Anticipating Skyrim

those new pics look quite good - except for the glowing barmaid and the torture room, which seems to over-exposed and to have bad shadows (?)

Edit: ah damn, I spoke to soon. Turning on my nitpicking lenses ;-) I noticed that the guy shooting a jet of flame seems to be standing 'in' the ground? Look at his left foot. Also, the ground texture is pretty bad - no parallax mapping or fancy shaders to improve the appearance of the cobbles. Still, I assume these are still Xbox shots, so I expect they will have decent fx for PCs.

Skyrim map,

http://theskyrimblog.com/wp-content/…im_english.jpg

from

http://theskyrimblog.com/?p=2036

Originally Posted by lostforever
ooh i like dragon armour.

that is not dragon armor. it's captioned incorrectly by whoever posted that on TESNexus.

That is some other type of armor, perhaps Orcish, comparing with the concept art: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4lrm97dBqN…im_003_orc.jpg

In any case actual dragon armor is not made from metal but from dragon bones and looks like this:

http://preorderskyrim.files.wordpres…screenshot.jpg

If I keep visiting this thread, I'm going to have already seen the entire game by the time it's released.

Originally Posted by JDR13
If I keep visiting this thread, I'm going to have already seen the entire game by the time it's released.

I was thinking the same think last night when I posted the link

Anyway I think about 30 days left and I am going to ignore all skyrim related info. Easier said than done I think!

Originally Posted by lostforever
Anyway I think about 30 days left and I am going to ignore all skyrim related info. Easier said than done I think!

To be honest, I doubt I'll be playing Skyrim at release anyways. I tend not to jump on Bethesda games right away.

I'll probably wait a few months until I can mod the game to my preferences. I've also been having this crazy idea about giving Oblivion another chance first. I hate playing sequels without having finished the previous chapter.

New screens! (well, mostly new…)

I can't believe this is ingame.

The aurora looks nice. Sloppy UV work with the branches of the tree (last shot) though

Originally Posted by vurt
The aurora looks nice. Sloppy UV work with the branches of the tree (last shot) though

your tress do look better. start working on high texture replacement already

I'll reserve judgment until I actually see it in motion on my monitor.

Screenshots can be deceiving. I remember being completely blown away by some of the pre-release screens for Rage, but I was disappointed when I finally got to play it.

Originally Posted by lostforever
your tress do look better. start working on high texture replacement already

I've got a few new meshes and textures finished already I'm just hoping it won't take too long after release before the NifSkope people figures out how to make proper export tools.

Two questions:

1. Since Skyrim is the place of the Nords, can we expect the same eloquent Nord humour as in Morrowind?

2. When will we see the first "Finished Skyrim, afterthoughts" thread on the watch?

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pibbur who has seen elves.

Originally Posted by pibbur0x2a
Two questions:

1. Since Skyrim is the place of the Nords, can we expect the same eloquent Nord humour as in Morrowind?

2. When will we see the first "Finished Skyrim, afterthoughts" thread on the watch?

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pibbur who has seen elves.

Not sure about the humor. As for "finishing" the game, in my case, I would imagine probably not until mid 2012 or later.

I still haven't "finished" Oblivion or Morrowind. Was hoping to at least complete the main quest before Skyrim is released, but so far I have yet to complete MQ, Fighter's Guild, Thieves' Guild, Mages' Guild, KOTN and Shivering Isles questlines, despite having played Oblivion for years.

Originally Posted by pibbur0x2a
2. When will we see the first "Finished Skyrim, afterthoughts" thread on the watch?

We'll see that thread as soon as Maylander has finished the game. He's usually the first finisher of any major game releases around here. My guess is that he'll post his final thoughts on Skyrim no later than November 14 .

Originally Posted by CountChocula
Not sure about the humor. As for "finishing" the game, in my case, I would imagine probably not until mid 2012 or later.

I'm probably not even going to play it right away. There are usually far too many things about Bethesda titles out of the box that irritate me. I'd rather wait until I can mod the game to my liking and have a better experience.

I'm sure there will be plenty of people posting about how they finished it within a few days of release though. Personally, I don't see the fun in quicksaving every ten minutes and blasting through games like that, but to each his own.

Originally Posted by pibbur0x2a
2. When will we see the first "Finished Skyrim, afterthoughts" thread on the watch?

Based on previous Bethesda games and given I have the whole week of Thanksgiving off I might finish my first play-through sometime towards the end of November. Unless the Real World intervenes.

Of course also based on previous Bethesda games I will then immediately start again…

I'll start posting my thoughts a month or two after release when the hype starts to die down. I'll be observing and reading opinions from others in the meantime, though.

I'm playing it day 1. Took a day off work and the girlfriend is going away on business for a few days so it'll good gaming times this weekend.

Incidentally, you can pre-load the game on Steam now.

Yup, preloaded now and ready for Friday!! Telephone off, tv off, door locked!


-Carn