What we know until now : V - Skyrim

» Tue May 17, 2011 10:47 am

Am I the only one that really wants to ride an elk?

» Tue May 17, 2011 10:11 am

http://twitter.com/DCDeacon/statuses/23820787651715072

This pleases me.

» Tue May 17, 2011 4:36 am

Am I the only one that really wants to ride an elk?

Nah, I'd also like that.

» Tue May 17, 2011 6:00 am

Pete just confirmed to me that it's 85 spell effects, not 85 spells

Holy crap thats alot, how many were there in other games?

» Tue May 17, 2011 1:24 am

Holy crap thats alot, how many were there in other games?

I'd whip open the CS and tell you were I at home. Probably something like 30.

» Tue May 17, 2011 2:45 am

I'd whip open the CS and tell you were I at home. Probably something like 30.

Id love to know the definitive amount from Oblivion. If it really is something like 30 then Skyrim dworfs it in spell effects which means no more same effect just different color for everything

» Tue May 17, 2011 1:42 pm

Id love to know the definitive amount from Oblivion. If it really is something like 30 then Skyrim dworfs it in spell effects which means no more same effect just different color for everything

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:List_of_Spells_by_Effect

» Tue May 17, 2011 12:54 pm

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:List_of_Spells_by_Effect

62 spell effects.

» Tue May 17, 2011 4:00 am

Update, cleaned the list a bit and update it with minor stuff.

» Mon May 16, 2011 10:58 pm

Am I the only one that really wants to ride an elk?

You should be able to play as an elk.

» Tue May 17, 2011 1:27 am

I want to play as a moose.

» Tue May 17, 2011 6:46 am

Maybe some spells for transformation will be in. Maybe... or you can just play a Nord or Orc, they're big enough.

» Tue May 17, 2011 1:54 am

Maybe some spells for transformation will be in. Maybe... or you can just play a Nord or Orc, they're big enough.

For more in-depth explanations about the information and examples of what more vague systems might be like, http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1157211-skyrim-information-explanation-and-compilation/

» Mon May 16, 2011 10:50 pm

For more in-depth explanations about the information and examples of what more vague systems might be like, http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1157211-skyrim-information-explanation-and-compilation/

Agree, although my affirmation about transformation spells is just a joke. If we get on from Morrowind and Oblivion, we won't have such spells, just summoning.

» Tue May 17, 2011 1:11 am

Isn't Alduin just the Nordic name for Akatosh?

» Tue May 17, 2011 4:17 am

Isn't Alduin just the Nordic name for Akatosh?

Why would Akatosh want to destroy Tamriel?

» Tue May 17, 2011 11:47 am

Why would Akatosh want to destroy Tamriel?

Because he's the world eater, the god of the beginning and the end.

» Tue May 17, 2011 2:20 am

Because he's the world eater, the god of the beginning and the end.

It seems you guys are right, but still, Akatosh helped Martin to restore balance in Tamriel and now he's upset?

» Tue May 17, 2011 12:54 pm

Because he's the world eater, the god of the beginning and the end.

Well actually Akatosh is the god of time. Lorkhan would be more the God of the Beginning. I'm pretty sure that it really isn't Akatosh trying to destroy the world seeing as Akatosh and the other divines can't alter anything in the world. The avatar of akatosh was only possible by focusing Akatosh's power through martin, thus being the avatar but he can't physically touch the world himself. It may be some echo of Akatosh or some shade of his power that was left behind after he finished the work of creating Nirn and was forever removed from the planet.

» Tue May 17, 2011 5:27 am

Ok, the UESP does some good here: Alduin is the Nordic variation of Akatosh, and only superficially resembles his counterpart in the Eight Divines. For example, Alduin's sobriquet, 'the world eater', comes from myths that depict him as the horrible, rauaging firestorm that destroyed the last world to begin this one. Nords therefore see the god of time as both creator and harbinger of the apocalypse.

So, we could say nords see a different version of Akatosh, maybe more bent on destruction.

» Tue May 17, 2011 12:20 am

I appreciate that you've managed to put together a list of just the facts. The other topic has too many assumptions and people's theories in it. Keep up the good work.

» Tue May 17, 2011 9:29 am

Minor update based on the recent GI video. http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2011/01/10/video-behind-the-scenes-of-skyrim.aspx

» Tue May 17, 2011 3:15 am

On the map in the video, the following cities and regions are definitely in the game:

- Riften
- Windhelm
- Whiterun
- Solitude
- Eastmarch, in eastern Skyrim, described as "volcanic tundra"
- Rift, in southeastern Skyrim, described as "fall forest"

» Tue May 17, 2011 10:16 am

On the map in the video, the following cities and regions are definitely in the game:

- Riften
- Windhelm
- Whiterun
- Solitude
- Eastmarch, in eastern Skyrim, described as "volcanic tundra"
- Rift, in southeastern Skyrim, described as "fall forest"

Thanks Arilias, will get that in.

» Tue May 17, 2011 12:50 am

Eastmarch and Rift appear to be large regions, not cities, in case that wasn't clear.