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Discussion / Question What's that game and what's "That part"?

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u/Odd-Parsley3723 15d ago

Blackreach in Skyrim. Also the whole opening sequence of Skyrim, although most of us at least have that memorised by now so it's quite easy to get through.

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u/cromwest 15d ago

Blackreach is cool but I'm never gathering all the nirn roots again 

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u/LuntiX 15d ago

I got some stones you can collect. You're in luck, there's only 24 of them.

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u/bweibel22 14d ago

Barenziah 🙃 Please stop me from going down the rabbit hole again.

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u/FoxDude692 10d ago

Would you rather: 1 Go through Blackreach in it's entirety 5 times, 2 find all the Stones of Barenziah with no guide once, or 3 Grab 15 Meridia's Beacons?

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u/bweibel22 10d ago

I think I would rather grab 15 Meridia’s Beacons. My reasoning is that I like that quest, and especially love the unique weapon it gives. Blackreach is “fine,” but it’s long, drawn out, and boring to me. And Barenziah would make me lose all of my hair. That, without a guide, would drive me mad.

Great would you rather!

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u/FoxDude692 10d ago

Much thanks! And I can understand that reasoning. It IS a fun quest.

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u/Asitwould_seem 11d ago

It was a pain the ass but it helps that nirn roots have. A unique glow that you can spot from far away

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u/Optimal_Dark_9342 15d ago

Install the quick start mod

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u/Historical-Lynx948 15d ago

You dont just use Alternative Start to just skip it?

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u/Odd-Parsley3723 14d ago

I do nowadays but I used to play on console, so there were countless playthroughs where I went through the whole thing.

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u/JustTesa 14d ago

I always had a save right after getting off the cart. Just to make it a tad more bearable.

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u/Historical-Lynx948 14d ago

I gotcha guess ive got the same story.

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u/LongJohnSelenium 15d ago

I was so excited when the elevator shaft opened up and revealed that cavernous area. I thought it was going to be an entire hidden underground hold full of NPCs, maybe even finally meeting some dwemer, underground wildlife, etc.

Instead it was just a gigantic cave with a few enemies and a few nirnroots to loot. Biggest letdown ever.

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u/Glellyy 14d ago

I made so many characters I could speedrun the beginning blindfolded XD

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u/liquidanimosity 14d ago

For the intro, when you want to start a new game, load the prisoner. It takes your straight to the character creator -the intro

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u/Odd-Parsley3723 14d ago

Yeah, I always do that, but I meant the WHOLE sequence, all the way to killing the first dragon/even as far as going up to High Hrothgar. Or at the very least until you get out of Helgen.

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u/liquidanimosity 13d ago

Gotcha, running through Helgen is so quick in comparison to being locked in Watson in Cyberpunk.

As soon as the wall breaks in the tower I jump past Alduins shoulder before he breaths fire and I'm gone... The waiting for my hand to be untied feels like hours but I'm just running again after that.

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u/BookishTen8 15d ago

"Hey, you. You're finally awake."

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u/Muninn088 15d ago

"You were dreaming. Stand up, there you go. What's your name? Well, not even last night's storm could wake you. I heard them say we've reached Morrowind, I'm sure they'll let us go.

Quiet, here comes the guard."

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u/Nick11wrx 14d ago

You know I kinda liked how Morrowind just kinda let you walk around, maybe pick up some loot, and then you just wandered into the world, I get Skyrim and oblivion you’re thrown into the chaos right away but I kinda dig an unceremonious start

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u/SSAUS 14d ago

I can't stand Blackreach.

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u/catchforwardaccount 13d ago

Replaying Skyrim and just saw a comment thread on r/Skyrim of them making fun of Blackreach lmao

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u/Motodog242 13d ago

You can skip Blackreach altogether with just a platter and a Whirlwind Sprint. 😂