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    The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

    Game » consists of 30 releases. Released Nov 11, 2011

    The fifth installment in Bethesda's Elder Scrolls franchise is set in the eponymous province of Skyrim, where the ancient threat of dragons, led by the sinister Alduin, is rising again to threaten all mortal races. Only the player, as the prophesied hero the Dovahkiin, can save the world from destruction.

    More Skyrim Footage Surfaces

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    #1  Edited By jorbear

    Lots of really small details in this video, which make me really excited! The public execution looked especially gruesome and gave me a very sick, sadistic squeal of joy.

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    #2  Edited By Divina_Rex

    only a few more weeks.

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    #3  Edited By elyk247

    Thanx for the new vid, this game is gonna be incredible.

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    #4  Edited By FiestaUnicorn

    There were people using pick axes and hammers and it made me want this more. Is that weird?

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    #5  Edited By Sambambo

    Why does it show the same video twice...

    But yeah, that killed some excitement. A lot of the shown areas there looked really bland and muddy, and it could have just been a Divinity or Risen video for all id have known.

    Apart from the water, nothing jumped out at me as being special.

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    #6  Edited By jorbear

    @SuperSambo: I don't know about you, but watching some dude's head getting chopped off seems pretty fucking special to me.

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    #7  Edited By Commisar123

    yay......

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    #8  Edited By buneroid

    Oh man when the dude got executed I thought it was going to jump cut away right when the head was about to come off but nope, head rolls away clean.

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    #9  Edited By selbie

    Oh yes...

    Heads will roll....

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    #10  Edited By Subjugation

    As if I wasn't already sold.

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    #11  Edited By mazik765

    @SuperSambo said:

    Why does it show the same video twice...

    But yeah, that killed some excitement. A lot of the shown areas there looked really bland and muddy, and it could have just been a Divinity or Risen video for all id have known.

    Apart from the water, nothing jumped out at me as being special.

    I'm not even that excited for this game, and I respectfully disagree. Looks gorgeous.

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    #12  Edited By Getz

    @SuperSambo said:

    Why does it show the same video twice...

    But yeah, that killed some excitement. A lot of the shown areas there looked really bland and muddy, and it could have just been a Divinity or Risen video for all id have known.

    Apart from the water, nothing jumped out at me as being special.

    Yeah you're right: the aurora borealis, fire and steam effects, foliage, dynamic shadows and lighting all look really bland and muddy. You need to be reminded of how shitty Divinity actually looked

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    #13  Edited By Rowr

    Now imagine how insanely awesome this game would look if they had someone on the team who could make some sort of character animation that looks like it was above ps2 quality. *sigh*

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    #14  Edited By Adamsons
    @Subjugation said:

    As if I wasn't already sold.

    This x ∞
     
    Also - I didn't play Alan Wake but that music is fantastic.
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    #15  Edited By project343

    I want to say that this is the footage that was edited into X-Play's little Skyrim thing.

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    #16  Edited By Cloudenvy

    @project343 said:

    I want to say that this is the footage that was edited into X-Play's little Skyrim thing.

    I want to say this as well.

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    #17  Edited By largo6661

    he jumped off a mountain!

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    #18  Edited By ZimboDK

    Oh man, only two weeks to go. I'm itching to play it.

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    #19  Edited By SlashDance

    I can't fucking wait. I've never wanted to play a game so badly !

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    #20  Edited By louiedog

    It looks great. I also really want to replay Alan Wake after watching that. I love the soundtrack.

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    #21  Edited By Contro

    Nice, but a little crude looking in some areas I think, not that it really matters with this game.

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    #22  Edited By falling_fast

    those look like console graphics. still, very nice.

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    #23  Edited By DJJoeJoe

    Some of the images shown, of the towns and various things, make me think of Morrowind. Just the overall design of things puts me in the same mood, or I get the same/similar tone from them etc. Kinda neat.

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    #24  Edited By shiftymagician

    I can't wait for two things:

    1. This game
    2. The PC modders making this game look and play even better after my first playthrough.
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    #25  Edited By joshth

    @ShiftyMagician said:

    I can't wait for two things:

    1. This game
    2. The PC modders making this game look and play even better after my first playthrough.

    absolutley.

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    #26  Edited By emergency

    @ShiftyMagician said:

    I can't wait for two things:

    1. This game
    2. The PC modders making this game look and play even better after my first playthrough.

    Indeed. A large proportion of this game, for pc users should be the awesome content that people will create.

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    #27  Edited By MikkaQ

    Looks good. I see they still use the silly technique of having weapons magically attach to their owner's hip when sheathed that they've had since Morrowind. Ah well.

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    #28  Edited By Krakn3Dfx

    Winter is coming.

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    #29  Edited By Krakn3Dfx

    @ShiftyMagician said:

    I can't wait for two things:

    1. This game
    2. The PC modders making this game look and play even better after my first playthrough.
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    #30  Edited By velucyraptor

    @ShiftyMagician said:

    I can't wait for two things:

    1. This game
    2. The PC modders making this game look and play even better after my first playthrough.
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    #31  Edited By benpicko
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    Winter is coming.

    True enough.
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    #32  Edited By Thor_Molecules

    After watching the entire beginning of the game that was leaked online, disappointing is the way I would describe it.

    (no story spoilers below, just my feelings on the technical side of the game from what I could tell from a 720p youtube video)

    • Animations are as bad as ever. I know it's a Bethesda tradition, but come on, characters were sliding all over the place, running looked stiff and janky. It doesn't ever come close to looking natural.
    • Combat is silly. Enemies don't even react when you strike them with a sword or axe. Nothing. It's like attacking a training dummy with a styrofoam mallet, and then it falls over. The VATS-like finishers are also completely out of place, and look pretty bad.
    • Textures are really low-res. I know it's the 360 version, and big open world blah blah, but I would have expected a decent improvement over Oblivion on consoles. I didn't see it.
    • The game freezing for 3 solid seconds whenever it's autosaving while in mid-combat or sentence. Kills the immersion.
    All in all, it makes me really curious for the PC version, I am desperately hoping they haven't fucked that one up, but seeing how everyone is getting the Xbox 360 version to review, I have a feeling it's not the superior version of the game as we all hope it will be.

    Remember these are all opinions of a guy who is crazy in love with the Elder Scrolls franchise. I have 1000/1000 gamerscore on the 360 version of Oblivion, and have hundreds and hundreds of hours played in Morrowind and Oblivion on the PC.
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    #33  Edited By Eaxis

    It looks like the physics are janky and the head will keep on rolling after it's chopped off.

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