Skyrim: Lots of new info!

Most of the quests in oblivion can only be done one way.

lawlessx

[QUOTE="Mozelleple112"][QUOTE="GeneralShowzer"] GeneralShowzer

Of course you can influence PC's, it's called the Bribe button :P and technically a simple quest can be done in many ways, that's a very general statement, and he never said simple quests; he just said quests in general. Though I do agree that "hundreds" is a bit stretching it.

[QUOTE="FoolwithaLancer"]RPG of the year confirmed???? A man like me can only hope. :Ptrollop_scat

Nah that honor will go to Dark Souls

[QUOTE="XVision84"]

...can he summon minions?

ChubbyGuy40

If I get the Link mod and put him into Oblivion, then he could :P

:o There is no winning against Link, I finally see the light :P

[QUOTE="Lucianu"]

[QUOTE="XVision84"]

The more I hear about Skyrim the more hyped I get! Animal companions, Fast travel costs money, hand to hand is improved, more realistic thievery, bards, more lively NPC's, NPC's can become partner's, hand crafted dungeons and loot, Skyrim is fixing a lot of problems that plagued Oblivion, and then some. I'm looking forward to playing Skyrim...WITHOUT MODS, and yes, it's playable without mods ;)

XVision84

Eh, i suggest you believe nothing until you play the game, Oblivion recieved massive hype and tons of info. from the developers before release, yet they were bashed because almost half of what they promised never came true. (that's one of the many reasons why Oblivion is hated)

Really? I never knew Bethesda were like Molyneux :? I hope this doesn't happen with Skyrim :( thanks for the heads up though.

Not to crush your hopes for Skyrim, but yeah they did make some promises they didn't keep at all... :P

[QUOTE="lawlessx"]

Most of the quests in oblivion can only be done one way.

GeneralShowzer

[QUOTE="ChrisSpartan117"][QUOTE="GeneralShowzer"] GeneralShowzer

Games.Net: considering the fact that Oblivion is making such an immersive, living, breathing world, can we expect full surround sound features? Will we hear brooks babble and trees rustle? Will there be music in-game, or are you striving for the most natural experience? We also know that Patrick Steward (Captain Picard from Star Trek: The Next Generation is starring. Are you folks ready to announce any other voice actors for Oblivion?

Todd Howard: Yes and yes. Full 5.1 surround, dynamic score, the works. I saw some crazy stat for the number of Xbox users with 5.1 setups and it was staggering, so we plan on fully using it. As far as voices, yes, there are more well-known and brilliant people in the game, and they'll be announced later. We were able to get our "dream-team" of actors for this.

"Oblivion is making such an immersive, living, breathing world"

"dream-team of actors"

:lol:

[QUOTE="XVision84"]

[QUOTE="Lucianu"]

Eh, i suggest you believe nothing until you play the game, Oblivion recieved massive hype and tons of info. from the developers before release, yet they were bashed because almost half of what they promised never came true. (that's one of the many reasons why Oblivion is hated)

StealthMonkey4

Really? I never knew Bethesda were like Molyneux :? I hope this doesn't happen with Skyrim :( thanks for the heads up though.

Not to crush your hopes for Skyrim, but yeah they did make some promises they didn't keep at all... :P

Wasn't around when oblivion was being hyped. what are some of the things that didn't make it into the game?

Deadbeatcobra

"Honestly, and this is just my opinion, I think the hardcore RPG guys are going to love what we have in store for them in Oblivion. The depth, the level of polish...it crushes Morrowind. That doesn't mean that other people won't want to buy it and play it because it's a beautiful game that has fun combat and cool quests. We'll make enough copies for everyone."

"You'll be reading LOTS of stuff. All of the quest lines are much more in depth, challenging and interesting. And there's a heck of a lot more to the game than just the guilds and the main quest. Lots and lots of other things to do that haven't been mentioned. Stats play a huge, huge role. Class actually has meaning this time. The game is better balanced. You have more rewards for advancement besides just getting better at things. The dungeons are better designed, the NPCs are more interesting, the dialogue is better written."

"The compass, the quest marker and compass icons, are NOT the hand-holding, dumbing down babysitter some folks paint them out to be."

You can find everything they hyped here.

oh, and ofcourse this legendary video.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjbx6-KQoRg

Dark Souls is hardly an RPG. It's more of an action-adventure, just like Mass Effect 3 is more of a TPS. You'll notice that out of the three, Skyrim is the only one listed as purely "Role Playing" under genre on Gamespot.

jjccjj92

They don't care if it's purely RPG. ME2 won last year and it's listed as Action RPG just like TW2, Dark Souls, and others. Oddly enough DA2 is listed as "Computer...RPG." :lol:

[QUOTE="Deadbeatcobra"]

Wasn't around when oblivion was being hyped. what are some of the things that didn't make it into the game?

Lucianu

"Honestly, and this is just my opinion, I think the hardcore RPG guys are going to love what we have in store for them in Oblivion. The depth, the level of polish...it crushes Morrowind. That doesn't mean that other people won't want to buy it and play it because it's a beautiful game that has fun combat and cool quests. We'll make enough copies for everyone."

"You'll be reading LOTS of stuff. All of the quest lines are much more in depth, challenging and interesting. And there's a heck of a lot more to the game than just the guilds and the main quest. Lots and lots of other things to do that haven't been mentioned. Stats play a huge, huge role. Class actually has meaning this time. The game is better balanced. You have more rewards for advancement besides just getting better at things. The dungeons are better designed, the NPCs are more interesting, the dialogue is better written."

"The compass, the quest marker and compass icons, are NOT the hand-holding, dumbing down babysitter some folks paint them out to be."

You can find everything they hyped here.

oh, and ofcourse this legendary video.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjbx6-KQoRg

[QUOTE="XVision84"]

[QUOTE="Lucianu"]

Eh, i suggest you believe nothing until you play the game, Oblivion recieved massive hype and tons of info. from the developers before release, yet they were bashed because almost half of what they promised never came true. (that's one of the many reasons why Oblivion is hated)

StealthMonkey4

Really? I never knew Bethesda were like Molyneux :? I hope this doesn't happen with Skyrim :( thanks for the heads up though.

Not to crush your hopes for Skyrim, but yeah they did make some promises they didn't keep at all... :P

Wow :( Oblivion is nothing like that, that was a complete lie on Bethesda's side.

[QUOTE="lawlessx"][QUOTE="Whiteblade999"]

The most interesting one for is how fast travel costs money. It is a nice concept but it needed something to offset the convenience.

XVision84

I also wish they would've kept the Stilt Striders. My jaw dropped when I first saw those giant beings, I'd love to tame one and keep it as a pet :twisted:

"If everything was leveled then you'd have no fear of anything in the game ('I can beat everything!') We plan on scaring the heck out of the player by higher level creatures." - Oh that's a good one!! Oh god i wee'd a little. :( Thats great info, nice link!

JohnF111

No problem, man.

I funny as hell to read, but that doesn't change my hype for Skyrim at all. I love norse mythology, and i'm going to love playing trough this game.

Then after that, add a hella load of mods to play it forever.

I like the animal companion part. Makes me really want to play a wood elf/hermit wizard type character who wanders the woods with a pet wolf. :D

Bards will be appearing in the game!?:o

Please tell me they are more Leliana from Dragon Age and less...bards from Assassins Creed II.:P

Looking and sounding like it is going to be everything I could ever hope for. Sometimes you just know that a game is going to deliver, and this is without question one of those times for me.

maybe ME3 dont come out till next year :P

Nice information.

Let's just hope the writing isn't as horrible as Bethesda's last outings and the central plot (and so many overarching things) aren't dumb as bricks and pandering to simpleton syndrome.

[QUOTE="StealthMonkey4"]

[QUOTE="XVision84"]

Really? I never knew Bethesda were like Molyneux :? I hope this doesn't happen with Skyrim :( thanks for the heads up though.

XVision84

Not to crush your hopes for Skyrim, but yeah they did make some promises they didn't keep at all... :P

Wow :( Oblivion is nothing like that, that was a complete lie on Bethesda's side.

Bring back the temples properly.

Nice information.

Let's just hope the writing isn't as horrible as Bethesda's last outings and the central plot (and so many overarching things) aren't dumb as bricks and pandering to simpleton syndrome.

skrat_01

What's with you people who feel like you've got to come into every Skyrim thread and piss on everyone's party?

[QUOTE="skrat_01"]

Nice information.

Let's just hope the writing isn't as horrible as Bethesda's last outings and the central plot (and so many overarching things) aren't dumb as bricks and pandering to simpleton syndrome.

jjccjj92

What's with you people who feel like you've got to come into every Skyrim thread and piss on everyone's party?

I hope the lock picking mini game is as good as the one in Thief.

Since that is the only game I played with Lock Picking and I liked how they did it.

This is one of the 6 games I plan to get so far.

[QUOTE="ChubbyGuy40"]

[QUOTE="XVision84"]

Dovahkiin would like to have a word with Zelda

Can Zelda kill dragons?

XVision84

Nah but Link has slain plenty of dragons already.

...can he summon minions?

Lots of new "claims", not "info".

[QUOTE="jjccjj92"]

[QUOTE="skrat_01"]

Nice information.

Let's just hope the writing isn't as horrible as Bethesda's last outings and the central plot (and so many overarching things) aren't dumb as bricks and pandering to simpleton syndrome.

JohnF111

What's with you people who feel like you've got to come into every Skyrim thread and piss on everyone's party?

"Fast travel costs money"

Oh dear...

Stringerboy

I don't like spending money in RPGs so I would have enough to spend for fast travel. But I probably wouldn't use it depending on how far I have to go.

[QUOTE="JohnF111"][QUOTE="jjccjj92"]Bethesda must be doing something right even if you haters still won't shut up about their games.

What's with you people who feel like you've got to come into every Skyrim thread and piss on everyone's party?

jjccjj92

Yeah and that was 6 years ago... let it go. Every Skyrim thread you people just keep regurgitating the same crap. Yeah, we get it, they overhyped one of their games, but they're not exactly Peter Molyneux. We apparently can't look forward to a game around here without all the cynics crapping all over it for something that happened over half a decade ago.

jjccjj92

Yeah, they also said Fallout 3 would be a proper new game in the franchise, that they wanted to recapture the atmosphere of the old Fallouts and similar BS...turns out the only thing Fallout 3 had in common with 1 and 2 was the name.

It's not cynism, they straight up lied. It's non negotiable.

That's 3 years ago, not 6.

[QUOTE="jjccjj92"]Yeah and that was 6 years ago... let it go. Every Skyrim thread you people just keep regurgitating the same crap. Yeah, we get it, they overhyped one of their games, but they're not exactly Peter Molyneux. We apparently can't look forward to a game around here without all the cynics crapping all over it for something that happened over half a decade ago.

N30F3N1X

Yeah, they also said Fallout 3 would be a proper new game in the franchise, that they wanted to recapture the atmosphere of the old Fallouts and similar BS...turns out the only thing Fallout 3 had in common with 1 and 2 was the name.

It's not cynism, they straight up lied. It's non negotiable.

That's 3 years ago, not 6.

You're really reaching now.

[QUOTE="XVision84"]

[QUOTE="ChubbyGuy40"]

Nah but Link has slain plenty of dragons already.

TheOtherTheoG

...can he summon minions?

Ah, but there is one thing no other character can do, and that is survive death. Can Adam, Link, and Dovahkiin die and come back to life 3 times? Kratos can 8) Yep I just played the trump card :P and no, dying in a game and respawning through checkpoints doesn't count :lol:

[QUOTE="JohnF111"][QUOTE="jjccjj92"]Bethesda must be doing something right even if you haters still won't shut up about their games.

What's with you people who feel like you've got to come into every Skyrim thread and piss on everyone's party?

jjccjj92

That's true, I don't remember hearing anything about Bethesda lying about Morrowind or Daggerfall, only Oblivion.

[QUOTE="Stringerboy"]

"Fast travel costs money"

Oh dear...

Nintendo_Ownes7

I don't like spending money in RPGs so I would have enough to spend for fast travel. But I probably wouldn't use it depending on how far I have to go.

This. Especially with the Elder Scrolls games; shopkeepers usually sell stuff that's much worse than what you can gain from loot. At level 21 in Oblivion, I find daedric claymores and armor, but shopkeepers are still stuck with selling dwarven (not even glass) armor, and the enchanted stuff they sell in Oblivion is pretty bad. I hope they make stores a little less useless when it comes to weapons and armor.

[QUOTE="XVision84"]

[QUOTE="FoolwithaLancer"]

Skyward Sword would like to have a word with you.

FoolwithaLancer

Dovahkiin would like to have a word with Zelda

Can Zelda kill dragons?

No but He could survive a 1,000 foot fall. :P

Fast Travel Cost Money? Lame.

[QUOTE="Stringerboy"]

"Fast travel costs money"

Oh dear...

Nintendo_Ownes7

I don't like spending money in RPGs so I would have enough to spend for fast travel. But I probably wouldn't use it depending on how far I have to go.

Fast Travel Cost Money? Lame.

Gibsonsg527

I prefer it that way, and you can't fast travel to places you haven't been to yet. This forces people to explore and take in the environment, which is a big part of the Elder Scrolls games. That feature was much better in Morrowind because the world was a lot more interesting than Oblivion (which had a pretty bland environment). Cyrodiil didn't have enough environmental variety and dungeons were all the same, thankfully that's all fixed in Skyrim so I look forward to exploring that continent.

[QUOTE="Nintendo_Ownes7"]

[QUOTE="Stringerboy"]

"Fast travel costs money"

Oh dear...

Heil68

I don't like spending money in RPGs so I would have enough to spend for fast travel. But I probably wouldn't use it depending on how far I have to go.

[QUOTE="Mozelleple112"][QUOTE="FoolwithaLancer"]RPG of the year confirmed???? A man like me can only hope. :PFoolwithaLancer

Skyward Sword would like to have a word with you.

[QUOTE="Gibsonsg527"]

Fast Travel Cost Money? Lame.

XVision84

I prefer it that way, and you can't fast travel to places you haven't been to yet. This forces people to explore and take in the environment, which is a big part of the Elder Scrolls games. That feature was much better in Morrowind because the world was a lot more interesting than Oblivion (which had a pretty bland environment). Cyrodiil didn't have enough environmental variety and dungeons were all the same, thankfully that's all fixed in Skyrim so I look forward to exploring that continent.

[QUOTE="XVision84"]

[QUOTE="Gibsonsg527"]

Fast Travel Cost Money? Lame.

Gibsonsg527

I prefer it that way, and you can't fast travel to places you haven't been to yet. This forces people to explore and take in the environment, which is a big part of the Elder Scrolls games. That feature was much better in Morrowind because the world was a lot more interesting than Oblivion (which had a pretty bland environment). Cyrodiil didn't have enough environmental variety and dungeons were all the same, thankfully that's all fixed in Skyrim so I look forward to exploring that continent.

You don't have to pay up a lot, it'll probaly be only around 80 coins. I'm level 20, 60% through Oblivion, and have almost 30,000 coins. Getting money isn't hard in Elder Scrolls games, especially when you can work jobs in towns for money in Skyrim. It's just personal preference, but I prefer fast travel because it's also a lot more realistic since you have to think about routes to places, and stock up on items before travelling. It makes for a much better roleplay experience IMO.

[QUOTE="skrat_01"]

Nice information.

Let's just hope the writing isn't as horrible as Bethesda's last outings and the central plot (and so many overarching things) aren't dumb as bricks and pandering to simpleton syndrome.

jjccjj92

What's with you people who feel like you've got to come into every Skyrim thread and piss on everyone's party?

Because I'm legitimately criticising actual flaws of the game you can't even muster how or why I might be wrong?

Right.

So saying 'I hope Skyrim doesn't have Oblivion / FO3s' faults isn't appropriate is it? No we're only allowed to gush, right?

Grow up.

Even after I actually complimented the details.

Some sharp points there sport.

[QUOTE="XVision84"]

[QUOTE="Gibsonsg527"]

Fast Travel Cost Money? Lame.

Gibsonsg527

I prefer it that way, and you can't fast travel to places you haven't been to yet. This forces people to explore and take in the environment, which is a big part of the Elder Scrolls games. That feature was much better in Morrowind because the world was a lot more interesting than Oblivion (which had a pretty bland environment). Cyrodiil didn't have enough environmental variety and dungeons were all the same, thankfully that's all fixed in Skyrim so I look forward to exploring that continent.

You don't know how much it will cost the player to travel. If it's anything like morrowind it could be 100-500 gold,but making money is easy if you know what your doing. They are also doing it to create a sense of you actually being in the world itself..