In case anyone has heard about it, and has been on the fence about watching it, a few points that may help you decide.
1) The player doesn't look at any menus beyond what is needed to change gear. I was really hoping to see a list of skill perks, or something neat like that, but there's nothing of the sort in the video.
- - Nothing new here.
2) The player seems to be recording a borderline speed run. There's no real effort made to pretend to explore (however limited the options), loot, or just take everything in. It's a person trying to finish the tutorial ASAP.
- - Nothing new here.
3) It's really just about 20 minutes of pure, unadulterated spoilers. I think they did a better job than in Oblivion, but there's no reason why you can't wait a little bit to play through it yourself. My first hour of game play will definitely be less than it could of been due to watching it.
- - Tons new here, but very little of it should surprise you.
Really, you can watch it or not, it's up to you, but don't trick yourself into thinking you're achieving more than getting a bunch of plot spoilers. The only game play thing I noticed is this: pulling the trigger with a bow and NOT drawing it all the way back, just like Oblivion, has arrows flopping harmlessly to the ground two yards away from your body. Everything else? Just go watch the E3 demo again.
EDIT: Nothing bad has happened so far, but keep in mind if you post a spoiler here, it'll be visible on the main site. If you reply, try to resist posting anything that people might not want to read.
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I didn't mind watching it, because it had such a low quality that it will be like experiencing it anew once I play the actual game, but even so,... more