Dawnguard Released

[Gusington]

 :o

[meadbelly]

Well how can I if you won't post them??

Come on people. Dawnguard. Vampire lords. Don't make me buy this in anger.

Do an unfiltered Google Image search for 'pudding meme'

Don't say I didn't warn you.

Good grief, pudding has a meme?!?

I blame close-minded buxom coeds, bad limericks, polite Francophiles, and the not-a-word "anyways."

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

If it doesn't look like this, I ain't buyin'.

[Toonces]

It....begins...

[Kushan]

Toonces: not sure if your using any of the companion or horse mods, but if you get a chance could you try to confirm whether or not NPCs and follower fight while mounted? I know that they don't with just the v1.6 patch. I'm hoping dawnguard added that. Woukd be really cool to have my small horde fight mounted during the Warzone battles.

[Gusington]

Thanks for posting Toonces. Good shots. How are you liking it so far? How is the new content introduced?

[Nefaro]

Can't be easy feeding, wearing a helmet like that. 

:P

Sorry to interrupt the Gus prodding.. carry on.  ;D

[bob48]

Can't be easy feeding, wearing a helmet like that. 

:P

Sorry to interrupt the Gus prodding.. carry on.  ;D

You clearly missed the fact that he has a pudding dispenser on top of his helmet.

The guy in the picture, that is - not Gus!

..although I guess Gus may well have a pudding dispenser for all I know.......

....NURSE...is it time for my medication yet?...........

[Tpek]

If it doesn't look like this, I ain't buyin'.

Is this a drawing of Edward Cullens? Or perhaps Bella Swan?

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

That's kind of harsh.  Nanny's a much better actress.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9ZVWMPuZ2c

[meadbelly]

Wow. Looking at Toonces' screenshots, I'm beginning to realize just how badly my graphics are slipping. Must. Upgrade.

[Gusington]

How old is your machine? I used one of Toonces shots for my desktop wallpaper.

[Toonces]

Ok, I'm one hour and one quest in and here are my first impressions (no spoilers):

So far it's pretty much Skyrim as you've always known it.  I had just completed a vanilla quest and my continue save had me outside of the dungeon I had just worked through.  I fast travelled to some random city and the first guard I spoke to introduced the Dawnguard questline.  You get into it pretty much immediately.

The first quest had me go to an area in Skyrim- no new terrain or anything like that.  You get some backstory and then are sent on a second quest.  The quest I just finished was interesting, but still it's dungeon crawling like you're used to. 

I haven't done mounted combat or anything like that.  The only new thing I've experienced is the crossbow, which totally rocks.  Sneaking into a good overwatch position and then nailing a baddy in the head with the crossbow is extremely satisfying.

Overall I'm not seeing a whole lot totally new that has blown me away, but I'm still quite satisfied.  Keep in mind I'm only one hour in, so I haven't seen much, yet. 

My advice so far would be, if you want more Skyrim this is a safe buy.  If you want something revolutionary that's not going to feel like more Skyrim then this is probably a pass (at least, for the first hour it is).  So far it's been playing pretty safe...I'm curious to see where the story goes once it opens up some, and what new things, if any, the mod provides.

[steve58]

Just saw this on Slickdeals.  Thinking I'm going to hold off because I've barely scratched the surface of the original yet...

GreenManGaming has The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Dawnguard (PC Download) for $20 - 25% off code PCGMR-ALLIN-GREEN = $15. NOTE: Game may be activated on Steam

[LongBlade]

Thanks Toonces & Steve. Good stuff.