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Skyrim on PS3: The Last Stand / Update: Digital Foundry investigates
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Ozzykamikaze
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I didn't see anything about the glitch in Markarth, where the guards constantly try to arrest you.
Did I miss it?
Did I miss it?
LiquidSolid
Member
Last I checked, the PC's got the best version of the game, so I'm not really seeing your point.
disappeared
Banned
I'm firing up the PS3 version tonight for a few hours. Will report back.
Blue Ninja
Member
Same here. It's a great game, when it works.
Infinite Justice
Member
This thread should be interesting.
I think the problem is it's a huge pain having to develop with the split memory, and is very restricting on what devs can do while on the xbox they can use the 512 however they want. No matter how you look at it, it was an utterly stupid decision to split the memory on the PS3.
i just cant understand getting a mod friendly game as skyrim (or any gamebryo game) for a console... im not a PC elitist... i pick my PS3 for most games due to 50" plasma and couch comfort but mods are a huge part of skyrim and thus i got it for PC
Thank you for your contribution to this thread.
Can't we let this talk for the other threads? This has been discussed exhaustively and don't add nothing to the topic at hand: wether the last patch actually fixes Skyrim's PS3 problems.
Impeccable
Member
Can't wait to jump in tomorrow morning, I literally just hit the magic lag in my 110 hour play through yesterday so it worked out great for me timing-wise.
How was your play through before that?
BruiserBear
Banned
Because everyone has a gaming PC?
Impeccable
Member
It got fairly laggy starting around 85-ish hours, but I'm FAR more tolerating than the average gamer when it comes graphical stuff like this. It was frustrating but playable. Just hit unplayable to me yesterday, fast travel to Whiterun and it took me like five minutes to get to the Inn.
Even I draw the line there.
I consider myself pretty tolerant to lag in offline games too. I borrowed Fallout on the 360 from a friend and played it for 40 hours, then I bought it for the PS3. There's no question that the PS3 version was inferior but I platined the game and all the DLC, and it's issues didn't bother me that much.
If Skyrim runs like Fallout ran on PS3 I guess I won't have many problems!
Anyway I'm glad I waited this patch, I've been wanting to play this game for more than 2 months now! Hopefully it fixes all your issues with the game!
It's a suggestion to go playing Dark Souls instead?
hardware is cheap these days... $200 will upgrade most computers to run skyrim fine
- radeon 5770 $80
- 8gb DDR3 $30
- pentium g620 $70
People don't buy upgradeable computers anymore.
Its not a demanding game man.
you really believe, everyone only buys laptops?
pretty much any modern dell or hp has a decent cpu/motherboard... dell just had a sale for an i7 2600 powered desktop for $500, even a $300 i3 powered desktop will play any game out with the right video card and 4+ gb ram. you might need to get a quality 500w PSU that can be found for $30 on sale (my OCZ 500w modxstream was $25 on sale and has great reviews)... the radeon 5770 will put out graphics better than the ps3/360 and will fit into any small case
NullPointer
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it can be very demanding, especially if you go nuts on some of the mods.
Of course not everybody has a gaming PC, but if you have the option to pick up Skyrim on PC it really is the way to go. Comfy couch PC Skyrim with mods is one of the best things out there right now and its only getting better.
http://www.dell.com/us/p/desktops?~ck=mn#!facets=51805~0~812581&p=1
the 2nd cheapest desktop that dell sells is under $400 and comes with an intel g630 and 4gb ddr3... and thats not even on sale or anything.. just add a $30 PSU and $80 radeon 5770 and you can play ANY game out right now.. it wont be 1920x1200 with 8x FSAA and all setting maxed but it will look nicer than a ps3/360
BruiserBear
Banned
You guys should really take your PC debate to the Skyrim thread. This thread is about the PS3 version and it's patch.
Dave1988
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My save wieghs 15 mbs and I have over 160 hours clocked in in Skyrim. Here are my experiences pre and post patch:
Pre-patch: Lag would kick in after 20 or 30 minutes depending on what I was doing. The framerate would also get choppy whenever I entered Windhelm because of the heavy snowfall (same thing happened in mountain regions). Horse riding and dragon fighting would also make the lag kick in.
Post patch: played over an hour and a half and so far 99% of the lag is gone. There is the occasional stutter here and there but the difference is night and day, basically. To test how well this patch holds up I did the following things:
1. Rode from Downstar Sanctuary all the way to Morthal. No lag with a bit of stutter when I uncovered a new dungeon.
2. Fought dragons. No lag.
3. Fast traveled to and ran around Whiterun and Solitude. Before the patch these two towns were the most laggy for me and where the game would basically turn into a slideshow. Now, there's a bit of lag when I enter the city and the game stutters at times when I'm running around Whiterun. It's not perfect but it is a tremendous improvement.
Honestly, I'm both impressed and pissed of by this patch. I'm impressed because it seems that it fixed this game breaking bug and at the same time I'm pissed that it took almost two months before this was patched. This patch should've been a day one patch, not a month two one. But I guess I should be thanking the heavens that Bethesda actaully fixed it.
Pre-patch: Lag would kick in after 20 or 30 minutes depending on what I was doing. The framerate would also get choppy whenever I entered Windhelm because of the heavy snowfall (same thing happened in mountain regions). Horse riding and dragon fighting would also make the lag kick in.
Post patch: played over an hour and a half and so far 99% of the lag is gone. There is the occasional stutter here and there but the difference is night and day, basically. To test how well this patch holds up I did the following things:
1. Rode from Downstar Sanctuary all the way to Morthal. No lag with a bit of stutter when I uncovered a new dungeon.
2. Fought dragons. No lag.
3. Fast traveled to and ran around Whiterun and Solitude. Before the patch these two towns were the most laggy for me and where the game would basically turn into a slideshow. Now, there's a bit of lag when I enter the city and the game stutters at times when I'm running around Whiterun. It's not perfect but it is a tremendous improvement.
Honestly, I'm both impressed and pissed of by this patch. I'm impressed because it seems that it fixed this game breaking bug and at the same time I'm pissed that it took almost two months before this was patched. This patch should've been a day one patch, not a month two one. But I guess I should be thanking the heavens that Bethesda actaully fixed it.
This is really good news. I refused to buy it until it got fixed even though I really wanted to play it. Hopefully more people have the same results as you.
Wow man that's great!!! Props to Bethesda at last! PS3 players never wanted the best version of the game, just something playable!
Also, SMH at all this PC talk...take that to the Skyrim thread or the mod one please.
As of this minute it is, yes.
NullPointer
Member
You're right. I forgot where I was here for a sec.
Good to see the PS3 version getting some love. Cheers.
eternaLightness
Member
It's up on the US now!
Goodacre0081
Member
what are you going to do the next day?
Impeccable
Member
I managed to check it out briefly tonight and although my save (so far) only has shrunk to 12 megs, the lag is the best as I can even remember. It's like a whole new game again.
It looks good, load times ... not sure if they've improved much (can't really tuck into it tonight) but the lag moving around is incredibly fixed.
So far so good.
It looks good, load times ... not sure if they've improved much (can't really tuck into it tonight) but the lag moving around is incredibly fixed.
So far so good.
eternaLightness
Member
It fixed the quest bug I ran into so i'm satisfied. Thankfully I had another save right before I was suppose to start the quest since it didn't add it on the other save I had. It was the "Bloods Honor" quest in Driftshade. Hopefully everything is good from now on.
I'm excited for the patch and am anxious to buy the game and experience it, but is it worth the $60 asking price? We waited three months to finally get the finished product. Assuming the release date was February this year, paying $60 would be no problem. But we waited while others enjoyed it, and many suffered and were unable to enjoy it. I am all for paying what is owed and supporting game developers and their IP; even thinking positively, Bethesda worked to improve the PS3 version and patch bugs from all versions. It is fair to say they did their job and made a great game.
After waiting for so long, however, I can't justify paying the day-one asking price. All hype faded, experiencing the game as a community is over... I agree the game's value remains, but I can't justify spending full price on Skyrim after all this. Maybe Amazon has ruined me; even Deus Ex: Human Revolution, a great game, was $35 after three weeks. This means to many consumers it was not worth full price. The only way to speak to developers is with our wallets. After three months, I can't agree that Skyrim is worth $60.
You're missing out on something great. Up to you what you value it at.
eternaLightness
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I don't think it would hurt waiting for a sale or price drop. I got mine for $40 a bit before Christmas and think it was worth it. Keep an eye out for sales if you don't want to pay $60. I know I did!
Truespeed
Member
Ya, PC's are dumb.
T.M. MacReady
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Glad to hear that it seemed to fix the major problems. Now I can finally buy this game for PS3.
Shame it took so long, but at least Bethesda is doing the right thing.
Shame it took so long, but at least Bethesda is doing the right thing.