The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim "And your beard's beard has beards too" - Games

[QUOTE=benzi2k7;28242947]It's just a wallpaper, dude.[/QUOTE] Really?? Yeah, I know that. I was just pointing out the continuing trend, so stop patronizing me by replying. [editline]23rd February 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Stizzles;28242290]gameplay video is out? what where help aaaaaaaaaa[/QUOTE] 15 hours 53 minutes and 16 seconds

[QUOTE=hypno-toad;28243024]Really?? Yeah, I know that. I was just pointing out the continuing trend, so stop patronizing me by replying. [editline]23rd February 2011[/editline] 15 hours 53 minutes and 16 seconds[/QUOTE] I can't sleep oh god :aaa:

[QUOTE=Yur|ko;28243160]I can't sleep oh god :aaa:[/QUOTE] Don't worry, that's an old post, it's only 15 hours 46 minutes and 5 seconds away now

[QUOTE=hypno-toad;28243216]Don't worry, that's an old post, it's only 15 hours 46 minutes and 5 seven seconds away now[/QUOTE] 5 seven seconds? You mean 35 seconds?

[QUOTE=TheWhiteFox1;28243261]5 seven seconds? You mean 35 seconds?[/QUOTE] Is there some problem with me posting numeral indications and verbal numeral indications together in the same combination without reason? Or does that [I]confuse you [/I] Only 54972 seconds now before the video is out.[B][B][/B][/B]

I hope it's just five hours of a really manly Nord cutting wood while grunting really hard. Bulgy veins, spittle, and everything.

[QUOTE=Confused111;28243342]I hope it's just five hours of a really manly Nord cutting wood while grunting really hard. Bulgy veins, spittle, and everything.[/QUOTE] If you speed up the video you'll see his beard growing in real time

[QUOTE=hypno-toad;28243024]Really?? Yeah, I know that. I was just pointing out the continuing trend, so stop patronizing me by replying. [editline]23rd February 2011[/editline] 15 hours 53 minutes and 16 seconds[/QUOTE]You're looking into it too much, someone standing with shit going on around them is pretty much a staple of the videogame/movie industry. It's nothing to do with Call of Duty. [url]http://www.imfdb.org/images/thumb/9/91/Halflife2cover.jpg/300px-Halflife2cover.jpg[/url] [url]http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/kane.jpg[/url] [url]http://frontrowreviews.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/PP31150The-Godfather-Posters.jpg[/url] [url]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l8iaYrarAkA/TMxnv-fwOiI/AAAAAAAAAdc/6u5kPR9Dhuw/s1600/kill_bill_poster.jpg[/url] + countless more I'm not patronizing you, I'm just saying this is done very often and it's just a wallpaper that uses a very common style. It shows the main character who's surrounded by something that's to do with the content of the game/movie.

[QUOTE=spekter;28242408]So purely because COD used it means its a 'cliche'. Skyrim poster actually has style and atmosphere to it.[/QUOTE] It actually makes sense though. Smoke is rising because there is a dragon corpse under him, rather than just random debris in front of someone who isn't really doing anything.

[QUOTE=benzi2k7;28243628]You're looking into it too much, someone standing with shit going on around them is pretty much a staple of the videogame/movie industry. It's nothing to do with Call of Duty. [url]http://www.imfdb.org/images/thumb/9/91/Halflife2cover.jpg/300px-Halflife2cover.jpg[/url] [url]http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/kane.jpg[/url] [url]http://frontrowreviews.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/PP31150The-Godfather-Posters.jpg[/url] [url]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l8iaYrarAkA/TMxnv-fwOiI/AAAAAAAAAdc/6u5kPR9Dhuw/s1600/kill_bill_poster.jpg[/url] + countless more I'm not patronizing you, I'm just saying this is done very often and it's just a wallpaper that uses a very common style. It shows the main character who's surrounded by something that's to do with the content of the game/movie.[/QUOTE] And thats not bad.

[QUOTE=benzi2k7;28243628]You're looking into it too much, someone standing with shit going on around them is pretty much a staple of the videogame/movie industry. It's nothing to do with Call of Duty. [url]http://www.imfdb.org/images/thumb/9/91/Halflife2cover.jpg/300px-Halflife2cover.jpg[/url] [url]http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/kane.jpg[/url] [url]http://frontrowreviews.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/PP31150The-Godfather-Posters.jpg[/url] [url]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l8iaYrarAkA/TMxnv-fwOiI/AAAAAAAAAdc/6u5kPR9Dhuw/s1600/kill_bill_poster.jpg[/url] + countless more I'm not patronizing you, I'm just saying this is done very often and it's just a wallpaper that uses a very common style. It shows the main character who's surrounded by something that's to do with the content of the game/movie.[/QUOTE] Righto, unless you read this post all the way through, don't bother replying. It's just derailing the thread. First off, you're patronizing me because it was just an offshoot remark, I don't care that much, but the fact that I need to express myself so clearly in a post about a subject that means so little? Seems like a waste of time. I just think it's funny that they are going with the current game art trend rather than making something atheistically pleasing, or gameplay-related. Instead it's just some guy standing there in fog, as if that's what people do.. stand around in fog. It's sort of insulting to the viewer's intelligence, they prefer to appeal to some sense of lone wolf alpha-male bullshit rather than make game art that actually tells you about the game. The fact that you are making me explain my opinion is extremely patronizing in itself since I never really meant much of the original remark, yet people seem to take a lot of offense; but clearly the topic means a lot to people so let me indulge. You can't summarize a gist of a movie with a movie poster. The poster is merely to display the actors and general atmosphere. A guy standing in the middle of the screen does not display atmosphere nor does it give you an idea of what the game is: For example, having a nord warrior on a mountain overlooking a sprawling landscape dotted with towns, and him fending off a dragon with his sword and shield a dragon, that'd give me a pretty accurate sense of what the game is about. Like this picture [URL="http://thegamingliberty.com/wp-content/uploads/skyrimart-2.jpg"][media]http://thegamingliberty.com/wp-content/uploads/skyrimart-2.jpg[/media][/URL] That's a bitchin wallpaper, gives me a good gist about what the game is about and it looks cool. The guy is clearly going "oh shit, there's a bear, I'm going to crouch down and prepare for it's onslaught, because that's what happens in this game, I climb mountains and run into bears" This [U][media][/U][URL="http://www.bethsoft.com/elder_council_wallpaper/dragonborn.jpg"]http://www.bethsoft.com/elder_council_wallpaper/dragonborn.jpg[/media][/URL] It's just a dude standing there, looking away from the camera for some reason. Is that what we do in skyrim? pose in fog and look cool? Does fog and a black background have something to do with the game? It's just so incredibly arbitrary. Doesn't have much to do with the game, it's just supposed to provoke some cheesy sense of heroism or badassness or something that I really don't understand. To be honest, I don't care about it that much; as long as that's not going to be the box art I don't care (it'll make it hard to see on the shelves since it camouflages with the CoD/BF3/MoH/Crysis 2, I might pick up the wrong copy) Long story short, I didn't look into this that much, sure, it's just game art, but the fact that somebody thought it was a good marketing campaign is just funny. They clearly put work into it, but rather than making something relevant to gameplay they just made some dude standing in mist in some dark setting all super serious-like. Satisfied? Good, lets drop the fucking subject.

Is it just me or has that countdown gone up 3 hours? I swear it's been "15 hours untill" before..

Maybe they just wanted to show us more artwork as well as tease us?

[QUOTE=hypno-toad-shortened;28244391]You can't summarize a gist of a movie with a movie poster. The poster is merely to display the actors and general atmosphere. A guy standing in the middle of the screen does not display atmosphere nor does it give you an idea of what the game is[/QUOTE]It's supposed to evoke a feeling.. and that's exactly what it does? People have said it looks badass and has atmosphere, you don't have to make a huge post about it, it's not a big deal. It's a simple, nice wallpaper that shows a nord, smoke and a dragons tail. All of that is to do with a game, and it evokes the image of a nord who's just defeated a dragon. Calm down. It's not a marketing campaign, it's just a wallpaper for fans.

[QUOTE=benzi2k7;28244571]It's supposed to evoke a feeling.. and that's exactly what it does? People have said it looks badass and has atmosphere, you don't have to make a huge post about it, it's not a big deal. It's a simple, nice wallpaper that shows a nord, smoke and a dragons tail. All of that is to do with a game, and it evokes the image of a nord who's just defeated a dragon. Calm down. It's not a marketing campaign, it's just a wallpaper for fans.[/QUOTE] Don't tell me to calm down after you purposely replied trying to contradict my [I]opinion[/I]. If you don't want to get into an argument then don't try to tell me why I have should have certain opinions. You think the poster looks good? That's awesome. Me? I just think it looks like exactly what I don't want skyrim to be, and the fact that the picture takes itself so seriously makes me laugh. Thank god the screenshots don't portray that same atmosphere, Im guessing the video won't either.

[QUOTE=hypno-toad;28244758]Don't tell me to calm down after you purposely replied trying to contradict my [I]opinion[/I]. If you don't want to get into an argument then don't try to tell me why I have should have certain opinions. You think the poster looks good? That's awesome. I just think it looks like exactly what I don't want skyrim to be, and the fact that the picture takes itself so seriously makes me laugh. Thank god the screenshots don't portray that same atmosphere.[/QUOTE]Your opinion was that "man standing cool-like in front of a smokey background" thing has become so clichéd" and that's okay even though it's a bit misguided. Then you said "COD is the epitome of bland gaming, media cliches, and gameplay stereotypes; what more almost every game is doing it now" like the whole reason it's cliched is because of CoD, when it's not. All I was showing you is that it's nothing new, it's a tried and tested method that is used in lots of forms of media. You're the one taking it seriously.

It is cliched, it fits [I]every literal definition of a cliche[/I]. People just find it easier to make a dark and "moody" background then to actually make legitimate artwork.

Why bring CoD into it?

you know some people dont like their wallpaper cluttered with shit

[QUOTE=<VET>Jasper;28245031]you know some people dont like their wallpaper cluttered with shit[/QUOTE]this post is cliché

[QUOTE=red_pharoah;28235653]Beard mod comes Instantly installed.[/QUOTE] Fixed

and Call of Duty is the cause.

fuck

Because CoD (post Modern Warfare) is a perfect example of anything related to cliches. I suimply use that as the image. I could have used any one of these [URL]http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5281/5330854964_e7956039f3.jpg[/URL] [URL]http://www.onlinekeystore.com/images/T/Call_of_Duty_4_Modern_Warfare_Cover_PC_Activision_USK_181.jpg[/URL] [URL]http://mytechblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Crysis_2_cover.png[/URL] [URL]http://pwned.com/gamecovers/playstation3/1270576499-BattlefieldBadCompany2LimitedEdition.jpg[/URL] [URL]http://talknowalk.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/battlefield-3-cover.png?w=334&h=289[/URL] Vignette, Desaturate 50%, increase contrast 25% bam, you've got cover art.

so who care

[QUOTE=hypno-toad;28245179]Because CoD (post Modern Warfare) is a perfect example of anything related to cliches. I suimply use that as the image. I could have used any one of these [URL]http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5281/5330854964_e7956039f3.jpg[/URL] [URL]http://www.onlinekeystore.com/images/T/Call_of_Duty_4_Modern_Warfare_Cover_PC_Activision_USK_181.jpg[/URL] [URL]http://mytechblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Crysis_2_cover.png[/URL] [URL]http://pwned.com/gamecovers/playstation3/1270576499-BattlefieldBadCompany2LimitedEdition.jpg[/URL] [URL]http://talknowalk.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/battlefield-3-cover.png?w=334&h=289[/URL] Vignette, Desaturate 50%, increase contrast 25% bam, you've got cover art.[/QUOTE] OMG A MAN ALONE WITH ATMOSPHERE OBVIOUSLY COD who cares

[QUOTE=IdiotStorm;28245393]OMG A MAN ALONE WITH ATMOSPHERE OBVIOUSLY COD who cares[/QUOTE] Probably shouldn't have used the word CoD. The second you bring that into an argument everybody takes extreme offense.

ye cod is the problem here

[QUOTE=hypno-toad;28245179]Because CoD (post Modern Warfare) is a perfect example of anything related to cliches. I suimply use that as the image. I could have used any one of these [URL]http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5281/5330854964_e7956039f3.jpg[/URL] [URL]http://www.onlinekeystore.com/images/T/Call_of_Duty_4_Modern_Warfare_Cover_PC_Activision_USK_181.jpg[/URL] [URL]http://mytechblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Crysis_2_cover.png[/URL] [URL]http://pwned.com/gamecovers/playstation3/1270576499-BattlefieldBadCompany2LimitedEdition.jpg[/URL] [URL]http://talknowalk.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/battlefield-3-cover.png?w=334&h=289[/URL] Vignette, Desaturate 50%, increase contrast 25% bam, you've got cover art.[/QUOTE]or [url]http://www.softsailor.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Half-Life_Cover_Art.jpg[/url] [url]http://images.wikia.com/halo/images/e/e0/Halo_Cover.jpg[/url] [url]http://files.sharenator.com/Crash_Bandicoot_Cover_Old_Games-s500x496-107017-580.png[/url] [url]http://images.nintendolife.com/games/gamecube/resident_evil_3_nemesis/cover_large.jpg[/url] It's nothing new!

[QUOTE=benzi2k7;28245541]or [url]http://www.softsailor.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Half-Life_Cover_Art.jpg[/url] [url]http://images.wikia.com/halo/images/e/e0/Halo_Cover.jpg[/url] [url]http://files.sharenator.com/Crash_Bandicoot_Cover_Old_Games-s500x496-107017-580.png[/url] [url]http://images.nintendolife.com/games/gamecube/resident_evil_3_nemesis/cover_large.jpg[/url] It's nothing new![/QUOTE] Not exactly the same. Give me a second, I'll show you.