Skyrim

[BIRMA]

Not sure why there have been problems with Amazon mine turned up Thursday morning from them, luck of the the draw perhaps?

[130R]

Out of interest - why buy a physical copy of the game on PC? Surely it's easier to just download it?

[judas]

RobM77 said:

Silverbullet767 said:

RobM77 said:

judas said:

BlackVanDyke said:

MattyB_ said:

If Royal Mail/Amazon don't come through with my order tomorrow, there's going to be some serious trouble...

Snap!

Well, so much for Amazon Prime's 'guaranteed one day delivery'

Amazon are a pretty decent company. I'd definitely contact customer services and you'll probably get some credit out of them for your next purchase.

I pre-ordered Skyrim too (for PC), but I'm actually busy this weekend so went for the standard delivery. You'll be pleased to know my copy hasn't popped through the letterbox yet!

Stick me in the same crowded boat, no skyrim today, (PH Standard) strongly worded e-mail sent to amazon.

Amazon even sent me an e-mail a few weeks ago checking that I was ok with standard delivery, and saying that if I upgraded the delivery method I would be able to get it guaranteed for delivery today.

I've got an Amazon Prime account - allegedly guaranteed one day delivery. An increasing number of deliveries aren't arriving next day. I've not bothered complaining so far as I expect they'll just blame Royal Mail or Home Delivery Network (google them if you want a laugh). Anyhow, my Prime account is due for renewal in a couple of weeks - think I'll save myself the £49 this time around.

130R said:

Out of interest - why buy a physical copy of the game on PC? Surely it's easier to just download it?

Easy: on Steam it's £35, from Amazon it's £27

Tempted to swing by Tesco on the way home and pick it up and tell Amazon to get stuffed

Edited by judas on Friday 11th November 17:01

[aizvara]

130R said:

Out of interest - why buy a physical copy of the game on PC? Surely it's easier to just download it?

My internet connection runs at just under 1Mbps at the best of times.
Plus Skyrim was £30 on amazon, I think this was cheaper than Steam.
Finally you get extra crap with the disc copies (some sort of map?)

[Mobsta]

BIRMA said:

Not sure why there have been problems with Amazon mine turned up Thursday morning from them, luck of the the draw perhaps?

Yup, guess so.

Imagine how unhappy THIS girl would be, if her pre-ordered copy didnt turn up today

You'll need to turn your speakers up to catch the background conversation...

[Mobsta]

Just had a look in the box (whilst trying/failing to work)... my map seems to be made out of rough canvass paper. Is this the "Special" map someone mentioned a few pages back?

I imagine its what they make badgers arse toilet paper out of

[Y282]

well, not bad so far. i've disguised myself as thor and am escaping through some sewers from a very angry lizard.

[Y282]

Mobsta said:

Just had a look in the box (whilst trying/failing to work)... my map seems to be made out of rough canvass paper. Is this the "Special" map someone mentioned a few pages back?

I imagine its what they make badgers arse toilet paper out of

yup map is sort of canvas effect paper.

wasnt as absorbent as i'd hoped.

[Mobsta]

Y282 said:

yup map is sort of canvas effect paper.

wasnt as absorbent as i'd hoped.

I hope you avoided the crags. Did you also smear across Whiterun Hold (near White river)

[Y282]

Mobsta said:

Y282 said:

yup map is sort of canvas effect paper.

wasnt as absorbent as i'd hoped.

I hope you avoided the crags. Did you also smear across Whiterun Hold (near White river)

hang on.







yes.

i'm outside now, i just snuck past a bear.

[y2blade]

update:

5hrs in and loving it, such a beautiful game, I've been helping the blacksmith and all sorts.

[RobM77]

y2blade said:

update:

5hrs in and loving it, such a beautiful game, I've been helping the blacksmith and all sorts.

How does it compare with Oblivion?

[Gun]

Managed a few hours on it now and it's superb! My only minor gripe is the ingame map makes navigating almost impossible because, unless I'm doing something wrong, you can't see any of the paths or roads? I've got lost a couple of times and had to dig that posh map out of the game box!

[Y282]

ive just got to the woodsmiths bit, had the chat with some bint and some bloke and now i'm stood here wondering what the hell to do next. also, just looked at the world map. am i right that the whole thing can be seen on that map already? i'm struggling to get an idea of the size of the game and number of locations.

[TimmyWimmyWoo]

I'm about 4 hours in and I'm dying a lot! Just exploring on foot seems mighty treacherous. I'm level 6 and people are just murdering me very easily. Lots of saving and reloading. You can sneak past people a lot more easily than in the previous two games though, which is nice.

[Gun]

TimmyWimmyWoo said:

I'm about 4 hours in and I'm dying a lot! Just exploring on foot seems mighty treacherous. I'm level 6 and people are just murdering me very easily. Lots of saving and reloading. You can sneak past people a lot more easily than in the previous two games though, which is nice.

It does seem a lot harder than Oblivion, I had the difficulty on Adept and got slaughtered a couple of times, that big spider owned me! I've had to turn the difficulty down

[oj121]

The game has a lot more depth than oblivion or atleast on initial play it seems to. Its still feels VERY Eldar Scrolls and is immediately recognisable as the Oblivion follow on. Me and with wife have about 4-8 hours gametime each and hardly have any cross over quests. So far so good.

[Y282]

what the fk was that?

i just went for a wander up a hill and got fking hacked to bits in two strokes by some random people?!?!

[Y282]

why do all the characters sound like someone doing an impression of a dutch porn star talking?

[Gun]

Y282 said:

why do all the characters sound like someone doing an impression of a dutch porn star talking?

Becaush they are Nordsh.

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