Something interesting to consider (from http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:New_%27Doomstones%27_Series! ):

"I always carefully research my subjects," Quill-Weave says, "and I find no evidence at all to support the popular notion that these runestones were once artifacts of great magical power." She noted that thirteen of these stones are associated with the common birthsigns by which people have always marked the aspects of the heavens when children are born. "Such stones as the 'Mage Stone' and the 'Serpent Stone' were certainly associated with the primitive sky worships of the Beast Folk of the Mythic Era. Other stones, like the 'Aetherius Stone' and the 'Magnus Stone' were also doubtless associated with other long-forgotten cults."

We never got to understand what the doomstones are in Oblivion. Maybe we will in Skyrim?
Just the word... doom. I'm getting a slight feeling it's related to the doomsday Alduin is about to bring us.

Anyway, for those who don't know, here's an explanation of what the doomstones does in Oblivion: http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Doomstone#Doomstones
"There are two different kinds of Doomstones; the Birthsign Stones, related to the constellations that mark the zodiac of Tamriel, and the Heaven Stones, related to other celestial bodies"

It seems that, what was confirmed in the magazine, was not birthsigns at all, but birthsign stones. There's a pretty big difference, as seen in the above UESP link.

Actual orgism over the confirmation of Fallout 3-esque dialogue. One of my main concerns was that they were going back to the TES list of topics style.

I read the magazine and I did not read that.

In the Playstation Magazine it says that there are 13 "birthsigns" in the game. Instead of picking a sign at the beginning of the game you choose one at large free standing stones called "Doomstones" scattered around skyrim. They impart the pc with skill boosts or special powers. You can choose any one of the 13 "birthsigns", but only one at a time, and we can switch between them if we don't like what a certain "birthsign" gives us. I'm not sure if this has already been told, but there's a lot of stuff in the magazine I haven't heard about here yet.

Oblivions speechcraft wheel is out, replaced by "Fallout" style dialogue choices.

Staffs, bows, and two handed swords can be used to block, though they are more effectively used bashing instead of blocking.

There's foxes that hunt rabbits.(so wolves and foxes).

Ice Form- shout, Encases enemies in a block of ice, temporarily paralysing them.

In the Playstation Magazine it says that there are 13 "birthsigns" in the game. Instead of picking a sign at the beginning of the game you choose one at large free standing stones called "Doomstones" scattered around skyrim. They impart the pc with skill boosts or special powers. You can choose any one of the 13 "birthsigns", but only one at a time, and we can switch between them if we don't like what a certain "birthsign" gives us. I'm not sure if this has already been told, but there's a lot of stuff in the magazine I haven't heard about here yet.

Oblivions speechcraft wheel is out, replaced by "Fallout" style dialogue choices.

Staffs, bows, and two handed swords can be used to block, though they are more effectively used bashing instead of blocking.

There's foxes that hunt rabbits.(so wolves and foxes).

Ice Form- shout, Encases enemies in a block of ice, temporarily paralysing them.

Whirlwind Sprint- Shout, Let's players blast rapidly in one direction. Ideal for aiming distance attacks At fleeing enemies, Or getting in close to bash them.

Also, Oblivion contained 40,000 lines of dialogue(I didn't know this) and Skyrim has 60,000(did know)

I can confirm its true.


So now instead of clicking on a spread-sheet list, you have to do something in the actual game. Nice.




The 50 cap perks and Races (which are more unique) are permanent - and result in more unique chars than morrowind and oblivion.