The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

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8.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 12985 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 1,063 out of 12985
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  1. Luisitobigboss
    Aug 16, 2023
    0
    Todavía en 2023 se sigue jugando esta maravilla de videojuego. La ambientación no ha sido superada por ningún otro juego, la música es única e inolvidable.
    Este videojuego es arte además de ofrecer casi infinitas horas de juego, se puede pasear, sentarse, escuchar el sonido de los pájaros, entrar en una posada y escuchar una canción o alguien tocando algún instrumento, cazar, pescar...el    Todavía en 2023 se sigue jugando esta maravilla de videojuego. La ambientación no ha sido superada por ningún otro juego, la música es única e inolvidable.
    Este videojuego es arte además de ofrecer casi infinitas horas de juego, se puede pasear, sentarse, escuchar el sonido de los pájaros, entrar en una posada y escuchar una canción o alguien tocando algún instrumento, cazar, pescar...el PADRE de los mundos abiertos y los RPG. UN 10 a pesar de sus mecánicas torpes sigue siendo para mi, el mejor videojuego de la historia.    … Expand
  2. zcat5
    Jun 26, 2023
    4
    A massively overrated game that took away all sense of roleplaying from its predecessor only to be replaced with generic dragonborn sword swinging spellslinger. No replayability, no role playing to be had. Oversimplified gameplay and mechanics, for example the removal of custom spells. Saved only by the mods from the community, this game would be a complete pass otherwise.
  3. SamaelsBook
    May 30, 2023
    1
    Купи скайрим, выпускают по 200 разных изданий за фулл-прайс, изменяя графику на 0.2% и добавляя 1 пользовательский бесплатный мод. Щикарно
  4. Zuprnova
    May 12, 2023
    4
    This game is boring and its not that its difficult i just dont find it enjoyable 4/10
  5. Eliloq
    Feb 1, 2023
    0
    Me entretengo más viendo el Federal A de Argentina, dejate de joder, recontra sobrevalorado
  6. dancefoxks
    Jan 29, 2023
    3
    One of the most overrated games ever. Todd Howard is the literally worst game-designers out here
  7. ProffHarun17
    Jan 11, 2023
    1
    i can't stand with this game. The games atmosphere is terrible, also it has fantastic stuff. I hate it.
  8. EptaEpt
    Sep 13, 2022
    1
    Sorry, but positive feedback is not available in your region. At least until your leadership changes the two-faced policy in their actions and statements.
  9. LastContrarian
    Jun 13, 2022
    1
    Overhyped game full of gray and dull backgrounds.

    The environment is bad. This game was bad in 2011, and is still bad over 10 years later. I honestly don't get the hype around the game, it was never good except for modding. It has a try-hard narrative, with the tired "hero-saves-the-world" trope that is so overdone and boring. Contrast that to Oblivion where you were a SIDE    Overhyped game full of gray and dull backgrounds.

    The environment is bad. This game was bad in 2011, and is still bad over 10 years later.

    I honestly don't get the hype around the game, it was never good except for modding.

    It has a try-hard narrative, with the tired "hero-saves-the-world" trope that is so overdone and boring. Contrast that to Oblivion where you were a SIDE character alongside Martin and observed the making of a hero, even one that was flawed and from questionable origin.

    Dragons are mainly an annoyance and aren't cool, combat is still unimproved vs it's predecessor Oblivion, and it's overall bad.

    Bethesda does not know how to make fun games, unless you look at Fallout -- wait, what was that...? Fallout's best versions came from another studio? Just wow.

    I don't know what to say, except it's very bad. So, so, bad...Total snoozefest.    … Expand
  10. roten
    Apr 30, 2022
    0
    this product is not available in your region
    "games out of politics" right?
  11. MrFunDuk
    Mar 8, 2022
    0
    Фашисты. Почему? Запрет на продажу исключительно россиянам это уже акт фашизма.
  12. Simonyan4ik
    Mar 7, 2022
    0
    I'm from Russia and I can't play the purchased game. I played over 300 hours. I require a refund. This game is awful. Say hi to tod howard.
  13. elinngare
    Mar 7, 2022
    0
    «Политика - это такая вещь, которой лучше всего избегать. Я предпочитаю открытую схватку.» - Кодлак Белая Грива.
  14. dorzareiz
    Mar 5, 2022
    1
    игры и прочие развлечения должны быть вне политики. обычные игроки не в чем не виноваты.

    games and other entertainment should be out of politics. ordinary players are not to blame
  15. Marinne
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    Simplesmente um dos piores jogos que ''joguei'' na vida. a galera fala de cp77 ma sesse sim foi lançado incompleto e só é algo por esforço dos fãs. E ainda de tempos em tempos lançam versão ''nova'' pra lavar dinheiro ne. ah, e claro, tentei rodar em 2 pcs gamers diferentes mas o jogo n quis funcionar em nenhum dos dois. foi um sinal pra passar longe de skyrim
  16. vova22379
    Nov 13, 2021
    4
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  17. chartain
    Nov 11, 2021
    0
    It is a meme at this point. Never worked, bugs have still not been fixed.
    In other words they made a "Bethesda" out of this game, then they todd-howarded the public relations.
  18. PerformanceMind
    Sep 11, 2021
    0
    Самая переоцененная игра в мире - в ней всё плохо. Ужасный линейный сюжет, тупейшая боёвка, состоящая из закликивания, топорные нелепые анимации, унылые сайд квесты, однообразный открытый мир, самой интересной составляющей которого являются не менее однообразные пещеры с одними и теми же врагами. Система навыков, несмотря на свою обширность, всё равно убогая. Чтобы прокачать то жеСамая переоцененная игра в мире - в ней всё плохо. Ужасный линейный сюжет, тупейшая боёвка, состоящая из закликивания, топорные нелепые анимации, унылые сайд квесты, однообразный открытый мир, самой интересной составляющей которого являются не менее однообразные пещеры с одними и теми же врагами. Система навыков, несмотря на свою обширность, всё равно убогая. Чтобы прокачать то же кузнечное дело или алхимию, надо тупо гриндить. Наверняка почти всё это исправляется модами. Поэтому оценка игре - 0/10, оценка модам - 10/10.… Expand
  19. VikiSetyah
    Aug 25, 2021
    4
    This game is Poor optimization,bad graphic,and overated games. I don't like it sorry ):
  20. sulaco426
    Jun 21, 2021
    4
    The Elder Scrolls games are overhyped and bland and Skyrim, although the best of em, is no Exception. Stoywise those games have a really high Potential, but its is entombed in a Sterile Indiegame. Storytelling and Gameplay is so Basic that no Immersion can get to you. Its just sad and wasted Potential.
  21. Al1ne
    Jun 18, 2021
    4
    for me,game is really boring, story dont have any interesting moments, but gameplay is not bad, and upgrade systen is very cool, for 2011 this game was really cool, but, after 10 years its not so cool
  22. GarbageGal
    May 13, 2021
    3
    Skyrim is a very disappointing game on the premise that it's an RPG. It's more of a sandbox than a classic RPG. It doesn't have a very intuitive leveling system, it offers no restrictions, and I honestly felt like it gave players zero incentive to do anything with the story. I can't keep interested for any longer than an hour with it. If you enjoy it, that's fine, but I don't think it'sSkyrim is a very disappointing game on the premise that it's an RPG. It's more of a sandbox than a classic RPG. It doesn't have a very intuitive leveling system, it offers no restrictions, and I honestly felt like it gave players zero incentive to do anything with the story. I can't keep interested for any longer than an hour with it. If you enjoy it, that's fine, but I don't think it's even close to worthy of the praise it gets.… Expand
  23. BFG-1337
    Mar 30, 2021
    4
    I played this game for 50 hours, that is 25 x 2 because i made 2 characters.
    I tried vanilla and with mods
    This game is just dull, the world is very uninteresting, I mean yes it has lots of locations (that are copy pasted) and it has lots of characters you can speak with, but why? This game exists and everything inside of it just because, just for the sake of existing. Its trying to be    I played this game for 50 hours, that is 25 x 2 because i made 2 characters.
    I tried vanilla and with mods

    This game is just dull, the world is very uninteresting, I mean yes it has lots of locations (that are copy pasted) and it has lots of characters you can speak with, but why? This game exists and everything inside of it just because, just for the sake of existing. Its trying to be the best RPG ever by cramming into it a lot of bland content.
    Id rather read a book than play this any more.
    Story is boring i really didn't pay attention, that might be my fault.
    So there you go, if you want this kind of game, here it is.

    - This game is the equivalent of eating bread for dinner, just bread nothing else.    … Expand
  24. tufekciero
    Mar 12, 2021
    2
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  25. bluterbuss
    Jan 8, 2021
    4
    Skyrim manages to absolve itself from creating any sense of depth and intellectual challenge, by distracting the player with a expansive but hollow world to explore.

    It is undeniable that the land of Skyrim is impressive to say the least. It is vast and yet densely packed with secrets to uncover. The epic atmosphere and richness of world building is unparalleled, and backed up by a lore    Skyrim manages to absolve itself from creating any sense of depth and intellectual challenge, by distracting the player with a expansive but hollow world to explore.

    It is undeniable that the land of Skyrim is impressive to say the least. It is vast and yet densely packed with secrets to uncover. The epic atmosphere and richness of world building is unparalleled, and backed up by a lore that's had the time to manifest and grow over two decades, the world feels immersive and believable. That is where the praise for the fifth game in the Elder Scrolls series stops, however.

    My problem with the game, is not one of technical issues and bugs; nor is it an issue with the infamous creation club (although these are both matters Bethesda shouldn't get away with). No, Skyrim's fatal flaw goes much deeper than that. In short, it is shallow. Over the course of the Elder Scrolls series, the games have become more and more watered down, to the point where they can longer call themselves RPG's. There is more to an RPG than dragons and a skill tree. in fact one my all time favourite RPG's, Fallout: New Vegas, has none of these things; and despite that it manages to be a true RPG in every sense of the word. Ultimately this comes down to the intensely real and eye-opening decisions you must make in your journey. Not only does it have four wildly different endings, but all throughout the world, there are moral questions that the player is asked to answer. This is where Skyrim falls short. There are no meaningful decisions at any point in the game, you are an all powerful protagonist, guided entirely by the chubby finger of fate; whether you like it or not.

    To be clear I was age one on the release of Oblivion, my views are in no way tinted by rose glasses and I have no sense of nostalgia for these other games, whatsoever. In fact Skyrim was my first 'RPG' experience which is widely why I have so many hours on the game; I didn't know any better.

    I don't expect the thrilling gameplay of a Soulsborne game (which Skyrim most definitely does not have). DnD did not become popular for its gameplay. It became popular because player could be anyone they wanted, and do anything they wanted. In Skyrim, though your character is nameless and voiceless, it still feels as though you are playing the person Todd Howard wants you to be.

    4/10    … Expand
  26. wielki-penis
    Dec 20, 2020
    0
    Still full of bug's, story sucks, no living world, very poor economy, quest's are repeatable
  27. MPGSpotter
    Dec 12, 2020
    4
    A game seemingly everyone grew up on to realize it's kind of a shoddy, unbalanced, janky and broken mess, with some of the worst writing in videogame history. Only enjoyable as a modding platform
  28. ADEGaming
    Oct 1, 2020
    2
    Let's start with the graphics -- compared to oblivion, there's not much of an upgrade.
    The gameplay of oblivion and skyrim was basically the same.
    Story, Skyrim's Main story is utter sh8. Like it has no direction at all, the world doesn't even respond to your heroic acts. The side quest, unlimited fetch quest simulator. Overhyped and too bugy. Combat is too funny, it's basically    Let's start with the graphics -- compared to oblivion, there's not much of an upgrade.
    The gameplay of oblivion and skyrim was basically the same.
    Story, Skyrim's Main story is utter sh8. Like it has no direction at all, the world doesn't even respond to your heroic acts. The side quest, unlimited fetch quest simulator. Overhyped and too bugy.
    Combat is too funny, it's basically oblivion -- a 2006 game! hahaha!
    The only good side of this game is the music. Even up to this game, I can still remember the lyrics of "the dragon born comes".
    I'll take oblivion all day compared to this skyrim, I'm looking at you unilmited bugs!    … Expand
  29. ichiroide
    Jun 28, 2020
    1
    Skyrim es el mejor juego modificado por fans, el juego como tal es injugable, muchos bugs que no te dejan avanzar y estas atascado. La comunidad ha permitido y ha hecho que sea uno de los mejores juegos hecho por fans.
  30. Locusthorde300
    Jun 27, 2020
    4
    They'll advertise this game as an Open World RPG, but it's really just an action adventure game. They dumbed down pretty much everything regarding the roleplaying and RPG mechanics. Puzzles are stupid simple, the game basically holds your hand the whole time, and the story is so bad one of the most popular mods removes you from said plotline. Bethesda really stopped caring about theirThey'll advertise this game as an Open World RPG, but it's really just an action adventure game. They dumbed down pretty much everything regarding the roleplaying and RPG mechanics. Puzzles are stupid simple, the game basically holds your hand the whole time, and the story is so bad one of the most popular mods removes you from said plotline. Bethesda really stopped caring about their games once they worked on this.… Expand
  31. centralnav95
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    The game sucks I'll explain why: 1) the Graphics are **** 2)There is no plot. 3)Don't play this sucks
  32. Piruz
    May 7, 2020
    2
    Boring as hell one of the most overrated project made, yes sir! You worth your favorite
  33. JokeFar
    Mar 28, 2020
    0
    Great Game Mechanics with a great story
    But Glitches and the player animation so poor
  34. CriticoDubioso
    Jan 7, 2020
    0
    I knew what was coming when the hype for nothing reached its climax.

    This is so badly rehashed and bland, it lacks any appropriate description.

    And the mechanics are still utterly broken.
  35. wasabi250603
    Nov 18, 2019
    4
    Интересная ламповая игра с большим миром который так и хочется изучить. Но есть платные моды без которых игра не так интересна и стоят эти оружия и скины не дешево. 4
  36. bb_thebasedgod
    Jun 10, 2019
    3
    Skyrim isn't a good game, it's not even mediocre, it's just bad. The characters are blank and completely uninteresting, most of the quests and storylines are just boring and almost all of the side quests are just as boring. The only thing Skyrim has going for it is gameplay, and even it isn't that good, the combat is passable but still boring, and you'll be stuck fighting the same easySkyrim isn't a good game, it's not even mediocre, it's just bad. The characters are blank and completely uninteresting, most of the quests and storylines are just boring and almost all of the side quests are just as boring. The only thing Skyrim has going for it is gameplay, and even it isn't that good, the combat is passable but still boring, and you'll be stuck fighting the same easy enemies over and over again. I don't understand how Skyrim became so highly acclaimed.… Expand
  37. Ferociousmite
    Apr 9, 2019
    0
    1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000/1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 IGN
  38. shellwyck
    Jan 7, 2019
    3
    If you combined boring, easy combat, generic quest lines and side quests, badly paced guilds, dry characters, and coot and pasted dungeons you would get a bad game. If you combine all of those things, you also get skyrim.
  39. VendonJura
    Dec 1, 2018
    3
    Skyrim is definitely one of the best games of 2011, but my main problem with this game is the fact that if you want to use mods then your achievements will be blocked. The problem with this issue is that this game is by far one of the best rpg for the pc but it has so many game breaking bugs that it is rlly hard to play it without to have to modding it to reduce Bugs, Glitches and muchSkyrim is definitely one of the best games of 2011, but my main problem with this game is the fact that if you want to use mods then your achievements will be blocked. The problem with this issue is that this game is by far one of the best rpg for the pc but it has so many game breaking bugs that it is rlly hard to play it without to have to modding it to reduce Bugs, Glitches and much more. There are so many quests which are bugged and does not work. You can not finish them and what else can you do as a gamer? use mods to fix it BUT this will break the ability to earn achievements. Thanks to the guy with this idea. Also many modder can do the job much better than the dev itself that's a weird mystery. My biggest issue with this game is the PAID Mods system. You will not get an achievement block IF you pay for mods. Really???? I would rather pay the modder for a good mod than paying the dev who even made this horribly situation with mods and achievement issue. I love the game and I would totally give it max points but these 2 points are totally destroying the game for me. I never finished it, game breaking bugs did not allow me to do so because I am doing ALL quests in the game. 1st when finishing all sub quests then I am starting to do the main quests. I had reached lvl 60-80 on the xbox 360, bought this game for pc with the hope to mod the bugged quests but yeah.....… Expand
  40. canceRnya
    Oct 30, 2018
    1
    Лучше обливиона, ну и действительно открытый мир, на этом хорошее заканчивается.
    Теперь о плохом, это ведь игра от беседки, значит тут только плохое: бездушный мир, ноль интэрактива, в нормальных игорах побочный пяти минутный квэст интереснее основного здеся, не успел прийти в деревню, а все ужэ знают, что ты тот самый довокин, хоть ты сам узнал об этом пару минут назад, разобравшись с    Лучше обливиона, ну и действительно открытый мир, на этом хорошее заканчивается.
    Теперь о плохом, это ведь игра от беседки, значит тут только плохое: бездушный мир, ноль интэрактива, в нормальных игорах побочный пяти минутный квэст интереснее основного здеся, не успел прийти в деревню, а все ужэ знают, что ты тот самый довокин, хоть ты сам узнал об этом пару минут назад, разобравшись с братьями буриимперией энписи продолжают искать на них управу и винить фракциянэйс во всех бедах, нельзя открывать замки, будучи вором 99 лэвэла, ибо тебе туда не положэно, бессмертные энписи, ну или их нада бить больше 2 часов, все квесты в пещерах, в конце которых лежит нужный тебе предмет, который тебе нада будет отнести тому, у кого ты брал квэст. Продолжать можна до бесконечности, но доступно всего лишь 5ка символов, так что просто 110.    … Expand
  41. Wineneeder
    Jul 26, 2018
    4
    From the standpoint of quests, choices/effects, and enemy variety, this is the least salvageable Bethesda Software open world game to date. I have legit not seen a quest line I consider even passable. The dungeons, while a fair improvement over Oblivion's couple strains of layouts, are mostly populated by the following: Bandits, more bandits, necromancers, Falmer, Falmer-to-dwarven-ruins,From the standpoint of quests, choices/effects, and enemy variety, this is the least salvageable Bethesda Software open world game to date. I have legit not seen a quest line I consider even passable. The dungeons, while a fair improvement over Oblivion's couple strains of layouts, are mostly populated by the following: Bandits, more bandits, necromancers, Falmer, Falmer-to-dwarven-ruins, Dwarven ruins, and irrationally savage natives on the west side of the map. Bland.

    This game is in some ways so watered down that even the obvious racist factions do not care what race your character is. In many ways this game is unbelievably sterile. I think it is because they stopped letting Kirkbride be lead writer, artist, and designer. God knows it would have killed him to continue that amount of alcohol and drug abuse, but the setting is ever the blander for it.

    Anyway, in my honest opinion, the setting jumped the shark when the lore books started to directly contradict the setting, entirely to make an inoffensive, voice worked, familiar game. What do we have now? A setting more generic than the first EverQuest? Prove me wrong.

    Now this isn't fair to judge these games off the bat. They have always, at their best, been about user content. But we're lacking the 'big' mods, like Mart's Monster Mod, Obscuro's overhaul, Fransceso's, the Tamriel Rebuilt, etc and ever the poorer for it.

    So it has to be half a score. There is nothing insanely dense and creative, the writing has pooped itself, and the creators are pushing an MMO. Holy crap what a downturn.

    Imagine if the game series we had in 2002 had continued on with no sacrifices made to the gods of expedience or so your neighbors idiot kid would play it for more than an hour or two.

    The ending of the words is ALMSIVI, b*tch.    … Expand
  42. forfb
    May 26, 2018
    4
    What I'll remember Skyrim for in the future is for having one of the most disapointing and unsatisfying endings I've seen so far. Even if the story had any potential at all, it was brutally killed by gameplay and other stupid issues. Controlls were terrible and unprecise. The engine, oh, the engine is so bad, when you experience the physics they've implemented (since Fallout 3, mind you)What I'll remember Skyrim for in the future is for having one of the most disapointing and unsatisfying endings I've seen so far. Even if the story had any potential at all, it was brutally killed by gameplay and other stupid issues. Controlls were terrible and unprecise. The engine, oh, the engine is so bad, when you experience the physics they've implemented (since Fallout 3, mind you) you'll scrap your head and think whether it's a joke or not. Launching the game smoothly, with no issues and crashes collides with being a mirracle. Graphics is cheap and without mods it looks like garbage, even for 2011.
    Sadly, once again, the community had to repair the game instead of its devs. I hate Bethesda for that they're not giving their games the love they deserve. If you finally get over the **** Bethesda have left you with, after launching the game with dozens of mods and community patches, it can finaly be good looking, partly repaired, balanced, smooth and addictive. If you are willing to spend around 1-3 hours installing mods before playing the actual game - it's fine. Otherwise, give up.
    Unfortunately, I'm here to rate the original, vanilla Skyrim, not moded one, and this one is sole garbage. Just don't.    … Expand
  43. Xelluse
    Dec 16, 2017
    3
    Do you love gamebreaking Bugs ? Do you love empty and useless main character ? Do you love Korean grinding MMOs ? Do you love slowphased and glitched combat ? Do you love OP skills ? Do you love shooting arrows from your Dic! instead of Bow ? Do you love copypasted instances ? Here you are, Skyrim will give you all of this just for you $$$...
    OK, to be hones, game is not really bad,    Do you love gamebreaking Bugs ? Do you love empty and useless main character ? Do you love Korean grinding MMOs ? Do you love slowphased and glitched combat ? Do you love OP skills ? Do you love shooting arrows from your Dic! instead of Bow ? Do you love copypasted instances ? Here you are, Skyrim will give you all of this just for you $$$...
    OK, to be hones, game is not really bad, sometimes even fun and interesting, but never do side quests, never, it will kill game for you... Do not even think to do them...
    Nice game, with lots of bugs, glitches and problems, that can be fixed with amazing mods, Thanks to Players!!! Nice, that on Steam this Mods are free...    … Expand
  44. GantzX
    Oct 20, 2017
    0
    I love this game a lot, but the entire community is being ruined by paid mods on the Steam Workshop.Skyrim is only mediocre when played without mods. Skyrim was an amazing game, and now Bethesda have abused this by introducing payments for modding the game.

    Don't let companies ruin the PC gaming market.
  45. houjo2000
    Jul 30, 2017
    2
    Even if this game wasn't released as a mess, it's not the game you're looking for. The combat system is extremely clunky, the AI is pretty low, the dragons aren't very impressive except when they're flying full speed backwards. This game is truly a circus gone wrong- physics is defied, mammoths fly, the ground vanishes, if you kill anything on a hill, loot it fast because Skyrim'sEven if this game wasn't released as a mess, it's not the game you're looking for. The combat system is extremely clunky, the AI is pretty low, the dragons aren't very impressive except when they're flying full speed backwards. This game is truly a circus gone wrong- physics is defied, mammoths fly, the ground vanishes, if you kill anything on a hill, loot it fast because Skyrim's mountains are all coated in butter, and that five thousand pound giant you just killed is sliding to the bottom even if it is just a 10 degree incline.

    This game will be great once fans fix it and mod it... just like any other Bethesda game- so grats to the only company today that can not only get away with releasing broken games and getting fans to do all the work to make it playable... but the company that gets unbridled fanboy praise for doing so.

    Anyone giving this game a 10 wouldn't know a good game if it came up and bit them on the face. We're seeing too many companies release broken games before they should be (because if this game was released without all the awful, and I'm talking game breaking awful, glitches, it would be amazing), and yet get away with it- why? Why are we settling for this? Why are games this flawed getting tens? A game that has numerous bugs that literally ruin the game, make main missions unfinishable, etc... is NOT A PERFECT GAME!    … Expand
  46. Blainetrain
    Jul 20, 2017
    3
    If you are an elder scrolls fan you won't like this incredibly large yet boring game. All you do is get lost exploring side content that never has a decent reward. Elder scrolls games haven't been good since morrowind. Skyrim is the first one to actually have decent visual appeal though. You CRAFT daedric armor in this game. Nothing is worth achieving in this game because its too mundaneIf you are an elder scrolls fan you won't like this incredibly large yet boring game. All you do is get lost exploring side content that never has a decent reward. Elder scrolls games haven't been good since morrowind. Skyrim is the first one to actually have decent visual appeal though. You CRAFT daedric armor in this game. Nothing is worth achieving in this game because its too mundane and the payout is bland.… Expand
  47. bramon
    Jun 15, 2017
    0
    I tell it simple, Bethesda created great world, with awesome quests and good lore. I spent hundreds hours in game, but real joy is modding. Thanks them you can improve your gameplay thousands times. I thought that idea of paid mods was abandoned but E3 show us that this idea is still alive !, Supporting creators of big mods is nothing bad (i gave small amount of money them by patreon) butI tell it simple, Bethesda created great world, with awesome quests and good lore. I spent hundreds hours in game, but real joy is modding. Thanks them you can improve your gameplay thousands times. I thought that idea of paid mods was abandoned but E3 show us that this idea is still alive !, Supporting creators of big mods is nothing bad (i gave small amount of money them by patreon) but firstly it must be freewill. Moreover it should be good quality, big mod not just armor or patch (yes, skyrim is still bugged and modders created patch to fix it) because fixing game is developer job. If paid mods will be very good quality, big and very compatible, i am not against but if paid mods will be expensive and silly (like armor or something similar), this will be end of good product.… Expand
  48. Acidosis
    Dec 13, 2016
    2
    I dont know why people like this. It is so boring. The world is not to my liking but hey it is my personal point of view. I tried getting into it but everything after 30mins or so I will lose interest in the game. I know people say it is a perfect game but if I cant get into it, it means the game is boring as hell for me.
  49. Danfndz
    Oct 28, 2016
    0
    No work..
    In mode window no work alt+tab, control+alt+supr, windows key.... the game work fine but is
    ridiculous.
    In full screen the game crash..

    And the paid mods..
    0/10
  50. spudtat0
    Jul 6, 2016
    4
    The game really is just a walking simulator with boring side quests and a cliche main quest. The combat system is awful. The sword fights are just long repeated clicks until the enemy is dead and the magic is just hold until enemy is dead. The game does look beautiful, and wandering around is pretty relaxing, but I wouldn't call this a "game". Very overrated...
  51. Apisteytos
    May 25, 2016
    0
    This is very good gameplay but it has bad influence to people.
    It gives subconscious demonic messages it has names of real life demons to game gods or game humans that you
    interact with, also the name dragonborn what does it really mean, it is refering to antichrist ,who will show himself as a saviour (but the truth is that he cant even save himself),so the dragonborn ingame is the    This is very good gameplay but it has bad influence to people.
    It gives subconscious demonic messages it has names of real life demons to game gods or game humans that you
    interact with, also the name dragonborn what does it really mean, it is refering to antichrist ,who will show himself as a saviour (but the truth is that he cant even save himself),so the dragonborn ingame is the saviour of skyrim from the dragons.
    weapons and armor that you wear and use in game have the 666 on them if you look carefully also many other demonic symbols in artfacts buildings doors everywhere ,necklaces and many other things
    its not the first time i see this in a game but i think bethesda is gone too far with it
    bethesda you could make this game the best ever ,but no you had to put all this demonic stuff in it and make us discuss with your evilness.
    I TOTALLY DONT RECOMMEND THIS GAME ESPECIALLY FOR CHILDREN UNDER 20 YEARS OLD I REGRET BUYING THIS GAME i feel ive been decieved
    heres some videos i found in youtube about this matter you should check them out
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCGnwvUBrYU
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCGnwvUBrYU    … Expand
  52. popsicle
    May 16, 2016
    4
    this is just sandbox and very boring

    if your mod it its fun in begin its will welcome boring again

    story 1/10

    all dungeon are same

    4'/10 with mods
  53. scarfake
    Dec 19, 2015
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. battle system is terrible
    game is similar to hack and slash game. it is not rpg game
    bugs is everwhere. i could not finished game. i tried more times and i could defeat alduin but he did not help me. it is only 1 example    … Expand
  54. DKR
    Dec 15, 2015
    1
    Holy bejeebus. This is - without question - THE most overrated game OF ALL TIME. I can't f*** get away from this game; ITS EVERYWHERE! Sites, discussions, Steam sales, articles; you can't escape it! Why?!

    The only reason I can come up with that this game is such a blockbuster is because: we have a new and ignorant generation that has never seen a rich RPG before. I'm gettin' old, so I    Holy bejeebus. This is - without question - THE most overrated game OF ALL TIME. I can't f*** get away from this game; ITS EVERYWHERE! Sites, discussions, Steam sales, articles; you can't escape it! Why?!

    The only reason I can come up with that this game is such a blockbuster is because: we have a new and ignorant generation that has never seen a rich RPG before. I'm gettin' old, so I remember when RPG's were deep, complex experiences that didn't even have voice acting yet. Still, these games immersed you in worlds and experiences you will never forget. Mario RPG, Final Fantasy (4, 6, 7, 8 specifically) Chrono Trigger...THESE were RPG's. They were stories of rich, vibrant, and lively characters with backstories that made you care about them, and tied them together with imaginative writing, complex battle systems, and music from the GODS.

    Then comes Skyrim. The world is flat, empty, generic, lifeless, and the combat is more dated than the NES. I knew it was bad from the confusing monologue in the opening from the narcoleptic Russian whose voice actor couldn't remember what accent he was imitating.

    Once you get away from the beautiful mountains, everything is colorless, stale, and boring. The whole game is washed out in palettes of brown, grey, and pale blue. Every village/city looks EXACTLY the same. It has ZERO style or substance at all. Even the weapons you get look very vanilla. It's a fantasy game! Where's the fire swords and icy staves and s***?!

    Classes are useless cuz you can just be everything at once. Where's the diversity? Where do your decisions matter? They don't really matter in dialogue, either. At least I couldn't tell cuz the writing is so chaotic and poor. Characters were so uninteresting, I can't recall a single one, tho I can still name every char from all the above RPG's I listed.

    Straight mage specs are STILL useless. You go oom WAY too fast, and do pitiful damage, while melee can 2 shot everything and never die. Stealth can 1 shot, crouch, vanish, rinse, and repeat until they clear a room. There's no mechanics to the fights. Run in range, mash your attack button and your potion button til you puke. I'm not kidding: that's it. That is the depth of this game's combat. I'm sorry, but if you find this fun past the 8hr mark, you have ADD. It's mindless and tedious; a game for idiots.

    ALL OF THAT is if you can EVEN PLAY IT! Bugs, glitches, and crashes are a more threatening hazard than anything you'll face in game. Enemies sinking thru floors, dragons flying backward, save files corrupting, quest NPC's falling out of buildings to their deaths, unkillable mobs, player clipping into rocks which forces restarts, NPC's running off mid-dialogue, BUGS BUGS BUGS! You can't play 3min w/o running into a game-breaking glitch that you have to mod/cheat your way past. I spent 75% of my playtime just bug fixing. I'm not a play tester; I'm a customer.

    Skyrim isn't even an RPG! Why is it rated as one?! A beat-em-up with some progression is NOT an RPG! It stands for ROLE PLAYING GAME! It's about you playing a role in an immersive story! "u r da chozn one go kill eryting xd" IS NOT A STORY, it's filler!

    "BUT DA MODZ MKE IT ASUMMM! 11/10!!" Great. I'm glad the modders are amazing and create cool stuff, but THAT'S THE *** MODDERS! The GAME is a horrendous mess in any way that I approach it. How illogical can you be to give a clusterbomb of horrific, unfinished game "design" a 10/10 JUST BECAUSE YOU MOD IT!? That's like buying a Bieber album but burning your own music over it, then going "I love this album from Bieber 11/10 stop reading the negative reviews and just buy it!"

    The critic reviews are obviously bought-out, which used to be unthinkable, but nowadays, it's standard practice for a AAA title to set aside some of it's budget to buy positive reviews. Seriously, think about it: how many times can you call the next CoD "the best cod yet"? 8x? 12x? 20x? I remember way back in 2005, critics were sick to DEATH of FPS's. Most likely, the standard of gaming has just fallen this low, because 10 years later, they're all the rage. What a tragedy...

    This gen of kids think they got it all figured out. Buy this bug-ridden, unfinished, poorly designed "RPG" that ignores 2 decades of lessons from the past, mod/don't mod it, mash 2 buttons while fighting the same enemy for 3k (yes: three thousand hours), leave 1 line joke reviews ("ruined my life 5 starz") that get thousands of "likes", downvote all the negative reviews or leave a negative review of "stop reading negative reviews buy buy buy!!", and net the "creators" nearly one BILLION dollars gross profit, then blame "corporate greed" for the grand decline of gaming. Ah, humanity...

    Meanwhile, Double Dragon Neon (console) - a modern classic - is forgotten in the sea of CoD clones.

    After playing FO3, I had high hopes cuz I loved that game, but everyone calls it "Oblivion with guns".
    If that's true, then Skyrim is CoD with magic.

    By idiots, for idiots.    … Expand
  55. barzozwierz
    Nov 20, 2015
    2
    + huge world
    + nice graphics
    - random, one-dimensional quests with binary choice (take it/don't take it) - forgettable NPCs - i remember only jarl of Whiterun (guess why), but no idea what was his name - bugs, crashes, glitches - aesthetics and functionality of UI (KB&M user PoV) - "perk" trees - gamebreaking items (+100 sneak) - short and unispired storyline - trashcanning ES    + huge world
    + nice graphics

    - random, one-dimensional quests with binary choice (take it/don't take it)
    - forgettable NPCs - i remember only jarl of Whiterun (guess why), but no idea what was his name
    - bugs, crashes, glitches
    - aesthetics and functionality of UI (KB&M user PoV)
    - "perk" trees
    - gamebreaking items (+100 sneak)
    - short and unispired storyline
    - trashcanning ES lore simply to introduce the most generic creature ever - a dragon

    I don't get sandboxes. I really don't. It's boring, grindy hack'n'slash. Burn it with fire.    … Expand
  56. Tylaris
    Sep 4, 2015
    0
    Probably the most overrated game in video game history...Skyrim redefines the word "SHALLOW" when it comes to video games and puts a new light on "Integrity" of our dear, bribed and conditionally blind professional "journalists".
    Poor main story, unimaginative to the bone, poorly presented, poorly executed, poorly paced, and like with all Bethesda games, with 0% characterization or any    Probably the most overrated game in video game history...Skyrim redefines the word "SHALLOW" when it comes to video games and puts a new light on "Integrity" of our dear, bribed and conditionally blind professional "journalists".
    Poor main story, unimaginative to the bone, poorly presented, poorly executed, poorly paced, and like with all Bethesda games, with 0% characterization or any noticeable impact on the world.
    Horrible fetch X/kill Y side quests, repeated endlessly in a loop that comprise at least 75% of the game's "content"...there is no story here, no tangible reward, no unique dialogue or lore to discover, just mindless, generic grind.
    World is a theme park of dungeons, bandit camps and filled with babbling idiots who repeat the same inane nonsense on a loop...there is no sense of cohesion or place, no gripping atmosphere...it feels more like a Lego Box with toys stuffed into it to make it seem "full", rather than something designed with underlining vision behind it. Everything is copy pasted over another and by this I mean EVERYTHING...characters, dialogue, environment, music, quests...the game feels soulless to the core and more based on endlessly repeating algorythm, rather than handcrafted work of art with attention to detail and expressive characters/quests/environments. Skin deep is all you're getting out of Skyrim.
    Not a single line of engaging dialogue...Skyrim not even once made me laugh or cry or provoke emotional reaction of any kind. To put it bluntly: Skyrim is a game where you can get drunk with a God of Debauchery and STILL find yourself bored to death. Even Robots have more passion and creativity than people from Bethesda, when it comes to writing.
    Completely shallow rpg mechanics, dumbed down to the core, offering very little sense of character progression. Unbalanced and clumsy game play to the extreme, all basic combat mechanics are poor: hit reactions, animations, camera, combat sounds, AI, no dodge, no lock-on system. All crafting skills, spells, stealth: game breaking. Majority of perks are useless and nothing more than passives. Just spam your attacks like a brainless idiot ...that's the whole "strategy".
    Hillarious marriage "system"...embarassing to anyone who ever got laid, or even had any kind of contact with the opposite sex.
    Poor voice acting, small number of voice actors and except for a main theme song, completely uninspired sound track. Very basic sound design that even makes forests feel completely lifeless.
    Worst puzzle design of all time, practically designed to mock player's intelligence.
    Poor horse riding, absence of any good mini games.
    Freedom to do whatever you want!...Hah! More like play around in artificially level scaled Lego Box without a focused, engaging main storyline and filled with "quests" and "characters" completely disconnected from one another. Nothing you do ever has any kind of impact on ANYTHING.
    Ton of bugs, issues, crashes, glitches...Bethesda never lets you down.
    Comically bad user interface.
    No cinematics or cutscenes of any kind.
    Very limited interaction with the environment...only direction movement and jump/levitate when glitched...no climbing the ladders or jumping over ledges or anything similar.
    Very shallow "replayability"...how many lines did my Redguard have with other npc's regarding his background. Two. How many on my end? None.
    Only cosmetic and very minor gameplay changes that in the end affect "nothing".
    Freedom to be whovever you want! Hah!...No matter what skills you grind, your race is, who your "spouse" is, where your house is or whether you pick Imperials or Stormcloaks...everyone ends up in the end with the same generic MMO drone, that doesn't have even a single, discernable personality trait. Just like in the intro, where player has no dialogue options or shows any reaction even to the unfortunate situation that his HEAD is about to be CHOPPED OFF .
    In the end, I can say I played my share of good games, bad games, great games and anything in between. But there is no game that managed to leave the same impression such as Skyrim when finishing it after more than 150 hours...ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
    And that's exactly the score I'm giving it.    … Expand
  57. Hersir
    Jun 26, 2015
    1
    This game hardly deserves anything more that 7.0, but with all the fanboy hype I feel obliged to give it a zero because of its overrated scores.
    -
    Here's what's wrong with Skyrim: - 1. BUGS BUGS BUGS. Lots of them. It should have been called Fantasy Bug Simulator 2011. 4 years have passed and Bethesda didn't give a damn to solve them, but introduced many more in their DLCs. Quite often    This game hardly deserves anything more that 7.0, but with all the fanboy hype I feel obliged to give it a zero because of its overrated scores.
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    Here's what's wrong with Skyrim:
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    1. BUGS BUGS BUGS. Lots of them. It should have been called Fantasy Bug Simulator 2011. 4 years have passed and Bethesda didn't give a damn to solve them, but introduced many more in their DLCs. Quite often you stumble upon glitches that just make some quests unpassable without troubleshooting and finding solutions that often involve console commands. There are unofficial patches but they hardly solve even a half of bugs that can happen to you. So looks like fanboys and fools spread their hype, buy the stuff and Bethesda sees that it's okay they way it is: money is in the pocket and majority is happy.
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    2. Autoleveling. Bethesda didn't learn this lesson from Oblivion. Enemy strength directly depends on your level and you get level by leveling up skills. Invest a lot of your effort into some non-combat skills like pickpocketing and blacksmithing and enemies are going to tear you apart.
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    3. Class balance. While there is no standard class division in Skyrim, it's very likely you're going to choose between one or another way of fighting your enemies - be that melee weapons, ranged weapons or magic (because jack of all trades is master of none and even more importantly - autoleveling). One may think these three 'combat classes' should be sort of equal, but in fact they are not: mage totally sucks while warrior delivers by himself and archer in case he makes use of sneak attacks and poisioned weapons.
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    4. Voice acting. First off it often sounds dull and amateurish. More than that, after many hours spent in the game you will notice that there were like dozen voiceactors that voiced all of the characters but didn't even try to change their voices in any way. You will hear completely different NPCs having the exact same voices and speech manners. Digital voice pitching alone could have solved that, but Bethesda is too greedy for the buck to try. Have a look at DOTA 2. Not only it probably has more voiceactors, they worked hard and quite often had their voices processed so that you'll hardly guess by yourself that some characters were voiced by same actors.
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    5. Mods will fix it & paid mods. "Mods will fix it" is an unofficial Bethesda motto regarding Skyrim's problems and their unwillingness to work on something other than things directly bringing profit - new DLCs and titles. Unfortunately mods will never fix bad voice acting or bugs, but other than that mods have greatly improved the game beyond original vanilla state and also solved some of the aforementioned balance problems of Skyrim. And how does Bethesda treat the fabled hero folk of modders and gamers that supported this product? They introduce paid steam mods with only 25% of sales revenue going to content creators and 75% to Bethvalve. When they've faced the community rage, paid mods were abolished and here and there you could hear talks from Bethvalve and their minions trying to excuse themselves by saying they just wanted to support the modders, let them devote their time on a professional basis and earn money for their work. It's outright lies, what they wanted is to make shiny coins out of others' labor. More than than, the labor that sometimes does Bethesda's dirty work they're not willing to do themselves ("mods will fix it"). If they wanted to support modders, they could have simply inverted the revenue sharing so that modders would get 75%, but they were too afraid and abolished paid mods completely. Spineless skeevers!    … Expand
  58. gui2310gBR
    May 17, 2015
    1
    If I I say this pro my friend they will kill me if I talk to hate the Skyrim Game controls are good and beautiful but boring and boredom **** **** .not think GOTY Game
  59. bbpgrs
    Apr 28, 2015
    0
    Best PC game of this decade IMO. But paid mods will destroy it. Mods are the best thing about PC skyrim. This review is to protest that from happening. otherwise 10/10.
  60. egilopical5327
    Apr 28, 2015
    0
    23/04/2015 - The day Gaben has forsaken us.
    Do not support paid mods! Down with Bethesda's greed!
    Keep the pressure up against these greedy companies, otherwise you'll see your beloved games gone forever.
  61. Angm4r
    Apr 27, 2015
    0
    I loved the community, which made mods cause they loved the game.
    Valve destroyed that in one night, together with Bethesda.
    I've translated mods and worked on other mods, never wanted a penny for it.

    Valve eat **** and die, same Bethesda.
  62. dance
    Apr 27, 2015
    0
    enough said. Bethesda has over stepped. We won't stand for this no longer, bend now or be destroyed by our hands. You are ruining a game that was good as is. Good luck with your now dying company.
  63. fatman696
    Apr 27, 2015
    0
    The game without mods - 5/10
    The game with mods - 11/10
    The game with paid mods - 0/10

    The paid mods has caused the community to divide, and steam has shown that they can't into quality control.
  64. jewsfvjgoitylbi
    Apr 27, 2015
    0
    This game without mods - 4/10
    This game with mods - 10/10
    This game with paid mods - 0/10

    Congratulations for destroying the biggest modding community in the world in one day, Valve.
  65. gudulay
    Apr 27, 2015
    0
    This game is useless without mods.And they want money for mods now.Greedy bethesda and valve ruined the game.Just avoid.Do not support this corrupted bussiness plan.
  66. mememaster
    Apr 27, 2015
    0
    A fantastic game, but the paid mod policies are awful. The intention is good, but the execution is a mess.
    I will not support Bethesda anymore until they change their policies regarding the MOD situation.
  67. psychoyote
    Apr 27, 2015
    0
    The game is alright even. Dungeons and quests are rather repetitive and the UI is rather horrible. You can fix these issues by installing mods. But be warned - in this game certain mods will be monetized.
  68. brunchman
    Apr 27, 2015
    0
    Paid mods.....Bethesda are as much a part of it as valve.

    I loved this game, and I loved the mods. This is a money grab pure and simple.

    Greed Greed Greed Greed Greed Greed Greed Greed Greed
  69. Fishy45
    Apr 27, 2015
    0
    Paid mods are absolutely horrible, it is right up there with day-one dlc, early access, microtransactions, and preorders. Valve and Bethesda want to take other peoples work, sell it, and only give the modder 25%. The modding community has been going strong for years and modded because they wanted to not because of the money.
  70. Ouzbel
    Apr 27, 2015
    0
    With the monitization of mods, I can not recommend this game. In Bethseda's defense, taking 1.5 times more than a service that hosts your software to download makes sense. However, since Valve takes 30%, it leaves creators with only 25% from each sale, and they demand that modders must make $100 USD before receiving any money at all. That means for a modder to see any money, they haveWith the monitization of mods, I can not recommend this game. In Bethseda's defense, taking 1.5 times more than a service that hosts your software to download makes sense. However, since Valve takes 30%, it leaves creators with only 25% from each sale, and they demand that modders must make $100 USD before receiving any money at all. That means for a modder to see any money, they have to sell $400 worth of mods before even seeing a dime.

    The current paid mod workplace is filled with cash for gold, overpowered weapons and armor, stolen content, and various mods designed to break your game to force you to reinstall.

    Overnight, Valve has destroyed a community that was driven not by "money as information" but goodwill and user feedback. Bravo.    … Expand
  71. gaminggun
    Apr 27, 2015
    0
    Fans of this once great game now feel betrayed by Bethesda and Steam as they ruined this game completely. Mods were such a great lifeline of the community and now Paid mods is very much beyond a joke . Do not support this disgusting behavior by these company's. Skyrim has indeed sold its soul.
  72. sentinel101
    Apr 27, 2015
    0
    This game was amazing in the time before paid mods after that addition this game is terrible. Mods are what made this game for PC without them this game is average at best, but with paid mods this game is beyond terrible.
  73. mtrskllz
    Apr 27, 2015
    0
    Game was OK at best vanilla, but full of bugs. The only way to fix bugs and make the game enjoyable was to add mods, which now the developer feels we should pay for, To fix their shortcomings, Its a joke really.
  74. MonsterMod
    Apr 27, 2015
    0
    I bought this game, modded it heavily, and played over 200 hours. It was an enjoyable game and I would have recommended it until recently. Now, Skyrim is charging for mods. Mods that may be unsupported in the future. Mods that may be broken by either game patches or Steam changes. Skyrim, like most of Bethesda's games, relies on mods to fix holes in the gameplay and now that is gone.I bought this game, modded it heavily, and played over 200 hours. It was an enjoyable game and I would have recommended it until recently. Now, Skyrim is charging for mods. Mods that may be unsupported in the future. Mods that may be broken by either game patches or Steam changes. Skyrim, like most of Bethesda's games, relies on mods to fix holes in the gameplay and now that is gone. Therefore, I cannot recommend this game.… Expand
  75. TAMLIEU
    Apr 27, 2015
    0
    "Remember, remember, the 24th of April, when god become greedy devil, when a savior become a destroyer" - NO PAID MODS (there are nothing more to say but sad 150 charactersssssss)
  76. Scipiiouse
    Apr 27, 2015
    0
    So Bethesda and Valve get together around a table.

    They realise that Bethesda games are decent, but they're not amazing. They see that what makes their games so popular are the mods. Not content to celebrate the contributions modders have made Skyrim's incredibly long life (it's four years old and it's still one of Steam's most popular games), they decide to make a swift buck.    So Bethesda and Valve get together around a table.

    They realise that Bethesda games are decent, but they're not amazing. They see that what makes their games so popular are the mods.

    Not content to celebrate the contributions modders have made Skyrim's incredibly long life (it's four years old and it's still one of Steam's most popular games), they decide to make a swift buck.

    Nobody should be in support of paid mods.

    The modders get a terrible deal and the players get a terrible deal.

    The only people making real money here are Valve and Bethesda.    … Expand
  77. Jrtlaktalk
    Apr 27, 2015
    0
    Skyrim, previously a decent yet somewhat soulless RPG game. Now a cash grab that brings you an industry first, paid mods. Are you kidding me? On top of this, the creators have to give more money to Bethesda than they actually get, and even now there are disputes and ugly competition growing in the modding community about this. Bethesda is ruining the modding community that kept theirSkyrim, previously a decent yet somewhat soulless RPG game. Now a cash grab that brings you an industry first, paid mods. Are you kidding me? On top of this, the creators have to give more money to Bethesda than they actually get, and even now there are disputes and ugly competition growing in the modding community about this. Bethesda is ruining the modding community that kept their games alive all these years. Good job.… Expand
  78. testicules
    Apr 27, 2015
    0
    The game is fine but Valve and bethesda have gone the way of greed and are now charging money for what should be free content therefor i cannot recommend this game to anyone.
  79. Dickriddler
    Apr 27, 2015
    0
    Steam and Bethesda are desperately trying to squeeze as much money from their customers as they possibly can, to the detriment of the gaming community as a whole. Paid mods ruins this game. Terrible mechanisms come into play through their introduction, for instance mod theft, people pulling free mods because of that, the encouragement of developers to release unfinished content (becauseSteam and Bethesda are desperately trying to squeeze as much money from their customers as they possibly can, to the detriment of the gaming community as a whole. Paid mods ruins this game. Terrible mechanisms come into play through their introduction, for instance mod theft, people pulling free mods because of that, the encouragement of developers to release unfinished content (because they can make money on modders fixing their games). It could be viewed as an attempt by steam to monopolize the modding scene by encouraging modders to abandon free alternatives like Nexus to make a few bucks (a measly 25% of the profit).

    Steam needs competitors! Perhaps GOG Galaxy could be one.    … Expand
  80. Zeniyo
    Apr 27, 2015
    0
    Paying for mods? Absolute joke. No.
    Now we got payed mods, early access payed mods.
    no
    I refuse to stand for this utter ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ on both Valve's and Bethesda's end

    Was a great game and still is but I'm just guna give it a thumbs down for the forced payment of mods now.
  81. puffingbear
    Apr 27, 2015
    0
    This game is a rough diamond that really needs the polish added by some good mods.
    Now because of Greedy Bethesda and Greedy Valve, you could have to pay 100s of $$$ to make a 5year old game functional and worth playing...oh and only 25% of that goes to the modder, the rest gets taken by these greedy bar stewards.

    Way to go guys, you've erased a decade of good will in one day

    END PAID MODS!
  82. Ahriman87
    Apr 27, 2015
    0
    No to the paid mod, f**** you stEAm and Bugthesda
    Skyrim i nothing without FREE MOD, they just just want to control somethign that give them MOOOOOOOOOOORE money, they have only money in the eyes, only this count for them
    Rise up master pc race, rise and fight them, go boycott them and attack them where that make them really hurt
    In he pocket.
  83. ninos
    Apr 27, 2015
    0
    Nobody likes paid mods.
    That was the point of this review. Bethesda and Steam are two money grabbing whores.
    At this point it's like trying to come up with bs to fill an essay.. stupid 150 word min.
  84. mew12623
    Apr 27, 2015
    0
    Paid mods - Enough said. Valve and Bethesda have gone TOO FAR. I know their all about money, but they must be run by idiots to think they can get away with spitting in the face of a good portion of their player-base.
  85. apersontfw
    Apr 27, 2015
    0
    This game was great to begin with but with Valve deciding to ask money for mods (75% WTF?!) i will have to give this game a poor review. I do not appreciate this valve.
  86. herpderper
    Apr 27, 2015
    0
    Mods brought a vast game to life. Between the split of the money, and the sudden massive split in the community, this was one of the worst ideas I've seen executed.
  87. ReconCovenant
    Apr 27, 2015
    2
    This game is pretty good without mods. It still holds up as a solid 6/10. With the right mods, it's right up to a 9.8/10. Basically perfect. With paid mods, I'd give it a 4/10 just for the money grabbing on the part of Valve and Bethesda.
  88. YoreLore
    Apr 27, 2015
    0
    7/10 for the game. It's about as an RPG it's about as deep as a puddle of muddy water, but with mods?
    10/10 for the game with mods. Skyrim is a testament to how much the modding community can improve a game. Of course having to pay for mods means this is a 0/10. Enough is enough.
  89. Gequinn
    Apr 27, 2015
    0
    This game would have been long forgotten if it weren't for the faithful modding community.

    Creating paid mods not only destroys the spirit of the community, but also destroys the one truly good reason to play this game.

    This blatantly shameless money grab has not gone unnoticed and unfortunately, causes me to give a game with great potential a pass.
  90. ChronosBronos
    Apr 27, 2015
    0
    Bethesda and Valve ruin a good community for more profit, All around awful idea.

    I enjoyed playing Skyrim and the Steam workshop offered accessible mods that made the game pretty much endlessly fun. I would never say modders don't deserve some profit for good work, but this is not the right way to do it and also they aren't even the ones who will profit from this, just Valve because you    Bethesda and Valve ruin a good community for more profit, All around awful idea.

    I enjoyed playing Skyrim and the Steam workshop offered accessible mods that made the game pretty much endlessly fun. I would never say modders don't deserve some profit for good work, but this is not the right way to do it and also they aren't even the ones who will profit from this, just Valve because you can receive refunds for mods. Theres no good way to regulate this either, we'll see plenty of pirating of any these mods.

    I lost my computer last year in a flood, I've been saving for months to buy a new one mostly for Steam games. After this however, I think I'll just save the money and find a new hobby. Companies choose to screw with good things to make marginal profits, Valve or Bethesda will NOT get another penny out of me.    … Expand
  91. analustopmodel
    Apr 27, 2015
    0
    WIthout mods this game is boring, bugged and blurred. That's why you need at very least 50+ mods to even start enjoying this game - and now you need to pay for mods.
  92. valveisgreedy
    Apr 27, 2015
    0
    This game without mods - 4/10
    This game with mods - 10/10
    This game with paid mods - 0/10

    Congratulations for destroying the biggest modding community in the world in one day, Valve.
  93. AyJowen
    Apr 27, 2015
    0
    Game was mediocre in every aspect and its only saving grace was modding. Now with Valve being greedy merchants, there's nothing redeeming qualities to this game. It's even worse on console as well solely because of the fact that they're limited machines made to be worse than PCs.
  94. afdsfsafdsafsdf
    Apr 27, 2015
    0
    absolutely hereteical paid mods lmoa are you freaking kidding i mean what's next are tjhey gonna charge you for posting about it on forums? get rekt, bethesda and valve
  95. asdfasesaef
    Apr 27, 2015
    1
    Paid mods. Paid mods. Paid mods. Paid mods. Paid mods. Paid mods. Paid mods. Paid mods. Paid mods. Paid mods. Paid mods. Paid mods. Paid mods. Paid mods.
  96. awefgwef
    Apr 27, 2015
    0
    why yes of COURSE id like to pay you money for things that you didnt make thats how capitalism rworks right? give me a break you money-grubbing narcissists.
  97. Gimpymoo
    Apr 27, 2015
    0
    Skyrim - 0/10
    Gabe - 0/10
    Bethesda/Zenimax - 0/10

    I can see what they were trying but blimey, could they have got it any more wrong?

    This all needs to die.
  98. ankonono
    Apr 27, 2015
    0
    Paid mods. Terrible. There's not a consumerbase on earth who should have to put up with this kind of blatant price-gouging anti-consumer practices. Ever.
  99. Beeras
    Apr 27, 2015
    0
    Skyrim is not worth it without mods.
    Allowing Bethesda to earn money from mods just encourages them to do more buggy releases.
    Yes they deserve money for making the base game, and that's the money we PAID when we purchase the game. Yet Bethesda has to go greedy and ruin the modding community. Imagine a future beth meeting: A: hey wanna fix the dragon? its flying backwards B: nah    Skyrim is not worth it without mods.
    Allowing Bethesda to earn money from mods just encourages them to do more buggy releases.
    Yes they deserve money for making the base game, and that's the money we PAID when we purchase the game. Yet Bethesda has to go greedy and ruin the modding community.

    Imagine a future beth meeting:
    A: hey wanna fix the dragon? its flying backwards
    B: nah mods will fix it. and we'll get paid too.    … Expand
  100. BlueBangkok
    Apr 27, 2015
    0
    Expecting paid mod DLCs and mod DRM by the end of the year.
    Really epic move there, **** and Vulve. Congratulations. If gaming community buys this, I will lose my remaining faith in humanity.
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Universal acclaim - based on 32 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 32 out of 32
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  1. PC Master (Greece)
    Feb 29, 2012
    90
    Unfortunately, Skyrim trips and falls on its own (most probably, to make the cool-sounding deadline of 11-11-11) and just before it reaches perfection as the ultimate specimen of its genre, it self-destructs in a crucial aspect of game design: the interface and the peripheral components (inventory, journal, map, etc)... but that is not to say that Skyrim is anything but a truly majestic, epic RPG that will suck you right in its cosmos.
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  2. Armchair Empire
    Feb 14, 2012
    100
    Skyrim is definitely one of the best games of 2011, but if the DLC holds out, it might just be one of the best games of 2012 as well.
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  3. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 19, 2012
    90
    Skyrim is the best open world RPG you can get. A true evolution of genre is not flawless but still it is the game you love to live in. [Christmas 2011]
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