New Ripten hands-on : V - Skyrim

» Mon May 14, 2012 1:24 am

He found us

lol.

OH NOES! :-p

» Sun May 13, 2012 5:52 pm

Hey guys,

Thanks for all the great feedback on my preview. It means the world to me coming from the Elder Scrolls community. If you have any questions or want me to clarify anything, find me @DaveOshry on Twitter or send an email to Dave@RipTen.com.

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One of the best Skyrim previews that I have read so far! Thanks. :goodjob:

The part about terminating the opponents, by burning the oil on the ground, (by fire spell, or by shooting the lantern down), was awesome.

Can't wait to test environmental interactions like that.

Edit:

Strange to think that the epic Golden Claw quest would come from a loser such as Sven!!!

Well, it doesn't.

It comes from the inn keeper, the brother of the gal that Sven loves.

» Sun May 13, 2012 1:32 pm

What

i thaught that quest with the false love letter was that the bosmer wanted that girl and sven was the lucky one,and the bosmer was the one you can help send a false letter

both of them make you send a false letter actually

» Sun May 13, 2012 8:25 pm

Hope you could kill both of em afterward and then steal every valuable they have :evil:

» Sun May 13, 2012 11:39 pm

both of them make you send a false letter actually

You can also tell the girl that they're both douches and show her the letters, but no one has taken that route yet, apparently.

» Sun May 13, 2012 3:32 pm

The part about terminating the opponents, by burning the oil on the ground, (by fire spell, or by shooting the lantern down), was awesome.

That's just one of the part's I was pleased read, I hope there's more like wooden barrels filled with oil.

» Mon May 14, 2012 2:44 am

Lol, I love how people are complaining about spoilers and this post is in the Cheats, Hints and Spoilers section of the forum..

On topic though, the article was amazing! I'm so excited! We are SO close now, yay!

» Sun May 13, 2012 1:23 pm

Honestly, that was truly one of the funniest/informative/ and straight up entertaining articles i've read about skyrim. LOVED IT

CANNOT WAIT, 11 DAYS!! :intergalactic:

This. Dave has a fantastic sense of humour and makes the previews a lot more gripping to read.
His article has increased my *need* levels for Skyrim even more :foodndrink:

» Sun May 13, 2012 3:39 pm

OH NOES! :-p

That was an amazing read, and very informative too! Thanks a lot! Too bad M'aiq doesn't talk much right away.

But you did a lot of stuff there, and you really made some good choices to get to know the game.

» Mon May 14, 2012 5:43 am

I didn't read it, just WAAAAAY too much and i dont want any spoilers. But i was curious if he talked about combat and graphics, so i did CTRL F, but strangely i didn't find anything about that.

» Sun May 13, 2012 4:32 pm

Enough about the graphics already Moonwalker. He didn't say anything about the graphics because what's left to say?

» Sun May 13, 2012 9:14 pm

Lol, I love how people are complaining about spoilers and this post is in the Cheats, Hints and Spoilers section of the forum..

On topic though, the article was amazing! I'm so excited! We are SO close now, yay!

It wasn't in the spoiler section before.

» Sun May 13, 2012 5:10 pm

Enough about the graphics already Moonwalker. He didn't say anything about the graphics because what's left to say?

Easy now friend, i was only curious on what his take/opinion was on it, that's all. After the negativity that was shocking to me, i wanted to know.

» Sun May 13, 2012 8:31 pm

Sorry, Moonwalker. He's mentioned that the graphics were beautiful in other previews before. He probably didn't feel like repeating it.

» Sun May 13, 2012 7:16 pm

Sorry, Moonwalker. He's mentioned that the graphics were beautiful in other previews before. He probably didn't feel like repeating it.

Ok that's great, thing that keeps worrying me is...how amazing it looks in the videos we've all seen that they released on the internet. And how some people now are saying Bethesda probably compressed the textures in a way that it looks bad, judging by the 'other' footage. I just hope that's not the case. I hope what we saw in the videos and what these previewers/reviewers played is what we're all getting on november 11.

» Mon May 14, 2012 12:11 am

awesome,I didnt know that much about companions

I mean that sounds awesome,i will try to find a friend in skyrim,and take him with me everywhere lol.
And hope he will not die,amazing,

» Sun May 13, 2012 8:23 pm

Ok that's great, thing that keeps worrying me is...how amazing it looks in the videos we've all seen that they released on the internet. And how some people now are saying Bethesda probably compressed the textures in a way that it looks bad, judging by the 'other' footage. I just hope that's not the case. I hope what we saw in the videos and what these previewers/reviewers played is what we're all getting on november 11.

No, they were saying the footage was compressed because of recording, re-recording, etc. on youtube so it lowered the quality and gave the textures a blocky look.

» Sun May 13, 2012 10:57 pm

Man I love Oshry. His previews are by far my favorite ones. If i remember correctly, he was the one to give us some great details in the first round of playthroughs. He knows his stuff and does a really good job of making everything interesting.

» Sun May 13, 2012 7:39 pm

I'm assuming that that was the shield spell. What else could it be?

Oakflesh turns your flesh into... oak. Which gives you increased armor for... 40 seconds I believe it was, or it gave you 40 more armor. Anyway, something 40.

» Sun May 13, 2012 6:06 pm

Man I love Oshry. His previews are by far my favorite ones. If i remember correctly, he was the one to give us some great details in the first round of playthroughs. He knows his stuff and does a really good job of making everything interesting.

Oshry loves you too :-p

» Sun May 13, 2012 11:13 pm

While I loved the article I'm sorry for Oshry that he had to endure the same quests as everyone else. I was really hoping he would experience something totally different so I could read his wonderful writing about a new story.

He's also the only writer that I've read so far that deserves the different experince :wink_smile:

» Sun May 13, 2012 8:20 pm

Thanks for the link. I am disappointed there are no PC screens to be had in the numerous pages of Ripten's site. Beth is being very tight with not allowing any PC shots to be posted at all, I personally would love to see some NOW. I mean, it is close enough to the release date anyway, so why not.

» Sun May 13, 2012 11:30 pm

Thanks for the link. I am disappointed there are no PC screens to be had in the numerous pages of Ripten's site. Beth is being very tight with not allowing any PC shots to be posted at all, I personally would love to see some NOW. I mean, it is close enough to the release date anyway, so why not.

Uhh. Screenshots that exist are a mix of pc/ps3/360. It's the demos that are xbox exclusive. The other videos and footage could be pc or ps3. Screenshots for sure are a mixture. Confirmed by Pete Hines.

» Mon May 14, 2012 1:14 am

You can also tell the girl that they're both douches and show her the letters, but no one has taken that route yet, apparently.

Oh that's what I'm doing for sure. My character isn't into women, but she deserves to know the truth!

» Mon May 14, 2012 1:22 am

Thanks for the link. I am disappointed there are no PC screens to be had in the numerous pages of Ripten's site. Beth is being very tight with not allowing any PC shots to be posted at all, I personally would love to see some NOW. I mean, it is close enough to the release date anyway, so why not.

The screens I used were from a combination of assets and stills from the various videos. Mostly 360 I'm sure.