong as that, it'll probably be subtle enough that it wont be like WoWs autoaim i think - afterall the devs aren't stupid!

as for the shouts, who knows how it'll turn out like? I imagine it to be a really high level shout that'll do that, perhaps its a necessity to counter the dragon that can control time (i think theres one?). Think of the force powers in jedi knight outcast, i dont see why they cant apply to a fantasy setting as a magic spell.

The bit about blocking and the controls is in an interview with Todd in the Playstation magazine.

-There will be some enchanted weapons which don't tell you what they do - so you'll know it's magical in some way but you won't know how exactly, you'd have to find out yourself - (this would most likely apply to the things you find in dungeons, ie people wouldn't know about it so the PC wouldn't either untill it's used)

-They talk about dungeons; one in specific which they go to on a quest *Minor spoilers ahead* called 'Bleak Falls Barrow' - it is inhabited mainly by the Draugr (the undead guys in the screenshots we've seen), a 'ghostly dragon priest' who bursts out of a sarcophagus to attack and startle the player and the 'boss' of the dungeon - a giant 'Frostbite Spider'. They said that they were proceeding through the dungeon when it dropped down from the ceiling where it was hiding, it was said to be terrifying.

-The game apparently looks amazing in motion, with great environment effects such as the wind making the water swirl and make waves.

-"Every big settlement is unique. The city of Markarth Side, for example, is set into dramatic stone cliffs, with buildings teetering on the end of sheer drops"

Well that would at least make me a bit more content with it but I really don′t want a 300 style TES game where I′m always slowing down and doing some fancy moves and then time is turned back on, it′s like screaming in your face "HEY YOU! You are playing a game! We emphasize this and break all immersion you had as you were being chased down by that dragon by showing you that you are not experiencing it first hand but seeing it from a camera perspective, a camera with the ability to view things slowly! You can stop running now, the dragon isn′t there and you can always load because this is a game".

Well that would at least make me a bit more content with it but I really don′t want a 300 style TES game where I′m always slowing down and doing some fancy moves and then time is turned back on, it′s like screaming in your face "HEY YOU! You are playing a game! We emphasize this and break all immersion you had as you were being chased down by that dragon by showing you that you are not experiencing it first hand but seeing it from a camera perspective, a camera with the ability to view things slowly! You can stop running now, the dragon isn′t there and you can always load because this is a game".

But it's not 300 is it. You just killed a highly magical being and have absorbed its soul. Harnessing its power is not breaking immersion.

Alright, so perhaps my metaphor isn't based in reality since I ahven't playd Sims.

What I'm getting at is that they keep making thing more realistic. The crafting, less backpedaling, questgivers who are more vague, gurgling blood (get the occlussive bandage, stat!), swirling water, etc. It just seems that the designers have two things in mind:

1) more realism
2) better combat

Hope that makes a bit more sense

they've spoken a little bit on dungeons and its enemies and puzzles

My favourites:

- "Taverns will play a large role in getting information, gossip and rumours from a town as it's naturally where most people go after working and you can listen to peoples conversation and learn more about the town and/or skyrim itseld - it's a lot more natural."
* Sounds really nice! That's exactly how it should be like!

- "There will be some enchanted weapons which don't tell you what they do - so you'll know it's magical in some way but you won't know how exactly, you'd have to find out yourself - (this would most likely apply to the things you find in dungeons, ie people wouldn't know about it so the PC wouldn't either untill it's used)"
* Awesome! Now that I think of it, it was kind of strange the player always knew exactly what the enchantment was. This is interesting and well thought of by Bethesda.

- "People will be more vague or specific when talking to you or giving you quests depending on how much they like you."
* Sounds really good. Hopefully this means all kinds of quest markers will be gone. The one who wants good directions should make sure people like him/her. If this is what I think it is, purely awesome Bethesda!

- "They mention some new spells such as one which acts as a shield against magic"
* Sounds as if the Shield spell will be completely and utterly awesome. This is going to be great!

- "[...]a giant 'Frostbite Spider'. They said that they were proceeding through the dungeon when it dropped down from the ceiling where it was hiding, it was said to be terrifying."
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- "The game apparently looks amazing in motion, with great environment effects such as the wind making the water swirl and make waves."
* Looking very much forward to seeing it in motion!

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- "'Magnetism' in your attacks draws them more towards enemies rather than allies so as there is no 'friendly fire' in bigger battles."
* I hope this will be very subtle. It can be useful, but it can also be a pain. Still, it should be optional by a setting (like with crosshair). How good people aim, even in big battles, differ from person to person.

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I'm very impressed by Skyrim so far! :celebration:

I think they mean that they will do this with dragon shouts without adding any lore based reason for it, at least it sounds a little like that since they didn′t say "Slow time dragon shout" but "Bullet time dragon shouts".

I think they mean that they will do this with dragon shouts without adding any lore based reason for it, at least it sounds a little like that since they didn′t say "Slow time dragon shout" but "Bullet time dragon shouts".

It says you can press both trigger buttons to block? ... when you're dual wielding / wielding sword + magick ?