The Land of SkyrimBy Ence on November 15th, 2011
With so many big name titles coming out, there’s a lot of hype flying around these days. Does Skyrim meet the hype? Maybe, maybe not. Maybe it’s not the best game ever, but it definitely isn’t the worst. Skyrim is a ton of fun and delivers on what the series is known for. The Elder Scrolls games have, in some ways, become more and more simplified over time, mostly when it comes to skills and attributes. Many skills, such as blunt and mercantile, have been encorporated into other skills. Some skills have even been dropped entirely, like athletics and acrobatics. However, you could say that athletics has been replaced by the new sprint system. Whether the simplifying of the game is good or bad is up to your personal opinion, but I don’t believe it hurts the game. The core gameplay is still there. Skyrim has the best combat system in the series to date. Morrowind’s combat was based almost entirely on dice rolls. Your sword would just pass through your enemies if you failed your dice roll and “misssed”. Oblivion introduced a much more intereactive and physically satisfying combat system, and Skyrim improved on it. I’m a mage, and I love the new spell system. So there’s my short, basic review. I’m sure there’s a million of them out there, but what’s my opinion? I’ve been playing it almost non-stop since its midnight release, if that’s any indication. It’s hard to compete for my nostalgia of Morrowind and Oblivion, but Skyrim is still a ton of fun. I LOVE the dragon fights and I think they’re a huge improvement over the Oblivion Gates from the last game. Things like the glitches, simplified skills and menus, and sometimes poor voice acting don’t bother me. Skyrim’s gameplay has me gripped and it won’t let me go. |
Very nice! I haven’t played any of the series yet, but I have heard a lot good buzz about it. Let us know what you think further in too.
The simplified skills and console system of interface are disappointment, but so far, it’s better than Oblivion. Although every game in series has its own charm (I started with Morrowind, so no experience of Daggerfall), Oblivion being in my opinion the most clichéd one (main quest is just “go and help save the world from random hellish evil”), but Shivering Isles are making up for it
(“I hate when people gather forces in MY Fringe!” And yes, sheogorath is in Skyrim too). So, what i am trying to say is basically what Ence stated above. It just won’t let me go and I don’t want to! 😀
Oh, and I managed to run Skyrim on computer with 1.8Ghz CPU with only one core, but it’s not very playable… loading times from ten to fifteen minutes if you have antialiasin ans such things 😀
Finally got Skyrim this weekend, so glad I did! I find that there are significant improvements to gameplay and skills in general over Oblivion. Lockpicking is much less QQ-inducing. I’m really enjoying how they did the talents/talent trees, too.