Before i get any accusations about a leaked copy and what not, i received my copy of Skyrim in my mailbox today, Xbox 360 version.

Skyrim game

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Well so far its been nothing but awesome.

Looks absolutely awesome to be honest, i'm not trying to exeggerate. But after the many negative comments on the leaked footage last week(especially on other forums/sites, i was expecting dissapointing graphics. But i see nothing but awesome graphics, i'm in a dungeon now and it looks great. Almost as if there's bumpmapping on the walls, the textures look great and there are also environmental effects, looks sweet!!!! Sure....if you get extremely close to some walls, you can see it gets a bit low-res, but honestly...i think if i'd do that with any game, that would be the case.

Nice little details like when i found a book and i grabbed it, it flapped open. Loading times so far are very short, i had to reload in this dungeon and it was incredibly fast. Much much better than Oblivion. There have been people that claimed it didn't look that better or didn't run any better than Oblivion. I can only say that they have NO idea what they are talking about. It looks WORLDS better than Oblivion and in terms of performance it's absolutely fine so far. Remember how badly optimized Oblivion was on Xbox 360? None of that. My character is an Argonian and i think i will keep it like that, he looks awesome.

I made this thread for people who don't have the game yet, i hope they can apreciate this. I can only be happy with the game. Maybe people have questions, and i can try to answer them, as long as it doesn't have to do with any quest things or things that require me to travel an awful lot. Won't be possible for me, cause i take things REAAAAAAAL slowly in games like this. But if anyone wants a screenshot of something (that isn't spoiler-ific) i'll do that, no prob.

I've spent almost the whole day at work, unpacking, pricing and preparing skyrim for the shop floor... Not allowed to take one home early... Just have to keep looking at those burlap maps... oh yea... weird thing, all the maps I've seen even on un-preordered games have an odd texture - like material. Not just glossy paper like oblivion. rough, criss crossy, dirty looking leathery style stuff.

I got through about 100 copies of skyrim today... It hurt SO bad. It was like giving everyone a gift at christmas, knowing what the gifts are but not being allowed ot touch them even though you actually want it sooooo baaddd.

Archery to me feels very similar to Oblivion, maybe a bit more 'realistic' i guess though. I thought there were only 3rd person executions? Well i just had my first, first person execution on a bear!!


Nighttime in Skyrim


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Seriously - console users everywhere are playing.

Just unlock it on Steam now instead of punishing digital distribution/steamworks.

How is conjuration and destruction?

I've only used Destruction- Flames, basically like a flamethrower, awesome stuff. I just encountered some random bandits and they owned me hard. It seemed like an easy fight cause their health was gone quite quickly...but so was mine, i got owned BAD! Haha.

I've only used Destruction- Flames, basically like a flamethrower, awesome stuff. I just encountered some random bandits and they owned me hard. It seemed like an easy fight cause their health was gone quite quickly...but so was mine, i got owned BAD! Haha.

Long time lurker here, first time posting.

Good to know it's not a cakewalk! Thanks again for all the details.

Does it feel like TES? Remind you of Oblivion or Morrowind?

Oh yes, it's a TES game 100%! But because of the much more realistic and i guess raw graphics, it feels very different too. It really doesn't feel like i'm playing Oblivion , only set in a new world and such, oh no. Which is a GREAT thing.

How's the first dungeon?

Do all objects cast shadows, say when you drop them or pick them?

Thanks, for answering my question.

And just to confirm, you said that in 3rd person you can rotate the camera freely as long as your weapon is sheathed? Meaning you don't have to hold down another button like pressing and holding the R anolog to rotate the camera as long as you don't have a weapon equipped?

Seriously - console users everywhere are playing.

Just unlock it on Steam now instead of punishing digital distribution/steamworks.

Exactly, but you cannot zoom in this way. If you want to rotate around your character and also zoom in, you must hold the right anolog and move around with left anolog.

This is EXCELLENT NEWS! I can now fulfill my dream of playing Splinter Cell style 3rd person stealth in the TES world.

I don't know why though, but for some reason stealth is not working very well for me yet. For some reason a guard in this mine always sees me, while it's 100% dark, rather annoying cause i'm trying to eliminate them all stealthily, maybe i shouldn't have chosen an Argonian if i want to stealth alot.

Archery feels great, probably alittle more realistic than Skyrim. But i can't give my full impression on it, i haven't used it that much yet. I entered Riverwood. Decided to attack the 'dragon' lady and soon i got attacked by other villagers, thought i'd own them all, boy was i wrong...i was dead in a matter of seconds. Now this is on the master difficulty, so i guess that's pretty normal then, haha.