New Ripten hands-on : V

» Sun May 13, 2012 3:01 pm

http://www.ripten.com/2011/10/29/three-hours-with-skyrim-two-brave-bosmers-and-one-lying-khajiit/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ripten+%28Ripten+Video+Game+Blog%29

Got to love Dave Oshry

"I knew one thing was sure, I was not going to dike around in Riverwood or go on that bloody Golden Claw quest! Oh no, this playthrough was going to be different!"

:celebration:

(Oh yeah! 8 pages long and may contain spoilers)

» Sun May 13, 2012 2:17 pm

Edit: ^^^ Rofl.

As I arrived in Riverwood

About damned time!

WTF, 8 pages?

» Sun May 13, 2012 9:07 pm

Gotta' love Ripten.

» Sun May 13, 2012 8:36 pm

Just a warning, that article's full of spoilers.

» Sun May 13, 2012 3:54 pm

Snipet

At one point I was being hounded by a group of Draugr (Faendal’s useless Elven [censored] was already uncounsious on the ground) when I noticed a puddle of oil on the ground. I thought to myself, “Hmm, those are undead, there’s some oil, and this is a fire spell in my right hand…” Then I remembered that one scene in Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade. Sure enough, a stream of fire set the oil and the Draugr ablaze! I was quite proud of myself, and quite proud of Bethesda for figuring this out as well. Not long after I executed the same maneuver again, only this time I shot a lantern off the ceiling and it exploded into the puddle of oil below. Awesome.

» Sun May 13, 2012 1:50 pm

Huzzah! Companions are immortal.

» Mon May 14, 2012 12:43 am

I'm glad he spent an hour and a half on the Sven/Camilla/Faendal love triangle and the golden claw quest. Sigh.

» Sun May 13, 2012 7:48 pm

Time to read...
YES! I GOT MY THIRD STAR! c:

» Sun May 13, 2012 3:50 pm

No matter. Videogames, amirite?

I can't convey how disappointing it is that a reviewer who would actually write the above quote was busy playing Skyrim before any of us.

» Sun May 13, 2012 6:55 pm

They should have played this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRDqYXe0Sr0!
"GET TO THE COLLEGE!"

» Sun May 13, 2012 7:31 pm

Buenisimo.

» Sun May 13, 2012 7:09 pm

Awesome stuff.

Dave, what's the one handed perk list look like

And the Light armor perk list

» Sun May 13, 2012 5:02 pm

Must........resist.......article........
CANT... No spoilers!!
I DONT WANT to ruin MY EXPERIENCE
Ajsudiajalalalkdjdkdshsjd ankak
I HAVE TO!!!!!!!!

» Sun May 13, 2012 7:49 pm

Companions are immortal? YES! :celebration:

» Mon May 14, 2012 3:46 am

Thanks OP! yay

» Sun May 13, 2012 4:54 pm

Must........resist.......article........
CANT... No spoilers!!
I DONT WANT to ruin MY EXPERIENCE
Ajsudiajalalalkdjdkdshsjd ankak
I HAVE TO!!!!!!!!

There arnt really any spoilers if youve been reading all the other stuff that gets posted around here, like the Golden Claw quest and the racist Nord quest. Mostly he just wandered from the start to Winterhold and watched his elf companion get killed repeatedly.

» Sun May 13, 2012 7:37 pm

I'm glad he spent an hour and a half on the Sven/Camilla/Faendal love triangle and the golden claw quest. Sigh.

There is a positive side to that; when reviewers stick to those quests it reduces the spoilage factor for us.

» Mon May 14, 2012 2:01 am

I spat my coffee

When morning came the snow had let up a bit and I could finally see the massive river before me. I marked out a course and dove in. It was hard to see underwater but I swam and jumped furiously to make it to the other side. Finally I emerged victorious and turned around to see Faendal literally gliding across the top of water to meet me. My god, all this time I had been traveling with Jesus. I really hope he’s in the final build.

» Mon May 14, 2012 5:57 am

So we stop in the local bar you know people. I go to the bar, I ring my bow, I call the bartender. I said “Look man, come down here”, he got down there, “So, what you want?”

Oh, nothing really, just seeing if you had any quests…

I noticed Sven was in the bar too. He looked at me and Faendal and said something about how we should get out of town while we still could. He didn’t do anything about it though. Hell, you’d probably [censored] out as well if two bad ass Bozzies came into your pub packing longbows.

This writer thinks he's being really clever. I can see right through him. He's not the only one who's read Bukowski.

He should develop his own voice and not rip off alcoholic poets.

» Mon May 14, 2012 2:53 am

First of all, your companions like to make witty comments about things. They will offer up such helpful tips as, “This looks dangerous!” and “That was close!” They are also immortal and regenerate health.

THANK YOU OOOOH THANK YOUUUUUU!!! :celebration:

» Mon May 14, 2012 2:50 am

ill be back in a hour

» Sun May 13, 2012 1:37 pm

can someone give me a jist of the new info?

» Sun May 13, 2012 1:31 pm

Time to read...
YES! I GOT MY THIRD STAR! c:

BY THE DIVINES!

:>

» Sun May 13, 2012 5:25 pm

As much as I wanted to press on, Skyrim is full of distractions.

We headed North and came upon a man who claimed to be headed to a giant camp with an offering of cattle. Did this mean there were peaceful giants after all? ”Attempt to talk to a giant” was certainly on my list of things to do, so I decided to follow him. But just then I saw an interesting building to the side of the road. Upon closer inspection I found that it was a brewery! There’s no way I was going to pass up some fancy home made bew, so in we went. However when I asked the barkeep inside how much for the good stuff, I saw it was damn near 40 bucks a glass!

“Oh hell no! No beer is worth that much! I don’t care if it’s distilled with mammoth musk! I SAY GOOD DAY SIR!”

I lol'd pretty hard at that. This was a fun read!

» Mon May 14, 2012 4:36 am

Thanks for the link OP...LOL he didn't want to go to Riverwood and cursed it but still went there instead. Technically there is nothing wrong with Riverwood, I will go there myself but it's just a norm for most of the demos. Poor Riverwood gets a bad rep, but atleast it's not a major city with a bad reputation.

Also, did it actually occur to the PC that he could have taken a carriage to Winterhold. I thought anyone with a brain would have thought of it in a time crunch. He doesn't seem to be a very good player based upon his experiences imo.