The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

    I tried the AO trick last night. The incredibly minor increase in image quality didn't warrant the frame rate hit. In most situations you won't even notice it, and it causes other fun graphical oddities.

    Anybody else doing this recently.....?

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    I can't be the only one!

    Pffff... but are you doing it from the steam overlay without ever quitting the game?!?

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    I tried the AO trick last night. The incredibly minor increase in image quality didn't warrant the frame rate hit. In most situations you won't even notice it, and it causes other fun graphical oddities.

    Yep, I had to set it to "performance" instead of "quality", works pretty well that way, maybe give it a go that way, it's worth it, the vegetation outside looks sooooooo much better, although I did find the effect a little bit exaggerated during the night or snowy areas.

    I turned shadows to Low also, the SSAO does a much better job at shadows than those horribly implemented shadow maps.

    Man, I am having so much fun with sneaking and my bow, fuck me!

    Urgh. Just played for like an hour, fought a dragon to a tiny sliver of its health left, and then died because that health bar draining at the bottom of the screen is easy to miss when the entire rest of the screen is on fire. Lost all that progress.

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    I'm started using the SSAO today, I feel the pro's massively outweigh the cons. The biggest problem I have are artefacts when foliage is fading in or it's foggy, and weird AO bands sometimes visible in the sky.

    eh.... So I haven't bought this yet cause I know the instant I do I will stop the other games I'm playing and I at least want to get through a bunch of them first. The really shitty part is that I don't think my laptop from last year will be quite optimal enough to really enjoy it. So shit, I gotta play on PS3 or 360. Suggestions? Was one of the platforms the "lead console" or does that shit not matter for this game?

    DAMN YOU BETHESDA! Seriously...seems this and Arkham City are top GOTY candidates.

    Thief seems like the hardest "class" to play. I have both my mage and thief at level 25 now and there's a pretty big difference between the two in terms of difficulty. I don't know if it's because I've happened to do more low-level quests lately (started on stormcloak questline), or if it's just because mages are stronger. I found mage far more fun (perhaps because of variety) to play than thief, despite having all the awesome assassination/sneak and archery perks on my thief.

    The questlines seems a bit shorter in this game. I finished both thieves guild and dark brotherhood in just a few hours. and another thing; i hate it when the dark brotherhood members

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    gets switched out with generic initiates. they don't have any personality

    . the same goes for companions (but they're pretty much useless as mage because of friendly fire).

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    So shit, I gotta play on PS3 or 360.

    Well I would suggest against console versions, not only they look worse, you also lose the ability to mod the game and replay later with addition of good mods that are sure to come. Mods even made Oblivion into a decent RPG with proper balance instead of autolevelling on everything.

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    Now THAT is how you start a game

    My horse got killed by a sabretooth. I hope they do horse armour DLC.

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    but they're pretty much useless as mage because of friendly fire

    Take away their melee weapons and give them a bow. I do this even as a melee character because you can guarantee as soon as you start a power attack they’ll run in front of you.

    Man, ghosts don't fuck around, and don't give two shits about your magic. Completely invulnerable to ice, and lightning barely did anything, and not only did it kill me before I realized, it did a special kill animation on me, and then did a spooky ghost laugh.

    Fuck ghosts.

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    I find arrows win. Against everything.

    Sneak and bow is really fun, but it's hard. Gets easier as you level up, but... hard.

    Btw, what dificulty level you guys playing? I'm playing the one between adept and master, forgot the name. It looks like a good sweet spot.

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