Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

[NiX]

I have all weekend to work  And releases are traditionally Tuesday.

Fuck tradition and the weird habit of some people to take sick days just to play a video game.

[Engels]

Chorus & voice acting in Skyrim. Christopher Plummer, Max Von Sydow, some other English person

[Bunk]

I have all weekend to work  And releases are traditionally Tuesday.

Fuck tradition and the weird habit of some people to take sick days just to play a video game.

I actually booked Friday off properly.

[Sky]

National holiday ftw.

If I didn't have plans with the old lady already.

[Tannhauser]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j50u0zUeCmU&feature=player_embedded

Awesome find Tao!  Having said that, I think I'll wait and see what other f13'ers say about the game.  Oblivion and Fallout 3 got old real fast.

[Malakili]

My "wait for steam sale for all things developed or published by Bethesda" plan hasn't failed me yet.   I fully intend to play Skyrim, but not yet.

[WayAbvPar]

I am with you on that. Although I will probably get bored for 10 seconds at some point over the weekend and impulse buy it. I am a weak, weak man.

[Malakili]

I am with you on that. Although I will probably get bored for 10 seconds at some point over the weekend and impulse buy it. I am a weak, weak man.

Eh, you'll get no criticism from me, that happens to me from time to time as well.  I just happen to be set for games right now.

[Ingmar]

My "wait for steam sale for all things developed or published by Bethesda" plan hasn't failed me yet.   I fully intend to play Skyrim, but not yet.

Just out of curiosity what would you consider to be an actual failure condition for this plan? 

[Rasix]

I'll be waiting on the feedback from here for the PC version.  I'm so addicted to LoL right now that I can wait with little to no problems.

[Malakili]

My "wait for steam sale for all things developed or published by Bethesda" plan hasn't failed me yet.   I fully intend to play Skyrim, but not yet.

Just out of curiosity what would you consider to be an actual failure condition for this plan? 

Maybe buying something and thinking my life would've been way better had I purchased it when it was new?  I haven't put much thought into this I dunno.

[Ingmar]

Then you failed with New Vegas! 

[Malakili]

Then you failed with New Vegas! 

Heh, I did like New Vegas a lot, but I do recall people complaining it was buggy and borderline unplayable at launch...so... hard to say :)

[NiX]

I actually booked Friday off properly.

Damn British Columbians and their weird mountain air.

[Ingmar]

Then you failed with New Vegas! 

Heh, I did like New Vegas a lot, but I do recall people complaining it was buggy and borderline unplayable at launch...so... hard to say :)

Didn't match my experience. I had one or two tiny bugs in my whole playthrough. It was more playable at release for me than FO3 was a year in.

[schild]

I'll be waiting on the feedback from here for the PC version.  I'm so addicted to LoL right now that I can wait with little to no problems.

You're addicted to LoL? I did not think that would happen.

[Rasix]

I'll be waiting on the feedback from here for the PC version.  I'm so addicted to LoL right now that I can wait with little to no problems.

You're addicted to LoL? I did not think that would happen.

Strange isn't it?  2-4 games a night, and I'm playing almost nothing else.  But yes, a competitive multiplayer game engrossing me this much is a bit odd.

[Ginaz]

Is this out today or Friday?  I believe it says 11 Nov. on Steam but if its out today in stores then I will pick it up on the way home from work.

[Reg]

Even if it's out in stores isn't it going to require Steam to run the same as New Vegas?

[NiX]

Is this out today or Friday?  I believe it says 11 Nov. on Steam but if its out today in stores then I will pick it up on the way home from work.

Friday is the release date. If you can find a console version, you can play, but PC has to wait.

[Bandit]

Anyone hear of any pre-order deals?

Seems pretty steeply priced to not give a 10% deal for pre-orders. Or some DLC. Or something!

Also, anyone have a Steam pre-order? Wondering about pre-load window (or availability).

Pre-load seems to be up now on Steam, I restarted steam after midnight EST and it came up as a pop-up to install.

[MisterNoisy]

Direct2Drive has it for $54, but not having to create another login is worth $6 to me, so I picked it up on Steam.  Hilariously, I was planning to pick this up later because Saints Row the Third comes out four days later, but I kept thinking about a whole weekend with nothing but a new TES game to sink into at launch and succumbed.

I think I may have a problem.

[Soukyan]

Is this out today or Friday?  I believe it says 11 Nov. on Steam but if its out today in stores then I will pick it up on the way home from work.

Friday is the release date. If you can find a console version, you can play, but PC has to wait.

Pre-loaded PC version on Steam this morning. No waiting required. November 11th it will be playable.

[NiX]

Pre-loaded PC version on Steam this morning. No waiting required. November 11th it will be playable.

Was referring to if you were able to get a PC copy early. You wouldn't be able to play until Friday anyway.

[WayAbvPar]

I made the mistake of reading the first couple of pages of the SA Skyrim thread, where I saw a link to http://intkeys.com/, which has it for $34.99. No way I could pass that up, so I am now a pre-order guy. 

[Engels]

Odd, although their banner adds have Skyrim, the link takes you to CoD MW3 page.

NM, the actual game is up now on their listings.

Also, for CoD MW3

VPN NEEDED:

This is the Eastern European version of the game, activation has to be done with a VPN. You can ask us to make it for you, or do it yourself using the youtube guide:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPMmBHZQQCc

after activation the game will be region free and will work worldwide from your steam account.

[Lounge]

I made the mistake of reading the first couple of pages of the SA Skyrim thread, where I saw a link to http://intkeys.com/, which has it for $34.99. No way I could pass that up, so I am now a pre-order guy. 

How legit is the site?  I've seen key sites like this before but they always have such shady looking sites I won't even try them.

[NiX]

I was doing good until I watched the Animation Video they posted today, which led me to the Sound Video.

I've become impatient.

[tgr]

Stop it.

[Daeven]

I was doing good until I watched the Animation Video they posted today, which led me to the Sound Video.

I've become impatient.

*waits impatiently for the new LGA 2011 boards to come out so he can run this damn thing.....*

[WayAbvPar]

I made the mistake of reading the first couple of pages of the SA Skyrim thread, where I saw a link to http://intkeys.com/, which has it for $34.99. No way I could pass that up, so I am now a pre-order guy. 

How legit is the site?  I've seen key sites like this before but they always have such shady looking sites I won't even try them.

The goon who posted it claims to have purchased BF3 through them with no problems. I purchased through Paypal and it went right through. I will find out tomorrow night how legit they are I guess

[Paelos]

So we can buy keys from the Russian mob now, or something?

[Lounge]

I did some more digging on IntKeys.  Apparently they are selling russian keys and a significant number of them have to be activated via a vpn to russia.  Their Facebook page is full of people bitching:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Intkeys/196247380396655?sk=wall

Final verdict:  $25 off is not enough for me to gamble with possible credit fraud

[Soukyan]

I did some more digging on IntKeys.  Apparently they are selling russian keys and a significant number of them have to be activated via a vpn to russia.  Their Facebook page is full of people bitching:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Intkeys/196247380396655?sk=wall

Final verdict:  $25 off is not enough for me to gamble with possible credit fraud

One-time use Paypal credit card number? ;)

Some people will do anything for early access. In a bit over 24 hours, everyone will have access. The suspense is terrific. I hope it lasts...

[Paelos]

Within a day of release, people will be shitting on the controls and ui.

That's my prediction.