GameFront: On the surface, Skyrim’s first piece of downloadable content appears to be nearly everything DLC should be. There’s at least eight hours of new content in the form of a brand new main quest line, new sidequests, a branching storyline depending on which faction you side with, new weapons, new enemies, new gear, new shouts, and a brand new badass transformation into a vampire lord — complete with its own skill tree.
The freedom to explore large areas, approach objectives in multiple ways, and stumble across amusing distractions will always be an excellent format for video games, but some do it better than others. To celebrate the formula and parse the best from the best, have a look at the best open-world games of all time so far.
The developers of Lordbound increased the scope as they became more familiar with the Creation Kit and got inspired by the original Skyrim.
Created by Bethesda Softworks, The Elder Scrolls is hailed as one of the most groundbreaking RPG franchises.