The Official "Countdown to Skyrim" Thread

[adamclark52]

Lucien Lachance's fate in Oblivion is my greatest memory of that game. Fucking gnarly!!!

[John The Drummer]

...guessing everyone is too busy playing to post about it lol.

[jd091]

Originally Posted by John The Drummer

...guessing everyone is too busy playing to post about it lol.

I've been posting a bit of what I'm doing in the "what are you doing" thread, but haven't played in the last 3 days due to finals.

[John The Drummer]

I need to internet more so I can keep up with that thread.

I picked it up last night, only got an hour or two in, reminds me a lot of Oblivion, OBVIOUSLY, but it should be rad. Cannot wait to play more.

[jd091]

Originally Posted by John The Drummer

I need to internet more so I can keep up with that thread.

I picked it up last night, only got an hour or two in, reminds me a lot of Oblivion, OBVIOUSLY, but it should be rad. Cannot wait to play more.

The more you play it, the more you realize it's completely different than oblivion in a lot of ways. All the changes were good, though, in my opinion. So far. I'm about 20 hours in.

[John The Drummer]

I stopped on the Golden Claw mission, I'm supposed to find "The Secret of (forget the name of the place)" and the map marker leads to a dead end.....

[adamclark52]

So I'm guessing by now that someone has peeled through the whole game and all it has. My question is how long is it? I think I clocked in about 95 hours in Oblivion, did all quests.

[jd091]

Shit, I forgot about this thread!

Originally Posted by adamclark52

So I'm guessing by now that someone has peeled through the whole game and all it has. My question is how long is it? I think I clocked in about 95 hours in Oblivion, did all quests.

I'm about 82 hours in, have only visited 3/4 of the cities, about 3/4 of the way through the main quest, only half way through 2 of the 4 guilds, and haven't even started taking sides and doing any of the Civil War quests. Not to mention the dungeons, which are all unique and different with good rewards at the end. I think I've only visited a small portion of them, maybe 1/6 or so.

So... yeah. There's a ton of content at your disposal. Not to mention the whole crafting and enchanting professions, which are way deeper and take up a lot more time than in Oblivion. You can complete the main quest in maybe 20-30 hours if you want, but if you take it at a leisurely pace like me, I can't see me getting tired of content until at least the 150-175 hour mark, maybe even 200. And I think I'd like to make a second character, since the replay value is huge compared to Oblivion with perk selections and stuff.


Here's a link to my steam profile if you wanna checkout any of the screenshots I have (might be minor spoilers):
http://steamcommunity.com/id/jd091

[jd091]

Speaking of which, just crafted my first full set of Ebony Armor. Goddamn, everything looks way cooler in this game than Oblivion.

[adamclark52]

It does look a lot more polished but let's be fair, Oblivion is five years old now.