Got Skyrim last saturday. Since then I have clocked about 35 hours on the damn thing and haven't touched any other games. I'm sure my WoW guild won't mind since they have been on a recuritment drive lately and now the guild is brimming with trial members to test out.
I have to say, the game is amazing! I haven't had this much fun with an RPG since, well, Oblivion. I can't say that my school work has suffered. This week, I've been getting comparatively little work, which has given me even more time to play this beast.
The addition of dragons initially makes wandering the game world quite tense; as a level six pretty much dressed in rags, I was pure dragon fodder. But now as a level 33 dressed in armour made from bits of dead dragon, they had started to become much less of a challenge. The biggest improvement in the game for me is the skill system. While one could argue that the simplified number of skills (now culled to 18, paling in comparison to the gloriously ludicrous number in morrowind - Four different skills for armour), the fact is that you specialise within each skill through the perk tree system. Most perk trees give you multiple routes to the final ability and pretty much all of them give you multiple directions to take. Unlike the other games also, there is no specialisation at the start whatsoever; you are completely free to mould your character to whatever playstyle you desire; you could even turn your axe swinging fighter into a mage if you wanted. but don't do that or you will probably screw yourself over in the late game, given that the game world levels up with you like it did in Oblivion (only it seems to work a bit better this time). The gameworld also feels much less lonely, even if your chosen companion doesn't say much. Oh, and there is the new adition of choices! Some quests now have multiple outcomes based on what you do. I'm definately going to be replaying the game to see different outcomes.
Anyway, the upshot is, Skyrim is great, and I'm going to be losing a lot ore of my life to it in all probability.
Funny story my friend friend actually got Skyrim for free because he got to have drinks with the CEO of Bethesda. I sadly missed out going to to the bar with him where he met him so sadly I'll have to buy it.
ReplyDeleteI am glad you like the game because I really had high hopes for the game. It seems that everybody can't get enough of Skrim.