With the Deadly Dragons mod, Alduin truly is a nightmare to fight on "hardcoe" mode. 8,000 Health, Armor Capped, 50% or 60% Resist Magic along with some Elemental Resists, Slowly Regenerates Health, and he does Unrelenting Force, Ice Form, Disarm and even Marked for Death. He's not leveled either with the mod.

I found the preceding battle with Tsun to be much more difficult than the battle with Alduin.

/agree



I think you are the exception, not the rule. It's much too easy for most people to ruin their own enjoyment because they cannot resist looking up a quick fix on the internet, instead of feeling the satisfaction of working something out for themselves. Certain knowledge of what's ahead can make things have less impact and feel underwhelming.


OT. Traditionally TES games have easy boss fights at the end of MQs. There are probably more difficult encounters in the game than Alduin, but maybe not (at least lore-wise) more difficult foes. Don't forget you 'need' 3 other heroes there in order to beat him. Cranking it up to Master and loading a previous save is your only alternative. Then come back and throw around criticism.

That's a method I use when judging a game before I play it. (often the back of the box determines rather I'll buy it or not). I'm mildly affected by reading spoilers. I know everything that happens in Skyrim, but it doesn't stop me from using it as my little coven for mass murder and exploration.

I guess not,
but he might want to point out that not all of us are in love with every single part of this game.

Having played Fallout 3 before this one I have to ask some questions because of the 'points of no return', but that's at my own risk. I'd rather not have stuff spoiled for me, but I don't want to have to restart a character because I made a decision in a grey area the "broke my game".

I didn't like the ending either, but then again, the entire game had exactly zero plot to it. Quite disappointing, considering how important Dragons really are in the lore.

wow disappointing ending....
I hope he'll be vicious towards me when i get to killing him XD XD

Oh come on; I really wish people wouldn't do this. Can you not just say "I didn't like the plot" or "I don't think the plot was complex enough"? Exactly zero plot my Aeries.

I can play that game too, watch - Morrowind had no combat system whatsoever.

In response to those who addressed my points on forums putting a downer on the gaming experience, I admit that I'm hyper sensitive to these things. I absolutely loathe spoilers, a huge part of the experience of any RPG or adventure game to me is watching the story unfold. Things such as meeting Paarthurnax for the first time or actually entering Sovngarde are special to me because I don't see them coming, they're the moments I'll remember when I look back on the game. As for passionate criticism, although it doesn't stop me from enjoying a game and retaining my own opinion on it, I do have to make quite an effort to keep their negativity out of my head. It's probably because while I agree with many of the criticisms, the things that some people hated never really bothered me but once a lot of people (probably not that many, but it seems that way) bring them up I become more and more aware of them. I tend to like things for what they are rather than dislike them for what they're not, but the negative types end up getting me thinking about "what could have been". A big problem is that they overrepresent themselves - and their complaints; when pressed, some of these people will tell you that they actually quite like the game overall, they just prefer posting about things they disliked.

They say misery loves company, and it's so true - the people who passionately dislike games and films tend to be hell bent on letting everyone know how displeased they were every chance they can get. I'm the opposite, I love revelling in my adoration of something but if it doesn't impress me then I have no interest in talking about it.

That's the only quest my Nord character is still doing...

Have to agree with you on that - sometimes something posted WILL cause me to say "yes that could have been handled better this way" or similar, but the times that happens are few and far between. I post on fora like this one BECAUSE I love the game and I like to help people who are stuck with things. I really do NOT appreciate the "downer groupies" (you know who you are....) who simply come here to post how awful things are in an attempt apparently to cause the rest of us to quit playing a game we love....

Ain't happ'nin....


I start out first thing any more picking up jazbay graqes. By the time (early 20s usually) I get to the quest, I generally have most or all of the damn things. I figured out some really good places to get them.... Let me know if you want to know the areas.

I'm a little surprise so many people dislike Skyrim's Mainquest. It was fine with me and I liked it a lot though it wasn't the longest, and best, questline ever. Beats Oblivion's Mainquest for sure. In Oblivion, all you do is collect stuff then kill a stupid crazy mage and watch Martin sacrifice himself.. Only good parts was Kvatch and very ending.

As for Skyrim.. Very good and done much better. Had a beginning, ending, twists, action, etc...

I think this happens a lot in sequels/dynastic games because you get into the situation wherein (I'm generalizing the ratio, but you'll get my point) half the people saying it's not enough like the previous one and the other half saying it's too much like the previous one.

I remember the Atari 2600 games so it's difficult for me to criticize things like "plots" in modern games.

Edit: My post was not a dig at you, Jusey1, I was proof-reading mine as you posted yours.

Ditto. If you enjoy the game as it is, best thing to do is just keep on enjoying it. Let the naysayers nay and try not to let their negativity ruin a perfectly good experience for you. Some people just like to complain for the sake of complaining. Some people have legitimate complains. Nothing wrong with either of these, as everyone is entitled to their own opinion. But in the end, you have to take it for what it is: a game. If Bethesda implemented every single feature that people wanted (which would be impossible in the first place since some features contradict other features) you'd still get someone to find something wrong with it. I agree that some features are more important than others (like fixing bugs) but some are just nitpicky. If you think the storyline svcked, then it svcked. If you think the storyline was fine, then it was fine. If you want to hop online and discuss how much you hated with others who felt the same way, then you can do that.

Those who want to piss and moan about the game, or any components thereof, however in my opinion should go set up a blog on wordpress.com and go at it, instead of wasting space herein.

Agreed. I'm here to talk about the good things of Skyrim and how people are having fun it. I am also here to talk about Mods and Bethesda's plans for Skyrim. And here to land a hand for anyone who needs help/info on something.

I personally don't like how people will complain stuff. Doesn't Bethesda have a Rants section at least?

Apparently not.... just looking at the forum list. Too bad too.... would be a GREAT thing if there was one, and Ley, CCNA, and Ro would just move some posts asap....

Yeah. I've noticed something. Some of the best Game Studios always miss the smallest stuff while some of the worst Game Studios always seem to target the small stuff. Forums is normally a "small thing" for Game Studios.

Yah. My biggest beef with Blizzard, actually, is their crap-for-forums....

Not sure what the fuss is about, I don't recall any congratulatory comments everywhere I went after stopping the oblivion crisis, besides if that actually did occur everywhere you went people would just piss and moan that it's annoying.

Guess it's just me, my character doesn't have a super inflated ego after beating Alduin where he wants everyone to sing his praises everywhere he goes. He knows what he did and the role he played, it's enough for him.

Blizzard is doing so good that Jagex might need to sell their RuneScape game to Blizzard cause Jagex fails that much and yet Jagex has some of the greatest Forums ideas I've seen, like a Rants Section.

...and complain about Steam.

Hey, now there's a thought I can get on board with.

Uh.... no. I think that was me. I'm NOT complaining about the game though.

I did that one the right thread where it should be. And that stuff isn't Game Related. That is Politics-Related.