Anyone Played Skyrim (Elder Scrolls V) Yet?

[Ollie]

Looking good, but I'm not getting it, even if it does release on PS3.

[Minty]

The new island of Solstheim is reachable via Windhelm it appears. Hardcore Dunmer refuge & Imperial outpost has a direct ferry route with the most racist anti-empire city in Skyrim. Great idea.




Sizewise, it's about the size of The Reach. So long as I can find a safehouse in it to dump my junk in, I'll be happy.

[Minty]

Dragonborn to hit the PC on 5th February, and the Playstation 3 a few days later. The other two expansions still not out yet for the PS3 - Dawnguard and Hearthfire follow shortly afterwards.

It seems it was something to do with the game's coding that would have made it unplayable had those two come out for the PS3 first. Hmmmm.

[Caspin]

Hmmm indeed. Still, I know a few folk who will be mighty pleased to get the expansions on PS3

[joannablack]

I play Skyrim. I recently even bought Dragonborn

[Minty]

Just been announced by Bethesda that there will be no more add-ons for Skyrim!

"For the last year and a half we’ve been working on new content for Skyrim; from the game updates, Creation Kit, Steam Workshop, Kinect support, to DLCs. Parts of our team have also been in pre-production on our next major project, and that game is at the point where it requires the studio’s full attention to make it our biggest and best work yet.

Even though we’re moving on, we’ll still have minor updates to Skyrim as needed. We’ve invested so much of ourselves into Skyrim and will never truly say goodbye to it."

WTF?

So why was the White Gold Tower visible in the south? Why did they register Redguard as a trademark? Looks like they've trashed the planned expansions to throw everything into this online version.

Damn them!

[Caspin]

That's a shame. What a great game it is, though.

You'll have to make do with Sims dragons.

[Ollie]

No thanks, I'm not a fan of Sim dragons.

[Caspin]

Yeah they look a bit daft don't they!

[Minty]

There's to be a "Legendary Edition", all that means is the main game & all the expansions together with probably a few extra bits thrown in to get people to pay again for a game they already have

Of course, this could all be a big trick & they spring a new expansion on us David Bowie style without any warning, but I'm not getting my hopes up. I can't help but feel they've left us with a half told story. What did the Altmer do when the Imperials won/lost the war (& in the latter case were thrown out of Skyrim). How did the Dunmer and the empire react to Solstheim becoming thriving again? Did the Dunmer of Raven Rock and the Nordics of Skaal village come to blows or did they learn to work together after Miraak & Hermaeus Mora's antics? Did the Vigilants of Stendarr manage to rebuild? Did Paarthurnax come to blows with the other dragons over trying to get them to follow the Way of the Voice?

Oh, one other part. If Ulfric Stormcloak won, what plots were made against him by Elisif the Fair to avenge her husband?

AAARRRGH DAMN YOU BETHESDA!