Skyrim: Dawnguard - GS Review (7.0)

http://www.gamespot.com/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-dawnguard/reviews/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-dawnguard-review-6385352/

Conclusion: "It's too bad Dawnguard arrives with its own set of bugs, though it's not necessarily a surprising turn of events given the glitchy game it expands. The issues don't fully pull your focus from the add-on's main strengths, however. The new areas and quests make for an attractive and varied journey, and there are fun battles that punctuate an enjoyable and worthwhile addition to a wonderful game. Whether you prefer to avoid the darkness or embrace it, Dawnguard is a fine reason to return to Skyrim's wintry paradise."

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I was kind of wishing for a Shivering Isles esque expansion, but it looks like we didn't get anything of the sort and instead more Knights of Nine like which wasn't as great. Oh well, still a good expansion though, and I still plan on picking this up later this year.

This is the score skyrim should have got considering all the damn bugsCapitan_Kid

[QUOTE="Capitan_Kid"]This is the score skyrim should have got considering all the damn bugsStevo_the_gamer

that game was extremely crash prone

Hopefully the lemmings will put down CoD/Halo for the next month so they can properly beta test this for everyone else

[QUOTE="Stevo_the_gamer"][QUOTE="Capitan_Kid"]This is the score skyrim should have got considering all the damn bugsrilpas

that game was extremely crash prone

ive never had skyrim pc crash on me and I have a few hundred mods installed. Never saw any bugs either. FO3 though....oh lord. Oblivion too

inb4thescoreskyrimshouldhaveoriginallygotten

[QUOTE="rilpas"]

[QUOTE="Stevo_the_gamer"] Maybe you should have got the PC version. :Pwis3boi

that game was extremely crash prone

ive never had skyrim pc crash on me and I have a few hundred mods installed. Never saw any bugs either. FO3 though....oh lord. Oblivion too

so skyrim is mostly safe? that's good, after the Fallout 3 experience I've been afraid to get Skyrim

[QUOTE="Stevo_the_gamer"][QUOTE="Capitan_Kid"]This is the score skyrim should have got considering all the damn bugsrilpas

that game was extremely crash prone

Nah Skyrim much less buggy than Fallout 3. I have like 60 mods installed on Skyrim and rarely ever have crashes. On Fallout 3 I had maybe 20 at once and I would be lucky if it lasted an hour without crashing

[QUOTE="rilpas"]

[QUOTE="Stevo_the_gamer"] Maybe you should have got the PC version. :PBPoole96

that game was extremely crash prone

Nah Skyrim much less buggy than Fallout 3. I have like 60 mods installed on Skyrim and rarely ever have crashes. On Fallout 3 I had maybe 20 at once and I would be lucky if it lasted an hour without crashing

I played fallout 3 without any mods

and it still crashed like hell

Wut? :?

I expected a good 8.0 at least. Its been flopping hard at Metacritic.

Dawnguard is allegedly more packed in content than Knights of the Nine so its surprizing to find it scoring this low.

And a Shivering Isles sized expansion...according to Bethesda...is not looking very likely.

Its nice that reviewers are telling us about the flaws of the game a year later. Good looking out guys.

[QUOTE="BPoole96"]

[QUOTE="rilpas"]If it's anything like the PC version of Fallout 3 then it wouldn't help

that game was extremely crash prone

rilpas

Nah Skyrim much less buggy than Fallout 3. I have like 60 mods installed on Skyrim and rarely ever have crashes. On Fallout 3 I had maybe 20 at once and I would be lucky if it lasted an hour without crashing

I played fallout 3 without any mods

and it still crashed like hell

Was this at launch? I didn't play the PC version until last year (Had previously played tons of it for PS3). When I was playing it vanilla I didn't have any problems

[QUOTE="rilpas"]

[QUOTE="BPoole96"]

Nah Skyrim much less buggy than Fallout 3. I have like 60 mods installed on Skyrim and rarely ever have crashes. On Fallout 3 I had maybe 20 at once and I would be lucky if it lasted an hour without crashing

BPoole96

I played fallout 3 without any mods

and it still crashed like hell

Was this at launch? I didn't play the PC version until last year (Had previously played tons of it for PS3). When I was playing it vanilla I didn't have any problems

[QUOTE="rilpas"]

[QUOTE="BPoole96"]

Nah Skyrim much less buggy than Fallout 3. I have like 60 mods installed on Skyrim and rarely ever have crashes. On Fallout 3 I had maybe 20 at once and I would be lucky if it lasted an hour without crashing

BPoole96

I played fallout 3 without any mods

and it still crashed like hell

Was this at launch? I didn't play the PC version until last year (Had previously played tons of it for PS3). When I was playing it vanilla I didn't have any problems

no, I didn't play the game until last year

[QUOTE="BPoole96"]

[QUOTE="rilpas"]

I played fallout 3 without any mods

and it still crashed like hell

rilpas

Was this at launch? I didn't play the PC version until last year (Had previously played tons of it for PS3). When I was playing it vanilla I didn't have any problems

no, I didn't play the game until last year

FO3/NV and oblivion all use the same engine, and it was known to be incredibly unstable. Skyrim's creation engine is a lot more stable under pressure

[QUOTE="rilpas"]

[QUOTE="BPoole96"]

Was this at launch? I didn't play the PC version until last year (Had previously played tons of it for PS3). When I was playing it vanilla I didn't have any problems

wis3boi

no, I didn't play the game until last year

FO3/NV and oblivion all use the same engine, and it was known to be incredibly unstable. Skyrim's creation engine is a lot more stable under pressure

I can't stop lolling at your sig, is that really from an episode?

[QUOTE="wis3boi"]

[QUOTE="rilpas"]

no, I didn't play the game until last year

rilpas

FO3/NV and oblivion all use the same engine, and it was known to be incredibly unstable. Skyrim's creation engine is a lot more stable under pressure

I can't stop lolling at your sig, is that really from an episode?

i think so :P

[QUOTE="rilpas"]

[QUOTE="wis3boi"]

FO3/NV and oblivion all use the same engine, and it was known to be incredibly unstable. Skyrim's creation engine is a lot more stable under pressure

wis3boi

I can't stop lolling at your sig, is that really from an episode?

i think so :P

awesome :P

idk why everyone was expecting a shivering isles like expansion. bethesda even said it was more like knights of the nine. i think its in between and it also features the most beautiful location in skyrim yet. its well worth $20 imo. being able to make dragon bone weapons and arrows is nice and you get some pretty awesome equipment. i dont agree with the score, it is buggy but its at least a 8.5-9 for memems_1224

When Skyrim was released it was their GOTY...

now since all the buggy complaints it's just a "buggy game"

So is this DLC just a one time deal? Like you go there and after you beat it never go back? Or can you go back to the new locations? 7 isn't a bad score, it's a good score actually, I know SW thinks anything below a 9 is bad, and anything above a 9 is overrated. In real life 7 is good.

Glitches were expected, all versions of the game had bugs and to be honest it makes me look less favorably on Bethesda. Some glicthes are one thing, but much of their stuff that they let fly seems like they didn't even play test the game for these bugs.

I gotta wait 30 days just like my fellow PC games to get this DLC. By then hopefully the DLC will be fixed, guess not getting timed DLC is a good thing sometimes huh?

[QUOTE="wis3boi"]

[QUOTE="rilpas"]

no, I didn't play the game until last year

rilpas

FO3/NV and oblivion all use the same engine, and it was known to be incredibly unstable. Skyrim's creation engine is a lot more stable under pressure

I can't stop lolling at your sig, is that really from an episode?

I'm guessing it's from the Batman XXX parody - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD0YQoAqmrU&oref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fresults%3Fsearch_query%3Dbatman%2Bxxx%26oq%3Dbatman%2Bxxx%26gs_l%3Dyoutube.3...118.1566.0.3607.7.7.0.0.0.0.294.1127.2j2j3.7.0...0.0.cYi_inMF_tI

[QUOTE="rilpas"]

[QUOTE="wis3boi"]

FO3/NV and oblivion all use the same engine, and it was known to be incredibly unstable. Skyrim's creation engine is a lot more stable under pressure

Master_ShakeXXX

I can't stop lolling at your sig, is that really from an episode?

I'm guessing it's from the Batman XXX parody - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD0YQoAqmrU&oref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fresults%3Fsearch_query%3Dbatman%2Bxxx%26oq%3Dbatman%2Bxxx%26gs_l%3Dyoutube.3...118.1566.0.3607.7.7.0.0.0.0.294.1127.2j2j3.7.0...0.0.cYi_inMF_tI

in that trailer bat girl's blond

in the sig she's a redhead

So is this DLC just a one time deal? Like you go there and after you beat it never go back? Or can you go back to the new locations? 7 isn't a bad score, it's a good score actually, I know SW thinks anything below a 9 is bad, and anything above a 9 is overrated. In real life 7 is good.

Glitches were expected, all versions of the game had bugs and to be honest it makes me look less favorably on Bethesda. Some glicthes are one thing, but much of their stuff that they let fly seems like they didn't even play test the game for these bugs.

I gotta wait 30 days just like my fellow PC games to get this DLC. By then hopefully the DLC will be fixed, guess not getting timed DLC is a good thing sometimes huh?

ShadowMoses900

I want to get these games,but hearing about the number of glitches is just a big turn-off.

Here's hoping the glitches can be fixed by the time it comes out on the PC. :D

Though to be fair, I really didn't run into many glitches in my 130+ hour run.

And 7.0 is bad? :?

[QUOTE="ShadowMoses900"]

So is this DLC just a one time deal? Like you go there and after you beat it never go back? Or can you go back to the new locations? 7 isn't a bad score, it's a good score actually, I know SW thinks anything below a 9 is bad, and anything above a 9 is overrated. In real life 7 is good.

Glitches were expected, all versions of the game had bugs and to be honest it makes me look less favorably on Bethesda. Some glicthes are one thing, but much of their stuff that they let fly seems like they didn't even play test the game for these bugs.

I gotta wait 30 days just like my fellow PC games to get this DLC. By then hopefully the DLC will be fixed, guess not getting timed DLC is a good thing sometimes huh?

mems_1224

Well that's ok with me I suppose. Mabey we PS+ members will get a discount with it, if it features enough content to warrent $20 then I'll get it. I guess glitches arn't that bad then, there were some pretty bad bugs at launch however, some 360 users had texture problems and some PS3 users ahd lag issues, not everyone did of course but Bethesda should have spotted this stuff BEFORE they released the game lol.

My main problem with it was quests would break or those kind of things. Oh and once I saw a guy running on top of his horse and a fox running on the water. But those kind of glitches are funny :P

And 7.0 is bad? :?

seanmcloughlin

I'm guessing it's from the Batman XXX parody - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD0YQoAqmrU&oref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fresults%3Fsearch_query%3Dbatman%2Bxxx%26oq%3Dbatman%2Bxxx%26gs_l%3Dyoutube.3...118.1566.0.3607.7.7.0.0.0.0.294.1127.2j2j3.7.0...0.0.cYi_inMF_tI

Master_ShakeXXX

Nope, I've seen this like 5 times and don't remember that scene at all.

[QUOTE="Master_ShakeXXX"]

[QUOTE="rilpas"]

I can't stop lolling at your sig, is that really from an episode?

rilpas

I'm guessing it's from the Batman XXX parody - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD0YQoAqmrU&oref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fresults%3Fsearch_query%3Dbatman%2Bxxx%26oq%3Dbatman%2Bxxx%26gs_l%3Dyoutube.3...118.1566.0.3607.7.7.0.0.0.0.294.1127.2j2j3.7.0...0.0.cYi_inMF_tI

in that trailer bat girl's blond

in the sig she's a redhead

Well like I said just a guess. I have no clue then.

It says the story and fights are good, which is all I really need. I have glitch experience.

After I played Fallout 3, when I stepped out into the Wasteland for the first time to a vast open world in First Person. After I had my first conversation where I had so many options to choose. After I was faced with choices I didn't even realize I had, after I made the wrong choices accidentally, what would be the point of Skyrim? Fallout 3 showed it all to me first! Then I played New Vegas, which I also loved. It was a captivating universe, and I could not for the life of me decide what decision would be best for the endgame when it came down to it. On of my favorite moments was making the mistake of getting the Legion to all attack me during a critical mission, and I had to grind until I had what it took to destroy Caesar himself. One of my favorite moments of gaming was when I managed to slaughter the entire outer guards and entered Caesar's tent and fired a Rocket straight at him as he sat in his stupid chair completely unaware of his impending doom!!!

So then I got Skyrim! Guess what? THAT SETTING IS STUPID! I hated it. I realized how much I hated that fantasy setting, how little it makes sense. You can't have this interesting dynamic of right and wrong because it isn't ambiguous! You know what you want to do, and if you don't it's because it wasn't clear. The gameplay was no better or worse than Fallout, the graphics slightly better, maybe slightly less glitchey (I didn't run into too many problems) but Fallout wins out so heavily in story and intrigue. Skyrim is overrated imo, way overrated.

Oh and another thing, Fallout didn't always take itself too seriously. It was charming. You know those games that just put a smile on your face, not necessarily one of sheer satisfaction, or laugter, just genuine blissful enjoyment? I got that from New Vegas. Never from Skyrim.

I'm guessing Zenimax forgot to buy enough advertising space on review sites for the expansion compared to the main game judging by the scores. That or reviewers woke up and realized the game was just a tad bit overhyped.

After the glitching nightmare that I had with skyrim, nothing would make go back for more, I don't buy dlc anyways. My ps3 version was just horrible even after 5 patches while my cousin's version was running ok