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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, In Motion

Here's your first look at the gameplay in Bethesda's next role-playing opus.

Feb. 24 2011

Posted by: Brad

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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

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At first I was like whats the hype about. 
Then I was like infinite boners.

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Edited By rox360

My eyes actually teared up when that choir kicked in, and I couldn't stop smiling for a few minutes. I don't know if that says more about the game, the music, or me as a person... The Elder Scrolls theme is amazing, though. Jeremy Soule is brilliant!

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Edited By CletusTheFoetus

Dude must have a Weirding Module on that suit of armor :D

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Edited By tourgen

No motion controlled multi-player spanking.  LAME.

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Here be f*cking dragons!

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Edited By Binny

Are we there yet?

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@WEGGLES said: 
" Great. Now I have to explain why I'm late for dinner and pitching a huge tent.  "
Just imagine all the dinners you'll be late for after 11.11.11!
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One thing I will agree on, though - Jeremy Soule is still the fucking man.

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Love love love that theme.

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Edited By Kinggi

Incredible.

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Edited By cowdrunk

before this trailer I was going to pationtly wait for Skyrim... now I might be willing to scalp myself to have the full game right now
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Don't care much for this, but I think Fallout 4 is gonna be awesome with this engine.

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Edited By EDfromRED

This trailer should carry a warning--I just peed my pant's!

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Edited By Osaladin

Hopefully it doesn't play exactly like Oblivion, because I didn't like the way that played. 
 
Looks great though.

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Edited By sizu

The trailer looked really cool, but I don't think I should get my hopes up. 
 
I have both Morrowind and Oblivion and finished neither.  So I don't have a good track record with the series.  Plus it is Bethesda and their games aren't exactly bug free at launch. 
 
But it looks good....maybe I should actually try and play more than a couple of hours of Oblivion.

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Edited By jmrwacko

Here's to hoping they fix the major problems Oblivion had - the terrible skill-up system and glass-armor wearing bandits.

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Edited By PillClinton

I hope it still has at least some of Bethesda's trademark open-world jank.  Wouldn't be any fun if it was all gone.

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Edited By Stahlbrand

FUCK YEAH.
 
This is what I've been waiting for.  I just want to mainline everything I see in this video.
 
I can't wait for more information.

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Edited By blueduck

Best of 2011.

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I just wet myself.

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God Damn! I want this game so much.

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Edited By max3000

GOODBYE MAH, GOODBYE PAH AND GOODBYE GIRLFRIEND'S BREASTS.

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Edited By Demmetje
@wewantsthering: 
Yeah, hopefully this means that they will borrow some other things of Morrowind as well :)
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Edited By TomA

This has been up for hours already.

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Edited By ch3burashka

People constantly talk about graphics. However, there's something... else about TES V and Rage. They look better, sure, but they also look different. Everything has a weight to it, a presence. There's a ton more "things" to see, and it all looks fleshed out. To use a cliche (a relatively new one), every screen looks like a painting in terms of attention to detail and detail itself. 
 
Actual gameplay this early on is very promising - it means that there's even less of a chance of a delay. Granted, the chance goes down from 95% to 90%, but even that is exhilarating. Hopefully we'll be able to use Xmas break to play TES, as opposed to getting it two months later and being forced to find time.

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Made me teary-eyed, no joke.

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Can't deny that music in the trailer is insanely good.

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Is that Speedtree I saw in action? The Speedtree!?

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WOW! Looks incredible, and even then, incredible feels like an understatement.

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Phyched.

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Edited By AVANTxGARDE

I may have orgasmed a little bit while watching this :D
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B-E-A-UTIFUL

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Edited By NTA_Luciana

Oh man, turns out I'm way more nostalgic for that song than I thought I would be. Takes me back to the days of the 360 launch. Yes, I know the song's originally from Morrowind. Yes, I know I'm a dirty console kid who never played that game. BUT STILL EFFECTIVE EITHER WAY.

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Edited By Gabriel

You people are Crazy if you think the Morrowind theme is better than Oblivion's. 

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Looks pretty badass to me. Hopefully it plays well, sort of hard to tell by the trailer.

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Wow I cant wait to play this game. That trailer was awesome!!!

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Oh, hells yeah.

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Edited By ravensword

  

   
never before was this M. Bison Video reaponse more true and deserving.

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Edited By AngelN7

 Dovahkiin Dovahkiin!
Naal ok zin los vahriin!
Wah dein vokul mahfaeraak ahst vaal!
Ahrk fin norok paal graan!
Fod nust hon zindro zaan!"
Dovahkiin Fah hin kogaan mu draal!
 Epic Anthem I´ve ever heard ... like really im fealing like going up a mountain and scream this at the top of my lungs , yeah!
  (Edit comment)

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@Lucien_Lachance said:
" Oh man, turns out I'm way more nostalgic for that song than I thought I would be. Takes me back to the days of the 360 launch. Yes, I know the song's originally from Morrowind. Yes, I know I'm a dirty console kid who never played that game. BUT STILL EFFECTIVE EITHER WAY. "
Hey now:
 

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I have a headache now, my mind has been blown.

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I think i exploded

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Edited By Hashbrowns

Maybe I'm misinterpreting some of the posts here, but Oblivion's theme was just a reworked version of Morrowind's, and they're doing the same for Skyrim.
 
Again, maybe I'm mistaken, but a few posts seem to suggest that they're completely different melodies.  If it's a matter of which version of the theme you like best, then that's another thing. 
 
On point, though, I am really looking forward to this game.
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This gives me a murder boner

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Sold!

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@selbie said:
" Dear Giantbomb, Please invite Greg Kasavin in to do a gameplay marathon. Sincerely, The Internet "
Get Greg Kasavin back here period.
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Well, so much for my social life.

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@SleepyDoughnut:THIS!Yes!....YESSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Vikings? Yes please!