Your "wow" moments.
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Beodix
Thane of Winterhold & Windhelm, Harbinger
Prior to Skyrim the last console RPG game I played was the old PS2 DND games. So being new to the World of Tamriel I was amazed about how immersive the graphics were and the first person perspective. After Helgen I believe I spent at least an hour just wandering around the forest looking at everything.
What really blew my mind was when I killed 2 bandits on my way to Riverwood. I realized I could drag their bodies so being immersed in the game I though "Huh, better not leave these bodies in the middle of the road so I dragged them off the road. Then I was like I'll dispose of the bodies in the river; Dexter style". So I dragged the first body to the river thinking it'll just sink to the bottom, but no it floated!!!! and followed the current of the river right down into the town of Riverwood where it fetched up on a bridge support....****major facepalm**** but I was like WOW that was awesome.
What really blew my mind was when I killed 2 bandits on my way to Riverwood. I realized I could drag their bodies so being immersed in the game I though "Huh, better not leave these bodies in the middle of the road so I dragged them off the road. Then I was like I'll dispose of the bodies in the river; Dexter style". So I dragged the first body to the river thinking it'll just sink to the bottom, but no it floated!!!! and followed the current of the river right down into the town of Riverwood where it fetched up on a bridge support....****major facepalm**** but I was like WOW that was awesome.
Kasha
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3pic3raser
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My wow moment was when I took down my first dragon in the game, and when I entered Skyrim for the first time. Reminded me of entering the wasteland in Fallout 3.
Touchstone
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Yes it does. And those chills made me so excited I got up and danced the whole time she was talking. A'course, I was seriously looking forward to meeting the DB.
Touchstone
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Really? Oh my goodness! HA!
Vrtig0
New Member
Too many "WoW" moments to list, but I maybe have loved my "LoL" moments more for their scarcity.
1. The entirety of Sanguine's quest for his Rose.
2. Sneaking up on a bandit raider at the end of a dungeon while he's sitting down at a meal. He starts singing in a very sing-song voice:
"Kill HIM - If he talks to me like that again
Kill HIM - While he's sleeping"
So damn funny.
Oh, most notable "WoW" moment I couldn't really enjoy at the time:
Exploring the very north where it breaks into islands and the water gets slushy. Looking down down DOWN into the deep water at my first ship wreck discovery. I'm not playing an Argonian and had only 2 water breathing potions so couldn't risk getting all the way down there and running out. Will be going back soon though.
1. The entirety of Sanguine's quest for his Rose.
2. Sneaking up on a bandit raider at the end of a dungeon while he's sitting down at a meal. He starts singing in a very sing-song voice:
"Kill HIM - If he talks to me like that again
Kill HIM - While he's sleeping"
So damn funny.
Oh, most notable "WoW" moment I couldn't really enjoy at the time:
Exploring the very north where it breaks into islands and the water gets slushy. Looking down down DOWN into the deep water at my first ship wreck discovery. I'm not playing an Argonian and had only 2 water breathing potions so couldn't risk getting all the way down there and running out. Will be going back soon though.
Cyberote
Mayor of Zufadt
I'm back after my long absense. I was off playing Skyrim! Wow moments huh? There were quite a lot for me!
- The way everything flows. As soon as I gained control over my character, I was amazed at how the game flowed.
- NPC's noticing when you're sick
- After I joined the Dark Brotherhood, there was a guard who said "Psst! I know who you are... hail Sithis!"
- The amazing shadow effects
- SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In the one quest for the Dark Brotherhood where you get to kill and become The Gourmet, I walked up to the man guarding the door to the castle while wearing a chef's tunic and chef's hat and told him I was The Gourmet. He responded by "Oh! Of course! The clothes should've given it away!" I love how he noticed I was wearing chef attire!
- Northern lights. Especially the orange ones. They make it look like the night sky is on fire.
- My house in Riften. It was a bitch to get because I couldn't figure out how to get it, but once I did, I hopped right on it and got all the furnishings. I am quite happy with it!
- The way everything flows. As soon as I gained control over my character, I was amazed at how the game flowed.
- NPC's noticing when you're sick
- After I joined the Dark Brotherhood, there was a guard who said "Psst! I know who you are... hail Sithis!"
- The amazing shadow effects
- SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In the one quest for the Dark Brotherhood where you get to kill and become The Gourmet, I walked up to the man guarding the door to the castle while wearing a chef's tunic and chef's hat and told him I was The Gourmet. He responded by "Oh! Of course! The clothes should've given it away!" I love how he noticed I was wearing chef attire!
- Northern lights. Especially the orange ones. They make it look like the night sky is on fire.
- My house in Riften. It was a bitch to get because I couldn't figure out how to get it, but once I did, I hopped right on it and got all the furnishings. I am quite happy with it!
ChicN Freak
Chicken of the Third Reich
Cave
Active Member
haha yeh, i dont think i was that excited?
but so far im really loving the contracts, there really creative and complexSkooma Virgin
Member
When I discovered you could sprint. I know, it sounds stupid but it's true.
Melee combat too, when I got used to it. Soooo much better than the rest of the TES games.
And yeah, I guess the giants too.
Ryan Veatch
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Putting 20 arrows into a dragon at level ~15, and doing only half its health, but then a giant goes and one shots it xD
Deadhand
PLEASE DON'T EAT THOSE SOCKS!
Most recent wow moment; realizing that 50 is NOT the level cap, and that we can level until all our skills are at 100, and get perks for EVERY level up, not just til 50! HUZZAH! (And if anyone was as clueless as I was, the rough level cap with all skills at 100 is approximately 78 to 81, the variation coming from skills giving different amounts of exp at different skill levels compared to your level; however this really only applies if you were say level 1 and used console commands to make all your skills 100, your level would probably be 78 with 77 perks to spend, but if you don't cheat and level everything up naturally you'll most likely end up level 81 with 80 perks to spend) and tack on to that the perk planner @ http://www.ign.com/builds/the-elder-scrolls-5-skyrim/create? and you can finally do a little character planning as I was itching to do for quite some time.
Jimmious
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Well for me it has to be one of the simple yet very immersive moments I've lived so far in Skyrim.
I'm playing as a Wood Elf Ranger (at least that's what I think I am) alternating between bow and dual swords.
As I was walking next to a small river with lush vegetation on its sides I notice a deer behind a big rock which was on my way.
I carefully approach it with the intension of hunting it down(they provide good hide and meat). When I close in at about 4 meters distance it suddenly takes notice of me and for 5 amazing seconds we both stay perfectly still and look at each other. When I pick my bow up it starts running, crossing the river with me chasing it! I manage to put it down after a minute or two.
The chase ended up on a small hill which was semi-covered by a large cliff. Standing over the deer carcass I just skinned, I look up in the sky and I see the two big moons shining in a sky full of stars
Moments like that make Skyrim so great for me.
I'm playing as a Wood Elf Ranger (at least that's what I think I am) alternating between bow and dual swords.
As I was walking next to a small river with lush vegetation on its sides I notice a deer behind a big rock which was on my way.
I carefully approach it with the intension of hunting it down(they provide good hide and meat). When I close in at about 4 meters distance it suddenly takes notice of me and for 5 amazing seconds we both stay perfectly still and look at each other. When I pick my bow up it starts running, crossing the river with me chasing it! I manage to put it down after a minute or two.
The chase ended up on a small hill which was semi-covered by a large cliff. Standing over the deer carcass I just skinned, I look up in the sky and I see the two big moons shining in a sky full of stars
Moments like that make Skyrim so great for me.
Beodix
Thane of Winterhold & Windhelm, Harbinger
Being a Thane of Winterhold has its perks as I found out as I once again inadvertently committed a crime. The guard went to arrest me and I was like "Hey don't you know I'm the thane of Winterhold" and he was like "Oh, okay then I'll look away this time". LOL that was awesome. Or after fixing up my Steel Plate Armor and I walk by a guard and he compliments me on it. Or when I stopped in a dungeon to read a book and while reading Lydia has a little bit of a coughing fit, that was awesome. It's the little things that really are starting to give me WOW moments.
BTW - Does anyone know if bodies decompose over time? I notice that they don't just disappear like in other games, which is more realistic. I'm pretty methodical when I kill people in the open world as I have taken to disposing of their bodies.
BTW - Does anyone know if bodies decompose over time? I notice that they don't just disappear like in other games, which is more realistic. I'm pretty methodical when I kill people in the open world as I have taken to disposing of their bodies.
Swedestanlogical
Premium Member
Ok - not a WOW moment, but a pretty funny one - I had just returned down from the 7000 steps and was hunting in the woods after I killed a dragon - shot an Elk and then off to my right a freakin Ox cart fell from the sky - crashed through the trees to the ground - must have fallen off the 747 cargo plane flying over - wierd...
