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On 9/22/2016 1:21 PM, Xocyll wrote:
> Dimensional Traveler <dtr...@sonic.net> looked up from reading the
> entrails of the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs
> say:
>
>> On 9/22/2016 6:26 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>>> On Wed, 21 Sep 2016 21:34:07 -0400, Tim O <n...@thanks.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I just found out Ubi is doing a remastered version of Skyrim.
>>>
>>> Minor nitpick (but minor nitpicks are what Usenet is all about!)
>>>
>>> It's Bethesda, not Ubisoft.
>>>
>>> So no worries about using their UPlay software (which isn't as awful
>>> as some make it out, although I'd rank it worst of the "big four"
>>> digital clients (Steam, GOG, Origin, UPlay).
>>>
>>>> I think it was mainly done as an update for the XBox1 and PS4, but
>>>> they're also going to release it for the PC. The update is free to PC
>>>> players if they have the Dragonborn (check), Dawnguard (check) and
>>>> Hearthfire (blech) DLC.
>>>
>>> They are updating the graphics, but indications are they still fall
>>> short of what a well-modded PC Skyrim can achieve. Hopefully it won't
>>> be as bad as the Doom 3 BFG edition, which actually made the game look
>>> worse on a PC...
>>>
>>>> I never liked the happy homemaker and foundry aspects of Skyrim, but
>>>> yep, I just bought Hearthfire for 5 bucks so I get the remastered
>>>> Skyrim. With 300 hours in the original game, I'm not sure I can ever
>>>> spend another minute playing it but still couldn't resist the deal!
>>>
>>> Hearthfire wasn't "blech", but it was sort of pointless. I really got
>>> the feeling it was more of a tech-demo for the "house-building"
>>> technology that would later feature more prominently in Fallout 4.
>>> Plus, it was riding the coat-tails of Minecraft and other games where
>>> you could build your own structures. It was sort of neat to build up
>>> your own home, and I liked having a more centralized place to store
>>> all my gear (the main game also let you buy your own homes, but they
>>> tended to be small and you had to enter the cities first, which was an
>>> extra annoying load-screen).
>>>
>> Both Morrowind and Oblivion let the player build a stronghold or buy
>> houses, respectively.
>
> Goes back even further;  Daggerfall let you own multiple houses and a
> boat.
>
Morrowind was my first Elder Scrolls.  I have Skyrim but haven't had 
time to install and start a game.


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