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- Condition
- New
- Platform For Display
- PC
- Edition
- Standard
- Weight
- 1.6 oz
- Publication Date
- November 11, 2011
- Type of item
- DVD-ROM
- Language
- English
Features 5
- Skyrim reimagines the open-world fantasy epic, pushing the game play and technology of a virtual world to new heights
- Play any type of character you can imagine, and do whatever you want; the legendary freedom of choice, storytelling
- Skyrim's new game engine brings to life a complete virtual world with rolling clouds, rugged mountains, bustling cities, lush fields
- Choose from hundreds of weapons, spells, and abilities; the new character system allows you to play any way you want
- Requires internet connection and free steam account to activate
Description
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is the next installment in the award-winning Elder Scrolls series. Skyrim is the follow up to the 2006 Game of the Year, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and the next game from Bethesda Game Studios, creators of the 2008 Game of the Year, Fallout 3.
Specs 13
| Number of Players | 1 |
|---|---|
| Publication Date | November 11, 2011 |
| Computer Platform | PC |
| Global Trade Identification Number | 76 |
| UPC | 172302805901 151902996134 132017945668 031112633732 931551176176 087108568380 707003233427 031112808703 044111172713 115971255004 611102264384 132018169308 093155117617 |
| Release date | November 11, 2011 |
| Package Dimensions | 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches; 1.6 ounces |
| Type of item | DVD-ROM |
| Language | English |
| Rated | Rating Pending |
| Item model number | 11761 |
| Item Weight | 1.6 ounces |
| Manufacturer | Bethesda Softworks |
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AWSOME GAME
Platform For Display: PC
Edition: Standard
Well I wont bore you by telling you the same thing as everyone else has but this game is freaking awsome I have been playing it for about 3 days now and I love it, it is so nice to be casting spells and then swap over to a big 2 handed hammer and smash your enemys face in. Lets start with the story line I will be honest I haven't really gotten to far in the story I prefer to exsplore around the world raid dungons kill monsters do the side quests but I recomend that you do make it up to where you fight the first dragon at least on the story line after you have done that then buy a house you will always want to have somewhere safe to drop off the loot you like in rather then trying to find a safe spot somewhere to leave it. For fighting I have to say that Magic ROCKS I love it finally we have a game where we can use magic the way it was supposed to be used nothing is more fun then overpowering a spell and letting it fly into your enemy to see them fly away from you becuase of the power behind it the down side to magic is that once you have used your mana up it takes a few seconds before you will be able to cast anything turely powerfull so I recomend have a backup weppon that you can swap to when you are out of mana I like a big old 2-handed hammer but thats me I like seeing my high elf smashing in heads when in a mage gear but if you want to play it safe just use 2 sheilds you can still attack them with them but it will help keep you alive untell you magic is restored. The game looks great in my opinion its not going to be something that looks perfect to some, nor is it going to require you to have a supper fast computer in order to run the game if you want to play it on ultra high graphics you might need a mid to high range PC but you can make a computer that will be able to run this game maxed out for yourself with 700 bucks. There some strange things about playing the game with a mouse and keyboard for instance the mouse buttons are backwards for casting spells dont ask i dont know its just really strange so I recomend just grabing a xbox 360 controller with a usb cable and using that to play instead. Do not alt tab out of the game without saving it takes a lot of time for your computer to bring the game back if it can I have heard of a lot of crashes when playing but I have yet to have that happen other then when I first hit alt + tab but I dont know if that was really a crash or if i just didnt want to wait. The leveling system is great you level up as you increse your skill it doesnt matter what the skill is that you level just that you leveled it up once you have leveled enough skills you will get your character leveled and its a nice and simple thing you just activate the level up screen which on the keyboard is the / button and pick between magic health or stamina to incresse and then you move on to pick a skill I went down the destruction tree myself which I love nothing says I love camping better then roasting a enemy with a fire spell or showing them how to chill out with frost and you can combine 2 different spells at once or just make one really powerfull spell I personally like the fireball and lightning bolt spells together nothing says over powered like these two together flinging a enemy away from you like you shot them with a cannon. Now for some people they hate Steam which is part of this game I dont really have a problem with it personally when I was younger I used to barrow games from my friends and install them on my computer without buying them which now would be considered Piracy which is why I now always buy my own games the way I figure it they were cool enough to not to arrest me when I got free games and music back in the day the least I can do is but the game instead of trying to get it for free and getting a virus in my machine sorry about that I hate people bad mouthing companys that just want to make sure they aren't being screwed over so back to Steam when you first install the game it will take some time for you to get it up and running but hey we buy PC games because we love are PC's anyways steam will need to download a few updates for the game trust me you want these updates they are for game stability otherwise you might get a lot of crashes god I love updates but just so you know they are about 400mbs worth of updates so if you have a slower internet conection go watch the tv for a bit. As for if I think people should buy this game if you love to run around killing animals, people, dragons, trolls and, all other things, and love to do dungons then this game is one you should get, its huge, combat is good granted the AI can be fairly dumb, yes run to me enemys as I roast you with fire until you die at my feet but hey thats fun for me too :) but if you are looking for something like Zelda this isnt really that kind of game but you are in luck a new zelda is coming out soon so get that :) but if you liked the other Elder Scrolls games then this is a must have they have fixed a great many things that where wrong with the older games in this one which makes it that much better and its open world remember must kill all humans.... no wait wrong game.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2011 by Brad A. Dittmar
A Review at 70 hours in-game (yes, I am ashamed. . . .)
Platform For Display: PC
Edition: Standard
I am ashamed because I really don't have that much free time but something about this game just sucks me in and time gets lost. (reminds me of a Vegas casino in that regard). There are countless reviews here and elsewhere that rave about this game, and with good reason. But so many reviews were up within days of Skyrim's release, and there is no way they could have made much of a dent in the game. So I wanted to give you a review after many hours of gameplay. If you played Oblivion, you have a rough idea of the gameplay. It is swords, sorcery, or any combination to play in this fantasy world that is a cross between Game of Thrones and The Lord of the Rings. The developers have created a living, breathing world that makes the open world feel of the GTA games feel tight and restricted by comparison. This world is huge, vast, and seemingly endless. It is filled with animals, enemies, and flying dragons. Some knock the graphics a bit, but I think they look pretty nice. Yes, it is a console port, but most AAA games are now a days because that is where the market and the money is. To say this game is filled with content is to say a beach has a lot of sand. Content is an understatement - I have no idea how they can pack so many different environments and unique dungeons into a single game. It is a technological feat to be sure. You can play this game easily without ever playing Obivion - there is no backstory you need to be familiar with. The combat is fun and satisfying. I prefer a sword and shield because the timing of blocking and sword strikes is quite satisfying. You can walk into any of the major cities and pick up quest after quest. There are different groups (Companions, Mages, etc.) who all have their own questlines. I played one quest that became a murder mystery then turned into a completely different quest. It was long, detailed, and fantastic - and it was just a side quest! You can play this game any way you want - you can wander and stumble into cool stuff, or follow the main quest. I have invested maybe 90 minutes in the main quest, and the remaining hours of my total 70 hours (the game tracks your time in the game and displays it when you log in) is just playing all the random content and guild quests. I had never played a game like this until I played Oblivion, which led me to this fine game. The combat is all first person (or you can play in third person if you prefer) but it is real time - no paused dice rolls like RPG's of the past. Purists don't like that, but I am a FPS guy mainly so it works best for me. I figure there is at least another 50 hours of game play left for me, based on the areas of the world map in-game I haven't even explored yet. If you have't picked this game up yet, I encourage you to so so. You certainly get your money's worth. $50 is movies and popcorn for two for 90 minutes. Here it gets you 100 plus hours of entertainment. I would also recommend the Skyrim Game Guide (sold here by Prima) to help you get the most out of the game. There is alot to know and many things about smithing and armor and enchanting I never would have figured out on my own. A guide isn't a cheat, but it helps you get the most out of your game. It's the same as a travel guide for a vacation destination - you don't want to miss the good stuff once you are there. Good luck and happy gaming.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2012 by A Gamer at Heart
Maybe the best RPG game ever ... stay tuned
Platform For Display: PC
Edition: Standard
We just got disgusted with playing Witcher 2 and decided to move on to Skyrim. We remembered Oblivion with fondness and hoped that Bethesda learned a bit and addressed some of the issues that folks had with Oblivion in this latest effort. This review will, I hope, grow as we play the game. We are not in any particular rush to finish and if Skyrim holds true to it's promise, I may be checking in here for a few months. FYI We are playing this game on a 58" Plasma screen and it looks beautiful, even close up. Installation: Steam sucks. Sorry for the statement of the obvious. This is a silly and unnecessary speedbump that gave me a bitter taste before the game even commenced. I don't like DRM and I don't like this implementation and I don't like being tethered to the net in order to play. I really don't like spending $$ and not owning what I buy. All of this doubly so since copies are now easily available via various torrent sites. So, Bethesda, I ask what the point was? You annoyed me who would have bought the thing at full retail anyway and have probably engendered an even greater level of piracy (great idea: tell a geek that your software is crack proof <rolleyes>). Someones head should roll over there. This horrid decision has resulted in my 1 Star rating. Actually the rating is for the idiot management at Bethesda that made the decision to use Steam. Ahem ... Having wrestled with the hateful and swinish Steam thing and gotten the game loaded it was a joy. Some earlier reviewer made a comment about the graphics being what one would expect from a direct port from a console implementation. Balderdash! The game is beautiful and the res hold up on my screen as close as you want to go. The character creation is interesting but sorta unnecessary. A favorite game of mine has been and is Gothic in it's first three manifestations. In many ways that defines, for me, what the characteristics of a great game are. One of those characteristics is a parsimony on window dressing. To that end Gothic gives you your character and lets you get on with playing the game. Again, this is sorta a small thing but it is still a thing. The control layout is sorta annoying. We reprogrammed some of the keys but having one mouse button to fight, open/use would have been nice. Moving around is effortless and it does not have that most annoying of game characteristics: Playing in a Tube!!! That is what ultimately provided the final fail for Witcher 2. In Skyrim, you wanna go somewhere? Go. You wanna jump off something? Just go, no stupid button presses to "climb" or "jump". Talk about nanny programming. Why would anyone implement that sort of control? Suffice it to say that Skyrim lends itself to wandering around. And boy does the landscape invite that. You can really loose yourself in the land, really. You almost feel that you are in a movie. The depth and richness of the land and the houses and the stuff laying around simply divert one. The fact is that of the 4 hours or so we have played, I would guess 3 of which were spent looking around. That being the case, I cannot comment on the storyline nor the quests yet. Too early. But I will say that it seems that the story is second to the world and maybe that is the future of RPG gaming. More to come. Buy the game but hate the stupid corporate management. Write them nasty emails. Gothic Gothic 2 Gold
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Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2011 by Incitatus
Say goodbye to real life
Platform For Display: PC
Edition: Standard
Let me start out by saying that I am completely in love with this game. Been an Elder Scrolls fan since Morrowind came out and this is the game I feel Oblivion should have been. Having had several years to come to terms with the fact that gaming developers just aren't going to give us the level of complexity and detail that Morrowind did, I have accepted the new "streamlined" direction introduced with Oblivion. I'm going to try and address some of the issues people have with the game because I've seen too many inane 1-star reviews from trolls or inept people. 1. Gameplay: Feels much improved over Oblivion. Combat feels more dynamic and frenetic, being able to equip weapons and spells to either hand adds more depth. Whether you wanna chew up enemies with dual wielded axes, big two handers, go with a standard sword and shield, pull a Gandalf with staff and sword, dual wield spells (taking a very good cue from Bioshock now) or any combo that suits you. I'm playing in 1st person mode so I can't speak for how it feels in 3rd person. The menu system is a vast improvement over Oblivion as well and while yes it does feel more tailored to a console controller I find this to be only a minor irk and when compared to Oblivion's menu system it's easily overlooked. The addition of a favorites menu, brought up by the Q key is a great addition making it easy to swap weapons and spells on the fly. The addition of perks from the Fallout series is a very welcome addition and adds a new layer to the Elder Scrolls series as does the crafting that feels similar to what Fallout 3 and New Vegas gave us. So I understand some of the purists who have been playing even longer than me back to the Arena days and their frustration as the series has gotten more console friendly. I also lament the fact that it is this way but frankly we wouldn't get this epic large scale game in this day and age without a broader audience. And what matters most is that its still Elder Scrolls at heart. 2. Graphics: I see several 1-star reviewers talking about how the game is unplayable and crashes every 10 min. While it is known that these large RPG's will have bugs I have yet to crash in 15 hrs, neither have 2 of my friends and I see the majority of reviewers here haven't either. Most of these crashes are due to people not having beefy enough hardware or because they're playing on some POS laptop and think cause they have massive RAM it will be fine. Make sure you look at the system requirements first people and be prepared for unexpected bugs on laptop hardware unless its a gaming series. Common sense for PC gamers. That said people saying the graphics are only a minor improvement over Oblivion are having their opinions clouded by sub-par hardware not allowing them to utilize the visuals. I'm running an old nVidia 9600 GT and I have everything set to High/Ultra. It looks it incredible let me tell you, I spend half my time just looking at the scenery. 3. Steam: While I sympathize with the folks who don't have constant internet access, sadly piracy jerks have forced developers to use these methods. With these large scale, expensive games they have to sell well to be feasible. That said Steam has an Offline mode I have seen workarounds to allow a install from the DVD. For people that just like to troll Steam or any digital distribution service, get the hell over yourselves please. Steam is a fantastic service and along with Blizzard is single handedly pulling PC gaming out of the depths. So get off your pity pot and quit inventing problems and issues with Steam and get with the 21st century. I have never, ever, ever, EVER had any issue with Steam or any game I've purchased from them. Steam is great, its detractors are just crybabies. Just a few other points. Skyrim certainly gives me a sense of nostalgia because of Morrowind's Bloodmoon expansion. The game feels closer to Morrowind than Oblivion in tone, it's got that familiar fantasy base but there's the hint of the exotic like Morrowind had. Music is top notch and hands down the best of the series in my opinion. Jeremy Soule has hit a home run with this soundtrack. Dungeons are far superior to Oblivion's random cave full of bandits or goblins the team has put much more work into the dungeons and so far it shows. Dragon shouts and Dragon battles are fantastic and present a terrific new dynamic. Do yourself a favor, go by this game and prepare to lose yourself in an expertly crafted fantasy world.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2011 by Stephen
Awesome
Platform For Display: PC
Edition: Standard
This is one of the best games I've played in a long time. The world is so detailed and immersive. I have no problem with framerate, running at 40-60 fps on average at 1920x1080. The character models look better from the fuglies you dealt with in Oblivion. Though there are still character models in Skyrim that look ugly, at least there are some female models that look pretty decent though I think everyone has a toughened look to them, which is okay IMO. The armor and weapon designs are a major improvement as are the magic spell effects. There are many quests that you can go on as well as dungeons to conquer. I found myself spending 3 days before I finally got back on track with the main story. The combat is nothing special but is an improvement from Oblivion. You can dual wield weapons or spells and mix and match. If you have a shield equipped, you can use it as an offensive weapon to bash enemies and can knock them off balance if you upgraded your blocking ability. I also enjoy the occasional quick kill animations that are thrown in. And with the addition of dragon shouts, you have quick access to additional offensive/defensive skills that help keep the combat from being as repetitive as previous entries in the ES series. My main gripes come in with the user interface. On the PC, the menus are hard to use. You can use the keyboard or mouse to navigate through the menus, but it feels clunky nonetheless. I find myself using both the keyboard and mouse/mousewheel to move from one skill tree to the other and in many cases, not on purpose. It's annoying to back out of the menu and you find yourself struggling to get to the perk that you want to select. It's pretty obvious this was made more for the controller. As for the item selection, you can go into the equipment menu and add items to a favorites list. From the favorites list, you can equip an weapons, spells, and shields to the left/right hand. Also from the favs list you can assign items to the number keys which makes for easy access. But if you choose to connect the 360 controller, you don't have access to hotkeys and are basically left with the favorites list and the left/right directional buttons. My biggest complaint with Skyrim is with the crashing. The game likes to exit to desktop without warning. Initially, problem was happening every 10 minutes. Now it happens occasionally, but it's still annoying when it happens. Thank heavens for quick save. Overall, the game is still similar to Oblivion. But it has many improvements that make the game a much better experience. It does have it's share of problems at the moment, but it's not enough to keep me from enjoying this game. Though I will say this *minor spoiler* The dog quest from Falkreath really jolted me out of the game with it's strange choice of voice actors. You'll know what I mean when you come across it.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2011 by Hernan Tovar
Almost as good as the best review you've seen so far
Platform For Display: PC
Edition: Standard
By now, you've probably seen plenty of other critical and fan reviews for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Generally speaking, most reviews strike a pretty similar note, right? They basically say Skyrim is the new king of first-person RPGs. I'm here to tell you that they're right. Skyrim is very impressive, both visually and in terms of the breadth and depth of the world upon which you're (literally) turned loose. The interface is simple and easy to learn and use, and the phsyics engine is believable and adds to the suspension of disbelief. There are dozens of skills to master, and you choose which ones you want to develop through use. As you develop in any given skill area (e.g., two-handed weapons, restoration magic, blacksmithing, etc.), new talents and abilities become available to you. For example, if you get good enough at archery, you'll eventually be able to slow time somewhat when you draw back and "zoom in" on your target, in preparation for a shot. There are a huge number of fascinating, compelling storylines to follow - and you're not required to do anything at all. Even though the AI and the NPCs take a fairly "hands off" approach to instructing and directing you along the path of the primary plot, it's never very hard to know what you're supposed to do next or how to do it. Speaking of the NPCs, there are hundreds of characters throughout the world, each with his or her own story or background - most of whom you can talk to at least a little bit and find out what motivates them. The sandbox environment means that aside from the many major quest lines, there is a wide variety of other quests, challenges and adventures to be had if you happen to be in the right place at the right time. For example, at one point I was traveling on a long road across the region to a place I'd never been before (you can fast travel almost anywhere once you've been there once). I had a very specific goal in mind, and I knew where I was going and why I was going there. Suddenly, I met a non-corporeal headless horseman on the road, coming from the direction I was heading. It wasn't a monster; it didn't attack me or indeed, even seem to notice me - it just kept on riding. I had never heard anything about it from any NPC or book, I had no idea who it was, where it came from, or where it was going - but IT clearly did. I turned and ran after it for a while, and it was basically retracing the course I had just taken, back along roads, up hills, through ruins, etc. After a while I gave up following it because I wanted to go and do what I'd originally set out to do. But I'm about 90% certain that if I'd stuck with it, it would eventually have led me to some very cool story line and/or event. And that's the real point of Skyrim. Playing the game made me BELIEVE there was something interesting to experience if I'd followed that particular, random NPC. It was doing its own thing regardless of whether or not I was there to watch it happen or participate. That's one of many aspects of Skyrim that makes the game worth every penny of its price. Check the system requirements, and then buy this. As long your PC wil run it smoothly at decent settings, you won't regret it.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2012 by Clive Staples
Skyrim Rocks Vampires!!
Platform For Display: PC
Edition: Standard
Uf Da folks! Are you bored with googling? Would you like to experience some fun times? Then, check out your computer specifications and see if your machine will play...Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - PC. If it's a capable machine...install it and let's get moving. First you need to create your character. I generated a great looking, female elf who is absolutely sooo bad that you would NOT want to run into her as you stumble out the back door of the hollywood bar, looking for trouble. Then there be...the dragons. Wha? Dragons? Oh, I don't know if I want to have anything to do with those critters, but the choice is not mine to make, cuz there be dragons and that's that! Actually, fighting those pesky dragons, isn't really that hard...later in the game when you get to acquire some decent weapons. I don't mean a dull sword is not a decent weapon, but I coulda done better with a sharp spoon! Just for the heck of it, let's say you are in a nasty, pitched battle with one of those flying flamethrowers and things aren't going real well for you and the general consensus is that you are about to go belly up. What do you do? Well, you run away. Fast. Go hide behind a big rock...there are plenty to choose from. Then, try again OR just vacate the area completely and come back some other time when you are armed with nasty weapons and grievously debilitating magic potions and you know for a fact that this time the dragon is GOING DOWN and that's all there is to that! Yes! And for all you people who truly believe that challenging puzzles suck, you will not be disappointed, cuz there are a bunch. And you HAVE to solve them or spend the rest of your days as a dishwasher in the Imperial city and that's not fun. Here's a hint though. If you are at one of those puzzles where you have to get those things on the ceiling to line up in the proper order AND in order to do that you have to press button number one, a certain number of times then there's button two, more times and maybe button three and...and, OR the one where you have to jump into some water and swim over there to press a button and then go back and then go over there...Aww C'mon?? Well about this time you may have the need to scream EEEEK!! to keep yourself from tumbling into the abyss of ultimate angst and thankfully...there is a way out. You can cheat! I know. I know. Cheaters never win...Ya Right! I'll bet the cretin who said that never had to try to get past one of those sucky puzzles to get on with the game. So I go on You Tube and find a nice someone who has solved the puzzle and I write down all the pertinent info, go back to the game and solve the riddle....just like I knew what I was doing, all along! Then there's the...WHEW!! Got It! Thank goodness. The funny thing though...you can REALLY cheat if you have a PC. It's called *the console.* Remember that. Now, I don't mean the Playstation console or that Xbox 36something console. This is for PC people who want to enjoy the game and not get there innards tied up in knots, trying to beat seemingly impossible situations. Go ahead and cheat! It's good for the soul and the creators of the game don't seem to mind. Go googling and type into the box...PC Console cheats or something like that and you should find a bunch of pages that will show you how it's done. Tis easy. I'm not saying that I would do that cheating stuff, but IF I wanted to...I could! I could be invincible against any foe. I might still have to go to You Tube and cheat like crazy, to solve some of those puzzles but i'm not going to blab about it...especially, to my kids. They think i'm some kind of computer whiz and I sure don't want to ruin it for them. :) The point of this blurb is that Skyrim is a great game. I love it and it keeps me occupied for many hours. I played through it a few times and I am sure I missed some things that might be important, so i'm going to start over and play it again. One more cool thing. There is a main quest that has to do with Vampires and part way through it, I got to hook up with a cute, but formidable vampire who stayed with me for the rest of the game and helped me fight all evil doers. Hence, I had no reason to cheat. I just let her do most of the work, while I stood around trying to figure out how to get through the door with the Golden Claw! GAG! This is mostly a fantasy trip where I can use an alter ego to fight vampires, even though I know that there are no such things. I'm not real sure about the woman who lives next door to me though, so time will tell. But, that's a whole nother story.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2013 by duff
A "meh" follow-up to Oblivion
Platform For Display: PC
Edition: Standard
Sorry, however even the presence of Max Von Sydow and Christopher Plummer don't make this "Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion" follow-on the best that it should have been. An interesting, if old-hat beginning (*spoiler-------guess what, you're a prisoner at the onset...sound familiar???). The side quests are sometimes pretty good, sometimes mediocre: many of the Daedric Quests in "Oblivion", AND the rewards were more up to the challenge the player faced in "Elder Scrolls IV". Don't expect to get a "Goldbrand", "Umbra", or damage-reflecting "Ring of Namira". I would not say the Side Quests are particularly dazzling. Many of the quests are dark in nature. REALLY dark. I mean, much darker than the most heinous tasks for the Dark Brotherhood Quests were in "Oblivion". Especially a few of the "get the reward"-requirements for Elder Scolls V "Daedric Quests". Which brings the Player to another recurring scenario in "Skyrim": the choices can often be between bad, and bad! As in the "no-win" situations are frequently forced upon the Player. Which isn't to say some kind of reward cannot be obtained in these instances; but it isn't particularly a fun time playing. It IS nice that the player has the option of turning against the Dark Brotherhood, however. It would be heartening if similar options of gameplay were available in the aforementioned gruesome Daedric Quests. The reviewers who noted the console-friendly layout are absolutely correct. I'd ALSO like to add that the graphics and performance would be a lot nicer if patrons who prefer Gamer uber-computers had had the least consideration. But, as previously noted by a reviewer, the Game creators are geared towards the adolescent target-market and Game Console users. The graphics are improved from "Oblivion", but not what they COULD be. Also noted before, as a "saving grace" to "Skyrim", is the Game Mods. Frankly, they very much enhance gameplay, and enjoyment of the game. I have not, nor would I want to endure, play in the "vanilla" version of this game. Choosing Game Mods for "Skyrim" before getting into playing the game, is a good idea. Expect to slug it out in melee combat, or have a few heavy-damage inflicting spells in your arsenal. The "chameleon" type of spells have been eliminated in Elder Scrolls V, except for one Game Mod that I have so far seen. Stealth isn't really given a lot of consideration in this game; yes you can improve your "Sneak" skill, but you ultimately are visible to your enemies in combat. Which makes the Thieves Guild and Dark Brotherhood Quests damn hard to succeed in. **DLC "Dawnguard" is however a big plus. The rpg and combat options are improved; playing as a Vampire, whether "sort of" Good intentioned, or REALLY not so nice, are optional. Playing as the title's Dawnguard anti-Vampire faction is more black and white, but also interesting.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2012 by Malkav04