The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim

Aiden_Pearce · August 11, 2020, 10:06am

Dragonborn DLC coming to PC on February 5th .https://www.bethblog.com/2013/01/18/the-dragonborn-comes-in-february-and-hearthfire-dawnguard-too/ .

Pyroclase · November 25, 2018, 3:10am

Awesome. Can’t wait.

mankyman6 · November 25, 2018, 3:10am

Honestly, this is really the only DLC I’ve looked forward to.

Bloodshot · November 25, 2018, 3:10am

Honestly, this DLC is the only reason Skyrim is still on my system. I haven’t played it for a long time, but the DLC looked so awesome I just had to keep it installed.

Pyroclase · August 11, 2020, 10:07am

You can pre-purchase Dragonborn now.

Bloodshot · November 25, 2018, 3:11am

Eh, I don’t care for pre-purchasing much, I can wait till a while after release

Banethulhu · November 25, 2018, 3:12am

I played 75 hours os Skyrim in two weeks, got really addicted, but after beating the most important quests (the ones that have steam achievements) and the main quest I just stopped, I got what I wanted out of it and I’m pleased but i don’t really care much for dlc, only if I find them on sale and have nothing else to play. I was a Dark Elf, maxed sneaking and pickpocketing, and already had very high levels of all other thief traits.

darkone · August 11, 2020, 10:07am

if you want to get more life out of the game install this

https://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/9286

JohnWorfin · November 25, 2018, 3:12am

Awesome

Pyroclase · November 25, 2018, 3:14am

Bah, I just bought Dragonborn. Should’ve waited, but oh well.

Expect lots of pixelly screenshots soon.

Pyroclase · November 25, 2018, 3:14am

Oh wow. Dragonborn is amazing.

I love the Morrowind music and the new Nordic gear.

Bloodshot · November 25, 2018, 3:14am

Got a link? I would like to hear it (unless they just reused the morrowind music, which I wouldn’t mind but I know them so)

Jack_Freeman · August 11, 2020, 10:09am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kbYCfLjhuE

EDIT: wrong song sorry

Pyroclase · November 25, 2018, 3:14am

I think that they actually just reused the music from Morrowind, but I’m not sure.

Aiden_Pearce · November 25, 2018, 3:14am

Any bugs or glitches,how far into it are you?

Pyroclase · November 25, 2018, 3:14am

I’m partway into the main quest and I’ve run a few side quests. Haven’t seen any glitches, aside from a one time CTD, but that’s fairly normal and I’m using the unofficial patch.

I think my favorite part might be the new armors; they actually look warm!

Edit: I’m also really impressed by the depth. I’m running a quest dungeon with an NPC right now, and he has lines with Frea -a new follower, kinda like Serana - even though she has no reason to be there. And there’s a ton of dialouge that changes if you’ve completed various quests in the base game, like [color=’#171717’]Hermaeus Mora addressing you as his champion or Miraak mentioning that you’ve slain Alduin.

Aiden_Pearce · November 25, 2018, 3:14am

Ok thanks,might pick it up in a month or two,too much backlog right now.

Winged_One · November 25, 2018, 3:14am

I’d like to get and play Dawnguard before I play Dragonborn. Any reason I should skip Dawnguard?

Pyroclase · November 25, 2018, 3:14am

If you get Dragonborn first, you can run some of the Dawnguard quests while riding a dragon.

But I don’t own Dawnguard, so jokes aside, I can’t really say for sure.

Pyroclase · November 25, 2018, 3:14am

I wrote up a list of pros and cons about Dragonborn, so I figured I might as well post it here:

The new armors all look great. The best thing is that Stalhrim and Nordic Carved Armor actually look warm and insulated, unlike the base game armors, which are wildly inappropriate for a tundra area. The new Nordic weapons are also quite sexy, but I’m not that fond of the Stalhrim weapons.

The new dungeons are great, with entertaining puzzles and well-worked visuals. They’re mostly the same old Dwarven ruins, forts, and barrow dens, but there are some interesting new elements, such as puzzles involving flooding and giant gears. The only really new setpiece (aside from the outdoors areas and some ash in various dungeons) is Apocrypha, which is very trippy and actually tended to give me a headache after a while playing in it.

Dragon riding is tons of fun. I actually don’t mind the lack of control, because it lets you focus more on the visuals. My biggest complaint is that it doesn’t actually let you fly anywhere - you can fast-travel on a dragon, but it’s instant like normal, so there’s no dramatically soaring across the landscape. Furthermore, it’s not really useful for anything; most of the fights in this game occur in dungeons. The civil war battles might be fun with it, but they’re are all one-time events.