Skyrim: Still Good?
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Absolutely fan-fucking-tastic. Once you start to get bored of it, something new and exciting always pops up. For example, I discovered this very long dwarven steampunk dungeon yesterday (which took me at least an hour to get round) with Robot spiders, steam valves and turning cogs all over the place. It was Amazing, and it just proves how far the dungeon design has improved from Oblivion, I am seriously impressed.
My biggest problem with Skyrim is that I don't have enough time for it. In between the finals, work and all the other video-games that I want to play (Arkham City, Ass Creed: Rev, Saints Row 3 and Dark Souls), I simply can never have enough time.
Too bad the moment you actually managed to sell some of the higher-level stuff you had, you didn't need anymore money, seeing as you could buy EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE.EHKOS said:
I generally consider something to be worth it if I get at least £1 to 1 hour's worth of enjoyment out of it.
Skyrim has gone above and beyond the call of duty (pun fully intended).
Skyrim has gone above and beyond the call of duty (pun fully intended).
im confused by this question. are you saying that you assumed the only reason skyrim got good reviews was because it came out? game reviewers may not be known for their limitless integrity, but if a game is scored as highly as skyrim, chances are the high score is because its a good game, not because it was simply released. duke nukem had a lot of hype but the game wasnt exactly overwhelmed with praise, once it was finally released
I'm still having a great time after 110 hours, haven't done much of the main quest or even touched several of the guild quests yet. Overall the game exceeded my high expectations.
I think it's a strange comparison, TW2 was a polished but short, linear RPG with an uncustomizable main character. It's more similar to bioware games, IMO, with an emphasis on story and tight scripted sequences. TW2 is a good PC exclusive, I just put it in a totally different category than Skyrim since the latter is more about freedom and customized adventures.Dendio said:
Still good here, level 45+ sorcerer. Even though those small annoyances are starting to get more and more apparent now. Never worry though, modders will solve everything.
Well, you have to understand that when a game isn't worthwhile the backlash is almost instantaneous. Skyrim is an example of a genuinely good game getting the general reaction it deserves with few actual, vocal haters (though there are exceptions to everything). It's the kind of game that even people who are done with it are going to look back on it fondly.Cyrax023 said:
What's more not everyone can play it constantly (I am not even close to done with it, though Old Republic Online might keep me away from it for a while), and there is still apparently a plan to release a bunch of DLC which is likely to extend the gameplay for a lot of people even more.
There are some who still swear by Morrowind; Oblivion and Skyrim only improved on Morrowind's award-winning formula, so yes, Skyrim still is, and will be, good.
Got it on the release day and played it non-stop for the week. Admitedly I haven't played it for a while now but I imagine it will be the same as Oblivion, Morrowind and Fallout 3 in that in a few months (probably after the mod kit comes out) I'll pick it up again and not stop playing for months.
Definitely but I take it slow, a few hours of playtime at a time. Sometimes I don't even play it during a day. A very slow relaxed way of enjoying the game
Right now I have to figure something out to beat a rather troublesome mage. Growl.. I will find a way
Right now I have to figure something out to beat a rather troublesome mage. Growl.. I will find a way
Worth every penny! The fact that my husband and I forgo sleep on our weekends off, you knw when we should be catching up on much needed sleep says something.
I paid $120 for it (Australia). I've gotten 100 hours of Gameplay out of it. I stopped playing for a little while, until I read a post that reminded me of why I played it in the first place. Towards 60 hours and above, I'd been playing more quests and quests because the stories were interesting. Then I'd gotten bored because the quests no longer interested me. And I read someone saying that if you're playing it to level, or to quest, you're doing it wrong.Cyrax023 said:
I read them saying that you shouldn't Fast Travel when you have a quest (I still do thought), because Questing isn't about just going somewhere, doing it and coming back. It's about exploring. It's about going through the Dungeons you find on the way. I started just exploring random dungeons I'd ignored earlier and found it much more fun. Didn't hurt that I found the difficulty setting and pushed it to Master.
But yes, once I remembered I was playing for the exploration, not for the quests, I found out there was so much more fun. And frankly, any game or book or movie or anything where I'm having fun for $3 per hour (Australia, movies are $20, games are $100) of how much I payed is more than worth it. And right now I'm almost at a 1:1 ratio of payment to game play hours. So more than worth it
I make it a point to play this game atleast once a day. And I have done so since it came out. Every day I get surprised by this game. It's the best game in it's genre, no doubt about that. Was it worth the money? Abso-fucking-lutely, and I would pay twice if I had to.
Sometimes the game has surprised me even without doing ANYTHING. I was walking through Whiterun on my way to the smithy when suddenly everything came together, the music, the town, the smoke from the chimney, everything felt beautiful. I just stood there and listened to the theme, and I thought: "I will NEVER stop playing this game."
It's not without it's flaws of course, there are some things I would change, like how you level too quickly for the game's pace. I like to do most quests before I move on to another hold, I guess it's one of those quirks WoW gave me. But if I do that I end up being level 15-ish before leaving Whiterun hold...
Oh, and the main story is a wee bit dissapointing. I would have thought they'd have fleshed it out more but, no.
Now addmittedly, I have been putting off playing it for a week now, but that's not because of the game. That's because I like every single one of the different combat styles. So much so, infact, that I can't decide which one to use. So right now I'm thinking of restarting and going about it in a different way. But you know what? It doesn't matter in the long run. I will have time to try everything out. Skyrim is timeless.
Sometimes the game has surprised me even without doing ANYTHING. I was walking through Whiterun on my way to the smithy when suddenly everything came together, the music, the town, the smoke from the chimney, everything felt beautiful. I just stood there and listened to the theme, and I thought: "I will NEVER stop playing this game."
It's not without it's flaws of course, there are some things I would change, like how you level too quickly for the game's pace. I like to do most quests before I move on to another hold, I guess it's one of those quirks WoW gave me. But if I do that I end up being level 15-ish before leaving Whiterun hold...
Oh, and the main story is a wee bit dissapointing. I would have thought they'd have fleshed it out more but, no.
Now addmittedly, I have been putting off playing it for a week now, but that's not because of the game. That's because I like every single one of the different combat styles. So much so, infact, that I can't decide which one to use. So right now I'm thinking of restarting and going about it in a different way. But you know what? It doesn't matter in the long run. I will have time to try everything out. Skyrim is timeless.
Thieves guild my friend, finish that and you get access to 5 fences stocking 4000 gold eachEHKOS said:
OT: yes I still love it, it was definately worth my 120 dollars (I live in New Zealand)
Apart from the first Story mission where you get the dragon. I've done two more. The one from the Greybeards, and one where you run around with Delphine.
Aside from that, I've been playing the game every day and I haven't done one more story mission.
I played the Dark Brotherhood sidequest, and afterwards it felt like I had finished an entire game.
And that's just a freaking sidequest!
This game is worth far more than just $60.
Aside from that, I've been playing the game every day and I haven't done one more story mission.
I played the Dark Brotherhood sidequest, and afterwards it felt like I had finished an entire game.
And that's just a freaking sidequest!
This game is worth far more than just $60.