Loving that achievement list! Oblivion was purely quest and faction related, this has mixed it up a bit. I'm so glad the fallout-style 'x amount of damage with this fighting style' didn't make it over to Skyrim. I would have had to cry otherwise

It's legit -- as someone just posted, Pete Hines has confirmed them all, plus Xbox360Achivements.org never posts achievement-lists until they've officially been uploaded to Xbox.com.



Questline-based achievements are far more workable, from Bethesda's standpoint -- it just makes more sense for a game of this magnitude to have more linear achievements. RPGs (especially ones that allow the player to roam in an open world, and play the game in any order they choose) are inherently difficult to thoroughly QA, thanks to the multiple menus, dialogue, scope of the world, individual player choices/iterations...yada yada yada.

If they were to include esoteric/difficult achievements, it would add more time to the QA cycle, and increase the potential for new bugs and a first-party failure. Keeping them straightforward and simple reduces that possibility, while at the same time being in compliance with first-party requirements by Microsoft.



Many don't like achievements, because that's one more thing that must be QA'd, and one more thing that could fail their submission to MS (achievements are a technical requirement, and if even one is not met according to MS criteria, it will instantly "fail" the title, and require a resubmission -- costing lots of money overall for the dev/publisher).

Yeah, Very interesting......Its funny there was a thread just this week about Magnus in Skyrim, well at least his eye is in :thumbsup:

Doubt it, I'd say they will just have 1 or 2 Princes realms as DLC, I'd rather a well made Realm with City's and a ton of quests.

I don't think you'll be the master per say, but whichever respective faction you decide to side with (Stormcloaks or Imperial Legion) you'll likely be able to lead an army of that faction into these places and take them over for your side (I'm sure with accompanying benefits and faction-based rewards to come along with that as well). :tops:

The circle sound very necromancer-ish to me. Maybe a necromancer guild isn't in because these are instead?

If I'm understanding the guild-based achievements right and it's three per guild, massively looking forward to whatever "Bound Until Death" has to offer regarding the Brotherhood. <3 Not too much spoilers in my humble opinion since it isn't exactly very detailed. If anything it makes me a bit *more* excited for the game.

I want my Wabbajack!

the achievement icons arent as good as oblivion, i was hoping they would have been Alduin wall themed.

To repeat what? Dragon Age lore? This IS Elder Scrolls, right?
The circle is part of the companions quest line, so it's gotta be a part of them.
Everyone thinks it's some cult or has something to do with mages because
they've been indoctrinated by bioware to think that way.
King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table were a circle and they
had NOTHING to do with magic.

Me too! Sounds plot related though.


Those achievements with the Oblivion gates in the image make me wonder if we go back to Oblivion hm...

Looks like there is the answer to my question about if intimidation and persuasion was still in


Tends to continue to affirm that the guards don't sit there and have telepathy from one place to another. Sounds like what you do in Vegas, really stays in Vegas this time.

There's no vampire achievement either. But we know its in there. Not having an achievement doesnt really means its not there.

wait... didn't the player become Sheogorath at the end of SI?

I really do hope they don't kill Sheogorath off ;(

I would have loved to see how the Champion of Cyrodill turned out to be. If they don't want us to directly hear or see CoC in Skyrim [since the CoC should be us, they can't give him a set race and gender], they could just have had Haskill give us our quest like in Oblivion, saying something like " My master is too busy blah blah blah"

"Master Criminal: Bounty of 1000 gold in all nine holds"
Now THAT's hardcoe. :laugh:

hooray we can capture a city and a fort

Until I've gotten Delver and Explorer I haven't played this game.

here is something i am personally excited for i love getting achievements and these achievements give you hints on what the game will be like

There are 50 achievements with a total of 1000 points.

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/game/elder-scrolls-v/achievements/

http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1236269-spoilers-skyrim-achievements/

The standing stones achievements reminded me of something... we've seen standing stones in Bloodmoon, which was close to, if not a part of Skyrim. Is that why they put standing stones in Skyrim? That would be awesome.

ITS ON THE FRONT PAGE!!! OMG!!! :facepalm:

Hell to to da [censored] yes. But that's too good to be true.