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View Poll Results: Thoughts on Skyrim
Exceeded my expectations 65 62.50%
Generally met my expectations 26 25.00%
Eh, somewhat disappointed 7 6.73%
Trout 6 5.77%
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Old 11-10-2011, 11:25 PM   #151
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Old 11-10-2011, 11:27 PM   #152
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Old 11-11-2011, 12:05 AM   #153
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okay already stupid question time-I've gone through character creation and the you know what happened, and now I'm supposed to go to the keep-problem is I either can't see any way to get there through all the debris, or I don't know how to open the door to that tower
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Old 11-11-2011, 12:10 AM   #154
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okay already stupid question time-I've gone through character creation and the you know what happened, and now I'm supposed to go to the keep-problem is I either can't see any way to get there through all the debris, or I don't know how to open the door to that tower
I followed another character (marked with a diamond), and then when he said get inside the keep, I just moved into the doorway. It let me in. Does that help?

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Old 11-11-2011, 12:11 AM   #155
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Great timing, set to pick this up tomorrow and now my PS3 is overheating and turns off anywhere between 10 minutes and an hour into a session.....Awesome....

Another 150 bucks to Sony to fix, may just end up getting a refurbished one for the same price.

Unless anyone know a do it yourself way to fix this problem??

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Old 11-11-2011, 12:12 AM   #156
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I already had my first stupid moment. I jumped off a roof, and ended up behind a building. No way to escape in one direction, fire in the other. I had no choice but to run thru the fire. Ouch... but at least I was able to continue.
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Old 11-11-2011, 12:15 AM   #157
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Great timing, set to pick this up tomorrow and now my PS3 is overheating and turns off anywhere between 10 minutes and an hour into a session.....Awesome....

Another 150 bucks to Sony to fix, may just end up getting a refurbished one for the same price.

Unless anyone know a do it yourself way to fix this problem??

Probably your power supply. Im not sure what that costs but if you replaced it Id guess it would fix it.
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Old 11-11-2011, 12:16 AM   #158
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okay I went and looked at a lets play I missed the part where I had to jump through the hole in the top of the inn -I just dropped to the ground

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Old 11-11-2011, 12:31 AM   #159
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alrighty, heading off to bed-not young anymore can't do an allnighter. Have fun with the game guys
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Old 11-11-2011, 12:33 AM   #160
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Old 11-11-2011, 12:40 AM   #161
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okay already stupid question time-I've gone through character creation and the you know what happened, and now I'm supposed to go to the keep-problem is I either can't see any way to get there through all the debris, or I don't know how to open the door to that tower

Don't feel too bad, or at least not alone ... I had the same confusion, my son finally said "to the left dummy, look to the left".
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Old 11-11-2011, 12:41 AM   #162
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Does anyone know where the User Manual gets downloaded to? I want to understand the icons in the compass.

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Old 11-11-2011, 01:38 AM   #163
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About 90 minutes in I've had my first crash - no error message, no anything, the game just disappeared and I was back to desktop - while looting a tomato of all things.
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Old 11-11-2011, 01:47 AM   #164
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Just finished the golden claw quest. Had a fucking blast. Loving it so far.

I'm also not really having any problems with the user interface. Yea, could it have been designed better and as far as UI's go it's not great, but I was expecting much worse.

Edit: then again I'm playing a warrior. A Mage might be a little annoying.

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Old 11-11-2011, 02:31 AM   #165
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Old 11-11-2011, 03:29 AM   #166
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Having a broken R1 button on my controller killed me at character creation. Wouldn't let me L1 my way to the other options, so that took a considerable amount of enjoyment out of it for me.

But after the intro run, holy shit am I loving this game at first impressions. Just gorgeous.
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Old 11-11-2011, 06:14 AM   #167
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I know I struggled to figure out how to hotkey items in the PC version - you need to set your item as a favorite, then open the favorites menu with Q. Then when you have the selected item highlighted you can press numbers 1-8, this will now be your hotkey for that item. From what I've seen there are some limitations, like hotkeyed melee weapons only appearing in your right hand, but since I'm using two handed weapons right now that hasn't been a problem.
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Old 11-11-2011, 06:29 AM   #168
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I usually don't advocate playing an RPG on a console but I really REALLY loved how they streamlined Skyrim on the 360 (and probably others)
Everything made sense. Everything was intuitive. Even the hotkeys were QUICK and EASY!

Everything just flowed wonderfully. And best of all I don't need to wrestle with PC settings and crashes and my PC overheating like it did with Portal 2. (Yes I realize that's a fault of the computer not the game but I have what I have)
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Old 11-11-2011, 07:41 AM   #169
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I usually don't advocate playing an RPG on a console but I really REALLY loved how they streamlined Skyrim on the 360 (and probably others)
Everything made sense. Everything was intuitive. Even the hotkeys were QUICK and EASY!

Everything just flowed wonderfully. And best of all I don't need to wrestle with PC settings and crashes and my PC overheating like it did with Portal 2. (Yes I realize that's a fault of the computer not the game but I have what I have)

That's great to hear as I wait on my 360 copy.
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Old 11-11-2011, 08:11 AM   #170
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Don't feel too bad, or at least not alone ... I had the same confusion, my son finally said "to the left dummy, look to the left".

ah good at least I'm not the only stupid player. And nice son you got there lol.
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Old 11-11-2011, 08:20 AM   #171
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ah good at least I'm not the only stupid player. And nice son you got there lol.


Tell me. oh wise one. How is combat? All in all, it is not going to matter because I can't do much of anything very long with my right arm without pain. But I am itching for a cool game right now.
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Old 11-11-2011, 08:21 AM   #172
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I think this game will break some sales records. Like Wow-territory
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Old 11-11-2011, 08:27 AM   #173
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Does anyone know where the User Manual gets downloaded to? I want to understand the icons in the compass.

Went looking in various Steam and Skyrim folders-no manual to be found-so checked the forum on Bethesda's site-apparantly there was no manual in the initial download/patch. Uh...that's not good Bethesda
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Old 11-11-2011, 08:28 AM   #174
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Tell me. oh wise one. How is combat? All in all, it is not going to matter because I can't do much of anything very long with my right arm without pain. But I am itching for a cool game right now.

Heh I'm very far from wise these days when it comes to games at least. I haven't tried combat yet actually-I just got through the very beginning of the tutorial before signing off for the night. I'm about to go play again though, and combat comes up very quickly so I will let you know.
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Old 11-11-2011, 08:30 AM   #175
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Old 11-11-2011, 08:36 AM   #176
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So I got my on PC and 3 hours in it did over heat my laptop and crash. I am only running a Core 2 Duo 7550 with a Nvidia 9600m GT 512 MB card. The game did defualt me to medium settings so I might bump that down. I am also strong considering picking up a PS 3 if I can find one for a decent price maybe of Black Friday. It seems pretty apparent you should get a better experience on the PC playing with a game pad. So, really the main draw for a PC version looks to be mods and better graphics which is not a huge issue to me as the console versions are pretty good too from the looks of it
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Old 11-11-2011, 08:40 AM   #177
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I am not seeing ANYTHING to complain about on the console version graphicswise. The water, mist, and fire effects are amazing.

If someone can prove me wrong with pics comparison please do.
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Old 11-11-2011, 08:47 AM   #178
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Tell me. oh wise one. How is combat? All in all, it is not going to matter because I can't do much of anything very long with my right arm without pain. But I am itching for a cool game right now.
I'm on the PC version. So far, 98% of my battles have been melee. Right mouse button to attack, left button to block with my shield. I've only fired my bow 4-5 times. Not sure I've hit the enemy with an arrow for any serious damage, but certainly getting their attention. Of course, I think I'm on Level 2 out of 5 difficulty (don't remember name), so I'm sure that will crank up the heat once I get used to game and interface.
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Old 11-11-2011, 08:56 AM   #179
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I am going to be in so much trouble.

I should stay out of this thread, I think.
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Old 11-11-2011, 09:24 AM   #180
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Tell me. oh wise one. How is combat? All in all, it is not going to matter because I can't do much of anything very long with my right arm without pain. But I am itching for a cool game right now.

I seemed to have a knack for running into trouble from my first few steps into Skyrim proper (after the opening sequence).

On whatever the default difficulty is, the combat felt surprisingly similar to Oblivion to me. I mean, I had no need to really think about what to do, it felt comfortable & familiar and I was killing bandits & wolves without much stress. Well, except for my first & only death so far, stupid me forgot to heal after dispatching two bandits, turned the corner around a boulder & ran smack into a bandit captain's battle axe. Two strikes later & I was down and out. Not the game's fault, just careless on my part.

Now I'm not exactly the most sophisticated fighter you're going to find, give me a sword, a shield, and a healing spell & I'll throw down with most anything that comes my way. Strike, block, evade, heal when needed, repeat.
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Old 11-11-2011, 09:34 AM   #181
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Old 11-11-2011, 09:37 AM   #182
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Are you playing PC or Console Jon?

Sorry. 360.
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Old 11-11-2011, 09:41 AM   #183
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Sorry. 360.

I will be too, (PS3 when fixed) as I fair much better in combat on a console and from what I have seen the graphics are not much of a step down from the graphics on a high end PC.
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Old 11-11-2011, 09:43 AM   #184
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Tell me. oh wise one. How is combat? All in all, it is not going to matter because I can't do much of anything very long with my right arm without pain. But I am itching for a cool game right now.

okay played a little bit with combat, both with weapons and magic. If on a PC, you're going to need to move the mouse around during combat to keep aimed with a spell, bow, etc. I lit up the poor guy who was guiding me out of the tutorial once because he was in the way when I did my flame spell. So far its been just push or hold down the left and/or right mouse button to attack/block, so that part is easy to enough. Its gonna take me some time to get used to combat, and I'll probably not ever be as good as I can be with it. So if using a mouse with your right hand, your going to use it a lot in combat. Using your left hand to move around with the WASD keys.
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Old 11-11-2011, 09:54 AM   #185
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I will be too, (PS3 when fixed) as I fair much better in combat on a console and from what I have seen the graphics are not much of a step down from the graphics on a high end PC.

I'm guessing that the comments concerning visuals (console vs. PC) are mostly based on people playing on inferior setups. I'm playing on a 1080p/HDMI setup on the PS3 and it's jaw-dropping. Neighbor has a 1080P X360 setup and it's just as good.
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Old 11-11-2011, 09:55 AM   #186
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I let my 13 y.o. stay home from school today to play Skyrim on my PC (I pre-ordered from Steam and unlocked at midnight, since my pre-order from Amazon likely won't show up until Tuesday).

He thinks it was a grand parental gesture.

He doesn't realize that I'm giving him 10 hours while I'm at work, because it's the last time he's going to see the game this weekend.
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Old 11-11-2011, 10:11 AM   #187
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Old 11-11-2011, 10:14 AM   #188
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Your telling me - on top of that I'll have to wait until the kids go down to play....
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Old 11-11-2011, 10:24 AM   #189
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I let my 13 y.o. stay home from school today to play Skyrim on my PC (I pre-ordered from Steam and unlocked at midnight, since my pre-order from Amazon likely won't show up until Tuesday).

He thinks it was a grand parental gesture.

He doesn't realize that I'm giving him 10 hours while I'm at work, because it's the last time he's going to see the game this weekend.

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Old 11-11-2011, 10:27 AM   #190
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I'm guessing that the comments concerning visuals (console vs. PC) are mostly based on people playing on inferior setups. I'm playing on a 1080p/HDMI setup on the PS3 and it's jaw-dropping. Neighbor has a 1080P X360 setup and it's just as good.

My set up is the exact same as yours so this is great news.

Also having our youngest drop off the PS 3 for repair in a half hour, so we should have it back tonight.....Romantic candlelight dinner and a massage for the wife tonight, since she won't see me tomorrow
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Old 11-11-2011, 10:35 AM   #191
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My set up is the exact same as yours so this is great news.

Also having our youngest drop off the PS 3 for repair in a half hour, so we should have it back tonight.....Romantic candlelight dinner and a massage for the wife tonight, since she won't see me tomorrow

You've got the routine down!
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I let my 13 y.o. stay home from school today to play Skyrim on my PC (I pre-ordered from Steam and unlocked at midnight, since my pre-order from Amazon likely won't show up until Tuesday).

He thinks it was a grand parental gesture.

He doesn't realize that I'm giving him 10 hours while I'm at work, because it's the last time he's going to see the game this weekend.

Well done sir, I doff my chapeau to you.
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Old 11-11-2011, 11:17 AM   #193
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Bravo Drake.

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Old 11-11-2011, 11:35 AM   #194
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I was looking to see if there was a solution for the X and Y axis on the mouse being different sensitivities and it looks like there are some tweaks to help, but it turns out the biggest problem that Y axis sensitivity is tied to FPS and X axis isn't. It's still playable, but a pain in the ass.

Also, the UI is total shit. I really wish more companies would do different UI for console and PC, and never include a radial dial control on PC for people using mouse and keyboard. Hopefully there's a mod for something more like the Morrowind UI soon.

Played through the Unbound quest and the gameplay was great though, can't wait to play more after work. I just wish it controlled better.
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I take it you'll be able to use a XBOX 360 controller for the PC? You think it will be "easier" to use a gamepad rather than keyboard/mouse?
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Old 11-11-2011, 11:47 AM   #196
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I take it you'll be able to use a XBOX 360 controller for the PC? You think it will be "easier" to use a gamepad rather than keyboard/mouse?

You can, there's an option for it right on the settings menu. The menus might be easier to use with the game pad as they were clearly designed for one, but there's no way I'd want to play the game with a 360 pad rather than mouse and keyboard.
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Old 11-11-2011, 11:56 AM   #197
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I'm really enjoying the "killshot" animations so far - my character uses a two handed hammer and he has a thing where he drops down, takes out the enemy's knee with one smash, then finishes them off with a shot to the chest. Pretty cool - I hope there are different ones for different weapons?
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You can, there's an option for it right on the settings menu. The menus might be easier to use with the game pad as they were clearly designed for one, but there's no way I'd want to play the game with a 360 pad rather than mouse and keyboard.


Thanks Thom. I have started to think about maybe getting a gamepad for the PC if I get this to make it a little easier than the mouse. You seem to be against that idea McKerney. Any reason?

Also, can you just get a 360 controller, or should I look at another PC controller? Anybody have relatively cheap suggestions?
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Thanks Thom. I have started to think about maybe getting a gamepad for the PC if I get this to make it a little easier than the mouse. You seem to be against that idea McKerney. Any reason?

Also, can you just get a 360 controller, or should I look at another PC controller? Anybody have relatively cheap suggestions?

I just personally hate playing first person games with a gamepad. If you're someone who plays FPS on console you probably won't mind though.

Definitely get a 360 pad (and I'd recommend the new silver one with the better dpad if you can, though if you get one of those you may have to buy the receiver seperately), they may cost more but nearly every game I play with gamepad support is already configured with 360 pad support, while other pads working properly are hit or miss.

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Old 11-11-2011, 01:19 PM   #200
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I just personally hate playing first person games with a gamepad. If you're someone who plays FPS on console you probably won't mind though.

Definitely get a 360 pad (and I'd recommend the new silver one with the better dpad if you can, though if you get one of those you may have to buy the receiver seperately), they may cost more but nearly every game I play with gamepad support is already configured with 360 pad support, while other pads working properly are hit or miss.


Ok, now let me ask this. I actually hate hate hate playing in the fps perspective. Anyone playing in 3rd person view? What is that like?

BTW, I bought it like a sucker. Downloading it now, but may wait till I get the controller later today to start it.
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