(11-17-2011, 12:12 AM)LochnarITB Wrote: As yet, I have not picked up the game. I was hoping there would be a playable demo to get a feel of it, before dropping very limited cash on it, but that is not to be due to its size and complexity. So, a question. In the past, I've had great fun with games where you manage every detail. The talk here seems to be that the fun is found doing so in this one. I'm afraid I don't have the patience for doing so anymore. Is there room in this game to basically "kill stuff and grab loot"? It certainly looks gorgeous, and for once I think I have a machine that might do OK with the latest and greatest, but I fear it might be too futzy for me to make any progress. Thumbs up or thumbs down - your opinions (well most of them anyway) are greatly appreciated.
[edit] I've watched the three part official "demo" video, but that is another reason I feel like it might be too much micromanaging for me to enjoy anymore. It feels like it is being run by a very practiced hand and thus hides a lot of the possibly overabundant detail management required.
The only real micromanaging I do is placing my perks, swapping between a bow, a two-hander and dual-wielded healing. I don't worry as much about Lydia's health anymore because once the critters get her crawling on her hands and knees because she's so hurt, they just leave her alone. The crafting is similar to WoW. Get mats, go craft, sell the results, with the exception that you don't really see the "if I make two yellow recipes instead of the one orange one that is all I have mats for, I have the chance for two skillups" and "I only have mats for grey skillups". If you make it, you get progress in the skill.
When you've grabbed more than your carrying capacity, you aren't rooted in one place. You can still move about, just at a slow walk and you can't fast travel. So there's not much inventory management either unless it bugs you to have to walk. And even then, I load up Lydia (who has her own carrying capacity) and keep going.
Now, if you're planning on playing a magic user, there's a little bit more micromanagement with spells, but it's not bad. They just aim differently than arrows since the spells just have a straight trajectory and aren't affected by gravity like arrows are.
Maybe I'm missing something or thinking of micromanagement in a different way than you are, but I really find that I just get to fire up the game, do whatever I want, and then end the game when it's time for bed or time for work. =) I feel no need to min/max. When you level up you choose if you want to increase your health, magicka, or stamina and where you put your perk. That's it.
Oh! And my machine is at the minimum requirements. The video is set on high quality when it went through and did its little autodetect dealy. I'd probably knock it down a little bit lower if I were playing it on the PC rather than Xbox simply because even with the look sensitivity turned up a fair bit, there's still delay in turning for me. But it looks so much prettier on even my PC than on the Xbox. Just gorgeous.
EDIT And apparently Steam has it for 75% off for a very, very limited time. Sale ends Thursday, 4pm Pacific time.
Edit2 I haven't been awake long enough apparently. That's for Oblivion, NOT Skyrim. Bad Treesh.
(11-16-2011, 07:30 PM)Roland Wrote:(11-16-2011, 03:33 PM)Treesh Wrote: The ice troll is SO familiar. =) I love Lydia, but man, sometimes she's a little too aggressive.
Wait until you hit the Labyrinth on the way to dealing with the Greybeards. I snuck past three of the bastards. Killing 1 was tough, but doable. Killing 3? No thanks. The regen too quickly for an archer who has to relocate every 2 shots to avoid dying to their beastly claws.
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Anyway, my own tales of glory. Last night I killed 5 dragons.
Grats on the dragons, and the giant. A buddy of mine at work managed to find good terrain where he could hit them and they couldn't hit him so he managed to kill two of them. At level 4. Which made a link Tal sent me even funnier. =D There was someone on the boards who basically had almost every possible spawn point for dragons actually spawn dragons and he griped about them being Cliffracer 2.0. =) I've only seen the three so far, but I haven't done much with the main quest yet either.
Do the frost trolls absorb frost damage to heal themselves too? Because on one of the trolls I killed, I stayed at range and it mauled Lydia until we got it down. The next troll, I ended up in melee (with a weapon that did frost damage) and the damned thing instantly healed it seemed. Not just a really fast regen, but a chunk of health got returned to it after I swung the sword.
Intolerant monkey.