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Skyrim: Dragonborn is alright on the PCAlmost two months after coming out on the Xbox 360, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim's latest DLC, Dragonborn, has made its way onto the PC. The content here is amazing, as Chris already explained in his review back in December. He only encountered a few bugs, but the experience on PC for a lot of people is a little less stable, to the point of the game breaking in certain cases. -noscale.jpg) -noscale.jpg) -noscale.jpg) -noscale.jpg) -noscale.jpg) -noscale.jpg) -noscale.jpg) -noscale.jpg) -noscale.jpg)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: Dragonborn (PC) If you can run Skyrim, you'll be able to handle Dragonborn just fine. I have a lot of mods installed and nothing broke when I installed the DLC, which is a huge relief. The last thing I would want to do is figure out what was individually incompatible. Bethesda has already updated its official HD texture pack to include Dragonborn, so it looks really good on the PC.
It's not abnormal for Bethesda games to have some bugs, and it's to be expected at this point. I had some NPCs walking around with only their heads above ground, spiders that were stuck in walls, and some other oddities floating around that didn't really break the game. The one major issue that I ran into was that I could no longer harvest dragon souls. I did some digging and other users have reported encountering the same issue. [UPDATE: This game breaking bug can now be fixed with the Unofficial Dragonborn Patch] Bethesda is aware of the bug and it's something that will hopefully be fixed in the next patch. This glitch prevents you from completing the main quest, which is a huge let down. I didn't even know I couldn't win until I tried the last boss fight for the third time and I still couldn't get past it even while using console commands.
The dragon flying controls seemed a bit odd to me using the mouse and keyboard. Using spacebar to lock-on to a target and the 1 and 2 keys to alternate targets felt very out of place. It really took me out of the experience, and it didn't seem to mesh very well with the existing game mechanics. I would have much rather just used the same controls as riding a horse. The story, new spells and shouts, and returning to the epic landscape of Morrowind are well worth the $20 price tag for Dragonborn, but it might be worth holding off until at least the first patch is out. Although the dragon-riding controls suck, there will be a mod out soon enough to fix it, I'm sure. Overall, the PC experience is very similar to the rest of Skyrim: very beautiful to look at and at times glitchy, with some design choices that seem better for consoles but will soon be fixed by modders. I recommend buying it as soon as they get the first patch up. Did you know? You can now get daily or weekly email notifications when humans reply to your comments.
6:34 AM on 06.13.2013 Check out this brutal The Evil Within gameplayGod, I'm looking forward to The Evil Within. Shinji Mikami, back doing horror, and backed by one of the few publishers with enough balls left to not stick cravenly to focus-tested sludge. Couldn't be happier with that. Unpre...
12:55 AM on 06.12.2013 A fresh look at The Elder Scrolls OnlineThe thought of a massively-multiplayer online The Elder Scrolls on consoles terrifies me. Perhaps I'm just cynical. Logistics aside, it's great in theory to see MMO support on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One -- confirmed for...
8:42 PM on 06.10.2013 The Elder Scrolls Online also coming to PS4Bethesda will be putting out its upcoming MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online on PlayStation 4 in spring 2014, Sony announced this evening. There's a beta in the works -- of course there is -- that will be available exclusively first on PS4. I must hand it to Sony for sprinkling in these one-sentence "We've got an exclusive!" sentences throughout the E3 press conference.
10:00 AM on 06.06.2013 Predation: Bethesda tried to buy Human HeadYeah, I did a double take, too. Developer Human Head's Prey 2, recently considered vaporware much to the chagrin of all of us who fell head over heels for the Bladerunner-esque title two years ago, resurfaced recently followi...
9:00 AM on 06.06.2013 Nazis take over the world in this new Wolfenstein trailerWolfenstein is coming back! The latest take on the classic story once again stars BJ, who has woken up from a coma to discover the Nazis won the war, and taken over the planet. Not just Nazis, but bigass Nazi robots too. We'...
12:00 PM on 06.02.2013 Wolfenstein 3D is back on XBLA/PSNWith Wolfenstein: The New Order's release date nearing, Bethesda has relaunched "the game that started it all" on Xbox 360 and PS3. Yes, Wolfenstein 3D is once again available on the Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network (...
7:30 PM on 05.28.2013 Nazi Robots, Scary Chainsaw Guys & Sonic The HedgehogLook out, here comes today's Destructoid Show! Today, we talk about Wolfenstein: The New Order and The Evil Within, both of which were previewed by the valiant and swarthy Hamza Aziz. Sonic: Lost World looks surprisingl...
1:00 PM on 05.28.2013 Wolfenstein: The New Order just isn't doing it for meBethesda is bringing back Wolfenstein, the first-person shooter that lets you kill countless Nazi bastards. The New Order takes place during the 1960s in an alternate history Earth where the Nazis have taken over the entire p...
12:00 PM on 05.28.2013 A return to true survival horror with The Evil WithinA return to true survival horror. That's what Shinji Mikami, father of Resident Evil, and his new studio, Tango Gameworks, aims to do with The Evil Within. I saw the game in action at an E3 pre-show recently, and they've cert...
6:30 PM on 05.15.2013 These are the 20 best-selling brands from this gen[Update: Telltale is mistakenly credited for the LEGO games in the source report, but it should be Traveller's Tales.] French game studio Ubisoft released its fiscal year 2013 earnings earlier today, trumpeting its tidy profi...
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