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**Fire Me Boy!** · 06-20-2009, 11:58 AM

So the guys at Bethesda let it slip a few months ago that Elder Scrolls V was in the works for 2010, and a friend said he read a possible release in 2009... I'm looking for the article, but I'm friggin' STOKED about a new Elder Scrolls game coming out in the next 12-18 months!!!

I think they can learn a lot with the successes and failures of their previous landmark releases like Morrowind, Oblivion and Fallout 3 and make ESV an absolute KICK ASS game!

WhiteWhale · 11-15-2011, 10:50 AM

It's impressive how many popular Oblivion mods have been integrated into this game.

Deathblows, companions, black smithing... all of these were oblivion mods. Bethesda pays a lot of attention to their consumers. Smart company.

Pants · 11-15-2011, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Gif Horse

I had probably the most memorable battle in any video game I've ever played, especially since it was unscripted.

Coming down the shear slopes of High Hrothgar towards Whiterun, having just seen the Greybeards for the first time, out of nowhere the first dragon I've directly encountered since the opening scene rears up over the rocks. ****ing Ice Dragon.

I'm playing it on Master, and I'm completely unprepared to fight this thing. But I'm half down the mountain - way too steep to run back up; certain death to run down. So I sprint and jump along the rocks laterally, trying to heal as I go, but taking tons of damage. I make it a fair distance, but the thing swirls up around beside me. No time to heal. I'm gonna die.

But I'm not the target! Hajvarr Iron-Hand, some bad-ass dude camping out alone on this precarious little outcropping, is shooting arrows at the dragon and he's its target. But then it flies away for awhile and he starts coming after me! Bastard AI, WTF! So he and I fight, but then the damn dragon comes back and hits both of us.

I don't want to kill Hajvarr, because he can soak the dragon's damage while I shoot it. But he and Dragon still go after me too. For 3 days and nights in-game, we play a 3-way game of cat-and-mouse on the cliffs overlooking Whiterun: healing, fighting each other, taking turns going 2-on-1. Took me almost 2 hours, because Dragon refuses to land.

Finally, Hajvarr dies, but Dragon is badly wounded. He swoops down to the plains and I follow. Finally, he lands. Two guards run out and Dragon starts fighting them. I'm far away, but I can see his life getting really low. So I sprint, ignoring my low health, trying to move in for the kill.

Then Dragon inexplicably turns to me, somehow realizing I was coming, and rears up, about to frost-breath me FTW. I pause the game, trying to think of something I can do. No potions left. Healing spells are too slow. Whirlwind Sprint, the shout I'd learned 2 hours ago! I equip, unpause, shout it, and smash him with Molag Bal's mace before he can kill me. I'll see you in hell, Dragon.

Unforgettable. It's too early to say Skyrim has supplanted Morrowind as my favorite game of all time. But it's well on its ****ing way.

Morrowind is your favorite game?

**Reaper16** · 11-15-2011, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Gif Horse

I had probably the most memorable battle in any video game I've ever played, especially since it was unscripted.

Coming down the shear slopes of High Hrothgar towards Whiterun, having just seen the Greybeards for the first time, out of nowhere the first dragon I've directly encountered since the opening scene rears up over the rocks. ****ing Ice Dragon.

I'm playing it on Master, and I'm completely unprepared to fight this thing. But I'm half down the mountain - way too steep to run back up; certain death to run down. So I sprint and jump along the rocks laterally, trying to heal as I go, but taking tons of damage. I make it a fair distance, but the thing swirls up around beside me. No time to heal. I'm gonna die.

But I'm not the target! Hajvarr Iron-Hand, some bad-ass dude camping out alone on this precarious little outcropping, is shooting arrows at the dragon and he's its target. But then it flies away for awhile and he starts coming after me! Bastard AI, WTF! So he and I fight, but then the damn dragon comes back and hits both of us.

I don't want to kill Hajvarr, because he can soak the dragon's damage while I shoot it. But he and Dragon still go after me too. For 3 days and nights in-game, we play a 3-way game of cat-and-mouse on the cliffs overlooking Whiterun: healing, fighting each other, taking turns going 2-on-1. Took me almost 2 hours, because Dragon refuses to land.

Finally, Hajvarr dies, but Dragon is badly wounded. He swoops down to the plains and I follow. Finally, he lands. Two guards run out and Dragon starts fighting them. I'm far away, but I can see his life getting really low. So I sprint, ignoring my low health, trying to move in for the kill.

Then Dragon inexplicably turns to me, somehow realizing I was coming, and rears up, about to frost-breath me FTW. I pause the game, trying to think of something I can do. No potions left. Healing spells are too slow. Whirlwind Sprint, the shout I'd learned 2 hours ago! I equip, unpause, shout it, and smash him with Molag Bal's mace before he can kill me. I'll see you in hell, Dragon.

Unforgettable. It's too early to say Skyrim has supplanted Morrowind as my favorite game of all time. But it's well on its ****ing way.

I came.

Skyy God · 11-15-2011, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Setsuna

Can't you just buy the spell to capture souls? I did.

Sure, but enchanting a dagger and breaking it out as needed is way easier.

Buying soul gems and enchanting weapons is the best way to make bank (at least I've found).

Valiant · 11-15-2011, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Pants

Morrowind is your favorite game?

Daggerfall was mine. Couldbe becase its the only one I fnished.

Hopefully they give me my founder titles and camo for mw3 and I can find somebody to trade me skyrim for he founders card.

Frazod · 11-15-2011, 11:32 AM

One thing I need to address is clearing up my outstanding miscellaneous quests - seems like I pick up two new ones for every one I finish.

I just can't say no.

Mr. Laz · 11-15-2011, 11:36 AM

start collecting your charred skeever hides people

Charred Skeever alchemy aspects
1. Restore Stamina
2. Resist Poison
3. Cure Disease
4. Restore Health

**Fire Me Boy!** · 11-15-2011, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by frazod

One thing I need to address is clearing up my outstanding miscellaneous quests - seems like I pick up two new ones for every one I finish.

I just can't say no.

I totally understand. I need to find the dude that wants three flawless amethysts. He's the only quest I've turned down, thinking it'd be a stupid thing to keep worrying about, and the very next quest I did I found three flawless amethysts. Now I'm holding onto them, just waiting to find the guy again.

Imon Yourside · 11-15-2011, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by PGM

Read what he puts under the video. When you play a game for eleventy billion hours, you are going to find a few bugs.

I'm well aware of that, it's always the same type of bugs tho.

Setsuna · 11-15-2011, 12:26 PM

I am a proud owner of Skyrim! Yes!

**Buck** · 11-15-2011, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Pants

Morrowind is your favorite game?

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Originally Posted by Reaper16

I came.

PS, that is a cool story, but he copied it off of reddit.

ReynardMuldrake · 11-15-2011, 02:22 PM

Last night I was walking along the northern shore toward that city by Azura's shrine, and got attacked by a group of those ice-sprits. Killed most of them, got separated from my partner, low on health, out of everything, the last one corners me with my back to this open pit. On death's door it lunges at me, I leap backwards and go tumbling into the pit. I'm trapped in this cave with no way up, so I press on and discover these ancient ruins of a dwemer city glittering under the ice. It was breathtaking.

I ****ing love this game.

**Reaper16** · 11-15-2011, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Buck

PS, that is a cool story, but he copied it off of reddit.

Is he copying all of his screenshots from reddit too?

**Buck** · 11-15-2011, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Reaper16

Is he copying all of his screenshots from reddit too?

He's been showing the stuff he's crafted, but a lot of the stuff he posts is from reddit or maybe /v/.

Edit: A lot of the stuff I saw in the beginning from him was his stuff, but he's been sharing a lot of stuff from the internet. Not that there is anything bad about that, but he should at least mention that that wasn't his story.

Skyy God · 11-15-2011, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy!

I totally understand. I need to find the dude that wants three flawless amethysts. He's the only quest I've turned down, thinking it'd be a stupid thing to keep worrying about, and the very next quest I did I found three flawless amethysts. Now I'm holding onto them, just waiting to find the guy again.

Bar in Riften, it's the Argonian. Help a brother out.

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ReynardMuldrake 2 Legit 2 Colquitt Join Date: Sep 2010 Casino cash: $4545754	Last night I was walking along the northern shore toward that city by Azura's shrine, and got attacked by a group of those ice-sprits. Killed most of them, got separated from my partner, low on health, out of everything, the last one corners me with my back to this open pit. On death's door it lunges at me, I leap backwards and go tumbling into the pit. I'm trapped in this cave with no way up, so I press on and discover these ancient ruins of a dwemer city glittering under the ice. It was breathtaking. I ****ing love this game.
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