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November 2011
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The editors liked
Vast
Vast world to explore
Dungeons and caves are wonderfully differentiated
Graphics and sound are for the most part incredible to behold
It's Skyrim
In VR
Most mods for the base game still work
Well written plot
Highly interactive world
Detailed role-playing
Superb visuals
Voice acting
Soundtrack
Enormous
Highly interactive game world
Provides almost limitless options for playing
Replaying
A revamped leveling system allows for more streamlined play
The graphics are out of this world for an Elder Scrolls game
And for any game of this type
The narrative is top of the line
And easily puts this in my GotY list
Incredible amount of content
World feels alive
More than enough improvements to the Bethesda RPG formula
Engaging quests
Great new leveling and combat system
Did we mention the content?
Mayhem and wonder can lurk behind every bend
Every hill
And every mountain
Main quest line is an improvement from Oblivion
Dualwielding and Shouts make combat more fun
Enchanting
Making potions
And crafting weapons is easy
And for some
Likely quite enjoyable.
Immense world stuffed with varied tasks to perform
Dragon battles are a blast
Lovely art design capped by some beautiful
Atmospheric touches
Enjoyable battles that you can approach in a variety of ways
Lots of compelling
Selfcontained stories to experience in addition to the main one.
Multiple control schemes for all comfort levels
Unofficial mod support works well
No VR game is larger or more complete than this
Freedom of an Elder Scrolls game
But in VR
Immersion and scale is pretty impressive
The editors didn't like
Combat isn’t very visceral
And victories and losses feel unearned
Menus and interface are terrible
While the world is wide open
Most quests and dungeons are very linear
Bugs abound
Especially with physics
Carries over a lot of baggage from its non-VR roots
Uses the original 2011 visuals
Not the remaster's
Awkward controls
Outdated graphics
Some bugs
Quirky interfaces sometimes frustrating
No multiplayer mode
The combat mechanics can be somewhat off – especially when fighting brain dead AI
Your followers are just a brain dead as the enemies
Skills need to be weighted differently to make it more of an enjoyable experience
Interface is gamepad friendly
Does little to take advantage of the PC platform besides the improved visuals
Companions are still dumb as a bag of rocks.
Technical issues could ruin moments for some players
It's too easy to go into "sneak" mode when backing up with the control stick. I've been playing the PC version of The Elder Scrolls V
Skyrim on my home PC
Which has an Intel i7 950 processor running at 3.07 GHz with 6GB of RAM and two HD 5770 videocards running in Crossfire. After 34 hours of playing Skyrim
I've noticed a number of things
Glitches and bugs frequently disrupt the immersion
Friendly AI is often more of a hindrance than a help.
vast, vast world to explore, dungeons and caves are wonderfully differentiated, graphics and sound are for the most part incredible to behold,
Combat isn’t very visceral, and victories and losses feel unearned, Menus and interface are terrible, While the world is wide open, most quests and dungeons are very linear, Bugs abound, especially with physics
Despite the serious faults in many of the game mechanics, Skyrim is a triumph because what it succeeds in outweighs those flaws (which may be fixed by patches and mods) by an enormous amount. The world is the richest and most lovingly created that I’ve...
Abstract: The game places you in humble beginnings. You are, to no surprise for people familiar with the Elder Scrolls series, a prisoner when the game begins. Events unfold, a dragon tries to eat you, and suddenly you are a prisoner no more. This is where pla...
Yet overall, Skyrim does deliver a profound experience. The main storyline is interesting enough to make you want to see it through to the end, and the sometimes random encounters you will have with dragons will keep things exciting and bursting out o...
A revamped leveling system allows for more streamlined play, The graphics are out of this world for an Elder Scrolls game, and for any game of this type, The narrative is top of the line, and easily puts this in my GotY list
The combat mechanics can be somewhat off – especially when fighting brain dead AI, Your followers are just a brain dead as the enemies, Skills need to be weighted differently to make it more of an enjoyable experience
For RPG fans, this is definitely Game of the Year material – especially if you're a fan of the Elde...
Abstract: As incredible as The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion was in 2006, it hasn't aged well. While it's still capable of hooking players into tens of hours of questing, it looks terrible, it crashes periodically, its load times are excruciating, and its combat is...
Abstract: With other Bethesda role-playing games I've often fallen into the trap of pursuing side quests to buff up my character and to help fill-out the universe in my own mind. What often happens then is that I suddenly have what feels like too many quests i...
Superb visuals, voice acting, soundtrack, Enormous, highly interactive game world, Provides almost limitless options for playing, replaying,
Some bugs, Quirky interfaces sometimes frustrating, No multiplayer mode,
Building on the advances of the previous games in the landmark Elder Scrolls series, the latest chapter, Skyrim, is the most detailed, immersive, and engrossing yet. ...
Published: 2011-11-10, Author: Mike , review by: gamespy.com
Incredible amount of content; world feels alive; more than enough improvements to the Bethesda RPG formula; engaging quests; great new leveling and combat system; did we mention the content?
Interface is gamepad friendly; does little to take advantage of the PC platform besides the improved visuals; companions are still dumb as a bag of rocks.
It's great to hear that Skyrim has lived up to all of its potential and more. Personally, I can't wait for the mod community to get their hands on the game and start crafting out even more content. This is a great time to be a PC gamer for sure...
Abstract: Yes. Taking place about 200 years after the events of Oblivion, players are now thrust into the lands of Skyrim. On the verge of meeting their doom, players soon find out that Dragons are no longer just beasts of myth, and the player isn't just anothe...
Published: 2011-11-10, Author: Kevin , review by: cnet.com
Abstract: The province of Skyrim might be frigid, but the role-playing game that takes place within it burns with a fire few games possess. In The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, you take up arms against dragons, and your encounters with them are invariably exciting--...
