Kerghan Posted October 9, 2011 Share Posted October 9, 2011 (edited) I just got the latest issue of PC Gamer (North America) in the mail today, which features a large hands on preview of Skyrim, complete with several new screenshots. Figured I'd share some of the info divulged in the article which I had never heard before (that doesn't necessarily mean that all of it is new). I don't consider any of this to be spoilers, but be warned nonetheless. *Skyrim is balanced around level 50, with level 70 being the cap.*The game features 280 perks. They claim it should take you roughly 1,000 hours to unlock just 93 of those perks. Don't ask me how they got those numbers.*Sneak attacks have a damage multiplier of x10.*There are 150 caves and dungeons to explore.*Lockpicking works exactly as it does in Fallout 3.*There is a sprint button. As one might guess, sprinting drains stamina, and it does so more quickly depending on what armor you're wearing.*The combined spell combat feature is a perk, although you can dual wield spells without it. When doing so, you fire off each spell separately, instead of combining them into a unique spell.*One of the companion NPCs available to you is a dog.*Companion NPCs will have advanced commands, such as telling them to "unlock this" or "steal that" or "kill them". Todd Howard compared the way it works to an RTS.*Vampires are in, and they can infect you, eventually turning you into a vampire too if you don't get it cured. Supposedly you can cure vampirism with a cure disease potion. The author ended up getting rid of the curse by befriending a couple of traveling monks, who healed him for free.*You can mine ore, if you have a pickaxe, and smelt it into ingots. You can combine said ingots with other crafting materials to create new items.*Music does not play constantly. It triggers dynamically depending on what's going on in the game.*The game was running on a PC with a GeForce GTX 470, Core i7-980x, 6 gigs of ram, 7,200 rpm hard drive, at a resolution of 1680x1050. The author claimed the game ran flawlessly and looked "damn near photorealistic."*I'm not sure how many of these are truly new, but the screenshots that caught my eye depicted: A sabertooth tiger(?) getting bathed in a stream of flame, an ice elemental, a beautiful girl (hard to say what race, perhaps an Imperial, no neck seam ;) ), an orc about to crush the hero with a blow from some kind of heavy mace, a robed and hooded thief-like character wielding a glowing bow covered in whitish flames, and the lockpicking minigame.*No, I won't post scans of the article. The full article is a lot more fleshed out than these bullets I posted. The author had 3.5 hour session with the game. Sounds like Bethesda is about to deliver yet another Game of the Year. Edited October 9, 2011 by Kerghan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hector530 Posted October 9, 2011 Share Posted October 9, 2011 i think Zaldiir already put all that on the sticky. someone posted scans of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SynysterShadows1213 Posted October 9, 2011 Share Posted October 9, 2011 35hrs? You mean 3-5 right? lol But I think the article was posted up already, thanks anyways! Wasn't sure about the level cap but that answers my question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremxula Posted October 9, 2011 Share Posted October 9, 2011 3.5 is what I read, means three and a half hours.But more to the point I have not got my PC Gamer yet. :verymad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hector530 Posted October 9, 2011 Share Posted October 9, 2011 I have not got my PC Gamer yet. :verymad: now you do http://www.thenexusforums.com/index.php?/topic/441580-pc-gamer-us-december-2011-scans/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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