Skyrim’s Dawnguard expansion “significantly bigger” than Fallout 3 DLC

15 June 2012
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How big is the upcoming Dawnguard expansion for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, you ask? It’s bigger than anything you’ve ever seen, assuming the only thing you’ve ever seen is the Fallout 3 DLC, but that’s pretty big anyway.

“It’ll take between 10 and 20 hours to beat,” Skyrim lead artist Matt Carofano told Game Front at E3 2012. “It’s about as long as a faction line.”

The expansion includes two complete storylines, prominently featuring some of Tamriel’s most elusive inhabitants – vampires – and the people who hunt them. It’s a living. Or a living dead, for that matter, ho ho ho.

There’s also a new location, a plane of Oblivion known as the Soul Cairne, plus additional side quests and Dragon Shouts.

“Dawnguard will be significantly bigger than any Fallout DLC,” Carofano said. “We wanted to do something more in-depth than that. It’s not as big as Shivering Isles, but there’s still a lot of content there.”

No launch date has been announced yet, but Dawnguard is scheduled to drop around about now, with a 30-day time exclusivity period on Xbox.

Source: Game Front

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