My laptop can run Skyrim on High settings. This makes me very happy indeed. I’m going to be an Wood Elf this time. No companion. And whatever difficulty is next up from Adept. And no I’ve not yet completed the PS3 version but I have 2 masks, the reforged amulet and a lot of dead bodies which at a later time I’ll be asked to kill. As Brucie would have said “Good game, good game”.
Lydia is still around and is fully equipped with ebony kit and a great big sword. That big she couldn’t get through a doorway at one point.
Found Shearpoint, saw a dragon asleep on the Word wall. Popped a 40sec invisibility, ran in, got the word and as I did the dragon attacked Lydia and Krosis fireballed me. I ran straight off a cliff – there really was nowhere else to go – and luckily hit enough rocks on the way down to stay alive. The dragon followed and he got killed. Went back up, told Lydia to walk to the Word wall. Krosis appeared and I easily picked him off with my archery (I even used Dwarven arrows and they are kept for special). So I have his mask and the guy whose name began with V.
At some point I need to back through Forelhost and this time Lydia will be bait.
Since the update I can make the game crash. Enter Breezehome, look at the stack of books at the back and go to turn in any direction. Crash every single time. So I don’t do that any more. I have also had constant high hovering dragons, dragons flying backwards and in one case a dragon that hovered directly in front of me while I filled it full of arrows.
Time spent in-game is over 100 hours, Stealth 100, Archery 75, Destruction around 60 (Lightning Runes are nice). I’m level 35 or 36 so not that far. Haven’t been to the Greybeards yet so no Fus-Do-Rah for me. 313 locations.
Still haven’t got round to Smithing or Enchanting. A little grindstone improvement but for archery it doesn’t really matter. I have x3 sneak, a helmet which boosts, a mask which boosts and I can hit a falmer from a long way off.
While walking the dogs earlier I passed two teenagers who were probably doing a drug deal (quiet little village like mine and we still have potheads) and as the dogs wouldn’t come away from them I said we had to go, got a game to play. Guy asked what game and we had several minutes chat about Skyrim. Probable stoner talking about being got by dragons. Odd.
Can’t find the Thieves Guild or the Dark Brotherhood.
I’ve been playing video games since 1979 and this is by far the most immersive and complete game I have ever played. It really is amazing.
Forelhost is tough. Hardest dungeon by several factors and several hours – and I’ve not killed the boss yet.
I’m heading through a swampy volcanic area and two bears rush me and Lydia (my NPC companion). I dual fireball and walk backwards doing so. Just as I get low on magicka a dragon swoops in and takes on the bears. I ran for cover and watched. The dragon is belching fire at the two bears and then a giant takes interest. He comes in, batters the bears and the dragon. The dragon swoops away and back doing a low pass overhead while breathing fire at the creatures below. Bears die. Dragon soars and heads right, giant lumbers left. Sabre cat comes in from the far left and goes at the giant. Dragon comes back and takes on the cat. I’ve been plugging arrows into the dragon when I can so his health isn’t great. He’s on the ground and distracted by the sabre cat so I head on in dual fireballs and the cat dies. Whip out the sword and take the last bit of life from the dragon. He dies and burns up. I get the loot and a Dragon Soul. Feeling really pleased I start walking across this swampy bit. I hear this slight noise and look left to see the giant looking straight at me. I ducked and very very carefully backed off.
And the amazing part of this game is that no-one else will probably experience that battle in that place.
Locations discovered: 250 (/320+?)
Dungeons cleared: 31
Days passed: 60
Gold found: 18106
Skill increases: 264
Quests completed: 10 (/190)
Misc Objectives completed: 15 (/lots)
Enchanting done: none
People killed: 332
Animals killed: 260
Creatures killed: 59
Favourite weapon: Elven bow
Spells learned: 10 (/100?)
Total lifetime bounty: 187
Bunnies slaughtered: 0
Time actually spent playing the game: 56 hours.
Managed to creep right up behind a dragon yesterday as it slept on top of building high on a mountain. And I managed to creep back the same way without waking him up too. (Blood dragons are pretty tough for where I am right now).
I can’t think of any other game which has captivated me so much even with the few bugs I’ve encountered. I’m in no rush, loving exploring and as I am the Dragonborn the world will let me take my sweet time. Epic game experience.
Modern Warfare 3 – more of the same as 2.
Battlefield 3 – more of the same, pretends it’s all about the team play but it’s really just MW3 dressed up differently. Find a game and people still won’t talk, won’t spot, won’t work together. Being on the same team does not make team play. Never happened with a single game I played in 2 so I can’t see that changing. (I had more team play in MW2)
Skyrim – bug city already (1.1 on release day?). Will wait for the inevitable GOTY edition if it stands the test of time and not just the fanboys.
Now if only I could find something original maybe I could spend my money. Do they even make original these days?
Sony announced today that future games purchased on the PlayStation Network will only be granted activation on two devices at any one time – down from the current number of five. via reghardware.
Well that’s just crap but it means I’ll not be buying from the PSN again. Wonder if it applies to DLC?
Loved this on reddit. If you’ve not played the game you’ll never get it.
