So Dawnguard is out and its pretty much broken.

[Ruedyn]

Hey, I haven't got it ye, but when I do...
If i am already a werewolf (Cuz of the companions) can I also be a vampire?

Being a werewolf doesn't seem to matter to them, they can turn you into a VL regardless, which I would suggest because it wrecks peoples shit. As to being both, no can do :\

 

[Torrasque]

You're surprised a Bethesda thing is buggy?

This. I came to this thread to say this, but now I don't because someone beat me to it
I plan on waiting a week or so before getting it. By then they'll have it fixed (mostly)

 

[Amarok]

You, because you're using a pc.

I feel like I'm reading a conversation from ten years ago.

 

[The_Lost_King]

Enjoy being beta testers Xbox users! Thank Microsoft for giving PS3 and PC more time to fix the kinks out.

You do realise that
A) This is bethesda, if they find bugs they aren't going to change them.
B) PC versions of any game, especially something as big as skyrim are terrible at even starting, IDK about ps3.
and C) We got it before you. Be as douchey as you like, you still have to wait for the exact same product because you made a bad decision when you choose your gaming platform.

Shush Slackbladder, let the knowledgeable do talking.
(See, I did a flashheart reference, cuz he's cool and so is rik mayall.)

Except that my pc has no problem what so ever with Skyrim, and it is a piece of shit! Plus Bethesda does fix bugs and if they don't modders will. Oh and we picked the wrong platform. Hmm I seem to remmember a bunch of x-box players whining that they can't have mods. You guys have to pay for ALL your extra content us however we get free content that can turn Skyrim into star wars. I am running around as a jedi x-box users can't do that. Now who picked the wrong platform?

You, because you're using a pc.

Why am I worse off for using a pc. I get amazing mods you don't. I have more processing power than an xbox. I fail to see one thing the x-box has over my pc. Well I guess the fact that I have to pay for a gamepad if I want to use a controller but I am fine with my mouse and key board.

 

[Simonoly]

Could anyone playing Dawnguard tell us poor folks who still have to wait, what is the deal with the two factions? How does it treat the player if (s)he is already a vampire, or a werewolf for that matter? What powers/abilities do the Vampire Lords have? And the Dawnguard? Info info info info.

If I was you I'd start a new thread asking those very same questions. I've only just started playing through it now, but I will be more than happy to share my play experience in regards to the two factions later on today.

 

[DustyDrB]

You, because you're using a pc.

I feel like I'm reading a conversation from ten years ago.

I feel like I'm reading one from 18 years ago. When I was six years old. And I was wrong because I picked shoes with lights over shoes with a pump in them.

 

[Kyber]

when you become a vampire lord you won't be able to become werewolf, but if you cure being a vampire lord, when you are cured you will be a werewolf again

OT: i thought this was supposed to be a whole new expansion with a whole new area, i know there is the soul cairn and the castles but is there more? like a big area? if not i will say i expected more.

 

[SpectacularWebHead]

Enjoy being beta testers Xbox users! Thank Microsoft for giving PS3 and PC more time to fix the kinks out.

You do realise that
A) This is bethesda, if they find bugs they aren't going to change them.
B) PC versions of any game, especially something as big as skyrim are terrible at even starting, IDK about ps3.
and C) We got it before you. Be as douchey as you like, you still have to wait for the exact same product because you made a bad decision when you choose your gaming platform.

Shush Slackbladder, let the knowledgeable do talking.
(See, I did a flashheart reference, cuz he's cool and so is rik mayall.)

Except that my pc has no problem what so ever with Skyrim, and it is a piece of shit! Plus Bethesda does fix bugs and if they don't modders will. Oh and we picked the wrong platform. Hmm I seem to remmember a bunch of x-box players whining that they can't have mods. You guys have to pay for ALL your extra content us however we get free content that can turn Skyrim into star wars. I am running around as a jedi x-box users can't do that. Now who picked the wrong platform?

You, because you're using a pc.

Why am I worse off for using a pc. I get amazing mods you don't. I have more processing power than an xbox. I fail to see one thing the x-box has over my pc. Well I guess the fact that I have to pay for a gamepad if I want to use a controller but I am fine with my mouse and key board.

Your only benefit is mods. Pc has literally nothing else going for it. I'm not having this argument with you, because it's... fucking stupid, to be honest, neither of us is going to get anywhere.

 

[halfeclipse]

OT: I'll get it for PC when it comes out.

I have, just not a good one lol.
I've seen better ones than the one I had access to, but my friend who uses PC downloaded some mod for lightsabers or something and they wouldn't let him into whiterun.
I guess they don't like jedi[/quote]


Wait, what? Your friend must have downloaded the worst made mod EVER then, cause damn.

There's just no reason adding an item would fuck with that at all. Sure he didn't manage to piss of the whiterun guards or not do the persuade check at the start of the game or something?

 

[clockworkmonkey]

No, as per my Bethesda game worked fine and so did the DLC. I experienced the same thing with Morrowind, Oblivion and Fallout 3, though I bought them after all the patches were released, and Fallout New Vegas and Skyrim both worked fine, as did their DLC.

The actual amount of people affected by bugs in Bethesda games is blown out of proportion by the infamous vocal minority.

Now, if we can just get some DLC relating to the Thalmor before I leave for uni that'll be great.

^^ I agree with this guy.

OT: It's not broken if you haven't given the game time to adjust to having the new content. It's not just going to magically appear, is it? As many have suggested, just go to your dashboard, restart the game and then go to some major city. Either talk to a guard and they'll give you the quest, or better yet, go to Riften and wait for them to come to you. On my first playthrough, I stepped out of the Thieves Guild and found a huge battle waging between the Dawnguard and Vamps, and they told me where to find them.

Now can everybody just stop with the 'oh it's a Bethesda game, therefore must be buggy" stuff? It's kinda boring. I've been playing Skyrim since it's UK release, and while I have encountered my fair share of funny little bugs, I've never felt the need to whine about it til I'm blue in the face. This stuff happens, and it's not as if they've never tried to fix it, hence all the patches. It sounds as if some people aren't even giving the game a chance anymore, you're just finding it's not working instantly, and declaring brokenness instead of trying to find a workaround. If you don't like the dev because you think their things are broken, don't buy the game. Simple.

 

[SajuukKhar]

Having played through the entire DLC, I can safely say I had zero bugs.

 

[DRes82]

I've met at least 5 people who can't start the main quest. Figures Bethesda can't do anything right.

Anyone else having problems with the DLC? Because I have to start a new game to play it

Hmm. That's what you get for playing a PC game on a console. Seriously...so mad about the staggered release. Damned consoles ruining everything.

Also, if Bethesda "can't do anything right", why the hell do you continue to buy their products?

I'm of the opinion that they do quite a bit right, which is why I continue to consume every game that they release. Even if they tend to be a little buggy in the beginning.

 

[SajuukKhar]

Hmm. That's what you get for playing a PC game on a console. Seriously...so mad about the staggered release. Damned consoles ruining everything.

Also, if Bethesda "can't do anything right", why the hell do you continue to buy their products?

I'm of the opinion that they do quite a bit right, which is why I continue to consume every game that they release. Even if they tend to be a little buggy in the beginning.

Well, I'm glad the Xbots get to beta test the product for a month before the full release comes out on PC.

 

[Darren716]

I'm not really surprised, I mean when was the last time that Bethesta released somthing that worked at launch.

 

[DEAD34345]

Worked fine for me, and I downloaded it pretty much the moment it came out. I did have to exit the game and then enter it again for it to load the add on, though. Oh, and I have completed the entire vampire side to the DLC with 1 crash when entering an area, and no other issues. I was really impressed with the lack of issues in fact, especially since there's so much content to go through.

 

[Istronen]

Your only benefit is mods. Pc has literally nothing else going for it. I'm not having this argument with you, because it's... fucking stupid, to be honest, neither of us is going to get anywhere.

It's a good thing that you recognise that the whole thing is stupid. What you fail to recognise is that you're still using that same shitty console which will never improve and which has limited possibilities regarding even games. Just admit that you're a fanboy and keep at least a tiny bit of integrity if you have any. PC is a computer, one can do a lot of things with it and things evolve constantly. I fully admit that system requirements get bigger as time passes and that can be a problem but that is the fault of the coders who choose not to optimize their code and just release games that may be buggy. At least the major titles get patches and those are easy to obtain.

Doesn't seem to me like the PC has nothing else going for it. Feels quite the opposite and the perfect example of this is The Witcher series. Brilliant games which are well made, interesting and the publisher respects their clients. Kudos to CD Project Red!

 

[Cid Silverwing]

Enjoy being beta testers Xbox users! Thank Microsoft for giving PS3 and PC more time to fix the kinks out.

'scuse me. Skyrim's controls are batshit in chips on PC.

 

[Daveman]

"My game didn't run immediately. All others must also be broken and nobody is speaking up. I MUST INFORM THE WORLD."

 

[DEAD34345]

OT: i thought this was supposed to be a whole new expansion with a whole new area, i know there is the soul cairn and the castles but is there more? like a big area? if not i will say i expected more.

There is another large area (or set of large areas), but it's not like a civilised place or anything. It's more of a really, really big and wide-open dungeon crawl that only partially takes place underground in dungeons (this is in the vampire side to the DLC by the way, though I assume the hunter side will take you there too). Personally I was pleasantly surprised by the amount of content added, but don't expect new cities or anything like that that. Other than the castles for the two factions, it's all combat/questing areas as far as I can tell.

 

[SpectacularWebHead]

Your only benefit is mods. Pc has literally nothing else going for it. I'm not having this argument with you, because it's... fucking stupid, to be honest, neither of us is going to get anywhere.

It's a good thing that you recognise that the whole thing is stupid. What you fail to recognise is that you're still using that same shitty console which will never improve and which has limited possibilities regarding even games.

So... I've sad the argument is shit and I'm not having it, which is good, but on the other hand, PC IS SO MUCH BETTER ZOMG!

Just admit that you're a fanboy and keep at least a tiny bit of integrity if you have any.

This may not have been clear, I'm not a fanboy to any specific console. I'm a fanboy to many things, chiefly DC comics, but no specific console. I use an x-box 360, but I prefer console gaming. Because...It's better to play on something specifically designed to play videogames on.

PC is a computer, one can do a lot of things with it and things evolve constantly. I fully admit that system requirements get bigger as time passes and that can be a problem but that is the fault of the coders who choose not to optimize their code and just release games that may be buggy. At least the major titles get patches and those are easy to obtain.

It's not anyones fault, it's just a fact that these things will happen as a side effect of pc gaming being, essentially, one of the bajillions of things you CAN do with a computer.

Doesn't seem to me like the PC has nothing else going for it. Feels quite the opposite and the perfect example of this is The Witcher series. Brilliant games which are well made, interesting and the publisher respects their clients. Kudos to CD Project Red!

Just because it's exclusive doesn't mean that it's good, and bringing it up to convince me of PC gaming superiority is a crap point to make. It's like If I referenced the crap out of Halo or Uncharted (See, multiple consoles, Just don't like PC's). My thoughts are this (And I swear to god if I get more mail about this topic, I will not respond the living fuck out of it) PC games have awkward controls, Lag, Glitches, low resolution for the most part, and slow loading times that you just don't encounter on most consoles. This is not the fault of a developer or company, it is purely so because PC's are capable of doing many things, and gaming is one of them. However it is not the main function of a PC, thus you get unavoidable problems that you will not face on consoles. Now please let me leave this argument.