Very nice new info, thanks OP. I'm a little disappointed that Solitude isn't the biggest city, being my favorite based on what little information we had before the game was announced, but oh well.

The more I learn about the game the more I look forward to it, I haven't heard one thing yet that has made me question whether or not this will be a great game.

No surprise there, it will have a M rating if they did not have an Axe perk.

Is that supposed to be a crossbow in his right hand? If so...OH JOY!!!!!

He has a sword in his right hand. If you're referring to the weird looking thing behind him, I have no clue what that is.

No, he's holding a dagger and has a bow on his back.

Looks like we are seeing only a portion of a much bigger artwork. He's actually standing on or by a dragon he may have just slain.

I love the sound of the Wolf AI. But if they meant Acro. when they said Agility that kinda svcks cause I love Acro.

Some of the people posting on dragon shouts may want to read http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2011/01/20/skyrim-s-dragon-shouts.aspx, if you haven't already... I think it would help break some of the confusion....



That's not very 'it could mean a few different things', its seems pretty clear...
Skyrims hero absorbs the soul of the fallen creature, which fuels his ability to learn a new shout, kill dragon = be able to learn a new additional shout....
Players can search out walls with dragon script & if you can learn to say them right, they have a powerful effect, find wall + learn words = new shout....
Just my opinion of course....

The ideas are interesting though...... :thumbsup: ......... :mage:

Yes that's part of a dragon he has slain. The full image is in the magazine "Micromania."

So you can learn shouts by either slaying dragons or learning the writing on walls? I think you have to slay a dragon to open up a dragon shout "item slot" of sorts. Than you can read a writing on a wall. If you go to a wall without slaying a dragon you won't be able to learn a shout. If you slay two dragons than you can read two walls and so on...

Exactly....

Ding ding ding we have a winner! That's how its going to work I'm sure of it now. Thanks!

That method seems a little clunky, even though it does sound plausible.

Here's another suggestion for how it will work: killing a dragon and absorbing its soul gives you the ability to read a certain word in the dragon language. Then, on any wall with dragon writing, you'll be able to read that word. So you'll need to kill not only enough dragons, but also the right ones, so that you can read all the words on a certain wall, in order to learn the dragon shout.

Again, it might not work this way - just a thought.

I have no idea; I asked that question earlier. However, the screenshots today revealed that they are almost certainly from one of the consoles. All of the high-rez screenshots that were released today (the ones in the magazine) were 1280x720 (one was 716). Seeing as that isn't a resolution that PC's typically display at, it is safe to assume that they came from a console.


That is the tusk of a dead mammoth rising up from behind him.

Great info, thanks!!

Thanks for posting, a lot of new information and some confirmations for me, anyway.

"?In the northern parts of Solitude is the Bard's College" Hmm...looks like an additional character needs to be considered.

If it's not from a console (specifically 360), I would be surprised. It looks like it's from the Xbox 360 (I have Oblivion, and those screen shots are slight improvements).

Another thing to consider though. Considering the GI Time Lapse Video screen shot was taken in late 2009, it's likely all these other screen shots are just as old. More or less meaning this screen shot doesn't adequately represent the current and future game.

I could potentially be wrong, but I have a feeling the finally product will definitely look better, especially on PC.

wolves hunting and guarding prey? AWESOME!!!

Thanks man. Made my day a little better after coming hope from work, AND finding the hi-res screenshots from Game Reactor.

Sweet, thanks for the info :icecream:

Thanks for the info, awesome stuff.

Waiting for 11-11-11 is getting real hard.

Just like to add something that i dont think was mentioned.

The article also mentions that if you was to kill someone at random, then the game can create a senario where a family member or friend of the victim could actively start seaking for the murdered and come after you. Best check if that girl at the store who you just clobbered hasn't got a big scary brother!!!

yeah, it was mentioned in the scandinavian magazine too. sounds amazing, i just hope there isnt any psychicness involved

*looks at Passwall*
*looks at Split*
Hmm...

Thanks for the info!

I’m looking forward to some interesting dialog with those guards.

Player “what do you mean I can go to Morrowind?”

Guard “it’s been destroyed!”

Player “well can I go look at it?"

Guard “it’s all lava and volcanic gas, if you go there you will die”

Player “seriously, if there nothing to see and I’ll die, then why are you guarding it?”

Guard “it’s for your own good; we can’t have people having fun, thinking for themselves, exploiting magic and levitating about.”


Player “SOB!”

LOL
:thumbsup:

haha nice one