My impressions so far....

Post » Tue May 08, 2012 1:03 pm

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

http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/7673/20111109174013.jpg


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.
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Post » Tue May 08, 2012 7:20 am

I'm glad you're enjoying it. *Grits teeth*
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Post » Tue May 08, 2012 8:54 pm

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

http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/7673/20111109174013.jpg


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.

My provider has informed me mine was sent to me today, so in theory i should receive it tomorrow.
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Post » Tue May 08, 2012 9:57 am

:)
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Post » Tue May 08, 2012 12:10 pm

You lucky little.... Glad you're finding it fun :)
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Post » Tue May 08, 2012 12:20 pm

You lucky badword! :tongue:

Really glad to hear this. Never had any doubts though.
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Post » Tue May 08, 2012 5:40 am

HDD download texture issue???????
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Post » Tue May 08, 2012 9:01 am

I'm glad you're enjoying it. *Grits teeth*
lol This
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Post » Tue May 08, 2012 4:39 pm

HHD download texture issue???????



I haven't installed the game, and so far it doesn't seem nessecary neither. Loading times are sweet so far. And i love how you can rotate character models during the loading screen.
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Post » Tue May 08, 2012 5:38 am

If you re not exagerating nice to hear it.
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Post » Tue May 08, 2012 8:10 am

Can you show us a screenshot of your character? I haven't seen all that many Argonians or Orcs in gameplay vids and I won't be getting it delivered for a while because of Amazon free delivery n such.
Much appreciated
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Post » Tue May 08, 2012 11:00 am

How difficult is it and how often you die?
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Post » Tue May 08, 2012 12:37 pm

I haven't installed the game, and so far it doesn't seem nessecary neither. Loading times are sweet so far. And i love how you can rotate character models during the loading screen.
Well i still plan on downloading to hard drive to reduce noise and heat.
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Post » Tue May 08, 2012 12:33 pm

:ahhh:
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Post » Tue May 08, 2012 7:36 am

I couldn't resist watching videos on this game so I know it rocks already. :) Oh, and you lucky dawg!
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Post » Tue May 08, 2012 10:00 am

Skyrim does in fact use normal mapping. Bethesda pioneered it in Oblivion, actually.

Normal mapping is a variation of bump mapping, without increasing the polygon count, thus keeping the resources low and framerate high.
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Post » Tue May 08, 2012 11:50 am

Seriously - console users everywhere are playing.

Just unlock it on Steam now instead of punishing digital distribution/steamworks.
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Post » Tue May 08, 2012 5:20 am

Can you show us a screenshot of your character? I haven't seen all that many Argonians or Orcs in gameplay vids and I won't be getting it delivered for a while because of Amazon free delivery n such.
Much appreciated


I have them all posted here.

http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1254644-are-we-allowed-to-post-our-characters-yet/page__view__findpost__p__19124213

How difficult is it and how often you die?


Well, the difficulty was set to 'master' on default here, i didn't change it. I don't wanna spoil things, but let's just say i haven't yet had a one on one fight with an enemy. Haven't died yet, i had help of plenty others during fights. If it becomes to easy later on, i'll just crank up the difficulty.
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Post » Tue May 08, 2012 11:51 am

Seriously - console users everywhere are playing.

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

Cant unlock it now as per instructions from Gabe Newell.
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Post » Tue May 08, 2012 1:18 pm

Seriously - console users everywhere are playing.

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

Wow, the sense of entitlement is amazing. It's not punishing in any right to make people wait until the RELEASE DATE.
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Post » Tue May 08, 2012 6:39 am

I have them all posted here.

http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1254644-are-we-allowed-to-post-our-characters-yet/page__view__findpost__p__19124213




Well, the difficulty was set to 'master' on default here, i didn't change it. I don't wanna spoil things, but let's just say i haven't yet had a one on one fight with an enemy. Haven't died yet, i had help of plenty others during fights. If it becomes to easy later on, i'll just crank up the difficulty.

WOAH He looks awesome!
Thanks
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Post » Tue May 08, 2012 7:36 am

Can you please try to find out if atleast clothing pants/shirt are seperate or if they're combined like armor? :/
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Post » Tue May 08, 2012 5:30 am

Thanks Moonwalker!
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Post » Tue May 08, 2012 5:59 pm

You lucky badword! :tongue:

Really glad to hear this. Never had any doubts though.
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Post » Tue May 08, 2012 9:37 am

I want to murder you or having it :)

But then i want to hug you for the information, so glad your on 360 aswell, sounds great so far, cant wait for tomorrow night :D
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