I can't really imagine the usefulness of achievements. What are they made for?

They're made to tap into the OCD many people have, to a greater or lesser extent. It helps make a particular game more addictive. And then when a DLC (with more possible achievements!) comes out.....

Or I'm cynical and it's really just harmless optional extra fun that didn't take much dev resource.

I know for Microsoft you get rewards that are worth some cash so for some players achievements are important. I personally do not care for them at all. Actually I wish I could disable them for all games. That is one great thing about mods for Xbox One it disables that feature.

Greatest game of a generation. Fallout 4 is a solid game, but that's about it. You can tell the team put their heart and soul into building the world of Skyrim, where as (to me) Fallout 4 has kind of a "let's get this crap finished up" vibe coming from it. Now I think Fallout 4 is a solid entry like I said before, it's just I was expecting much, much more.


Oh and Fallout 4 had an extra year of development than Skyrim, go figure.

I have nothing of interest to add but omg why can't it be October 28th RIGHT NOW. I AM SO EXCITED FOR THE REMASTER I COULD VOMIT A MUDCRAB

I'm console and have never tasted mods. Oh, and I never got around to getting Hearthfire nor Dawnguard. So this is going to feel so new to me OH GOD THIS WAITING IS TORTURE

Despite how much [censored] I give Skyrim, I do miss my first playthrough of the game. The game had released during a hard time I was having in life and it was one means of lifting my spirits. I do hold fond memories of the game and I do aim to replay it when the remaster hits with a whole new fresh start. Perhaps upon playing it for the first time in a long while I will gain a new appreciation for it.

Me too, nothing worse in a game like Skyrim then little pictures of trophy's etc popping up and breaking your immersion.

I can imagine how bad it would be on the Xbox One, Try playing GTA V on an Xbox One, Every 2 minutes you get a popup telling you it's taken a screenshot or recorded a video etc of your gameplay, Only happened on GTA V and I never could figure out how to disable it.

First, sure I remember how great Skyrim was in the beginning - just as great as every one of its predecessors were in their own times Skyrim's still that great today (well, even more so for me because now there are almost 50k mods to choose from!) The remaster's not going to change that for me, because I'm just not going there even though it would be free - because a crap-ton of the mods I use rely on SKSE and who knows how long it will be before they get that going with SSE? My sister's going to download the remaster for me so I'll have it (I don't have the bandwidth to download something that large) but I won't be installing it right away, if ever.

Now, I don't ever get the achieve pops because I never let steam connect online.... There's no reason to - I don't use game front-ends as social media programs. I don't use social media period. I don't care about silly achievement stuff. I think I got over that about 65 years ago....

+1 Sere

I loathe social media...the whole concept of Farcebook telling the whole world what I listen to and spreading my worst photos amongst endless friends I don't even know. My wife IS into it and mostly its just a way for the 'socially active'...or desperate, to spread their little soliloquies and 'joke' o'grammes. Hardly any of it is actually if any use period. To think there are teen kids out there who have near mental breakdowns if they are out of Facebook contact for 24 hours......mostly because they are scared to not be IN on the latest "who said what to whom" gossip nonsense and in fear of being the subject of the rumour mill themselves. How very sad!


As for pop up badges.....I left the "house points" behind 40 years ago....I set my own standards for achievement....who is to say exactly how many dragon kills warrant earning the accolade of "dragonslayer". It is arbitrary at best. 30 dragons on novice is a cake walk....should you not need to kill far more to earn that title on Legendary? (maybe you do....its been years since I have seen an "achievement" and I'm on vanilla currently at level 43...still no pop ups thank god...I hope is broken).


Any how....thats what I think and no amount of flaming is gonna change my mind on any of it.

Rant /Off

Like several others here I play Skyrim offline. I have no idea how many Achievements I have, and I don't care. I think Achievements are idiotic. I'm an advlt. I don't need kindergarten stars to motivate me to play a video game.

I believe those features can be disabled within the console settings. I do not play GTA V but I have disabled everything that deals with social, uploading of videos, etc. The extra benefit is that the games seems to run better.

aah ok, thanks for the answer. I sold my Xbox One and invested the money back into my PC so it's no longer an issue.

This right here exactly. For FO4 I already have the unofficial patch, a system for outfit changes, landscape mods, cosmetic clothing and so on. And that's on my Xbox.


So yeah, I can expect good mods for Skyrim on my Xbox.



Edited for stupid word filler on phone. How the hell does my phone think Zoe is a good replacement for landscape?

Same here.

but... what about Skyrim coop mode? It would be awesome! With tougher dungeons, better loot... But, i don't really want something even slightly similar to WoW or to an mmo. Too many elitist jerks. I'd like just an honest possibility to play together with 2-3 other players to coordinate with. No item levels, no lame stuff.

actually achievements can get players who do enjoy collecting to play a different way then they usally do or explore the game areas in a more meaningfull way even discovering cool little easter eggs in the game. People think differently from one another while some come to a conclusion in game others come into another entirely while others never even thought about checking that area or talking to a certain npc achievements can be a great way for more players to learn about a game.

Absolutely......it won't happen, unless a mod can swing it.....but oh yes! It would be good.


However....only....only.....not at the expense of the base single player game. Simple co- op is all that's needed!

You mean like http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/67038/?mod?

Ha ha! Yes my furry friend......I was aware of that one from a link in a related thread.....but apparantly it is not without its problems!


Now if such functionality were built into the "base game" with a simple 'switch on, select co-op' and then play like we get in other consol games that would be very attractive.


Buuuuut lets not be negative......co-op will be re-visited at some point, I am sure.....just not today....or tomorrow.....maybe by TES VI? You can't predict anything with Bethesda.....this years staunch rebuff becomes next years must have shrewd business move.

Exactly.

The only problem could be... 4 dragonborn at a time?

a) there could be the possibility to choose one and only one who is able to shout

and/or

b ) introduce a lore twist in which other dragonborn come from the past for a limited time due to unknown instabilities. The dungeons should be really tough.

I could dig playing with another person or two. But the day Elder Scrolls or Beth becomes like WoW and Blizzard, I'm outta here in a shot.

Yeah. SO not going there. If something comes up for those that would like it, to play with a couple of friends all in the same "local" environment, fine. Other than that.... I'd be outta here. I did my time in wow and rift - and truthfully I enjoyed them for a while and for what they gave me - a non-static, ever-changing world in which to play (and I spent a LOT of money enjoying them....) but I HATED the lack of privacy, the mega-push to force group play (which is in wow's legion I understand, simply FORCED without any "pretense"), and the whole "game as social media" crap.

Not EVER going there again.

What Blizz has done to WoW (and their other titles) is what happens when you're just in it for "increasing shareholder value" and profit, while everything you do is geared toward squeezing another nickel out of your customer base and player's input be damned. When a dev resorts to in-game "selfie" cams to pander to the Facebook idiots, you know it's way past time to GTFO.

And of course, everyone knows what Jay Wilson & crew did to D3 after the Blizz North people jumped ship.

I haven't posted on this forums since 2011 (when I first finished the original version), and I still think it's great. I look forward to the remaster, if only for one thing. 64 bit and possibly better scripting and other improvements to the original limitations.

Me too, me too.

I just got finished playing through again, and one thing stuck out to me for some reason. The ambient music of Whiterun. It's beautiful. I think there's something intangible about that music that reflects the reason why this game is one of my all time favorites.