Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim Special Edition 2023

[dmr727]

The problem is I hate grind and dislike inconvenience, and I can rationalize up a storm, and can still stay immersed.

Ha! Don't blame you at all. Every so often I get a bug up my ass to play the game a certain way, and by about Level 10 I've given up. 😛

 

[Huntn]

Ha! Don't blame you at all. Every so often I get a bug up my ass to play the game a certain way, and by about Level 10 I've given up. 😛

I tell people, if I was really stuck on an island I’d be spending as much time as needed building a fort to avoid being eaten by big or small nasty dinos. 😀 In all games I’ve found the health status to be completely unrealistic, so if I have to eat some food to overcome dire injuries, or my health just magically inches back up on its own, it’s a bar set by the Dev, that I don’t feel particularly bad about violating the rules they chose to present a challenge. I enjoy challenges along with setting my limits. I don’t want it to feel too much like work…

 

[Huntn]

Besides becoming enamored with Starfield, I broke out SkyRim today, the music and visuals started and I was still enchanted.🙂 I had just released Serana, escorting her to her home on an island off the NW coast of SkyRim. But got sidetracked picking up 2 items I purchased from creation club. One was an armor that I thought would be special, but my in-game orcish stuff looks better, is enchanted, and has slightly better damage protection stats. The Shadow bow may prove worthy.

Serana​

I’ve been playing so much Starfield , it took me a while to get my muscle memory back for conjuring, damage, and bound weapons.

 

[Huntn]

Besides becoming enamored with Starfield, I broke out SkyRim today, the music and visuals started and I was still enchanted.🙂 I had just released Serana, escorting her to her home on an island off the NW coast of SkyRim. But got sidetracked picking up 2 items I purchased from creation club. One was an armor that I thought would be special, but my in-game orcish stuff looks better, is enchanted, and has slightly better damage protection stats. The Shadow bow may prove worthy.

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Serana​

I’ve been playing so much Starfield , it took me a while to get my muscle memory back for conjuring, damage, and bound weapons.

Soon after this post, I had a serious PC malfunction requiring a new motherboard, and lost my progress.

I finally got around to starting anew, this time as a high elf which are just not that attractive, but I’ll deal with it. Again I’ve had to debate in my players mind to side with the Imperials or the Stormcloaks. Last time I had sided with the Stormcloaks and was so bothered by their racist attitudes I went back and changed my course to side with the Imperials, even though they try to execute my character (regardless of your chosen race) at the beginning. It’s more of a big picture choice about what’s best for Skyrim. The Thalmore (elf supremicists)/even though allied with the Imperials, it’s a tenuous alliance, and they come across badly. Ironically, it’s the Imperials that are more open to race diversity and have the strength of the empire to create a stable Skyrim… if they are driven out, the Thalmore will swoop in… just an opinion. 🙂

 

[Huntn]

Soon after this post, I had a serious PC malfunction requiring a new motherboard, and lost my progress.

I finally got around to starting anew, this time as a high elf which are just not that attractive, but I’ll deal with it. Again I’ve had to debate in my players mind to side with the Imperials or the Stormcloaks. Last time I had sided with the Stormcloaks and was so bothered by their racist attitudes I went back and changed my course to side with the Imperials, even though they try to execute my character (regardless of your chosen race) at the beginning. It’s more of a big picture choice about what’s best for Skyrim. The Thalmore (elf supremicists)/even though allied with the Imperials, it’s a tenuous alliance, and they come across badly. Ironically, it’s the Imperials that are more open to race diversity and have the strength of the empire to create a stable Skyrim… if they are driven out, the Thalmore will swoop in… just an opinion. 🙂

Ultimately I’m more shallow then I like admitting, after a couple of days of looking at that sour puss of a High Elf’s face, including post World of Warcraft, I’m critical of why Bethesda made elves ugly or at least did not put a bit more effort into them. Via the consul, I’m now back to being a Britain who has decent magic specs and is much easier on the eyes. 🙂 Discovered I’m Dragon born, and am now on my way the High Hothgar to speak with the Elders, then onto The College of Winterhold to hone my magic.

 

[maflynn]

This is really cool, I had no idea some really big movie stars were the voices in Skyrim

 

[maflynn]

That video tempted me to fire Skyrim up, starting a new playthrough.

I'm early on in the game, just now heading to the graybeards. I'm still a very low level, and I got jumped by a dragon, and a sabertooth tiger - I lasted all of 3 seconds, lol

One thing that has struck me about this game compared to Fallout 4 and Starfield is the sheer size. For instance, I went into Bleak Barrows, and got the dragonstone. Its part of the main quest, but the sheer depth of the cave is amazing. Starfield may have a larger 'universe" (size of the game area), but it cannot hold a candle to Skyim's immense size and depth, and that's what doomed that game.

I'm walking to Ivardstead to start my trek up the mountains and its a long walk from whiterun, and you're rewarded to just poke around on your journey. That's what is missing in Starfield, you have to fast travel to a solar system, fast travel to a world, land and you get one small patch to walk around. There's a tiny number of POIs but overall there lacks depth.

Having a good time, When the time comes I may side with the blades this time around

 

[Huntn]

That video tempted me to fire Skyrim up, starting a new playthrough.

I'm early on in the game, just now heading to the graybeards. I'm still a very low level, and I got jumped by a dragon, and a sabertooth tiger - I lasted all of 3 seconds, lol

One thing that has struck me about this game compared to Fallout 4 and Starfield is the sheer size. For instance, I went into Bleak Barrows, and got the dragonstone. Its part of the main quest, but the sheer depth of the cave is amazing. Starfield may have a larger 'universe" (size of the game area), but it cannot hold a candle to Skyim's immense size and depth, and that's what doomed that game.

I'm walking to Ivardstead to start my trek up the mountains and its a long walk from whiterun, and you're rewarded to just poke around on your journey. That's what is missing in Starfield, you have to fast travel to a solar system, fast travel to a world, land and you get one small patch to walk around. There's a tiny number of POIs but overall there lacks depth.

Having a good time, When the time comes I may side with the blades this time around

Starfield is like each town on Skyrim is the planet and you fast travel to each one, with some space fights. Yes, there are significantly large planets, and although they have nice geological qualities, they are generic, procedurally generated (I believe), with no detail, uniqueness, and a couple of procedurally generated token facilities. A huge number of empty planets they expect you to survey as busy time. There are several nice ‘dungeons’ but not enough to carry a failed main quest.

 

[maflynn]

Starfield is like each town on Skyrim is the planet and you fast travel to each one, with some space fights.

The problem as I see it, is that you're rewarded to walk in Skyrim, as there's incredibly dense, rich and rewarding POIs. In starfield, you cannot wander around, other then on the planet, and even then the POIs are sparse, those that are there, look, act and behave like every other POI on a different world, i.e., copy pasta.

While dungeon crawls can seem the same, the lore, differences and enemies all combine to make them different and rewarding.

Towns in Skyrim are also just better then in Skyrim, there just seems to be more the see and do in each town, why is it that each planet has a single town, that's not how most people envisioned colonization, especially since hundred of years that have passed.

Either way, my journey in Skyrum has been fun, as a low level, I'm dying often, I went into a cave to die instantly because the falmore was just too powerful at the moment