re: Official The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Thread AKA Skyrim addicts anonymous

After sinking quite a few hours into this game I'd have to agree with that. Pretty much every character is static and uninteresting and the main plot is rather uninvolved, it makes for a way to pass the time instead of something I really wanted to do.

Regardless both games mentioned have had the most bang for the buck imo. You can add Mass Effect to that as well. I can't say most of my games have been worth $60.

I can appreciate that sentiment, but I think that most of us as "adventurers" want to be afforded the opportunity to take part in something on an epic scale if we choose to. Outside of the Alduin segment of the game, the Civil War is not nearly as grand or worthwhile as it would seem from the way it pervades the setting. The various guild questlines are rewarding and allow the player to feel significant, but you're just some sort of mischief-maker the rest of the time.

I don't want to fault Bethesda too much - they wanted to make the ultimate dragon-slaying video game. And when it comes to killing dragons, you can certainly do that to the point of nausea in this game.

Geez, seems like some of you guys are going overboard on the story issue.

I think the game is so huge you are losing perspective.

The main storyline still takes longer to finish than about 99% of other games out there.

I don't see any other RPGS with better story. I would give Dragon Age a slight nod with deeper character development with your followers but they also did a tremendous amount of repeating themselves.

My lvl 35 mage is still getting his arse kicked by melee types and archers so I am definitely moving to light armor and ditching the robes.

I'm not trying to downplay Skyrim, it is an excellent open-world RPG game where there is so much to do it literally swamps the player with quality one-off quests(can't say that has ever happened to me before). It's been a while since I have felt confident that I spent my $65 well, and Skyrim definitely falls into that category.




But as I have played games of exceptional quality before Skyrim, I will always make comparisons to those that came before, whether they are valid or not. I just didn't find the story that engaging or interesting, certainly not to the extent that Morrowind/Oblivion captivated me. I attribute this to having played games that handle the story aspect better than Bethesda, which has rather been left behind in that category.

Have they fixed the resistances bug? 50% magic resistance should be rather noticeable.

When playing as a mage there were pretty much three keys to being successful.

1: Conjuration - Some kind of atronach is absolutely necessary. I usually rolled with a flame atronach until I got Dremora Lords

2: Armor - When wearing robes, even with heavy everything else, I got ripped through. As soon as I could smith quality armor I I ditched the robes.

3. Enchanting - I reduced Destruction cost by 25% on my helmet and armor, so it was rare for me to run out of magicka. That, along with HUGELY boosted magicka regen and fortified magicka and I rarely got touched. I started sneaking around and using a bow just to mix it up or else I'd run into every room dual casting fireballs shouting "HADOUKEN" without ever being touched.

I enchanted a glass set and now I never run out of majicka.

I've been doing better with fireballs, but I am still getting killed a lot more than with melee and on a lower difficulty setting but.....

That is actually a good thing. Having to sneak a bit and think about fights makes it more interesting than just walking in and killing everything in 2 seconds.

Level 38 - been spending most of my time in blackreach.

I have so much stuff in my chest in winterhold and in whiterun that im probably about to go cash in. I need to get higher enchanting so im probably about to go enchant and make potions today.

Also, I have a daedra heart and a bunch of crimson nirnroot. What do I do with that stuff?