Think I managed about 5 mins of NV before deciding I'd seen enough of the current Fallout universe to last me a lifetime. New engine next gen will no doubt see me back.

Was planning on re-purchasing Skyrim for the DLC as I sold it as soon as I'd platinum'd it, guess that won't be happening now.

It was just a little project worked on by a small team and doen't count as one of the mooted (three?) larger expansions, of which Dawnguard was the first.

Then it will turn out to be an MMO and I will be sad

Boston would be good, setting it in a more autumnal location could look beautiful.

Have started playing this in earnest now, having avoided it since getting it last xmas, due to my current interest in high-fantasy gubbins.  It's pretty good, but quite overwhelming at first - especially with all the unpronounceable names.  I think I'm going to go down the wizard route (is that possible, to specialise?  I know so little about this game), but it's pretty satisfying burying a two handed battleaxe into dudes.  I'm level 5 atm.

Yesterday, I saw a Mammoth levitate and then when I snuck up on a troll-looking guy who was out walking his other hairy elephant (he seemed pretty non-plussed that his mega-follicled pachyderm had just flown into the air) I got doubled teamed by him and his pet - launching me about 500ft in the air.

What an odd game.

Gremill wrote:

  I think I'm going to go down the wizard route (is that possible, to specialise?  I know so little about this game), but it's pretty satisfying burying a two handed battleaxe into dudes.

Depends how long you play but you get enough skill points to be very proficient at all three styles at the same time if you want. It's when supporting skills like Alchemy, Enchanting or Smithing start sucking up your points you run out of them.

I duuno, I found magic regen pretty handy; it'd often just give the edge needed to win sometimes.

The game's really designed with specialisation in mind, it can get pretty difficult if you try to do everything because of the way enemies level.

Anyone make good use of the dragon shouts? I never did. More often than not I'd trigger one by accident then it'd be timed out when I actually needed it.

There was one that turned you into some sort of ghost so you took no damage but could still dish it out. The clear skies one was handy too because fuck rain.

So was I, the archery is great. I used the ghost one when fighting dragons, as I had no elemental protection on my armour. The recharge time on it was pretty rapid.

Mod74 wrote:

I was 100% sneak/archery though, so never found one that helped with that.

I'm a sneaky archer as well, found Aura Whisper one of the most useful shouts. Being able to see if anyone was in the next room or around a corner was a big help in dungeons.

Yeah, haven't used that as much as I probably should have. Again, it works a treat in dungeons against unsuspecting bandits and the like when long range archery is out.

AJ_ wrote:

Wasn't there a "throw voice" one, too? That's pretty much designed for sneaky types.

Maybe it is but using it just put everyone on alert straight away checking wherever you'd sent it.

What was the issue? Health stacking? I despise the Bethesda approach to difficulty scaling. Or perhaps it's an engine thing. The difficulty of Old World Blues actually made me hate the whole New Vegas experience for a long while.

I have a massive hankering to return to this now for a new epic (no fast travel) playthrough.  I wanted to wait until all the dlc had been released, but the way things are going that could be a year away.