Skyrim
Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 7:57 pm
So the only reason aside Modern Warefare 3, which is a big step ahead of black ops(IMO) I finally got a PS3 was skyrim. I'm a fan of the old might and magic computer games, so it seems obvious to pick this game up.
I have spent about a two weeks just mainly running around the map, I have not done very many quest at all maybe 25 so far. Mostly the kill this or that type. With a quest log piling up.
The next character I play will be a conjuration/destruction mage who does quest as they come.
I like the graphics but they are nothing special. The sky is done very well, people in the game tell you "dont forget to look up" and they are right.
Fighting is kinda fun especially in the lower levels when you do not have the best armor, weapons or proper potions.
The armor crafting system is weak. An elf should at no time be forced to wear ork armor. The elf should use elf crafting b/c they are an elf. The addition of ebony, glass or deadric should be included as you craft your way to the top of your races smithing style.
I dont like smithing b/c each race sould have there own smithing(learning from other races as you meet them at there forge) bringing new improvements to your race's specific smithing style.
As it is you just spend the first portion of the game making iron daggers until you are broke and repeating until you hit smithing 100 skill. Then just make dragon armor until you get deadric hearts. If you go light armor no legendary deadric for you.
Dragons are a nice randon encounter, when you fight the first random dragon hope you have some potions. But if an encounter gets burdensome to finish you can adjust your difficulty at a whim in the options menu.
Which brings me to my biggest gripe. I have played two characters a nord heavy armor/two-handed weapon and a wood elf light armor/one-handed sneak thief with light conjuration magic.
Both are bad at killing mages/necromancers and any frost magic user. The rate at which I die to magic users is the worst out of everything. Dragons mostly not a problem, giants and mammoths I love absoring their souls, bandits, assassins, hired thugs, foresworn, thiefs and all melee can eat blade.
Frost magic slows you to a crawl(allowing more hit time) and drains your stamina(cant run or power attack) If they have staffs you are out cold in two-three hits even if you have reasonable magic resistence. The other destruction magics(fire and shock) are weak in comparison. Shock is bad for a mage character though(drains your magic bar and hurts health)
Overall I like the game and dont see myself getting rid of skyrim until I finish all the downloadable stuff they will comeout with.
I can only hope the next eldar scrolls will jump in awesome.
A few bugs
-when you die in a intense battle the screen will go black but the music will keep playing stopping a load, making you reset. Has happened twice to me.
-going threw doors has about a 1-100 chance of the same thing happening(odds may be higher)
-bodies sometimes fall into the ground, stopping looting of them.
I have spent about a two weeks just mainly running around the map, I have not done very many quest at all maybe 25 so far. Mostly the kill this or that type. With a quest log piling up.
The next character I play will be a conjuration/destruction mage who does quest as they come.
I like the graphics but they are nothing special. The sky is done very well, people in the game tell you "dont forget to look up" and they are right.
Fighting is kinda fun especially in the lower levels when you do not have the best armor, weapons or proper potions.
The armor crafting system is weak. An elf should at no time be forced to wear ork armor. The elf should use elf crafting b/c they are an elf. The addition of ebony, glass or deadric should be included as you craft your way to the top of your races smithing style.
I dont like smithing b/c each race sould have there own smithing(learning from other races as you meet them at there forge) bringing new improvements to your race's specific smithing style.
As it is you just spend the first portion of the game making iron daggers until you are broke and repeating until you hit smithing 100 skill. Then just make dragon armor until you get deadric hearts. If you go light armor no legendary deadric for you.
Dragons are a nice randon encounter, when you fight the first random dragon hope you have some potions. But if an encounter gets burdensome to finish you can adjust your difficulty at a whim in the options menu.
Which brings me to my biggest gripe. I have played two characters a nord heavy armor/two-handed weapon and a wood elf light armor/one-handed sneak thief with light conjuration magic.
Both are bad at killing mages/necromancers and any frost magic user. The rate at which I die to magic users is the worst out of everything. Dragons mostly not a problem, giants and mammoths I love absoring their souls, bandits, assassins, hired thugs, foresworn, thiefs and all melee can eat blade.
Frost magic slows you to a crawl(allowing more hit time) and drains your stamina(cant run or power attack) If they have staffs you are out cold in two-three hits even if you have reasonable magic resistence. The other destruction magics(fire and shock) are weak in comparison. Shock is bad for a mage character though(drains your magic bar and hurts health)
Overall I like the game and dont see myself getting rid of skyrim until I finish all the downloadable stuff they will comeout with.
I can only hope the next eldar scrolls will jump in awesome.
A few bugs
-when you die in a intense battle the screen will go black but the music will keep playing stopping a load, making you reset. Has happened twice to me.
-going threw doors has about a 1-100 chance of the same thing happening(odds may be higher)
-bodies sometimes fall into the ground, stopping looting of them.