Picked it up Saturday night. Awesome game, definitely worth every penny. The scenery is great, the game-play challenging, but not too tough. Lots of options, I love the open ended time-line and non-linear game-play of this series and Skyrim continues that very well.
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
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They use dollars for currency in ESV?
On another note, I got skyward sword. Funnest game I have played in years. Most newer games aren't "fun" anymore. Skyward sword is HIGHLY recommended from me. Haven't played skyrim yet but I would take skyward sword over oblivion any day. I'll still definitely get skyrim once I'm bored with skyward sword in a few months.
Check out the skyrim glitches on IGN. Its a good laugh. I'm not dissing the game as any game has glitches and no game can touch the size and scope of skyrim
On another note, I got skyward sword. Funnest game I have played in years. Most newer games aren't "fun" anymore. Skyward sword is HIGHLY recommended from me. Haven't played skyrim yet but I would take skyward sword over oblivion any day. I'll still definitely get skyrim once I'm bored with skyward sword in a few months.
Check out the skyrim glitches on IGN. Its a good laugh. I'm not dissing the game as any game has glitches and no game can touch the size and scope of skyrim
I don't have a wii but that game definitely makes me want to get it. But, with MW3, Diablo 3, Swtor, Skyrim, Rocksmith, Forza 4, and probably 3 others I've forgotten... I'll have a hard enough time finding the time for all of the games!
Love Skyrim, but can't decide what kind of char to play... want to cast spells but I also want to wear heavy armor and wield big swords while simultaneously sneaking around stabbing people in the back. Maybe then I won't get owned by that frost troll on my way to the mountain monastery.
Love Skyrim, but can't decide what kind of char to play... want to cast spells but I also want to wear heavy armor and wield big swords while simultaneously sneaking around stabbing people in the back. Maybe then I won't get owned by that frost troll on my way to the mountain monastery.
linkgt
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EA and Activision would like to have a word with you.
Games nowadays don't take "years" to make. They are now being developed a lot faster than before and sequels are out year after year. They also cut a lot of corners now such as using two page manuals in the game boxes(add using cheaper game boxes too), intentionally cutting game content for the sake of releasing it two weeks later as "DLC", and digital version of the game costing the exact same as their physical counterparts -_-. List goes on but that's all I can think about right now off the top of my head.
I'm glad PC games for now still retail around 50 bucks. Although Activision pretty much fucked it up for everyone else when they priced starcraft and COD for 60... then everyone else followed suit. This only goes on because we as consumers allow it. Just as we have allowed DLC to go on a rampage. Capcom is the worse of them all. For example, in SSF4 they have the content in the actual game disk(costumes) and they charge just to "unlock" it. How is it that months before the actual game comes out, developers are out there telling people "DLC is already made, set and priced"? It's ludicrous.
In short, I believe it's 60 dollars because the consumers have allowed it and the publishers have run away with it. You're probably right for next gen consoles, I wouldn't be surprised if game prices go up to 70 or something. Not becuase of all the "hard effort", but rather for the sake of increasing profits and because "they can".
Anyway I'm playing Assassins Creed:Revelations, it's awesome.
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Parcho
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I just beat it as a pure mage (conjuration / destruction with max enchanting). Enchanting + magic = wayyyy overpowered. I have 100% reduction to destruction spell cost + 70% resist to all magic (95% resist to shock) + 150% mana regeneration. I can summon two crazy powerful pets, have a companion that also summons atronochs. It feels like a small army.
I beat the final fight first try with 2 flame atronoch pets (immune to fire so pretty hard for a fire breathing dragon to kill) and me spam dual casted incinerate blasts. It made the whole thing anti-climatic, but the game is still amazingly fun.
I'm now playing through as a stealth archer / assassin. Much more difficult than a mage, but its fun sneaking into a room with 6 people and silently taking out each one.
I beat the final fight first try with 2 flame atronoch pets (immune to fire so pretty hard for a fire breathing dragon to kill) and me spam dual casted incinerate blasts. It made the whole thing anti-climatic, but the game is still amazingly fun.
I'm now playing through as a stealth archer / assassin. Much more difficult than a mage, but its fun sneaking into a room with 6 people and silently taking out each one.
Parcho
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Best thing to do is pick 2 combat trees and focus on those, and then add 3 supplementary trees.
So cost is $17, but you say they need to charge $60 to cover the cost of R&D? Which is it? Basically they charge whatever the market will bear. If people refused to pay $60 they'd lower their cost.
Small indie developers (who put in countless hours of their own time without any gaurantee of recieving a dime in sales) have found it works best to charge less than the big game developers and have more sales. This has lead to some companies like Valve releasing new games at less than "standard" pricing and making up in volume what they lack in margin.
And as far as not "robbing" developers by buying used games; that's a bunch of crap. The secondary market always increases the value of the primary market. If you know that you can sell a used game back for $20 you're more likely to make the initial $60 investment, as you know you're only going to be out a total of $40.
If someone like a preteen/teenager who might not have much disposable income can no longer sell their game back because publishers like Ubisoft have rendered the used copy next to useless with DRM that needs a new code to enable online features or what have you, they're not going to be able to afford as many new games.
Developers are shooting themselves in the foot with DRM and these preorder codes that are specific to each retailer. Not to mention, as someone already did, the fact that you can't get the "full" version of a game anymore unless you buy four or five copies of a game just to get all the retailer codes.
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My roommate picked the game up and I have been borrowing it. It's incredibly addictive. My character is a red warrior or whatever the hell race the red people are. I am focusing on archery, light armor, and one handed weapons for now. My roommate figured out you can max out 5 trees after you reach the max level. So it is better to focus on a couple main skills to get through the storyline and then as you grow you can upgrade other skills. Ramble complete.
roundhouse
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i lost my companion and cant find them. i thought they would reappear at my house or at the Jarl's but they didn't.
mine just got killed... got to find another one... my horse, dingbat got himself killed too, thought he could take out a dragon for me....
had to buy another thoughI had one that stayed for a while then died helping me kill a giant, so far it's worked out just having mobs help me kill shit then finish everyone else offmine just got killed... got to find another one... my horse, dingbat got himself killed too, thought he could take out a dragon for me....