Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

lol i have used that phrase itt already

what is mystical royalism?

a snootier form of magic realism?

the ruling clique really is a god-descended & ordained bloodline destined to rule, only they can restore and defend the land, and their absence from the throne is the source of all the bad things happening.

this is what all the old royalists claimed about themselves but in games like this it's just basically true.

blades = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobitism

AFAIK, Tiber Septim/Talos is unique amongst the Nordic Nine in not divinely intervening in some sidequest. The only indication of his divine favor is that his shrine still works to cure disease and offer a blessing. Moreover, its his decision to use the Elder Scroll to cast Alduin forward in time that is ultimately responsible for the current dragon predicament.

So there's a case to be made that the Elves version of Talos as a false god is correct.

idk as fantasy bs goes i still much preferred dragon age, which had some metaphysical business going on (to explain the existence of magic basically) but left all the religious questions attached to that unprovable and therefore political.

in skyrim even the thieves guild questline (SPOILER) ends up revolving around some dumb god. you're thieves! you work for money! no gods no masters live for today! come on.

but then most of the gods are also super vicious... this game has a bizarre mix of total cynicism and wide-eyed wonder, i don't really get it tbh

Probably confusing 8/9 Aedra (temples & shrines, but removed from creation) with the Daedra, all of whom associated with quests.

yeah i get that there is supposed to be a distinction. my point is the world isn't religious so much as mythical. you can't really doubt these deities are real.

Manifestly real deities are surely the norm in fantasy?

probably. it creeps me out tho!

There's something strangely bathetic about the ones who manifest as regular dudes.

As what if? hypotheticals, it pleases me that most fantasy worlds are pretty miserable/perilous places. One simply doesn't want gods/demigods taking up residence nearby.

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goole succeeding in making this game sound even worse

heh

"linen wrap x28" lol

not sure how long they've been available, but looks like quite recent. the first two Elder Scrolls games now available free for download

http://www.xtcabandonware.com/index.php?id=1611

I downloaded Arena, but it says it's not compatible with 64-bit Windows. How do I get around that?

haven't tried it yet myself, but sounds like you need to run it through good old confusing Dosbox!

yeah just got it working through dosbox.

every used that before?
download here:
http://www.dosbox.com/download.php?main=1

Manual is included

I downloaded Arena, but it says it's not compatible with 64-bit Windows. How do I get around that?

what's arena? (I'm on iPhone and can't be bothered to google)

The first elder scrolls game

jesus, just going through the character generation screen and hard to believe someone has managed to create text fonts within a 4x4 pixel square!

I spent many a happy hour playing Arena back in the day, but I don't think it would bear repeating.

Listen out for the original, archetypal door sound!

yeah, its very slooow to move around and explore.

welp, i beat this finally. alduin was kind of nbd, but my character's final state was a little bit insane-o

after that, i whipped thru the civil war for the imperial side. i believe i had 'extra' stuff to do, since i negotiated the truce during the main questline. or maybe that just changes how the general talks about it? idk.

the civil war quests have quite a few massed-enemy-in-a-fort missions which are a lot of fun. lack of quest variety is one of the faults of this game.

god help me i've started a second character, to try things out differently.

what level did you max out with?

low 60 something

I completed the Sovngarde quest, while overburdened with dragon bones and scales and ebony greatswords and battleaxes and warhammers looted from Skuldafn that i was loath to part with. Didn't realise that for all that time I could have had the 'armour weighs nothing' perk which probably would have meant I could carry everything :/ . When I finished and was deposited back at the throat of the world, and realised I couldn't fast travel, I nearly ate my own foot in frustration. Climbed down the side of the mountain, and when I entered High Hrothgar Lydia came running in through the other door. I've nearly been so happy to see anyone in my life. *cough* videogaming life that is.

Got the 100k gold achievement after I'd sold everything. Now I've finally thrown my lot in with the stormcloaks.

I've nearly never been so happy to see anyone in my life

Unusual details in skyrim wiki articles:

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Breezehome
Also of interest is an over-sized loaf of bread that can be found in a basket on the kitchen shelves. Being several times bigger than an average loaf, it may be of interest to collectors.

hoarders

"Why are you keeping your broken PS3 in 2025?"
"Big loaf of bread"
"k"
"Nah you don't understand mate, it's huge"

Elder Scrolls sale

http://store.steampowered.com/sale/skyrim_midweek

FAT GIANTS
http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2012/02/dice-bethesda-game-jam/

Think there's a patch for the 360 version due today.

Divorce! I wanna divorce!

As a sneaky archer type, I would definitely +1 cool kill cameras for archery in the same way as you currently get them for hand2hand.

Just downloaded 360 patch. What will be fixed? What will be newly broken?

And......it broke

What the shit, this is unplayable now. Basically if you have a dog he is now 10 times better at blocking doorways than Lydia, vs earlier being able to jump over dogs when they (constantly) got in your way. I just wasted an hour getting stuck in caves. Guess I'm not bothering w/skyrim until the next patch.

Have y'all got dogs? They're as annoying a fuck pre-patch anyway. I'll wait until the mod that lets me ride them in a battlecat stylee.

Had a dog, it died, no great loss.

oh man, i had the I'm Sad thread open just before this, left and came back to see this and kind of thought i was still on it. i was halfway through trying to type out something expressing sympathy for the death of ledge's dog, but trying to figure out why it was no loss, thinking that maybe the full weight of the death hadn't hit him yet, etc. but anyway, delete that, and yeah, fuck your digital dog, who cares!

Haha the tragicomedy, it burns. Tarxyr the Khajiit is grateful for yr sympathy but he truly doesn't mourn the beast, maybe it's cat/dog thing.

In fairness, I did buy a dog, but I think I barbecued it with a fire spell in my first fight. I learned then that I shouldn't keep pets, although I should have known as much when I let my horse get killed by a dragon so I could run round the other side and stab it.

lol I haven't even found where the dogs are sold (mostly through distinct lack of looking/caring)

They're outside Markarth I think, but I don't think they add much value to your questing.

The Daedra dog was great in combat - impervious to everything, as far as I could tell. However, he behaved just like a regular dog and made dungeon crawls a nightmare. After about ten levels of questing with him I decided to finish his storyline because I just couldn't take it anymore.

I kinda miss him. He was a great target for the baddies.

I got rid of him quick. He's indestructible, but incredibly yappy.

He was amazing fighting dragons. He'd get right in their grill and you could just feather them from a safe distance.