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Skyrim doesn't fit on my screen properly and I see no way to fix it. It's not brutal but it is off. My son did play a little while I was making dinner and said the game crashed on him. I hope it doesn't do that much.
I will get some time in tomorrow morning.
How does it compare to Dragon Age and Witcher 3?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rudy
Based on what I've seen from videos, Witcher still looks better than it and it's about the same as Dragon Age: Inquisition, but Inquisition has WAY better models for people than Skyrim does.Quote:
Originally Posted by jaymo76
Watching more videos, it looks better, without a doubt, but it's really just view distance and lighting differences. Everything else seems to look exactly the same.
I can't compare the actual games yet. I like the soundtrack. Graphics are definitely not as good. I think the Uncharted collections looked better but this looks better than the subpar Tomb Raider "remaster".Quote:
Originally Posted by jaymo76
I haven't really been outside much so I haven't been able to see the lighting. The combat is pretty basic so far.
More No Man's Sky drama.
http://www.polygon.com/2016/10/28/13...-was-a-mistake
Some speculation it was a disgruntled employee and not a hack.
Best part of the whole thing.
http://i.imgur.com/O0SYeKh.png
I'm only level 4 and faced my first dragon. After 5-6 attempts I'm still waiting to kill my first dragon lol. I've been burned and eaten quite a bit. It's nice to actually face a dragon early in the game. In DAI it takes quite awhile before you can kill one or even run into one.
I like how seamless the main quests and other stuff is. It doesn't feel like a separate component. I like how there are villages and houses you can enter. It's a bit odd when I don't speak any of my dialogue choices. I'm used to that in DAI.
I've been caught stealing twice and both times paid the bounty. I will have to be more careful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccBQZVpVvAEQuote:
Originally Posted by Rudy
Can you do that on console too? Funny and goofy and cheating all at the same time.
I did it on the 360. Pretty sure you should be able to do it on the PS4/XB1.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rudy
Well my xbox gold is expired so it was either this or gold... I went with Skyrim (sorry Bdoughty... Madden in November after my next payday). I have played about 10 hours and it is really a great game. It plays like Fallout 4 with the story of Witcher. I am really enjoying it. I just bought a house and adopted an orphan girl. I haven't figured out marriage yet. Sadly, two of my companions have been killed thus far. One I killed by accident and the other (Sven) I don't know what happened to him.
So there IS a reason why this feels exactly like Fallout 4. The reason is because it is Fallout 4! Apparently Bethesda ported Skyrim to the PS4/XBOX1 and then stripped it down to nothing and built Fallout 4 from the ground up. Wow!
Yup. It's Bethesda's dirt little secret.Quote:
Originally Posted by jaymo76
Please have anyone in your real life family read what you just posted and then reply back. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by jaymo76
Don't worry about Madden, I sold it since my desire to play sports games has dwindled lately.
You've already got ten hours in Jaymo? Wow. I haven't been wandering aimlessly enough. I had no idea you could adopt orphans. Have you killed that first dragon?
Edit: I have now killed two dragons. I did meet that girl I could have adopted but I had no home. I'm venturing north right now. I've seen a giant who promptly killed me. I just got killed by an ice troll.
I will say I think the Skyrim world is more realistic than DAI as actual towns and people are living in it. It feels more organic with the NPCs and exploration.
Titanfall 2 looks fantastic. Son got it for his birthday along with Battlefield 1. Got both on sale for $50C. That's $30 off! Plus tax savings.
I've read people say Skyrim Remaster looks good but when you look at a true ps4 game (especially a second Gen game) it just blows the remasters out of the water. It's like taking a knife to a gun fight.
Well it is a remaster of a game that was released in 2011. Even Fallout 4 was not really a great looking game. It is serviceable but nothing that makes your jaw drop.
To be fair, I wasn't expecting jaw dropping from Fallout 4. I mean, how jaw dropping can you make a world look that just fucked sideways by a nuke.
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Better textures and running at 60 FPS would have helped. Not disagreeing that the world itself should be beautiful due to the nukes.
I say again, welcome to Bethesda, where the dirty little secret is "we reuse engines with low res textures and poor lighting models, add a bunch of new features to one of our franchises that we've milked for ages, and otherwise have a game that's exactly the same." Oh, and they can't write a damn main story to save their lives. Fallout 4 looks slightly better than Fallout 3, just like Skyrim looks slightly better than Oblivion (Fallout 4 and Skyrim being on the same engine and Oblivion and Fallout 3 being on the same engine). I swear I think the Skyrim "remaster" is just Bethesda taking a well known lighting mod for the PC version and importing the PC texture resolutions. Seeing numerous videos online of it, it looks EXACTLY the same besides better view distance (an easily changeable slider), and better lighting.
It's a little more involved than you described (shocker) but again, a 2011 game should run at 60fps on a next gen console. Many remasters are half ass money-grabs that you can't see any difference (Dishonored for example) but there are exceptions to the rule (Borderlands Collection and The Last of Us).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6EjcESYIXk
Really good documentary by Danny O'Dwyer.
The Story of Rocket League (Part 1) - How To Build a Rocket
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om0j9SLBDPQ
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Originally Posted by Rudy
Yeah, the wife was at work and the kids were off doing their thing... I played for about 5 hours straight. I killed my first dragon by myself. Currently I am getting destroyed in the Companions quest. Farkas sucks!
This took some time. :D
http://i.imgur.com/64F4vRP.gif
:D
God, it's so scarily accurate. Bravo to whoever put in the work on that gif.
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Just started Skyrim and I have already rin into a really big glitch. They do not offer a safe zone for the HUD in the options and it is stretching outside the screen, making certain things unreadable. Hopefully a patch is in the work. Far from wowed by the graphical upgrade but it runs pretty smooth for 30fps and there are already some interesting mods I plan to try as soon as I beat the game vanilla the first time.
Skyrim framerate is fine with me. Better than Tomb Raider remaster for sure. But graphics do look like a PS3 port.
I like the day /night cycles in the game. I haven't done anything with magic really as my two handed warrior.
Play with favorites. This enables the use of the d-pad and stops time as you switch between weapons, magic or use items that are favorited (potions, etc). Doing so will allow you to quickly use your magic, even if it is something as simple as a regeneration spell and then quickly back to a two-hand sword. Also a quick way to switch between using the sword to a bow or a shield/sword shield/magic combo. Be sure and level up magic every so often, you will find it useful down the road.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rudy
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I've seen the favourites thing but haven't used it yet. Lots of things I'm still fairly clueless about. The ice trolls have killed me pretty easy when I've encountered them. May have to try fire magic.
I've killed quite a few Mage bandits and have their expensive robes. Need to find a place to sell them for money. I haven't really used the forge or created anything yet either.
The soundtrack in Skyrim is really good, the world huge but it's stunning how few voice actors there are. One guy is the voice for half the people and talks the same way. It's odd and noticeable.
There are redundancies in the voice acting but they did use over 70 voice actors, so it is not like they were skimping in this area.
Soundtrack is great but there are some really awesome covers out there.
My favorite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z9TdDCWN7g
The rest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDE2VQzghp4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IL5K09mqwZc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSLPH9d-jsI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7P5od6hHNg
Thank goodness. I thought it was my settings. Yes, the screen is stretched to far. I cannot see how many lock picks I have left, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by bdoughty
I have a 44 dwarven axe with 42 iron armour. I also travel with a companion (Erandmour... or something like that... he's a mage). Companions are huge but honestly, the biggest thing is having the dragon command or run as it has saved me from a few bad situations.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rudy
My one complaint for the game... the visuals outside are beautiful so why is most of the game underground where the lighting is terrible?
I fixed the problem. Go into your TV settings and select, "Fit to Screen." Hopefully you have that option or something similar.Quote:
Originally Posted by jaymo76
Well, I'm set for gaming through the end of the year.
Target had a buy two, get one free through the website through the end of today. So I bought Titanfall 2, Battlefield 1 and Metal Gear Solid 5 Definitive Edition all for PS4.
Add in the soon to be preordered Watch Dogs 2 and maybe Call of Duty if I ever hop off the fence (apparently it's getting praise from those at OS and elsewhere online now that it's actually been played, with the campaign getting a lot of praise heaped on it, plus with being able to play COD4), and maybe Final Fantasy 15 at the end of the month, I will pretty much be set until Spring for games.
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I will have to try that since my screen is stretched too. Sloppy on their part if we are all seeing the same thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by bdoughty
For anyone playing on the XB1, forget about your gamerscore/achievements and try playing with Vivid weathers mod. At the very least see what you are missing as Vivid is great in Fallout but spectacular in Skyrim. Save a game at night. Go to mods and install Vivid weathers. Continue game, it will make a new mod save and you will still have the unmodded save. Look at the sky, enjoy! Also the storms and cloudy skies are a ton better.
Plenty of really good mods out there for Xbox One, if you want some really good ones that won't break your game let me know.
I've only played 11-12 hours so far but combat is not a strength or focus of this game. The massive world along with exploration and finding caves or hideouts seems to be the true focus. The story and quests feel like just a reason to move through this massive world. It's interesting but I'm not hooked yet. It's simply OK imo.
Just curious as to the main reason people enjoy Skyrim here? B, Jaymo? I know Mors grew tired of it.
I love the Bethesda games, faults and all. Others do not. Are you messing around with the smithing, enchanting, alchemy, etc? If not then you are missing a really big part of the game. If you are just doing missions and running with a greatsword, I can see that getting boring pretty quick.