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Getting back into Skyrim lately. PS3 finally has the DLCs so I was gonna get them, but they're $20 each.. most games are $10 tops. Do they really add a lot to the game for that $20? is it worth it? or should I just skip em? O got the hearthgard one, but dunno if I want to pay another $40...
Hearthfire is the worst of the DLCs IMHO. Dragonborn is totally worth it, and I quite enjoyed Dawnguard. Did you play Oblivion? If so:
Dawnguard=Knights of the Nine
Dragonborn=Shivering Isles
They're good, but they're not worth $20 in my opinion. Wait until a sale. If you're desperate you could save a bit of money by buying the legendary edition from amazon or somewhere.
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Every time I hear "in my opinion" or "just my opinion" makes me want to strangle a puppy. People use their opinions as a shield that other poeple can't critisize and that is bs.
If you can't defend or won't defend your opinion then that "opinion" is bs. Stop trying to tip-toe and defend what you believe in.
Dawnguard is actually the superior DLC imo, adds alot more life to the game. Both factions have a quest giver that hands out 'Misc. Quests' but what's fun is that there are a fair few proper quests sprinkled in amongst them.
A minor feature that is great is that it also adds a fairly decent amount of Mini dungeons that aren't explored in the Dawnguard quest but instead are added to the list of 'Misc quest' settings for example Companion Jobs or NPC Fetch quests. You'd be surprised how much you'll appreciate that. Another Minor feature is the Huge buff to werewolves, as well as a perk tree.
The 'Forgotten Vale' portion of the Main Quest is also Imo Skyrim at it's finest. A huge, intricate dungeon with lots of verticality, scope and environmental detail, the first portion also casts you in almost complete darkness, Fantastically tense for non-mages. If you're a Melee fighter the dungeon is also full of Skyrim's best Foe; The Falmer (A minor addition from Dawnguard is a subtle widening of the Falmer Tileset's Bestiary, including Flying Chaurus and Female falmer.
The only bad part of Dawnguard is a VERY tedious slog through an instance called 'The soul Cairn'. At least the soul cairn is fairly interesting for lore.
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I'm on PS3 so I doubt they would ever be on sale. is each one going to be a quest line like the companions or mages guild or is there more to it? if it's just 1 new questline then I don't think $20 is worth it, but if there's a lot more in it then maybe I'll try it
Necros wrote: I'm on PS3 so I doubt they would ever be on sale. is each one going to be a quest line like the companions or mages guild or is there more to it? if it's just 1 new questline then I don't think $20 is worth it, but if there's a lot more in it then maybe I'll try it
Dragonborn lets you go to Solstheim. It isn't a massive island, but there's quite abit to do aside from the main questline. Dawnguard adds some new places in Skyrim but it's mostly just the main questline(it's abit different depending on whether you side with the vampires or vampire hunters) , and there's also some radiant quests and afew side quests. Of the two I'd say Dragonborn is the best value.
(I was thinking maybe you could save some money getting the legendary edition off amazon, but it's $59! Over here on the amazon UK site it's £23. How the hell does that work? )
I bought all DLC's for PS3 only a couple months ago myself.
I would say that dragonborn and dawnguard are quite interesting and worth your time. Nice quests, lots of new items (armor, weapons, ennemies). Dragonborn adds the extra value of an entire new region to explore, even though it isn't particularily huge. Plus, if you've played morrowind, you'll find tons of references to that game in the DLC. It made me kinda nostalgic.
Hearthfire doesn't add much content, but it's still fun to build your house and adopt children and housepets and the like after having saved the world two or three times over.
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All three are worthy additions. Hearthfire mightn't seem like much, but building your own house is pretty cool, and there a few other nifty mechanics it adds too.
Dawnguard gives the base game a new life while Dragonborn gives you a whole new area to go through with all its own quests and factions.
I would recommend going for the Legendary Edition instead of getting them separately though.
I guess I'll check them out .. right now I still have lots of main questlines to finish.. I did them all before, but accidentally copied over my original character a while back :(
My house is lookin good. I made lydia my steward, since she just dies if I try to take her out to fight. My bard is kind of annoying though. I wish I could build a torture chamber in my basement just for him
I liked all three, but Dragonborn was my favorite of them. Dawnguard was neat...but I wasn't too impressed. Luckily, I got all them half off when they were finally released on PS3
And I thought Hearthfire was pretty cool. I had a lot of fun building and customizing my houses.
Problem is now that my main character game is so massively bugged, and I don't want to put the million hours into the game to get to that stage again. Currently get a complete computer crash if I submerge in water.. one quest I had to finish, saw me desperately trying to scale the side of a hill, but then sliding down into the water..
Pacific wrote: Wish I had got these when they were on sale!
Problem is now that my main character game is so massively bugged, and I don't want to put the million hours into the game to get to that stage again. Currently get a complete computer crash if I submerge in water.. one quest I had to finish, saw me desperately trying to scale the side of a hill, but then sliding down into the water..
I was having the same problem with water a while ago, on PS3, but they released a patch and fixed it.
So I built my house, married the huntress companion lady, adopted a kid who adopted a bunny, got my house all decked out, and them some stupid giant decided to walk over and kill my cow. I was like WTF DOOD that's my cow! So I smushed his head with my daedric warhammer, and then bought a new cow.
After I'm done helping the legion conquer all these silly nords I'll finish the main dragon quest and then move on to the other DLCs. I do wish they were more in the $10 range though.
Necros wrote: So I built my house, married the huntress companion lady, adopted a kid who adopted a bunny, got my house all decked out, and them some stupid giant decided to walk over and kill my cow. I was like WTF DOOD that's my cow! So I smushed his head with my daedric warhammer, and then bought a new cow.
And this is why Hearthfire isn't the deadweight everyone makes it out to be.
Nearly every time I leave my Hearthfire house, there's a giant in my garden. The worst I had upon fast travelling to my house has been:
1 Giant
1 Frost Dragon
1 Blood Dragon
A group of Vampires
A Frostbite Spider that fell from the sky and died on impact
At once.
No wonder nobody comes to visit.
Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
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Avatar 720 wrote: Nearly every time I leave my Hearthfire house, there's a giant in my garden. The worst I had upon fast travelling to my house has been:
1 Giant
1 Frost Dragon
1 Blood Dragon
A group of Vampires
A Frostbite Spider that fell from the sky and died on impact
I removed assorted limbs with my axe. Now they rest in... pieces.
Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation
Avatar 720 wrote: I removed assorted limbs with my axe. Now they rest in... pieces.
You forgot the;
Never understood the hate for Hearthfire. The houses are sweet. The ability to adopt poor little orphans is cool if you're into RPing your character, and collecting all the materials is a good enjoyable time sink with a nice tangible reward at the end. And it's dirty cheap.
I felt dirty enough just making the pun, to be honest.
Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation
If you love skyrim, but wish there was more, you'll probably get more out of the two big DLCs than you would out of a $40 game. Combined they add two major questlines, plenty of dungeons, new monsters, higher level dragons, new gear, and (IMO) better writing. Solthstiem is a really atmospheric place to visit, and is very refreshing after being in Skyrim forever.
Really though, they are expansions, not enhancements. If you want a deeper experience, pass. If you want more stuff to see and do, get them.
Anvildude wrote: Or get the computer version, where you get infinite free expansions forever. And can make your own. For free.
Because everybody has the know-how to make game modifications, not to mention making them correctly enough that they don't screw their game to hell? You are assuming a bit much here. Also, what if the guy doesn't have a PC, or a PC capable of Skyrim? Turning the thread into another console vs PC debate won't help the OP I'd imagine.
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