Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim announced

Razgon · 2011-11-10T06:53:59.000Z

triggercut:

What date do you think it might be in Australia right now?

They are from the future!! mind boggles

DeepT · 2011-11-10T06:57:57.000Z

Razgon:

They are from the future!! mind boggles

Quick! Get a copy of the NYT and tell me the winning Lottery numbers for tonight!

triggercut · 2011-11-10T06:59:04.000Z

Razgon:

They are from the future!! mind boggles

Bob Costas’s first job as a cub reporter was as play by play guy for the short-lived ABA basketball franchise, The Spirits of St. Louis. That team had two great players–Moses Malone and the inimitable Marvin Barnes. Bob frequently tells this story when prompted:

There is the legendary story about the Spirits getting ready to depart on a flight that left Louisville, Ky., at 8 p.m. and would get into St. Louis at 7:56 p.m. due to a time-zone change.
Upon looking at the schedule, Barnes said, “I ain’t getting on no time machine,” and rented a car for the trip.

Mysterio · 2011-11-10T07:02:51.000Z

Is Skyrim’s story a continuation of Oblivion’s, or are their stories not related? In other words, would I need to first play Oblivion for Skyrim’s story to make sense?

I’ve never completed Morrowind, never played Oblivion, and do not own Skyrim. Any advice would be appreciated!

Giaddon · 2011-11-10T07:03:50.000Z

Noooooooo

Ben_Sones · 2011-11-10T07:10:41.000Z

Mysterio:

Is Skyrim’s story a continuation of Oblivion’s, or are their stories not related? In other words, would I need to first play Oblivion for Skyrim’s story to make sense?

I’ve never completed Morrowind, never played Oblivion, and do not own Skyrim. Any advice would be appreciated!

Skyrim is set 200 years after the events in Oblivion, in a different part of the world. So no, not really related, and no need to have played any of the previous games.

aganazer · 2011-11-10T07:12:45.000Z

triggercut:

What date do you think it might be in Australia right now?

Ahh hell, I must visit this place from the future call “Australia”. They have Skyrim.

Vesper · 2011-11-10T07:16:25.000Z

GiantBomb makes mention of the PC version having the same inventory interface as the 360. BOO. Bethesda, will you ever learn?

TimJames · 2011-11-10T07:23:22.000Z

Now that people have started playing Skyrim, I’d like to know what everyone thought about Oblivion’s leveling system. I didn’t like how bandits ended up running around in glass armor. It seemed silly to me.

Alistair · 2011-11-10T07:25:54.000Z

It think it’s probably more important to talk about how Fallout 3 wasn’t really a Fallout game.

Giaddon · 2011-11-10T07:26:30.000Z

So is this unlocked everywhere, or just where it is 11/11?

Thesper · 2011-11-10T07:29:01.000Z

I think it unlocks timezone by timezone. UK Steam has it unlocking at 12pm midnight tonight, which is eight and a half hours away.

Nithrakis · 2011-11-10T07:29:41.000Z

Jesus Christ. The sound effects are amazing.

Giaddon · 2011-11-10T07:30:59.000Z

Reading

Man, these reviews are super positive.

Ben_Sones · 2011-11-10T07:35:23.000Z

Vesper:

GiantBomb makes mention of the PC version having the same inventory interface as the 360. BOO. Bethesda, will you ever learn?

Yeah, but he also says that it works well on the PC. It’s completely different than the Oblivion inventory interface, in any event. It’s a sorted text list, with a reasonably small font that shows a good number of items on-screen at once (as many as you’d get with many of the Oblivion inventory mods). So I’d say that maybe they have learned.

Paul_cze · 2011-11-10T07:36:45.000Z

Bah I finished Dead Island today (completely in singleplayer, absolutely loved it) and played it all the way through with x360pad, and I will most likely do the same with Skyrim. Mouse and keyboard, bah ! : )

LesJarvis · 2011-11-10T07:44:30.000Z

Ben Sones:

Yeah, but he also says that it works well on the PC. It’s completely different than the Oblivion inventory interface, in any event. It’s a sorted text list, with a reasonably small font that shows a good number of items on-screen at once (as many as you’d get with many of the Oblivion inventory mods). So I’d say that maybe they have learned.

Looks very similar to the Fallout 3 interface, if somewhat less clunky. Not great, but good enough.

KWhit · 2011-11-10T07:53:11.000Z

I’m going to be playing this on PC. I assume that the best control scheme will be mouse and keyboard. But maybe I’m wrong. Any chance that a 360 controller would be the better choice?

WarrenM · 2011-11-10T07:59:01.000Z

Won’t get to play until tomorrow morning fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck…

Papageno · 2011-11-10T08:00:50.000Z

I won’t be playing till Amazon gets me my copy, which I think will probably be tomorrow evening. Meanwhile, I’m pretty psyched that this doesn’t suck.