Do I need to have played Oblivion to understand Skyrim?
1013294
Not, absolutely not. They happend houndred years in between so they are almost independent from one another. The only thing is if you pick up books on Skyrim, you will find some that talk about the Oblivion Crisis. No more than that.
1013295
Not at all, the game does have some history based on the previous game but that doesn't matter to how you play at all and there it no character carry over like in mass effect. It will take you weeks to play all of the quests and find everything. Have fun!
1013296
No. Skyrim is filled with lots of books to help you catch up on past events.
1013297
No, not at all. I had not played any of the previous Elder Scrolls games and I understood everything. You can get a more in depth look at the Oblivion history if you read the books scattered around Skyrim, if you are interested in that.
1013298
No, definitely not, I did not play the past four games of elder scrolls at all. And now I am like a beast lol!
1013299
I Don't believe you do. You don't miss anything if you don't play oblivion first. It's is like a different layout and it doesn't mention anything from oblivion in skyrim. Not that I know of anyway. It's a different layout and is about 200 years in in the elder scrolls timeline. So yeah
812870
Playing Skyrim on ultra settings isn't that crazy of a feat. I can't run 60fps with the settings on ultra and high resolution textures but if I go for high/very high and default textures I can a lot of mods which make the game look a lot nicer with no performance dips. I think 60 fps is more important than graphics but why choose when you can have both? Make your games look nice by tuning your settings smartly instead of trying to render graphics with brunt force processing power.
619397
Not really its not like skyrim with a bunch of people walking around but there are people you buy weapons and items from and merchants to upgrade your weapons and shields and who sell sorceries scrolls you can summon people to help you on your quest or bosses but you can't really interact with them in certain areas leveling up you can do in one location but you can warp in this game at bonfires that are checkpoints
925565
Skyrim was an awesome single player game...ESO is an MMO, and is sadly rather poorly executed at that.
505786
No. You want this version for everything: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Legendary Edition.
1705505
I couldn't find skrim on google but a game called Skyrim looked good. The trailers played well on the Lenovo. Plenty of gore and blood. I believe the Graphics chip will play both games okay. However, I noticed one other answer was negative. Without downloading, I can't be sure.
680961
no its just an RPG. But if you're interested in an online RPG there's Elder Scrolls online. You should check it out.
2205995
If you buy this version you won't need the regular version because this will have the regular version plus all expansions plus add-on made for this game. So you can give away your regular version or trade it in since you won't really need it unless you want to keep it and buy all the expansion online but I think that would cost more in the long run. Unless you wait till they have a sell on them. I bought this version because I never had the regular version so I paid for it one time in one package. It's like buying The Elders Scrolls: Oblivion game of the year edition & The Elders Scrolls 5: Skyrim the Legendary Edition which includes everything in one package no need to buy any expansions or add-on's. If you buy this version you won't need the regular version because this will have the regular version plus all expansions plus add-on made for this game. So you can give away your regular version or trade it in since you won't really need it unless you want to keep it and buy all the expansion online but I think that would cost more in the long run. Unless you wait till they have a sell on them. I bought this version because I never had the regular version so I paid for it one time in one package. It's like buying The Elders Scrolls: Oblivion game of the year edition & The Elders... » Read More If you buy this version you won't need the regular version because this will have the regular version plus all expansions plus add-on made for this game. So you can give away your regular version or trade it in since you won't really need it unless you want to keep it and buy all the expansion online but I think that would cost more in the long run. Unless you wait till they have a sell on them. I bought this version because I never had the regular version so I paid for it one time in one package. It's like buying The Elders Scrolls: Oblivion game of the year edition & The Elders Scrolls 5: Skyrim the Legendary Edition which includes everything in one package no need to buy any expansions or add-on's. « Show Less
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You can play Skyrim on the PC with a Xbox 360 controller, just remember to plug it in the USB port. You need to have it connected before you try to play, and you might need to select an option within the game to allow you to use the controller as well. I'm not 100% sure on the last part, but I've seen people play it with a controller and it worked just fine.
1680492
Some games don't have controller support, but it should say. Go into setting/options on Skyrim main menu and see if there is controller support, if not then it's a keyboard only game.
904048
I've enjoyed Skyrim at maximum settings with graphics modifications at playable frame rates. Hope that helps!
1946027
Yes & No - Yes if you are playing it WITH the 1.7version patch you get from Bethesda's website. This is to make it compatible with 4 core an more CPU/processors (game was built when 2 core's were common) an other things. Now for modding which I have done, I have no issues with Windows 7 nor should you with Windows 8 (I am aware of it's problems, why I stayed at W7 Pro). because there are mods & fixes for everything at NexusMods. Please remember to install game in folder other than Program Files because Windows UAC feature causes problems. For example C:Games/Fallout3. Also note that Windows Live no longer exists so you can not validate it nor do you have to. You essentially are buying this so not to get malware or viruses from pirated copies or you just do not want to wait forever to download it off steam. Took me 5 days to get it running good with over 50GB worth of mods. Great learning experience, awesome game, 10000X better than when I first played it.
1313798
Yes you should be able to keep what you have. You download the dlc's form the disk (which is under skyrim DLC) and it should not affect the data you have saved.
1105442
No. Only Skyrim will need steam. The others do not require anything to play.
319066
Yes. While there are some references to older games, none of it is required to understand the story to this game. Also, there is a very good tutorial and different difficulties you can use. Whether you enjoy the game is if you like strategy games in general, where you have to plan out your moves instead of relying on quick reflexes.
1155785
Not "required", but I would suggest playing it first. It sort of pieces the story together.
716048
While it's preferable if you do play the first one as this story refers to the first EM's story and many of the characters make return appearances it is not a must that you play EM before EM2. EM2 will encapsulate the previous story in its cut scenes and it's not that important to be familiar with any character. I didn't find that being familiar with characters from EM enhanced my enjoyment (or lack thereof) of EM2. But I would suggest that you skip EM2 altogether and play through EM, a flawed but satisfying game. EM2 improves on a oft difficult camera (but not by that much) and it's true strength is probably the co-op play it offers but it's not nearly as satisfying a game as the original IMO. While it's preferable if you do play the first one as this story refers to the first EM's story and many of the characters make return appearances it is not a must that you play EM before EM2. EM2 will encapsulate the previous story in its cut scenes and it's not that important to be familiar with any character. I didn't find that being familiar with characters from EM enhanced my enjoyment (or lack thereof) of EM2. But I would suggest that you skip EM2 altogether and play through EM, a flawed but satisfying game. EM2 improves on a oft difficult camera (but not by that much) and it's true... » Read More While it's preferable if you do play the first one as this story refers to the first EM's story and many of the characters make return appearances it is not a must that you play EM before EM2. EM2 will encapsulate the previous story in its cut scenes and it's not that important to be familiar with any character. I didn't find that being familiar with characters from EM enhanced my enjoyment (or lack thereof) of EM2. But I would suggest that you skip EM2 altogether and play through EM, a flawed but satisfying game. EM2 improves on a oft difficult camera (but not by that much) and it's true strength is probably the co-op play it offers but it's not nearly as satisfying a game as the original IMO. « Show Less