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Alaya · 2011-12-10, 23:57

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Originally Posted by Keroko

Already? But what about the christmas releases?

He means Skyrim won Spike Video Game Award's "Game of the Year" prize.

Oops, and after posting this I realize that you mean "Christmas's releases that could be GOTY" not "GOTY edition of Skyrim" :P

Kyero Fox · 2011-12-11, 00:22

What exactly is coming out christmas that has a chance of beating skyrim?

Myssa Rei · 2011-12-11, 00:53

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Originally Posted by Vexx

My dark elf lives to kill every single human in Windhelm even if it takes a console command to allow it

Make their worst fears true and then kill all the witnesses

Surely not every human in Windhelm. Brunwulf Freewinter is actually the nicest Nord you'd EVER meet in Skyrim.

creb · 2011-12-11, 01:04

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Originally Posted by Kyero Fox

What exactly is coming out christmas that has a chance of beating skyrim?

Well, opinions, you know?

I mean, I enjoyed Skyrim, but as a person who doesn't really care about sandboxes, there was somewhat limited story-driven gameplay for me in Skyrim, so for me, Skyrim would hardly be the Game of the Year.

I'm well aware that my disdain for sandbox focused gameplay is in the minority though, so I won't bat an eyelash if Skyrim does win that award. In fact, I'd say it's a shoe-in.

But, from my perspective, as a person who enjoys stories more than sandboxes, there's at least one game coming this Christmas with a far better story than any of those found within Skyrim, and that's Star Wars the Old Republic, and I know that because I've already played through half of the stories within it.

Nevermind the plethora of games from earlier this year with far better stories (Witcher 2, for instance).

Also, just to make sure we stay on topic here,

am I the only one that wonders why most of the female NPCs seem to use the male skeleton for animations, when there is obviously a female one, which you can easily see by making a female character and comparing her various poses vs that of most of the female NPCs.

delorean2200 · 2011-12-11, 03:51

Thank you all for your inputs ^^, i wanted to create a new char and try to be more positive with that one (not dissing out my old assassin one but i want to go unarmed badass to XD, with some destruction magic), the one problem i do have with Skyrim is that you don't have many chances to be a positive character, pretty much it pushes you towards an evil path, ex: daedra weapons, thieves guild, Maven Black-Briar...

risingstar3110 · 2011-12-11, 04:23

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Originally Posted by delorean2200

Thank you all for your inputs ^^, i wanted to create a new char and try to be more positive with that one (not dissing out my old assassin one but i want to go unarmed badass to XD, with some destruction magic), the one problem i do have with Skyrim is that you don't have many chances to be a positive character, pretty much it pushes you towards an evil path, ex: daedra weapons, thieves guild, Maven Black-Briar...

I'm quite a "positive character" through. Did not join thief or DB, and have always avoided or chosen the more moral options for Daeric quests....

..until i got an arrow to my knees. By the Imperials. All their camps were then slayed, sparing WIA soldiers

Darkbeat · 2011-12-11, 04:25

I tried to play the positive character, but Skyrim actively punishes you for doing so. Still, I'm not going to join the DB. I don't use daggers/sneaking and don't care for horses. I'm also trying to weed out the good and/or close-to-neutral daedra from the outright evil. So from both these decisions I'll miss out on loot and a ton of achievements, seems just like bad planning from Bethesda but to be expected.

It's still a legendary game, a worthy winner of GOTY and moreso than any other game could really benefit from some massive DLC and expansions.

Myssa Rei · 2011-12-11, 04:42

It's easy to play a straight-up good guy in Skyrim, like your Heavy-Armor Wearing Restoration-using Paladin archetype, it's just playing morally grey is not only much more rewarding, it's also fun. Says much about the setting really, given how widespread Daedric worship was in Oblivion.

risingstar3110 · 2011-12-11, 04:51

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Originally Posted by Myssa Rei

It's easy to play a straight-up good guy in Skyrim, like your Heavy-Armor Wearing Restoration-using Paladin archetype, it's just playing morally grey is not only much more rewarding, it's also fun. Says much about the setting really, given how widespread Daedric worship was in Oblivion.

I guess that's something predictable about Skyrim, good moral decisions almost never get you rewards. You never will get into a situation, where the random guys you decided not to kill in town, hand you a key for some awesome loots

Who · 2011-12-11, 04:52

The only positive daedras in the game which I ran into are Azura, Meridia and I guess Sheogorath. Are there others? I'm sure there are at least neutral ones like Hircine and Nocturnal

delorean2200 · 2011-12-11, 04:54

What really lacks though is being able to do quests for the vigils i mean common good faction in Skyrim and they didn't thought people might want to join them ? :P That and the fact that i can't kill/arrest Maven/Thieves guild and the blades is pretty much the things that i have discontent with this game, other then that its fine.

LoweGear · 2011-12-11, 05:01

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Originally Posted by Who

The only positive daedras in the game which I ran into are Azura, Meridia and I guess Sheogorath. Are there others? I'm sure there are at least neutral ones like Hircine and Nocturnal

You forgot Sanguine, who's simply looking for a good time

His quest line is basically "Dude, Where's My Car?!" or "The Hangover" Skyrim style... which means it's actually more tame than those two

Darkbeat · 2011-12-11, 05:18

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Originally Posted by Who

The only positive daedras in the game which I ran into are Azura, Meridia and I guess Sheogorath. Are there others? I'm sure there are at least neutral ones like Hircine and Nocturnal

Yeah really Azura and Meridia are the only good ones, Sheogorath more fits into neutral, or perhaps his own category of "bonkers".

For evil I'm thinking Malacath, Mehrunes Dagon (of course), Molag Bal, Namira and Vaermina.

Boethiah and Mephala are both considered good by the Dunmer, so that's enough to qualify them as neutral in my book.

That all said, I've only done Azura, Meridia, Sheogorath and Peryite. It's not as easy playing the good guy (and resisting temptation) as you'd think

Kyero Fox · 2011-12-11, 06:40

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Originally Posted by creb

Well, opinions, you know?

I mean, I enjoyed Skyrim, but as a person who doesn't really care about sandboxes, there was somewhat limited story-driven gameplay for me in Skyrim, so for me, Skyrim would hardly be the Game of the Year.

I'm well aware that my disdain for sandbox focused gameplay is in the minority though, so I won't bat an eyelash if Skyrim does win that award. In fact, I'd say it's a shoe-in.

But, from my perspective, as a person who enjoys stories more than sandboxes, there's at least one game coming this Christmas with a far better story than any of those found within Skyrim, and that's Star Wars the Old Republic, and I know that because I've already played through half of the stories within it.

Nevermind the plethora of games from earlier this year with far better stories (Witcher 2, for instance).

Also, just to make sure we stay on topic here,

am I the only one that wonders why most of the female NPCs seem to use the male skeleton for animations, when there is obviously a female one, which you can easily see by making a female character and comparing her various poses vs that of most of the female NPCs.

But its not about just you, its about EEEEVERYone

and no game in december is coming close to Skyrim's fan amount.

Keroko · 2011-12-11, 06:49

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Originally Posted by Kyero Fox

What exactly is coming out christmas that has a chance of beating skyrim?

Not as much as I expected, turns out. But the Old Republic has a fair chance, being both Star Wars and Bioware. Two big names.

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Originally Posted by delorean2200

Thank you all for your inputs ^^, i wanted to create a new char and try to be more positive with that one (not dissing out my old assassin one but i want to go unarmed badass to XD, with some destruction magic), the one problem i do have with Skyrim is that you don't have many chances to be a positive character, pretty much it pushes you towards an evil path, ex: daedra weapons, thieves guild, Maven Black-Briar...

I see Daedra weapons as slaying evil and putting their corpses to the service of good.

Kyero Fox · 2011-12-11, 07:01

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Originally Posted by Keroko

Not as much as I expected, turns out. But the Old Republic has a fair chance, being both Star Wars and Bioware. Two big names.

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Oh duh I did forget TOR, But it's a MMO, has world of warcraft won GOTY? I don't recall >_>

-Sho- · 2011-12-11, 07:16

Well Skyrim is the GOTY.

Spoiler for See:

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GAME OF THE YEAR

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Nominees: Batman: Arkham City; The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword; Portal 2; Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception

STUDIO OF THE YEAR

Bethesda Game Studios
Nominees:Naughty Dog; Rocksteady Studios; Valve

BEST XBOX 360 GAME

Batman: Arkham City
Nominees:Forza Motorsport 4; Gears of War 3; Portal 2

BEST PS3 GAME

Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Nominees: inFAMOUS 2; Killzone 3; LittleBigPlanet 2

BEST WII GAME

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Nominees: Disney's Epic Mickey; Kirby's Return to Dream Land; Lost in Shadow

BEST PC GAME

Portal 2
Nominees: Battlefield 3; Minecraft; The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

BEST HANDHELD/MOBILE GAME

Super Mario 3D Land
Nominees: Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective; Infinity Blade; Jetpack Joyride

BEST SHOOTER

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Nominees: Battlefield 3; Gears of War 3; Rage

BEST ACTION ADVENTURE GAME

Batman: Arkham City
Nominees: Assassin's Creed: Revelations; The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword; Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception

BEST RPG

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Nominees: Dark Souls; Deus Ex: Human Revolution; Dragon Age II

BEST MULTIPLAYER

Portal 2
Nominees: Battlefield 3; Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3; Gears of War 3

BEST INDIVIDUAL SPORTS GAME

Fight Night Champion
Nominees: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters; Top Spin 4; Virtua Tennis 4

BEST TEAM SPORTS GAME

NBA 2K12
Nominees: FIFA Soccer 12; NHL 12; MLB '11: The Show

BEST DRIVING GAME

Forza Motorsport 4
Nominees: DiRT 3; Driver: San Francisco; Need For Speed: The Run

BEST FIGHTING GAME

Mortal Kombat
Nominees: The King of Fighters XIII; Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds; WWE All Stars

BEST MOTION GAME

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Nominees: Child of Eden; Dance Central 2; The Gunstringer

BEST INDEPENDENT GAME

Minecraft
Nominees: Bastion; Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery EP; The Binding of Isaac

BEST ADAPTED VIDEO GAME

Batman: Arkham City
Nominees: Back to the Future: The Game; Captain America: Super Soldier; LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars

BEST SONG IN A GAME

"Setting Sail, Coming Home (End Theme)" by Darren Korb—Bastion
Nominees: "Build that Wall (Zia's Theme)" by Darren Korb—Bastion; "Exile Vilify" by The National—Portal 2; "I'm Not Calling You a Liar" by Florence + the Machine—Dragon Age II; "Want You Gone" by Jonathan Coulton—Portal 2

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Bastion
Nominees: Batman: Arkham City; Deus Ex: Human Revolution; Portal 2

BEST GRAPHICS

Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Nominees: Batman: Arkham City; LA Noire; Rage

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN MALE

Stephen Merchant as Wheatley—Portal 2
Nominees: J.K. Simmons as Cave Johnson—Portal 2; Mark Hamill as The Joker—Batman: Arkham City; Nolan North as Nathan Drake—Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN FEMALE

Ellen McLain as GLaDOS—Portal 2
Nominees: Claudia Black as Chloe Frazer—Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception; Emily Rose as Elena Fisher—Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception; Tara Strong as Harley Quinn—Batman: Arkham City

BEST DOWNLOADABLE GAME

Bastion
Nominees:Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet; Stacking; Trenched

BEST DLC

Portal 2 Peer Review
Nominees: Fallout: New Vegas—Old World Blues; Mass Effect 2: Arrival; Mortal Kombat: Freddy Krueger

MOST ANTICIPATED GAME

Mass Effect 3
Nominees: BioShock: Infinite; Diablo III; Halo 4; The Last Guardian

No award for best story ?

Who · 2011-12-11, 07:33

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Originally Posted by LoweGear

You forgot Sanguine, who's simply looking for a good time

His quest line is basically "Dude, Where's My Car?!" or "The Hangover" Skyrim style... which means it's actually more tame than those two

I don't know how I could've forgotten him... I feel so ashamed.

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Originally Posted by Darkbeat

Yeah really Azura and Meridia are the only good ones, Sheogorath more fits into neutral, or perhaps his own category of "bonkers".

For evil I'm thinking Malacath, Mehrunes Dagon (of course), Molag Bal, Namira and Vaermina.

Boethiah and Mephala are both considered good by the Dunmer, so that's enough to qualify them as neutral in my book.

That all said, I've only done Azura, Meridia, Sheogorath and Peryite. It's not as easy playing the good guy (and resisting temptation) as you'd think

Namira's quest is pretty black and white, in my opinion. I think that, combined with the Forsworn rebellion and another quest, left Markarth as a ghost town in my save. I regret nothing.

Also, Dual Flurry and daggers is amazingggggggg. It's a pity daggers aren't affected by fortify enchantments.

lightbringer · 2011-12-11, 07:34

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Originally Posted by Kyero Fox

But its not about just you, its about EEEEVERYone

and no game in december is coming close to Skyrim's fan amount.

Don't be silly... is what I'd like to say, but Skyrim sold 3.5 million units in the first 48 hours. That's a fantastic number. TOR has around 2.5-3 million preorders however (1 million physical copies in the USA; add Europe and add digital sales), so I expect it to come close if not surpass Skyrim.

Tong · 2011-12-11, 08:14

BF3 is way better than MW3
Batman isnt a 360 exclusive
Mortal Kombat pales in comparison to serious fighting games
sigh, who de heck voted this...

Can't argue with Skyrim though, game's beasty.

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Kyero Fox Tastes Cloudy Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Snake Way Age: 35	What exactly is coming out christmas that has a chance of beating skyrim? __________________

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delorean2200 ヒットハード＆高速 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Scanning... Age: 37	Thank you all for your inputs ^^, i wanted to create a new char and try to be more positive with that one (not dissing out my old assassin one but i want to go unarmed badass to XD, with some destruction magic), the one problem i do have with Skyrim is that you don't have many chances to be a positive character, pretty much it pushes you towards an evil path, ex: daedra weapons, thieves guild, Maven Black-Briar... __________________

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Myssa Rei Moderate Haruhiist Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Metro Manila, Philippines Age: 42	It's easy to play a straight-up good guy in Skyrim, like your Heavy-Armor Wearing Restoration-using Paladin archetype, it's just playing morally grey is not only much more rewarding, it's also fun. Says much about the setting really, given how widespread Daedric worship was in Oblivion. __________________

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delorean2200 ヒットハード＆高速 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Scanning... Age: 37	What really lacks though is being able to do quests for the vigils i mean common good faction in Skyrim and they didn't thought people might want to join them ? :P That and the fact that i can't kill/arrest Maven/Thieves guild and the blades is pretty much the things that i have discontent with this game, other then that its fine. __________________

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Tong Many RPGs, Little Time Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: BR Age: 32	BF3 is way better than MW3 Batman isnt a 360 exclusive Mortal Kombat pales in comparison to serious fighting games sigh, who de heck voted this... Can't argue with Skyrim though, game's beasty. __________________

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Darkbeat 'אין ייאוש בעולם כלל Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: UK Age: 39	I tried to play the positive character, but Skyrim actively punishes you for doing so. Still, I'm not going to join the DB. I don't use daggers/sneaking and don't care for horses. I'm also trying to weed out the good and/or close-to-neutral daedra from the outright evil. So from both these decisions I'll miss out on loot and a ton of achievements, seems just like bad planning from Bethesda but to be expected. It's still a legendary game, a worthy winner of GOTY and moreso than any other game could really benefit from some massive DLC and expansions.

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Who Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: NY, USA Age: 33	The only positive daedras in the game which I ran into are Azura, Meridia and I guess Sheogorath. Are there others? I'm sure there are at least neutral ones like Hircine and Nocturnal