{"id":11618,"date":"2011-05-06T14:51:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-06T12:51:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2014-08-26T12:39:22","modified_gmt":"2014-08-26T10:39:22","slug":"new-skyrim-details-surface","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/11618-new-skyrim-details-surface","title":{"rendered":"New Skyrim details surface"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The next instalment of one of the most critically acclaimed and successful fantasy franchises ever is due out later this year. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is being developed by series stalwart Bethesda Game Studios; the same guys responsible for the previous iterations of the series.<\/p>\n<p>For those who have not been keeping an eye on Skyrim, you should probably check out The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim &#8211; what we know so far; The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim &#8211; new details emerge; <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/9387-The-Elder-Scrolls-Skyrim-story-details.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim story details;<\/a> Bethesda explains why there are no character classes in Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim; Mod support confirmed for The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim; and this Skyrim gameplay trailer.<\/p>\n<p>Done? Good. Speaking in an interview with German site Gamewelt, Skyrim director Todd Howard has shared some interesting new titbits regarding the fantasy RPG.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Skyrim\u2019s alchemy system will be different to Oblivion\u2019s<br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0The landmass will be roughly the same as Oblivion\u2019s<br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Skyrim will use the same ten races as Oblivion<br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0The world of Skyrim will be populated by wolves, mammoths, deer, elk and rabbits<br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0There will also be giants in Skyrim, and they will often be in close proximity to mammoths<br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0There will be a story behind the giants explaining why they live in the wild<br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0There will be special menus for skills such as cooking<br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0There will be over 120 dungeons<br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Dungeons will take anywhere between 15 minutes and 2 hours to complete<br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Locations will be varied, but will stick to classic high-fantasy feel<br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0There will be raw and cooked versions of each foodstuff<br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Traps will be more exciting and \u201cfun\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0NPCs won\u2019t just stand around, they will cook, build, craft etc.<br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0There will be puzzle solving elements<br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Players will be able to chop wood<br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0There will be a crafting discipline for each player type (alchemy, smithery, enchanting confirmed)<br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Bethesda has had more manpower and time with Skyrim<br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0There will be a sneak skill and new stealth system which borrows from Fallout 3<br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0The game will feature the Nine Divines and Daedra, some of which will offer unique quests<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Skyrim_5_587274040.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"335\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><em>The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim screen shot<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Are you planning on buying Skyrim this year? Do these new details add +10 to your anticipation rating?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/13138-New-details-revealed-for-Elder-Scrolls-V-Skyrim?p=411508#post411508\" target=\"_self\">New details revealed for Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim<\/a> &lt;&lt; Let us know in the forums<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Todd Howard reveals loads of new info during an interview<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11618\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}