Saturnine Tenshi Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 It's an upgraded, rebranded Gamebryo engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 Still as Rocky said give it a couple of months and a large amount of mods will most likely be created and ported over. It's still Gamebryo under the hood so making mods shouldn't be too hard. Maybe I missed this earlier, but does this mean the "Creation Engine" (Skyrim's engine) is just an updated Gamebryo? I thought Bethesda created an all new engine for Skyrim. It's an upgraded, rebranded Gamebryo engine. What Tenshi said. It's mostly a re-branding. The engine is updated, they'd tweaked some of the plug-in components too. But it's pretty much Gamebryo with enough changes they're taking the opportunity to leave behind the stigma of Gamebryo. (also iirc the company that makes Gamebryo went under a couple years ago, so chances are Bethesda can't use the name anymore) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 The regenerating health won't bother me. I only truly lose health in battle. This just means I won't have to spam the healing spell while walking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 Just went on Steam pre-order for UK http://store.steampowered.com/app/72850/ For those who don't want to be paying up to £15 more for no reason whatsoever: http://www.zavvi.com/games/platforms/pc/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim/10293225.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connorrrr Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 I find myself paying for convenience a lot when it comes to Steam. Will the retail version use Steam too, or what? If not, I'm more than likely just going to pick it up from steam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 It's Steamworks. Whatever version you buy on PC will tie in with Steam. So may as well get it from a place like Zavvi, save £10+, have a physical disc for "just in case" and still have it play happy with Steam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted September 1, 2011 Report Share Posted September 1, 2011 http://nerdtrek.com/skyrim-answers-bethesda/ A bunch of info on the game, maybe some spoilers. Depends on what you count as a spoiler for a game like Skyrim (We discussed it in chat the other week, and reckoned most of us didn't give two shits on story since it was such a small part of the game, but knowing you can snare and ride dragons would be counted as a spoiler) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted September 12, 2011 Report Share Posted September 12, 2011 http://www.bethblog.com/index.php/2011/09/12/20-minutes-of-skyrim-action/ Basically it's the video from the other week, but condensed and in HD. I'm beginning to think they're not playing it, but it's a pre-set track of what is going on cos they showed this after E3 on gamespot or something (one of hte US VG shows) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connorrrr Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 Yeah in all their demonstrations they've gone through exactly the same track as far as I can tell. I watched the leak footage from Quakecon and everything happened exactly the same. Seems very scripted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 This one had better soundtrack though. Only Todd Howard speaking over it and he stops early on. So you get some of that music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connorrrr Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 Yeah the soundtrack sounds nice so far... Clearer picture shows for some very nice looking environments and enemies too. It's certainly challenging Bethesda's usual trend of releasing games that look like ass, which is a welcome change... I like the new magic system and I may be more inclined to create a character better versed in it now. With Oblivion, my characters never specialised in magic because of the horrible way it handled for me, but this looks a lot smoother. On that same route, I like the new UI, everything is a lot less cluttered and neat, though I haven't yet seen a stats screen if I remember correctly.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 Yeah I wanted to use magic in Oblivion but it was a bit of a pain. Also Skyrim has splash damage, so even if your fireball misses it should still get them in the splash. (Oblivion had stupidly slow fireballs) So I made a mage, ended up battlemage. I am wanting them to show off the PC version at some point though. That menu system and constellations n such looks sexy as hell, but looks like it'll get to be a right paid with a mouse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connorrrr Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 Yeah, I can't help but notice they're only ever showing it on 360... At Quakecon, Howard got heckled for it and said the PC version would look even better but it's not really the looks I'm worried about. UI wise, I don't think they did a bad job with Fallout, having played it on consoles and PC, but the pip-boy is a fair bit less fancy than those menus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Johnny Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 @Dean: For comparison, someone needs to tell us how big the areas actually are in-game. I'm pretty sure Morrowind is larger in-game than Oblivion, and I know Daggerfall is much much larger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockyRan Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 Yeah, the scale in the games is completely screwed up. Using Oblivion's scale, Daggerfall would've been like a thousand times larger. I don't really think the official maps are indicative of how large the game worlds will actually be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 It's not a map for scale of game worlds, it's a map for what parts of Tamriel have been covered and which are left. Hence the map being cut up into game labelled chunks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockyRan Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 Still, though, this is an official map, and so far the official maps have a completely screwed up sense of scale. I do wonder what a properly-scaled map would look like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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madbassman39 Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 This might be the map of Skyrim. It looks official to me! http://www.elderscrolls.net/news/index.php/weblog/tes-v-map/ Does anybody know if they are going to bring back the Colosseum in this game? I always kind of liked the way it was done in oblivion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Arena? I'm pretty sure they've said it's coming back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Like always, the most fun one has in Elder Scrolls is doing activities that aren't part of the main campaign so they better have the Arena. Also, as much fun as I'm having with Dark Souls I know I'm gonna enjoy Skyrim ten times more. I can't wait Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madbassman39 Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 I hopped on oblivion cause I just couldn't wait, and it only made the wait more unbearable for me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 I can't play Oblivion anymore. The graphics and artstyle of the beginning jail cell are so ugly I can't make myself play anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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