14/11/2011, 03:21 AM
So a number of people here have played it, but I don't see a thread >_<
Tried it for a bit. Legit game requires Steam, although the cracked version allows you to install without Steam (hooray for cracks).
Game's auto-detect settings set my thing to high quality @ 1024x768; using a mid-range Radeon HD 5670 card, and it runs smooth, so system requirements aren't that high (to be expected from a console port I guess). Also install size is only 5.6GB, surprisingly small for your typical 2011 game.
Now, to what I think about the game.
Graphics are certainly an improvement over Oblivion (even though I don't have the highest settings; haven't tried any graphics enhancing Oblivion mods).
Gameplay seems to be quite similar to Oblivion, though a number of parts seem to be simplified. You only have a race selection at the beginning - no major skills etc (though IDK if your race selection implies major skills which increase your level faster). Some "junk" skills seem to have been removed/merged, which is good to see.
My biggest gripe would be the menu controls - some parts can only be navigated via keyboard, others via mouse only. Some places Enter is confirm, others, E is confirm. Can't access the quests section from the main Tab menu either. Took me a while to figure out how to scroll the map (you can't drag it, use arrow keys or move mouse to edge like an RTS game). There's no shortcuts for items any more, just a favourites menu (probably due to consoles not having all the buttons of a keyboard) which is somewhat more annoying to use.
It's still too easy to accidentally 'borrow' stuff like in Oblivion, which is a bit annoying. Also haven't figured out how to yield (if it's possible).
You can't fast travel to cities you haven't visited either; although I don't mind walking through the overworld, some people may find that a bit of a pain.
All in all, if you liked Oblivion, you'll probably like Skyrim.
Don't know if it's me, but the standard difficulty seems to be rather hard. I'm really struggling to kill any quest enemies without exploiting the AI in some way (just did a kill-the-werewolf quest - the thing moves way faster than you, and can kill you in three hits, whereas it took me about 15-20 arrows to kill it; I did this by camping on a cliff and firing arrows down).
Tried it for a bit. Legit game requires Steam, although the cracked version allows you to install without Steam (hooray for cracks).
Game's auto-detect settings set my thing to high quality @ 1024x768; using a mid-range Radeon HD 5670 card, and it runs smooth, so system requirements aren't that high (to be expected from a console port I guess). Also install size is only 5.6GB, surprisingly small for your typical 2011 game.
Now, to what I think about the game.
Graphics are certainly an improvement over Oblivion (even though I don't have the highest settings; haven't tried any graphics enhancing Oblivion mods).
Gameplay seems to be quite similar to Oblivion, though a number of parts seem to be simplified. You only have a race selection at the beginning - no major skills etc (though IDK if your race selection implies major skills which increase your level faster). Some "junk" skills seem to have been removed/merged, which is good to see.
My biggest gripe would be the menu controls - some parts can only be navigated via keyboard, others via mouse only. Some places Enter is confirm, others, E is confirm. Can't access the quests section from the main Tab menu either. Took me a while to figure out how to scroll the map (you can't drag it, use arrow keys or move mouse to edge like an RTS game). There's no shortcuts for items any more, just a favourites menu (probably due to consoles not having all the buttons of a keyboard) which is somewhat more annoying to use.
It's still too easy to accidentally 'borrow' stuff like in Oblivion, which is a bit annoying. Also haven't figured out how to yield (if it's possible).
You can't fast travel to cities you haven't visited either; although I don't mind walking through the overworld, some people may find that a bit of a pain.
All in all, if you liked Oblivion, you'll probably like Skyrim.
Don't know if it's me, but the standard difficulty seems to be rather hard. I'm really struggling to kill any quest enemies without exploiting the AI in some way (just did a kill-the-werewolf quest - the thing moves way faster than you, and can kill you in three hits, whereas it took me about 15-20 arrows to kill it; I did this by camping on a cliff and firing arrows down).
