Zero Punctuation: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

[weirdee]

So, paying for a horse to help you kill things is better than paying for skill points to help you kill things? I disagree, in fact I think paying for something that dies so easily to giants is not a good idea.

Yeah, especially when you can get the four legged highlander Shadowmere for absolutely free.

 

[Cat Cloud]

I liked this review, it was one of the funnier ones.

 

[Furioso]

WHe could atleast have complained about the weightsystem, somehow i think he isnt running around in heavy armor like me with extra resistance gear to keep stuff from instakilling on cast on the highest difficulty. have like barely any space for loot. VERY ANNOYED. yeah will mod the weightlimint when i bother playing if ever.

That's kind of a moot point because one of the heavy armor skills makes heavy armor weigh nothing, so you can't complain about heavy armor weighing too much when the game lets you fix that

 

[cmdrmonkey]

I don't understand how people are so rich in Skyrim if they aren't stealing.

Also, there's barely anything wortwhile in shops, all the best loot comes from adventuring, so I don't really get why being rich is such a problem.

The Dark Brotherhood gives you a fuckton of money. Just one of their quests gives you 20,000 gold.

It sounds like Yahtzee enjoyed Skyrim in his own whiney, bitchy little way.

 

[Random Fella]

Awkward moment when you follow the imperial guy in your first run through...
Hey I thought I'd get good armor and stuff from it! He seemed friendly enough...

 

[Random Fella]

Is it wrong that I find skyrim boring and looks ugly, say compared to batman....

Must be fanboy... Must be offended...

 

[Urameshi13]

Role-playing someone with a crippling fear of victory and success?

Oh, you played as an Occupier.

 

[TehMountainMan]

It appears that he was nicer to the game then he would normally due to the recent shooter season. That's disappointing, considering that he tends to point out the flaws that no one dares to mention (especially not in such overwhelmingly lauded games like Skyrim). It's even more disappointing when he points out that there are, in fact, many flaws.

 

[duchaked]

I want to kill Godzillas

well, best get back to killing or getting killed by these exams...

 

[BlackWidower]

HA! Fanboys prepare to weep as Yahtzee reviews your holy work! HA!

And yet he gave it a fairly good review, so what does that say about posting on videos you haven't watched?

Funnily enough, while I wrote the comment before I watched the video, I didn't actually post it until after I watched it in case I could add something like:

"Oh no, Yahtzee's had a seizure, it's the only possible explanation, considering he just praised it."

So you are saying he gave a good review!? Well, relatively, yeah. But it's still pretty harsh, which was my point.

 

[TehMountainMan]

Yahtzee you do not get to have a holier than though stance when it comes to the child killing mods.

Remember the Fable 2 review you had?

You expressed a desire to kill your own in game child.

Anyway I liked the joke "what if he had a table for a brain" or something like that.

I've done that in rpg's before (not before saving though).

That seemed to be more of a jab at claims the game made of being free and whatnot. He used it only to point out an inconsistency in the game, and, more importantly, to make the point that no game will ever be entirely free. Basically, I doubt he was seriously criticizing the game for not allowing him to murder children and marry his dog. On the Skyrim patches, I believe Yahtzee's points were that, for one thing, the developers did not intend for the protagonist to kill children, for what that's worth. The more important (and subtly put) point, though, was that the patch is not being made of any sensible reason. Sure, you can make an argument for the ability to kill children-I remember one of the comments on the Extra Punctuation article read that a dragon killing everyone in a village except the children doesn't make sense (whether or not that sort of event is in the game, I don't know)-but it goes without saying that that is absolutely NOT why people want the patch. People want the patch just for the sake of having the patch. Same reason for wanting the nude patch, in fact. Putting the patch out just for the sake of doing it, that's bad reasoning right there, and it does sort reflect the community in a negative light.

P.S. To clarify, he didn't express a desire to kill, so I really don't think he's holding a hypocritical stance on this subject.

 

[AlwaystheUnlucky]

This game makes me wish that all my problems would go away if I shouted at them.

 

[SnakeoilSage]

Funnily enough, while I wrote the comment before I watched the video, I didn't actually post it until after I watched it in case I could add something like:

"Oh no, Yahtzee's had a seizure, it's the only possible explanation, considering he just praised it."

So you are saying he gave a good review!? Well, relatively, yeah. But it's still pretty harsh, which was my point.

I think he gave it a better review than Oblivion. I'm wary to say he gave it a good review, because I can't be sure he isn't just really sick of Shooter Season 2011 and thus much more forgiving of a game that his eyes can enjoy without being shoved between an ironsight.

I agree with him, though, the game needs a hardcore survival mode like Fallout: New Vegas. And a "middle-man" options so you can have merchants sell your expensive gear for a small commisssion, allowing you to get a better price for all your loot so long as you're willing to wait a few days (the money could be delivered to your home or by courier).

I hope modders are listening to this.

 

[Warachia]

You know what I find funny? if you look at the mod list you'll find people are making a hardcore mode, that includes nudity and child murdering.

 

[danirax]

stupid money in skyrim I stopped selling stuff when I had 50k so my house storage is full whit stuff merchants cant afford to buy, and I got so many dragon parts that if given the option I could build a 1000:1 dragon model (1 is a dragons actual size) if not larger.
oh and I got 200k after buying all master robes, a regular cloth hat for 10k and a bunch of other junk I dont need.

 

[CODE-D]

Is it wrong that I find skyrim boring and looks ugly, say compared to batman....

Must be fanboy... Must be offended...

Its just so hyped by everyone...Ifeel I must be debbie downer and say its not that great. And the feud between Mw3 and Skyrim fans are ridiculous. Neither games are that great.

 

[Kanatatsu]

I don't understand how people are so rich in Skyrim if they aren't stealing.

Also, there's barely anything wortwhile in shops, all the best loot comes from adventuring, so I don't really get why being rich is such a problem.

The Dark Brotherhood gives you a fuckton of money. Just one of their quests gives you 20,000 gold.

It sounds like Yahtzee enjoyed Skyrim in his own whiney, bitchy little way.

I destroyed the Dark Brotherhood.

I don't understand why so many people decide to play bad guys in this game. I'd rather be a hero.

 

[Poisoned Al]

HA! Fanboys prepare to weep as Yahtzee reviews your holy work! HA!

And yet he gave it a fairly good review, so what does that say about posting on videos you haven't watched?

I think the brony avatar was a good hint that guy is an idiot.

 

[Castor Strain]

I don't understand how people are so rich in Skyrim if they aren't stealing.

Also, there's barely anything wortwhile in shops, all the best loot comes from adventuring, so I don't really get why being rich is such a problem.

The Dark Brotherhood gives you a fuckton of money. Just one of their quests gives you 20,000 gold.

It sounds like Yahtzee enjoyed Skyrim in his own whiney, bitchy little way.

I destroyed the Dark Brotherhood.

I don't understand why so many people decide to play bad guys in this game. I'd rather be a hero.

Why? Why not be a bad guy AND a hero? I do that in every game.
Perfect example: Fallout New Vegas

I chose the independant path because i dont like being ordered around by other people. I say play the game for your character and not for the npcs. The entire game is for you to make your character and build it into an unstoppable tank, therefore you should take every path possible to achchieve that goal.

 

[Muspelheim]

Watch it again. He decided that he wanted to kill his entire family. He discovered he couldn't kill the kids and got upset.

That wasn't specifically because he wanted to kill kids. That was because Fable 2 more or less begins with your character, as a child, being shot in the face and tossed down a tower. Furthermore, it was an efficient dig at Fable 2's "Total freedom, do whatever you want!"-blurb.