Skyrim Thread

I think that developers need to look at their mod communities. Those modders make some really epic mods for their titles and a lot of those mods come from user requests.

If there is a mod that was exceptionally popular, try incorporating it into your next game and hire the people who made it.

Choice is a big thing for me in games as well. I have a buddy that does programming and he's told me before when I moan about lack of choice in games, that I have no idea the sheer amount of work needed to do whatever I suggested.

I firmly believe that the illusion of choice is what should be given in video games. Sure games like Skyrim give you so much choice that you can really play the game the way you want to and not the way the developer intended you to.

FPS games are normally limited in choice and you are given a linear path, some give you the illusion of choice by offering 2 or 3 different routes to the same end of the level, that would be games like Thief, Splinter Cell, Crysis, etc.

Half-Life 2 one of the best games ever conceived by the minds of man, was pretty much just a linear game, but the difference wa in the presentation of the content and how you could interact with it. Dark Messiah of Might & Magic was also a pretty linear experience, but still an epic RPG - it all boils down to how skilled the developer is at making you believe you chose to go down this path.

Sometimes choice is overrated, but I can't imagine Skyrim without any choice and being stuck on a linear path...

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Originally Posted by Sou1Co11ector

These might make your game more interesting and difficult for those who thinks its too easy.

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Thanks man, I just think the combat is too easy. Right at the moment it just feels like it is a hack fest without any need to block attacks. But will see further on as I hear it does get more intense in different areas.

Weird,one hit usually takes away 1/5 of my health.5 hits and i'm dead.

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Originally Posted by DCBloodHound

Weird,one hit usually takes away 1/5 of my health.5 hits and i'm dead.

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Well how far are you. I am about 15 minutes into the game after the introduction part so still early early days for me.

Well you can't really judge a games difficulty 15min into the game :D

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Originally Posted by Gerick

Well you can't really judge a games difficulty 15min into the game :D

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Ja, weird :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...;v=zbXM4cmt5OA

Look at that bitch bounce.

I found the combat for the first few hours to be brutally tough. I was using light armor, and as soon as I escaped Helgen, a pack of wolves actually managed to kill me. :/

Also,

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For any PC users who are having performance issues, make sure to go into the gameplay settings and disable the 360 Controller option. Since the game was ported by goddamn monkeys, it's on by default, and the framerate improvement from disabling it is massive. That one option changed my game from a broken laggy mess to a pleasantly smooth experience.

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This actually made a difference for me.

The game isn't that easy. Although I find bears and sabertooth cats harder to kill than the dragons.

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Originally Posted by judgefredd_za

The game isn't that easy. Although I find bears and sabertooth cats harder to kill than the dragons.

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Depends. I find that anything on the ground is easier than dragons, because I can simply blow them away using Unrelenting Force. I killed three cave bears yesterday by shouting them off of a cliff.