After all this time I just discovered... : V - Skyrim

» Mon Jun 11, 2012 9:18 am

If there are such things as classes for designing game UIs, SR would be held up as a screaming example of what not to do.

There certainly are, and now they are all useless since they can just say "do the opposite of what Skyrim did" :rofl:

The UI is to Skyrim what level scaling was to Oblivion: "What the [censored] where they thinking!? :facepalm:

" and as such i will take every chance i get to say that :hehe:

» Mon Jun 11, 2012 10:09 am

when i first played fallout 3 (in third person) i didn't realise you could zoom into your character, i must have actually zoomed right out early into the game because the camera was zoomed right out when i left the vault and i played 80 hrs of the game with a teeny weeny little man in the distance, until my mate informed me duh

» Mon Jun 11, 2012 11:27 pm

I had this down as a ridiculous gimmic from the pre-release hype.

It's actually kinda cool tho and I miss it when I play other RPGs.

» Mon Jun 11, 2012 9:21 am

hate to be a [censored], but todd howard demonstrated it prominently in the demo video.

» Mon Jun 11, 2012 12:05 pm

To be honest, I didn't know that too.

Then I read about it in the Official Guide as a way of solving some puzzles. I usually don't peek in the guide, at least not so far, but cracked the puzzle without the hint and figured there was an easier way.

hate to be a [censored], but todd howard demonstrated it prominently in the demo video.

It could be that some people did not watch the demo video (like me).

» Mon Jun 11, 2012 11:20 pm

Good question. I knew you could look at the object. So I just looked really hard at the claw and I could just see the line up of the creatures. That`s how I did it. Didn`t know I could roll it around for a better view and all that!

I sympathise...the first puzzle I guessed how to find the answer, and then out of utter frustration I started clicking on the picture and cursing, and it happened by sheer luck.

Edit:

Something to be aware of for those who didn't know about this...the items you twist and turn in the picture will stay how you last angled them, which can be a bit annoying at some times.

» Mon Jun 11, 2012 7:41 pm

hate to be a [censored], but todd howard demonstrated it prominently in the demo video.

Oh, I didn`t know it was a prerequisite to watch a video of some boss demonstrating the game before actually playing it. Hate to be sarcastic, but I am anyway.

» Mon Jun 11, 2012 10:09 pm

What? You just discovered it? You didnt watch all the skyrim demos at e3? :tongue:

But thatss kinda amazing,And yes its cool. Love it.

» Mon Jun 11, 2012 4:59 pm

Oh, I didn`t know it was a prerequisite to watch a video of some boss demostrating the game before actually playing it.

Only if you want to play like a boss.....

» Mon Jun 11, 2012 9:22 pm

How did you get through any of the "claw" doors without knowing that.... shakes head.

» Mon Jun 11, 2012 1:02 pm

When I figured out that I could do this, I thought it was so cool. I discovered it at about 20 hours in.

» Mon Jun 11, 2012 11:19 am

Todd showed it in the gameplay previews before the game was released. I surprised to know there are people strong willed enough to resist watching those.