The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

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  1. mariomeetslego
    Jul 17, 2013
    7
    Skyrim is a good game, it's not a masterpiece like some people claim, but it is fun. The game lacks in visuals and the combat isn't that in depth either. But to make up for that it has tons of content and a huge open world to explore. All the quests and side quests will keep you engaged for hours. They're not all just "Kill this and bring me a sample of their blood by pressing the actionSkyrim is a good game, it's not a masterpiece like some people claim, but it is fun. The game lacks in visuals and the combat isn't that in depth either. But to make up for that it has tons of content and a huge open world to explore. All the quests and side quests will keep you engaged for hours. They're not all just "Kill this and bring me a sample of their blood by pressing the action button". Instead they have you exploring dungeons, making decisions, fighting off spirits in towns, solving puzzles, and of course fighting. The music in this game is great too. The best part of Skyrim though, is the MOD support. Making the game great.

    Even though the game has lots of quests and an engaging world, the bad graphics and poor combat system make the game average, while it could have been great, I can only give it a 7.4. Sure it may sound like a lot but for the hype this game is getting it's considered pretty low.    … Expand
  2. aninhalu
    Oct 1, 2013
    6
    It could be better... all the bugs are a real pain in the ass, example, I'm trying to open the vampire lord perk tree, the game simply crashes, with nothing to say, no warnings, nothing... sure my game was heavily moded, I took a bunch of them and even all of them out of it, even then it kept crashing. Story is good, I do like all the planing your character stuff, but these bugs really bother...
  3. IcecreamSnowman
    Mar 11, 2014
    6
    I find there's very little variation in Skyrim: enemies may look different but you fight them all in the same way and fighting is about 80% of the game play. There are no hard enemies in Skyrim apart from the occasional dragons, who in my experience tend to more concerned with immolating wildlife than letting me murder them, the cowards. I don't feel compelled to explore the world when II find there's very little variation in Skyrim: enemies may look different but you fight them all in the same way and fighting is about 80% of the game play. There are no hard enemies in Skyrim apart from the occasional dragons, who in my experience tend to more concerned with immolating wildlife than letting me murder them, the cowards. I don't feel compelled to explore the world when I already know that it's pretty homogenous and my interaction with it doesn't have any progression. The game gets easier as you go as you weren't challenged in the first place and eventually I just got bored and stopped playing. That said, the game engine is good, the leveling system works well and most of the bugs have been iron out. There are, however, some inconsistencies, errors, plot holes etc. which make me wonder how much time was spent testing this game. For example - why are over 90% of the population of Skyrim bandits? Why is every fort a ruin occupied by outlaws? When I'm obviously trying to save the world and everybody knows it, why do some NPCs think that their petty quibbling is more important the whole damn planet? In one quest you'll poison a barrel of mead in an out building of a brewery but when you return to the main building 5 seconds later the poisoned mead is ready in a tankard. This is just sloppy. Couple these with the way all new Bethesda games are released as a pile of bugs held together with spider's web and you've got a company who care far more about making money than making games and will go in the same bin as EA if they keep it up.

    It's better than Oblivion, not as good as Morrowind or Nehrim.    … Expand
  4. Andante
    Jul 7, 2022
    7
    Skyrim is a good game but it doesn't feel special or unique. Most places and dungeons look the same, NPC's are a big disappointment and it is based on quantity rather than quality. Menus and inventory screens are not practical and as a result navigation is really confusing and time consuming. But it is still a good game with a beautifully designed world, and lots of lore spread throughout it.
  5. smahlt
    Aug 22, 2023
    6
    A significant step back for the series from Oblivion, but still fun enough for a couple playthrough. The graphics are good and the new combat is fantastic, but the removal of RPG elements and skills removes a lot of the fun from character building. Also after a while, the game tends to feel like you're doing the same exact dungeon over again. Also this game requires too many mods to becomeA significant step back for the series from Oblivion, but still fun enough for a couple playthrough. The graphics are good and the new combat is fantastic, but the removal of RPG elements and skills removes a lot of the fun from character building. Also after a while, the game tends to feel like you're doing the same exact dungeon over again. Also this game requires too many mods to become playable.… Expand
  6. andymkay
    Mar 29, 2014
    6
    Out of the box this game is mediocre at best. Thankfully mods can save many of the glaring flaws such as the world scaling to your level and removing magical compass markers, limitless fast travel and so on.

    The core mechanics is very much dumbed down since Morrowind and sadly cannot really be fixed via mods. Todd Howard evidently is in charge and he is well known for enjoying action    Out of the box this game is mediocre at best. Thankfully mods can save many of the glaring flaws such as the world scaling to your level and removing magical compass markers, limitless fast travel and so on.

    The core mechanics is very much dumbed down since Morrowind and sadly cannot really be fixed via mods. Todd Howard evidently is in charge and he is well known for enjoying action games rather than RPG games. It shows.

    Factions in Skyrim is extremely underused and underwelming. Many key NPCs are invulnerable, breaking immersion.

    To sum things up: There are many flawsbut with mods you can enjoy a few hundred hours of gaming.    … Expand
  7. Sten-Bengt94
    Jan 4, 2019
    6
    Too many bugs and the game is only fun with mods but mods also make the game very buggy. Other than that it is quite fun.
  8. delete013
    Apr 10, 2016
    7
    For an Oblivion's successor I would wish:

    - Fighting art included, where proper striking/blocking combination is as important as character stats. - Sorcerer's battles with massive lightning effects, spanning over whole screen, casting complicated spells with some key combination found in an ancient book hidden in the last corner of an abandoned elf mine. Freedom of dressing where    For an Oblivion's successor I would wish:

    - Fighting art included, where proper striking/blocking combination is as important as character stats.
    - Sorcerer's battles with massive lightning effects, spanning over whole screen, casting complicated spells with some key combination found in an ancient book hidden in the last corner of an abandoned elf mine.

    Freedom of dressing where player's own ideas in plate armour combinations or different armour layers can contribute to his advantage over opponents.

    Characters react to situations and are not all scripted. Not much is needed, but when right after dragon attack an old lady casually asks, if I fancy a chatter, is the mood ruined.

    Unfortunately it stayed where Oblivion ended. At least we got:

    Real sized dragons (yes they did it!!)
    Wonderful graphic ovehaul    … Expand
  9. vega17
    Jun 4, 2016
    7
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  10. jjabrahams
    Aug 22, 2016
    7
    There is a lot to do in the game but it all feels a bit lifeless. Also was unstable on my computer. Too many ghosts and zombies. Useless narrative. Drab environmental design.
  11. susej79
    May 20, 2018
    6
    the game is too much addictive. well made and fun but too much addictive. I realized 5 hours have passed while I thought I played only for 1 hour. very toxic
  12. REEDDLES
    Jul 19, 2019
    7
    Main evaluation criteria:
    -Story: 6
    -Atmosphere: 7 -Characters: 7 -Graphics and design: 8 -Gameplay: 8 -Sound and Music: 7 -Bugs: 6 -Interface: 8 -Completeness of the world: 8 Аdditional evaluation criteria (Do not really affect the assessment): -Freedom of choice: 7 -Coop in Story mode: 0 -Multiplayer: 0 -Mods and the ability to change the game: 10 Scores from 1 to 10,    Main evaluation criteria:
    -Story: 6
    -Atmosphere: 7
    -Characters: 7
    -Graphics and design: 8
    -Gameplay: 8
    -Sound and Music: 7
    -Bugs: 6
    -Interface: 8
    -Completeness of the world: 8

    Аdditional evaluation criteria (Do not really affect the assessment):
    -Freedom of choice: 7
    -Coop in Story mode: 0
    -Multiplayer: 0
    -Mods and the ability to change the game: 10

    Scores from 1 to 10, the higher the better    … Expand
  13. Rhazer
    Jan 12, 2017
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The critics have seriously overrated this game. There is not way Skyrim is a perfect 10. And I will explain why:

    Pros:
    -Great graphics with a beautiful landscape and nicely decorated and nicely designed dungeons and ancient cities
    -Great mechanic for crime; One hold's bounty won't affect how another hold treats you
    -Great Blocking mechanics, shield bashing is pretty much life in Skyrim's combat
    -Good selection of creatures and enemies
    -Great replay value
    -Great skill system
    Cons: (Watch out kiddos, this is gonna sting if it's your first TES game)
    -Overpowered shouting mechanic, where literally the first shout makes you a god in combat
    -Shouting cooldowns are on a wicked cooldown considering you are supposed to be kin to a dragon
    -The Armor cap pretty much makes heavy armor obsolete unless you just like the looks of being a plated warrior. Leather should NEVER be as protective as DAEDRIC armor
    -Dual Wielding has no point. You don't attack fast enough or deal enough damage to really make up for the damage you take without being able to block.
    -The combat mechanics are broken. When you are on legendary difficulty the worst part isn't fighting, it's watching your stamina because once you get dry on stamina, you are defenseless. And you will be shield bashing or using your weapon to bunt them a LOT. Which eats stamina FAST.
    -Accidents just cannot be forgiven either. Too many times have I accidentally shouted or swung my weapon and an idiot guard or peasant walked right in front of me at the last second only to catch my warhammer or my longsword to the back of their head and they want to call me responsible for it.
    -Dragons almost never land on ground without Dragonrend-- There IS a method of using frost spells, but if you aren't a mage, you won't be able to use this at all.
    -The main story is ridiculously short. I think it's only like 12 missions or something like that. I finish it in about 3-4 hours if I focused on nothing else.
    -The world isn't even that big either. If you want a large map to play on, try TES's Arena. You will spend literal days on that in exploring ALONE. You can run/sprint from Riften all the way to Solitude in about an hour. (Not including if combat comes around, that might take another 30min)
    -Literal no challenge. No repair fee, No exploring really necessary...
    -The wars between the Stormcloaks and Imperials was really short. You only had 2 major city takeovers and what was worse is that you couldn't actually see the cities crumble. You would think catapults would just lay waste to the city, but all you see is the damage scripted to happen. and it just got weak. You will quickly find yourself asking isn't there more to the wars than 2 city takeovers and a handful of fortress takeovers?

    Overall Skyrim just doesn't come to par with Bethesda's other works. This is a dumbed down, kiddo version of what could've been a good game. But you would think that a game where you were considered a dragon, you would be able to shout as much as the dragons do, and not like a living draugr would be a fun experience, but I just get bored with it eventually.    … Expand
  14. Camel11
    Apr 17, 2017
    7
    Skyrim is a game in which I've wasted tons of hours into. The quests and the story itself are rather poor and uncreative (compared to the fantastic, crazy and well thought-out quests of Oblivion or Morrowind),

    Skyrim focuses mostly on exploration, and is the strongest point of the game. Discovering new ruins and caves and such is satisfying, as most of these places have an interesting    Skyrim is a game in which I've wasted tons of hours into. The quests and the story itself are rather poor and uncreative (compared to the fantastic, crazy and well thought-out quests of Oblivion or Morrowind),

    Skyrim focuses mostly on exploration, and is the strongest point of the game. Discovering new ruins and caves and such is satisfying, as most of these places have an interesting reward upon clearing them, most notably Words of Power, which can be later turned into Shouts with dragon souls.

    Shouts are an interesting gimmick of this game, they are basically an extra spell that you can use from time to time, only that the effects can be potentially devastating: summon storms, summon a dragon to aid you, breathe fire and frost, disarm everyone in a radius, push everyone in a radius, and more.

    The sound track is pretty amazing, again Jeremy Soule does an incredible job at conveing the themes of Skyrim.

    The combat is bland to be honest, it's all about spamming left click until inflated health bars die out, The greatest addition is dual wielding weapons, or combing weapons with spells which give an extra layer of depth into the combat. It is serviceable and it's miles better than Oblivion or Morrowind, which i guess is ok.

    Like I said before, quests are boring and uncreative, and present you with no choice. You have no impact on the world. You can finish the main story and guards will still tell you that they received an arrow to the knee and taunt you and such. The factions are boring and unbelievable. Again you can be the leader of the Dark Brotherhood, of the Collage of Winterhold, of the Thieves Guild, and of the Companions. The travesty continues where you can become an Archmage without developing your magic skills at all, which sounds incredibly dumb. What's with Bethesda's fetish of you becoming the leader anyway? The Civil War questline is a carbon copy for both sides and it boils down to capturing settlements and engaging in some large scale battles. Nothing else, no espionage missions, you can't loose the civil war either (god forbid people fail at stuff these days), no trying to perhaps find a peaceful solution to the civil war. Nothing. I however appreciate the fact that both sides are not representations of good or evil, each side has reasons to why the player can be compelled to side with, or not, which is pretty much the only case where you'll find such a decision to make.

    The Skill system is a joke as it doesn't promote variety at all. What it promotes is homogenisation. Let me explain briefly. In Skyrim, you can max out all your skills at some point. How is this fun or interesting? Because there is no level cap, you are basicially unlimited and thus your choices on where to spend perk points are watered down. The only meaningful choices are where to start pending points first.

    Eh, but I am criticizing this game too much. To be honest, it does perfectly what it sets to achieve, and that is to create a compelling sandbox world where you can go anywhere and explore at your own leisure. It's a sort of playground for modders and such. In fact, Skyrim excels with mods, as they greatly expand the potential of this game and is able of fixing many of it's shortcomings.

    It's a good game, but not the RPG I expected from previous titles.
    For TES VI, I can only hope Bethesda learns from this and FO4 and give more love to the roleplaying side of the game.    … Expand
  15. Demon2017
    Jun 10, 2022
    6
    Никогда не любил эту игру. Беседка никогда не умела делать хорошие РПГ. Играть в игру весело, отличная песочница, огромное количество возможности, но отвратительная сюжетная линия и скучные квесты не дают мне возможности поставить этой игре больше 6. Самая переоценённая игра в истории.Никогда не любил эту игру. Беседка никогда не умела делать хорошие РПГ. Играть в игру весело, отличная песочница, огромное количество возможности, но отвратительная сюжетная линия и скучные квесты не дают мне возможности поставить этой игре больше 6. Самая переоценённая игра в истории.
  16. david84
    May 21, 2017
    7
    If you are an unassuming, slightly casual gamer, then you way want to pass on this title. Its a beautifully rendered environment with good music and atmospheric landscapes. Plenty of things to explore and too many options for developing your character. The positive aspects of this game are really overshadowed by its greatest flaw: the gameplay is just slow and clunky. I wanted to loveIf you are an unassuming, slightly casual gamer, then you way want to pass on this title. Its a beautifully rendered environment with good music and atmospheric landscapes. Plenty of things to explore and too many options for developing your character. The positive aspects of this game are really overshadowed by its greatest flaw: the gameplay is just slow and clunky. I wanted to love this game like everyone else. After 50 hours though, between picking some wildflowers and slowly hacking a wolf to death and looting its pelt, I realized how pitifully boring this was.… Expand
  17. Luis_Impieri01
    Sep 14, 2017
    7
    Um jogo bastante grandioso, com um mapa enorme para se explorar. Em contrapartida, é absurdamente bugado, cm uma movimentação bem travada, inteligência artificial medíocre, além de um sistema de procurado muito inconsistente e irreal
  18. tsdenizen
    Nov 3, 2017
    7
    The world of Skyrim is massive and full of things to do, but are these things to do fun? Sometimes, perhaps even semi-frequently, but with Skyrim, Bethesda may have pushed "more is more" a bit too far, seemingly concerned less with creating a world that is wondrous to explore than keeping the player focused on hunting down tasks. The burning spirit of pure adventure cultivated in MorrowindThe world of Skyrim is massive and full of things to do, but are these things to do fun? Sometimes, perhaps even semi-frequently, but with Skyrim, Bethesda may have pushed "more is more" a bit too far, seemingly concerned less with creating a world that is wondrous to explore than keeping the player focused on hunting down tasks. The burning spirit of pure adventure cultivated in Morrowind may not have been entirely extinguished, but it's noticeably dimmer in Skyrim.… Expand
  19. winars1
    Jun 18, 2019
    5
    THIS GAME IS THE BEST GAME EVER MADE IN THE WORLD AND YOU SHOULD BUY EVERY VERSION OF THE GAME!!!! EVERY!!!! VERSIOOOON!!!!!!!!!This game is made by the smartest game designers in the entire game designer comunity and it has no flaws and its perfect (LIKE ME) BUT EVEN IF ITS PERFECT ITS HAS SOME FLAWS that are invisilbe for the simple human. LIKE the lack of gender diversity and the lackTHIS GAME IS THE BEST GAME EVER MADE IN THE WORLD AND YOU SHOULD BUY EVERY VERSION OF THE GAME!!!! EVERY!!!! VERSIOOOON!!!!!!!!!This game is made by the smartest game designers in the entire game designer comunity and it has no flaws and its perfect (LIKE ME) BUT EVEN IF ITS PERFECT ITS HAS SOME FLAWS that are invisilbe for the simple human. LIKE the lack of gender diversity and the lack of race diversity AND I MEAN It !!!!!! Like. where is my african-american **** or my chinese rice seller ?????? And what if i want to become a bisexual rice seller asian black woman with a peenis. And that fact that i cant make that its disgusting and horrible. But even if the game is not perfect the game has some amazing features like the paid mods. The people who complain about the paid mods are probably homeless people who bought the game from a 7 th party seller like G3A or Kunguin or even Instant-Goiming ( NOT LIKE ME who got all the skyrim versions and i didnt buy them once like a pleb I BOUGHT them 5 time so i can suppor the BEST game company EVER). The paid mods are just awesome and make the game even better ( EVEN IF PERFECT AND ITS ALMOST IMPOSIBLE THE MAKE PERFECT MORE PERFECT). Bethesda is the kind of game kompany that does everyhing so the costumer is happy and they do like no other company( they are my favorite game devs after Elektronic Arts). Another flaw in this game is that it allows the played to add mods that are not paid ( such wow i cant belive they did this) like why whould you need free mods when you can buy them (paid mods form the creation club are awesome) the non paid mods are so trash and give you nothing compared to the paid ones. In conclusin this game is the best game made and nothing will top it (maybe skyrim 2)and if you didnt buy at least once every single copy of the game you should even play it. and you shouldnt even play this game because there is no option the make a black asian rice seller women with a peenis and its disgustin to all black asian rice seller women in this world and others. DONT PLAY !!!!!!!!!!… Expand
  20. AlvaroK95
    Apr 25, 2021
    6
    Es un buen juego aunque la historia principal y el final no son gran cosa, y el sistema de combate se siente como un "voy a usar todo lo que tengo y, si no gano al hacerlo, no tengo forma de defenderme", a diferencia de como ocurriría en God of War o la saga Souls con el bloqueo y el esquive, dando la sensación de que los combates no se deciden por mi habilidad.
  21. Nerp47
    Aug 17, 2018
    6
    Skyrim is loved by many and hailed as one of the best RPGs in the world to this day, except it's really not.
    In a role-playing point of view, Skyrim can be great. From the cart ride at the beginning of the game, to delving into dungeons or just exploring towns or the world itself. Even with mediocre graphical quality, Skyrim maintains a sort of magical but grim and dark theme. But after    Skyrim is loved by many and hailed as one of the best RPGs in the world to this day, except it's really not.
    In a role-playing point of view, Skyrim can be great. From the cart ride at the beginning of the game, to delving into dungeons or just exploring towns or the world itself. Even with mediocre graphical quality, Skyrim maintains a sort of magical but grim and dark theme. But after the first maybe 10 hours you'll really start to see the game's flaws

    Pros:
    +Immersion. You'll stumble into a town and hear guards talking about recent events. Citizens will gather around a pub/inn or a market place. At a glance skyrim can really feel alive.
    +Easy to pick up and enjoy. If you don't often play games or are just generally not good at them and prefer a more casual experience. Skyrim is easy to get into and has a very simple UI and pretty simple controls.
    +Stumbling across quests while just exploring feels rewarding.
    +Mod support is good.

    Cons:
    -Voice acting is a huge hit with it sometimes feeling like only 10 people are voicing the hundreds of characters in the game.
    -The main quest is quite dull and feels like Bethesda put 90% of their budget into quantity instead of quality.
    -A lot sidequests are unmemorable with maybe 2 handfuls standing out out among the absolute **** load of quests.
    - There will be more than a few times where you'll obtain a quest and put it on hold for another quest only to completely forget about that quest and then decide it's really not worth it.
    -Being able to master anything in the game with no restrictions removes a lot of replayability.
    -After seeing all the mods for the game you really start to see what Bethesda could have put in the game, and disappointingly starts to feel like they relied too much on their community to make their game good.
    -Bugs,Glitches and crashes still to this day,if you've not downloaded an obligatory mod to fix all of the game's issues, then it's a buggy crashing mess.

    If you don't mod the hell out of it, Skyrim becomes boring quickly, Especially when it's compared to previous titles in the Elder Scrolls series.With bugs and crashes that Bethesda has still not fixed to this day,the game never feels stable on modern hardware even with it's mediocre graphics.    … Expand
  22. Kotofon
    Jun 6, 2020
    5
    The Elder Scrolls 5 Skyrim Legendary Edition – приключенческий RPG-экшн. Вам предстоит стать тем героем, кого уже давно ждут жители мира Скайрим – избранным Драконорожденным, который спасет вселенную от разрушения.

    В распоряжении игрока открытый мир с множеством волшебных персонажей и большим количеством квестов в основном и второстепенных сюжетах. Прокатиться на драконе, освоить магию    The Elder Scrolls 5 Skyrim Legendary Edition – приключенческий RPG-экшн. Вам предстоит стать тем героем, кого уже давно ждут жители мира Скайрим – избранным Драконорожденным, который спасет вселенную от разрушения.

    В распоряжении игрока открытый мир с множеством волшебных персонажей и большим количеством квестов в основном и второстепенных сюжетах. Прокатиться на драконе, освоить магию крови, научиться поднимать мертвых из могил – в мире Скайрима всё это становится реальным.    … Expand
  23. MatikTheSeventh
    Oct 8, 2020
    6
    I've played the game about three times and in contrast to others I have actually finished the main storyline once. It was quite a great time, I did not have mods installed and followed the main quests mostly, doing some minor along the way. I remember that run fondly and sometimes get back to these memories.

    Now, the other times I never finished the game, and usually dropped the main    I've played the game about three times and in contrast to others I have actually finished the main storyline once. It was quite a great time, I did not have mods installed and followed the main quests mostly, doing some minor along the way. I remember that run fondly and sometimes get back to these memories.

    Now, the other times I never finished the game, and usually dropped the main storyline after I got dohahkiin powers. The first time I used mods I went all out and have played for quite some time. The last time I went back to the side quests I never knew existed and the DLCs and used just the immersive mods that improved upon the game and its world. That time I felt empty and realized the game has never been as great as the others have painted it.

    The game world does not really change, there are no groundbreaking player choices. Whether you go with Stormcloaks or Imperials is just a matter of liking racist natives or Roman LARPers better that the others. The grand battles are a let down, and the war is all talk and no game, really.

    Most of the quests are just fetch/kill/explore dungeon quests with no real essence. I really hope Bethesda steps up their game after the Microsoft buyout.    … Expand
  24. TCA
    Dec 2, 2018
    5
    Well for me it's very boring. 90 % of quests that i stumbled upon are copy and paste fetch quests. At least crafting and perks are cool.
  25. Babutto
    Jul 17, 2019
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Don't really understand all hype around Skyrim.

    I remember the times of Daggerfall, Morrowind. And when the Oblivion was released it was already a disaster and downfall. Skyrim is not an exception. There is a huge list of stupidity happening in this game:
    - you are FORCED to travel around different shop owners to sell your merchandise. If you do not do it, you will be always overweighted;
    - all the caves are almost the same. You follow the route, fight the zombies, come to the final boss, pull the lever and appear near the entrance. Taps are visible, money not a big deal there, also learn new words. Ok. Same BS as in Oblivion except for shouts;
    - physical issues. It's just a disaster. Objects fly around, sometimes you need NoClip cheat to fly through the door. Thousands of threads on forums about that issue and NOTHING done to fix it in patches;

    The story is boring. The game is just boring. Morrowind was the whole new world. In Oblivion you at least could upgrade your athletics and acrobatics. Here you can crawl mountains without training anything, here you are slow. You should be a werewolf to run faster. Falling almost never causes any damage.

    Just one huge waste of time. I didn't even finish. Deleted and watched the rest on youtube. Recommend you doing the same to save your time.    … Expand
  26. Manzanetti
    Aug 11, 2020
    6
    The worldbuilding is great and it's pretty immersive at times, but the combat is too clunky and that killed the experience for me.
  27. Shimmeywill
    Feb 26, 2020
    7
    Highly moddable and customizable to cater personal tastes. Core gameplay and world is solid.
  28. Gimas
    Aug 18, 2021
    6
    Boring and monotonous quests. I played 150 hours and it was enough for me to understand that she was too overrated.
  29. serkanak
    Jun 29, 2020
    7
    Rpg denilince akla gelen diyalog ve hikayeye yön verme elementleri bu oyunda aşırı kısıtlı maksimum 2 seçim üzerinden gidebiliyorsunuz. Karakter ve hikaye yönünden yetersiz ama güzel bir lore u var. Bu lore un hikayeye etki etmemesi ise ayrı bir üzücü konu. Oynanış çeşitliliği oyunu oynanabilir kılan temel etmenlerden. Güzel vakit geçirmelik bir oyun ama New vegas gibi bir rpg klasiğininRpg denilince akla gelen diyalog ve hikayeye yön verme elementleri bu oyunda aşırı kısıtlı maksimum 2 seçim üzerinden gidebiliyorsunuz. Karakter ve hikaye yönünden yetersiz ama güzel bir lore u var. Bu lore un hikayeye etki etmemesi ise ayrı bir üzücü konu. Oynanış çeşitliliği oyunu oynanabilir kılan temel etmenlerden. Güzel vakit geçirmelik bir oyun ama New vegas gibi bir rpg klasiğinin yanından yaklaşamıyor.… Expand
  30. amazingmold46
    Feb 17, 2020
    7
    Although I personally love this game, I can't in good faith give it above a 7. The game without mods looks really bad, the main story is honestly really bad aside from a one or two moments so overall I recommend not touching it. The combat is quite basic but it gets the job done.

    But that's not why you play Skyrim. Although the main quest is hot garbage, the World and guild quests    Although I personally love this game, I can't in good faith give it above a 7. The game without mods looks really bad, the main story is honestly really bad aside from a one or two moments so overall I recommend not touching it. The combat is quite basic but it gets the job done.

    But that's not why you play Skyrim.

    Although the main quest is hot garbage, the World and guild quests are great. Skyrim is also a great game for role playing because of the quantity and overall quality of its side content. The world is dense and full of stories to find explained through environmental details rather than dialog. Or maybe you just want to mod the game until it runs at 2 fps. (like me)

    Overall a good game that I can highly recommend.    … Expand
  31. Relkad
    Mar 25, 2020
    7
    Playing this game is good but loyalty is better.
    Not modding is missing bazzilion of content.
  32. GraysonUA
    Mar 31, 2020
    7
    Я знаю, як багато в неї фанатів, що люди буквально жили і живуть в ній, що в ній ціла купа модифікацій, але як на мене вона "пуста". Перш за все сюжет - проходняк. Геймплей примітивний, від чого баталії не викликають емоцій. Вбивати на кожному кроці дракона з лука, така собі атмосфера. Той самий Облівіон мені сподобався більше, хоч і там лишаються бездушні згенеровані локації.Я знаю, як багато в неї фанатів, що люди буквально жили і живуть в ній, що в ній ціла купа модифікацій, але як на мене вона "пуста". Перш за все сюжет - проходняк. Геймплей примітивний, від чого баталії не викликають емоцій. Вбивати на кожному кроці дракона з лука, така собі атмосфера. Той самий Облівіон мені сподобався більше, хоч і там лишаються бездушні згенеровані локації.
  33. Chubac
    May 14, 2020
    7
    Generic RPG with gamebreaking bugs that somehow still manages to hook me in.
  34. Huriele
    Jun 1, 2020
    5
    The game have interesting questa, a good lore, but...
    The gameplay is bad, how you play whit a sword in First Person? And also, an R.P.G. game can't be First Person, It is illegal.
    Also this game Is full of bugs, they destroy your game Experience!
    And when Bethesda did the remake, they didn't solve the bugs!
    bUt tHe wAtEr iS bEtTeR...I don't care of water!!!
    This is an R.P.G. game! I wanna play!
  35. ewenr
    Jul 6, 2020
    7
    I have played this game many, many hours but never completed it.. Sure, it's fun and there are a bajillion mods out there to tweak it to your liking but it never really hits and keeps my interest long enough to keep going to the conclusion. It's full of bugs (thankfully, most of which can be fixed with PC mods) and the performance is terrible but it's still a fun game.
    I will probably    I have played this game many, many hours but never completed it.. Sure, it's fun and there are a bajillion mods out there to tweak it to your liking but it never really hits and keeps my interest long enough to keep going to the conclusion. It's full of bugs (thankfully, most of which can be fixed with PC mods) and the performance is terrible but it's still a fun game.
    I will probably never finish this game, but then again, I will probably come back and play it again in a year or two..    … Expand
  36. PsychoJoona
    May 8, 2021
    7
    Longest videogame ever made? Yes. Skyrim is really long and I don't have a problem with that! But what I do have problem with is that it can get really boring sometimes in dungeons because every dungeon is almost the same thing and in my opinnion there are way too many potions. But I still like this game for it's RPG mechanics which are fun and how much stuff there are to do!
  37. eplate2
    Aug 17, 2023
    7
    I recently played this game for the very first time and I loved it overall but I think the game has just been surpassed by other games with newer engines. The open world here for example, is great but I get super annoyed by mountains that I just can't get up to find an item. I found myself too often avoiding missions in parts of the map because of this issue. The story is terrific hereI recently played this game for the very first time and I loved it overall but I think the game has just been surpassed by other games with newer engines. The open world here for example, is great but I get super annoyed by mountains that I just can't get up to find an item. I found myself too often avoiding missions in parts of the map because of this issue. The story is terrific here though and I love the elements of building up your character. Overall, a terrific experience.… Expand
  38. Mondyjoy
    Sep 23, 2020
    5
    it was alright, I think it is overhyped but I could definitely see that it was good and a head of it time when it was new.
  39. jarvitom
    Nov 15, 2021
    6
    Very old school game, weak graphics, random storyline, very bad combat, it could have been much better if they used some elements from other succcessful RPG which were around 2011.
  40. Yoow
    Dec 12, 2020
    7
    Я считаю её немного переоценённой, уж слишком много у неё проблем, но это не делает её плохой, и проведя в ней много сотен часов, ни капли не жалею об этом)
  41. pro455
    Dec 20, 2020
    7
    Game is good at the beginning, but after some time I had a feeling of monotony. The level of dificulty doesn't progress during playthrough, so it's not challenging at all from some point.
  42. Makks
    Dec 23, 2020
    6
    A game I hated when it came out but which I liked very much with a ton of mods, reworking critical things such as the combat system (and turning level scaling off), turning the game from a flat and absurdly boring game into a challenging melee game. Unfortunately, despite the impressive production value and its greatly looking first 5 hours, shallowness start appearing.

    A few mods can    A game I hated when it came out but which I liked very much with a ton of mods, reworking critical things such as the combat system (and turning level scaling off), turning the game from a flat and absurdly boring game into a challenging melee game. Unfortunately, despite the impressive production value and its greatly looking first 5 hours, shallowness start appearing.

    A few mods can add patrols, caravans (fast travel that makes sense), death by cold (and thus an incentive for capes and campfires, making long travels a thing that need preparations and care ; was it so hard to imagine something like this Bethesda?) but unfortunately, no mod can fix the writing that urges you to go in yet another boring cavern with flammable oil and skeletons, or towns with 3 houses that look like a nameless village in real life.

    Skyrim does have a handful of very good quests indeed, but the dialogue system is streamlined to the bare minimum, and you're basically the **** of anyone in this game ; you can't even refuse to start a quest, it'll end up in your quest log anyway. Not to mention you're encouraged to do any guild's quests instead of actually CHOOSING and seeing other factions getting upset. Sure, there's the civil war, but it is honestly mostly cut or broken content without mods.

    Skyrim does a good job at building a world that makes you want to explore, but it is too shallow and too focused on its mediocre dungeon crawling to leave memories, a "good enough" triple A to kill some time and wait for studios that actually care about game design and writing.    … Expand
  43. cythetyx
    Jan 19, 2021
    6
    Beatiful game to adventure and explore. It's not and rpg though. It's a glorified slasher with different color **** that comes out from your hand or weapons. It' has barely any rpg element or mechanic, so if you're a rpg lover you're gonna need a lot of mods. Morrowind still is the best of this saga by far.
  44. Dnische
    Aug 29, 2021
    5
    I genuinely can't understand why would anyone give it more than 5/10. The only option to play this game properly — play it modded, otherwise you will get buggy uncompleted mess. 90% percents of quests there are dedicated to dungeon clearing, the rest do not start at all. The main "plot" — generic fantasy $hit about chosen one whose destiny is to defeat ancient evil and etc. GraphicsI genuinely can't understand why would anyone give it more than 5/10. The only option to play this game properly — play it modded, otherwise you will get buggy uncompleted mess. 90% percents of quests there are dedicated to dungeon clearing, the rest do not start at all. The main "plot" — generic fantasy $hit about chosen one whose destiny is to defeat ancient evil and etc. Graphics remained at the Oblivion level.

    Video game industry died the day when this piece of vidya was claimed GOTY of 2011, the year when Dark Souls and Deus Ex HR came out.    … Expand
  45. KevLooney
    May 17, 2022
    6
    The game has clunky combat where one is waiting around. The waiting is there as a result from no attack cancelation to block an attack and attacks not stopping an immediate attack if you attack just before an enemy. The fov is painfully narrow too.
  46. Tromble
    Jun 28, 2021
    5
    Skyrim is okay, it does a lot of things right and a lot of things wrong.

    I do not feel strongly about Skyrim.

    I'm not the guy to ask about a recommendation of Skyrim.
  47. someperson3949
    Nov 17, 2021
    5
    It is an entertaining game to waste some time on, other than that, the story is lacking and feels very short, the side quests are a mix between interesting and plain boring, the combat feels weird but not exaggeratedly bad, the voice acting is meh, definitely one of its strongest points is the map and some of the landscapes, but even then they can become rather repetitive and plain, andIt is an entertaining game to waste some time on, other than that, the story is lacking and feels very short, the side quests are a mix between interesting and plain boring, the combat feels weird but not exaggeratedly bad, the voice acting is meh, definitely one of its strongest points is the map and some of the landscapes, but even then they can become rather repetitive and plain, and also the mere fact that a lot of RPG elements were cut off or "dumbed down" strikes it very negatively, and of course the pathetic quality of the game, glitches, bugs and all that, hopefully they'll at least bother on making an enjoyable experience for both casual users and those die-hard RPG fans in TES 6, but best to keep my expectations low...… Expand
  48. Gwimpon
    Nov 19, 2021
    7
    This game is probably a 10/10 with mods but without mods just the base game it does have its fair share of flaws. In 2021 Skyrim can become any game you want it to be with the use of mods but at its core the gameplay a great open world and decent combat but not much more
  49. Antohadance
    Jun 22, 2022
    6
    Слабая игра, относительно прошлых частей серии почти ничего нового не приносит, а местами даже деградирует
  50. Zhoulia
    Apr 25, 2022
    7
    The story for a old game is lackluster. Look at Morrowind , it had better story. In Oblivion you get a statue..in Skyrim if you win against the evil..the guards might say something. Just mod it..trust me
  51. TheCroWolf
    May 1, 2022
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is overrated .....its buggy as hell even in 2022 you need mods to have someone what fun experience .....IM NoT RATING SKYRIM MODS AM RAITING VANILA ...guilds are not something ...combat is boring its terrible even for 2011 game ....story is whatever....if you going to play this play at mods ...mods create proper game of this without is boring… Expand
  52. Squaredash
    Jul 19, 2023
    7
    This game is a mile wide and an inch deep. You can play for hundreds of hours and make basically no progress on the main questline. As fun as that is, it results in the game being way too grindy even with all the exploits and glitches at your disposal. Still a revolutionary game that’s worthy of being a classic, even if it wasn’t for me.
  53. Jackie_Jackson
    May 26, 2022
    7
    Мне уже было к сожалению слишком много лет и слишком лень и игра эта мне надоела примерно сразу какой-то кал малютки не покупайте
  54. Agusto101
    Mar 22, 2023
    7
    Solid game but I'm sorry it is boring and repetitive AF nothing more to say...and i almost forgot THERE'S A LOT OF FILLER.
  55. Pointy
    Jun 16, 2022
    7
    Was Skyrim as good as promised or even really good in general? No. Do I enjoy it extremely thoroughly because it gives a triple A rpg expirence? Yeah
  56. Tomplexthis
    Jul 7, 2022
    7
    Do not worry people, there will be a re re re re re re re re-Release of skyrim, forever.
    And even in the year 2095, we still will not get TES 6, we will just get skyrim 85.
    As amazing as this game was, its bland, its a dry piece of cardboard, hollow, vanilla. Its the mods that kept it alive, but it is also where the dark age of gaming began. With the horse armor, now    Do not worry people, there will be a re re re re re re re re-Release of skyrim, forever.
    And even in the year 2095, we still will not get TES 6, we will just get skyrim 85.

    As amazing as this game was, its bland, its a dry piece of cardboard, hollow, vanilla.
    Its the mods that kept it alive, but it is also where the dark age of gaming began.
    With the horse armor, now microtransactions are all companies care about.
    But yet, this game used to be amazing, i 100% it on 3 different consoles. and have 9 copies
    Why though?    … Expand
  57. Czechinator
    Aug 16, 2022
    6
    Complete the game using the mods. Bad dialogue, bad combat, average story. From afar the world was beautiful , but up close it was no fun to explore .The dungeons all felt the same to me and got pretty boring at times. The music was beautiful.The talent tree wasn't very good.the exploits were fun. Another Bethesda game for long winter evenings nothing special.
  58. aecsuter
    Aug 17, 2022
    7
    Skyrim is a good game, with a lot to do in it, sidequests that are even better than the main one, but with rewards for them beyond disappointing lol.
    I really liked the game but it's far from the perfect masterpiece that so many paint it.
    Pros: - Good graphics and good immersion. - Wide variety of quests, sidequests, jobs, weapons, armor, spells and powers. - Huge map with a multitude    Skyrim is a good game, with a lot to do in it, sidequests that are even better than the main one, but with rewards for them beyond disappointing lol.
    I really liked the game but it's far from the perfect masterpiece that so many paint it.
    Pros:
    - Good graphics and good immersion.
    - Wide variety of quests, sidequests, jobs, weapons, armor, spells and powers.
    - Huge map with a multitude of caves, forests, huts, cities and tombs to explore.
    - The Shouts idea is very cool, but they could be much better and more usable than they are.
    - The infinity of Mods that can be applied greatly improving the game experience in many aspects that it is flawed.
    - DLCs are very nice to make the story, with good NPCs and at least with better rewards than usual in the game.
    - Interesting skill tree

    Cons:
    - Game gets extremely repetitive after a while if you want to do everything the game has to offer.
    - Rewards from missions that are extremely weak and unimportant for the growth of your items.
    - Animations that often fall short
    - Too weak spells vs weapons with Smith+Enchant
    - Shouts with little impact on fights (unless you use mods, and even then few usable).

    Honestly I don't know anything about this latest version released because I've seen many reviews saying that with MOD it was better than this "remaster". What I can say is that my experience with the Special Edition, which came for free after a while because I had bought the regular one, was excellent.

    I recommend, however, with the above reservations, because the game is not perfection that I see so much talked about, SOOOOO less better than Witcher kkkkk

    74 out of 100    … Expand
  59. Taken_Hades
    May 19, 2023
    7
    -8/10 story
    -7/10 gameplay
    -7/10 environments
    -7/10 characters
    -9/10 music
  60. nastyjes
    Apr 6, 2023
    6
    The quests are absolutely terrible, boring, repetitive, and the dialogue is incredibly uninteresting. But this is not so important, because the game is solely about looting dungeons. And this aspect is well done. So I can't call Skyrim a bad game and I can have fun with it.
  61. HOWDOIPERESSW
    Dec 22, 2022
    5
    in this game move slower than a **** snail,its a super tedious game that focus so harshly on survival and food, no matter if you eat 2 seconds ago your stupid ass character is always
    hungry ,a good thing about the game is the fact that you can kill every npc in the rather than kids of course,bad thing about the game is even with a horse you are still slower than a snail and the bugs, the    in this game move slower than a **** snail,its a super tedious game that focus so harshly on survival and food, no matter if you eat 2 seconds ago your stupid ass character is always
    hungry ,a good thing about the game is the fact that you can kill every npc in the rather than kids of course,bad thing about the game is even with a horse you are still slower than a snail and the bugs, the bugs the bugs cyberpunk 2077 was a hot mess of bugs but the devs fix it in 1.5 years but bethesda still didn't the vanilla version of skyrim, this game is 11 years old and the vanilla version is elden pc launch,so yea 5/10    … Expand
  62. Chillaoi
    Jan 14, 2023
    7
    Review só pra lembrar a nota que dei pro jogo:
    Queria colocar uma review mais completa mas o site não deixa, então ta ai 7/10.
  63. Yokaii_
    May 20, 2023
    6
    An ok game that is hampered down by bugs, lackluster combat and weak story.
  64. Potet69
    Jun 1, 2023
    7
    More fun to mod than to play.‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎ Still the game is very good.
  65. MadAdventurer
    Jul 2, 2023
    6
    Just half step better than Oblivion (and I stil love Oblivion most) - the mods made this game much better.
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Universal acclaim - based on 32 Critic Reviews

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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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