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Ripten previews Skyrim

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Gaming website Ripten have posted a preview based on a three hour play session.

The preview recounts Dave Oshry's journey from Riverwood to Winterhold. It contains a large number of spoilers.

Another thing I noted during my time down in the BFB was the fact that I could use the environment to dispatch my foes. At one point I was being hounded by a group of Draugr (Faendal’s useless Elven arse was already uncounsious on the ground) when I noticed a puddle of oil on the ground. I thought to myself, “Hmm, those are undead, there’s some oil, and this is a fire spell in my right hand…” Then I remembered that one scene in Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade. Sure enough, a stream of fire set the oil and the Draugr ablaze! I was quite proud of myself, and quite proud of Bethesda for figuring this out as well. Not long after I executed the same maneuver again, only this time I shot a lantern off the ceiling and it exploded into the puddle of oil below. Awesome. This sort of environmental interaction was not something I expected in Skyrim, but it was certainly a welcome addition to the gameplay.


You can comment or try and ask Mr Oshry questions about it in the thread he has created on the forums.

3 comments

  1. TwilightVampireMan
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    omg in skyrim i just head you can even be a freaking vampire, wear wolf or even a canible, eating humans is freaky. this game realy seems to have it all. im gona be a vampire on one save a wear wolf on another. im so glad that i got it preordered and am picking it up on the midnight launch date. im not sleeping for two days when this bad boy comes out. and hopefully there will be vampire improvement mods, knowing how bad Bethesda version of vampires always is. but the game will rock as long as there are more than just clothing and character mods. please bring back the good mods guys.
  2. borjoyzee
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    I'd love to read it but I've been resisting things like this for months now, because I want my first experience to be fresh and unspoilt. And it's so close now...
  3. Zaldiir
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    It's a really good, and for once, original preview!
    A very good read!