The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim announced

IIDeathCubeKII · 30 Aug 2011 at 21:43

Neil79 said:
I hate Iceland

Nice reference, made me lol

madindehead · 30 Aug 2011 at 22:06

Quite funny looking on the jungle how many people won't be buying the game simply because it doesn't use Steam...

paulc25 · 31 Aug 2011 at 21:36

Just pre-ordered for £22.90 + 8% quidco. That will do nicely

PeterNem · 31 Aug 2011 at 21:47

Same! Bargain!!

jp_bl_68 · 31 Aug 2011 at 21:51

paulc25 said:
Just pre-ordered for £22.90 + 8% quidco. That will do nicely

From where? Can you activate on steam?

paulc25 · 31 Aug 2011 at 21:54

Its steamworks isn't it? Are supermarkets classed as competitors? I don't want to be banned.

uk_james · 31 Aug 2011 at 21:54

I have an Acer 3D projector & Nvidia vision kit, i'm going to be playing mine on that.....oh yeah BF3 too

jp_bl_68 · 31 Aug 2011 at 22:01

paulc25 said:
Its steamworks isn't it? Are supermarkets classed as competitors? I don't want to be banned.

I've found it, thanks.

I've only just signed up to quidco (never heard of it before). Is it as simple as it sounds (find item on quidco, follow link, buy item, await cashback)?

paulc25 · 31 Aug 2011 at 22:03

jp_bl_68 said:
I've only just signed up to quidco (never heard of it before). Is it as simple as it sounds (find item on quidco, follow link, buy item, await cashback)?

Yep, it can sometimes take a few months to get it though.

jp_bl_68 · 31 Aug 2011 at 22:05

paulc25 said:
Yep, it can sometimes takes a few months to get it though.

Thanks.

jp_bl_68 · 31 Aug 2011 at 22:16

Ordered. I don't mind waiting for the money.

This is the first game I've pre-ordered in almost ten years.

Gideon Lorr · 31 Aug 2011 at 22:24

paulc25 said:
Just pre-ordered for £22.90 + 8% quidco. That will do nicely

I've just done the same deal, plus I found a code for 200 extra Clubcard points when you spend over £10. Nice little bonus!

mithrandir · 31 Aug 2011 at 22:25

Tempted to order but not sure if my rig will be able to cope! What do you reckon?

Q6600 @3.1ghz
4gb ram
GTX 275

paulc25 · 31 Aug 2011 at 22:38

What resolution do you play at? The 275 is comparable to a 4870 i think which isn't too bad. Maybe you should overclock your processor a bit.

thedude23 · 31 Aug 2011 at 22:43

mithrandir said:
Tempted to order but not sure if my rig will be able to cope! What do you reckon?

Q6600 @3.1ghz
4gb ram
GTX 275

Same here my specs
I'll be playing at either 1650x1080 or 1920x1080
gtx 260
Core 2 Quad Q9300 2.50GHz
4gb ram

Aloreth · 31 Aug 2011 at 22:49

Could someone point me in the direction of the deal mentioned above?

paulc25 · 31 Aug 2011 at 22:55

Tesco entertainment with code 5SPEND25-1

jp_bl_68 · 31 Aug 2011 at 23:09

Aloreth said:
Could someone point me in the direction of the deal mentioned above?

Go to quidco, search "skyrim", look for the 8% cashback offer.

mithrandir · 31 Aug 2011 at 23:30

paulc25 said:
What resolution do you play at? The 275 is comparable to a 4870 i think which isn't too bad. Maybe you should overclock your processor a bit.

1920x1080 resolution (but can be lower if needed) and sorry had incorrect CPU speed, correct info is:

Neil79 · 1 Sep 2011 at 01:45

http://www.bluesnews.com/s/125119/howard-on-skyrim-bugs-and-why-skyrim-is-not-an-mmogJoystiq spoke with Bethesda's Todd Howard about The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim during PAX, learning more about Bethesda's upcoming RPG sequel. He has an interesting comment about bugs, which at this point are a signature component of the series, saying: "We try to solve most of it, we're sensitive to a lot of it. There is a subset of that where we say 'Well, that's what can happen.' If there's entertainment value in that, whatever it is, we'll leave a lot of it. If it's gonna break the game, or unbalance the game in some way, we do try to solve it. If the solution is gonna make the game less fun ... well, hey, leave it in." He also explains why they are not pursuing an online component or making this an MMORPG:
"I like this kind of game better," he said. "You know, it's what most of us are into. I'm not really an MMO guy. I respect them, I look at them, but I don't play them. It feels more real to me when I'm the hero and it's crafted for that. A community aspect to it, I recognize a lot of people would want that in a game like this, but it changes the flavor for me.

"The audience we have for our kind of thing is big enough that we don't have to tone it down. We can just do our thing, and it's kind of grown with each game. So there was no pressure from anybody above me to say 'Hey, you need to change this.'"