So, /V/, thoughts on Skyrim?

I have always been a fan of Bethesda. Fallout 3 was a great game, but the Elder Scrolls series is what draws me in. There is something awesome about making any kind of character you want, and being thrown into a world to do...well, what you want. Morrowind had a considerably better story than Oblivion did. But, it's age makes it less popular to the general public.
     Sort of like Fallout 3, nobody remembers previous games that were before the 360. Oblivion had better graphics and was very well received. Now, does that make it a better game? Absolutely not. Morrowind had a much better story, as I said, along with a better locale, and more weapons (such as spears). I think they were about equal. but, that's just my opinion.
     Now, here comes Skyrim. Will this be the pinnacle of the Elder Scrolls series, giving us amazing graphics, storyline, and everything else? I think it will. I like everything I've seen about it. However, some people see it very differently. I have some friends on the 360 that think it will be turrable. In fact, my friend Chris saw a thread on here talking about it which convinced another friend of mine that it would be a disappointment. But it seems that everything we liked that they took out, they replace with something else. Birth signs=Guardian Stones, Skills removed=spells/attacks put in another category, spellcrafting taken out=smithing put in. There are more examples, but I won't bore you. I doubt that this will change any minds, but I wanted to say my opinion. It'll ,most likely be attacked or trolled, or at the very least my friends will see it and harass me. But, I'll have Skyrim. :)

>>39
Depends.  Dark elves are pretty varied in their beliefs, so you'd have to go a little deeper into his character.

Though I'd say probably the Empire.  They're known for treating Dunmer decently (at least relatively, letting them retain the most native cultural elements in their home province) and they're not too fond of the other elves so they'd be eager to support the Empire against the Aldmeri Dominion.  It is possible you could have a Dunmer who hates the influence the Empire had over Morrowind and wants to fight for independence in the hopes that it'll weaken the Empire even further.

>>40
So what, did Oblivion have PS1 graphics?  Because Skyrim is way better than Oblivion's graphics, and being an early game in this generation it was one that sort of set the bar for later games.  It doesn't look great everywhere, I'll admit, but I think that the graphics generations comparisons are getting progressively sillier and sillier over time.  Neither Skyrim nor Divinity 2 look like PS2 games at all, and I get that people could use it as hyperbole but they try to present it as a serious complaint and it just comes of silly.

Asking for /v/'s opinion on Skyrim just attracts Morrowfags.

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>>43
Morrowfag here.  /Skyrim was a huge step up from Oblivion./

Not all of us are bitter.

>implying this is /v/

>>46

/v/ lite

|imploding that I can't still post pictures

SCREENSHOT GENERAL
http://i39.tinypic.com/16k6dl4.jpg

Pretty nice thing to randomly find running along the road.

Anyone know how to clear Arcwind Point?

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I'm very impressed with it. There's so much today, and the atmosphere and immersion is amazing. It's got everything Oblivion lacked. Seriously, the only thing wrong with Oblivion were all its flaws that took you out of the game (mudcrab-conversations etc.). Now that all of that has been fixed, it's a great Elder Scrolls game, that's worthy of the title. If you don't like it, there's something wrong with you and/or you don't like in which direction games are heading nowadays in general.

So has anyone else found some strange shit on their journeys? Some examples:

A lake near Whiterun with a skeletal hand reaching out of it that has an iron sword gripped tightly. If you remove any of the two, nothing happens and they just fall down into the lake.

Up on a mountain on my way to a Dragon place (you know, these things that are marked on your map, and when you get there there's a Dragon and a stone with a word of power), I found a "Shrine of Julianos". This shrine was only a skeleton half buried in the snow with a small black stone on it, that said Shrine of Julianos. You get a normal blessing and everything, just like on any other shrine.

A crater that looks like from a meteor impact near Riften. It's like 5 meters in diameter, but there's nothing in it (I'd maybe expected moonstone or something). Also no clues near it, just a big crater.

Black painted rocks with gold markings on them. They look just like regular big rocks dotting the landscapes, but they're painted black and have gold lines and dots on them. You can't interact with them either.

Also I've got a question. Near Riften there's a house that's called Blackwater Refuge or Outpost or something. There's apparently a band of mercenaries in there, who attacked me. I killed them all, no quest was triggered though. The house is spacious and nice, is it safe to move my stuff in there? Will it disappear?

>learn the final part of fus ro dah
>suddenly DRAGONS EVERYFUCKINGWHERE
>can't walk 20 feet without being attacked by a fucking dragon
>travel is now nearly impossible

>>39
obviously the empire you twat
stormcloaks are racist pieces of shit

I cant decide to make my assassin argonian or dark elf

I like the back story of the dark elves more but the argonian looks bad ass, but out of place in almost all the armor.

Both have decent racials but +10 to destruction would be a waste.

God damn it I cant decide