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JJW009
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:58 pm Posts: 8767 Location: behind the sofa
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Is that because of the flashing lights Thanks Jon - I'll get me credit card out tonight.
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Mon Nov 21, 2011 10:50 am |
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jonlumb
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:44 pm Posts: 4141 Location: Exeter
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Definitely. Flashing lights give you such a performance increase it's insane.
But yeah, definitely get Skyrim; it really is a stunningly good game. Unless you really want a physical paper map you may as well get it from Steam (it requires activation via Steam regardless of how you purchase it) and save the wait for having something delivered.
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Mon Nov 21, 2011 11:06 am |
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Fogmeister
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:35 pm Posts: 6580 Location: Getting there
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IMHO the paper map is completely useless. It has half a dozen locations on it and really doesn't show any detail or anything. Imagine a map of the whole UK on an A3 sheet of paper. The marked locations are London, Leeds, Manchester, Edingburgh, Cardiff and Birmingham... ...and you've just been told to go meet someone in South Otterington. The game is really good though. As an ex-WoW player I thought I'd know exactly what was coming at each stage/quest/etc... However, it's a lot deeper than WoW. Mainly because of the emphasis on the story but also because of the amazing number of side stories/side quests that are available. It's a bit like WoW was when I joined at the very beginning of Aerie Peak when I was one of the highest lvl chars and in one of the strongest guilds (that was started by me and a few friends). We had the story of the gates opening and all the main stuff like that (can't remember the details now). I'm maybe around 12-13 hours of gameplay in and I've only completed 2 or 3 of the main story quests. I've wanted to take my time and get into the story and background a bit more and the villagers and other NPCs have side quests and stories that unveil a whole history of background and sub-plots etc... I love it. I can also not worry about having to play it obsessively for fear of falling behind as when I'm not playing the game doesn't do anything. The only down side is that I'm playing on XBox so not getting the full effect of the new graphics engine.
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Mon Nov 21, 2011 11:20 am |
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cloaked_wolf
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:46 pm Posts: 10022
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You w***ers. Because of this thread, I've now ordered Skyrim for the PC.
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Mon Nov 21, 2011 2:00 pm |
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jonlumb
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:44 pm Posts: 4141 Location: Exeter
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*rubs hands with manical glee* "Excellent!"
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Mon Nov 21, 2011 2:07 pm |
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cloaked_wolf
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:46 pm Posts: 10022
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Is that anything like mani acal glee?
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Mon Nov 21, 2011 2:09 pm |
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jonlumb
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:44 pm Posts: 4141 Location: Exeter
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No, it means it's all shackled up
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Mon Nov 21, 2011 2:10 pm |
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Fogmeister
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:35 pm Posts: 6580 Location: Getting there
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Ooh! Something that I have enjoyed a LOT and is ridiculously useful! Raising zombies! It's part of the conjuration tree and IIRC you get it at the beginning if you are a Dark Elf. It's a lot easier to take down a number of monsters at a time when you have one of them fighting for you! I've been trying to lvl it up for my next lvl I was especially pleased with the giant spider that I reincarnated OK, Dark Elves are Destruction and Alteration (not Conjuration). Oh well, still using oakflesh a lot
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Mon Nov 21, 2011 4:33 pm |
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pcernie
Legend
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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I've got Elder Scrolls: Oblivion GOTY on the way, so if that's any good I'll be getting Skyrim
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Mon Nov 21, 2011 7:05 pm |
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jonlumb
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:44 pm Posts: 4141 Location: Exeter
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Oblivion does have its flaws for sure, a lot of the changes in Skyrim are specifically to resolve these issues. I'd strongly suggest having a look at TESNexus for some of the larger bug-fixing mods available (Obscuro's Oblivion Overhaul is the one I use).
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Mon Nov 21, 2011 7:13 pm |
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pcernie
Legend
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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I'm a PS3 victim unfortunately
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Mon Nov 21, 2011 7:18 pm |
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pcernie
Legend
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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Mon Nov 21, 2011 7:50 pm |
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rustybucket
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Jun 18, 2009 5:10 pm Posts: 5836
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My tech still hasn't caught up with Oblivion.
I've been waiting to have the money for chuffing years.
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Mon Nov 21, 2011 9:58 pm |
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jonlumb
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:44 pm Posts: 4141 Location: Exeter
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Do you have a machine capable of playing Oblivion at all? If so you're welcome to borrow my copy for a while as I'm rather preoccupied with this other game at the moment!
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Tue Nov 22, 2011 10:42 pm |
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forquare1
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:36 pm Posts: 5150 Location: /dev/tty0
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I've played about four hours of it round a friends house. You'll see from my frequency here that I'm no gamer, most of my gaming is small puzzle games on my iPhone. But this is excellent! To the point I want to play it more. But I'd need to buy the game and games console, I don't have a TV so that'd be extra, plus the TV license... Maybe after Christmas in the sales
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