TotalPlayStation: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Review

TP: There has never been a review that has pushed me to the brink quite like The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. This review is late, I know, and most of you have probably played the game and moved on to other titles or you’re wrapping up the final few trophies in your quest for a platinum. The road to this point has been one that I hope to never return to in another review and that’s why I am deviating from the standard path. As a video game reviewer I know the cracks that many make and I also know that transparency is something that is sorely lacking in the field. Reviewers, especially those on bigger sites, tend to get caught up in the rat race of being the first to attach a number to a game. After that first score is laid down everyone else, for the most part, follows suit and that’s it. We hardly ever get the chance to score and talk about patches or updates because time just doesn’t permit that extra attention. Sure, we still play the games and revisit them months or even years later, but we hardly ever get a chance to put our critic hat on in those instances.