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There's no end to the "fetch my crap from the cave of wonders" nonsense. Even 'miscellaneous objective' makes me think, "Why bother? A thank you and some gold" That's not very interesting to me. The people of Skyrim are the most forgetful I've ever come across in a game, and I felt very little for helping 'em. The world doesn't grab me. Outside of the main story, which is actually the best in the series, I can't remember a moment where I thought "wow". It just seems so serious. Two or three silly quests along the way don't soften that shell. I remember at least ten moments in Oblivion/Fallout 3 that made my mouth dry up. F3 is set in a damn wasteland and has more character than Skyrim. I was utterly bored to tears by the end, even letting out deep groans when yet another dragon attacked. Really? After a fast-travel? AGAIN? Good game, but not a classic, and far from a 10. I wish I liked it as much as you Anyway, I'm looking forward to some fun in Saints Row.
It feels like Bethesda didn't take as many risks as they could have. I tried to go into it without expectations, so nothing really let me down. Visually it's probably the most beautiful game I've seen, other than the facial animations and animations in general. Quest wise I haven't had any complaints. The characters crack me up, like this one guy who very pretentiously informs you he's a "writer" before asking you to deliver his latest masterpiece to somebody in some town, and when he gives it to you if you read it it's full of typos and tense changes, har har har There really is a great deal of fun to be had just running around and exploring at a casual pace. I approached it first like "get all best stuff asap and conquer Skyrim," which is one way to play the game, but I also had fun with a low level archer guy exploring slowly, smithing and collecting herbs and stuff.
No, it hasn't lived up to my expectations, sadly. The quest variety is very poor I think. The world is amazing but very harsh -- it's like going from Elizabethan (Oblivion) to medieval (Skyrim). I think I prefer the warm, charming places and people of Cyrodiil. Everyone in Skyrim seems to have a big chip on their shoulder; I just haven't found the experience very pleasant. Even Fallout 3 had a playfulness to it. I know already I won't be playing it again for a long while. 7/10 for me. Technically it's better in every single way, but the actual quests and characters and places just lack something. Markarth is beautiful but dead . . . much like the game, I'd say. It's probably more "not what I wanted" than bad. It actually hurts when you're waiting for something interesting to happen and it never comes. Ah well, I'm over it.
So now that you've had it for a while, has it lived up to your expectations? I think it's an amazing achievement of a game, and deserves the praise it's getting, but I'm not sure it's my personal game of the year. Dark Souls has been the most unique experience I've had in a long time. Nothing in Skyrim feels extremely new. It feels like very polished and refined more of the same. There are lots of little things I'd like to see different. My biggest disappointment is actually a piddly little thing, that they didn't include my favourite sword from Oblivion, Umbra, which they better put in some dlc. And hey, if you're interested in a good Skyrim discussion, the official Bethesda forums are buzzing non-stop.
I'm liking my stealthy wizard, but if I do another playthrough I wanna be a tank, just a hulking brute with two-handed weapons. I'm thinking argonian, cause they just look awesome. I'm liking my summoning spells right now. Once you unlock some of the stronger ones they're basically an "I Win" button. I love coming up with names, but I'm a bit of a naming enthusiast in general. And I didn't know there was such a scandinavian theme to Skyrim. It's kinda worrying how similar the stuff is to my current writing project, which has jarls and huskarls and other Nordic themes. I'm loving the overall plot quality. There've been twists, cool ideas, relatable characters. My impression on the whole is very positive, really an amazing game, but the UI can be a pain on PC, and I wish they'd adopt a model of the body for equipping where you see which spaces are occupied, like most RPGs. But this is nitpicking.
Cool idea there; I'm going to be a totally evil Dark Elf with a hint of necromancy on my second playthrough, definitely. I've never been a bad guy in an RPG, but I have the urge to here. I'll never be an Orc, I've always preferred the sneakier races. I called my Argonian dude Draco Samael which sounds utterly evil even though he's not. I called my Fallout 3 and NV dudes Red Harkness. It took me an hour to come up with both. Don't know why I'm telling you this, lol. Loving the Scandinavian accents in Skyrim. I can't wait for them to say words with the letter 'L' in them.
I'm not a spoiler-type person, don't worry. I'm playing as an Argonian thief/mage at the moment. Enjoy your time with it man .
I'm just glad Bethesda's getting the recognition they deserve. Unfortunately I can't play till midnight, which is when Steam unlocks it. Don't know if I wanna get into it tonight and stay up, or wait till morning. What race you going as? I'm probably gonna be a dark elf wizard, maybe making him a vampire, depending on how much of a pain it is to hide in the day, and on the feeding animations, whether they're bloody enough. (PS. No spoilers please!)
Nah, I'm not even going to look at the reviews . I got my copy today for some reason. 8 hours in so far . . . and I've only completed two quests, lol.
Have you seen the reviews? They're through the roof! The anticipation is KILLING me. Waits are always the longest right before the end.
