Gamespy Hands On Review : V - Skyrim

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 2:46 am

Hostile giants show up as red dots on his compass?

Yeah reading that part made me very disappointed..... I'm hoping it was a perk, or a spell....

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 7:01 am

Awesome preview, thanks rooni. Man Skyrim sounds better and better. It's funny how the previewer did the same thing I would. In all of BGS's games, I say i'm going to do one thing and I end up getting completely sidetracked. It's beautiful.

I like how they also said the rivers are some of the most beautiful in gaming. The NPC commenting on the equipped spell is awesome too. The world seems very dynamic.

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 4:46 am

I proceed northward past Chillfurrow Farm and to Battle-Born Farm, where I investigate the fields to see what kinds of crops are grown at a place called Battle-Born Farm. The answer isn't terribly exciting, but I'll tell you anyway: leeks and gords

LEEKS and GORDS confirmed.

LOL

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 10:22 am

Ok i'm inspired, first thing i'm doing is heading North.

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 7:22 am

Yeah reading that part made me very disappointed..... I'm hoping it was a perk, or a spell....

Same, kinda defeats the point of detect life doesn't it?

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 2:37 am

Nice! thanks rooni!
I've taken the liberty to add it to the collection (credits have been added to your name offcourse

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Cheers...fame, at last!

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 11:36 am

"The mead restores 20 points of stamina, but slows your stamina regeneration by 25% for 20 seconds thereafter -- basically, a shot of energy with a very brief hangover."

Skyrim just seems to get better and better the more I read...

I know what you mean. These hands on previews are really building my excitement for Skyrim, loads of new stuff's being revealed. The 40 min demo was fantastic but i've pretty much heard about all of that sequence since january. If only one of these journos had a spy camera.... :whistling:

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 1:01 pm

So enemy markers on Compass. BOO!

Stormcloak faction? YAY! maybe

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 10:40 am

I proceed northward past Chillfurrow Farm and to Battle-Born Farm, where I investigate the fields to see what kinds of crops are grown at a place called Battle-Born Farm. The answer isn't terribly exciting, but I'll tell you anyway: leeks and gords

LEEKS and GORDS confirmed.

LOL

Yes, who's responsible for updating the vegetable list?

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 12:23 pm

-NPC'S commenting on a spell playable characters have equipped

How can they possibly know what spells you have equipped?

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 6:06 am

How can they possibly know what spells you have equipped?

Perhaps they're coded that way...?

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 5:12 am

Skyrim is getting better and better, This was a very interesting read, The NPCs reacting to the spell you have in your hand Sounds really cool, Can't wait for this game.

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 1:17 am

i believe that bethesda cut the power because they didn't want us knowing what was happening at Guldons rock :dance:

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 12:22 am

What a cliff hanger.

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 1:40 am

hi

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 9:33 am

Same, kinda defeats the point of detect life doesn't it?

Not really. Not all enemies show up. In the QuakeCon demo, none of the enemies showed up on the compass.

@Sheogorath Maybe he was a Mage?

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 2:44 pm

Yeah reading that part made me very disappointed..... I'm hoping it was a perk, or a spell....

Compass is a HUD thing so it might not be a spell.

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 6:37 am

But i loved the read! It was entertaining to hear his quest Northward

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 3:03 am

Interesting line I noticed:

No time to duck into Whiterun, since that would probably involve a loading screen.

Pretty chicken [censored] if you ask me. The reviewers aren't even allowed to say if there's city loading screens.

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 2:06 pm

Interesting line I noticed:

Pretty chicken [censored] if you ask me. The reviewers aren't even allowed to say if there's city loading screens.

We already know that there are. He, apparently, did not.

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 1:12 pm

He's just jealous cause he knows we have the best backyard in the world.

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 2:17 am

Interesting line I noticed:

Pretty chicken [censored] if you ask me. The reviewers aren't even allowed to say if there's city loading screens.

You have no clue what youre talking about.

» Tue Aug 09, 2011 6:00 am

Interesting line I noticed:

Pretty chicken [censored] if you ask me. The reviewers aren't even allowed to say if there's city loading screens.

What are you talking about? We had a reviewer already go into Whiterun after bribing a guard and a loading screen. Let me go dig it up.