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I know right?! Good stuff!Conzeq wrote:Jesus christ - this is gold, man.
I love the sounds of this. I so want to join the Thalmor and overthrow the Empire! DLC/expansion I'm hoping!2 - After a little while, I see a mountain pass. Two wooden towers, each against a mountainside surrounding the passage. Bandits are looking at me from up there. Oh, they’re shooting too! Thanks for the welcome party. Of course, I climb upstairs to share a moment of healthy camaraderie with them. Result: the axe outweighs the arrows (and daggers, once in contact) ... Nothing interesting on the bodies.
I go back down, wondering if I'll always be greeted like that, when I come across four hooded guys who took the opportunity to go through unarmed. Opportunists. I engage the dialogue. Ouch. Elves (Thalmors, to be more accurate). Cocky [@#$%] They try to send me away. In the options I see “You really seem proud of yourselves”. It should be funny, let’s try this one. Of course, they get angry. They remind me how much they are superior to us lowly humans. But they keep talking. Great, I like to tease them. I don’t know how, but we ended talking about religions. I want to be a pain in their asses, so I say I believe in Talos. Not a good idea. Taunting four elves isn’t wise, and I end up dead on the road.
I’m now heading towards west, happily slaughtering any wolf or crab who hinders my path.
10- And what a city ! Guard are charging an old wooden house. They scream. I finally see Winterhold. Well, its ruins. Or to be more accurate, one ruin, the rest is under water. A road seems to lead to a fortress stuck on an eroded peak, frankly ready to sink into the sea. For once, I will follow the guards. They are in the lobby, going around looking for something, ready to attack. Everyone is telling me to speak to the jarl.
Not a friendly one … people only seem interested in the Winterhold College (Skyrim mages guild)… And he thinks its because of the mages the sea submerged his city.
16 - And just behind the hill, Dawnstar, a small town (open, a dozen homes), filled with fishermen and miners. Rebels’ raids hit the region, which explains the legion camp next to the city. I learn more about the facts behind the story. The chief tells me a story about the villagers suffering from nightmares every night. There’s work for me at the mine. I go inside, but it’s already time to stop …
Sigh …
a Treasure Map 1 (it looks like the treasure maps from Red Dead Redemption, with a drawing that shows the place you should go to).
Because of its central location, Whiterun is a bit like the Nordic Imperial City. And is more than worthy of that title. Firstly because of its waterfalls and the flight of stairs that goes up to the Jarl Palace. Then because of its atmosphere, its agitation, and the palpable tension between Gray-Mane and Battle-Born, two clans that seem to fight each other for the city control. A passerby ask me which side I belong to, I pretend I didn’t hear anything. Whiterun is impressive because of its majestic buildings, especially Jorrvaskr a long hut whose roof is actually a drakkar’s hull. It is the Companions’ HQ, and a place where the demonstrations of manly friendship are popular. I go down to the basement to meet the leader of the Companions. The latter is seated at his table, conversing with one of his henchmen. I interrupt him to tell my story, and ask to join its guild. That leads to a fight against a dark elf in the backyard, just to assess my ability, and a rite of passage at the foot of a monumental statue (eagle? I’m not sure).
Back into Whiterun suburbs, I see a cart. For a few gold pieces, the driver can take me anywhere I want in Skyrim. Let’s go to Winterhold then (after a quicksave), I heard I would find some dunmers in this city. But I only find ruins, snow, and a Solstheim-like scenery. A few buildings survived, but most of the city is now under water, because of something the mage guild did. The Jarl sends me on a quest to retrieve a stolen statuette. I set out, faithfully following my quest marker, and stumble upon a Guardian Stone granting me the power of the Tower. I can now pick any lock I want. I also saw a few horkers. Anyway, I find the bandit camp and take the statuette back. But when I bring it to its owner, he doesn’t even flinch. I guess the quest wasn’t completely implemented yet.
I load my quicksave back, and chose another destination. This time, direction Solitude, whose proximity to High Rock, and therefore Daggerfall will probably please me. In fact, it is the most "classic" of the cities I view so far. The most “medieval”. Also the most heterogeneous : I think all the races from Tamriel are here, as well as many Imperials. A great wall surrounds the city. It makes me think of Daggerfall. On the town square, I can witness an execution. A few people gather up. The crowd is discussing. The poor guy on the stage was apparently an accomplice in the assassination of the High King of Skyrim. Gloups. I try to intervene, but he still ends up beheaded. I quickload. Tough luck, pal.
Not surprisingly, given the number of Imperial in the streets, the Legion has its headquarters here. On a table, something also saw in Whiterun’s Companions Guild : a map, with flags of different colors. I can’t help thinking about them being related to Steam Achievements (or Xbox success), some of which involve the capture of cities. And since there is very little time left, I load my backup save made in Whiterun, head towards Bleak Falls Barrow and the main quest that the battlemage gave me some time ago.
If that happens. I intentionally won't buy that DLCI love the sounds of this. I so want to join the Thalmor and overthrow the Empire! DLC/expansion I'm hoping!
I'm a bit to lazy for that!dorian2 wrote:One thing that I've noted about a few of these previews is that the writer often seems to follow an almost standard path (Eg: Found a hunter, wemt to whatever town, did certain things in town, went to the cave to get the claw, fought same type of creatures...etc). But, having read 7 so far, there are a couple with extra surprises and info. Like the ign.com on (#7), that describes in greater detail the alchemy and destruction magic/leveling systems.
Would it be too much to ask the OP, whom I assume has read each one already, to give a description/rundown of what is discussed...just for the benefit of those of us who want NEW info and not the same stuff we've already seen or heard about?
I understand totally if you do not want to do this and do not have the time, but it woud be interesting to have a description of the general idea discussed in the previews.
Otherwise, I'll just keep reading anyways. Good job on the thread River!
More of a info gatherer than commentator! If someone would like to do it and post it I will happily add to OP. I'm to busy looking for more info to post here!River wrote:I'm a bit to lazy for that!dorian2 wrote:One thing that I've noted about a few of these previews is that the writer often seems to follow an almost standard path (Eg: Found a hunter, wemt to whatever town, did certain things in town, went to the cave to get the claw, fought same type of creatures...etc). But, having read 7 so far, there are a couple with extra surprises and info. Like the ign.com on (#7), that describes in greater detail the alchemy and destruction magic/leveling systems.
Would it be too much to ask the OP, whom I assume has read each one already, to give a description/rundown of what is discussed...just for the benefit of those of us who want NEW info and not the same stuff we've already seen or heard about?
I understand totally if you do not want to do this and do not have the time, but it woud be interesting to have a description of the general idea discussed in the previews.
Otherwise, I'll just keep reading anyways. Good job on the thread River!
