Does Skyrim ever make you feel really stupid?

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Gigapact

Lollygagging Milk Drinker (according to guards)
So normally Skyrim makes me feel pretty smart. But sometimes.... it makes me feel like a dumbass. For example, I just put this together in my head: The reason Ulfric has a cloth around his mouth in the beginning of the game is so he doesn't shout his wait out of his execution. I just thought the imperials didn't want to hear his bitching. I just now put that together.... oh boy.

Another example: (minor spoilers for College of Winterhold) I just now realized that at the end of Labyrinthian, Savos actually sacrificed his two mage friends at the end (the ones that were thrall wizards encasing Morokei). I just thought that Savos's two mage friends died while trying to kill Morokei and that those enthralled wizards were other evil wizards... or something. I have done this damn quest like TEN times! :sadface:

I guess I just never put that much thought into some things in the game.

So when has Skyrim ever made you feel stupid??? Hopefully I'm not alone!
 

The Honorable Gidian Diva of Sass

Sahrot Vahlok Spaan. Bahnahgaar. Minion #88!
Staff member
So normally Skyrim makes me feel pretty smart. But sometimes.... it makes me feel like a dumbass. For example, I just put this together in my head: The reason Ulfric has a cloth around his mouth in the beginning of the game is so he doesn't shout his wait out of his execution. I just thought the imperials didn't want to hear his bitching. I just now put that together.... oh boy.

Another example: (minor spoilers for College of Winterhold) I just now realized that at the end of Labyrinthian, Savos actually sacrificed his two mage friends at the end (the ones that were thrall wizards encasing Morokei). I just thought that Savos's two mage friends died while trying to kill Morokei and that those enthralled wizards were other evil wizards... or something. I have done this damn quest like TEN times! :sadface:

I guess I just never put that much thought into some things in the game.

So when has Skyrim ever made you feel stupid??? Hopefully I'm not alone!
If those plot details made you feel dumb, Dark Souls would blow your mind! xD

I would say for the most part though, I always overestimated Skyrim. I cannot remember any particular moments off the top of my head because it's been awhile. One was that trap in a Dwemer Ruin, with that floating glowing ball in the center of the room... I really should have seen that one coming. Afterwards I was like, "Oh Skyrim, you clever gal!"
 

Naginata

Huntress of the Shadows
I can't remember specific moments, but I promise you, I've had them. :D I often have dumb moments in games because I am normally very observant, but when I'm not for some reason, I forget a lot of stuff :D
 

ColleenG

When in doubt, follow the fox.
I've never really felt stupid, but every time I play, I see things I never saw before. I can do a ruin or cave 10 times, and on the tenth, I'll find a chest I never knew was there. I don't get arrested, and I try to keep my characters completely free of crime, but I recently just discovered "The Chill", so I decided to get arrested in Winterhold and check it out. WOW is that way out there, way past Septimus Sigmus' outpost! And there's GOLD ore out there!!! I never knew!
 

Jewels

POTATO
I realized yesterday that Vilkas is a part of a Lord of the Rings Easter egg. Come ON!!! I've been married to him for like, 4 months!!! I'm such a horrible wife xD a stupid wife
 

Raijin

A Mage that loves a Templar
Doing the thieves guild quest makes me feel like a complete dumbass because I'm force to do the unthinkable, and using your intelligence is out of the question.

I feel like I'm one of third members (Curley) from the three stooges

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Everything about the Thieves guild quest line is ridiculously outrageous.
 

Gigapact

Lollygagging Milk Drinker (according to guards)
I've never really felt stupid, but every time I play, I see things I never saw before. I can do a ruin or cave 10 times, and on the tenth, I'll find a chest I never knew was there. I don't get arrested, and I try to keep my characters completely free of crime, but I recently just discovered "The Chill", so I decided to get arrested in Winterhold and check it out. WOW is that way out there, way past Septimus Sigmus' outpost! And there's GOLD ore out there!!! I never knew!


I did not know this either... I must check this out. Thanks!
 

Gigapact

Lollygagging Milk Drinker (according to guards)
I realized yesterday that Vilkas is a part of a Lord of the Rings Easter egg. Come ON!!! I've been married to him for like, 4 months!!! I'm such a horrible wife xD a stupid wife


Well I'm really behind because I don't even understand the Easter egg reference.... is there easter in Skyrim or something? :sadface:
 

Jewels

POTATO
Eager
I realized yesterday that Vilkas is a part of a Lord of the Rings Easter egg. Come ON!!! I've been married to him for like, 4 months!!! I'm such a horrible wife xD a stupid wife


Well I'm really behind because I don't even understand the Easter egg reference.... is there easter in Skyrim or something? :sadface:
Easter eggs are references to other games, shows, and movies. Don't worry.... I didn't get it either!! =)
 

Daelon DuLac

How do you backstab a Dragon?
So normally Skyrim makes me feel pretty smart. But sometimes.... it makes me feel like a dumbass. For example, I just put this together in my head: The reason Ulfric has a cloth around his mouth in the beginning of the game is so he doesn't shout his wait out of his execution. I just thought the imperials didn't want to hear his bitching. I just now put that together.... oh boy.

Another example: (minor spoilers for College of Winterhold) I just now realized that at the end of Labyrinthian, Savos actually sacrificed his two mage friends at the end (the ones that were thrall wizards encasing Morokei). I just thought that Savos's two mage friends died while trying to kill Morokei and that those enthralled wizards were other evil wizards... or something. I have done this damn quest like TEN times! :sadface:

I guess I just never put that much thought into some things in the game.

So when has Skyrim ever made you feel stupid??? Hopefully I'm not alone!
If those plot details made you feel dumb, Dark Souls would blow your mind! xD

I would say for the most part though, I always overestimated Skyrim. I cannot remember any particular moments off the top of my head because it's been awhile. One was that trap in a Dwemer Ruin, with that floating glowing ball in the center of the room... I really should have seen that one coming. Afterwards I was like, "Oh Skyrim, you clever gal!"
How is Dark Souls? I understand it's very, very difficult for those of us that don't play Skyrim on Master or Expert. We have no context for all the dieing you have to do to do DS well. Opinion? My other 1/2 is trying to convince me to get it. The best I could do is get a couple of used copies of Final Fantasy X-X2 and XIII.
 

ColleenG

When in doubt, follow the fox.
Doing the thieves guild quest makes me feel like a complete dumbass because I'm force to do the unthinkable, and using your intelligence is out of the question.

I feel like I'm one of third members (Curley) from the three stooges

tumblr_inline_na9bltiGES1rxba6c.png


Everything about the Thieves guild quest line is ridiculously outrageous.


I think the same about the Dark Brotherhood questline.
 

Morgan

Well-Known Member
I realized yesterday that Vilkas is a part of a Lord of the Rings Easter egg. Come ON!!! I've been married to him for like, 4 months!!! I'm such a horrible wife xD a stupid wife

What Easter egg is that?
 

Assassinate

Watch Your Back
After probably 300 hours of play with my weapon always drawn I got the help message that you move slower with a drawn weapon, I never knew that :D
 

Gigapact

Lollygagging Milk Drinker (according to guards)
Here's another thing I NEVER KNEW until a couple days ago (this one is really sad):

In the very beginning, right when you start a new game and Alduin is attacking Helgen and you just got out of your execution. At first you follow that stormcloak guy, but then you jump through the roof and start following Hadvar. After all that, you get a choice to either follow Hadvar or that stormcloak guy. I NEVER KNEW THERE WAS A CHOICE!!!!!!!!!!! I always thought I had to follow Hadvar. WTF Alyssa come on. (that's my name). I always just blindly followed Hadvar because I'm always trying to hurry up the helgen process because I've done it way too many times.
 

Jewels

POTATO
In the
I realized yesterday that Vilkas is a part of a Lord of the Rings Easter egg. Come ON!!! I've been married to him for like, 4 months!!! I'm such a horrible wife xD a stupid wife

What Easter egg is that?
in the Lord of the Rings, Eowyn told her brother that "It's their heart that matters." Or something like that (similar to what Kodlak said), and Eomer muttered, "And their arm." That was Vilkas' exact dialogue!
 

Morgan

Well-Known Member
In the
I realized yesterday that Vilkas is a part of a Lord of the Rings Easter egg. Come ON!!! I've been married to him for like, 4 months!!! I'm such a horrible wife xD a stupid wife

What Easter egg is that?
in the Lord of the Rings, Eowyn told her brother that "It's their heart that matters." Or something like that (similar to what Kodlak said), and Eomer muttered, "And their arm." That was Vilkas' exact dialogue!

I assume that's the movie? I've just about got the books memorized and def not any line like that there.
 

Morgan

Well-Known Member
Here's another thing I NEVER KNEW until a couple days ago (this one is really sad):

In the very beginning, right when you start a new game and Alduin is attacking Helgen and you just got out of your execution. At first you follow that stormcloak guy, but then you jump through the roof and start following Hadvar. After all that, you get a choice to either follow Hadvar or that stormcloak guy. I NEVER KNEW THERE WAS A CHOICE!!!!!!!!!!! I always thought I had to follow Hadvar. WTF Alyssa come on. (that's my name). I always just blindly followed Hadvar because I'm always trying to hurry up the helgen process because I've done it way too many times.

I did exactly the same thing! I never knew there was a choice until there was a thread on these forums asking "who did you follow in Helgen?"

:confused:

[edit] Oh, and now that you're playing on a PC, if you still want to speed up the start, trying changing it entirely! Get a mod called "Live another Life". It provides around fifty different starting scenarios, and you can step into the main quest whenever or never if you want.
 

The Honorable Gidian Diva of Sass

Sahrot Vahlok Spaan. Bahnahgaar. Minion #88!
Staff member
So normally Skyrim makes me feel pretty smart. But sometimes.... it makes me feel like a dumbass. For example, I just put this together in my head: The reason Ulfric has a cloth around his mouth in the beginning of the game is so he doesn't shout his wait out of his execution. I just thought the imperials didn't want to hear his bitching. I just now put that together.... oh boy.

Another example: (minor spoilers for College of Winterhold) I just now realized that at the end of Labyrinthian, Savos actually sacrificed his two mage friends at the end (the ones that were thrall wizards encasing Morokei). I just thought that Savos's two mage friends died while trying to kill Morokei and that those enthralled wizards were other evil wizards... or something. I have done this damn quest like TEN times! :sadface:

I guess I just never put that much thought into some things in the game.

So when has Skyrim ever made you feel stupid??? Hopefully I'm not alone!
If those plot details made you feel dumb, Dark Souls would blow your mind! xD

I would say for the most part though, I always overestimated Skyrim. I cannot remember any particular moments off the top of my head because it's been awhile. One was that trap in a Dwemer Ruin, with that floating glowing ball in the center of the room... I really should have seen that one coming. Afterwards I was like, "Oh Skyrim, you clever gal!"
How is Dark Souls? I understand it's very, very difficult for those of us that don't play Skyrim on Master or Expert. We have no context for all the dieing you have to do to do DS well. Opinion? My other 1/2 is trying to convince me to get it. The best I could do is get a couple of used copies of Final Fantasy X-X2 and XIII.
It is difficult, especially for your first playthrough. It is a game of risk and reward, and punishes mistakes very hard. As long as you learn from your mistakes and pay attention, it is a very enjoyable game.... most of the time. You can get invaded by other players at any point when you are in your human form unless you are offline. It is nothing like Skyrim. Even people who play Skyrim on Expert, Master, or even Legendary would probably get owned, because it is a different KIND of difficulty and a completely different kind of game.
 

Daelon DuLac

How do you backstab a Dragon?
In the
What Easter egg is that?
in the Lord of the Rings, Eowyn told her brother that "It's their heart that matters." Or something like that (similar to what Kodlak said), and Eomer muttered, "And their arm." That was Vilkas' exact dialogue!

I assume that's the movie? I've just about got the books memorized and def not any line like that there.
There's a line like that in movie only (as well as the character). I've read the books over 400 time too and know that to be true. The Hobbit movie, after all, has very little in common with the actual book other than a very general plot. We can't forget that they added over 40 characters that were never in the book and a number of plot lines that were nowhere to be found in books at all.
I am going under the assumption that Jewel is basing the ideas on the movies. Can't wait to see what they come up with after the 3rd movie!
Of course, since there aren't any hobbits or dwarves (dwemer are not Tolkien dwarves after all) in TES, it would be kind of hard to work them in.
 

Daelon DuLac

How do you backstab a Dragon?
If those plot details made you feel dumb, Dark Souls would blow your mind! xD

I would say for the most part though, I always overestimated Skyrim. I cannot remember any particular moments off the top of my head because it's been awhile. One was that trap in a Dwemer Ruin, with that floating glowing ball in the center of the room... I really should have seen that one coming. Afterwards I was like, "Oh Skyrim, you clever gal!"
How is Dark Souls? I understand it's very, very difficult for those of us that don't play Skyrim on Master or Expert. We have no context for all the dieing you have to do to do DS well. Opinion? My other 1/2 is trying to convince me to get it. The best I could do is get a couple of used copies of Final Fantasy X-X2 and XIII.
It is difficult, especially for your first playthrough. It is a game of risk and reward, and punishes mistakes very hard. As long as you learn from your mistakes and pay attention, it is a very enjoyable game.... most of the time. You can get invaded by other players at any point when you are in your human form unless you are offline. It is nothing like Skyrim. Even people who play Skyrim on Expert, Master, or even Legendary would probably get owned, because it is a different KIND of difficulty and a completely different kind of game.
eek!
 

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