This is just a post to everyone regarding the recent Dawnguard dlc for Skyrim.
Now when Bethesda, or should I say Todd Howard. said that the dlc they produce for Skyrim would be more like expansion packs, I had in my mind a dlc that would be the size of Shivering Isles or Bloodmoon. Instead I felt personally that Dawnguard was actually quite short and though I enjoyed the story and locations I still felt too much like I was playing the original game and I'll be honest I fancied leaving Skyrim for a while.
And now with this "Hearthfire" dlc talk I'm worried the size and location will yet again let me down a little, though I still enjoyed Dawnguard I just feel it was more "Knights of the nine" sized than an expansion and I hope the next dlc is bigger and better.
There was definitely an "expansion" feeling about Shivering Isles that I really enjoyed. It took me away from Cyrodiil for a while and gave me some great, memorable characters and places to interact with, as well as a really fun story. But the most important thing about it is that it felt fresh, almost like a new game to play.
However with Dawnguard I'm feeling the whole time that I'm still in Skyrim doing normal Quests and the features of being a vampire are very fun of course but it lacks a certain..originality that I couldn't seem to get over despite how much I love Skyrim.
If you can spare the time let me know what you think as I'm not sure if it's just me having my expectations too high, which of course is a compliment to how great Bethesda are.
By around January time I'd clocked in an enormous 600+ hours of Skyrim with over 15 characters, I love the very idea of Elder Scrolls giving me a chance to get away from online multiplayer and creating a world for me to lose myself in, but unfortunately the dlc really did let me down a bit.
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
I actually agree with you on just about everything. Any time I talk about Dawnguard with people I refer to it as more Knights of the Nine and Less Shivering Isles. I haven't heard much about Heartfire but I'm hoping it will be a new location entirely. What I really hope is they don't release DLC like smugglers den, and wizards tower.
Yeah actually you have a very valid point there, they would have to bring out those things fairly cheap or not bother.
*Sigh* In saying that, I'd probably just buy them anyway out of my Elder Scrolls infatuation ha!
Forgot to mention in the blog that I was quite disappointed that despite playing from both the vampire and dawnguard perspective, the missions are basically identical. I mean I expected it, but hoped for better.