Mon, Oct 31, 2011 | 05:03 GMT
20 minutes of Skyrim’s opening leaked online
A YouTube user called Twelve Dogs Dancing has posted two videos showing off the beginning The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, from opening cinematic right through character creation and off to questing.
Zenimax promptly had the videos removed, but not before the Internet – specifically, Kotaku – had made a copy. Hit that link post-haste if you want to spoil the game’s beginnings.
If you can hold it, Skyrim launches on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on November 11.
17 comments
#1
djjoejoe
31/10/11, 5:56 am
Proud of myself, only watched the first 2 seconds and heard a dragon shifting around or something, pushing rocks, title card for Bethesda then skipped to the middle and saw 4-5 seconds of a character being made, shifting face tattoos. Then I stopped. I can wait… I CAN WAIT!!! AAAAAAAHHHHH.
#2
Erthazus
31/10/11, 6:53 am
360 footage i guess. Textures and everything else is a bit off. Of course visuals does not matter in RPG, but i remember that Elder Scrolls each time pushed the hardware and visuals for the RPG genre and it’s stopped with SKYRIM because of 5-6 year old hardware =(
#3
aleph31
31/10/11, 7:57 am
So starting at level 1 and you can kill an imperial captain and a huge bear? And the guy almost didn’t lose any health… what’s this, Fable IV?
#4
Maximum Payne
31/10/11, 8:10 am
I didn’t watch all but graphics are good for First person open world.
#5
Erthazus
31/10/11, 8:16 am
@3, i think thats just a pre-scripted event.
If you remember there was a crappy moment in Oblivion where you could not stop king’s retarded death…
#6
GwynbleiddiuM
31/10/11, 8:21 am
11 more days, 11 more days, 11 MOAR DAYS… UGH…
#7
Quasar
31/10/11, 8:50 am
looks like shit on the consoles ahaaha
#8
minxamo
31/10/11, 9:25 am
10:56
#9
Blerk
31/10/11, 9:32 am
Things that I’m not watching today:
1. This.
#10
Erthazus
31/10/11, 9:36 am
@9, oh my god there are so much spoilers.
“You start as a prisoner.”
Owww… I get it. You are probably new one to the series. Okay. Sorry~
#11
Blerk
31/10/11, 9:45 am
It’s somehow bad to want to play through the opening yourself now?
#12
Anders
31/10/11, 10:21 am
I’m with Blerk. I want Skyrim to be the one game this year that hasn’t been completely spoiled for me before I start playing it.
#13
OrbitMonkey
31/10/11, 11:07 am
I’ve asked for this as a crimbo present…
…………… May have to change that…..
I WANTS IT KNOW!!!!
#14
GwynbleiddiuM
31/10/11, 11:20 am
The Adventurer guide to “So, how things begin in The Elder Scrolls?”:
Chapter 1: Morrowind
Jiub: Wake Up. We’re Here. Why are you shaking? Are you ok? Wake up. Stand up. There you go. You were dreaming. What’s your name?
You: …
Jiub: Stop looking like crazy and go and get your release documents signed so you can get the hell out of this sinking pile of woods and KILL THINGS, you dig?
–
Chapter 2: Oblivion
Emperor: I can go no further. You alone must stand against the Prince of Destruction and his Mortal Servants. He must not have the Amulet of Kings!
You: …
Emperor: Will you fucking go free and let this old geezer die in some fucking peace? Seriously man, I mean it.. I’m still the fucking emperor, I can also command my guards to execute your sorry ass… go shoo…
–
Chapter 3: Skyrim
Pfff.. do you really need to ask?!
PS: don’t get me wrong though, I love TES series.
#15
Erthazus
31/10/11, 2:33 pm
@14,
No comment.
and everytime you are god damn prisoner. LOL.
#16
jacobvandy
31/10/11, 9:26 pm
You’re a prisoner because it’s a way to allow every character to start off on the same footing and with whatever origin story you want to role-play (if any). Whether you’re a mage that was wrongly accused of necromancy, a tough fighter guy that murdered someone, political prisoner rogue, or maybe you just got drunk and told a guard on the street to screw himself… Everyone is the same as far as gameplay is concerned when you come out of the jail. Of course there are probably other blank slate scenarios they could come up with, but at this point it’s an Elder Scrolls tradition.
#17
GwynbleiddiuM
01/11/11, 12:33 am
@16, You sir! yes, you.. You clearly have no sense of humor.