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
― Critique of Pure Moods (goole), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 22:28 (twelve years ago) link
Probably confusing 8/9 Aedra (temples & shrines, but removed from creation) with the Daedra, all of whom associated with quests.
― Plato’s The Cave In Claymation (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 22:37 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Critique of Pure Moods (goole), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 22:38 (twelve years ago) link
Manifestly real deities are surely the norm in fantasy?
― ledge, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 22:46 (twelve years ago) link
probably. it creeps me out tho!
― Critique of Pure Moods (goole), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 22:47 (twelve years ago) link
There's something strangely bathetic about the ones who manifest as regular dudes.
― ledge, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 22:50 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Plato’s The Cave In Claymation (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 22:51 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280/mapstalgia/16293829297/1/tumblr_lxobzbW6hf1rn1cvh
From Video Game Maps Drawn from Memory
― Plato’s The Cave In Claymation (Sanpaku), Monday, 23 January 2012 06:51 (twelve years ago) link
http://christwire.org/wp-content/uploads/Untitled-130.jpgFrom Is Skyrim Teaching Your Children How to Perform “Rim Jobs” and Other Homo Erotic Sex Maneuvers?
― Plato’s The Cave In Claymation (Sanpaku), Monday, 23 January 2012 06:56 (twelve years ago) link
goole succeeding in making this game sound even worse
― junior dada (thomp), Monday, 23 January 2012 14:22 (twelve years ago) link
heh
"linen wrap x28" lol
― Critique of Pure Moods (goole), Monday, 23 January 2012 16:32 (twelve years ago) link
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
― Summer Slam! (Ste), Sunday, 29 January 2012 11:55 (twelve years ago) link
I downloaded Arena, but it says it's not compatible with 64-bit Windows. How do I get around that?
― polyphonic, Sunday, 29 January 2012 20:12 (twelve years ago) link
haven't tried it yet myself, but sounds like you need to run it through good old confusing Dosbox!
― Summer Slam! (Ste), Sunday, 29 January 2012 20:23 (twelve years ago) link
yeah just got it working through dosbox.
every used that before?download here:http://www.dosbox.com/download.php?main=1
Manual is included
― Summer Slam! (Ste), Sunday, 29 January 2012 20:34 (twelve years ago) link
what's arena? (I'm on iPhone and can't be bothered to google)
― i love pinfold cricket (gbx), Sunday, 29 January 2012 20:38 (twelve years ago) link
The first elder scrolls game
― Mordy, Sunday, 29 January 2012 20:40 (twelve years ago) link
jesus, just going through the character generation screen and hard to believe someone has managed to create text fonts within a 4x4 pixel square!
― Summer Slam! (Ste), Sunday, 29 January 2012 20:42 (twelve years ago) link
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!
― Also unknown as Zora (Surfing At Work), Sunday, 29 January 2012 21:03 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, its very slooow to move around and explore.
― Summer Slam! (Ste), Sunday, 29 January 2012 21:09 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Critique of Pure Moods (goole), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 21:34 (twelve years ago) link
what level did you max out with?
― i love pinfold cricket (gbx), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 01:23 (twelve years ago) link
low 60 something
― Critique of Pure Moods (goole), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 02:07 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― ●-● (ledge), Sunday, 5 February 2012 14:17 (twelve years ago) link
I've nearly never been so happy to see anyone in my life
― ●-● (ledge), Sunday, 5 February 2012 14:18 (twelve years ago) link
Unusual details in skyrim wiki articles:
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:BreezehomeAlso 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.
― ●-● (ledge), Monday, 6 February 2012 11:28 (twelve years ago) link
hoarders
― Wub wub wub wubwubwubwub wub Pzzzzzzz WUBB wubwub (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 6 February 2012 11:36 (twelve years ago) link
"Why are you keeping your broken PS3 in 2025?""Big loaf of bread""k""Nah you don't understand mate, it's huge"
― Wub wub wub wubwubwubwub wub Pzzzzzzz WUBB wubwub (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 6 February 2012 11:37 (twelve years ago) link
Elder Scrolls sale
http://store.steampowered.com/sale/skyrim_midweek
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 18:43 (twelve years ago) link
FAT GIANTShttp://www.wired.com/gamelife/2012/02/dice-bethesda-game-jam/
Think there's a patch for the 360 version due today.
― JimD, Thursday, 9 February 2012 08:49 (twelve years ago) link
Divorce! I wanna divorce!
― ●-● (ledge), Thursday, 9 February 2012 09:47 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― get ready for the banter (NotEnough), Thursday, 9 February 2012 09:57 (twelve years ago) link
Just downloaded 360 patch. What will be fixed? What will be newly broken?
― Thu'um gang (jjjusten), Friday, 10 February 2012 06:31 (twelve years ago) link
And......it broke
― Thu'um gang (jjjusten), Friday, 10 February 2012 07:05 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Thu'um gang (jjjusten), Friday, 10 February 2012 07:22 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― get ready for the banter (NotEnough), Friday, 10 February 2012 08:22 (twelve years ago) link
Had a dog, it died, no great loss.
― ledge, Friday, 10 February 2012 09:33 (twelve years ago) link
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!
― Z S, Friday, 10 February 2012 14:48 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― ledge, Friday, 10 February 2012 14:53 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― get ready for the banter (NotEnough), Friday, 10 February 2012 15:17 (twelve years ago) link
lol I haven't even found where the dogs are sold (mostly through distinct lack of looking/caring)
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Friday, 10 February 2012 15:18 (twelve years ago) link
They're outside Markarth I think, but I don't think they add much value to your questing.
― get ready for the banter (NotEnough), Friday, 10 February 2012 15:22 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 10 February 2012 15:38 (twelve years ago) link
I got rid of him quick. He's indestructible, but incredibly yappy.
― woof, Friday, 10 February 2012 15:42 (twelve years ago) link
He was amazing fighting dragons. He'd get right in their grill and you could just feather them from a safe distance.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 10 February 2012 15:54 (twelve years ago) link
lol that's like the opposite of Lydia, who basically gets toasted from a distance and spends the rest of the fight kneeling on the ground in pain and attempting to leap in front of your firebolts/arrows
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Friday, 10 February 2012 15:56 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah I think they set all the companions to the same height or something, because not only can you not jump over your dog when he is standing in a doorway but also when you shoot over the top of him you hit and kill him. Stupid.
― Thu'um gang (jjjusten), Friday, 10 February 2012 16:15 (twelve years ago) link
I decided to finish his storyline
New favourite dog murder euphemism.
― JimD, Friday, 10 February 2012 16:19 (twelve years ago) link
But I didn't murder him! You have a choice, and I wanted to inflict him on his old master.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 10 February 2012 16:21 (twelve years ago) link
i'd recommend following any chatter herein
http://uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Patch
― Critique of Pure Moods (goole), Friday, 10 February 2012 20:19 (twelve years ago) link