Get a Feel For Skyrim's Animations

Any improvement to the animations is a plus. They were so poor in Morrowind that I didn't finish it. They were poor but bearable in Oblivion, and I finished that. Skyrim definitely looks more than bearable this time around.

Just release the game already!

@PresidentOfJellybeans said:

I did not like Oblivion at all, yet I really want to try this. I fear I'm going to make a terrible mistake.

This exactly but im getting it because it looks so awesome but at the same time i found Oblivion so boring after i finished the story mode once

I just had a dream where I was in a cave full of rooms with dragons and they were all talking to me. I want this game.

Got school off Friday! Yes!

So bland

I know it's totally over-used at this point, but....

My Body is Ready.

I'm not sure they need to be advertising the animations, heh.

That aside, can't wait!

@Buzzkill: No, the swords are SO sharp, that when you stab someone in the head, it can just float around in their head. That's why. It wasn't the animators fault. The swords are THAT sharp.

I found the ending quite funny.

Worst level-up menu system ever.  I mean, why make a functional, attractive menu that lets you view multiple pieces of information at once to compare and contrast them, when instead you can make a pretty but completely useless menu that only shows one piece of information at once, that's cumbersome and confusing to navigate, and that takes several seconds each time you want to move somewhere else in?
 
That's basically Bethesda Design(TM) to a T: fuck functionality and playability in its ass, Todd Howard came up with something Awesome and it's going to be in the game no matter how lore-destroying, fucking idiotic, game-breaking, or conceptually bankrupt it actually is.
 
Also, yes, I've watched significant amounts of leaked footage.  Skyrim is fucking broken, it is buggy, it is ugly, it has terrible writing and voice acting, it has the same fundamental problems dating all the way back to Morrowind, and many of Bethesda's "improvements" are still well below industry standard in both design and execution.  It is literally Oblivion with slightly better graphics and a VATS-style kill cam.  Oh, and dragons, because DRAGONZ R AWESOME BRO

@phrosnite:

ice dragons don't.

@AxleFGK said:

@phrosnite:

ice dragons don't.

They will be immune to ice. Think people, think...

yup, it's a bethesda game. terrible animation and clipping in combat.

I think my sleep patterns are going to be out of wack for a while.

@sear said:

Worst level-up menu system ever. I mean, why make a functional, attractive menu that lets you view multiple pieces of information at once to compare and contrast them, when instead you can make a pretty but completely useless menu that only shows one piece of information at once, that's cumbersome and confusing to navigate, and that takes several seconds each time you want to move somewhere else in? That's basically Bethesda Design(TM) to a T: fuck functionality and playability in its ass, Todd Howard came up with something Awesome and it's going to be in the game no matter how lore-destroying, fucking idiotic, game-breaking, or conceptually bankrupt it actually is. Also, yes, I've watched significant amounts of leaked footage. Skyrim is fucking broken, it is buggy, it is ugly, it has terrible writing and voice acting, it has the same fundamental problems dating all the way back to Morrowind, and many of Bethesda's "improvements" are still well below industry standard in both design and execution. It is literally Oblivion with slightly better graphics and a VATS-style kill cam. Oh, and dragons, because DRAGONZ R AWESOME BRO

tell us how you really feel

@sear said:

Worst level-up menu system ever. I mean, why make a functional, attractive menu that lets you view multiple pieces of information at once to compare and contrast them, when instead you can make a pretty but completely useless menu that only shows one piece of information at once, that's cumbersome and confusing to navigate, and that takes several seconds each time you want to move somewhere else in? That's basically Bethesda Design(TM) to a T: fuck functionality and playability in its ass, Todd Howard came up with something Awesome and it's going to be in the game no matter how lore-destroying, fucking idiotic, game-breaking, or conceptually bankrupt it actually is. Also, yes, I've watched significant amounts of leaked footage. Skyrim is fucking broken, it is buggy, it is ugly, it has terrible writing and voice acting, it has the same fundamental problems dating all the way back to Morrowind, and many of Bethesda's "improvements" are still well below industry standard in both design and execution. It is literally Oblivion with slightly better graphics and a VATS-style kill cam. Oh, and dragons, because DRAGONZ R AWESOME BRO

Hahahahaha

You can definitely see the lessons Bethesda took from Fallout 3. I believe one of the complaints was that the "final blow" animations weren't actually killing animations at all, just weird zoomed in slow-mo.

Stealth kills could be useful, at the very least.

@sear said:

Worst level-up menu system ever. I mean, why make a functional, attractive menu that lets you view multiple pieces of information at once to compare and contrast them, when instead you can make a pretty but completely useless menu that only shows one piece of information at once, that's cumbersome and confusing to navigate, and that takes several seconds each time you want to move somewhere else in? That's basically Bethesda Design(TM) to a T: fuck functionality and playability in its ass, Todd Howard came up with something Awesome and it's going to be in the game no matter how lore-destroying, fucking idiotic, game-breaking, or conceptually bankrupt it actually is. Also, yes, I've watched significant amounts of leaked footage. Skyrim is fucking broken, it is buggy, it is ugly, it has terrible writing and voice acting, it has the same fundamental problems dating all the way back to Morrowind, and many of Bethesda's "improvements" are still well below industry standard in both design and execution. It is literally Oblivion with slightly better graphics and a VATS-style kill cam. Oh, and dragons, because DRAGONZ R AWESOME BRO

That's awesome.

Game looks sweet. I've watched a ton of streams, it looks amazing. Can't wait.

Man so so many werewolf heads are going to roll!!!

Got tomorrow off work.....Skyrim comes out tomorrow, guess Australia can have some benefits when it comes to video games...

@sear said:

Worst level-up menu system ever. I mean, why make a functional, attractive menu that lets you view multiple pieces of information at once to compare and contrast them, when instead you can make a pretty but completely useless menu that only shows one piece of information at once, that's cumbersome and confusing to navigate, and that takes several seconds each time you want to move somewhere else in? That's basically Bethesda Design(TM) to a T: fuck functionality and playability in its ass, Todd Howard came up with something Awesome and it's going to be in the game no matter how lore-destroying, fucking idiotic, game-breaking, or conceptually bankrupt it actually is. Also, yes, I've watched significant amounts of leaked footage. Skyrim is fucking broken, it is buggy, it is ugly, it has terrible writing and voice acting, it has the same fundamental problems dating all the way back to Morrowind, and many of Bethesda's "improvements" are still well below industry standard in both design and execution. It is literally Oblivion with slightly better graphics and a VATS-style kill cam. Oh, and dragons, because DRAGONZ R AWESOME BRO

Dwemer Centurions! This is going to be good!

Two more days!!! Tally HO!!!!!

Well the animations would look better if we didn't have to view it off Youtube in 360p. I don't understand why we can't just get 720p, I mean it doesn't cost the giant bomb crew anything to host their videos on Youtube so why not max quality?

And whoo we have dismemberment in Skyrim.

Yay, good old Bethesda open world jank!

Fucking finally the trailer this game deserves!

At 14 seconds, the playable character yelled "HADOKEN!" when he shot a blue fireball.

BEST. GAME. EVER.

This game would be out by now if it wasn't for the stupid 11/11/11 gimmick they are trying to push...I don't get it, this game doesn't need any gimmicks to sell!

Those execution animations are sublime.

@Dragon_Fire said:

Well the animations would look better if we didn't have to view it off Youtube in 360p. I don't understand why we can't just get 720p, I mean it doesn't cost the giant bomb crew anything to host their videos on Youtube so why not max quality?

And whoo we have dismemberment in Skyrim.

This.

Holy shit man I have NEVER been this excited for a game! 5 years and it is upon us.That Giant execution animation gave me a nergasm so hard.

High point of my day was remembering that Dweemer centurions exist. Thanks Bethesda.

"To be fair, you always look cool while mounting a dragon."

Bow-chika-bow-wow

I get home from fencing, fire up my computer, and Steam starts downloading something. Quizically, I check to see what it's grabbing.

A 2.8 meg download for my preload of Skyrim?

The button has turned from nothing to... Play!?

"Preload complete! When the game is officially released, you'll be able to play it immediately."

Ohh... Chicken? COW!? F YOU CHICKEN! F YOU COW!

@BeachThunder said:

Still seems that the only animations really worth mentioning this year are from Ghost Trick.

I really like the star map menu though :D

Shit, I should totally go back and play that again while I wait for Skyrim. Might be able to take my mind of it for another 24 hours.

@phrosnite said:

Just saying... Dragons need to be immune to fire. The freezing shout is my favourite so far.

The dragons dont actually breath fire or anything, they simply speak the word in dragon language to summon fire. So there isnt really any reason for them to be immune to fire.

@jakob187 said:

At 14 seconds, the playable character yelled "HADOKEN!" when he shot a blue fireball.

BEST. GAME. EVER.

Oh fuck me he did say that didn't he. I second your message of BEST. GAME. EVER.

The more I see of this game the more I realize that once I get my hands on it I will probably live, breathe, and possibly dream nothing but this game for weeks if not longer.

It's as if every game that came out between Oblivion and this were filler.

TOMORROW YEAH YEAH YEAH!!!!!!!!! I love forgetting about a game and then finding out it's coming out the very next day!

oh wait, dammit! not tomorrow... friday.

Loved the rag doll in Oblivion, looks like I'll love it here too!

/cuminpants

Holy shit that stuff looks awesome.

Fuck yeah Dwemer shit

We may have crappy internet and pay more for games in NZ, but at least Friday is only 4 hours away.

Is it just me, or does anyone else feel that the animations/frame rate are a bit choppy?