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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.

    'Perhaps you could find him in - MY FATHER IS A BLACKSMITH'

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    #1  Edited By phonics

    Fucking terrible. How can people call this game perfect 10/10 GOTY best 'rpg' ever when a huge part of the game (NPC interaction) is total ass? When you are talking to a npc and another one comes within 10 yards of you it triggers a random line of dialogue. It's so fucking irritating hearing some guard say 'DONT START TROUBLE' when you are having a conversation with another NPC. Whoever let that shit in the final product should be fired.

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    #2  Edited By Kazona

    Minute complaint about minute issue is minute

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    #3  Edited By phonics

    @Kazona said:

    Minute complaint about minute issue is minute

    Yeah really minute when it happens all the fucking time. Get out, thanks.

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    #4  Edited By I_smell

    There's a hundred things that aren't great in this game, and a few things that are really dumb, but now you're just being stupid.

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    #5  Edited By Liber

    You are totally right, the scripting in this game gets fucked up very often.

    I love Skyrim, but Witcher 2 is my 10/10 GOTY best 'rpg' for me.

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    #6  Edited By I_smell

    Since I saw the Quick Look on Witcher 2 I thought it had really good dialogue, and was a total step up above the generic fantasy stuff I'm getting now in Skyrim.

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    It's only an issue if you rely on subtitles or your brain can't distinguish from the person you're talking to and ambient dialog. Personally, I haven't had any issue from this whatsoever besides the subtitles changing to show what the other person is saying, but the person talking doesn't get drowned out at all.

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    #8  Edited By gimmysumcowbel

    You mad bro?

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    #9  Edited By falling_fast

    @I_smell said:

    There's a hundred things that aren't great in this game, and a few things that are really dumb, but now you're just being stupid.

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    #10  Edited By ShaggE

    How can people praise this game when there's an errant pixel right behind a tree three miles northeast from the 7000 Steps!? Did they even TRY to make this game good!?

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    #11  Edited By Tesla

    You're right someone should be fucking fired for this! Perfect 10/10 GOTY game my fucking ass!

    Pathetic...

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    #12  Edited By RsistncE

    Wow look at the fanboys come out. Bethesda games are heavy on NPC interaction, yet if they fuck it up it's just a minor issue to you guys. I'm sticking with my opinion that fans of Elder Scrolls games are way to willing to look past major fucking problems with the games. The reason? Who fucking knows, but what I do know is that the quality of these games is not "perfect score" material.

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    #13  Edited By SlashDance

    @gimmysumcowbel said:

    You mad bro?

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    #14  Edited By Kazona

    @Phonics said:

    @Kazona said:

    Minute complaint about minute issue is minute

    Yeah really minute when it happens all the fucking time. Get out, thanks.

    I've put 24 hours into Skyrim so far, and I can only remember this happening on a couple of occasions, none of which were in any way distracting me from the conversation I was having with an NPC. At worst it got a chuckle out of me, and at best it didn't even really register with me. So, yes, compared to all the other glitches and problems people are experiencing with this game, your complaint sounds incredibly trivial.

    But hey, you feel that it's a major, game breaking, flaw. Who am I to say that I think it's a trivial complaint when you post it on a public forum?

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    I remember an important conversation during a dragon attack, the Jarl giving me and the dark elf commands to go out there and fight it, and meanwhile I have the Jarl's idiot brother standing between me and the Jarl, telling me about 'true Nords' and bragging about how strong he was. When I would move to actually watch the cutscene, he would move between me and the Jarl every time.

    It's an issue, pretending it isn't is complete folly.

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    #16  Edited By MikkaQ

    This hasn't happened to me in 38 hours of playing.

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    #17  Edited By SlightConfuse

    OCCUPYSKYRIM

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    #18  Edited By Jimbo

    Your mother is a blacksmith.

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    #19  Edited By toowalrus

    I'm gonna blacksmith your face.

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    #20  Edited By Dagbiker

    I didnt like the witcher or the witcher 2, because of the poor combat system. but i do think that skyrim could have used more whores and more nudity.

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    #21  Edited By gike987
    @Dagbiker said:

    I didnt like the witcher or the witcher 2, because of the poor combat system. but i do think that skyrim could have used more whores and more nudity.

    Bethesda have a mod community for that. There is already a nude mod on nexus.
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    #22  Edited By Mr_Skeleton

    @Kazona said:

    Minute complaint about minute issue is minute

    But on the internet it's the biggest problem in the world!

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    #23  Edited By CL60
    @ShaggE said:

    How can people praise this game when there's an errant pixel right behind a tree three miles northeast from the 7000 Steps!? Did they even TRY to make this game good!?

    I lol'd.
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    #24  Edited By aButton

    i was going to make a whole thread dedicated to bitching about this one minor thing and then i realized i wasn't a massive child, so thanks

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    #25  Edited By Marnox

    Been playing for 30+ hours. I've had no issues with this. The only NPC dialogue I have problem with is "Don't tell me, someone took your sweetroll". Seems like the guards say that a lot. Other than that my experience has been fine.

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    #26  Edited By Loyal_Dragoon

    @aButton said:

    i was going to make a whole thread dedicated to bitching about this one minor thing and then i realized i wasn't a massive child, so thanks

    Touché

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    #27  Edited By Three0neFive
    @Marnox: Did you see those warriors from Hammerfell? They have curved swords... CURVED. SWORDS.
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    #28  Edited By Slayeric

    @Phonics said:

    @Kazona said:

    Minute complaint about minute issue is minute

    Yeah really minute when it happens all the fucking time. Get out, thanks.

    Welp. I was going to give this complaint some serious thought then I saw you were going to be a dick to anyone who weighed in their two cents that disagreed. Have fun being a big ol' baby.

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    #29  Edited By buzz_clik

    @CL60 said:

    @ShaggE said:

    How can people praise this game when there's an errant pixel right behind a tree three miles northeast from the 7000 Steps!? Did they even TRY to make this game good!?

    I lol'd.

    Me too!

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    #30  Edited By TEHMAXXORZ

    @Kazona said:

    @Phonics said:

    @Kazona said:

    Minute complaint about minute issue is minute

    Yeah really minute when it happens all the fucking time. Get out, thanks.

    I've put 24 hours into Skyrim so far, and I can only remember this happening on a couple of occasions, none of which were in any way distracting me from the conversation I was having with an NPC. At worst it got a chuckle out of me, and at best it didn't even really register with me. So, yes, compared to all the other glitches and problems people are experiencing with this game, your complaint sounds incredibly trivial.

    But hey, you feel that it's a major, game breaking, flaw. Who am I to say that I think it's a trivial complaint when you post it on a public forum?

    Flying Mammoth attack, my good sir...

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    #31  Edited By tim_the_corsair

    it wasn't snowing in the village, but I walk ten metres up the hill and it's a fucking blizzard?!

    THIS WILL NOT STAND BETHESDA, THIS WILL NOT FUCKING STAND!

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    #32  Edited By Dany

    What a trivial complaint on something that - I AM HUNGRY, WHO WANTS PIE?

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    #33  Edited By 2HeadedNinja

    @Dagbiker said:

    I didnt like the witcher or the witcher 2, because of the poor combat system. but i do think that skyrim could have used more whores and more nudity.

    I like Skyrim so far ... but the combat system of Witcher 2 is miles better than Skyrim.

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    #34  Edited By Ravenlight

    @ShaggE said:

    How can people praise this game when there's an errant pixel right behind a tree three miles northeast from the 7000 Steps!? Did they even TRY to make this game good!?

    You found that too, huh?

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    #35  Edited By Milkman

    I have literally never had this issue.

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    #36  Edited By Milkman

    @Three0neFive said:

    @Marnox: Did you see those warriors from Hammerfell? They have curved swords... CURVED. SWORDS.

    That was hilarious when I heard a guard say that. Great stuff.

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    #37  Edited By PrivateIronTFU

    Yeah! Let's fire people because a game annoyed me a little! That's the adult thing to do!

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    #38  Edited By Stahlbrand

    Yeah, jesus overreact much? Its a little annoying, but good christ its nothing to get so angry about.

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    @Liber said:

    You are totally right, the scripting in this game gets fucked up very often.

    I love Skyrim, but Witcher 2 is my 10/10 GOTY best 'rpg' for me.

    That game was kind of disappointing, the first one was certainly better.

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    #40  Edited By Dagbiker

    I thought the wine I orderd yesterday was too dry, so I had the waitress fired and her children taken from her.

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    #41  Edited By Jams

    I love the elder scrolls to death, but this is one of the most annoying problems in skyrim. It's so annoying it's kind of funny.

    It'll be like, "I lost my swordwatch it citizmy mother cookcastlezen amwenfaoeru wooobwoobwbobwbo." I'm laughing and going crazy with dialog in my head going, " I CAN'T UNDERSTAND ANY OF YOU! STOP TALKING AT THE SAME TIME AHHHHH!!!." and often end up rereading what I have to do in the journal after the fact.

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    #42  Edited By DoubleKR

    @slightconfuse said:

    OCCUPYSKYRIM

    Fuck yeah. lol

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    #43  Edited By Animasta

    @ICryCauseImEmo said:

    @Liber said:

    You are totally right, the scripting in this game gets fucked up very often.

    I love Skyrim, but Witcher 2 is my 10/10 GOTY best 'rpg' for me.

    That game was kind of disappointing, the first one was certainly better.

    haha nope.

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    #44  Edited By NickL

    @Phonics said:

    @Kazona said:

    Minute complaint about minute issue is minute

    Yeah really minute when it happens all the fucking time. Get out, thanks.

    I have never had this problem.

    Turn on subtitles or get better ears I guess.

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    #45  Edited By dtat

    @Phonics said:

    @Kazona said:

    Minute complaint about minute issue is minute

    Yeah really minute when it happens all the fucking time. Get out, thanks.

    It happens all the time, but it's also really minute in that it barely affects the game's quality. If you're looking for a polished game experience, look elsewhere. Simple as that

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    @Animasta said:

    @ICryCauseImEmo said:

    @Liber said:

    You are totally right, the scripting in this game gets fucked up very often.

    I love Skyrim, but Witcher 2 is my 10/10 GOTY best 'rpg' for me.

    That game was kind of disappointing, the first one was certainly better.

    haha nope.

    Both games had boring combat, the only thing they really have going for it is the story, which I felt the first one was a lot stronger in that department. Yes the second one had a "revised combat system" but it was still along the lines of the first one which wasnt good. However to each their own.

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    #47  Edited By The_Laughing_Man
    @Phonics said:

    Fucking terrible. How can people call this game perfect 10/10 GOTY best 'rpg' ever when a huge part of the game (NPC interaction) is total ass? When you are talking to a npc and another one comes within 10 yards of you it triggers a random line of dialogue. It's so fucking irritating hearing some guard say 'DONT START TROUBLE' when you are having a conversation with another NPC. Whoever let that shit in the final product should be fired.

    Has yet to happen to me. 
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    #48  Edited By hemmelight

    This happened to me a couple time in Whiterun in front of all of the stalls near the inn. I was talking to the food lady and I had her, a guard, some Nord dude and a kid all talking at the same time, because they were all right beside me.

    Believe me, subtitles do not help. They just layer on top of each other.

    They should try to turn down voices of other NPCs while you're in a conversation with someone. Or at the very least, don't show subtitled dialog for everyone at the same time.

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    #49  Edited By DystopiaX

    Because despite these minor flaws the game overall is really good, and the good things far outweigh the nitpicky bad things?

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