Click To Unmute

Want us to remember this setting for all your devices?

Sign up or Sign in now!

Please use a html5 video capable browser to watch videos.
This video has an invalid file format.
00:00:00
Sorry, but you can't access this content!
Please enter your date of birth to view this video

By clicking 'enter', you agree to Giant Bomb's
Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim E3 Gameplay Demo Part 3

Hobbies include dungeon crawling, enchanting weapons and dragon slaying.

Sep. 12 2011

Posted by:

In This Episode:

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

102 Comments

Avatar image for vigorousjammer
vigorousjammer

3020

Forum Posts

66164

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 14

User Lists: 41

Edited By vigorousjammer

I don't mind the theme at the end that they played, but it's not incredible like the other versions.

I hope they have a traditional version without any chanting in the game somewhere.

Avatar image for saryy42
Saryy42

55

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By Saryy42

these videos feel abridged and also his health didn't a pear to be behaving naturally which takes away from the idea of showing us what the game is really like. I want to know what those fights are like, are they easy or are we fighting tooth and nail just to barley survive them but he didn't seem to take damage from dragons fire and he seemed to heal randomly. The games looking amazing but they could have done much better with this demo.

Avatar image for mistermouse
MisterMouse

3608

Forum Posts

272

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 5

User Lists: 5

Edited By MisterMouse

looks pretty cool actually.

Avatar image for paladizm
Paladizm

88

Forum Posts

1

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 4

Edited By Paladizm

@Romination said:

@MPerlo9 said:

i'm not so sure about all this dragon killing. it feels like the equivalent of killing bald eagles for their sick talons.

Yeah, but killing eagles doesn't let you summon lightning to kill your enemies.

Just imagine if it did tho... *daydreams*

Avatar image for fattony12000
fattony12000

8491

Forum Posts

22398

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 4

Edited By fattony12000

FUCK YES WESTERN RPGS.

Avatar image for vodun
Vodun

2403

Forum Posts

220

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By Vodun

Man, after Dead Island the melee combat in this looks really weak. Good thing these games aren't about the combat.

Avatar image for mr_skeleton
Mr_Skeleton

5195

Forum Posts

7918

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 15

Edited By Mr_Skeleton

A wild dragon appears!

Avatar image for aristides
Aristides

91

Forum Posts

245

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By Aristides

Dammit Bethesda, you hyped me up into a frenzy for Oblivion and now you're hyping me up again for Skyrim!

Avatar image for subjugation
Subjugation

4993

Forum Posts

963

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

Edited By Subjugation

Attacking those mammoths was kind of a dick move.

Avatar image for teh_destroyer
teh_destroyer

3700

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 2

Edited By teh_destroyer

I am wet.

Avatar image for kpaadet
kpaadet

423

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By kpaadet

@MrKlorox said:

@the_OFFICIAL_jAPanese_teaBAG said:

@big_jon said:

Why would he attack the giants? It just destroyed the atmosphere and made the game look juvenile.

wasnt it because the crowd was being annoying? you cant hear them here but i saw footage of this at the show filmed with a camera and that crowd was just annoying as fuck

Yeah the crowd was screaming for him to attack villagers and tea bag wolves and headshot guys throughout the demo. So by the time the mammoth thing came along, he basically said fuckit and attacked it to appease the crowd.

Aren't the dragons supposed to be random encounters? Pretty convenient that two of them showed up in the middle of the battle with the giants.

No, of all the demo presentation of this game I've seen they always attack those innocent looking mammoths, they just wanted to show the dragon picking up the giant mid fight.

Todd Howard have said the dragons for this demo was scripted, but wont be in the full game.

Avatar image for gunslingernz
gunslingerNZ

2010

Forum Posts

300

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 5

Edited By gunslingerNZ

NOVACAAAAIIINE!!

Seriously though this looks incredible, everything that I wanted Oblivion to be and more.

Avatar image for doomhk
DoomHK

42

Forum Posts

120

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By DoomHK

Oblivion was absolutely horrible, especially so without mods. Skyrim is looking to improve upon it in every way. Looking forward to it.

Avatar image for xite
xite

970

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By xite

Kept waiting for that shout from the trailer. So stoked now, I wonder what it does.

e: I'm guessing it means "I JUST KILLED A DRAGON MOTHER EFFERS!".

Avatar image for shiftymagician
shiftymagician

2190

Forum Posts

23

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 2

User Lists: 3

Edited By shiftymagician

Bringing back a key song from Morrowind to this game literally gave me mental nostalgic chills. God damn this game will be great.

Avatar image for omegadude
omegadude

46

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By omegadude

NOVACANE!!!!!!

Avatar image for rvone
RVonE

5027

Forum Posts

8740

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 6

Edited By RVonE

There doesn't seem to be any animation on characters when they're hit with fire. And that giant didn't flinch when hit with any attack. I don't like that.

Overall, this does look amazing and an enormous step up from Oblivion.

Avatar image for sourcedecay
SourceDecay

21

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By SourceDecay

Am I the only one who doesn't care about this game? I mean, it looks like a game-ass game, but any dev that desecrated Fallout beyond repair is irredeemable.

I'd like Elder Scrolls 2 with the new engine. Elder Scrolls 2 was awesome.

Avatar image for gildermershina
Gildermershina

411

Forum Posts

361

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 5

Edited By Gildermershina

@onan said:

The pegasus' and gryphons would like to have a word with you. Also, dragons with wings for arms are apparently referred to as wyverns. Your "6 limb" dragons seem to be the norm.

Pegasus does not often appear all that often in the "grittier" fantasy of todays, nor griffins, nor manticores, nor the best of them all, cockatrices. Yes, technically wyverns are the name for western-style dragons with two wings and two legs, and yes these things breathe fire so they're not that realistic, and yes, I've put way too much thought into this, but hey ho. I just prefer depictions of dragons as large, wild animals to be consistent with evolution, whereas spiritual, magical (creations of magic) or purely symbolic dragons can have whatever the hell they want.

Avatar image for white
white

1697

Forum Posts

47

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By white

I hope the retail release has that demi-god mode. Man, to withstand dragon hits like that would make the game a whole lot easier.

Avatar image for mordi
mordi

590

Forum Posts

22

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By mordi

Part 4 of this demo really blew my mind!

Avatar image for angeln7
AngelN7

3001

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 4

Edited By AngelN7

Those Giants where so underwhelming , you would´ve guess if something like that hits you is gonna knock you over but just a little scratch to the hitbar , that was kind of lame and why do I get the felling this game is gonna suffer from the same thing Oblivion did and whitin next year is gonna look and feel super dated , Im hope im wrong because it looks fun to play.

Avatar image for smiddy
smiddy

375

Forum Posts

265

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

Edited By smiddy

The music's really good and reminds me a lot of Guild Wars (maybe that's why I like it so much).

Avatar image for luck3yse7en
Luck3ySe7en

245

Forum Posts

184

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 3

Edited By Luck3ySe7en

I think i'll stay away from the internet when this comes out and just quietly walk to the store and pick this up... the screams of "this game is sooo bugggyyy waaaaaaaah!" will be heard for weeks to come.

Avatar image for robopengy
Robopengy

619

Forum Posts

6

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 3

Edited By Robopengy

This looks great, but I chuckled every time he used a shout :P

Avatar image for djames216
djames216

489

Forum Posts

14521

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 22

Edited By djames216

***I am going to explain the lore of this world in a romantacised self-serious fashion and then I am going to be a dick and attack this innocent Mammoth, that was just minding its own business, for no apparent reason***

Avatar image for thehuntsmen5434
thehuntsmen5434

515

Forum Posts

25

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 3

User Lists: 0

Edited By thehuntsmen5434

COME ON MONSTER! (dragon just picks him up in his mouth and toses him)

Avatar image for underwhelmed
Underwhelmed

58

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

Edited By Underwhelmed

@Luck3ySe7en: And about 6 to 12 months after release the internet will be full of people claiming they hated it, the critics were all liars, and it was even worse than Oblivion. Oh the Internet, where everyone wants to be a unique snowflake.

Avatar image for onarum
onarum

3212

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By onarum

@smiddy said:

The music's really good and reminds me a lot of Guild Wars (maybe that's why I like it so much).

That's because it's by the same dude.

Avatar image for i_smell
I_smell

4221

Forum Posts

1650

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 5

User Lists: 11

Edited By I_smell

wtf this guy just killed 2 dragons who didn't even do anything, what a dick!

This game seems pretty exciting even though I've never played a Bethesda game before. One thing that still dissapoints me though is that nothing feels like it's really all that dangerous. That dragon shot fire at him like 3 times and he didn't set on fire at all, or even fall down. Then it picked up 2 dudes, but wouldn't pick him up?

Maybe collecting all the spells'll do it for me though, I do like that kinda stuff.

Avatar image for smiddy
smiddy

375

Forum Posts

265

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

Edited By smiddy

@onarum said:

@smiddy said:

The music's really good and reminds me a lot of Guild Wars (maybe that's why I like it so much).

That's because it's by the same dude.

Awesome!

Avatar image for geralt
Geralt

492

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By Geralt

God damned the Baratheons for killing all those dragons!

Avatar image for swamplord666
swamplord666

1816

Forum Posts

216

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 8

Edited By swamplord666

was not interested in this game at all but this sold me! my poor wallet...

Avatar image for pegasuswinks
pegasuswinks

92

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

Edited By pegasuswinks

I want it in my eyesockets right now. JUST TAKE MY MONEY AND MAKE THE GAME COME OUT FASTER DAMN IT

Avatar image for umdesch4
umdesch4

787

Forum Posts

135

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

Edited By umdesch4

At first I was like "I feel bad for those dragons", and then I was like "waitasec, I feel bad for a CGI creature in a video game!" They've done their job. Day 1 purchase.

Avatar image for austinmiller
austinmiller

170

Forum Posts

16

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By austinmiller

Holy shit this game looks amazing

Avatar image for tobbrobb
TobbRobb

6616

Forum Posts

49

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 13

Edited By TobbRobb

@I_smell: I"m pretty damn certain that he was cheating, bear in mind that this whole thing was filmed live

Avatar image for i_smell
I_smell

4221

Forum Posts

1650

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 5

User Lists: 11

Edited By I_smell

@TobbRobb said:

@I_smell: I"m pretty damn certain that he was cheating, bear in mind that this whole thing was filmed live

OK well if people actually GET HIT when you hit them in this game then I am totally down.

Avatar image for paulwade1984
paulwade1984

493

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By paulwade1984

after watching all 3 videos i only have 1 thing to say.

Ctrl+v much

Avatar image for richiejohn
RichieJohn

544

Forum Posts

7

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: -1

User Lists: 9

Edited By RichieJohn

Fighting dragons seems great but what if you're spec'd for stealth and speech?

I've not played much Oblivion or Morrowind but people often talk about the choices in those games.

It seems like you'd be kinda fucked if you're playing a character that isn't much of a fighter.

Still though, if you play it how it's been played in this demo it'll be great.

Avatar image for sefared
SefaRed

141

Forum Posts

4

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By SefaRed

(Struggles to remain noncholant) Yeah...looks alright I guess. Might give it a go.

Avatar image for tormasturba
TorMasturba

1123

Forum Posts

36

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By TorMasturba

@RichieJohn said:

Fighting dragons seems great but what if you're spec'd for stealth and speech?

I've not played much Oblivion or Morrowind but people often talk about the choices in those games.

It seems like you'd be kinda fucked if you're playing a character that isn't much of a fighter.

Still though, if you play it how it's been played in this demo it'll be great.

I'm sure they've thought about that. I hope... (worried)

Avatar image for thefianlfrontier21
TheFianlFrontier21

26

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

sexy

Avatar image for zyte
zyte

183

Forum Posts

347

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 2

Edited By zyte

By the end of this video, I found my good old friend Mr Goosebumps!

Avatar image for jdiggity88
Jdiggity88

35

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By Jdiggity88

November cannot come soon enough

Avatar image for suicidepacmen
suicidepacmen

129

Forum Posts

35

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By suicidepacmen

Damn Skyrim you pretty

Avatar image for odinez
odinez

82

Forum Posts

39

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By odinez

DRa-gaon? More like Dead and Gone!!

Avatar image for splodge
splodge

3309

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By splodge

@TorMasturba said:

@RichieJohn said:

Fighting dragons seems great but what if you're spec'd for stealth and speech?

I've not played much Oblivion or Morrowind but people often talk about the choices in those games.

It seems like you'd be kinda fucked if you're playing a character that isn't much of a fighter.

Still though, if you play it how it's been played in this demo it'll be great.

I'm sure they've thought about that. I hope... (worried)

Well... if you have spec'd for stealth and speech, surely your character would have no place fighting dragons? Although I always found stealth chars to still be pretty powerful when it came to combat.

Avatar image for sagesebas
sagesebas

2465

Forum Posts

579

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 3

User Lists: 5

Edited By sagesebas
@big_jon Because it looked fucking awesome and juvinile no dude attacking giants in a fantasy RPG is not fucking juvinile sorry bro
Avatar image for tangmcgame
tangmcgame

83

Forum Posts

6

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 2

Edited By tangmcgame

@SourceDecay said:

any dev that desecrated Fallout beyond repair is irredeemable.

It's a good thing they didn't, then.