On the topic of beer. This is Skyrim afterall.

[Vindekarr]

How'd you think/want beer to be implemented in Skyrim? Nord's strike me as MAJOR drinkers, men and women alike, and it makes sense that if Bethsoft knows it's stuff, they'll have bars as major hubs. Nords always struck me as taverndwellers, when they're off work, it's tavern, THEN home, but it begs the question, if Nords like to drink, what's going to have to be done to the beer.

 

Because as things stand, beer in Vanilla Oblivion simply "drains Intelligence and or Personality"-and with the vast potential for drunk Nord shenanigens, that isnt gonna cut it, I want something remotely like the booze in the original Witcher-stumbling around in a drunken fug, while hundreds of monsters attack you was absolutely terrific comic relief, you could really unwind some of the game's stressfactor by downing a few hard ones, laughing your head off as Geral stumbled around, falling over objects and his own feet, or even outright passing out cold. Good fun, and it makes perfect sense to have our tough as all hell Nordic protag a hard drinker too.

 

I think 'Beths needs to have a good hard look at beer. Beer could be a major tying point for game content, particularly affecting the lives of the AI and how you interact with them, just think, drunken fistfights, bar brawl, drunk wench related chaos, seedy backroom dealings, black marketry, criminal meetings, skooma trade, you could have all this just by doing taverns right-and even more, a massive source of comic relief aswell. And all stemming from beer!

 

Thoughts? and thanks to anyone who even reads a thread titled "on the topic of beer" you are clearly good people.

[stars2heaven]

I agree. I see Nords as the Klingons of Tamriel. The only thing they love more than brawls and being drunk is drunken brawls! I think that the local pub would likely be the center point for cultural activity in any Nordic community.

[Bloodinfested]

I would like to see that! got me thinking about the witcher now when you get wasted everything is a blur and if you happen to get in a fight it was just about almost impossible to fight. I love how your reaction time was also so much lower and the staggering walk when drunk lol it was pretty realistic approach on their part.. something like that would add a lot to game play I think

[Keanumoreira]

Bar fights anyone? :D

 

That does sound good. :teehee:

Edited May 18, 2011 by Keanumoreira

[ita]

Yeah, bar fights and drinking contests would be awesome. 8)

[AurianaValoria1]

It would be interesting to see if certain races had a higher tolerance for alcohol than others. Nords would probably be the slowest to get drunk.

 

The quickest?

 

Bretons. :tongue:

[darkedge42392]

;D Good one, Auriana. I think alcohol would be a good addition to Skyrim. I can already see Adrynn getting into a bunch of drunken bar brawls with some Nords . . . >.>

[LordWushin]

I imagine bloodmoon on steroids. I would love it if Beth implemented some kind of drunken stupor. Makes the game more life like. Lol

[huntsman2310a]

in this case Nords are like Australians

 

quoting Danny Bhoy here

 

"In a bar in paris, the french guy will say goodbye to everyone and walk, off into the moonlight"

 

"In Australia, the bell dings, chaos begins"

 

Hang on..... what if in the arena in Skyrim (There will be), you could choose drunk as a fighting style or handicap? I'd so throw down with a frost giant while hammered if thats the case

Edited May 19, 2011 by huntsman2310a

[WolfySnackrib]

I wanna see either a drunken nord or a drunken guard, acting all funny like in Thief: The Dark Project. God damn, I love that silly drunk guard!!