Skyrim Marathon - Part 02

Whoever thought it was a good idea to have passed-by NPCs babble lore and backstory without being talked to (and insinuating it was an improvement over getting that by initiating conversation) needs slapped. Made Whiterun an annoyance (and murder all too tempting :P)

I should bash your face in for all you've done. My favorite part haha

It's really neat to watch this after having played almost 200 hours or so. Makes me want to jump in again. Still waiting to see if they put the DLC on the PS3

greg was so close to finding the pinewatch secret hideout

Another wanderer....Here to lick my father's boots. Good job.

@SpiralEye said:

Kid: Someday I'm gonna forge my own sword!

Greg: DLC..

I almost fell down my chair laughing when that happened!!!

hey slaughterfish, more like slaughterEDfish, am i right guys!? am i right?! ... eh whatever :P

08:37 in is when hell's gate opens.

Invincible children is bullshit. But I love how I was thinking I would try to murder that kid and then wadaya know, Greg goes and tries to murder him, MY MAN!

mhm... so what this is telling me is the following: go out and get a 360 troller to play. I have ~70ish lock picking, and they break all the time... No feedback on the pc version. Gj beth.

haha at least its realistic. get lot and you walk in circles

This is awesome. Gotta love Greg. If he wasn't making awesome games I would be voting for him to be on the GiantBomb crew.

"torch bug thorax added...eww" I lol'd HARD.

literally yelling at greg NO THAT'S THE WAY TO HELGAN lol

Kid: Someday I'm gonna forge my own sword!

Greg: DLC..

Greg only talks to like 20 people pff.

I like how he keeps winding up back at Helgen :P

"Treasure Map IV; they are sequelizing treasure maps."

Goddamn it Greg, you've made my days. :)

That cabin reminded me of Evil Dead but that is probs becuz i just watched evil dead two.

@Canteu said:

"Yeah nothing else in here"

If only he read the note on the table...if only.

It drives me insane when people don't fully explore areas in a game. A big open space is one thing when inside it's not that hard. I am aware he's probably playing slightly different compared to if he was playing alone at his place though.

That crazy chanting guy said something about "earth" which is a bit odd.

Man, coming back and watching the Xbox version after 40 or so hours on the PC is kinda hard to look at. Loading times are waaaaaaay faster on PC.

He learned what everyone will learn when they play this game. Don't mess with Giants.

Hey M'aiq's in Skyrim too!

This will help until the semester is over.

• kinda funny how 'ugly' the game looks, if you play the PC version instead?
• also on PC the loading times are so short, I cannot read any of the loading screen texts in full
• but equally, very impressive, the way the engine & streaming data works on the xbox°

Greg's Play Style during Marathon

... is sort of the typical Gamer's exploit manner - granted he plays it probably (even if only slightly) different, with the audiences in mind. Still, you get the frantic jumping during NPC dialog, trying to break the scripted dialog moments, that should set up the scenes. Taking shortcuts, jumping a straight line from A to B, but then, entering a room and instead going on, to see the Jarl, taking a turn left (or right, in that particular moment), etc, etc ... that is the freedom this game gives to players: do as you want. Experiment. Explore. Write your own story by playing. It's part of the freedom, you won't get playing MW3 etc.

It's if the old school 2D D&D games finally found their right place in the 3D world, all beautifully rendered and fully voice-acted. Brad (Shoemaker) is right. This seems to be the game Bethesda Game Studios is trying to make for the last 10 years.

Releasing the Construction Set (SDK) and letting the game community build their own mods and stuff IMHO helped to understand, what it is, that players want from these games. If you play Oblivion on PC with the community mods, and start playing Skyrim, you see, how the game devs took some of the greatest mod ideas to heart.

It is absolutely brilliant how everyone can play his/her play style, not being forced to do the same things the same way or otherwise fail - and everyone has a different experience even early on in this game? And there is no compromise between the console style game experience and the PC gamer demands. You can have the pie AND eat it - a rare game development moment?

• The College of Winterhold is something all Harry Potter fans should jump on early - esp. if they want Magic Skills up. It's very rewarding early on.

And then there are people like me, who 'fail' to get anywhere in this game. I am "rolling" my 4th (different) race now - all stuck at level 10, trying to see how different the game plays (out). And reading all those books for hours on end doesn't help me get further neither. The probably most expensive way to read non-Kindle books, energy wise. But it's all good.

°I'm not bashing xbox, it's just a different experience, that's all I was trying to get at.

proper table manner :)

@DJKommunist said:

HERP

I already had this quest. /evil laugh.

+1

If anyone else stumbles across that little house in their game, be sure to check the walls downstairs by the bookshelves, and read any notes you come across.

Never know when there might be a secret button and hidden passage behind a bookshelf.

Playing Skyrim on the ps3 while watching greg's skyrim marathon while listening to Skyrim soundtrack...is there to much Skyrim?

"Yeah nothing else in here"

If only he read the note on the table...if only.

The real deal. Can't wait to play this! :D

He missed the secert passage behind the bookshelf

HD version is broken. Doesn't play at all.

Hours upon hours in and I haven't seen Helgen since I escaped. Less than two hours in and Greg's been back there 4 times. lol.

GREG FTW!

I'm on hour fifty of skyrim and just took a break to watch this. Avoided it live cause I wanted to go into the game cold. Yay!! Free!!

i love how he kept going back to the same town

@selbie said:

I'm so glad Greg did this.

I agree, and it was a real treat to watch.

woot! downloading now!

I'm so glad Greg did this.

HERP

I already had this quest. /evil laugh.