Critical Miss: The Dragonslayer
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I think the NPCs are communists.
If one of them has a problem, the entire city will fight to the death to resolve it,
If one of them has a problem, the entire city will fight to the death to resolve it,
Yeh, seems like the people who gave you a quest to go kill Uber Powerful mage number 234 seem to be willing to try to kill you, a person who could probably kill you in one shot. That is quite unrealistic, albeit funny.
Skyrim, home land of the nords; where even a simple merchant who's afraid of mudcrabs will grow a pair and throw down with a dragon!
I thought the core gameplay was roughly the same.
Isn't that like saying "I hated the core gameplay in Smackdown vs Raw 2010, but I'm thoroughly engrossed in the gameplay of Smackdown vs Raw 2011?"
Insert annual football title if wrestling is too much.
Isn't that like saying "I hated the core gameplay in Smackdown vs Raw 2010, but I'm thoroughly engrossed in the gameplay of Smackdown vs Raw 2011?"
Insert annual football title if wrestling is too much.
Odd i had the same situation. I was talking to a guard who said they have retired and want to settle down. Suddenly a Dragon and he draws a battleaxe from his ass and charges the thing.
I love the dragon random encounters, make things so much intresting.. however they fuck things up when the mission is a giant battle anyway and then a dragon comes to say hello and doubles the shitstorm.
Dragons reaction to the situation:
My reaction:
[sub]I just wanted to use those reactions in something...[/sub]
I love the dragon random encounters, make things so much intresting.. however they fuck things up when the mission is a giant battle anyway and then a dragon comes to say hello and doubles the shitstorm.
Dragons reaction to the situation:
My reaction:
[sub]I just wanted to use those reactions in something...[/sub]
Don't any of you realise what this means?
THE NPC's.
They're evolving.
Yeah, may be Dragons now, but eventually they'll be crushing Titans and gods... while we're left to deal with the mundane boring stuff.
Like Mudcrabs.
WE'RE SCREWED!
THE NPC's.
They're evolving.
Yeah, may be Dragons now, but eventually they'll be crushing Titans and gods... while we're left to deal with the mundane boring stuff.
Like Mudcrabs.
WE'RE SCREWED!
Dragons are weaksauce in the game >.< Yeah its great that they can spawn randomly just about EVERYWHERE, but man are they weak. Seriously Im more wary of Bears and Giants more than i am of Dragons!
Still waiting for the mod that scales the Dragons to a more appropriate level of epicness.
p.s. I once fought 2, thats right TWO dragons in the town of Dawnstar, and the only casualties was a Guard who got killed more from friendly fire, and a stray female miner who was eaten by the dragon XD
less to say Shadowmere, my huscarl, and Spectral Assassin made the fight ez pz.
Still waiting for the mod that scales the Dragons to a more appropriate level of epicness.
p.s. I once fought 2, thats right TWO dragons in the town of Dawnstar, and the only casualties was a Guard who got killed more from friendly fire, and a stray female miner who was eaten by the dragon XD
less to say Shadowmere, my huscarl, and Spectral Assassin made the fight ez pz.
I'm assuming the reason he fears mudcrabs more than a dragon is because those mudcrabs have evolved sentience and have developed assault rifles...or he's a lazy bastard.
I have the same sentiment as mr. carter there. Its the same if you look at it from the outside, but when you play it, it just feels "better" some how.Zachary Amaranth said:
I was very much "meh" on Oblivion too, but for whatever reason, i can't get enough of Skyrim. Mind you this is just vanilla Skyrim, i can't wait to drop some hardcore mods on it! \o/
I haven't played the game either, but I suppose every NPC starts fighting dragons when they show up. That would be odd if a person who is afraid of mudcraps starts fighting dragons.OldRat said:
If it is anything like Fallout or the previous Elder Scroll games, the NPCs that walk around town, give you quests, and often remark on how they're too weak to do those things themselves just have a flag in their AI that says what they are hostile too. If a dragon shows up, or the player steals a breadknife and is spotted, the entire town population starts fighting with the same AI routines and animations as the biggest badass soldiers you fight with.
It's not an uncommon problem. In the new Deus Ex, you can use the takedown moves on anyone, and some of the animations involve Adam blocking high level martial arts moves from the target as part of the takedown. So you end up with wrinkly old ladies doing a roundhouse kick. Smaller groups of bandits in Mount and Blade run away from you, but if caught will try to demand gold from you in exchange for your life. And they will charge you happily on the battlemap (though later games do make them run if they are losing the battle. But they start with a spirited attack.)
Untill a dev team has so much money to blow that they create separate AI routines and animations for all kinds of NPCs, we'll be stuck with either this or NPCs that can only cower in a corner while a dragon is om-nom-noming their kids.
It's not an uncommon problem. In the new Deus Ex, you can use the takedown moves on anyone, and some of the animations involve Adam blocking high level martial arts moves from the target as part of the takedown. So you end up with wrinkly old ladies doing a roundhouse kick. Smaller groups of bandits in Mount and Blade run away from you, but if caught will try to demand gold from you in exchange for your life. And they will charge you happily on the battlemap (though later games do make them run if they are losing the battle. But they start with a spirited attack.)
Untill a dev team has so much money to blow that they create separate AI routines and animations for all kinds of NPCs, we'll be stuck with either this or NPCs that can only cower in a corner while a dragon is om-nom-noming their kids.