Water and cold : V - Skyrim

» Sat May 22, 2010 9:56 pm

I think getting wet should be an extreme survival threat in the cold and incorporated no matter what level - hardcoe or not.

Ways around it include building a fire, adding more clothing, or magical means like resist cold or fire on self, having a dragon breath on you, or cutting open trusty steed

And water walking.

» Sat May 22, 2010 12:28 pm

Safe to say that armor and encumbrance should have a hit on swimming, and that swimming should be a separate skill to make things more interesting. You'd have to be an excellent swimmer to swim to the surface wearing a lot of armor and equipment.

Yes. But the effects for swimming should be a lot better. Like when you're drowning or something, you are literally forced down in the water, you hear yourself gasp for air... water splashes on the screen, etc.

» Sat May 22, 2010 2:11 pm

in tomb raider 3 which is a 18 year old game or something

, their was a hypothermia meter for the last level which was in Antarctica, so if they could do it then they sure can do it now.

:cold:

I remember this.

» Sat May 22, 2010 2:02 pm

Nords are immune to cold damage. Oh, wait, that's right, this takes place in Skyrim, the home of the Nords, so no one wants to play a Nord. Right. I forgot. Sorry about that, got my threads mixed up. Umm, maybe, since there is magic, you could be given an artifact at the beginning of the game that makes your High Elf or whatever immune to cold as well. Or maybe the whole thing won't be snow and ice. Wait, I'm getting my threads mixed up again! My silly brain. Anyway, yeah, cold effects if you jump in the river! Good! I like it. Then you should have to see a doctor to get fixed up. And then you don't have enough money to cover it, so you need to get your insurance card out, and, oh, wait, you left it in your other pants. And you need a job for that insurance, so you can spend most of your day standing behind a counter at some bookseller's stall hoping someone literate comes by today. Sounds like a fun game!

» Sat May 22, 2010 7:20 am

anyone remember the russian game that had cold damage? you could warm yourself up by standing near lightbulbs and stuff. i think it was on a ship or something.

» Sat May 22, 2010 2:24 pm

Nords are resistant to cold, not immune.

» Sat May 22, 2010 1:54 pm

anyone remember the russian game that had cold damage? you could warm yourself up by standing near lightbulbs and stuff. i think it was on a ship or something.

Cryostasis. Pretty cool, even though I had huge performance issues which I really shouldn't have on my PC.