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Hey, look. People on the internet being angry because someone else enjoys something they don't. In other words...

Almost any build is viable.

Here's the key: Turn the difficulty down if you need to. Ask yourself this: Is the joy of playing Skyrim the challenge of it? Cause it sure as hell is not for me. I love a challenging game, but I like those games to handle difficulty in a way other than "Give enemies ALL THE HEALTH". So just play how you want and adjust the difficulty accordingly.

They have their place. But overall, PC sales are the better way to go. Green Man Gaming, GOG, Amazon, Steam, and Gamer's Gate can have some crazy awesome deals.

When I find myself in the mood for an RPG, I will never ever go to Skyrim to get that fix. It lacks depth. It lacks strategy. It lacks a compelling narrative and characters. But I still like Skyrim. I play it when I just want to put myself into a world and not have to think too much. That's the void it fills, that drive to experience another world.

That said, I do always get bored. I get bored even faster than I got bored in Oblivion. I was never a big Elder Scrolls fan, but it's a good bet to sink some time in and have some mindless enjoyment. Some things keep me from really loving it. I hate the leveling system. I hate that you don't get XP for completing quests. I hate the generic quality of most of the gear (compare this to New Vegas' gear, which often has a store behind it). Aside from the Daedric artifacts and a few others, it's just a linear path to Dragon/Glass/Daedric-tier weapons and armor. I hate all the non-archery combat. I hate how the most interesting magic (Illusion) doesn't work on most enemies you really need it to work on until you get to Master level in it.

And this one deserves a line of its own: I hate all the god-damned Draugr.

So what do I actually like? Just being in the world, really. Like a lot of people, I just like walking around majestic mountains and finding a wonderfully-designed temple (wonderfully designed at least on the outside. The inside is likely to elicit a feeling of deja-vu). I love it when I finally do get to Master-level in Illusion and then watch as I trick an entire room of enemies into killing each other. I love all the lore in those books you find. Hell, I love maintaining a library in my house. That's my pride and joy in Skyrim. I love the spectacle of certain areas like The Forgotten Vale and Blackreach. I love the Daedric quests.

There are times when I feel revulsion at the thought of playing Skyrim. And there are times when it's the only thing I want to do. That pretty much sums it up for me.

@Abendlaender said:

Eh, it will get there. He is just missing about 30.000 GBP. I wont pledge, Molyneux has just lost any credibility

That's pretty much how I feel. I'd be happy to see this game get funded. I just won't be contributing myself (and I'm a Kickstarter lover, having backed Shadowrun Returns, The Banner Saga, Wasteland 2, and Project Eternity). Molyneux seems like a wonderful gentleman, but I no longer have any faith in him as a game maker.

I also find the fact that the funding will be going towards an iOS version iffy as well. I just don't get the appeal of gaming on a touchscreen. The interface is absolute shit (fitting, because "shit" is exactly what most people tend to be doing while playing them). Concessions in game design have to be made when you make a game for a platform like that.

It felt inevitable, really. I hope jobs can be spared and the games I'm looking forward to from them continue on in good hands.

I can tell the difference, though I honestly don't play enough games where 30 FPS really bothers me. I go for FPS over texture quality in TF2, Tribes, and Natural Selection 2. That's pretty much it. It does make a difference in twitchy competitive games.

In a perfect world, I'd have both. But the reality is I game on a laptop (with all the consoles on the side, Wii U excluded) and can't afford an upgrade at the moment. This thing does do a remarkable job for the most part, though. You really don't need a fantastic computer to play PC games.

@Raven10 said:

I'm just hoping Dishonored goes below $30.

Couldn't you get Dishonored for $23 from GMG during its Thanksgiving sale?

Yeah, that's one thing. Don't just look at Steam, people. Look at GOG (they had The Witcher 2 for $8 just last week), look at GMG, look at Gamer's Gate, and look at Amazon as well.

Favorite: Mark of the Ninja. It flawlessly executes what it sets out to do. One of the best stealth games I've played. Maybe second to Chaos Theory.

Least favorite: Kingdoms of Amalur. It started off really well. I kept on waiting for it to get interesting (either story-wise or combat-wise), but it just never did. They had this really nice combat system in place with some cool weapons like the chakrams, but it was just so easy. Nothing ever challenges you in this game. It gets boring fast because of the lack of a compelling narrative and lack of a challenge. Also, it might have the worst 3rd person camera of any game this year. Why does it want to look down so much?

Let us know if they fixed the face importing bug whenever you get to ME3. Still can't believe they shipped the game with that shit. That patch didn't even fix it one bit.

But yeah, the first one is magnificent. The tone and universe-building is perfect. I even like the gameplay (I like that I get really different gameplay in each game. Makes it easy to marathon the entire series). If only those side quest planets and the Mako didn't suck so hard and take up so much time. I mean, there are a few good side quest planets (or ships), but most are really dull. But oh well. I still complete pretty much everything but the collectables (Matriarch writings/Salarian IDs/Turian insignias) when I play the first game.