RIGHT? So glad the bug-eyed 'lemon head' Argonians are a thing of the past. Although the lack of beast legs is sort of a bummer. I mean I know a lot of people bitched about them because it limited your armor options, but I thought they looked neat. Hopefully there will be an option to toggle them.

I like how everyone is going for the computer version and I got it for Xbox. Did I make a mistake?

It depends on if you like the feel of a controller and a couch as opposed to a keyboard, mouse and office chair.
PC editions have the advantage of installing mods and texture packs when they are made though. I'm going to go a Let's Play of it which is easier on a PC, but whatever floats your boat.

I'm getting the Xbox version too because I don't have a great gaming PC and I prefer using a controller for games.

I'll be connecting my Xbox controller to my PC to play Skyrim just because it's more of a console based game.

Actually, I think this is worthy of a double post. I GOT SKYRIM JUST BEFORE!
I get it a day earlier. But it is serioulsy amazing. I got a free 200 page booklet and a map of all of Cyrodil! I win!

If I had an Xbox, I'd still play it on my PC because I find these types of games much more enjoyable when I play them with a mouse and arrows.
Controllers are better for platformers and stuff like that.


Eeek eeek eek.... :( I wanna play Skyrim but it sucks that I can only do so after a month. Boo to all of you for early access!

I think if this laptop could handle it, I'd actually buy it on steam as well. x_x

Hot off the press.

http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/11/10/th...comment-155503

According to Facebook freinds who bought the console version it's excellent. I ordered it from play asia so I will be able to see for myself in 5-14 days time.

I got Skyrim!

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Nice.

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(These were taken with the intention of being photographic art, so I thought it'd be okay)

Dinosaur boobs? Whyyyy?

Is your thumb broken or something Dynamithix?

His thumb is weird like my brother's :(
But Skyrim is soo good! I'm gonna post some pictures later (after school).

Haha, no, it's always been like that. It's very bendy!

EDIT: that sounds dirtier than I thought.

My thumb is equally creepy/bendy, if not more. Weird thumb club.

Also, how did you snag it a day early?

Dear God.

Can't wait to sink into this tomorrow, Argonian master race. For anyone interested, Giant Bomb is doing a marathon of Skyrim right now, probably gonna be a bit spoilery though. Ive watched a little bit of it.

http://www.giantbomb.com/

I bought it online and I got a mail on Tuesday saying that they've sent it and it came on Thursday. The store got it early I suppose.

Most games I pre-order I get a day early, Which is my pre-ordering is so good :)

I'm now up to the part where I just met the Greybeards. I managed to avoid the frost troll in the mountain path the first time, but now I can't go the same way to avoid it and the troll is so hard, argh.

I also had a hard time defeating some random hired thugs that came up to me and tried to kill me. Three versus one and they all had steel armour. Fucking unfair. Anyways, at least I managed to kick their asses using a combo of the electricity spell (Sparks) and my trustworthy Ancient Nord Sword!

Decided against the midnight release last night because the midnight launch for Reach was horrible. And it was cold last night. Figured I'd be able to swoop right into Gamestop today, make my trades and pick it up, no problem.

WRONG.

Waited in line for over an hour. Totally worth it though. Other than the first quest, I've done nothing other than explore, loot, and just...Gawk at everything. The favorites menu took me a few minutes to get used to and appreciate, but holy fuck, this game is just...Fantastic.

I second that.

Just finished the opening mission there now and reached Riverwood, and all I can say is that the game looks so darn pretty. But, more than that, the combat system is totally fantastic... it actually feels like you're swinging a sword and the archery in it. The Archery. The arrows actually fly straight and not a big curve like in Oblivion. I shed a tear whenever I seen it.

In Riverwood there was a kid who wanted to fight me.
Ha!

I'm loving the finishing moves. The music is epic and the graphics are just amazing. well worth the wait.


EDIT: Also, I killed a chicken and the entire village attacked me. Twas kind of funny. So... don't mess with peoples farm animals.

Yes I did the same when I was leaving Riverwood. I just laughed and gracefully fled through the forest under attack by the flying arrows of the angry mob chasing me accompanied by 3 wolves.
One of which I killed and made it do a little dance.

Embedding Facebook videos is a pain :/

Don't mess with the fucking giants. I just today tried to kill a few of them and failed miserably. Here's the reason:



Also, it's not a bug as the video title claims, it's supposed to be in the game.

Well I'm fucked.

Me and my boyfriend got Skyrim yesterday! I've only played it until Riverwood because I want to savour everything. By god it's beautiful. :D

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Apart from the lizard boobs, I guess this looks pretty nice. Very good reviews, too. I'm probably buying a new computer—at last—tomorrow, and I might try to get hold of some extra money for this. Yay!

I went down to a friend's today to play it.

I got to the place where the Greybeards are; some of the shouts are amazing. I like the lightning-fast movement from A to B.

I agree with Dynamithix that ice trolls are cunts. One of them killed me pretty quick.

The dragons are quite something. Prancing about a mountain and it was watching me, I thought it was a statue til it took flight and shot it's frosty-ass breath at me.

Okay, here something that is pissing me off. I'm doing the Horn of Jurgen Windcaller and i'm at the end where you give the greybeards the horn and learn the final shout phrase. well... after i gave the guy the horn he just stands there after telling me to follow him. I tried reloading, talking to all of the other greybeards, waiting, and nothing. He just stands there and they won't tell me the phrase. Anybody else having this problem?

Strange. It worked for me, he talked to me for a while and then said "Follow me" and went to the middle of the building and the ritual started. Try again for a few times maybe?

Worked for me as well. I'd say go back to your most recent save and try again.

Holy shit, I found some place in the very far east mountains where there was a temple of some sort and there was an orb in there so I tried to take it and it locked me into a cage and the orb started spinning around me making a horrible screeching sound and then I fell a really long drop to some water area and when I tried to get out of there a bunch of strange blueish creatures attacked me and poisoned me! I think they were called 'Falmer'. Fuck, I'm glad it autosaved at the door, I'm going to have to go there some time again when I have better armour.

I've had an odd experience with Skyrim.

On friday, two of my friends were kicked out of the house they were going to play Skyrim at because their mother found a bong. Turns out they were stuck in town with nowhere to go. I was supposed to be going somewhere at this point, but invited them over to sit and play it under the guidelines that they don't drink or eat anything while I was out.

I had a crappy time going out, and came back to find them still a-playin. And they kept playing through Saturday, and now it's noon on Sunday and I've told them they have an hour to get the fuck out.

The game itself is wonderful, very engrossing. While I was cooking dinner for everyone on Friday, they were just fighting the Dragon that gives you your first shout ability. I was commenting on this, but my comment was cut off by the simmering food behind me.

A few hours later they were speaking to some Gaybeards about some sort of magical pelvic thrust that launches you twelve feet forward. Might have been another shout. I was busy doing a safety course on the internet to find myself a job, but it seemed pretty cool.

Then they tried to fight a giant, and died.

Then they tried to fight a mammoth, and died.

Then they tried to fight their own horse, and died.

Then (or possibly before, time is kinda melding together into one cheeto-odoured weekend at this point) they went to do some mission with a Golden claw. You know the one. You also know that door you have to open in the first dungeon full of Draugr with said claw? They spent ten minutes trying to figure that door out before I calmly walked in and solved it on my first try, plate of French Fries in hand. Ridiculous.

Anyway, I've been hosting these two idiots for over two days and I just feel like pointing out that the game is very much fun. Truly enthralling and the game world is INCREDIBLE in just how humungous it is. The brief chance at playing I've had I created an Orc named 'Mr. Beefy'. We've been playing it on my 360, so I don't have a screenshot, but needless to say his jaw actually clips out of helmets it's so bulbous and gingivitis infected.

On a side note, I don't understand this fucking mentality of trying to steal every goddamn thing from people in stores or homes when the people are RIGHT THERE, WATCHING YOU, OVER AND OVER AND OVER. But maybe I'm just not good at games like this.

This happened more than once while I was fighting off robbers so my friends could keep playing. I've if you're stuck in a loop using the FOOSH! shout to knock the Gaybeards around a bit might get them back into proper scripted behaviour.

HA

Yeah i tried that too, sadly no dice. And i have reloaded it to early saves several times. I guess all i can do now is hope for Bethesda to get off their asses and start patching the game. I tried moving on to other things and well, so far ran into more quest glitch related problems... Seriously? Don't they even test the game one last time before shipping?

Oddly enough, my thankless stinky friends ran into a similar problem. I think they just waited it out though. At least you've got a bit of an opportunity to do a bit of Questing, right?