Elder Scrolls V - Skyrim [post-launch thread]

[Nalkor]

@Thorno - I actually think anyone who played that Baldur's Gate 2 mod, the one with the female paladin to completion would get flagged by the FBI.

@Starblade - Awww man, I totally wanted a creep out to occur. I actually looked at some of the armors for females and go figure my first though was not "That's hawt!" but was instead: "Nothing covering the chest, a sword, arrow, axe or dagger would make it easier.".

[Brenil]

That's what Ebonyflesh and Mage Armor are for, n00b.

[Jonny]

The first DLC, Dawnguard has just been released on PC with little fanfare. Anyone tried it on the 360 yet? At £13.99 it's a little damn pricey, that's almost the cost of a full expansion a few years ago.

[Nalkor]

I hear it's not even that great. Oh well, with my GPU acting up so much I've been playing Dark Souls on my PS3 anyway.

Still, I remember that old article from an 'ex bethesda employee' who went into detail about Dawnguard and such. Going to Hammerfell and meeting arabic dragon/vampire slayers called the Dawnguard sounded fucking awesome. Instead we get a mission pack that ends pretty quickly and offers very little to werewolf characters.

[Busby]

£13.99? I could buy an entire game for that. I'll wait for a sale. Thanks.

[Mokino]

Dawnguard is pretty decent but definitely overpriced (it should be a $10 expansion as it's comparable to the New Vegas DLCs.)

Nalkor, the perks it gives werewolves are pretty damn good. Though really this expansion is most worthwhile for vampire characters unless you really like crossbows. The areas you visit are all integrated into the normal world fairly well and there's some pretty nice loot to be found.

Overall though, I would wait for a sale. If it drops to around $10 U.S. it's probably worth it.

[Rivy]

They have a cat ears mod in Nexus ! I need Skyrim for PC right now.
(and so many anime armors !)

[Akranadas]

The magic ones are good to. Hurling Meteors at giants is so much fun

[Starblade]

Oh, good, the creepy fetish mods are finding their way into the Workshop now too.

Also yeah $20 is pretty steep for what I hear Dawnguard is, I'll hold off until a sale. It's not like it's a full blown expansion, right?

[Kien]

Still waiting for the game to be available. Since I bought Dawnguard the game has been "Currently unavailable, try again later".

[Methuselath]

Hah I wonder how long it'll take before that happens.

[Gorb]

A bump, but a worthy bump. Modders do this game proud:

Spoiler

http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/11/19/skyrim-graphics-mods/

[Misiok]

Saw that on reddit. Do note, the guy who did that/uses this said the game is unplayable and gets around 5-10 FPS at max.

[Mokino]

Another DLC incoming that takes place on Solstheim. Bethesda's been using the word "expansion" to describe this one so hopefully it's meatier than Dawnguard.

[Gorb]

Misiok, if all that's holding us back is processing power, then that's not going to be a problem in the long-term is it? Those kind of graphics would hold up in five (to ten?) years; the lighting, water and smoke effects are almost photorealistic.

[Misiok]

@Gorb - I'm not saying it isn't, I'm just saying it's not playable at the moment.

[Starblade]

This thread's pretty huge at this point, someone make a new thread for the expansion.