Skyrim Raw Gameplay Footage, As Good As You Hoped?

Most of the gameplay footage for Skyrim has had developer commentaries or an epic soundtrack over it, now a new video showcases Skyrim in its raw state. We notice a few problems with the physics at least.

[Inside_out]

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They have said that all the footage that has been shown is the 360 build...if that's the case, this game could be very tough to beat, especially considering it's an open world game.

Those guys porting Witcher 2 on to the 360 better bring their " A " game...these guys are serious.

I'll have to watch it about 20x just to make sure...

http://youtu.be/5iQ17r9xUwI

[evrfighter]

I dont think Witcher 2 is gonna outdo Skyrim.

I mean it'll exchange some blows for sure but Skyrim is sure to be just too massive in depth, scope, and length. However if your one of those gamers that are complaining about fps gaming. You have no one to blame but yourself if you skip Witcher 2.

lookin forward to some skyrim 1080p 120fps gaming with some gameplay enhancing mods.

[TheIneffableBob]

They're both RPGs, but they are very different. They're not really directly competing against one another. The Witcher 2 has a greater focus on story and decision making while Elder Scrolls V is more centered on action and exploration.

[FanboyPunisher]

I'll take Skyrim > Wicher 2, played it game aint got shit on Bethesda.

[Ch1d0r1]

@FanboyPunisher

Dark Souls > Skyrim

Ill take a bad ass game play over a boring dull game play any day.

[BubbleSniper]

Xbox 360 build? not bad at all. I can't wait to have SKYRIM rolling on the highest settings, on PC.

on a side note: that Dragon scooping up that giant guy and tossing him away was hilarious

[Bolts]

I'll be playing this on the PC but that is some very impressive visuals for the 360.

[walken7]

Have they released recommended system specs yet?

[DanSolo]

That is good to see some people talking favorably about a different platform while still mentioning that they will be playing it on their platform of choice... pity we don't get more talk like that on here!

crazy example..

COD fanboy, "wow that new destruction in BF3 looks awesome!"

BF fanboy, "yeah and the new COD looks like it will be alot of fun!"

I mean come on, how hard is that shit?

[DARK WITNESS]

@ DanSolo

you live in a dream world my friend.. but dreaming is good. It gives us something to work towards.

It is nice to see honest credit given once in a while when it's deserved.

as for the subject at hand. It looks great and I can't wait to play this. If those are 360 visuals then I am more then happy already.

roll on November.

[theonlylolking]

Skyrim will suck if it is empty like oblivion and almost every character souinds the same. ME3 and witcher 2 pwn it.

[nopunctuation]

How come there is no gore like in Fallout? That was a great element that I hoped bethesda would include in a game where you are swinging axes at people.

[NukaCola]

Fallout is about suffering, survival and salvation. The gore fits. ESV is about destiny, honor, and adventure which gore isn't needed. Don't worry though, there will be a Fallout 4 for that..and Rage

[nopunctuation]

It just doesnt make sense that a bullet can blow a body to bite sized bits but blades in oblivion cannot even though they are clearly meant for goring. This game is aiming to be realistic and so far im not seeing it in that area.

[NCAzrael]

Where did you get the idea that the game was aiming to be realistic? Last I checked, Elder Scrolls games didn't concern themselves with being realistic so much as being fun to play. If you really need gore to have fun, perhaps you need to talk to someone professionally.

[Bloodraid]

Mythological Creatures, Undead, Magic... they're totally aiming for realism.

[Johnny Jiron]

Just wait for the modding community to open this game up. Always a "More Blood" mod of some sort.

[just_looken]

"They have said that all the footage that has been shown is the 360 build"

In other words expect the pc version to be a port and plays like fallout 3/nv ill get on ps3 because i know that will work out of the box.

[limewax]

Fallout on PS3 doesn't even work to this day. If your on about the PC problem, its a simple code error that anyone older than 6 could fix with 2 minutes on google.

People love to overplay things really, However, all Fallout versions have crashing issues, but PS3 actually suffers worse. The fact that this is a new engine obviously has not registered for you either it appears

[mastiffchild]

New engine, though, might wel mean MORE bugs than usual and you can bet your life that Bethesda will have us doing their QA testing post retail yet again seeing as they keep getting away with making us pay to do their sodding job. If outhink the new engine will run better right away than one they were USED to I think you're way over optimistic and they won't up the size of THEIR QA team even though it's shown to be too little time and time again. I've got ZERO trust in Bethesda in this respect as Oblivion was a mess on 360 and Fallout3 a mess EVERWHERE I played it(other versions of their games I can't comment on as didn't play them)-christ, they didn't EVER fix some of the mess in TES4!

'm looking forward to Skyrim but no way will I be getting it at release and possibly not for a long time and wait for the bugs to die out and for the DLC inclusive GOT edition next summer. I think it's fair enough, at this point, to be suspect about the quality we're likely to get day one on the disc seeing as their gams NEVER work properly when e first get our hands on them and it's a shockingly slap dash way of working and it amazes me it hasn't done them more harm to their brand. God job people like their games as when they DO mnake a duffer that also fails to work there WILL be hell to pay(IMO FO3 wasn't very good, mind, but everyone else had seemingly either never played the original games or forgot how great they and their atmosphere was and LOVED FO3!).

[Lazy_Sunday]

I think it looks better than ever.
This is all alpha footage, the footage shot is the footage shared for E3, when they were only showing off their alpha build from several months prior. The majority of the sounds that you heard have yet to be implemented correctly (like the feet clacking) or aren't implemented at all. The video was meant to have a soundtrack over it for the lack of ambient noise and such, just remembering Morrowind and Oblivion.

The Witcher 2 and TES do not compete. Skyrim will annihilate it. Why? Because The Witcher 2 isn't Skyrim, and the combat system for the Witcher 2 isn't more real-time than cinematic. Now, people like the Witcher 2, and people will purchase the Witcher 2, but more people will buy Skyrim.
Why?
Because it's fucking SKYRIM.

[Bull5hifT]

sources Proving its 360 or GTFO!

[YodaCracker]

Todd Howard himself...

[NCAzrael]

Hate to say it, dude, but all videos we've seen so far are from the 360. But seriously, why complain about that? If it looks this good on the 360 I can only imagine how awesome it's going to look on the PC. And we finally have a console game that actually looks comparable to most PC games now days. With graphics and performance of that high of quality, the only things the console version of Skyrim are missing are keyboard and mouse support and the ability to install mods, making Skyrim that close to the perfect example of gaming utopia.

[Bull5hifT]

Unreal Tornament 3 has Mouse Keyboard Support and Mods only on PS3 ;) .... Ironic Heh RROD FTMFW,... I gonna google the hell out if this is true, just cause you can hook up a 360 controller doesnt make it 360 Footage

[Adam2101]

they arent gona punk you or us by saying its Xbox and its in reality on PC or PS3.
they will lose credibility.

besides the 360 can do some great graphics! don't always hate,

the developers of skyrim are that good on making a great graphical game ,and they are not lazy like others ( A LA Crackdown 2 )

[SilentNegotiator]

I'd voice my opinion about the game not looking that great, but I know the type of fanbase I'd be dealing with....
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

lol

[JsonHenry]

If this is a console build I can't wait to see the PC version in action. Looks good!

[Adam2101]

i have Witcher 2 on pc, the graphics are awesome, and the story is good.

in witcher the world is big but the maps are small, small loading times and you can't wonder as you like.

in skyrim its different , youll play the game different.

[xAlmostPro]

Looks better than i hoped, a few cases of slight sceen tearing if im not mistaken however still looks amazing! can't wait to play the full release :D

[bwazy]

When I have the final retail release flowing through my gaming PC on max everything.

Then I will be appoint.

[HeavenlySnipes]

horse he was riding looked like a bear lol

@ 1 min, the horse he's riding is so damn huge lol

[MidnytRain]

What?

[OhMyGandhi]

quite a chunky horse indeed.

[Yukicore]

Guys, horses back in the days were larger. This horse looks pretty fat, but it doesn't look that bad.

[FragMnTagM]

@yukicore, not to mention that it is a Nordic horse as well. They have to be bigger in order to hold a Nordic person....lol.

[TekoIie]

I assume no ones ever heard of a warhorse breed... and no that is not mythology

[NCAzrael]

It's a draft horse. They're bigger because they usually pull heavy wagons. Also keep in mind that Skyrim is a mostly arctic region, meaning that most wildlife will either have heavy coats of fur, or will be a bit fatter than their warm weather counterparts.

[neroprime09]

DONKEY!

[Cpt_kitten]

as good as i hoped? 20 times better i can't wait for this to take 300+ hours of my life

[KING_KAI]

hahaah selling your life away or what :)

[Cpt_kitten]

haha id prefer to go with willing giving away, but for any elder scrolls its so worth it

[KING_KAI]

what settings do you think i can run this at?
i have
phenom quad core 3.1ghz 8 mb cache black edition
4gb gddr3 ram (1333Mhz)
RADEON HD6850 1gb ddr5

[ChrisPriestman]

At least on high, possibly ultra high. My rig is just a little better than yours, only marginally, and I can run The Witcher 2 on high no problem. Ultra high has a little frame lag at times.

But I am guessing that as The Witcher 2 is one of the best looking games around, whereas Skyrim is that much bigger, ultra high is probably going to be a possibility. Although, I do run 8Gb of ram, that is the major difference between our two rigs.

[KING_KAI]

i agree tbh i was hoping for high settings on battlefield 3. since my tv is only 1360x768 or something like that i wont need to go full hd which will be me some extra frames. 8gig!! im jealous but you can only go as far as your pocket. when this starts chugging along ill just add another gpu since my mobo can handle sli. :)

[Ser]

Looks GREAT! This is by far my most anticipated game of 2011. (Unless Guild Wars 2 gets a pop-announcement.)

[LobsterPot]

I wish they would have turned music on. It just seems empty with out it.

[JellyJelly]

In the elder days they didn't play music, music played you!

[Motorola]

Looks amazing but also looks like a lot of work to kill something. I dont want to be forced to use magic to kill.

[Kran]

Isnt that the point?

[FragMnTagM]

Then you are looking at the wrong kind of game. Magic has always been a big part of the Elder Scrolls. You can choose not to use it of course especially with the warrior class, but it helps out a lot.

[Motorola]

Nah I've played Oblivion without using one spell. Except if it's quest related (mandatory) or tutorial related.

[soundslike]

*hurp durp criticism of minute detail durp hurp*

[Trenta27]

Gonna be epic. I just have to find the time to play it among all the other great games coming out around that time.

[jdktech2010]

looks great but unforunately they might be going against SWTOR which I've waited for longer than Skyrim (didn't play Oblivion until late last year). There's not enough room for both of those games with the other ones coming out as well.

I will play it for sure next year

[TekoIie]

Only problem is most games which take 4+ years to develop have turned out crap or mediocre this gen but my fingers are still crossed for it since its looking to be a great game

[pipipi]

hahahaha i get a massive LOLZ when the dragon took the giant!!! hahahahahahaha he get OWNED hahahahaha and the when the giant falls hahahahahahahaha i cant stop laghing hahahahaha

[Tdmd]

The game looks amazing, but I would still like to see some combat in third person... so curious to see if that is working well.

[ASSASSYN 36o]

I personally don't care for the third person. I have only use it to get situational awareness. I have read that it has been tweaked to be easy to use.

[ASSASSYN 36o]

It looks better than I ever thought. I can't wait to get this game. I love the slow motion final strike attack like fable has. We all know everything looks better in slow motion.

[kza]

This and Dark Souls i cannot wait for. Where will i find the time to play BF3 aswell lol.

[ottoman_239]

At 1:33 he cuts his throat and is still alive. WTF!

[RedSoakedSponge]

well yeah....

would be pointless having a levelling system if every enemy died with one slice.

[Cpt_kitten]

ring of throat cutting immunity
+10 protection from throat being sliced open?

that would be my guess =p never leave home with out one

[Ricardoportillo04]

yes

[OhMyGandhi]

why are trees still so difficult to do realistically?

[kramun]

I imagine they could but it would take a lot more power than what they have available.

[JellyJelly]

Because they are so...branchy.

[BeOneWithTheGun]

CAPITAL!

[Rom828]

Well said Gray Fox...

"The waiting is the hardest part." Tom Petty

[abczby]

Of course. Bethesda Game Studios can do no wrong. Their last 5 games all won GOTY (The Elder Scrolls I, II, III, IV, Fallout 3).

[acemonkey]

looks good i hope theres not a lot of bugs and problems like new vegas had when it first came out

[HaVoK308]

It's a new engine, so one would assume many of those old issues will disappear. A game this large though is bound to have issues. I don't believe any developer should be given a pass and allowed to use that as an excuse, but it is what it is.

[Bladesfist]

SWTOR And Skyrim old games finally coming back to us. Cant wait

[kramun]

Less than 4 months to go :D

[RufustheKing]

Did anyone hear the womens voice at 0:28. sounds awful like the womens voice in Oblivion. please let their be more women voice actors than that. the guys sounds familer as well.

[overlorduk]

Damn them, why did they have to put that fugly giant spider in the game! I'll wait till I've spoken to some others who have played the game first so I can ask them where it is and avoid it like the plague :D

[RufustheKing]

lol the spider is on a quest mission, one of the first you have to do. you have to get a dragon horn or something and a theif has it but he is trapped in web in a nord cave. from what i have heard the spider jumps down from the ceiling at you. i don't like spiders but i can't wait to smash this f*cker to pulp. I'll call the spider borris

[Merivigian]

Looks really great, especially for one of the console builds. Usually developers would show off the PC version. I have to say, I'm still overly excited about this game.

[HaVoK308]

Developers have stated numerous times they prefer to show off the 360 version out of technical convenience. Todd Howard made that very statement.

[Merivigian]

I never said that they shouldn't show off the console build or anything. I know what Todd Howard has said about their demos, I've been keeping up to date. Thanks though.

[x800]

lol this is getting that much hype? looks mehh

[Dovahkiin]

You sir, are wrong.

[Fanbot]

what about using the dragon as a pet? :D

[Der_Kommandant]

Viking Horse!

[Psychonaughty]

I suspect they went for a slower horse cos of the debacle that was the horses in Oblivion. The pop-in when you rode across the world was a complete disaster and I never bothered with the horses again after being so disappointed.

Saying that, the game looks brill and I can't wait.

[HaVoK308]

Epic!

Leaning towards the 360 version at the moment. I'll wait till I see some PS3 footage before I make a final decision. Just like the Witcher 2, I'm not interested in the PC version. I'll continue to use my PC for Combat Flight Simulators (IL-2 Sturmovik Cliffs of Dover and DCS: A-10) and RTS.

[GamerPS360]

"Just like the Witcher 2, I'm not interested in the PC version"

have to state that, don't you?

[Huntmaster17]

Its gonna be a really good holiday season, especially after exams : )

[Red_Phoenix]

I'm going to fail school so hard because of this game. :(

[bobrea]

Can't wait for this game. Some music would be nice though. I'm assuming they just haven't put it in yet.

[YodaCracker]

It's a shame this is all the same footage from E3. The only difference is Todd Howard isn't talking over it. I expected new footage!

[beavis4play]

this is the first i've seen of the game - and it doesn't leave me overly impressed. i'll be playing dark souls a long time before i give this a look

[_LarZen_]

For a console game it looks stunning, I realy cant wait to see how it wil look on a high end gaming computer...

[Kakihara]

I can't imagine how you could see this and not be impressed. In fact the main thing that worries me is that this looks so good it makes me wonder if they've managed to make it as big and open as their past RPG games.

In the brief clip of your character talking to a blacksmith, it appears there are a few different sentences to choose from rather than just topics. I always thought one major but subtle thing Fallout 3 had over Oblivion was that you chose the exact sentence you wanted to say rather than just picking from single word topics like 'Church'. I hope this means they're bringing the Fallout 3 style interaction into this one.

[Shinuz]

Be impressed with what? still looks like Oblivion to me (albeit its a lot more beautiful).
The only thing interesting i took from that video was the talk with the blacksmith.

[MasterCornholio]

I hope they do a good job with the PS3 version because my laptop cant handle this game.

[MasterD919]

Game of the year for sure...That dragon stuff is hilarious as I look forward to watching someone get thrown far away.

[Ness-Psi]

well I didn't like oblivion so I doubt I will like this, but I will give it a go.

[Shinuz]

Well when you started using mods Oblivion became quite good, but Vanilla was a hell of a lot boring with stupid design decision.
Vanilla Morrowind was a lot better than vanilla Oblivion.

[Firstkn1ghT]

GOTY!!! This right here is video gaming at its finest. The amount of details and gameplay triumphs every game this year.

[resetme]

Strange. why they took off the bgm??

[CraigBaker]

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!! !! THIS GAME LOOKS SO SHIT! I'll stick with Dragon Age: Origins, the last true rpg experience. this game has shit graphics, shit textures, and shit gameplay. In the end what you get is a shit fucking game from what has always been a shit fucking series from a shit fucking developer. hahaha enjoy yourselves losers!

[Kakihara]

Some men aren't looking for anything logical, like good games. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned or negotiated with. Some men just want to be annoying pricks.

[Huntmaster17]

Can you type one sentence without the profanity? I'm just saying it shows ignorance.

[xtremegamerage]

Dragon origins is one ugly game, and plays bad. SKYRIM owns it in so many ways it's funny.

But that is the 360 footage, i've already seen them play it, haven't you noticed the screentear, almost as bad as gears 3 screentear. lol

[birdy966]

Omg, just omg, that was amazing, even more excited now, unfortunately looks like money will be stopping me from from having this beauty day one :(

[ger101]

The only thing I don't like is the HUD, but I assume it's a placeholder for the proper one.

[banjadude]

I hope they overhaul the allied AI. My God, they sometimes got way too aggressive and often times, block your way (I'm speaking from Oblivion experience).

[mook1022]

I'm still having issues with the slow motion part of the attacks, and it seems to be showing up on every creature he goes up against. Sorry the slow mo is a no go for me!!!

[Shinuz]

Tell me you can disable (without using mods) the fucking POI on the compass.