# The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim post-release thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 10, 2011, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-post-release-thread/602540 "2011-11-10T22:09:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-post-release-thread/602540/21 "2011-11-11T04:53:42Z")
[QUOTE=Kinthalis] You know, just 10 years ago I was getting ready to GO OUT clubbing at this time. Where did that energy come from? [/QUOTE] Gods know. When I was younger I could (and often did) stay up all night drinking with my friends, then work a full day, then go back out and do it all over again. Now I’m lucky if I can manage to stay up until midnight waiting for a game to unlock. 😛 Ah…to be young again! -XT ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-post-release-thread/602540/22 "2011-11-11T04:57:35Z")
Anyone know how long the decrypt will take? Last game I had to wait for a decrypt for took only a couple of minutes, but the game before that took hours. I hope it doesn’t take long! ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-post-release-thread/602540/23 "2011-11-11T05:03:14Z")
Decrypting! It’s fast 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-post-release-thread/602540/24 "2011-11-11T05:04:16Z")
It’s unlocked! ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-post-release-thread/602540/25 "2011-11-11T05:04:18Z")
> [@Kinthalis](#): > > Anyone know how long the decrypt will take? > > Last game I had to wait for a decrypt for took only a couple of minutes, but the game before that took hours. > > I hope it doesn’t take long! I’ll let you know in an hour. 😉 (my past experience has been amazement at how long some decrypts take…and I have a fairly speedy machine…although I suspect there is the watching a pot waiting for it to boil thing going on too) ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-post-release-thread/602540/26 "2011-11-11T05:04:58Z")
Well, game just came online. Loading it up now…crossing fingers it works… -XT ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-post-release-thread/602540/27 "2011-11-11T05:06:12Z")
Holy crap! In Chicago but it is decrypting! Woot! \o/ ---
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-post-release-thread/602540/28 "2011-11-11T05:35:57Z")
I was torn about it (I don’t have that much vacation time left), but I decided. I’m taking tomorrow off to enjoy me some Skyrim. It was 3:30 PM. I was still agonizing over whether to burn a precious remaining vacation day on a video game, and my boss came up to me, unprompted (I hadn’t said anything about the game to anyone at work) and asked, “Hey, I saw a commercial for a game that looked pretty neat. Funny name, I can’t remember it. It looked kinda like Vikings vs. a dragon. I just remember 11.11.2011. That’s tomorrow. Do you know what game that is? It looked really cool.” If that’s not a sign from heaven, I don’t know what is. I didn’t pre-order, and I want a physical copy, so I’ll pick it up tomorrow. I was kinda surprised to see the Best Buy near me is having a midnight launch in about 25 minutes for Skyrim and Deathly Hallows, but I just got home after a dinner with friends and I’m probably one drink past where I’d feel comfortable driving. So tomorrow it is, and it’s going to be epic. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-post-release-thread/602540/29 "2011-11-11T10:31:51Z")
> [@Kinthalis](#): > > Decrypting! It’s fast 😉 Liar :mad: I got up early to get in a couple hours of Skyrim before work, and the first half hour is already gone and it is only 35% decrypted. ---
**Author:** ![Claptree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@Claptree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claptree)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-post-release-thread/602540/30 "2011-11-11T12:57:41Z")
Heh. I got up at 4:30am this morning just to make sure it would be ready for me now. I got about 30 minutes of gaming in before work. Yay dragons! ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-post-release-thread/602540/31 "2011-11-11T13:05:49Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > Liar :mad: > > I got up early to get in a couple hours of Skyrim before work, and the first half hour is already gone and it is only 35% decrypted. It only took me 5 minutes, I swear! Gonna hop in a few. So far, I’ve created a character and played for about an hour. Impressed with the graphics, much better than I thought they would be. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-post-release-thread/602540/32 "2011-11-11T13:35:22Z")
Decryption only took a few minutes for me. I made my first character, a male Argonian named Hunts-In-Silence. Impressions so far in no particular order: [ul] [li]A very pretty game.[/li] [li]Stealing is somewhat too easy.[/li] [li]So far it’s less buggy than I expected; or perhaps I’ve just been lucky. [/li] [li]I’ve had a serious relapse of Oblivion’s “harvest every plant you come across” syndrome.[/li] [li]The mouse & keyboard control method feels a little clunky, but not as bad as some people have been claiming.[/li] [li]Where can we get a manual?! I can’t find one, and the Bethesda forums have multiple people asking where they can find one.[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-post-release-thread/602540/33 "2011-11-11T13:45:11Z")
Just picked up my physical copy in my lunch break. Now why do I have to work afternoons again? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-post-release-thread/602540/34 "2011-11-11T13:49:58Z")
It’s here! goodbye social life. Installing now, only 5510MB which is surprising. The map I got with the pre-order is awesome too. ---
**Author:** ![Raza](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raza/32/213_2.png) [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-post-release-thread/602540/35 "2011-11-11T14:16:49Z")
Errrgg. I did the Amazon release-day thing, and UPS tracking says it is “out for delivery”, so it is on the truck, cruising aimlessly around north Atlanta. I really really considered taking the day off, but knowing it probably won’t get delivered until early afternoon anyway, I’ve put on my brave face and will fake-work at the office, visions of flame-bolts dancing in my head. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-post-release-thread/602540/36 "2011-11-11T14:48:53Z")
> [@Mr.Kobayashi](#): > > It’s here! goodbye social life. Installing now, only 5510MB which is surprising. The map I got with the pre-order is awesome too. Is it a paper map, or cloth? ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-post-release-thread/602540/37 "2011-11-11T14:54:06Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > Is it a paper map, or cloth? Either I got robbed, or it’s a paper map. I was really looking forward to the cloth map (who am I kidding…our kitten would have stolen it and used it as a blanket). Not reading any of this thread because I have to teach a class in five minutes, then work until 5. I will be able to load the game on my personal/work laptop here while I work on the other computer, though. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-post-release-thread/602540/38 "2011-11-11T14:59:07Z")
So far I’m loving it. Of course, I’m getting NO work done today, and having a husband telling me “hey, you’ve been working & worrying too much lately… you SHOULD take the day off and play all day!” isn’t helping. A couple questions: - has anyone figured out how to position the camera so you can see your character yet? I can switch from first person to third person view, but haven’t figured out what magic combo of keys makes it so I can rotate the camera so I can see what I look like from the front. - How about quickly switching from bow to melee weapon in battle? I can laboriously tab through my inventory and switch, but I’m hoping there’s a faster way. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-post-release-thread/602540/39 "2011-11-11T15:06:56Z")
Middle-click and hold while moving the mouse spins the camera in 3rd person, or at least I think that’s what I got to work. Switching active spell/weapon in battle seems really clumsy, or I’m missing something. Hopefully I’m missing something. ---
**Author:** ![Headrush042](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Headrush042](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Headrush042)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-post-release-thread/602540/40 "2011-11-11T15:14:09Z")
You can also use F (default) to toggle between first and third person – holding down F will allow the camera to rotate via the mouse, but it’s crazy weird to control. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-post-release-thread/602540.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-post-release-thread/602540.md?page=3)