Skyrim was hotly anticipated, and for many lived up to their expectations.
But with such blinded adoration, fans seemingly miss the faults of their beloved Skyrim and lack the ability to be objective when it comes to discussing it's problems.
As The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered takes up 125GB, original designer Bruce Nesmith recalls fitting Skyrim into a tiny file size.
Skyrim is still my favorite ES game. I’m playing through it again right now since I never finished it.
Morrowind is by far my favorite. But I’m getting old and played Daggerfall Morrowind and Oblivion before Skyrim
That judicious lack of oversight permeated everything in Bethesda's RPGs, in a positive fashion.
I much prefer a left alone Obsidian and Larian Studios. Bethesda's formula has grown old for me.
Larian hit another level with DOS:2 and then took it even further with BG3. They do high quality work.
I agree, I found it an interesting game. But nowhere near worth the hype (unless you include mods)
Skyrim blew my mind when it released. That game took me to the gaming, promisedland. Going back to it when it was updated for the PS5, it felt slightly rough around the edges, but great for its time
We should leave Obsidian alone. Bethesda on the other hand should be kept under constant psychiatric observation.
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Everyone knows it very buggy, but the game just crushes those bugs with it's awesomeness. And so many games these days come out with huge problems only to be fixed down the road, people are getting used to it. Yesterday there were 3 article for PC users titled; Fix black screen and crashing in (insert game here).
It feels like the game expects you to be at level 50 by the end of the main quest.
Bethesda went the Blizzard route and refused to release the game until it was perfect, Skyrim would've had a Q2 2043 release. The fun-factor of Skyrim makes bugs and glitches less serious IMO.
I'm on the fence with Skyrim. Like I love the huge world to explore and the graphics. But the story and combat feels old and empty. I think once I see most of it, I'll never touch it again. I'll probably go back to fallout which I enjoyed more.
All of you are the exact people the author of this article is talking about. No game deserves a free pass because of its "fun factor" or any other reason really. Skyrim does the things it set out to do extremly well(atmosphere exploring questing and graphics). But ignores way to many things for me to take it seriously( a story of any kind, good voice acting, running smoothly). Skyrim is not game of the year.