Thats all I do is explore every nook, corner and Npc. The game feels to me that it is lacking content. Also, A lot of things we're reused and just colored.

I like it as a long time ES fan and my buddy that Skyrim is his first really loved the dlc he said it was well worth the $20. That being said I think that most of the people whining about the dlc just blew through everything there is a bunch of new armors and weapons plus now we can craft arrows of all kinds on top of the new types of bolts. Also the new area's are really cool to explore and it seems that the difficulty has been turned up to make it fun as a high level guy.

While I agree with your statement, It really doesn't apply to the conversation because SI was an EXPANSION...not an add-on....and its also a matter of opinion because some people hated the abstract and weird art style that SI was made of.....

Yeah but from watching the videos the cattle in the castle don't really look "tasty".

Trust me when I say I take my time and search everywhere and everything. This Dlc is a huge disappointment imo.

Why is it such a dissapointment? What exactly were you expecting? Because if you had done any kind of research before buying it, you would've known exactly what you were getting into....

From what I've seen and read the quest lines are the same for both sides for the most part. The only difference is where you go inbetween each one.

Only dissapointment is there isnt really a named unique weapon like their DLC's usually have.

I was expecting Harkons sword to be something new with a cool design..
It was a vanilla katana(blades sword) with an enchantment.

Actually it is unique, it has a black blade and the hilt is not round

STILL A #$^@#^$ KATANA!!!!

...ahem.

... oh its a different color you say?
Its basically like the Chillrend to the normal Glass sword.

Think of Oblivion DLC's. They came with new vastly unique weapons.

And it is bad@ss so therefore: Awesome. Also Auriel's Bow and Shield are unique

Both of these... +1

Love it! Plenty of new content, definitely worth the $20 (though I have to admit that I did get mine for free...)!

Couple new armor sets, completely new weapons set, more unique weapons, more enemies, more enemies added to vanilla world (WILD WEREWOLVES!!!), awesome story (Eurogamer can go screw themselves, the story was awesome), two new "decent" sized landmasses, more insight into falmer lore and culture, SNOW ELVES, new music, great sidequest, great dual-sided main quest, radiant quests, crossbows, new followers, 2 new homes we can get, etc.

I think it has enough content.

I just want to know why your argueing for the side of "I dont care if I dont get cool stuff".

I guess you just dont like cool stuff?
Because I like cool stuff, and want it... nay DEMAND IT!

On the topic of the DLC, I dont feel ripped off?
Usually when i buy a DLC for any game im like

I feel the amount of money I payed gave me enough enjoyment.

And if you're a Vampire, Harkon's Katana is the [censored]!

It's well worth the effort to get it...

The only way I can put this is......Think about the things you spend money on.....say....a movie. How much is a movie? about $8-10 ? So thats about half of DG and yet it only gives you 2-3 hours of entertainment where as DG "can" give you up to 30 hours......now granted I realize that most what spend THAT much time with DG, you will at least spend 5-8 hours playing just the main quest for one of the factions....so please....realize that DG definitely is worth the money, or that you are just wayyyyy overpaying for movies.....

Just wish it werent a Katana..
I was hoping for something almost Daedric looking and unique that a Vampire Lord would have.

You'd think if Molag gave ME a unique Mace just for a-whackin a guy to death for him,
He'd give Harkon, a guy who murdered thousands for him something better than a katana.

All Harkon got was Vampire pureblood and his wife and daughter f*****.

It's sleek, efficient, and very powerful.

It could've been a crab fork for all I care...

I really don't want to type out everything that was added to this game, new or recolored, but honestly...really?

Think about this. Look at all of the 800 point games that are out. Linear games beaten in 2-4 hours. 1200 points games to this. Same thing, just looks better (there are some that are the exception ...most of the time they are only a tad bit longer...say about 5-6 hours long). Or you can get a game that looks graphically inferior (artsy), and it will add about 2-3 more hours of game play. Still, most of these have NO replay value. Unless you straight up like the game...and that's the whole point of gaming any way.

Then we step into the realm of 1600 point games. These games are pretty much the same dang thing! They look decent enough, really good for an arcade game, I guess, but the single player experience is short. 4-8 hours. These games usually have multiplayer, though. You have the rare exceptions like Minecraft and whatnot.

Playing through this DLC. The models, not the recolored stuff, the actual new models and new textures. They don't look second rate! The story itself, for one faction, takes longer than most arcade games at the same price. Add in the second faction, the new armor/weapons. More perks. Improved vampires. Also you have more little changes added to the base game overall?

Not only do you get 15ish hours for one faction alone, but your base game experience is also improved. It's not like it's one and done. They also added some memorable areas to Skyrim with the Forgotten Vale and the Soul Carin. These places are absolutely well done/put together.

I mentioned this in another thread. I recently purchased Shadow Complex. Great game! 1200 points. Worth the money, IMO. took me 13:58 minutes to 100% and get all the achievements in that game (8ish hours for the first play-through). If that game was considered a good buy at 1200 points... I would call this a rip off, against Bethesda mind you, at 800 points (what people have been suggesting). Do I have to mention 320 point avatar items?

Also, I have a question for people saying "SI is the best ever!". That expansion was going to released at $40. Would that expansion been worth it if Bethesda didn't throw us a bone and release it at $30 instead?

Also, something you guys probably didn't consider, they are probably under contract with Microsoft (being the first 2 DLC are timed exclusive with them...I'm sure Microsoft has their hand in there more than we realize). So I'm guessing the next DLC will be $20 too. After that? Maybe we'll get an actual expansion (SI size or bigger).

400 megs seems to be the standard size for Fallout 3 dlcs, that should mean this DLC is worth 800 since it's the same size ballpark.

I think they really overcharged just because they knew they could.

and if you are DG you can get the most OP 1h axe in the game (against undead anyways)

Wow... Are you seriously judging the game based off the size of the download?

What was the size of Skyrim again? Like 6 gigs? Compare that to most games that come out with somewhere around 10 gigs, some using even two discs. And those games are smaller than Skyrim.

Wow, even less than I thought.

You are fairly wrong in your assumption....In case you hadn't noticed, compression technology has gotten alot better than fallout 3, installing Skyrim to your HD is only 3.8 gb, and Skyrim is WAY bigger than Fallout......please don't make silly comments like these when you don't know what you're talking about.

^THS^

And BTW this is the smallest of the DLC that have been planed for Skyrim


Its called file compression

Would you guys say that the story is the main draw to this DLC?


So basically I'm asking is it traditional Beth where the storyline is more there just to provide epic quests or is it the main draw? Also, is there a ton to do besides the MQ ( as in SQ and exploring, I don't really count crafting, doing up the Castles and Radiant Quests as they don't provide a lot of enjoyment for me personally.)

So yeah, that's it. Can some kindly experienced DG player answer my question

Thanks.