The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

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8.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 4435 Ratings

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  1. icky101
    Dec 23, 2013
    7
    A little bit of a disappointment. Oblivion was my favorite game so I expected a lot from Skyrim. It feels a lot dumbed down for casual Call of Duty type gamers. Don't get me wrong it's a good game, but the quests aren't unique, the plot is simple and short, and there is little to no true rpg aspects about this game. Your actions have the most minimal consequences possible unlike the gamesA little bit of a disappointment. Oblivion was my favorite game so I expected a lot from Skyrim. It feels a lot dumbed down for casual Call of Duty type gamers. Don't get me wrong it's a good game, but the quests aren't unique, the plot is simple and short, and there is little to no true rpg aspects about this game. Your actions have the most minimal consequences possible unlike the games predecessors. All that being said, the game runs smoothly, has nice gameplay, and has fixed a few of the kinks in Oblivion.… Expand
  2. TwillyFSniper
    May 2, 2014
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I honestly don't know why this game is praised this highly. Not at all. In fact, this game really makes me wonder what people look for in a game today.

    Good graphics? I agree.

    The game-play, though, is already stale enough. It's way too difficult (I swear there has to be some sort of glitch... That stupid Frost Troll insta-kills me every time.)
    The story? Bland, meh, average, overused.
    Characters? Nothing interesting here.

    I don't see the point of buying this unless you're freaking Chuck Norris on steroids epic at games. This game is popular because of what? Perhaps the stupidest power in the game? Arrow to the knee? Another reasonless meme.

    But I'll give it this: it's the best of a terrible series of games. Well done Bethesda. I buy my first Elder Scrolls game. I instantly lose the respect I had for you after playing Fallout.

    In conclusion, not worth your money. Probably lower 50's/100.    … Expand
  3. brightestabyss
    Jun 15, 2015
    7
    Potentially a great game but to me. It collapses under its own weight due to the number of bugs and problems lying in it. Most of the features are basic and functional but there wasn't really 1 individual exceptional feature in the game. More like, A whole load of features put together into a giant project.

    The graphics are beautiful and maybe to medieval RPG fans this would be    Potentially a great game but to me. It collapses under its own weight due to the number of bugs and problems lying in it. Most of the features are basic and functional but there wasn't really 1 individual exceptional feature in the game. More like, A whole load of features put together into a giant project.

    The graphics are beautiful and maybe to medieval RPG fans this would be exceptionally good but as someone who doesn't like too many Medieval Games. I cant exactly recommend it and I didn't enjoy it either.

    I played the game because people were basically yelling at me to play this game and said if I didn't like those kinds of games I'd still enjoy it. I clearly didnt    … Expand
  4. Breakitblake
    Jun 22, 2015
    7
    Sombody ask the skyrim makers to add free multiplayer and coop. It make it 1000 times more better.....................................................
  5. FapAliceGoodwin
    Oct 10, 2020
    6
    Skyrim is lauded far and wide as somehow being the ultimate RPG, but it always felt like a fair to middling game to me. On the positive side, the faces in this game are much improved over Oblivion's potato people. And whilst it was a shame to lose yet more stats and abilities, the progression system worked well.

    I didn't much care for the setting. Cyrodiil had swamps and mountains and    Skyrim is lauded far and wide as somehow being the ultimate RPG, but it always felt like a fair to middling game to me. On the positive side, the faces in this game are much improved over Oblivion's potato people. And whilst it was a shame to lose yet more stats and abilities, the progression system worked well.

    I didn't much care for the setting. Cyrodiil had swamps and mountains and ports like Anvil. Skyrim's environments are pretty dull. It was disappointing lore-wise too. Instead of the fantasy ice land of endless mountain ranges we got a retconned pseudo-Scandinavia full of pseudo Scandinavians, full of things popular culture thinks are 'Viking' but in reality aren't.

    Annoyingly, Bethesda saw fit to model Whiterun on Peter Jackson's version of Edoras in his Lord of the Rings movies, even though Tolkien's Rohirrim are in no way, shape or form linked to or inspired by Vikings, pseudo-Vikings or Scandinavians.

    I put around 350 hours into Oblivion and its expansions. I put Skyrim down after around 15 and I've never felt the need to pick it up since.    … Expand
  6. Broyax
    Feb 12, 2022
    5
    L’Aîné et ses vieux rouleaux crados est en sensible progrès malgré ses vieux tics et ses vieilles manies : pour ce 5ème épisode, il a su faire preuve d’une fraîcheur certaine en s’arqueboutant d’une part sur une histoire ma foi pas trop mal ficelée de dragons et d’autre part sur un paradigme de cris, d’âmes et de pouvoirs bien développé, faisant de notre personnage très vide un enfant deL’Aîné et ses vieux rouleaux crados est en sensible progrès malgré ses vieux tics et ses vieilles manies : pour ce 5ème épisode, il a su faire preuve d’une fraîcheur certaine en s’arqueboutant d’une part sur une histoire ma foi pas trop mal ficelée de dragons et d’autre part sur un paradigme de cris, d’âmes et de pouvoirs bien développé, faisant de notre personnage très vide un enfant de dragon choisi par le destin !

    Cependant, ce n’est sans doute qu’une impression mais le monde dépeint ici sous nos yeux se révèle au fil des nombreuses heures aussi générique et banal que le précédent Oblivion même si à dire vrai, on reste suffisamment intéressé jusqu’à terminer l’aventure principale contrairement à Oblivion qi finit assez vite aux oubliettes… Skyrim ne se rattrape pas non plus en tout cas par sa touche artistique de mauvais aloi en dépit d’une technique à peu près correcte sur 360 (malgré des ralentissements lorsque plusieurs clampins se mettent sur la gueule !).

    On a ici plus de grandiloquence -en raison du thème abordé qui s’y prête forcément- mais une mise en scène toujours aussi limitée, pour ne pas dire carrément absente : le jeu reste en effet vissé en vue subjective et les animations sont toujours aussi coincées.

    On a toujours le choix d’aller travailler pour quelques confréries ou guildes dont les vilains assassins ou les fourbes voleurs qui proposent chacun leur propre histoire, étonnamment réussie. Et bien sûr cette liberté de voler ou de tuer presque tout le monde, de s’évader de prison, de jouer un gros con de bourrin à la hache ou une ombre maîtresse de la furtivité…

    Ce qui nous amène aux combats toujours aussi peu convaincants mais sans être totalement mauvais non plus : on s’y fait à la longue même si on est pas aidé par l’interface (et l’inventaire) rapidement bordélique à souhait : sur ce point, on est en net retrait de ce que proposait Oblivion sans parler des Fallout !

    En tout cas, la campagne de Skyrim se repose un peu trop souvent sur l’exploration de donjons et de grottes… malgré un effort de diversité, une grotte reste une grotte surtout lorsque Bethesda s’échine à les tarabiscoter et les meubler avec des petites énigmes pour ouvrir la prochaine porte…! ça fatigue et ça lasse.

    Notons pour finir sur une bonne note, la musique majestueuse et très inspirée de Jeremy Soule qui donne du souffle au combat et des ambiances variées à l’exploration sans jamais prendre la tête. La VF quant à elle est de belle qualité, dommage que trop de voix se répètent…

    Skyrim n’est donc pas encore l’Elder Scrolls de la maturité mais en prend lentement le chemin sans doute… mais comparé aux Fallout du même studio, il fait encore bien pâle figure.    … Expand
  7. gareththestuff
    Apr 26, 2021
    7
    Better than Obilivan, worse than Morrowind. Its okay, but not one of "the best games of all time."
  8. Ridleymain
    Dec 20, 2020
    6
    I think this game is overrated to be honest. It's fine, but after a while combat gets boring and its just who has better numbers and how many pieces of cheese do you have. Some quests are pretty interesting, while others are boring, and sometimes even frustrating. Overall, the game is fine, but I don't think it's as good as it's reputation makes it seem.
  9. KTheSlayer
    Jun 18, 2021
    7
    Awesome world, lore and atmosphere, but the gameplay gets boring at some point
  10. lewisHolloway21
    Aug 11, 2022
    7
    it is a game that I have always enjoyed my score is mixed because simply it is such a big game I never finished it which is always a shame. the graphics in the game are fantastic for the time and I can see why it is so popular. the customisable content in the game was something astonishing of the time and the story part of the game made it new amazing experience honestly when it came toit is a game that I have always enjoyed my score is mixed because simply it is such a big game I never finished it which is always a shame. the graphics in the game are fantastic for the time and I can see why it is so popular. the customisable content in the game was something astonishing of the time and the story part of the game made it new amazing experience honestly when it came to the challenges they were perfect they were challenging but also not so challenging that it takes away from the game absolutely perfect balance for a game.… Expand
  11. Crimson9
    Dec 24, 2022
    5
    Skyrim is a big mess of a game. On the one hand, Bethesda's game design sucks. The combat is really bad. RPG choice making is borderline nonexistent. Character progression has been excessively streamlined. Level scaling makes it feel like you arent getting stronger. There is an over abundance of loot. There are tons of immersion breaking things happening in the world.

    On the other hand,    Skyrim is a big mess of a game. On the one hand, Bethesda's game design sucks. The combat is really bad. RPG choice making is borderline nonexistent. Character progression has been excessively streamlined. Level scaling makes it feel like you arent getting stronger. There is an over abundance of loot. There are tons of immersion breaking things happening in the world.

    On the other hand, content is king. Skyrim has a ton of content. Not all of it is great, most of it isnt even good. But there's quite a lot, dozens of hours worth, of great content. So I have to give it props for that.

    But to get to that content you have to slog through some horrific gameplay. And its not like the main story saves that. Mods, do, however, save this game and can make it an 8/10 game. But vanilla is a 5 at best.    … Expand
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#1 Best Xbox 360 Game of 2011
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#2 Most Discussed Xbox 360 Game of 2011
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#1 Most Shared Xbox 360 Game of 2011

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96

Universal acclaim - based on 89 Critic Reviews

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  1. Gamer.no
    Feb 6, 2012
    100
    This epic role-playing game might be Bethesda's best game yet, and offers an unique and spectacular world filled with fun. The freedom ensures a great experience for both the casual and hardcore gamer, as you're free to play the game how you like.
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  2. GameFocus
    Dec 16, 2011
    97
    Skyrim is the largest, and most compelling work that I've had the opportunity to play this year. It's engaging, engrossing, and will take over your gaming life for many months to come. Not only is Skyrim among the best that 2011 has to offer, but for me, this is, without hesitation, the Game of the Year.
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  3. Cynamite
    Dec 16, 2011
    90
    Quotation forthcoming.
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