Holy chit and I was thinking the trailers was all bullchit. Been playing for 3 hours and have barely finished the 1st dungeon. The game world looks incredible, feels completely alive (seriously, catching butterflies for alchemy ingredients?!?) and the effects are spectacular.

On a lark I went to a midnight release thinking it'd be 10 guys splitting a pizza or something. Guess my surprise at finding 80+ people standing out in the cold on South St. And those were the pre-orders. Me and 3 other guys didn't pre order so they made us wait in another line till all the preorders were filled.

Since there were only four of us, we waited in our cars till the line was gone

 

Great game. I like the new smithing setup to make weapons from scratch.

 

The game is awesome. If anyone wants to know there is a way to get your sneak up to level 100 before you leave the first dungeon.

I left that area with my sneak at 100, one armed combat 36, destruction 23 and my character level 18.

By the way the sneak skill tree is a must. I can be in the middle of combat and crouch down and itll confuse the enemy for a second. Sometimes they completely lose me. Silly AI

Now there are 2 ways to do it in the first dungeon. Here is how.

When you first meet the dragon as your head is about to be cut off follow the steps to get the heck out of there. When you get to the second area after jumping through the roof you have to either A follow Hadvar or B follow Ralof. Follow Ralof. When you go into the dungeon he will cut you free. Attack the first guard that comes into the room and take the key off her body. Ralof will go stand by the door and tell you to open it with his back turned to you. Take off your guys clothes(nothing freaky now) and take out a dagger(this makes you harder to detect). Go into crouch mode and stand under his right arm and face him from the side. Make sure his face is hiden by his bicep and then aim your curser just to the edge of his buttcheek. When you get it right you will get a X3 Sneak attack damage everytime. You will begin to level in sneak, and one armed. You cannot kill him. His health will lower but when he runs out he just kneels down for a second. After about 3-4 hits with your dagger he will walk in a quick circle to repostion himself. This is when i used my destruction spell on him till he got back into postion. Hope this helps whoever wants to know.

The second way will work with both Ralof and Hadvar. When you run into the bear just start attacking them. Aim them towards the wheel barrow since they will move forward a little everytime you hit them. This way is the hardest as the character is also crouched making it harder to get a sneak attack bonus.

 

I wasn't counting the tutorial dungeon. I've gotten to the dungeon where you learn your first Shout. Just having a little trouble with the boss. When I get off work I'm gonna grab the dual casting destruction perk and try again.

I like the favorites system too. Definitely improved the inv management

 

I actually dont like the Favorite system. I liked Elder Scrolls hotkeys to the d-pad much better. If i pressed up on the D-pad it would equip my sword or upper right would be a spell i wanted without it pausing the game. Thats the only thing i dislike about it it though and its not even that big of an issue.

I do love the dual weilding weapons or spells and i REALLY LOVE the executions that your guy pulls off. It makes me switch weapons around just to see what that execution looks like. haha

 

Love the game so far, working my way through the companions quest line. Anyone else experienced major graphics glitches? (Ps3)

 

i bought the game yesterday. i was excited to play! got home and put it in. went to the bathroom to comeback to my girl lookin at me with a character made..... haha. go to work this morning n get home to find her playing it again! i have yet to play... she keeps saying one more min!!! now i know how she feels haha

 

I'm up to level 6. Killing the first dragon is easy. Not so easy doing it by yourself later on

 

Haha im about to boot my roommate off my tv. I know you pay rent but my tv, my cable. GTFO! haha

 

Yup - got it today as well. Going paladin theme. picked an imperial 1 handed / heavy armor / restoration magic guy.