On Thu, 30 Nov 2023 10:32:28 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

On Wed, 29 Nov 2023 14:56:43 -0700, PW
<iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> wrote:

https://www.pcgamer.com/skyrim-player-amasses-267000-gold-bounty-after-killing-everything-that-was-killable-and-all-you-can-really-do-is-tearfully-salute-it/?lrh=e475157eecb7dd5a143f7c36aea0032717f5d2d16d286111a58b04424ffe30f4

Justisaur - was that you? :-)

rms?

"Skyrim" is one of those games I keep wanting to get back into. I
spent 500+ hours in the game last time I engaged with it, and even
after all that I didn't feel I'd come close to seeing all it had to
offer.

Except... the base game by itself is a bit lackluster; it only really
shines with mods. And I honestly just don't have the energy to deal
with all the issues and time required to download, install, and
configure all the many mods I am interested in. "Skyrim" on its own is
a finicky, buggy mess; saddling it with fifty or a hundred third-party >add-ons doesn't make it any more stable. And I really don't want to
deal with any of that right now.

But maybe one day...

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Me too. Have not installed any add-ons or mods and probably won't.

-pw

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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote in news:5iahmilcoit7rmounim6b994ek2v39r4f8@4ax.com:

"Skyrim" on its own is
a finicky, buggy mess; saddling it with fifty or a hundred third-party add-ons doesn't make it any more stable.

If you played the 32-bit version way back when, I'm not surprised that's your impression--it was mine too. However the 64-bit version is much more stable-- even with a couple of hundred mods.

mpn.

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On Thu, 30 Nov 2023 10:32:28 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

Except... the base game by itself is a bit lackluster; it only really
shines with mods. And I honestly just don't have the energy to deal
with all the issues and time required to download, install, and
configure all the many mods I am interested in. "Skyrim" on its own is
a finicky, buggy mess; saddling it with fifty or a hundred third-party >add-ons doesn't make it any more stable. And I really don't want to
deal with any of that right now.

But maybe one day...

Reminds me of Daggerfall Unity. The game by itself is not enough for
me. I need a bunch of mods to go with it to enhance various parts of
the graphics and then I need more mods to tweak the gameplay to my
preferences.

I am sure it is worse with Skyrim but I feel your pain.

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PW <iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> wrote:

On Thu, 30 Nov 2023 10:32:28 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

On Wed, 29 Nov 2023 14:56:43 -0700, PW ><iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> wrote:

https://www.pcgamer.com/skyrim-player-amasses-267000-gold-bounty-after-killing-everything-that-was-killable-and-all-you-can-really-do-is-tearfully-salute-it/?lrh=e475157eecb7dd5a143f7c36aea0032717f5d2d16d286111a58b04424ffe30f4

Justisaur - was that you? :-)

rms?

"Skyrim" is one of those games I keep wanting to get back into. I
spent 500+ hours in the game last time I engaged with it, and even
after all that I didn't feel I'd come close to seeing all it had to
offer.

Except... the base game by itself is a bit lackluster; it only really >shines with mods. And I honestly just don't have the energy to deal
with all the issues and time required to download, install, and
configure all the many mods I am interested in. "Skyrim" on its own is
a finicky, buggy mess; saddling it with fifty or a hundred third-party >add-ons doesn't make it any more stable. And I really don't want to
deal with any of that right now.

But maybe one day...

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Me too. Have not installed any add-ons or mods and probably won't.

Same. I didn't bother with side quests. Same in Oblivion. Just no time and energy.
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On Thu, 30 Nov 2023 10:02:10 -0800 (PST), Justisaur
<justisaur@gmail.com> wrote:

On Wednesday, November 29, 2023 at 1:56:48?PM UTC-8, PW wrote:

https://www.pcgamer.com/skyrim-player-amasses-267000-gold-bounty-after-killing-everything-that-was-killable-and-all-you-can-really-do-is-tearfully-salute-it/?lrh=e475157eecb7dd5a143f7c36aea0032717f5d2d16d286111a58b04424ffe30f4

Justisaur - was that you? :-)

Hehe, no. I actually never even finished Skyrim, I got to the dragon
at the end and just didn't feel like playing any more.

My penchant is for killing all enemies, I generally don't include
anything non-hostile like chickens or killable non-hostile NPCs. I
have tried to do a real kill all in Fallout 3, but my heart wasn't in
it and I quit fairly early, though that may be as much to do with
trying to do it with melee only as well.

- Justisaur

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Cute.

Any idea what you left crawling around in Elden Ring?

-pw

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