Another, better question is.. why do I want it? Simple answer; the Bandwagon that has hit the Minecraft Forums’ Mapping & Modding section.
One such mod is the “Fus Ro Dah” mod, which adds the shout seen in the preview video. You can use it to push mobs, hostile or non away from you. And it seems to be commonly used to push them off cliffs.
Another, really cool mod is adding more dragons to Minecraft. According to this video (studdering as it is), they seem to behave better than the Enderdragon (as in they don’t burn holes through your map).
And then there’s these two amazing parodies of the preview trainer, done in Minecraft.
So anyway, I’ve been watching this series of walkthroughs of Skyrim to see if it’s really worth the hype I’ve been seeing for the past month. And I like what I see, especially the epic “avoid the dragon” scenes. Yet, something still baffles me. Why are the Imperial Empire, the enemies now? Yet they were the good guys in TES4 Oblivion. Apparently the answer is there’s a civil war going on, due to the “return” of the dragons.
Another question. Freeplay? The answer is yes. Just like TES4.
As you can clearly see though from the walkthrough, this like The Elder Scrolls 4, is an entirely new game. It’s 200 years in the future, so it’s unlikely the player character from the last game still lives. Yet the way the opening scenes of Skyrim are nearly similar to Oblivion.
As in, you are a prisoner in both. And you’re “freed” in both, and escape in both. Except in Skyrim, you gotta team up to survive which I do like.
Plus, the Imperial Army are after you. Well, that’s always bad.
The cool parts I liked about the walkthrough so far, is probably the new Level Up screen. Clicking on a constellation zooms you into the star tree. That is really cool. That to me makes me think it might be worth $60. And also, the 3D map. A major upgrade from TES4’s flat map.
Plus, the graphics are amazing. They’re Crysis’like. And, you can go pretty much anywhere and do anything once you escaped the dragon attack.
The wiki explains a bit more. Again, more spoilers. But it mentions the player character finds out s/he can speak Draconic after you manage to slay a dragon for the first time and take its soul. So Fus Ro Dah is “Unrelenting Force” in Draconic. Also, you have 22 other dragon-like powers, or “Thu’um” in Draconic.
I’ve seen videos of when a dragon charges up its attack, you will be able to understand what it’s saying. You see the dragon saying “Yol…” before breathing fire on you.
Even the fucking music, is in Draconic. Is this game epic or WHAT?!?!
The wiki adds on that there’s ‘infinite’ (yes, I said.. infinite) dragons in the world, each with their own attacks and abilities. And they attack in random.. NOT scripted times.
Now, I’m seeing why it’s worth $60 (as a dragon fanatic standpoint).