By day, Marf is one of the Editors on ABC’s Good Game, by night? He plows through the world of Skyrim in search of incredible vistas and scenery. He just posted a timelapse video of his experiences and it’s absolutely gorgeous. This has made me want to play Skyrim more than any trailer, screenshot, or review I’ve ever seen.
It’s confirmed my theory that the real pleasure of playing Skyrim is existing in an incredible universe, and reminds me of a similarly incredible vid released by Rockstar after the launch of Red Dead Redemption.
How can it only be 11.30? I need to go home and play more Skyrim.
Thanks Eliot, and amazing job Marf.
Switch296
Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 11:36 AMmmmmmm skyrim
best game I have ever played when nostalgia is set aside.
i plan to play it for so long :D
Pierreth
Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 11:39 AMOh Marfy,
You’re my hero!
xx
Peacemaker
Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 11:47 AMthis makes me want to play it more! to bad JB f’d my order so now i got to sort that out. i wanna play so bad!
Coagmano
Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 11:51 AMI pre-ordered from ozgameshop so I wouldn’t be supporting the price gouging, now I am still waiting for it in the mail :’(
Gladice
Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 11:53 AMSame here. It’s killing me.
NovaCascade
Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 1:13 PM+1
I’m sure the first time I load up the game I am just going to lose it. Especially at night when that aurora appears. That looks phenomenal.
Nikola
Friday, November 18, 2011 at 6:15 AMThe best thing about having to wait is that all the awesome graphics tweaks are floating around. They make the game look SO AMAZING.
Strange
Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 12:16 PMI went to pre-order it from OzGameShop but it was over $60. I bought it on the day it broke street date for $78. Well worth the extra money.
Morkai
Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 1:48 PMI just grabbed the PC edition with the “Premium Map” and it cost me $55
sasi
Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 12:46 PMCheck out green man gaming – so awesome. $53 aud and I was able to dl skyrim with a steam key on the morning of the global release. Compared to $90 from steam itself. So Valve, where are those 37 bucks going??
Crispy
Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 11:52 AMCan I play Skyrim without ever having touched Morrowind or Oblivion?
zwonker
Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 11:53 AMyes you can, just don’t forget to save.
js
Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 12:02 PMYes.
Whether you can function in society being an Essendon supporter is another issue.
James Mac
Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 12:56 PMnice.
Crispy
Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 2:35 PMBURNED!!!! Buy me a copy and I’ll gladly spare society for a couple weeks.
sharmona
Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 12:07 PMcould you increase the timescale in the console and experience this in realtime?
blaja
Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 12:07 PMyet there are still morons and dumb shits on metacritic givng this game a 0/10
John
Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 12:34 PMJusT thought Kotaku Australia should know, I love the iPhone version of this site, but links to YouTube videos aren’t clickable, the come up as code or something. The videos work on iPhone as I can copy and past the video ID, but it’s not clickable.
Slyph
Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 12:44 PMMakes me happy just to think of it. Can’t wait to get back and set fire to a few more sidequests. Haven’t touched the main story in, oh… 30 hours?
I f%$king hate unemployed people right now… no offense, of course. Just jealous ;)
Dan
Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 1:05 PMI was happily unemployed (by choice, not on the doll or anything before anyone has a whinge) up until a week before Skyrim. I was expecting to be able to sink at least 8 hours a day into it, which would have been awesome. Then a great opportunity came along which I couldn’t turn down. Oh well, I guess that’s what weekends are for.
Slyph
Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 2:08 PMI feel your pain, friend. Stay strong :P
NotAbbott
Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 12:45 PMThis is the video game equivalent of this guy, in fact I’d go so far as to say it is the result of being inspired by this:
http://vimeo.com/29950141
Amazing stuff, well done Marf!
Marf
Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 2:42 PMThanks! :)
That link is incredible, have never seen Dustin’s work, but that is truly remarkable! Definitely something worth aspiring to, just need to find the time to do it! :)
mchaza
Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 12:49 PMI am 35 hours in, geez its consuming my life this game.
Its so awesome, currently exploring Markab (or something like that) and the Reach and the forewore, so awesome this area is. Players must explore the region, so far the best of what I have explored in interesting things. When visting Markab go to the Jarl building but go to the research site to the west, there is some awesome exploring down there I cannot spoil, but dont miss it.
brent3000
Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 1:14 PMI feel like i should be watching this on National Geographic 0_0
Slyph
Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 2:37 PMOn a side note, how awesome are the Northern lights in this game? Every time I see it I start walking slowly and panning around. Just… beautiful.
Edward
Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 4:04 PMSit on a beach near dawnstar at night and look up at the sky over the ocean… just spent a good 10min doing that
Trex
Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 4:47 PMI think this video just made me decide I’m not going to wait for more mods to be released, bugs to be fixed and the price of the game to come down, I’m getting it NOW!
Slyph
Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 4:52 PMDone :)