5 days until Skyrim. What are you doing first?

[Ramin 123]

My first thing I would check rather than do, would be the music. Sounds dumb but I'd love to know how it's going to sound in comparison to Oblivion etc. And then find a random cave, run in, see a ghost, shit meself and then run away...til I level up

 

[theheroofaction]

Wait for gamestop to get their second shipment because they never EVER have a surplus.

Yes I'm bitter, could you tell?

 

[YonderTunic]

My guess? Probably get completely overwhelmed by all these new stats and such and being completely unaware of how any of them are to be leveled or what exactly they effect, then if the game fails to provide me with one, find a bow so I may shoot tiny wolves (or whatever little creatures I find) with it.

Yes, this'll be my first Elder Scrolls game. Apparently not the only one at least!

 

[The Funslinger]

Continue my search for the lusty Argonian maid!

I spat up my drink in laughter...

OT: Once I've got my bearings, I'll hit the wiki on a one time occasion! (I'm getting it at christmas) and search down lycanthropy + the ring that gives you more control.

 

[Mikeyfell]

Why doesn't Skyrim come out on a Tuesday?

Games, DVDs and most other retail stuff always comes out on Tuesdays.
Why does Skyrim get a Friday release?


Anyway, I'm going to run to the town farthest away from the starting area and do those quests first!

Two reasons, I'd say:

1) They wanted the release date to be 11/11/11. You didn't think that was coincidence, did you?

2) They might also want the release date to be a day when more people will be able to buy it immediately. To be honest, the Tuesday thing always baffled me, and was a point of annoyance this semester because I'm at school virtually all day and need to wait until the next day (at the earliest) to get what's just come out. Friday makes sense if you want to set record day-one sales, if you ask me.

Just as many people go to work/school on Friday as on Tuesday. You'd think a Saturday release would be optimal for breaking day one sales records?

I did notice the 11/11/11 thing. What's the deal with it? It's cool, but why shuffle around the release schedule just to get it. They are going to be the only game coming out that day so that's cool. It's just sort of weird. Also it's so close to Black Friday that I'm not even going to get it on day 1 anyway.

 

[moose_man]

I'll wish Minecraft hadn't been delayed...and that I had a system that could run Skyrim :'(

You know there's a beta, right? Literally, it's the only thing people have played.

OT: Kill something, probably.

 

[everythingbeeps]

No idea, because I've been completely avoiding previews. I expect I'll spend about an hour on the character creator, and then just wander around a bit.

 

[Char-Nobyl]

Just as many people go to work/school on Friday as on Tuesday. You'd think a Saturday release would be optimal for breaking day one sales records?

Except that when people get out of school/work on a Tuesday, they have to go back to school/work the next day. After things let out on Friday, you don't need to worry about any of that.

I did notice the 11/11/11 thing. What's the deal with it? It's cool, but why shuffle around the release schedule just to get it. They are going to be the only game coming out that day so that's cool. It's just sort of weird.

They moved it by three days. Only three. And by moving it those three days, they created a release date that was both memorable and wasn't on the same day as MW3.

Also it's so close to Black Friday that I'm not even going to get it on day 1 anyway.

Really? You're going to endure Black Friday shopping so you can maybe get a few bucks off a copy of Skyrim? Is a retail stampede and the inevitable parking lot traffic jam really all that much fun?

 

[Elfgore]

The better question should be what won't I do first.

 

[Havzad]

I will probably comment on the atmosphere and immerse myself into the game and its culture.
Something along the lines of:
"HOLY SHIT, look at that mountain!! *climb *climb *climb. Hey look, a deer! Maybe i can hit it with this stick I found. *run *run *whack! *whimper. OK... Hey what is that town doing there in that valley, maybe I can find more EXPENSIVE sticks there...."

And the rest is an adventure waiting to be told...

 

[Leoofmoon]

atempt to kick a chicken to the MOON!

 

[Biek]

Ill probably explore my immediate surroundings and raid all nearby dungeons. Experience (oblivion, FO3) taught me that theres always sweet starter loot available early. Im not going to enter the nearest settlement without a full bag of goods to sell.

 

[WaReloaded]

I'll attempt to find all Dwemer(Dwarf) related items and literature, and then I might explore a mountain or forest, or something to that effect.

 

[Wuggy]

I will roleplay that sucker like nobody's business. So that is to say: what I'll do first is completely undetermined. If the main quest is urgent, I'll do that. If it's not, I will probably make my way to it slower. At one point or another I will deviate from the main quest completely and start doing my own thing, but I want to have a plausible reason for it.

 

[Uncle_Brainhorn]

I'll probably plow through the main story before I do the other stuff like exploring, guilds, etc.

 

[Ashley Mooney]

Become the Ultimate Assassin with the Dark Brotherhood...

 

[Mikeyfell]

Just as many people go to work/school on Friday as on Tuesday. You'd think a Saturday release would be optimal for breaking day one sales records?

Except that when people get out of school/work on a Tuesday, they have to go back to school/work the next day. After things let out on Friday, you don't need to worry about any of that.

Saturday still makes more sense, on Saturday people could go to the store at opening time and keep flowing through until closing.

I did notice the 11/11/11 thing. What's the deal with it? It's cool, but why shuffle around the release schedule just to get it. They are going to be the only game coming out that day so that's cool. It's just sort of weird.

They moved it by three days. Only three. And by moving it those three days, they created a release date that was both memorable and wasn't on the same day as MW3.

Oh yeah, MW3. duh. I wouldn't want to release a game that came out on that day either.

Also it's so close to Black Friday that I'm not even going to get it on day 1 anyway.

Really? You're going to endure Black Friday shopping so you can maybe get a few bucks off a copy of Skyrim? Is a retail stampede and the inevitable parking lot traffic jam really all that much fun?

I do all my Black Friday shopping on line anyway.
Last year I got Halo Reach, Fallout New Vegas, Dead Rising 2 and Left 4 Dead 2 for about $120.
I wouldn't go to a store on BF I'm not crazy.

 

[Sixties Spidey]

I won't have Skyrim come launch, but I'll be giving Oblivion another chance and I'll try playing through it without raging out and going "FUCK THIS GAME!" and going back to Fallout 3 or something...

 

[newwiseman]

86.5 hours until the Midnight Release!!! (Edit*I added 20 not 2 -_-)

And, I have Friday off.

Edit* I'll probably make a couple test characters and just explorer without doing any questing for a bit, in between hopefully modding a dragon mount into the game. That is provided that the mod tool is released on day 1.

 

[The Human Torch]

Wait until it ends up in the bargain bin. Why pay full price when in 6 months you pay 1/3rd of the price.