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Skyrim E3 Information Recap Thread [Update: Romances~~~~]
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Finally got around to watching Todd's demo, and the general animations and art direction are really worlds apart when compared to Oblivion's. The melee combat didn't feel very convincing (the same floaty swings that plagued Oblivion seem to return here), but the spell casting appears to be much more fluid.
I realize that the demo's purpose was to provide a spectacle to wow the public, but I'm still wary until more details about the game's underlying mechanics emerge. Specifically, things like writing, quest design and plot still remain under wraps, and the way how these elements are handled will determine if Skyrim continues to remain interesting after the initial hours. It wouldn't hurt either to know about the extent of character creation possibilities now that the character creation has been simplified, and also about how unique the 150 dungeons truly are.
I'm also hoping that it is no longer possible to join all the factions using a single character - that was just bewildering in Oblivion.
I realize that the demo's purpose was to provide a spectacle to wow the public, but I'm still wary until more details about the game's underlying mechanics emerge. Specifically, things like writing, quest design and plot still remain under wraps, and the way how these elements are handled will determine if Skyrim continues to remain interesting after the initial hours. It wouldn't hurt either to know about the extent of character creation possibilities now that the character creation has been simplified, and also about how unique the 150 dungeons truly are.
I'm also hoping that it is no longer possible to join all the factions using a single character - that was just bewildering in Oblivion.
Procedural generation CAN work really well and be beautiful at the same time. Look at the worlds in which Minecraft can make. If a single guy can create that kind of algorithm, imagine what an entire development team could do. The possibility is there, it's just up to the developers to take the initiative and do it. Sadly, this will never happen because people really just want to see the same exact world that everyone else sees with no sense of uniqueness or randomness that makes re-playability worthwhile. I'm looking forward to Skyrim as much as the next person, but emergent gameplay has dominated my gaming as of late. I still have room for the hand-crafted games, but for me that room is dwindling.
jetsetfluken
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Is that a caveman in prehistoric times in the first shot, or just some barbarian class?
Somehow a huge WRPG in prehistortic ages sounds interesting.
Somehow a huge WRPG in prehistortic ages sounds interesting.
Not to mention the part where he swings his sword. Third person looks oh so much improved.Fjordson said:
Though I'll probably still play in a mix of both views. Third-person for just wandering around and exploring, especially outdoors. And maybe a little bit of combat outdoors. But first-person for indoors, and most combat. And when I need to get real close to inspect what I'm picking up and whatnot.
Looking nice but some Oblivionish character animations still rear their heads. Like when the dragon first picks up an enemy and tosses him, the character model seems oddly static for a bit as it's falling. Hopefully they can fix up those small oddities prior to release and keep immersion to a max.
VisanidethDM
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DennisK4 said:
How did they go from insanely horrendously bad third person view animations to... this?
This isn't just an improvement. It's top tier.
Hyphen
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Gravijah said:
If you're worried about spoilers, then I don't think there's anything in the video that you should fear. Not in my opinion anyway. If anything, I'd say the Bethesda representative reveals more through what he says so I guess you could watch it with the sound off!?
Zeliard said:
That's how giants fall after being picked up by a dragon, don't you know!?
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Deleted member 30609
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This has been the most impressive thing I've seen from E3 this year. Very exciting.
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Yeah, I can't believe they actually made good on the animation. Good for them.VisanidethDM said:
NBtoaster said:
Yeah but it doesn't even look like it's ragdolling properly there. Character model is static going up too, so it's possibly that's just the way it's going to look. Not a huge deal but it does stick out, especially since everything else has been given a smooth makeover.
lastplayed
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I'm loving the shouts, especially the storm one. Finally I can feel as badass as this in a video game. XD
flipswitch
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Still best to pick this up on PC? Oblivion ran very poorly on the x360, fallout was an nice improvement in performance and image quality.
I'm curious if they've animated everything in third-person, even the distinct shouts. The dragon breath shout, if I understood Howard correctly, is fire that literally comes out of the player character's mouth. So do we actually see that in third-person? Could either look awesome or a bit silly.
CF_Fighter
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Wow that looks absolutely amazing, everything looks like such an upgrade from Oblivion. The world looks so alive compared to Oblivion. That's fantastic for me because I'm the type of player that will work on the main quest a little bit, but my main thing is I just explore the environment.
Hyphen
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Zeliard said:I'm curious if they've animated everything in third-person, even the distinct shouts. The dragon breath shout, if I understood Howard correctly, is fire that literally comes out of the player character's mouth. So do we actually see that in third-person? Could either look awesome or a bit silly.
The previous trailer suggests that they have...
So, answers on a postcard for how to make 'fire' coming out of someone's mouth look cool.
Hyphen said:The previous trailer suggests that they have...
So, answers on a postcard for how to make 'fire' coming out of someone's mouth look cool.
The question will be whether to play it in first or third-person. Easy answer previously. Perhaps still an easy answer (nothing beats adventuring around a huge world in first-person). But the occasional switch to third-person is suddenly a lot more enticing.
ColonialRaptor
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I have been mega spoiled by the graphics in Witcher 2.
I really REALLY hope that I get this game on my PC and feel that the graphics are 'BEAUTIFUL' because if they don't feel like that (they don't have to be TOP END OMG BF3 WITCHER 2 AMAZING to be BEAUTIFUL) it will really hamper my ability to enjoy this game and it has become my most wanted game now.
I want to see what some of the other character classes look like.
My god though, this game... this FUCKING game...
PLEASE give us some better high quality footage... PLEASE!! I want to see the DETAILS they're talking about. They said they're going for a living world, please be true, please live up to what they're saying it will and I'll be giddy with happiness!
Also - I'm not trying to be negative, I absolutely hope this game is everything it seems it's going to be... I'll be playing the PC version so it's bound to look much better than the Xbox 360 demo that the video showed, I just don't want to get too excited because if it doesn't live up to my expectations I'll be shattered because there is nothing else liable to fill the hole that this would leave if I let it fill my dreams as much as it could.... I didn't expect to get a game like I wanted this gen, a real living medieval fantasy world with procedural DRAGONS.... but this just seems to be everything I could ever possibly want and more... so please just let it be... PLEASE!
I really REALLY hope that I get this game on my PC and feel that the graphics are 'BEAUTIFUL' because if they don't feel like that (they don't have to be TOP END OMG BF3 WITCHER 2 AMAZING to be BEAUTIFUL) it will really hamper my ability to enjoy this game and it has become my most wanted game now.
I want to see what some of the other character classes look like.
My god though, this game... this FUCKING game...
PLEASE give us some better high quality footage... PLEASE!! I want to see the DETAILS they're talking about. They said they're going for a living world, please be true, please live up to what they're saying it will and I'll be giddy with happiness!
Also - I'm not trying to be negative, I absolutely hope this game is everything it seems it's going to be... I'll be playing the PC version so it's bound to look much better than the Xbox 360 demo that the video showed, I just don't want to get too excited because if it doesn't live up to my expectations I'll be shattered because there is nothing else liable to fill the hole that this would leave if I let it fill my dreams as much as it could.... I didn't expect to get a game like I wanted this gen, a real living medieval fantasy world with procedural DRAGONS.... but this just seems to be everything I could ever possibly want and more... so please just let it be... PLEASE!
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