[Ravenholme]

The last panel is killing me.

I find the Dragon's expression in the 4th Panel really cute :3

[TrashMan]

[TrashMan]

http://i44.tinypic.com/24xkz9w.jpg

http://www.addfunny.com/funnypictures/skyrim/40/justanotherskyrim.jpg

http://www.gamevain.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Skyrim-Communicating-with-Dragons.jpg

http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvo4dbqcFP1qfkduoo1_500.jpg

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv3p4tHA821r2rq69o1_400.jpg

http://0.media.dorkly.cvcdn.com/76/61/655efa6e4fe0167fe6431f7c1ffa223e.jpg

http://th05.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2011/334/f/7/skyrim_is_very_serious__by_trufflefunk-d4hstmb.jpg

[Commander Zane]

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv3p4tHA821r2rq69o1_400.jpg

This applies to reality very well. As this point I'm starting to no longer care if it is the former.

[Mikes]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witcher_2:_Assassins_of_Kings

vs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyrim

Mhhh... I find... the lenght of the plot synopsis kinda says it all LOL

[Mongoose]

I sometimes feel like the only gamer on the planet who isn't either playing Skyrim or about to play Skyrim.

[NGTM-1R]

I sometimes feel like the only gamer on the planet who isn't either playing Skyrim or about to play Skyrim.

Not until Christmas.

[CommanderDJ]

Spoiler:

So I told the Jarl that I was ready to trap a dragon in Dragonsreach. We walk up to the Great Porch. I take a deep breath, and use the Call Dragon shout for the first time.
"Odahviing!"
At first, nothing happens. The Jarl looks at me quizzically, but I stand at the ready, my hands filled with magic. A distant roar grows louder, and suddenly Odahviing thunders overhead, sweeping up a guard and throwing him off the balcony. Weapons drawn, the guards attack. I charge my Fireball, ready to cast, and-
"I've been looking for you. Got something I'm supposed to deliver. Let's see here..."

Massively suspension-of-disbelief shattering moment. Was genuinely annoyed.

[Dark RevenantX]

Spoiler:

So I told the Jarl that I was ready to trap a dragon in Dragonsreach. We walk up to the Great Porch. I take a deep breath, and use the Call Dragon shout for the first time.
"Odahviing!"
At first, nothing happens. The Jarl looks at me quizzically, but I stand at the ready, my hands filled with magic. A distant roar grows louder, and suddenly Odahviing thunders overhead, sweeping up a guard and throwing him off the balcony. Weapons drawn, the guards attack. I charge my Fireball, ready to cast, and-
"I've been looking for you. Got something I'm supposed to deliver. Let's see here..."

Massively suspension-of-disbelief shattering moment. Was genuinely annoyed.

Not quite as bad as Oblivion, where the screen would actually freeze.  At least some barbecue can happen in the background this way.

[QuantumDelta]

That actually exactly happened to me CommanderDJ, I couldn't stop laughing, I'm being flamebreathed and out he pops with his letter in a t-shirt and shorts, like, suicidal

[deathfun]

So I got this for Christmas
I'm bloody impressed so far

[Rodo]

It's a great game.
until you pick up one of those damn unusual gems

[Patriot]

That would be a very nice and profitable quest, gather some stones(24) a crown(just 1) and have em combined, WOO, PROFIT

[BloodEagle]

I took an arrow to the knee, and while I'll write up a full list of observations (positive and negative) after I'm finished... I just have to say one thing.

Dear Bethesda,

If you can't use shadows properly, let me turn them the **** off.

Sincerely,
An Annoyed Customer

[deathfun]

But I thought shadows moved half a foot immediately after the hour turns!

[BloodEagle]

I was referring moreso to the blocky map-fighting.  But that's a pain to look at, as well.

::EDIT::

By the way, ten minutes in. (sans .ini fixing)

[Starman01]

But I thought shadows moved half a foot immediately after the hour turns!

Eh, not really. Shadows move much faster (every few seconds), but with a noticable jump. But also only noticable when you stare at it. So I can live with it. As for the shadows quality, it's not the burner in the vanilla setup. But I made some changes in my ini file that my computer magazin suggested, and it improved them quite a bit without decreasing performance

Change your ini values like this :

Shadows-Tweaks :

iBlurDeferredShadowMask=3    (change this to 1, alternativ to 2), I picked "1"

iShadowFilter=3   (change this to 4)

fShadowLODStartFade=200.0000   (change to 1000.0000)

Additional tweaks :

fTreesMidLODSwitchDist=0.0000 (change to 10000000.0000)
bTreesReceiveShadows=0   (change to 1) = Better tree shadows
uiMaxSkinnedTreesToRender=20  (change to 40) = more tree skins / textures

Also better water effects :

iWaterReflectHeight=512   (change to 1024)
iWaterReflectWidth=512   (change to1024)

Also add this to the end of the ini file :

bUseWareReflectionBlur=1
bReflectExplosions=1
iWaterBlurAmount=4
bAutoWaterSilhouetteReflections=0
bForceHighDetailReflections=1

Try it. It looks good for me, without a big impact to performace. Of course, you should first backup your ini, and I don't take any responsible if you people make your ****ty PC explode (though that shouldn't happen with these tweaks )

[deathfun]

But I thought shadows moved half a foot immediately after the hour turns!

Eh, not really. Shadows move much faster (every few seconds), but with a noticable jump. But also only noticable when you stare at it. So I can live with it. As for the shadows quality, it's not the burner in the vanilla setup. But I made some changes in my ini file that my computer magazin suggested, and it improved them quite a bit without decreasing performance
*snippy snip*

Screw you computer users and your ability to change the values of stuff making your game experience better than originally intended! But ya, I know about the every few seconds thing. But hey, what's a hyperbole every now and then?

Also, Eagle, are we looking at the drop off for the terrain, how the fact you are about to rape the deer?

[BloodEagle]

The water isn't being rendered in that chunk.  It looks a Hell of a lot worse in motion, as it were.

Also, the deer landed on its side before being dragged into the depths, so I blame physics for whatever projection you see, there. 

[Scotty]

That happens a whole lot up in the norther sea, and always in the same place across all playthroughs.  I think it's a texture/model problem/someone got lazy more so than a random glitch.