The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim V5: But there is one they fear - Dragon porn!

[Hoboharry]

[QUOTE=Wheeze201;31566279]I've already bought the game on steam. But I really want that dragon statue and that cloth map.

And I live in iceland. So I'd essentially buying skyrim again for 200$. instead of 150

Should I do it ? I could gift my friend a copy[/QUOTE]
Games in Iceland are way too overpriced.
If you really want that dragon statue & cloth map, you should get it, but if you ever plan on gifting a friend a copy of Skyrim, do it on steam.

[Wheeze201]

[QUOTE=Armotekma;31566480]Email steam support and tell them to cancel your preorder[/QUOTE]

I want to play skyrim the minute it comes out.

[editline]6th August 2011[/editline]

Fuck. Amazon doesn't ship to iceland. Nevermind.

[Aerkhan]

[QUOTE=DX_V;31565485]I'm aware, it's just never felt the same playing on a smaller screen. It's the whole console experience that I enjoy, being able to play it on my larger TV is quite nice. But i'm done with this, i'm not trying to start a console v. pc war, it's just my preference and I was trying to help someone make a decision. I don't care what platform you play the game on as long as you play it.[/QUOTE]

Hook up PC to TV.
Use controller
???
PROFIT!

[editline]6th August 2011[/editline]

[QUOTE=Str4fe;31566499]I wonder if you can activate retail copies on steam.[/QUOTE]

Bethesda games usually have no CD-Key.
So no, but you CAN register a non-steam way the usual way.

[PhantomGamers]

[QUOTE=Aerkhan;31566682]Bethesda games usually have no CD-Key.
So no, but you CAN register a non-steam way the usual way.[/QUOTE]

Isn't Steamworks the Publisher's choice?
I do believe DRM is, and Steamworks would be classified with DRM.

If it is Publisher's Choice, then that means BETHESDA chose to make New Vegas Steamworks, and they included the CD-keys with New Vegas to activate on Steam, so it should be safe to say Skyrim will be too.

Unless I am mistaken about it being the Publishers choice, I mean the developers would need to incorporate it into the game themselves depending on which features of Steamworks they want to use.

I sure hope it is.
If it is I'm preordering retail for the cloth map, if not I'll deal without it and get it on Steam.

[Arteus]

[QUOTE=PhantomGamers;31566882]Isn't Steamworks the Publisher's choice?
I do believe DRM is, and Steamworks would be classified with DRM.

If it is Publisher's Choice, then that means BETHESDA chose to make New Vegas Steamworks, and they included the CD-keys with New Vegas to activate on Steam, so it should be safe to say Skyrim will be too.

Unless I am mistaken about it being the Publishers choice, I mean the developers would need to incorporate it into the game themselves depending on which features of Steamworks they want to use.

I sure hope it is.
If it is I'm preordering retail for the cloth map, if not I'll deal without it and get it on Steam.[/QUOTE]
Considering Morrowind and Oblivion were just given Steamworks features I would say Skyrim has a damn good chance as well.
That's my thought anyway.

[HubmaN]

Huh, maybe there's a subsidized regional version available. Wouldn't that be cash.

[Aerkhan]

[QUOTE=PhantomGamers;31566882]Isn't Steamworks the Publisher's choice?
I do believe DRM is, and Steamworks would be classified with DRM.

If it is Publisher's Choice, then that means BETHESDA chose to make New Vegas Steamworks, and they included the CD-keys with New Vegas to activate on Steam, so it should be safe to say Skyrim will be too.

Unless I am mistaken about it being the Publishers choice, I mean the developers would need to incorporate it into the game themselves depending on which features of Steamworks they want to use.

I sure hope it is.
If it is I'm preordering retail for the cloth map, if not I'll deal without it and get it on Steam.[/QUOTE]

Steam Only =/= also for Steam.
You can't activate it because Bethesda STUDIOS usually does not use CD-Keys.
F3 was not Steam Only, so it was not Bethesda SOFTWORKS choice.
You can ADD it to your library using the usual "Add non-steam game."

[Zezibesh]

Money isn't suddenly worth less just because someone gets paid more
Look at the AUD exchange rate

[Zezibesh]

There's no problem between paying $60 for a game and paying 90 AUD for a game?

[GoldenBullet]

Are there any decent oblivion overhauls? Something purely for visuals maybe because I've just got a pretty big upgrade

[supersocko]

So if I preorder Skyrim as retail (like from Gamestop as opposed to Steam) than I'll get a cloth map with it?

[DiscoInferno]

I don't know why people say Oblivion's story is bland in comparison to Morrowind's because they are pretty similar it's just that Oblivion's starts out bigger than Morrowind's "be a little errand boy for a man with no shirt". Oblivion starts with saving the last heir of the Empire who's the new hope then investigating and "infiltrating" a cult. Morrowind starts with you investigating two cults. Oblivion has you winning the respect of the governor's of the land to stem an otherworldly invasion. Morrowind has you doing fetch quests and bribary to get people to recognise you as who you are even though you have irrefutable proof you are who you are in ring form. I'm not sure how Morrowind's story ends (although I'm getting there) but the only major difference in how it is told is that you read books for some of the information unlike Oblivion. Martin also gets a bit of character development unlike none in Morrowind where everything is about you and your destiny and only Casuis No-Shirt stays in the story for any length.

[Aerkhan]

[QUOTE=DiscoInferno;31571475]I don't know why people say Oblivion's story is bland in comparison to Morrowind's because they are pretty similar it's just that Oblivion's starts out bigger than Morrowind's "be a little errand boy for a man with no shirt". Oblivion starts with saving the last heir of the Empire who's the new hope then investigating and "infiltrating" a cult. Morrowind starts with you investigating two cults. Oblivion has you winning the respect of the governor's of the land to stem an otherworldly invasion. Morrowind has you doing fetch quests and bribary to get people to recognise you as who you are even though you have irrefutable proof you are who you are in ring form. I'm not sure how Morrowind's story ends (although I'm getting there) but the only major difference in how it is told is that you read books for some of the information unlike Oblivion. Martin also gets a bit of character development unlike none in Morrowind where everything is about you and your destiny and only Casuis No-Shirt stays in the story for any length.[/QUOTE]

You [sp]shove that stupid-ass mask of him in his ass, the heart down his throat, stab him with that dagger, punch him with the glove thing, smash him with the hammer thing then shit on his remains. [/sp]

[DiscoInferno]

Oh the BethSoft Board Boys aren't happy with Pickpocketing as the final theif skill.

[Jetamo]

So anywhere in the UK confirmed to have the cloth map as a pre-order?

[hypno-toad]

[QUOTE=DiscoInferno;31571789]Oh the BethSoft Board Boys aren't happy with Pickpocketing as the final theif skill.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, the bitching there is retarded. I have confidence Beth with make pickpocketing a useful thievery skill.

The worst is "how come archery isn't stealth :downs:"

I hate that horrid generalization that everybody who uses a fucking bow is some mincing wood elf who prances around shadows. What ever happened to War Bows?

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He doesn't look like a sneaky little fetcher to me :(

[Zezibesh]

[QUOTE=hypno-toad;31571889]Yeah, the bitching there is retarded. I have confidence Beth with make pickpocketing a useful thievery skill.

The worst is "how come archery isn't stealth :downs:"

I hate that horrid generalization that everybody who uses a fucking bow is some mincing wood elf who prances around shadows. What ever happened to War Bows?

He doesn't look like a sneaky little fetcher to me :([/QUOTE]

I want a giant recurve composite bow, none of that pansy-ass longbow shit

[Beaverlake]

[quote]My Twitter followers wanted to know about the Argonian race, the reptilian race that hails from the Black Marsh swampland. This race looks much like it did in Oblivion and Morrowind, with green scaled skin that sometimes gives off a bluish tint, and yellow, cat-like eyes.[/quote]
A tiny bit of info regarding argonians.

[hypno-toad]

[QUOTE=Zezibesh;31572694]I want a giant recurve composite bow, none of that pansy-ass longbow shit[/QUOTE]

Longbows and Warbows produce the heaviest draw strengths and can propel the heaviest and longest arrows, so its sort of the other way around

[MIR]

[QUOTE=Penultimate;31555994]My one worry, ONE worry, and they just took it away. Yessssssssss. I'm so happy right now! I loved the DB quests in Oblivion. Didn't really like the Morag Tong quests, honestly, so I'm glad DB is returning.

(yessssssssssssssss)

[editline]5th August 2011[/editline]

And, Alex, that is why I would love to be a video games journalist.[/QUOTE]

I bet you can marry a specific person in your guild, each having their own special abilities.

[Zezibesh]

[QUOTE=hypno-toad;31572875]Longbows and Warbows produce the heaviest draw strengths and can propel the heaviest and longest arrows, so its sort of the other way around[/QUOTE]

But imagine a longbow sized composite recurve bow, that'd have the largest draw strength of them all

[DiscoInferno]

I like having all thief/stealth skills be non-combat.

[PhantomGamers]

[QUOTE=Aerkhan;31569569]Steam Only =/= also for Steam.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I know this, I'm not a COMPLETE idiot.
I specifically said Steamworks, which is Steam Only.

[QUOTE=Aerkhan;31569569]F3 was not Steam Only, so it was not Bethesda SOFTWORKS choice.[/QUOTE]
Not for Fallout 3, but New Vegas was Steam Only, and Bethesda published that game as well.
New Vegas was made after Fallout 3 (herp derp), so their choice could have changed.

As @Painseeker said, they also added Steamworks FEATURES to Oblivion and Morrowind, why would they do this if they didn't want to use Steamworks? :S
And the reason that they didn't add those Steamworks features to FO3 is because FO3 is GFWL.

[soad_jonas]

I don't see the big deal of what category the skills are in. I've played all kinds of crazy hybrid classes without any problems whatsoever.

[MIR]

[QUOTE=DX_V;31565485]I'm aware, it's just never felt the same playing on a smaller screen. It's the whole console experience that I enjoy, being able to play it on my larger TV is quite nice. But i'm done with this, i'm not trying to start a console v. pc war, it's just my preference and I was trying to help someone make a decision. I don't care what platform you play the game on as long as you play it.[/QUOTE]

Hook up your computer display outputs to your television?

[-Steve-]

[QUOTE=U.S.S.R;31573581]Hook up your computer display outputs to your television?[/QUOTE]

I have an HDMI input with my TV as a second monitor. My setup for Skyrim is playing on TV with the Xbox 360 controller. Best of both worlds.

[DX_V]

[QUOTE=U.S.S.R;31573581]Hook up your computer display outputs to your television?[/QUOTE]

Dragging my case over to my TV, which is in the other room, or vice versa sounds like a lot of work to do for something that pointless. I already have my Xbox and PS3 hooked up.

[Hoboharry]

Did anybody else hate venturing into crypts or creepy dungeons in Oblivion/Morrowind? :v:
I hope there won't be too much of that in Skyrim.

[hypno-toad]

I hope theres more of that, you're trying to save the world.. you should be pissing yourself for one reason or another.

[editline]7th August 2011[/editline]

[QUOTE=Zezibesh;31573328]But imagine a longbow sized composite recurve bow, that'd have the largest draw strength of them all[/QUOTE]

There'd be no point to it. A longbow is made so big to allow a very large pullback.

Composite bows are made small and highly flexible to allow a similar amount of pullback jsut by bending to a huge degree. If you made a huge composite bow, your arm length would only allow you to pull it back about half way, and the rest of the bow strength would be wasted.

Composite bows are effective because they are under a high amount of strain at full draw, so they snap back quickly and can send lightweight arrows moving really fast. longbows and warbows snap back slower, but have more draw strength so they can use heavy oak shafts and bodkin tips.

How does this effect tes? well, logically small horsebows and such should be the bows ideal for assassins and thieves. Less damage, but they can fire quickly and accurately and are useful for sneak attacks, wheras warbows could be used as a medium range weapon to take on armored opponents in combat. That is assuming that Bethesda is being intelligent about it, they may just make the bow selection bland and boring again :(

I for one would like to see a variety of bow styles (horse bows, longbows, warbows, flatbows, short bows) rather than just "glass bow, iron bow, etc" archery was very monotonous in oblivion.

[Zezibesh]

Composite bows make more noise than war bows though