Since tv sucks now it's great how most shows have diminishing returns. Witcher and The Last of Us were all the rage for one season, then trickled down to nothing. One hopes that this will be Fallout's fate with season 3 now that they're done with the New Vegas ragebait.stormvermin wrote: β February 15th, 2026, 14:56The Fallout show's second season only peaking the game at a third of what S1 did is telling though.
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Most of my Skyrim runs were vanilla (with the bugfix megamod), with only a handful of runs being modded with realism and survival mods. It's a perfectly enjoyable game on its own merits, and it's also kind of a breath of fresh air to just go through the raw Skyrim world as it is after swimming through that vast sea of mods.Tweed wrote: β February 14th, 2026, 20:00People who like Skyrim would turn to shriek and turn to dust if they tried to play vanilla for more than 5 seconds.Vergil wrote: β February 14th, 2026, 18:12Most people who liked Skyrim have never stopped playing it for more than like 6-9 months before jumping back in.rusty_shackleford wrote: β February 14th, 2026, 18:10most people who liked skyrim would hate it if they replayed it now, they liked it because they were 9
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I don't know how anybody played anything but the mainquest.TKVNC wrote: β February 14th, 2026, 12:58Skyrim is honestly such an ugly game. Even in 2011 the models were uncanny. I think Enderal's 'father', which I recall someone mentioned looks like an ape sums it up nicely.
Everyone looks like a deformed freak with an ape index of 10:1
Kind of how I felt about Fallout 4 too tbhTKVNC wrote: β February 14th, 2026, 12:58Skyrim is honestly such an ugly game. Even in 2011 the models were uncanny. I think Enderal's 'father', which I recall someone mentioned looks like an ape sums it up nicely.
Everyone looks like a deformed freak with an ape index of 10:1
i thought mainquest was the worst part lel. i dont have it finished still in 1 and only run i got.maidenhaver wrote: β February 16th, 2026, 02:12I don't know how anybody played anything but the mainquest.TKVNC wrote: β February 14th, 2026, 12:58Skyrim is honestly such an ugly game. Even in 2011 the models were uncanny. I think Enderal's 'father', which I recall someone mentioned looks like an ape sums it up nicely.
Everyone looks like a deformed freak with an ape index of 10:1
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Am I the only person who actually fell for the psyop and played Skyrim to thuum dragons?Red7 wrote: β February 16th, 2026, 09:39i thought mainquest was the worst part lel. i dont have it finished still in 1 and only run i got.maidenhaver wrote: β February 16th, 2026, 02:12I don't know how anybody played anything but the mainquest.TKVNC wrote: β February 14th, 2026, 12:58Skyrim is honestly such an ugly game. Even in 2011 the models were uncanny. I think Enderal's 'father', which I recall someone mentioned looks like an ape sums it up nicely.
Everyone looks like a deformed freak with an ape index of 10:1
Probably. Bethesda games you used to ignore the mainquest and explore the world and find great loot or rob peoples houses.maidenhaver wrote: β February 16th, 2026, 12:57Am I the only person who actually fell for the psyop and played Skyrim to thuum dragons?Red7 wrote: β February 16th, 2026, 09:39i thought mainquest was the worst part lel. i dont have it finished still in 1 and only run i got.maidenhaver wrote: β February 16th, 2026, 02:12I don't know how anybody played anything but the mainquest.
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I know how to play bethesda games, but I couldn't play skyrim that way. I joined the bard's collage and mages guild and never did their quests. When the thieves guild man told me to go to the sewer, I went in their lair, looked around, and quit. I got as far as Auriel's Bow for Dawnguard, because I was ****** the Ideal Masters didn't resemble the Chim-el Adabal anymore. I beat Dragonborn, kicking and screaming, because I hated how it was just memberberries and a nobody villain. I was still mad at the itemization, Skyruler Temple was boring, how Alduin was handled, no snow-whales, and the legendary heroes were nobodies. I don't know how anybody played Skyrim like they did Morrowind, because the best thuums were in the main quest.
I played Skyrim in a near constant state of rage, actually it was quite metal as ****, looking back. White Barbarian yelling at Dragons is a good premise.
I played Skyrim in a near constant state of rage, actually it was quite metal as ****, looking back. White Barbarian yelling at Dragons is a good premise.
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I actually don't understand this whole 'I never played the main quest', they are generally better than the rest of the content.
The writing has been weak since, and even during Morrowind. The swan song was, imo, Shivering Isles.
Everything since has been mediocre slop.
The writing has been weak since, and even during Morrowind. The swan song was, imo, Shivering Isles.
Everything since has been mediocre slop.
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main quests are ******
sometimes one or two sidequests are worth doing, but the decline killed them also
sometimes one or two sidequests are worth doing, but the decline killed them also
While skyrim gets lof of things wrong. The music is great and it has plenty of dungeons to explore. But story and writing can be skipped ofc. Rest of the gameplay you have to fix with mods these days.maidenhaver wrote: β February 16th, 2026, 13:52I know how to play bethesda games, but I couldn't play skyrim that way. I joined the bard's collage and mages guild and never did their quests. When the thieves guild man told me to go to the sewer, I went in their lair, looked around, and quit. I got as far as Auriel's Bow for Dawnguard, because I was ****** the Ideal Masters didn't resemble the Chim-el Adabal anymore. I beat Dragonborn, kicking and screaming, because I hated how it was just memberberries and a nobody villain. I was still mad at the itemization, Skyruler Temple was boring, how Alduin was handled, no snow-whales, and the legendary heroes were nobodies. I don't know how anybody played Skyrim like they did Morrowind, because the best thuums were in the main quest.
I played Skyrim in a near constant state of rage, actually it was quite metal as ****, looking back. White Barbarian yelling at Dragons is a good premise.
here a few examples (I dont use all currently):
MorrowLoot Ultimate
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... mods/60888
Requiem - The Roleplaying Overhaul
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Zim's Immersive Artifacts
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... /mods/9138
Worlds Dawn - Enchanted loot and RPG attributes in Skyrim
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/73094
Dynamic Dungeon Loot (DDL)
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... mods/10308
Certainly helps if you enjoy the progression loot system of these games. Plenty of artifacts which are really good then. Even the seven mile boots in Morrowloot make a come back. (sadly tho magic resist doesnt remove the blindness here tho
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if you just skip the writing, music, gameplay, cutscenes, dragons, npcs, graphics, and a few other things game might be playable
TRVTHNVKE.asf wrote: β February 16th, 2026, 14:56if you just skip the writing, music, gameplay, cutscenes, dragons, npcs, graphics, and a few other things game might be playable
Game sucks.
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well people also still play diablo2 these days... not much there except loot grinding after so many years.asf wrote: β February 16th, 2026, 14:56if you just skip the writing, music, gameplay, cutscenes, dragons, npcs, graphics, and a few other things game might be playable
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Diablo 2 always sucked, was widely mocked by actual RPG fans at the time for good reasonVaako wrote: β February 16th, 2026, 15:01well people also still play diablo2 these days... not much there except loot grinding after so many years.asf wrote: β February 16th, 2026, 14:56if you just skip the writing, music, gameplay, cutscenes, dragons, npcs, graphics, and a few other things game might be playable
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So were the star wars prequels and even those look good nowadays... (not that I ever hated them except jarjar maybe)rusty_shackleford wrote: β February 16th, 2026, 15:52Diablo 2 always sucked, was widely mocked by actual RPG fans at the time for good reasonVaako wrote: β February 16th, 2026, 15:01well people also still play diablo2 these days... not much there except loot grinding after so many years.asf wrote: β February 16th, 2026, 14:56if you just skip the writing, music, gameplay, cutscenes, dragons, npcs, graphics, and a few other things game might be playable
And not all was bad in skyrim. Some of the armor designs certainly improved from Oblivion. Glass/mithril/Ebony looked really ugly in Oblivion and at least glass/ebony improved a little. Elvish maybe too but arguable.
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i always try to calm dragons down with spell and have them **** one of the fuckmeat followers before killing them for soul.maidenhaver wrote: β February 16th, 2026, 12:57Am I the only person who actually fell for the psyop and played Skyrim to thuum dragons?Red7 wrote: β February 16th, 2026, 09:39i thought mainquest was the worst part lel. i dont have it finished still in 1 and only run i got.maidenhaver wrote: β February 16th, 2026, 02:12I don't know how anybody played anything but the mainquest.
its messy when calm spell wears off and they fly away before ******* animation ends lel
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and buy hot altmer sex slavesVaako wrote: β February 16th, 2026, 13:23Probably. Bethesda games you used to ignore the mainquest and explore the world and find great loot or rob peoples houses.maidenhaver wrote: β February 16th, 2026, 12:57Am I the only person who actually fell for the psyop and played Skyrim to thuum dragons?Red7 wrote: β February 16th, 2026, 09:39
i thought mainquest was the worst part lel. i dont have it finished still in 1 and only run i got.
this is important to do at begin, makes rest of game much more fun
Thou shalt not SIMP
only ******** on games but not giving alternatives aswell and I am one of the first to praise morrowind over later TES games... but bethesda always went 1 step forward and 2 backwards for TES at least. In starfield only backwards.
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alternative to playing ****** game is not playing ****** game
there, i saved your life
there, i saved your life
still waiting for all those great games approved by you, preferable elderscrolls likeasf wrote: β February 16th, 2026, 18:34alternative to playing ****** game is not playing ****** game
there, i saved your life
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Darksiders.Vaako wrote: β February 16th, 2026, 22:44still waiting for all those great games approved by you, preferable elderscrolls likeasf wrote: β February 16th, 2026, 18:34alternative to playing ****** game is not playing ****** game
there, i saved your life
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already played 1 and 2 when they released they were decent but no games where you get hundreds of hours played really. They are more like zelda than big sandbox exploring games and most of those these days have survival crap.TKVNC wrote: β February 16th, 2026, 22:51Darksiders.Vaako wrote: β February 16th, 2026, 22:44still waiting for all those great games approved by you, preferable elderscrolls likeasf wrote: β February 16th, 2026, 18:34alternative to playing ****** game is not playing ****** game
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