Originally Posted by aktick (Post 10997009)

I didn't have a guide for Oblivion or Fallout 3 (though I would occasionally check out the wiki) and I enjoyed them much more than New Vegas which I had a guide for and ended up using as a crutch.

Originally Posted by slop101 (Post 10997381)

I need to keep in mind that in every Elder Scroll game (and even the last two Fallouts), the first (or even second) character that I create is never the one I go with all the way. I usually play with my first character, almost to the point of frustration, and after a couple hours, I start fresh, creating a new character with a better understanding of how the game plays and how I want to play it.

Originally Posted by orangecrush (Post 10997946)

This is a good reason to use a guide or wiki. If nothing else, it can help you understand how leveling works (much different in Oblivion than other RPGs) and helps you plan out a character that will suit your play style.

Originally Posted by Wired.com

If you like getting bang for your buck, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim will give you a nuclear blast.

You’ll never have to stop questing in the upcoming open-world role-playing game, to be released November 11 for Xbox 360, PC and PlayStation 3. Skyrim director Todd Howard told Wired.com in a phone interview Monday that the game will feature a never-ending stream of procedurally generated content, giving players an infinite number of things to do.

“The vibe of the game is that it’s something that you can play forever,” Howard said.

The game’s Radiant quest system randomly generates new tasks based on your progress in the game. An innkeeper might ask you to hunt for bandits in a place you haven’t found yet, or an aspiring alchemist could request that you collect 10 undiscovered flowers for his work. Howard claims that the options are endless.

In addition to these minor tasks, Howard says you’ll be able to do extra work for each of the game’s factions, like the Dark Brotherhood and the Thieves Guild. Once you complete the scripted quest lines for each group, you can go to their respective hubs and pick up randomly generated missions to steal gems or assassinate shopkeepers across Skyrim’s massive world.

Though some players might not love the idea of endlessly collecting groups of random ingredients, Howard says that Radiant quests play into one of the game’s major strengths: environmental storytelling. Skyrim’s world is sprinkled with secrets and minor bits of narrative that you’ll have to piece together as you explore, an aspect of game design that Howard says the team picked up while working on their last game, Fallout 3.

“With Fallout, it’s not as beautiful a world to everybody,” he said. “We had to find ways to make exploration of [a destroyed wasteland] interesting.”

For Skyrim, Howard says that Bethesda has learned a few new tricks and gotten better at the old ones. The most enjoyable part of the Radiant system won’t be completing quests, he says, it’ll be the things you discover along the way: bandit-infested fortresses, or a terrifying lighthouse.

“The world is probably the one thing that sets [Skyrim] apart from other games,” he said. “It feels really real for what it is … It’s just fun to explore.”

Wired.com’s full review of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim will be published on Thursday.

Originally Posted by MoviePage (Post 10998045)

^You have to sleep to level up.

Also: goodbye, life! Skyrim Will Have Infinite Quests

Originally Posted by Save Ferris (Post 10998332)

Yeah at first it sounded like you could go to several NPC's and the computer would endlessly generate

"I will give you ___ gold to bring me 10 ____'s"

That isn't a quest.

Originally Posted by Raul3 (Post 10998718)

Any Fallout (from Bethesda) fans out there not that interested in this game?

Besides me.

I love the Fallout games, almost 500 hours spent on both games. But medieval times doesn't sound that attractive to me, or horses, dragons and all that kind of stuff.

I guess I'm just looking for an excuse to get this game and play it. ;)

And no, I've never played Oblivion or any Scrolls game.

Originally Posted by freshticles (Post 10998733)

I'm just the opposite. I tried to play Fallout because I loved Oblivion so much, but I couldn't get into the post-apocalyptic, dreary thing. The idea of swords, dragons, forests, and magic is much more appealing to me.

Originally Posted by xmiyux (Post 10998741)

This 100%

Going from Fallout to Skyrim should be a joy since there are colors other than brown in Skyrim.

Originally Posted by Raul3 (Post 10998718)

Any Fallout (from Bethesda) fans out there not that interested in this game?

Originally Posted by MoviePage (Post 10998840)

Judging from everything I've seen so far, you're right -- now everything's white and grey! :) (I'm only half serious about that, but all the trailers and screenshots I've seen have left me a bit worried that the colorful and varied world of Oblivion has been replaced by endless snow-capped dreariness here. It's probably, and hopefully, a needless concern on my part, but it's there nonetheless.)

Originally Posted by freshticles (Post 10998733)

I'm just the opposite. I tried to play Fallout because I loved Oblivion so much, but I couldn't get into the post-apocalyptic, dreary thing. The idea of swords, dragons, forests, and magic is much more appealing to me.