First footage of Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim released

by Xav de Matos, Feb 24, 2011 7:55am PST

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Bethesda has just released the first gameplay trailer for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, its upcoming RPG adventure.

Along with showing off its new engine, the footage features the game's hero facing off against a menacing dragon. The footage is cut along with the same voice-over featured in the teaser trailer, which explains the plot of the game.

If that isn't enough for you, Bethesda has re-launched the official Elder Scrolls website in preparation of the upcoming fifth installment in the series.

The Elder Scrolls Skyrim hits the PC, Xbox 360, and PS3 on November 11.

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  Nerd boner. : XAVdeMATOS
  - Wh0a!!! : CrustaR
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    you're totally cheating at vanity search with this : harold.johnson
    - good thing its not working : dantastic
  - Seriously. : funnynamehere
  - Dragon boner. : GloriousCow
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    Sky boner. : HL3dsx
    - I'm gonna go with this one. I have a sky boner : dantastic
  - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9eGtyqz4gY : Begawkiness
  - nasty little creatures : 60days
  - Wanna rub nerd weeners? : Wolfanoz
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  Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is INSANE, a must have RPG. : valcan_s
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    I wonder if they'll put this quote on the box? : Demius
    - :) lol, that would be cool. : valcan_s
    - EVERY BOX : Dravenport
- OK - that video is amazing ... : johnhead
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  I thought it was the original video at first and didn't pay attention to the first 20 seconds. : trOmblyj
  - So did I, but then the music went up to 11. : Goblin au
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  see there should be a way to link our already-raging thread about this to the news story. : dirge23
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    Well, I think the key is that eventually... they will be the same... right? Why start a new thread when ... : Gwyndion
    - often we'll have a thread about something before the news story goes up. : dirge23
- i'm eagerly looking forward to the many mods that will make this game awesome : indosauros
- so very awesome : maulla
- Holy shit. : re-verse
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  Shack staffers] Can you guys verify this was console footage and not PC, that would be great, thanks. : valcan_s
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    I would assume that every game generates their in-game trailer footage using whichever platform looks/per... : LemonJoose
    - Not necessarily true. All footage from Crysis 2 so far has been from the console versions. : Goblin au
    - The graphics in this trailer aren't that great, so I'd hope it was console. But then again, the PC versio... : pizzaput
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    When is it not console footage? : Tech T
    - :) I just want to see the PC footage thats all, I know its not the PC footage. If they show the PC foo... : valcan_s
- That does look exceedingly nice. Love me some bombastic fantasy bullshit with a soaring orchestral score. : node
- Looks good, but so did Oblivion and that game turned out to be shallow in the gameplay department. Hopef... : Matt Burris
- Nice! Also, i kind of like this. It makes it easier for me to read about this stuff. And i don't like ... : Dschinghis Khan
- brb going to the mountains to freeze myself for 9 months : kill9
- This really look great. : Clay
- Must I? : losimagic
- SO AWESOME!!!!!!!!! : eeeealmo
- Why is November so far from now? : Arcath
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  player bug: Maximised, you lose all player controls, no way to pause it or un-maximise. Only way out is p... : niceguynick
  - I guess that's a way to pause and un-maximise though, eh? : famine101
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  I REFUSE! : Kub666
  - This is the new "It's so cold and lonely in here" post that inevitably gets made and then nuked very time... : LemonJoose
- wow they sure did build a world that draws you in with all the attention to detail they put in. amazing. : bosst0ne
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  OMG; the musical cues... :'( BRB, got something in my eye : d fluke
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    Why don't they put up the HD res trailers for download straight away though? Too much good PR? : d fluke
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      http://www.shacknews.com/chatty?id=25348759#itemanchor_25348759 : maulla
      
      love you with mouf : d fluke
    - We also have it for download: http://www.shacknews.com/file/25755/elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-gameplay : XAVdeMATOS
  - No kidding, I love the Elder Scrolls theme. : Topsiderover
  - i thought the kind of Viking chanting sounded silly to me : kainen1
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    chills all the way down my spine. Intense. : aaarrrgh
    - like in the tailbone? : re-verse
  - Yeah, that music is great. : ArB
- I had to wipe tears from my eyes : Hemtroll
- a million boners right now at work.... : Nemesis1611
- I'm definitely upgrading my video card before this is released. Hopefully, an AMD 6990 will be in my fut... : TheAirWolf
- that's sexy : MurrayTheSkull
- MORROWIND SOUNDTRACK REDUX!!!! That trailer was freaking AMAZING. : ajvitaly
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  Was this song (minus the singing) in Morrowind or am I just going crazy. It starts sounding real familiar... : pabloART
  - It's the Elder Scrolls theme that has been used for all of them I believe. : lplasmatron
- This game is going to be EPIC.... : The Grolar Bear
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  It's silly that if you go to the Skyrim game page ( http://www.shacknews.com/game/the-elder-scrolls-v-sky... : tangles
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    We're still cleaning some issues out. We only just launched. : XAVdeMATOS
    - omg shack is so buggy I'm cancelling my sub. : Rotten Deadite
    - I understand that. So, what do you recommend we use for reporting little issues like this (or big issues... : tangles
  - That issue should be fixed going forward. : Parg0n
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  This is the kind of game that inspires a hardware upgrade. : Topsiderover
  - It's a good year for that what with BF3 and this. : Begawkiness
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    i doubt youll need very high-end hardware for this if it's going to be cross platform : eeeealmo
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      so was oblivion and it ran like crap on low end PCs back then : dantastic
      
      yea well that was 5 years ago : eeeealmo
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  november 11th, you say? well then, I have a while to save up for a sandy bridge uber rig! :D : Downforce
  - The 2166 socket should be out then as well as bulldozer, it'll be an awesome time in PC gaming. : one random winner
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  my sandy vagina is yearning to be filled with skyrim : trOmblyj
  - go on... : ssj4megaman
- This game is gonna 0wn so hard I will welcome the end of the world in 2012. : The Grolar Bear
- I can't wait to lose hours and hours on this game. : Trajan330
- awesome. : varsindarkin
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  The setting and potential plot excite me, but damn if those graphics don't look like shit compared to the... : greenbergMD
  - Who gives a shit about graphics if the gameplay is there. And from the older Elder Scrolls games, it look... : DM7
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    What the hell is this? : pigvomit
    - Valid question. : Ambient80
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    it says it is a new engine... : Downforce
  - Are you fucking blind. Looks great. : RyDogg1
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    They DON'T "look like shit", however they do look like the game is made with a re-badged, newer build of ... : alexvj
    - if it has the same 64hz stutter bullshit as Oblivion and Fallout 3, it's definitely the same shitty engin... : pyide
- I recently viewed the launch trailers and teasers for oblivion, some of it looked crap, particularly the ... : dael
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  omg the videos play at work now thank god! : RogerDandy
  - I'm stuck in IE6 at work and I can't belive all this stuff works in IE6 great job! : RogerDandy
- I don't know the difference between pornography and art, but that's both. : Deathlove
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  Why can't we choose the quality of the video before press Play? : freshyk
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    I think we're trying to add the ability to set your default video resolution in settings. No more clickin... : XAVdeMATOS
    - Even better! : freshyk
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  much better to watch videos here now @ newshack : humbleone
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    Yes! We have a brand new video system. The quality of the old one was terrible. : XAVdeMATOS
    - ^^^^^^^ I am happy : LoioshDwaggie
    - Why do I still see some kind of side borders in "fullscreen" view? : alexvj
    - Thank God. Now I don't have to switch over to GameTrailers.com to watch videos. : LemonJoose
  - No doubt much nicer video system. I used to have to go to Gamespot to watch videos. : Scotty22
- Well now see that looks alright. It's still got the crappy "can't show a cut longer than 5 second" syndro... : locater16
- So hard right now : graceofdragons
- That looks so great. OFFICIALLY HYPED. : Dontdrop
- All of my dicks, etc, etc. : Vincent Grayson
- Wonder if I'll need a new machine for this. : Alco23
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  That looks amazing. Gratz to lplasmatron and the crew! It's going to be a great year for sword-swingin... : Dave-A
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    Thanks. : lplasmatron
- Looks really good but they don't have to sell me on it. Bethesda making a new RPG, of course I'm going to... : baron calamity
- If they announced coop multiplayer, the sound of a million nerd splooshing vaginas would be heard. : JPMcWhiskers
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  It looks like Fallout without guns! : Rizob
  - nicely done : shakybonez31
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  Holy Cow! Man does that look good! This is the year for RPG'ish games Dragon Age 2, The Witcher 2, Zelda,... : InfernoAblaze
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    Zelda is an RPG? : bipolar
    - kinda : DANNERx0
  - Two Worlds 2, and Drakensang: The River of Time (out now) : valcan_s
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  i really hope they overhaul the entire magic system. destruction magic in oblivion was pretty much the wo... : DrFlammable
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    so was ranged/bow fighting. : kainen1
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      now that i think about it all of the combat sucked. archery was the least painful out of all of them s... : DrFlammable
      
      a stealth fps i mean, since nothing came to attack me since i got crits from headshots in stealth and it ... : DrFlammable
- I have never played an Elder Scrolls game. :( : zebosausamite
- I regret not watching the trailer when I first saw this post... HOLY SHIT : shakybonez31
- oh my word : mwasher
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  It looks great. High fantasy RPGs kind of bore me, so I'll likely sit it out but man Fallout 4 is going t... : geedeck
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    whats high fantasy? : HisKillSkill
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    geedeck :( : Volatus32x
    - Wha? I mean I think tons of people will have fun with it and I hope they sell like 5 bajillion copies... ... : geedeck
  - I think after all the post-apoc I've played recently, I'm ready to stab a goblin or two in a foresty glad... : Dave-A
  - I am with you mr geekdick. : SiW.
  - I don't think High Fantasy RPGs will ever get old to me. I love me some lush natural environments + magi... : DinK
- Wow. Not sure why I don't like sandbox RPGs (because I love RPGs) but this looks AMAZING. : Navy Spitfire
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  DAT CHOIR : Darkstarblade
  - Wow soundtrack. That modulation at 2:00 is so badass. I <3 Jeremy Soule. : davantalus
- This footage is where wet dreams go to lay to rest. : mastermike569
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  Yeah, but what do the rats look like? : Igthuse
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    yea, and the skellingtons : Dravenport
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      and will there still be photobombs?? : Dravenport
      
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      Sadly, no. They've already said that the dialog system won't 'pause' the game like in Oblivion. Everyon... : kershner25
      
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      isn't that going to increase photobombing potential as weird shit wanders through while you're talking to... : dirge23
      
      I suppose it does, but gone are the days of a nice still-frame shot of some mutant Oblivion NPC poking it... : kershner25
- Looks fantastic! It looks like the shoddy animation system is a thing of the past thank god, the improvem... : -JLN-
- Ho. Ly. Shit. : kallanta
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  Is the lame level scaling shit gone??? : kainen1
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    I remember reading so in one of the interviews earlier this month. That's a relief, that thing was such a... : pillzer
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      good idea. people just didn't use the slider. the funniest thing was the backfiring of people trying to t... : Downforce
      
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      the fundamental flaw in oblivion was gear. the random gear leveled with you, but if you levelled up too f... : dirge23
      
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      One of my favorite mods for Oblivion leveled level-specific loot with you. So a particular dagger that w... : Rotten Deadite
      
      iirc those stones always leveled. : dirge23
      
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      that's true, but ultimately turbo-levelling had some drawbacks that people uncovered by consuming levels ... : Downforce
      
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      the slider is a cop-out for good game balance : dirge23
      
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      I like it in oblivion. you do whatever you want, and can adjust it if necessary. if it was on rails, p... : Downforce
      
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      it's good that it's there, just like it's good that games have cheat codes. but i consider these things a... : dirge23
      
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      well it's a nice option to augment how you are playing the game, it balances out how the player didn't ac... : Downforce
      
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      i think it does mean the game design is broken. you shouldn't be able to level up to max in the first dun... : dirge23
      
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      That is of course the ideal for every game. The problem is that most games simply cannot deliver that ex... : kershner25
      
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      most games do deliver that experience, at least at standard difficulty. i think it's mostly a problem in ... : dirge23
      
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      Kvatch was actually really weird. Due to the way they scaled it, level 2-5 characters could frequently b... : Arcanum
      
      right, which is why it seems broken. it's not that it's hard or easy, it's that it's totally arbitrary. i... : dirge23
      
      that second sentence is the crux. in the open world games, people want that freedom. if you choose to do ... : Downforce
      
      The slider turned my Oblivion experience from "oh wow, here's some more bandits with fucking glass armor ... : kershner25
      
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      that is a more defined scenario, like WoW for example, where it works really well. you have specific que... : Downforce
      
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      I think it would be cool to just have different dungeons and zones and to randomly set their levels at th... : boring gegtik
      
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      if it's random how do you know when it's level appropriate? : Downforce
      
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      when you get your ass kicked and you come back later.. or you pay attention to their equipment : boring gegtik
      
      everquest had a feature where you could query a mob to find out if it was easy, your level, or way out th... : boring gegtik
      
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      Imagine how crazy Oblivion player characters must've seemed to the NPCs. Standing in one place for hours... : Rotten Deadite
      
      i talked plenty when I was trying to puzzle through some of the quests without wandering too damn much. S... : Zolneirz
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    It's going to work similarly to FO3. So, each dungeon will have a 5 level scale, and it will spawn as close to your level as possible, and it locks in when it is spawned. So for example,
    Dungeon 1 (level 5-10)
    Dungeon 2 (level 15-20)
    Dungeon 3 (level 25-30)
    
    You take your level 16 guy into Dungeon 1. Creatures in there will be level 10, and you thrash all you see. You go to Dungeon 2, and the mobs there are level 16, and it's a good solid fight. You try out Dungeon 3, and the mobs there are level 25 and push your shit in. You come back to Dungeon 3 later, as a level 30 guy, and it is still a level 25 dungeon.
    
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    It's going to work similarly to FO3. So, each dungeon will have a 5 level scale, and it will spawn as cl... : bipolar
    - This is a good explanation and is also acceptable as a game mechanic. weeee : the_burd
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    Every open world game has level scaling; stop bitching about the entire concept : OverloadUT
    - um it's stupid so why would I stop bitching about it? : kainen1
  - I hope so; the leveling always bothered me and kept me from finishing past ES games. : stophelping37
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  That's all great.. I just hope the game has more "life" than Oblivion did. : dante2010
  - yeah Oblivion promised this but never delivered. Fallout: New Vegas started to feel close to this for me. : dirge23
- Cup filled. : shortbuscaptain
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  Yeah, sign me up, that looks AWESOME! : Gwyndion
  - It might be a small thing... but that waterfall-like river looks really nice. : Gwyndion
- I'm going to have sex with this game. : HL3dsx
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  Gameplay trailer has no gameplay. Absolutely hated Oblivion. Where was its "radiant a.i."? Don't... : Xulu
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    if you go back and watch the oblivion trailer and then compare it to your actual gameplay experience, thi... : dirge23
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      the combat does look highly improved, but i remember the combat and stuff in oblivion looking great to me... : dirge23
      
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      Same here. I like to give a developer like Bethesda the benefit of the doubt in a case like this, though... : kershner25
      
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      i'm sure i'll play this for 100+ hours like i did with morrowind and oblivion and fallout 3, but i am try... : dirge23
      
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      Definitely, you really gotta let your inner Elder Scrolls uber-nerd jizz all over this though, just this ... : kershner25
      
      I tried that with Civ 5 and Fable 3 :( No more I say! Show my good gamepaly or gtfo (never did like Obliv... : locater16
  - Extremely masculine female orc in a flowery robe: "I saw a mudcrab the other day." : podung
  - This is my problem as well, and the previews I've read don't encourage in this point. I love me some good... : locater16
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      What do you mean by this, good sir? : kershner25
      
      The oblivion AIs go to sleep at night. : Nali4Freedom
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      Despite the quirks, the character AI in Oblivion was far, far ahead of anything we've seen in other open ... : Arcanum
      
      Ultima VII had day / night cycles of characters years before Oblivion. The underlying tech wasn't as adva... : Wikidd
      
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      That is a load of crap, even you know it, just read that back to yourself. Oblivion barely has an a.i.... : Xulu
      
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      No, it's not a load of crap, and I've looked at the modding system, including the characters. There are ... : Arcanum
      
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      It's a load of crap. The toolset doesn't allow anything the devs haven't already used for the game. : Xulu
      
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      That's relevant...how? : Arcanum
      
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      It's not in the game pal. Radiant AI doesn't exist. I'll believe it if they say they worked on some... : Xulu
      
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      So, wait, does your argument essentially amount to "I couldn't find a section in the editor labeled 'Radi... : Arcanum
      
      i think his argument is that the AI in oblivion was so bad, that it does not justify the term AI. its re... : vitek r
      
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      lol this is getting dumb. if this is a real life convo I'd promptly walk away radiant ai isn't some hi... : Xulu
      
      this is the exact same situation we are in now with this "new engine" malarky. : vitek r
      
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      The problem is you're entirely wrong. The AI will walk around and have spontaneous conversations with ot : Arcanum
      
      That's not Radiant AI. NPCs walk to their spot, stare at a wall for 8 hours, then it's time to move on... : Xulu
      
      why are you so angry? : marmite
      
      ^^^^^^^^ : eeeealmo
      
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      it's a weird tradeoff. in Oblivion all of the miscellaneous city-dwellers are NPCs you can talk to or fig... : dirge23
      
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      The GTA games always felt pretty empty to me. Yeah, there are a lot of bodies, but they're really more l... : Arcanum
      
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      GTA people are potential victims imo : electroly
      
      It's hard for me to think of blatantly mindless drones as "victims". : Arcanum
      
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      they're not perfect but i think both of these franchises do that "this is a real city" feeling much bette... : dirge23
      
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      *grabs long list of logic problems with FO3* : Xin Jing Client 1a
      
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      every game has this problem. how many people really come through here buying swords? and if it's just me,... : dirge23
      
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      One of my favorites: you hack three computer terminals to gain access the lowest level of the facility t... : Xin Jing Client 1a
      
      You attempt to hack a computer. You guess the password wrong three times. If you guess it wrong again, yo... : noxiousgg
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    The hype for each TES game is like the biggest mass delusion ever. When you take off the glasses there re... : vx2o
  - Except, you know, for all the gameplay it had in it. : ColoradoCNC
  - Don't. trust. the. hype. haha yeah this game series is definitely built on hype man good call : Downforce
  - Oblivion was a fantastic game. Flawed, but fun as all hell. I am greatly looking forward to Skyrim. Yo... : thetangent
- looks crazy :D : AMikaboshi
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  - Yeah, like with cups, and plates, and forks, and..... : singlespace
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      is this her? http://stureplan.se/articles/3033/images/article_image_9d39fc6e1d1ee3f9.jpg : cptstern
      
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      his other granddaughter is hotter : cptstern
      
      why when i click on any shackpics link now do I just get a page that explains the summary and usage of sh... : mankeroo
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      ...should've refreshed. :) : oO SilentK Oo
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  The combat looks very visceral. The character getting knocked around seems like it's gonna be great. I al... : malevolence
  - We'll see if it works this time. I've never been a fan of FPS sword fighting. Oblivion did it okay, bu... : DANNERx0
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      should I get a GTX460? : indosauros
      
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      I would wait until closer to the release. The 460 is awesome though :) : pancake humper
      
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      i bought that 9.99 or whatever Batman:AA deal (haven't played it yet) and want to play with PhysX... thin... : indosauros
      
      Depends on if you want to upgrade now or later, the Radeon 7000 series will be out before Skyrim and like... : one random winner
  - I have already started. My GTX570 showed up last Friday. : RyDogg1
  - Yeah, me too. It's time to finally retire my good ol' Pentium D 3.2Ghz and my trusty 8800GT. They have ... : Gwyndion
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      Radeon 7000 series, GTX 600's, and the 2133 SB (or is it Ivy Bridge?) should be out around then too, a ve... : one random winner
      
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      I thought Ivy Bridge was early '12 or is it still 1155? : JarEme
      
      They're saying it might show up on 1155 in the second half of this year, and I meant 2011 socket, which l... : one random winner
    - Yup. I'll be pulling the trigger around Oct/Nov with BF3 and Skyrim. Its going to be so fricken awesome! : gyokuro
  - I really hope the new engine doesn't run like shit. I can play Bulletstorm with all details maxed on my Q : OverloadUT
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    I'm gonna have to SLI my 460. I'm not in the mood to plunk down $200+ on a new card again. : Rotten Deadite
    - a single 460 won't handle this you think? : indosauros
    - SLI solutions suck generally. Boost framerate but not gameplay latency (maybe doesn't matter for this) : DANNERx0
  - Me thinks too for this + BF3 + Rage + I dunno what else : DANNERx0
  - LOL I Second this suggestion. : Miller_TYM
  - Me too hopefully in May. : Mr. Goodwrench
  - Haha, this. My current PC is from right before Oblivion's release, except for the 8800GT I later added c... : DinK
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  That looks hot. How can I quit my job and play video games for a living? :( : node
  - Start ShackNews2.com and sell it :) : stonedonkey
- Art looks very good, technically it looks competent, that river looks like shit, areas in shadow look fla... : locater16
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  All I want with this is Steamworks and I will buy this fucker at full price! Even if its $60... Shit, did... : YerMothah
  - Some very special games are absolutely worth the 60 buck price point.. : watcherxp
- Oh hell yes. : Amlash
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  Seriously though, I know I'm supposed to be all cool and levelheaded when it comes to games because I nee... : XAVdeMATOS
  - it's ok. It's face worthy : sKetchflow
  - yea that shit looks siiiiick! : RogerDandy
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    Xav, did you hear they wrote their own dragon language? !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DRAGONS!!!!! : LoioshDwaggie
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      I suspect there's a big difference between what a kid throws together in primary school sitting in a clos... : Arcanum
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      It looks real good. I'm a huge Elder Scrolls mark. : XAVdeMATOS
      
      Me too! I am giddy like a school-girl. Teehee! : Dave-A
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  I hope the towns have a more real feel, better atmosphere. I hated in Morrowind & Oblivion walkng into ... : DANNERx0
  - Radiant AI is supposedly improved, hopefully including ambient things like this. : one random winner
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  That was a good trailer. : Snuffles-
  - If it bleeds we can kill it : pieman
- GOTdamn : siknsyko
- Fuck that spider! : whistletits
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  Looks decent enough - certainly a bunch of improvements have been made to the game engine (by the looks o... : wytefang
  - I totally agree about the clunky flying animation at the end. The relatively small wings also make it loo... : angry jellyfish
- EPIC !!!!!!!!!!! : gmd
- APATHY CANCELLED. : systatic
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  FUS RO DAH!!! : gyokuro
  - Yeah you too, buddy. : silent prophet
- Between this and Guild Wars 2 Jeremy Soule is getting a lot of work. : Crimsonbeak
- Welp, time to start shopping for computer parts. :( : filtersweep
- I think the "Comment on" phrase is awkward and doesn't need to be there in these posts. : ventro
- Hard to believe, but this is all 360 footage. This game is going to look awesome on PC : Sexpansion Pack
- Ok, this trailer completely squashed my interested in Two Worlds 2. It seems like I can now wait for my r... : Machlol
- the fact that we can actually backstab people makes me hopeful! : mnok
- looks good : bolneze
- Can't wait to get my hoard on with a thief again. : Greymatter42
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  Can someone tell me what Max Von Sydow is saying, "In their tongue he's DooFahKeen"? : steauengeglase
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    In their tongue, he's Dovahkiin: Dragon Born! : CoreContingency
    - http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Dragon_Alphabet : CoreContingency
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      Ah, OK, Dragon Kin. : steauengeglase
      
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      It means "Dragon Born," not dragon kin, just FYI. : LoioshDwaggie
      
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      I don't see the difference. : steauengeglase
      
      Born = born from, Kin = related to. : ArcKnight
      
      -kin usually refers to literal or adoptive familial relationship, -born usually refers to inherited resem... : Arcanum
- om nom nom : Veegeezee
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  We got this game for single player and BF3 for multiplayer and then Portal 2 for coop crossplatform puzzl... : Dr_Cube
  - thats the plan : gyokuro
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  Holy cow, this is an awesome trailer. I especially like the narrator. I recognize his voice, but can't ... : PrkChpXprss
  - max von sydow. You may remember him from such films as rush hour 3 and judge dread. : jujubeads
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  So i played morrowind for all of 5 minutes before dying to some guards and quit forever, I never played o... : Thisispol
  - Are you on drugs? It has DRAGONS! : Damarius101
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    You should play Morrowind. It was awesome. The combat was a bit crappy (alright, a lot crappy) but the ... : timmie
    - The quest log was also god-awful. And cliff racers. >:( : Arcanum
  - sounds like you have a great attention span : eeeealmo
- oh god, those liquid walls give me acid flashbacks : filthysock
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  how long do you think the Skyrim threads will be after it gets released. I remember Oblivion had to its ... : gyokuro
  - With the new combined chatty structure, "long enough to crush the chatty on lesser computers" seems entir... : Arcanum
  - 24 hours : -sk-
- fuck the spider things though >:( : Downforce
- daaaaaaayum! color me impressed. : X-GOUKI
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  Holy crap that looks amazing. I wasn;t expecting such a jump in graphics from Oblivion. : lord_omega
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    I have a feeling come release it's going to look noticeably worse than this early media. : pyide
- I think the bigger news here is that Shacknews is SELF AWARE : Disarray
- I can't believe I am about to say this.. but I think this game is going to take my mind off wondering whe... : dookiebot
- here's some morrowind music to chillax too after seeing that http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pywkwAoENBY : gyokuro
- I've been randomly adding DRAGON BORN!!!! to random thoughts and moments in my head after the first teas... : moe6
- I know everyone is gushing over this and it does look very good however at the 1:27 - 1:29 mark not sure ... : ant_hillbilly
- I know I'm supposed to be excited but...dragons? Yawn. : pantsburgh
- what is wrong with that water? the phrase "good from far, but far from good" comes to mind. : tasoli
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  W O W : vynn
  - Seconded!!!!! : Wolfanoz
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  i need to go to bed but the skyrim song is stuck in my head. what can i do? : gyokuro
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    "The Final Countdown" is now stuck in your head instead. Goodnight! : Zips
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      oh shit thats cruel! : gyokuro
      
      At least it's not We Built This City! : LilCrypto
    - If you're in town, I'm gonna buy you a beer. Then I'm gonna break the bottle across the side of your face... : Orange Pylon
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    DRAGON BORN!!!! : moe6
    - DRAGON reBORN!!!! : Volatus32x
    - DRAGON PORN!!!!? : Dschinghis Khan
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    Someone posted just the music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTclvp0Nidk :O : d fluke
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      That's from the small trailer. Not the new one. : LoioshDwaggie
      
      whaaa, I must have the sound muted when I saw that : d fluke
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  Hopefully this one isn't terrible like Oblivion was. The graphics are pretty poor, though. The trees (and... : pizzaput
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    360 : HisKillSkill
    - I agree that this is probably the 360 version, and sometimes a PC version will look better, but I don't t... : pizzaput
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    yeah looks terrible ! god why can't I have an open world crysis 2 running at 180 fps : gmd
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      Actually, that's probably not an unreasonable request for something like ~5 years from now. : SockMonkeh
      
      I WANT IT NOW : gmd
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      gmd, this space you add in front of your exclamation points is starting to get on my nerves : maulla
      
      IS IT ? ! : gmd
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    The graphics looks great... WTF.. Much better than any other RPG except the WItcher 2. : razlebol
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      the anti-Bethesda basement dwellers are out in full force saying how dungeon master gothic winter nights ... : gmd
      
      They probably just make up these superior games. I'd never notice. : Dave-A
    - Now that's not true at all. I don't know if you're blurring the line between graphics and world design, b... : pizzaput
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    high-res screenshots you say: http://throwmeaway.imgur.com/tes_v_skyrim__hi_res_stills_from_feb_24_trail... : trOmblyj
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      I forgot this is a front page article which explains most of the comments : gmd
      
      If you mean this isn't the Bethesda forums... you'd be correct there. : pizzaput
      
      Oh, and part of the reason why this may look so different than the Bethesda forums is because there they ... : pizzaput
    - Lol, those are not high res, haha. And they also confirm the critique: muddy textures, like Oblivion had,... : pizzaput
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    Uhh.... LOL I remember playing a lot of games that were awesome but had shit for graphics. Namely just ... : HL3dsx
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      Really? Every good game you've played failed to meet the standard of "decent modern" graphics? My standar... : pizzaput
      
      Haha. : Jess Horton
  - Oblivion was awesome, this looks awesome, and you're on crack. : CyCo_PL
- Instant purchase based on the Morrowind Theme Song : Sgt_Boomstick
- For oblivion and most sandbox games, I usually play through with a stealth/assassin character. However, ... : ltrls987
- Wow these game designers bust there asses to bring the general public a great game and all you people do ... : The idealist
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  I find it amusing when people who clearly want something other than what these games try to offer drop by... : DinK
  - Cheers. ) : Khalaq
- I'm excited to see dragons in this game, for no other reason than it means there will be some big badass ... : DinK
- i wanna hear more music like this its very ambient but more so cant wait for this kick ass game hop it ge... : gamerbit1
- Oh please, all over my face and body! : reelbk

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