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The Elder Scrolls Procrastination Thread

GuruGuru214GuruGuru214
edited November 2011 in General Chat
Alcoremortis wrote: »
We should start a thread for all the people who don't own Skyrim and are still in the process of trying to get around to playing the other Elder Scrolls games.

Done.

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  • DAISHIDAISHI
    edited November 2011
    What? So, are you not going to play Skyrim until you beat 1-4??
  • MusicallyInspiredMusicallyInspired
    edited November 2011
    Lol. Well, at least play them. I, for one, have them all (including Redguard and Battlespire) except for Skyrim but haven't really played enough of them. I'd say beating the main quest is good enough to have a decent amount of exposure to each game and allow you to move on. Well, that would take a while except for Oblivion, which is pretty short.
  • JedExodusJedExodus
    edited November 2011
    There's a certain amount of canon, but it's not necessary to know it. the Elder Scrolls worlds are rich with exposition, if something's critical to the story there'l be a book to read explaining the lore.
    He said, having not played any of Skyrim at all
  • AlcoremortisAlcoremortis
    edited November 2011
    I haven't even read half of the books I picked up in Oblivion yet. So this will probably take me awhile. And I played about a half hour of Morrowind because it was my goal to play at least a half hour of all the games that I bought over the summer (I failed).

    Yeah...I probably won't get Skyrim until it's on sale for thirty bucks at the rate I'm going through games.
  • DAISHIDAISHI
    edited November 2011
    Alcoremortis wrote: »
    I haven't even read half of the books I picked up in Oblivion yet. So this will probably take me awhile. And I played about a half hour of Morrowind because it was my goal to play at least a half hour of all the games that I bought over the summer (I failed).

    Yeah...I probably won't get Skyrim until it's on sale for thirty bucks at the rate I'm going through games.

    The studious must sacrifice something.
  • AlcoremortisAlcoremortis
    edited November 2011
    DAISHI wrote: »
    The studious must sacrifice something.

    Yeah...so far the only games I've completed this semester have been Planescape: Torment and Sanitarium. My goal is to also add Braid and VVVVVV to this list. Maybe Magicka since I'm nearly done with that one anyway.
  • GuruGuru214GuruGuru214
    edited November 2011
    DAISHI wrote: »
    What? So, are you not going to play Skyrim until you beat 1-4??

    No. From what I hear, it's not worth the extreme amount of effort to get Arena and Daggerfall running anyway. But I do own Morrowind and Oblivion, and I haven't touched either of them. At this point, paying full price for Skyrim would amount to a colossal waste for me. I'll be happy to pick it up if I see a really good sale on it, but for the moment, I have too many untouched 100 hour RPGs as it is, between Morrowind, Oblivion, The Witcher, Neverwinter Nights, and if you want to count them, KOTOR and Fallout 1, 2, and New Vegas. Oh, and I'm borrowing a copy of Mass Effect with Mass Effect 2 promised when I finish the first game.

    I'm basically drowning in a sea of games here.
  • AlcoremortisAlcoremortis
    edited November 2011
    GuruGuru214 wrote: »
    I'm basically drowning in a sea of games here.

    You and me both mate. I've got all of those, though I've got a head start on you since I've already beaten KOTOR I and II, ME 1 and 2, the Witcher, and Fallout 1. But I also have the Witcher 2, Baldur's Gate I and II, and a squillion indie games to get through.
  • ProfanityProfanity Banned
    edited November 2011
    You lucky witches, I have no idea what to play... Not many games really hook me, and the ones that do, usually end quite quickly (Telltale games, for example).

    If only my computer could evolve, so my "to try" list would actually expand.
  • AlcoremortisAlcoremortis
    edited November 2011
    Or you could just buy all of the indie games. Some of them work even on my old computer from 2004.
  • GuruGuru214GuruGuru214
    edited November 2011
    gameprogress.png

    The first set is my stats for my entire library of games. The second set is my stats for my entire library minus the games that are disqualified from requiring completion.
  • ProfanityProfanity Banned
    edited November 2011
    Alcoremortis wrote: »
    Or you could just buy all of the indie games. Some of them work even on my old computer from 2004.

    That's why I'm so into indies lately - I've got no bloody choice. Nonetheless, some pretty damn good indies have been coming out lately.
  • RetroVortexRetroVortex
    edited November 2011
    GuruGuru214 wrote: »
    gameprogress.png

    The first set is my stats for my entire library of games. The second set is my stats for my entire library minus the games that are disqualified from requiring completion.

    Here's my out of date Backloggery:

    http://backloggery.com/retrovortex

    (Its probably over 500 now...)

    There is absolutely NO WAY of me keeping up with that. XD

    EDIT: We need a backloggery thread!

    EDIT 2: I find it hilarious that the only other game I have completed in the last few months was Cave Story.

    AND THATS NOT EVEN ON THE LIST!!! XD
  • AlcoremortisAlcoremortis
    edited November 2011
    I've been into indies because they're less expensive and often shorter, which is really what I'm looking for in my gaming experiences recently. I have no time!
  • Chyron8472Chyron8472
    edited November 2011
    I have Morrowind and Oblivion on Steam , which I planned on playing in order, but I haven't played much Morrowind yet at all. I also have Dragon Age Origins and The Witcher, which I haven't beat either, so I'm not sure I'll get around to buying Skyrim for quite some time.
  • AlcoremortisAlcoremortis
    edited November 2011
    RetroVortex wrote: »
    (Its probably over 500 now...)

    [insert obligatory "over 9000" joke here]
  • MusicallyInspiredMusicallyInspired
    edited November 2011
    GuruGuru214 wrote: »
    No. From what I hear, it's not worth the extreme amount of effort to get Arena and Daggerfall running anyway.

    Extreme amount of effort? You download both for free, then throw them in DOSBox. Tada.
  • Chyron8472Chyron8472
    edited November 2011
    Is it really necessary to play 1 and 2 first?
  • ProfanityProfanity Banned
    edited November 2011
    Chyron8472 wrote: »
    Is it really necessary to play 1 and 2 first?

    There has never been a necessity to play the previous elder scrolls, to play the next one. I honestly doubt Skyrim is any different.
  • DAISHIDAISHI
    edited November 2011
    Oblivion sums up the plots of 1 and 2 pretty well through various books and character interactions.
  • Chyron8472Chyron8472
    edited November 2011
    Good. My backlog of unfinished games is big enough already.
  • ProfanityProfanity Banned
    edited November 2011
    DAISHI wrote: »
    Oblivion sums up the plots of 1 and 2 pretty well through various books and character interactions.

    What exactly happened in the first two? Shouldn't really have said anything based only on Oblivion and Morrowind... There are references in both to... well, both, but nothing vital. At least nothing I noticed.
  • Chyron8472Chyron8472
    edited November 2011
    Whoever answers that, please
    tag it.
  • JedExodusJedExodus
    edited November 2011
    Watched my bro play the first hour or so, you'll need no prior knowledge to enjoy it.

    Also, everyone sounds Swedish!!
  • GuruGuru214GuruGuru214
    edited November 2011
    MusicallyInspired wrote: »
    Extreme amount of effort? You download both for free, then throw them in DOSBox. Tada.

    Rather Dashing had me under the impression that they still didn't work properly even in DOSBox. Of course, this was a really long time ago, so I could be wrong.
  • Chyron8472Chyron8472
    edited November 2011
    GuruGuru214 wrote: »
    Rather Dashing had me under the impression that they still didn't work properly even in DOSBox. Of course, this was a really long time ago, so I could be wrong.

    I don't see why they shouldn't.
  • DAISHIDAISHI
    edited November 2011
    I'd be glad to spoiler the plots to the first two games if I weren't on the road.
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited November 2011
    Chyron8472 wrote: »
    Is it really necessary to play 1 and 2 first?
    Arena, frankly, has next to jack shit to do with anything else in the series. It's very much a standard D&D knockoff game of its time, well before the real differentiation starts setting in. The second game is amazing but shows its age and is really difficult to just jump into. There's no real need to play it, though it pretty much introduces the universe as we know it now.
    Chyron8472 wrote: »
    I don't see why they shouldn't.
    I've never had a Windows computer just "run" Arena and Daggerfall through DOSbox, it has always been a major hassle for me that involved some relatively complex steps to get fixed, after which point the games would be very precariously perched in terms of actually working, as the slightest alteration and suddenly they stop running again. That's my personal experience. Maybe I have really bad luck, but it's never been easy for me like it is with most other DOS games.
  • MusicallyInspiredMusicallyInspired
    edited November 2011
    I never said it was necessary.

    And as for DOSBox, it's pretty straightforward. In the earlier iterations Arena and Daggerfall never worked well at all. That has all changed. The only thing I recall that needs to be done to get them working is to set "core" in dosbox.conf to "dynamic". And obviously mount the CDs etc.
  • Gman5852Gman5852
    edited November 2011
    So to a Skyrim player. Riddle me this, if I were to just be a magicka player, and duel wield magic(say lightning and fire, or any other spell I like)
    what are the odds of me surviving too far into the game?
  • IcedhopeIcedhope
    edited November 2011
    So...I bought the soundtrack...so I can drive and walk out..be all like. FOS RO DAH! See how that takes me at the bar.
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited November 2011
    Gman5852 wrote: »
    So to a Skyrim player. Riddle me this, if I were to just be a magicka player, and duel wield magic(say lightning and fire, or any other spell I like)
    what are the odds of me surviving too far into the game?
    VERY good. This is my setup, and the new Perk system has made being a pure mage VERY viable, far moreso than it has been in any previous Elder Scrolls game to date. People who invest in magical perk trees get things like half-cost spells(on top of the higher Magicka pool from investing in Magicka at level-up) and there are some excellent robes, amulets, and other such things to make being a pure mage very doable.
  • MikeMike
    edited November 2011
    Destruction magic with a bit of Conjuration and Restoration is all I use. I don't even have any melee weapons in my inventory most of the time. You start finding good mage robes really early on that boost your magicka regen by at least 50%.
  • der_ketzerder_ketzer
    edited November 2011
    Getting a new PC soon might get Skyrim then just because you can actually go all mage in that game.
  • DAISHIDAISHI
    edited November 2011
    How are the NPC interactions? One reason I got bored with Oblivion was because thinks go too static.
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited November 2011
    DAISHI wrote: »
    How are the NPC interactions? One reason I got bored with Oblivion was because thinks go too static.
    You'll have to clarify what you mean here.
  • DAISHIDAISHI
    edited November 2011
    Rather Dashing wrote: »
    You'll have to clarify what you mean here.

    Initially the towns of Oblivion seemed pretty alive with conversations and such. At the time it was the most immersive city I'd seen in a game. But things got fairly repetitive quickly. There was little growth with characters outside the main quest line. Things just came to a standstill for everyone. Conversations narrowed down to quick "I hear there are good deals at the Sugarshack Magic Emporium". Also I didn't resonate emotionally with many NPCs. Their needs were steps in a quest line. I guess due to lack of drama because of an open world setting.
  • der_ketzerder_ketzer
    edited November 2011
    I thought that was still quite impressive. People had a scripted daily routine and even moved quite a bit (demonstrated in that one quest that you just couldn't escape when you entered a certain town....
    Also the little chitchats concerning events in the area were okay. Sometimes these conversations seemed to bug out though. I'm really interested to see how this evolved in Skyrim.
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