I played a bit yesterday to get a feel for it, and now I've made a new character. So I am just at the beginning. I decide to ignore everything just watched the Dragon fly around. To my AMAZEMENT, it LANDED right in front of me and started TALKING TO ME.

Then it BLEW ME AWAY in a blast of fire! My character went flying [censored] over teacup into a fence! I got a pic of the dragon right before it blew me to smithereens:

http://i.imgur.com/13QXV.jpg

Of course, my character got right back up again, but DAMN. That was so cool!

The dragon's voice and language is Epically awesome.

I hope this is not a spoiler...

So yeah, DON'T RUSH through the tutorial!! Enjoy the only time dragons won't kill you in one breath - or they will, but you just get up again.

Now that right there is pretty cool.

Yeah when the dragon talks it is SO COOL:


And I tried sneaking up on him and he did not notice me but when he did, he turned and kept looking right at me and talking!!

wow...that actually looks kind of chilling its like hes looking you in the eye before he kills you.

Yes, I love the intro. One of the best intros for a game I've ever seen. Also if you think that was close...


Have fun playing the rest of the game.

I agree, this tutorial is the best I've ever seen.

And the moment you mentioned Levantine, is epic.

Also, I found out another cool thing! The tutorial has choices! And I found a lot more loot the second time around.

Agreed! The tutorial is fantastic, well-paced, fun, and conveniently hides the fact that you're learning to play by wrapping it up in such an exciting way. I had plenty of moments like that one in your pic, OP, where I had a dragon in my face and needed a change of clothes because of it!

What I love about the dragons is how they all seem to have a personality--they're not simply world bosses for you to grind to, they're fleshed-out characters and exciting events.

I have to admit it is a very cool intro - million times better then Oblivions

Bethesda definitely outdid themselves with Skyrim's intro. I definitely won't mind going through it again and again as I make my inevitable 6+ alternate characters.

That's a fantastic screenshot, Blaise.

O_o I stayed as far away from his as possible! *cries*

Agreed. I've only run into 4 dragons so far but each was actually quite different.

At me all the dragons were the same, and a bit too easy at medium difficulty, i was kinda bummed when i was at a mountain top, easly killed a dragon only to be whiped by the dragon priest named krosis who was guarding a word wall which wass a huge challenge

Thanks, Pseron!

The coolest part from a storytelling perspective is that my character was not afraid. She was fascinated...as if she truly was dragonborn. The dragon killed several townspeople right in front of her, and she just stood in awe, as if she had finally come home. Man, I will remember that moment as long as I live.

Bethesda. Seriously. Well-done.