Frozen Falmer + Collapsing roof = EPIC WIN

Post » Mon Aug 06, 2012 4:08 pm

If you've played through Dawnguard you will know the meaning of the title. I don't want to spoil it for anyone. But that is the greatest fight I've had in Skyrim since.. well let's just say it is the greatest.

If you're unable to piece together the words in the title, allow me to jog your memory. You undertake a pilgrimage with a pitcher which you take with you and fill with water at various wayshrines, eventually ending up at a castle inhabited by a certain prince.

I just love how I was constantly looking at my enemies, and having some quick glances at the roof to make sure I'm in the safe when a quake comes along. I just loved how it was kind of MMO like. It was neatly parted up into various "phases" and I had to learn the fight so to speak. It was reminiscent of the typical "don't stand in the fire" vibe in MMOs but brought into an FPS RPG. I personally found the fight to be very challenging, I always play on master difficulty and sometimes need to reduce it to adept in certain situations. I'm not bullheaded or masochistic enough to constantly have it on master, but I'm sure I could beat the fight at level 20 on master with five potions I happened to have in my bag and utilizing histskin at the right time in the fight. But Just the fact that I needed to time my histskin, or save it for later was really a game changing moment for me. I mean I actually had to die, and rethink my actions a bit, and get a sort of "feel" for the fight. I loved it. It was just the right difficulty for me.

Did anyone else find this as enjoyable as I did?
Why or why not?
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Post » Mon Aug 06, 2012 5:33 pm

i dint find it enjoyable because every time i beat that part, i would ask this one dude what hes going to do now, and the game would crash and i would have to do it over again....
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Post » Mon Aug 06, 2012 4:05 pm

If this is Dawnguard shouldn't this be in the Dawnguard forum?
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Post » Mon Aug 06, 2012 12:21 pm

If this is Dawnguard shouldn't this be in the Dawnguard forum?
I would argue that it is a fairly broader question. What I want to discuss isn't strictly linked to Dawnguard but rather "boss fights" and mechanics therein. I found that fight to be very satisfying in terms of the mechanics of it and how it played out.
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Post » Mon Aug 06, 2012 10:27 am

I would argue that it is a fairly broader question. What I want to discuss isn't strictly linked to Dawnguard but rather "boss fights" and mechanics therein. I found that fight to be very satisfying in terms of the mechanics of it and how it played out.
but its still spoiling things for people who havent played it yet. This need to be moved, or atleast put spoiler tags.
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Post » Mon Aug 06, 2012 5:32 pm

but its still spoiling things for people who havent played it yet. This need to be moved, or atleast put spoiler tags.
I don't think anything is being spoiled. I've formulated myself fairly vaguely. I don't think anyone that hasn't played through it would have a shred of knowledge of what I'm talking about even. But alright, I'll submit. And honestly find this harping on about how this needs to be moved a bit tedious. I guess the brilliant gameplay was lost on the majority of you.
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Post » Mon Aug 06, 2012 3:07 am

I don't think anything is being spoiled. I've formulated myself fairly vaguely. I don't think anyone that hasn't played through it would have a shred of knowledge of what I'm talking about even. But alright, I'm submit. And honestly find this harping on about how this needs to be moved a bit tedious. I guess the brilliant gameplay was lost on the majority of you.

nope.I loved that boss fight I was astonished when I met the first falmer.
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Post » Mon Aug 06, 2012 10:12 am

I don't think anything is being spoiled. I've formulated myself fairly vaguely. I don't think anyone that hasn't played through it would have a shred of knowledge of what I'm talking about even. But alright, I'll submit. And honestly find this harping on about how this needs to be moved a bit tedious. I guess the brilliant gameplay was lost on the majority of you.

It's lost on me because I haven't gotten to that point in DG yet and you spoiled what sounds like a really cool fight. Now when I encounter it i'll be like "oh, surprise surprise."

It won't have that effect when I find it.
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Post » Mon Aug 06, 2012 6:24 am

Frozen Falmer + Collapsing roof = EPIC WIN
I don't want to spoil it for anyone.
There, I put it in spoiler tags for you.
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Post » Mon Aug 06, 2012 5:17 pm

It's lost on me because I haven't gotten to that point in DG yet and you spoiled what sounds like a really cool fight. Now when I encounter it i'll be like "oh, surprise surprise."

It won't have that effect when I find it.

you will still be plenty surprised.
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Post » Mon Aug 06, 2012 5:23 am

you will still be plenty surprised.

If you say so. :shrug:
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Post » Mon Aug 06, 2012 2:32 pm

Well it is nice of you all to drop by and inform me of your opinions that are completely unrelated to the discussion I would have liked to have take place here.
I'm sure you've all voiced your opinions strongly and you probably have yet to report this thread. which would be the productive thing to do instead of harping on about this and further derailing this thread. But please, if you think I've done you some injustice, please for the love of talos simply report the thread and get it moved instead of going on and on like this.

Thank you, your voice has been heard (and not cared about in my case)
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