Skyrim

I just wanted more damn monsters to fight. Fighting nothing but Skeletons, bears, and the occasional dragon isn't really my idea of exciting.

The bears, mammoths and pretty much most the big animals are annoying. They seem to take about the same hits as a dragon, and way more than a person wearing armour. I want to be able to one-hit cleave any animal in my way from the start.

There should also be way more battles for the towns.

I say all this and I haven't completed the game so who knows what I am missing out on.

How come people have such a hard time with the bears? They go down easy for me.

My main issue is that the game is somewhat primitive. I mean, in most games, I can climb a ladder without going to a loading screen, or go into a pub without a 20 second wait. The lack of variety is biting after a while with the game, and making the game a dungeon-crawler is really a waste of the beautiful world they created above ground. They should have made much more of the setting.

I think I only ever had problems with bears when they happen to surprise me, especially when I was already fighting something/one else.

My main issue is that the game is somewhat primitive. I mean, in most games, I can climb a ladder without going to a loading screen, or go into a pub without a 20 second wait. The lack of variety is biting after a while with the game, and making the game a dungeon-crawler is really a waste of the beautiful world they created above ground. They should have made much more of the setting.

This. Also, the technology is there to easily make more impressive battles than they have now. 6 or 7 guys trying to conquer a city on their own isn't a war, it's a pub crawl gone awry.

I just started my first game, finally. It's going to take a long time to get used to the ps3 controller  (yes, I KNOW, should have upgraded my computer instead of getting a ps3).

I just started my first game, finally. It's going to take a long time to get used to the ps3 controller  (yes, I KNOW, should have upgraded my computer instead of getting a ps3).

If you know, then why did you do it anyway?

Quote from: Areweonfiya on April 06, 2012, 05:39:41 PM

I just wanted more damn monsters to fight. Fighting nothing but Skeletons, bears, and the occasional dragon isn't really my idea of exciting.

I was disappointed we couldn't go into Oblivion at least once and kill some Daedra.

If you go through the labyrinth in Labyrinthian, you can. It's only one daedra, though.

Quote from: Space Cowgirl on April 07, 2012, 12:34:20 PM

I just started my first game, finally. It's going to take a long time to get used to the ps3 controller  (yes, I KNOW, should have upgraded my computer instead of getting a ps3).

If you know, then why did you do it anyway?

I didn't know when I bought the ps3.

Quote from: Irushwithscvs on April 07, 2012, 12:53:54 PM

Quote from: Space Cowgirl on April 07, 2012, 12:34:20 PM

I just started my first game, finally. It's going to take a long time to get used to the ps3 controller  (yes, I KNOW, should have upgraded my computer instead of getting a ps3).

If you know, then why did you do it anyway?

I didn't know when I bought the ps3.

But we told you!!

IT WAS ALREADY TOO LATE. I think. I can't remember that far back. I've had the ps3 for a few months and didn't hook it up until yesterday, because I needed a router.

It took me forever to figure out how to loot a body 

Quote from: Lorddave on April 06, 2012, 05:40:33 PM

Quote from: Areweonfiya on April 06, 2012, 05:39:41 PM

I just wanted more damn monsters to fight. Fighting nothing but Skeletons, bears, and the occasional dragon isn't really my idea of exciting.

I was disappointed we couldn't go into Oblivion at least once and kill some Daedra.

If you go through the labyrinth in Labyrinthian, you can. It's only one daedra, though.

There's also  four more encountered during the Mehrunes Dagon quest.  I think two of which eventually respawn, but I could be mistaken.  But yeah, that is far too few.

Quote from: Tausami on April 07, 2012, 12:57:07 PM

Quote from: Lorddave on April 06, 2012, 05:40:33 PM

Quote from: Areweonfiya on April 06, 2012, 05:39:41 PM

I just wanted more damn monsters to fight. Fighting nothing but Skeletons, bears, and the occasional dragon isn't really my idea of exciting.

I was disappointed we couldn't go into Oblivion at least once and kill some Daedra.

If you go through the labyrinth in Labyrinthian, you can. It's only one daedra, though.

There's also  four more encountered during the Mehrunes Dagon quest.  I think two of which eventually respawn, but I could be mistaken.  But yeah, that is far too few.

Dremora != Daedra

the technology is there to easily make more impressive battles than they have now. 6 or 7 guys trying to conquer a city on their own isn't a war, it's a pub crawl gone awry.

lol   

The Daedra are gods, you dinguses.  Like Blanko said, you're talking about dremora.

The Daedra are gods, you dinguses.  Like Blanko said, you're talking about dremora.

The Daedra are aliens, the Aedra are gods.

No, they're not aliens.  I don't know what makes you think that.

Although it turns out that the term "Daedra" actually encompasses a huge amount of creatures, including dremora, so I have still made a mistake.  I was using that word to refer to the Daedric princes.

UESP says Dremora are humanoid Daedra, but it also says that the only variety of Daedra present in Skyrim are Atronachs.

Confusing.

Aedra and Daedra are simply extradimensional beings of different sorts.

Oblivion is actually just Tamriel's moon. One look at the moon and its pretty damn obvious.

Oblivion is actually just Tamriel's moon. One look at the moon and its pretty damn obvious.

A real moon, or a spotlight?

Quote from: Irushwithscvs on April 07, 2012, 07:30:49 PM

Oblivion is actually just Tamriel's moon. One look at the moon and its pretty damn obvious.

A real moon, or a spotlight?

It might just be an illusion conjured by wizards to trick me.

No, they're not aliens.  I don't know what makes you think that.

Although it turns out that the term "Daedra" actually encompasses a huge amount of creatures, including dremora, so I have still made a mistake.  I was using that word to refer to the Daedric princes.

Aedra means "ancestors", the original inhabitants of Mundus, while the Daedra are the non-ancestors from other planes, aliens on a dimensional level.

Daedra refers to anything from any plane of Oblivion other than Mundus.

That doesn't automatically imply a distinction from "gods."

I will probably start this when I get my new graphics card, and I can find a good high-res graphics mod.

That doesn't automatically imply a distinction from "gods."

The existence of lesser daedra and mortality of princes does.

I will probably start this when I get my new graphics card, and I can find a good high-res graphics mod.

Bethesda released one.

Quote from: General Disarray on April 08, 2012, 07:52:54 PM

I will probably start this when I get my new graphics card, and I can find a good high-res graphics mod.

Bethesda released one.

And it's worse than what the modders have done before the official mod even came out.

This is pretty much the best high-res texture mod there is. FXAA Post Process Injector is good for adjusting saturation, sharpening, tint, FXAA etc. to your liking, with little to no performance drops. If you want something fancier, look into ENB configurations - Superb ENB-RL is a great one - but beware that these come with drastic performance losses, so don't bother with them unless you pack a punch (on my humble machine, Superb ENB-RL drops my framerate from 50-70 to 20-40).

Other great in-game tweaks to consider:
Realistic Lighting
Skyrim Flora Overhaul
Lush Grass
Lush Trees

Well I'm looking to upgrade to a 7870 (and also overclock the shit out of it) so I should be able to handle just about anything. Thanks for the tips, I'll check those out.

Quote from: Saddam Hussein on April 08, 2012, 05:42:24 PM

That doesn't automatically imply a distinction from "gods."

The existence of lesser daedra and mortality of princes does.

I suppose you're right in reference to the general class of "daedra," but the princes are definitely immortal.  That's made very clear in the games.