Playing Skyrim (PC) since yesterday morning. Skipped both BF3 and MW3 to save money for this one as both of their SP campaign were panned by critics and users alike (mentioned only SP because I can't go MP thanks to my slow net connection, hence can only play SP
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So, coming back to Skyrim, I'd say the game is great (as expected), yet heavily flawed - Low quality textures, frequent framerate drops and occasional freezes, difficult-to-use menus are some of the problems that I'm facing (don't know about others).
First, I'd like to talk about the graphics. Graphics, as expected, are good but don't expect it to be anything like The Witcher 2, which is IMO the best looking RPG till date. The game world is beautiful but the low resolution textures make it look dated. The character models and animation has improved from what we've seen in Oblivion but still are not as good as we (at least I) expected.
Next comes performance. I'm playing the game at the 'High' preset with 4XAA @1600*900. Most of the time the game runs smoothly at around 45-60 FPS but at times it suffers from sudden huge drop in framerates which as a result makes it laggy, although it picks up again to normal in some time. Also, as mentioned earlier there are occasional freezes (especially when loading a savegame).
Lastly, coming to the UI, I'd say that it is not well optimized for the PC. The menus are a pain to navigate with keyboard and mouse. Non-responding key hits and mouse clicks have been giving me headache since the time of character creation.
It is sad that again PC gamers have been betrayed and this time by Bethesda which was least expected, although they are working on a patch to address these issues. Hope it arrives soon.
Other than that, the game is as good and immersive as you'd expect from an Elder Scrolls game
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Regarding my progress, I'm in Whiterun and have just joined up with The Companions.
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