The fifth installment in Bethesda's Elder Scrolls franchise is set in the eponymous province of Skyrim, where the ancient threat of dragons, led by the sinister Alduin, is rising again to threaten all mortal races. Only the player, as the prophesied hero the Dovahkiin, can save the world from destruction.
@Creamypies: As an owner of the PC and 360 versions (i.e. crazy person), I can assure you that the PC version is capable of looking far better than its console brethren. Even on medium settings the PC version wipes the floor with the 360 and PS3 versions.
I'm only a couple hours in, but damn this game's fantastic.
Who's he waving to? He's supposed to be dead.Found this bunny going for a swim.Hey buddy.Good lord, I only just started. I guess Sven was PISSED.That's probably bad.While raiding this bandit camp for apples and potatoes, their buddies showed up and almost worked me.OoooOOoooOO, so mysterious!
Some towns and stuff. I finally managed to get off the couch to take some screens, which sucks because this game is full of beautiful locations.
Whooo 20 FPS! This is all on medium settings (high textures) by the way. Can't wait to upgrade and play this at full blast, but until then I'm still very happy with how the game looks and runs.....Well except in Markarth, but whatever.
@wolf_blitzer85: Haven't been to Markarth, how bad is it on FPS? On Ultra with Mods, I'm getting at highest ~40 frames and at lowest ~15, you think I'll have a problem?
@bathala: All hail the Dragonslayer! I always found it funny when a dragon dies and I almost didn't do anything because of soldiers nearby helping out, hehe. Stealing all the honor is a perk of the Dragonborn.
@SmasheControllers: You might. I mean everywhere else in the game, I get 30-60 fps depending on whether or not I'm in a town. Markarth however seems to be a pretty demanding spot. More often than not, I'm hovering around 20fps with it jumping up to 30 sometimes. It's a bummer too because Markarth is my favorite looking town so far, although Solitude freaking blew me away the first time I swam across the bay and saw the stone arch.
If you have major problems, try dropping the settings a bit. Shadows is a great one to start with since it's one of the more performance heavy settings. The game scales really well and even at medium settings, the game still looks fantastic. If you can stomach less than ultra settings, play around with them until you get a more consistent framerate. Towns are a great place to mess around with settings since they are heavily populated and there's a bunch of rendering going on. Once you get a decent framerate in the towns, you are bound to have a much smoother experience overall, since the wilderness areas are much less taxing on the hardware, even more so in caves and such where I get a constant 60fps.
@tekmojo: Please tell me you made a video of them all fighting each other.....or screwing....either one's fine with me.
@wolf_blitzer85: lol I did make a video, just a fun little in the moment type of thing. I am currently coming up with ideas for the 3rd Deadliest Warrior episode so this was an in-between'er messing with console.
what.That looks like it REALLY hurts.WHAT.Forsworn are pretty brutal.Hey man I saw your buddy at a camp back there but he didn't look so good anyways can I have your goat?KEEP THE GOAT, KEEP THE GOAT!!Kinda bummed he didn't send me flyi--WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!Obligatory bad-ass screenshot.
No one questions who you are when you have a chef's hat!Obligatory landscape screenshot. 100+ hours in and I still say it's great to roam around in.Oh Mehrunes Dagon. It's been 200 years and I bet you're still a bit pissed.
I was riding my (now dead) horse to a quest and I saw this fire dragon doing a strafing run over a watch tower....there was a giant nearby and he got involved. Bad ass. Taken at 1080p with everything on max, click for the full image. I wish I had time to take the UI off for this one, but oh well.
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