Well, for the main post, the more pertinent point is that none of those cities are therefore actually 'confirmed' as such by virtue of this map. This is just a repost of a stock 'Skyrim' map from Oblivion that the OXM guys might have sourced themselves - it's unlikely that Beth are still going by that map. Especially given that we already know that there are five major cities, not eight. It's entirely possible some of these cities may have been scrapped or downgraded substantially.

Could you quote this passage? Sounds like a confirmation that attributes have been cut.

It is somewhat unclear but it says: 'The system has been streamlined in some areas - there's no more agility to build up which means you no longer have to leap around to increase your jump height'.

Agility never increased by jumping as it was an attribute, so i think they mean skills. Unclear.

I updated the first post.

I mentioned this in the gameinformer thread, but did anyone else notice the "assassin's creed' screen is the pc killing an Argonian?

This is so exciting :clap:

Very interesting, thanks for the info

Very atmospheric, thanks for the info. Seems like the animals are finally getting a life, a pack, a natural behaviour. Added to the "non aggressive giant" info I think this time exploration is going to be much more immersive.

"Windhelm is the largest city that features a palace."

This could read as two possibilities:

1. "Windhelm is the largest city. It also features a palace."

or

2. "Of all the cities that feature a palace, Windhelm is the largest."

so are you trying to tell me that despite how many times mods have made it VERY clear to NEVER post links to scans on here, and even have a freaking TOPIC at the top of the board that makes it VERY clear... you're still here asking for links to scans?

how stupid are you, exactly? :slap:

Updated the first post again to make it more clear. I'm trying to not post direct sentences from the article. They don't say if its the only city that has a palace but Windhelm does have a palace and it is the largest city in the game.

Yep. We got a hint of this in the Art Of Skyrim video (I think that was the one), where Matt says that they are trying to make sure that the creatures in the game "make sense" in their environment. Of course he was mainly talking about artistic design, but it's nice to see that this design focus has extended to in-game behaviour as well.

Sounds nice. A little more Gothic-y AI would really be nice for the creatures. Would be sweet if they could really implement that.

RazorUK I'm wondering a bit about the screenshots you mentioned.

- p. 31 screen: Is it the same as p. 46-47 in the GI? It sounds like it.
- p. 38 screen: Is it the same as p. 49 top picture in the GI?
- p. 39 screens: Is it the same as p. 50 GI and p. 58-59 GI? Sounds like it.

Kinda sounds like the screenshots aren't new, or am I wrong? Please confirm

For me this is good news, I hope they keep lowering until 70-80 :biggrin: on a map the same size as Oblivion 70-80 very large, handcrafted, completely unique dungeons would be just fine.

yay perk to make my footsteps quieter. :ninja: i wonder if running and sprinting cancel it out?

Yeah I believe they're not all brand new. I haven't been able to find the stealth execution and the Hall of Stories ones though however (had to use gameinformer scans I'm afraid) but it sounds they were in gameinformer. At least the 'hall of stories and puzzle' element is new?

The page 31 is from the gameinformer introduction. They had text, colour effect and a scroll I believe over the screenshot which made it hard to see. In OXM it is clear ingame shot.

hahahaha... looking at OXM's site and seeing the cover of their magazine is making me laugh...



only in OXM? really?

i guess we were all imagining the whole month of game informer's exclusive content.

anyway, the wildlife being made more realistic is really awesome, i always found it weird in oblivion, running across one, MAYBE two wolves... doing absolutely nothing.

giants will be non-aggressive, or atleast some of them will be, and even ask ya for help... wolves have realistic behavior now... i wonder what to expect from trolls and other creatures?

i liked that sound of events happening, like the bonfire... might give me more incentive to stay in towns longer.

ooh, and telekinesis has been confirmed? i wonder if they've redone that spell... would be kinda cool if we could lift corpses with it and toss them at other enemies. :laugh:

I know it's a minor thing, but this really sounds amazing, especially if all/most dungeons will have unique features and themes like this.

You have my thanks, brother

These are my favorite points out of this article. Definitely point to a much better, more interesting world design in Skyrim compared to the boring generic randomness of Oblivion. Kudos :celebration:

Thanks a lot for taking the time to post the information. Most of it sounds awesome. But, am I the only one getting sick and tired of conflicting reports between these magazines? I really wish Bethesda would update their website with all the correct information.

Sounds great. I especially like the frost rune.. I've been curious about frost. You guys think it will be possible to freeze the ground and make people slip Sub-Zero style?
I mean, you can set the ground on fire with a fire spell so why not?

Imperial Guard? They need to release the sequel to the Infernal City. Does this mean the Mede empire doesn't fall?
NO generated landscapes? Thank you, thank you, thank you!
No more agility eh? One of the other international magazines mentioned having no "athletics" to prevent players have jumping around all the time. Surely they meant Acrobatics. Because jumping has nothing to do with Athletics. And now this magazine confuses it with Agility. Which makes even less sense! Acrobatics -what levels by jumping- was a Strength skill in Morrowind and a Speed skill in Oblivion. It has nothing to do with agility.

We had already heard that example I think. But they did not give out the quest location or names of the NPC's.
I'm all for more puzzles. Hopefully there will be riddles in some quests.
The snow is another good example of why I wish Bethesda would update the site.

Thanks again for posting this!

I'm not sure whether I should be happy about the 'entirely unique buildings in cities' thing. On one hand, yay! More diversity and realism! On the other, it would take longer to do a smaller amount of buildings, so I hope that doesn't mean there will be less city content for the number of them.

The AI stuff(Wolves den) sounds awesome!

The actual magazine is not on sale till thursday 10th feb.
I think it's only subscribers that get it earlier.
I will check my local supermarket later,but i doubt it will be there now.
And thanks for the info

Much appreciated!