Skyrim Countdown

[frankiej]

http://www.oxm.co.uk/35877/reviewsthe-el...ew/?page=1

The review in OXM.

It got 10/10.

I'm not particularly interested in getting it, but I thought a few of you might be interested in the read.

Very few games get 10 out of 10.

The only game in the last while that they gave a 10 to was Deus Ex, I believe... Other than this of course

[theVOID]

Skyrim is EPIC. Been playing all day.

[Jackalope]

Seems nice. Unfortunately its frequently grinding my machine to a halt. Too tired to figure it out. It's bedtime.

[Faith No More]

Can't get it until the wife gets home at 5. The anticipation is killing me...

[Violet]

Skyrim is EPIC. Been playing all day.

You're evil XD

I don't anticipate there being any copies lying around in any gaming store Like a moron I opted to not preorder, so... what can you do? ^_^

I'll get it soon.

Void is evil

[HeyItsZeus]

I blew too much money on Uncharted 3 and MW3... now I can't play Skyrim.... Sad face.

[Jackalope]

I blew too much money on Uncharted 3 and MW3... now I can't play Skyrim.... Sad face.

Hey, you're an atheist with no source of objective morality, right? There's nothing stopping you from robbing a liquor store or something...

---

Skyrim is EPIC. Been playing all day.

You're evil XD

I don't anticipate there being any copies lying around in any gaming store Like a moron I opted to not preorder, so... what can you do? ^_^

I'll get it soon.

Void is evil

If you have Steam you can download it directly, no waiting (other than the hours it will take to download).

[HeyItsZeus]

I blew too much money on Uncharted 3 and MW3... now I can't play Skyrim.... Sad face.

Hey, you're an atheist with no source of objective morality, right? There's nothing stopping you from robbing a liquor store or something...

I don't think they would let me take my PS3 into my jail cell...

[Blam!]

I blew too much money on Uncharted 3 and MW3... now I can't play Skyrim.... Sad face.

Hey, you're an atheist with no source of objective morality, right? There's nothing stopping you from robbing a liquor store or something...

ಠ_ಠ

[Violet]

Have played the opening and traveled to a town and a dungeon.

I was (quite) disappointed with the startup screen, was rather anticlimactic. Another thing I disliked was that there is no chance to modify your race/appearance and (especially) your name (I accidentally clicked 'b' and was stuck with the name 'Prisoner'. The menu interface is a pain in the ass. Alchemy is amazing. All in all: I like it a fair bit (might like it more when I make my next character), and I was also highly disappointed. Opening sequences can go a long way to interesting me in a game (ie: Obvlivion). Not even having an opening sequence was their biggest mistake I excitedly turned on the game, only to lose a ton of the excitement waiting at the starting screen for something to happen. Hell, it would have been great if they just played the official trailer(s)... but there was nothing to retain my excitement. I also found the intro to the game rather boring and uninspired, and again to criticize the menu system: I didn't even know I had any spells until I deliberately looked to see if I did. The game never suggested "Oh, why don't you burn them to death with fireballs?", though it seemed to me to encourage a very specific type of gameplay (1H-axe and shield).

I really had hoped it would impress me more by immersing me into it (as oblivion did). I'll have to make a new character and do my own thing (I was quite upset when falling damage didn't cleave off my health: it outright killed me). The game didn't even inform me how to get my favorite weapons and spells on my d-pad, so I was unimmersed as I fumbled around the (i believe) horrible menu, trying to find my various equipment and items.

I'll play it more... it's still a good game... I was just highly let down by its start.