User blog:Bloodmark3/More Pc Gamer Info? Yes.

http://theskyrimblog.com/?p=1971 has more info for us. Some bits very interesting.

I don’t really get how the December issue of a magazine can be available in the first week of October…but, anyway, the digital issue of PC Gamer has landed in subscribers inboxes – and juicy details about Skyrim were amongst its content.

Perhaps the most important aspect of the feature was that it was the first-time we have a journalist playing on a PC rather than an XBox. so for those of you who will be playing on your PC, here are some details that we learned: And now for a few gameplay snippets. I’m excluding the stuff we’ve heard a million times, like how he torched a wolf, and concentrating on things that reveal something new
 * graphical quality was described as ‘impressive’, even though he was playing an early build and it will have been further tweaked
 * trees, vegetation, rocks and plants look ‘near photorealistic’ and there was no discernible aliasing on the textures
 * entering caves and dungeons ‘takes seconds’
 * you press’F’ to favourite an item, this opens up a sub-menu where you can hotkey a favourite to a number
 * you can set the autosave to between 5 and 15 minutes
 * The journalist rescues a dog from a pack of wolves, and then has the option of taking the dog as his companion
 * the companions have their own menu with options such as ‘steal that item’, ‘attack that guard’. ‘open that door’
 * companions won’t always do what you want, as they have their own AI. The example given is that a priest will refuse to steal an item.
 * He writes : “Combat feels far more authentic than it did in its predecessors. Swapping blade strokes with bad guys is fluid and beautiful, and blocking and parrying requires reflexes and twitch-based skill.”
 * He is afflicted with vampirism, and then chances upon a travelling band of monks called ‘The Vigilant’s of Stendarr’, who are able to heal him.
 * Sound is described as ‘amazing’, especially in 5.1 surround. Check out this excerpt ‘Moisture beads fall from the ceiling, dropping noisily into puddles below. Windy echoes bounce off the walls, and a stream babbles under my feet. My dog walks over and sniffs one of the felled wolves, his toenails clicking along the glazed floor’
 * there is a new screenshot of a Sabre-toothed Tiger, described as “yellowish-brown, bearing its teeth, on its hind legs about to pounce the PC. It is large, the size of a bear, and a bit shaggy. Lots of detail in the face,teeth and gums though…’

The journalist saves a dog and he becomes his companion? Is dogmeat back?! :D

Credit to theskyrimblog.com