....3 more days....

[KMD]

Until  The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

I figured I would be "That Guy" to post first, If ya'll even care.
Seriously, the most I have been excited about a game in a while. Unfortunately, I won't be getting it for a few weeks after release. I just got a job, and I don't have the entry fee quite yet.

    I remember when I first got Oblivion (for Xbox). Bought it used from a friend back in 2009 for $20.  He didn't like it because it was just a "first person sword game". I wasn't even sure if I would like it. Honestly, I think I got more fun out of that $20 than that any other. I probably logged at least 60-80 hours, which is a lot for me. Yeah the game was a bit frusterating, but I would get lost in it like no other I've ever played.

So, whos excited?

[TK]

I would be if I thought I'd ever get time to play it... I've not found the time to complete FO:NV yet.

[Brugdor]

Picking it up on release day via Steam. I usually wait until games like these go on sale. Preferably with a GOTY edition that includes all the good DLC. I had to break my rule for this one because I'm going stir crazy with nothing new to play and nothing but Skyrim on the horizon.

I got into D3 beta but you're limited in it to a very small section of the game. You can only play through it so many times before boredom sets in. It's fun though and there's no NDA.

[KMD]

Picking it up on release day via Steam.

I've heard that a lot lately. I can't even believe steam has it, is there anything steam doesn't have nowadays?

   One thing that I've noticed is there sheer amount of hype for this game. Especially from people who've never played or didn't like the other games in the series. Unfortunately, I think some people will be pretty disappointed. For those who don't know; Warning: this game is for nerds 

[Chucara]

I've heard that a lot lately. I can't even believe steam has it, is there anything steam doesn't have nowadays?

Battlefield 3 (stupid origin)

All my gaming hours are thrown into the pit that is BF3 currently. I've never really got into Morrowind, and Oblivion felt broken to me due to the monster-level-scaling system. Also I never really liked the levelling system. Does anyone if these are changed in Skyrim?

Too bad, since I kinda like the universe.

[Hoopy Frood]

From what I understand, Skyrim will follow the FO3 paradigm. Each area will have a minimum and maximum level that the creatures can be, and will adjust relative to your level within that window of levels.

And I'll be picking it up eventually, but it's rare that I pay full price for games, particularly single-player ones. Especially because Steam has great sales. Besides, I've got more than enough games in my Steam library that I haven't played that I'm not exactly in a gaming dearth anyway.

[Swash]

I've heard that a lot lately. I can't even believe steam has it, is there anything steam doesn't have nowadays?

Battlefield 3 (stupid origin)

This and most EA titles.  Apparently they've even been pulling older titles from Steam to try to prop up Origin.

Must not rant about the failings of Origin...must not derail thread.

So, I've got Skyrim preordered on Amazon.  It'll cross the ocean and likely arrive while I'm on my honeymoon and with a bit of luck be waiting at the post office up the road when I get back.  That's for roughly half the price I'd pay if I bought it locally, too.  Australian game distributors gouge prices like mad then cry foul when people buy online.  Madness.

[Hatchetman]

Origin! >.<

I've bought basically everything off of Steam since about the time the Canadian dollar went above about 95 cents US, maybe 3 years ago? FO3 is the last game I physically bought, all the DLC I bought online. Steam means no tax, and I'm paying the price that the distributor intended. Canadian retailers like to pretend that things here are supposed to cost more, like back in the days where our dollar was only worth 80 cents. A 60 dollar game here means a 70 dollar retail sticker plus 14% sales tax. Yes. 14%.

Sitting here waiting and hoping that Steam didn't figure out the timezone-specific release and are sticking with region based release. If it does, everyone is getting it at midnight eastern, 9pm for me. (╯ﾟヮﾟ)╯︵ ♥♥♥♥

Though right the Steam website isn't even responding...

[Hoopy Frood]

Though right the Steam website isn't even responding...

Probably because their forums got hacked Sunday night and it took them until today to figure out exactly how bad the damage was.

Note that they are handling the whole business with a lot of class, as is to be expected of Valve. (cf. Sony)

[KMD]

Just came back from midnight gamestop release, BITCHES!

[Brugdor]

Just came back from midnight gamestop release, BITCHES!

Launched the game at 12:06am so there!

Made it to level 5 last night before I finally had to pass out. Went with an Orc sword & board build.

[Hatchetman]

8:59pm PST!

Anyone else not had their character follow their intention due to their natural tendencies while playing?

My concept was an orc heavy fighter.. what I have is a very clanky sniper. With the exception of profession skills (both my smithing and enchanting are very high), my sneak skill is higher than my two-handed, the skill I start with a +10 bonus on. I really wanted to push heavy armor up for the perks, but due to stopping and sneaking any time I don't know what's around I've got really low armor skill. I've ended up taking a few lower rank perks in some things I wasn't planning on, and just sitting on a whole bunch. The 2h perks I was intending to take just aren't that good, took some archery ones I wasn't planning on, and just sitting on a whole bunch of perks. :|

[Shard]

I'm loving it so far, though I am not completely without complaint.

1. Lack of hotkeys. This slows everything down, both the mage build and the archery oriented warrior build I've started

2. Fencing stolen goods. Now, don't get me wrong, not being able to sell goods you stole would be realistic, if you could, say, go to another town to sell them. How does somebody in whiterun know a random potion I stole in another town is stolen? It should only apply to the town you stole it from, IMO.

3. I could be wrong about this, but past games show that the enemies scale with you. You also level up every 5 or 6 skill increases. Now, correct me if I'm wrong because I could be, but if you are constantly levelling up from non-combat skills, what happens when you have to fight the scaled up enemies when you're stuck with very low level combat capabilities?

4. Giants. What's the deal? Why are 10 foot tall humanoids stronger than 10 ton dragons? The one time I tried fighting a giant, not only did he one shot me, but he LITERALLY knocked me into orbit. I'm pretty sure my character's corpse hit the upper limit of the sky.

[Hatchetman]

Favoriting and assigning those as 1-8 works alright, it's what I'm used to from Fallout with an extra step tacked in. I also have less things I need to hotkey.. I'm managing to restrain myself to only three weapons, so my racial, the one heal and two shouts I actually use have plenty of room.

Fencing stuff is really dumb. I stole stuff in Riverwood like a motherfuckin bandit. I get to Whiterun and everyone there magically knows it's stolen.. I got a huge amount of pickpocket skill in Riverwood and since then I've barely stolen a thing. It makes the skill incredibly underwhelming.

You fucked! The people from my warcraft guild who are just getting into it me and the other guy who have been playing like crazy have both told people to be really careful about how much you level non-combat skills if you're not comfortable with how you're killing because enemies scale with your character level, regardless of how you got those levels. I got to 20 on almost pure non-combat skills and it definitely had a big impact.

Giants are badass. They hit you with a telephone pole, but it's not super hard to dodge it most of the time especially if they're doing a power attack. Don't get hit by power attacks.

[Solwyn]

The interface is super-annoying, and I've been trying to find ways to make it better. I'm debating going ahead and trying my hand at some UI modding, see if I can figure out a way to at least hotkey combos in a manner that's much less retarded.

We'll see how it goes.

BTW, I started out with a breton spellsword, wanted to try spells in one hand and one-handed weapons in the other. I soon discovered you could dual wield bound swords and after seeing how badass that looked, I made it the focus of my build.

So far, it looks awesome and I can murder things in high speed if I can get close. I found that one-handed and conjuration worked pretty well synergistically (+damage from both sides), and you can also use some crazy enchanting (+1 handed weapon damage, applies to both weapons in dual wield attacks and power attacks). Only downside : I'm finding that stoneflesh (even with the alteration perk to make it much better when you're not wearing armor) is not powerful enough to mitigate getting arrowed to death before you can stab someone with your glowing swords.

Looks like I'll need to figure that out in order to get more awesomer.