The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

[NRHc]

lol one thread about skyrim,and it's already a war vs D3 This is BF3/MW3 all over again hahaha..
Anyway,skyrim looks fucking sick,instabag

[deadly_habit]

i'm more amped for torchlight 2 than d3 tbh

[JBoy]

I hope you be able to fly in this one like you could in the older games.

[Phigure]

how the hell does that work? you sell items for money? surely that would bankrupt blizzard as you can find items purely by playing?


i dont get.

no, you sell items to other players for real life cash.

Diablo III

lol fuck diablo iii... connection required to play, selling items for real life cash, no mods, etc. it's already dead before its release.

predictable. Well fortunately, I have an internet connection. I'm not going to use the real life cash marketplace, and Diablo never did have mods.

Lol @ people hating on it before beta's even out

Gameplay looks absolutely sick.

diablo is a game based around the fact that gear drops randomly. in order to get good gear, you used to have to spend time grinding away until you get that item you wanted. now people with money can just buy whatever they want, and it completely unbalances the entire game. and yes, diablo ii had some great mods.

[NRHc]

how the hell does that work? you sell items for money? surely that would bankrupt blizzard as you can find items purely by playing?


i dont get.

no, you sell items to other players for real life cash.

Diablo III

lol fuck diablo iii... connection required to play, selling items for real life cash, no mods, etc. it's already dead before its release.

predictable. Well fortunately, I have an internet connection. I'm not going to use the real life cash marketplace, and Diablo never did have mods.

Lol @ people hating on it before beta's even out

Gameplay looks absolutely sick.

diablo is a game based around the fact that gear drops randomly. in order to get good gear, you used to have to spend time grinding away until you get that item you wanted. now people with money can just buy whatever they want, and it completely unbalances the entire game. and yes, diablo ii had some great mods.

yeah you're right but people were already doing it on ebay or places like that,so blizzard must have thought fuck it lets make money on this..I'm pretty sure they will take a percentage of every transaction..

[Phigure]

how the hell does that work? you sell items for money? surely that would bankrupt blizzard as you can find items purely by playing?


i dont get.

no, you sell items to other players for real life cash.

Diablo III

lol fuck diablo iii... connection required to play, selling items for real life cash, no mods, etc. it's already dead before its release.

predictable. Well fortunately, I have an internet connection. I'm not going to use the real life cash marketplace, and Diablo never did have mods.

Lol @ people hating on it before beta's even out

Gameplay looks absolutely sick.

diablo is a game based around the fact that gear drops randomly. in order to get good gear, you used to have to spend time grinding away until you get that item you wanted. now people with money can just buy whatever they want, and it completely unbalances the entire game. and yes, diablo ii had some great mods.

yeah you're right but people were already doing it on ebay or places like that,so blizzard must have thought fuck it lets make money on this..I'm pretty sure they will take a percentage of every transaction..

that's exactly what they're doing

[borrowed]

how the hell does that work? you sell items for money? surely that would bankrupt blizzard as you can find items purely by playing?


i dont get.

no, you sell items to other players for real life cash.

Diablo III

lol fuck diablo iii... connection required to play, selling items for real life cash, no mods, etc. it's already dead before its release.

predictable. Well fortunately, I have an internet connection. I'm not going to use the real life cash marketplace, and Diablo never did have mods.

Lol @ people hating on it before beta's even out

Gameplay looks absolutely sick.

diablo is a game based around the fact that gear drops randomly. in order to get good gear, you used to have to spend time grinding away until you get that item you wanted. now people with money can just buy whatever they want, and it completely unbalances the entire game. and yes, diablo ii had some great mods.

I dont mean to sound snobbish/elitist, but in the upper/nerdier circles of d2 this kind of trading went on anyways. d2jsp.org is/was a site where you could buy forum gold (lol) for real cash and trade for runs/items. Had tens of thousands of users and still does, now that I opened the page again. Idk sounds like blizzard is trying to prevent that or get their own fingers in it

[antipode]

how the hell does that work? you sell items for money? surely that would bankrupt blizzard as you can find items purely by playing?


i dont get.

no, you sell items to other players for real life cash.

Diablo III

lol fuck diablo iii... connection required to play, selling items for real life cash, no mods, etc. it's already dead before its release.

predictable. Well fortunately, I have an internet connection. I'm not going to use the real life cash marketplace, and Diablo never did have mods.

Lol @ people hating on it before beta's even out

Gameplay looks absolutely sick.

diablo is a game based around the fact that gear drops randomly. in order to get good gear, you used to have to spend time grinding away until you get that item you wanted. now people with money can just buy whatever they want, and it completely unbalances the entire game. and yes, diablo ii had some great mods.

I dont mean to sound snobbish/elitist, but in the upper/nerdier circles of d2 this kind of trading went on anyways. d2jsp.org is/was a site where you could buy forum gold (lol) for real cash and trade for runs/items. Had tens of thousands of users and still does, now that I opened the page again. Idk sounds like blizzard is trying to prevent that or get their own fingers in it

I'm reserving judgement until I actually play the game. And I'll be doing mostly PvM so I don't really care about this marketplace that we don't really know much about.
Never heard of any D2 mods, they weren't ever a big part of the gameplay experience like they were for oblivion. Nor did it need any either. it was interesting enough without them.
in the upper/nerdier circles of d2, people play legit. Without dupes or any of that. jsp is Most of those people are teenagers with their mums credit card.

Anyway I think I've derailed this thread enough. Skyrim looks cool!

[pkay]

Further proof of my theory, Skyrim can be beaten in 2hrs

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/13/skyri ... a-develop/

It's true: in two hours and change, Sam Bernstein, a member of Bethesda's QA team, managed to reach the end of the main campaign in Skyrim. Sam's time was 2:16:10, a mere 20 seconds faster than his competition, level designer Jeff Browne. The two are actually no stranger to the Bethesda speed run circuit, having participated in a similar event a few years ago in Fallout 3, in which Sam was also victorious.

BUT HEY ITS GOT LOTS OF SIDE QUESTS RITE?!?!??!

[Shekul]

Further proof of my theory, Skyrim can be beaten in 2hrs

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/13/skyri ... a-develop/

It's true: in two hours and change, Sam Bernstein, a member of Bethesda's QA team, managed to reach the end of the main campaign in Skyrim. Sam's time was 2:16:10, a mere 20 seconds faster than his competition, level designer Jeff Browne. The two are actually no stranger to the Bethesda speed run circuit, having participated in a similar event a few years ago in Fallout 3, in which Sam was also victorious.

BUT HEY ITS GOT LOTS OF SIDE QUESTS RITE?!?!??!

meh, this guy completed morrowind in 7 minutes and 30 seconds.


But that's never been the point in these games. No normal person would ever complete these games that quicky. The point of these games is to become immersed in the world they have created and enjoy the journey. Also my first morrowind playthrough was about 90 hours lol

[pkay]

I beat 4 in one sitting and promptly returned it to best buy saying it didn't work on my xbox and got a refund.

[Kodachrome]

I beat 4 in one sitting and promptly returned it to best buy saying it didn't work on my xbox and got a refund.

You're an idiot if you think this kind of game is about beating the main quest. You could beat the old mario games in like 10 minutes too.

Sigh never mind not going to try to explain gaming to you.

[Shekul]

I beat 4 in one sitting and promptly returned it to best buy saying it didn't work on my xbox and got a refund.

[pkay]

I beat 4 in one sitting and promptly returned it to best buy saying it didn't work on my xbox and got a refund.

You're an idiot if you think this kind of game is about beating the main quest. You could beat the old mario games in like 10 minutes too.

Sigh never mind not going to try to explain gaming to you.

The original mario games didnt have a multi million dollar budget with a dozen people holding the title of 'writer' on their team.

I wrote a paper on 'hours of gameplay' in game design 3 my junior year. This all got out of hand with FFVII. After FFVII everyone always began to compare how many hours of gameplay a game gave you... but FFVII had an epic main story, and a small amount of epic side stories (gold chocobo, weapon, knights of the round). You remember every side quest of FFVII as vividly as you remember Red XIII's storyline or Cat Shits storyline. All epic in their own right.

Delivering a mediocre main storyline, and then providing a litany of less than stellar writing for side quests is somehow rewarded in 2011? Or are we just doing the side quest filler to say OVER 100 HOURS OF GAMEPLAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Kodachrome]

I beat 4 in one sitting and promptly returned it to best buy saying it didn't work on my xbox and got a refund.

You're an idiot if you think this kind of game is about beating the main quest. You could beat the old mario games in like 10 minutes too.

Sigh never mind not going to try to explain gaming to you.

The original mario games didnt have a multi million dollar budget with a dozen people holding the title of 'writer' on their team.

I wrote a paper on 'hours of gameplay' in game design 3 my junior year. This all got out of hand with FFVII. After FFVII everyone always began to compare how many hours of gameplay a game gave you... but FFVII had an epic main story, and a small amount of epic side stories (gold chocobo, weapon, knights of the round). You remember every side quest of FFVII as vividly as you remember Red XIII's storyline or Cat Shits storyline. All epic in their own right.

Delivering a mediocre main storyline, and then providing a litany of less than stellar writing for side quests is somehow rewarded in 2011? Or are we just doing the side quest filler to say OVER 100 HOURS OF GAMEPLAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Zzzzz you completely misunderstand the Elder Scrolls series. It's about a massive, immersive, beautiful world where YOU decide what you want to do. You just have no imagination.

[collige]

I beat 4 in one sitting and promptly returned it to best buy saying it didn't work on my xbox and got a refund.

You're an idiot if you think this kind of game is about beating the main quest. You could beat the old mario games in like 10 minutes too.

Sigh never mind not going to try to explain gaming to you.

The original mario games didnt have a multi million dollar budget with a dozen people holding the title of 'writer' on their team.

I wrote a paper on 'hours of gameplay' in game design 3 my junior year. This all got out of hand with FFVII. After FFVII everyone always began to compare how many hours of gameplay a game gave you... but FFVII had an epic main story, and a small amount of epic side stories (gold chocobo, weapon, knights of the round). You remember every side quest of FFVII as vividly as you remember Red XIII's storyline or Cat Shits storyline. All epic in their own right.

Delivering a mediocre main storyline, and then providing a litany of less than stellar writing for side quests is somehow rewarded in 2011? Or are we just doing the side quest filler to say OVER 100 HOURS OF GAMEPLAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I found a lot of the Oblivion side quests to be very well written, especially the Guild quests.

[kruptah]

Game comes out on Friday. I'll be picking it up early in the day as I don't have class that day.

I'm wondering what race other Ninja's here will be creating?

[aspect-dubz]

Game comes out on Friday. I'll be picking it up early in the day as I don't have class that day.

I'm wondering what race other Ninja's here will be creating?

Just got an email telling me that my copy has been shipped. Fingers crossed it'll come early.

Race wise, i'll be going for a nord. Im half Norwegian so it seems fitting.

[kruptah]

Game comes out on Friday. I'll be picking it up early in the day as I don't have class that day.

I'm wondering what race other Ninja's here will be creating?

Just got an email telling me that my copy has been shipped. Fingers crossed it'll come early.

Race wise, i'll be going for a nord. Im half Norwegian so it seems fitting.

I was thinking I'd play one of the beast classes but Nord really does seem to be the appropriate class based on the location and lore of this game.

[dubbyconqueror]

5 days until my life is over (for a couple weeks, anyway)