hardwareheaven.com Updated:
2017-02-11 04:02:31
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More than a year on from release, enormous roleplaying game Skyrim doesn't seem in any danger of going away. It's achieved this despite having so far lacked any truly meaty expansions or DLC - the add-ons so far have been on the piecemeal and awkward side...
Its main campaign might peter out with a naff baddie, and the promised dragon-riding is deeply underwhelming, but that aside Dragonborn is bursting with new things to do and new sights to see in Skyrim.Tags:GamesBest prices todayRetailer Price Delivery P...
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xtragamer.co.uk Updated:
2017-02-11 04:02:31
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Time for the first review of 2012 and what a way to start it with The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Ever since it was announced this game has had so much pressure to come out on top. Being the sequel to the amazing The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, which is s...
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Skyrim is a game about an ancient evil, a civil war, and mighty Nord heroes. It’s also a game about stealing people’s pants while they’re wearing them, punching bears in the face, and performing unspeakable acts of necromancy on adorable bunny rabbits...
Skyrim represents the culmination of a long balancing act, of all Bethesda's learned and mastered about epic nonlinear play. It's a triumph of freeform design, less a roleplaying game like so many popular D&D-haunted others than a glimpse of what it might...
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Skyrim, the fifth - and apparently final - entry in The Elder Scrolls saga is one of the year's biggest gaming releases, and a highly awaited one for RPG fans. Set 200 years after the events of Oblivion, Skyrim takes place in the eponymous frozen north...
Bethesda's eagerly-anticipated RPG epic fulfils its promise with a rich world, gripping plot and hundreds of hours of potential gameplay...
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nowgamer.com Updated:
2017-02-11 04:02:31
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After several patches and mods, we revisit Skyrim on PC to see if it still stands above the console versions. Skyrim is a serious Game of the Year contender, bringing some incredible layered questing into the modern gaming age, and offering a sweeping...
Skyrim certainly draws a new line in the sand for RPGs moving forward, blending the accessibility of Fallout 3 with the depth and storytelling of Baldurs Gate. Mods and better visuals make the PC version the one to get.More Articles >>>...
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smarthouse.com.au Updated:
2017-02-11 04:02:31
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Bethesda's latest RPG comes in the anticipated glee of rabid role players who have followed the Elder Scrolls series through to its fifth instalment. Each time, the worlds have become richer in detail, broader in scope and longer – and Skyrim is the su...
Expansive open world to explore with an attention to detail; graphics are good without overburdening your graphics card (for PC players); skill upgrading system is very open rather than tied down to classes...
Very buggy, similar to past experiences with Bethesda RPGs like Elder Scrolls IV and Fallout 3; similar dungeons, landscapes and quests can get repetitive...
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thestar.com.my Updated:
2017-02-11 04:02:32
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The land of Skyrim is vast, alive and full of adventure. It also has a serious dragon problem that we're glad to help with. WHAT can we write about Skyrim? It's the fifth game in the saga (not counting spinoffs like Redguard), and the series has al...
The world of Skyrim is gorgeous and feels alive; freedom to explore and play the way you like; it's just super-awesome.
You will forget what it means to sleep or have meaningful social interactions outside of the game.
As we sprinted away from the soldier's angry friends, we realised that there was no way we could cover even a quarter of this game in time for this review. There was simply so much to do and so much to explore, and the game's immersive enough to keep...
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Name: Genre: Platforms: £37.91 on PS3 from£29.98 on PC fromThough a city dweller, I pride myself on my strong sense of direction. Pop me down wherever you like, I'll still manage to get on the well beaten path and find my way around. While playing Bet...
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How do you review a game that lasts for months? Ideally, on a generous day rate. In reality, a man on a motorbike brings it to your house, you put in it the Xbox, and a full 12 hours later you stumble into bed riddled with self loathing, having litera...
Epic, involving, addictive...
Long loading times, cliched, addictive...
A vast sprawling world of copious possibilities that compels you to explore it...
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But these are minor quibbles. Wouldn't it also be nice, after all these years playing cat burglar types, to be able to scale buildings like Ubisoft's Ezio and sneak in through upper-storey windows? But now I'm asking for a game this isn't, and if "bet...
Intensely detailed and nuanced environments, Excellent character development system...
Some gameplay elements (like the economy) are just a facade, Mediocre combat system...
Skyrim represents the culmination of a long balancing act, of all Bethesda's learned and mastered about epic nonlinear play. It's a triumph of freeform design, less a roleplaying game like so many popular D&D-haunted others than a glimpse of what it might...
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Skyrim is set in the land of the Nords, a craggy treacherous landscape that reminds me of George R R Martin's series A Song of Ice and Fire and has the same epic scale. After the King of Skyrim is assassinated the land is plunged into civil war and the...
As professions go, what kind of assassin would I be without a couple of poisons and potions at my disposal? So I started using Alchemy. But it was also useful to have blacksmithing to sharpen my blades. High level blacksmithing would allow me to make...
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Like every great RPG, the fifth Elder Scrolls game is a grand enterprise. It's huge in scale, epic in its breadth and scope, and will occupy such vast quantities of your time that you may find yourself losing sleep, dodging work and testing the patience o...
An enthralling winter world to get lost in, Countless hours of adventuring, The freedom to do and be what you want...
Not the most technically impressive title, Potentially disastrous for work and social relations...
The fifth Elder Scrolls game is a worth successor to Oblivion, and one of the best RPGs ever made. Technically, it's not a huge a progression from Oblivion, but it's a game where all the elements – graphics, sound, art design, music and gameplay – combine...
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The star of the latest Elder Scrolls role-playing game is its world. Skyrim, the northernmost province of Tamriel, a continent that fans of the Bethesda Softworks series have been exploring piecemeal in games dating back 17 years, is a hauntingly beaut...
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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion redefined our expectations for open world fantasy RPGs, and it was brutally hard on the hardware of it's day. Is The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim as challenging on today's PC hardware, or can a modest rig handle it? The Elder...
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The enitirely optional thieves' guild sub-quest alone lasts longer and offers more drama and variety than most singleplayer games released this year. And that's long before you factor in similar quest-lines for The Dark Brotherhood, the College of Mage...
Patching writing, a dodgy PC interface and a smattering of bugs can't keep this enormous and beautiful free-form adventure from being a towering roleplaying game, and arguably the best 2011 has offered...
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The Elder Scrolls series has always been defined by ambition. As one of the strongest pillars of western RPG design, each of the numbered titles share a common commitment to open-world gameplay, allowing players to explore and experience the environment h...
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computeractive.co.uk Updated:
2017-02-11 04:02:33
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All the games in the Elder Scroll series have been ambitious when it comes to scale and the freedom to explore. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is no exception and goes even further than Oblivion.The game starts with the player a prisoner, in keeping with...
Good graphics; improved character development; engaging plot...
Manual seems to be missing in the Steam version; perhaps too huge for the casual gamer, Suitable for, Windows 7Windows 7 64bitWindows VistaWidnows Vista 64bitWindows XP...
Skyrim is quite possibly the most engaging role-playing game we've ever played. Our only worry is the amount of time that we are likely to spend playing this game...
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Interview with Ray Lederer (Concept Artist)PS3, XBox 360 & Windows PCAfter drooling over the collector’s edition strategy guide, I open up my copy of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and dive into it headfirst. I quickly learn in the beginning of the game...
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pcauthority.com.au Updated:
2017-02-11 04:02:34
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It's one of the most over-used tropes in game promoting and reviewing: the idea that the game X is going to be bigger and better than game X-1. Really, that should just be assumed! However, some games promise such a boost in scale and scope that they real...
Will probably stop us from living and breathing Battlefield 3. for a bit...
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is a very, very big game, perhaps the biggest in terms of the actual square footage it covers. That's given it a lasting presence. Today, Skyrim is available not only for its original launch platforms (PC, PlayStation 3, and Xb...
Massive open world, Many amazing stories, Tons of abilities and character creation options, Dragons...
Noticeable clipping and other bugs...
Yes. Even in 2017, playing Skyrim feels like going on a fantastic adventure. If you ever feel the urge to fight dragons or scour dungeons for treasure, you'll have a good time playing it.This game was originally reviewed on the Xbox 360 on a copy provided...
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For whatever reason, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim remains a point of contention amongst gaming enthusiasts. The “cool” kids of the community would have you believe that Bethesda 's fantasy opus was never good, that it's “overrated,” et cetera. Bologna. Sky...
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition is an attempt to make a quick buck off gullible consumers...
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has been remastered and re-released so many times it's an inside joke at this point, and yet I haven't really felt drawn to go back—until last night. Last night I once again took that fateful wagon ride through the mountains, p...
It's Skyrim in virtual reality. That's pretty much what it comes down to, and I'm fine with that. Sure, I'd rather a game built for VR. Sure, I wish it were less janky. Sure, I wish melee combat had some of the heft of Gorn. Sure, I wish it looked better...
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has been remastered and re-released so many times it's an inside joke at this point, and yet I haven't really felt drawn to go back—until last night. Last night I once again took that fateful wagon ride through the mountains, p...
It's Skyrim in virtual reality. That's pretty much what it comes down to, and I'm fine with that. Sure, I'd rather a game built for VR. Sure, I wish it were less janky. Sure, I wish melee combat had some of the heft of Gorn. Sure, I wish it looked better...
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Let’s get this out of the way: you’re going to find the dragon riding in Dragonborn disappointing. You can’t steer the beast or land wherever you want, and while you can direct your dragon to attack enemies, you probably know by now that dragons aren’t...
Despite a rather ho-hum main quest, Dragonborn is crammed with enough side quests and new stuff to be an exciting add-on...
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gadgetreview.com Updated:
2017-02-11 04:02:31
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Skyrim is the biggest game to release in 2011. It may not have the sales numbers of, say, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, but it didn't suffer with over 10 million copies sold. And with over 100 hours of gameplay in a single run, it's by far one of the de...
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hitechlegion.com Updated:
2017-02-11 04:02:31
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Even so called “sandbox” games that have come out recently have been disgustingly restrictive. Either that or the world rendered provides nothing more than an exercise for the obsessive compulsive to run around and collect artifacts, forgoing a fun experi...
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gameobserver.com Updated:
2017-02-11 04:02:31
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Few games ever reach the status of “social event” and Bethesda’s fifth installment in the Elder Scroll series has that honor. Skyrim is the butt and theme of countless jokes online and just about every gamer has an opinion of it, whether they played it...
Skyrim makes strides in the Elder Scroll franchise. It introduces important changes without touching the foundation of what made the series great: freedom. You will waste countless hours running around, discovering beautiful locations, fighting new mon...
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Today we are following up our initial review of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim by taking a look at the performance of the PC version of the game. Like the console version, Skryim for PC features an open world full of luscious landscapes, large scale cities a...
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firingsquad.com Updated:
2017-02-11 04:02:31
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We should have acted. They’re already here. The Elder Scrolls told of their return. Their defeat was merely a delay, to the time after Oblivion opened, when the sons of Skyrim would spill their own blood. But no one wanted to believe… believe they even...
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is almost too good for this world. Since getting my review copy, I've spent dozens of hours exploring the mountains and valleys, the glaciers and forests, the caves and ruins of Skyrim, battling dragons, and getting involved...
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Let it be known now, I'm a busy guy. Between cosplay, side jobs, and taking care of a needy girlfriend, there really isn't a lot of time in my life for my other love…video games. I'll also say that recently I've become quite unfaithful with said girlfrien...
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gamepro.com Updated:
2017-02-11 04:02:32
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Wonder comes in many forms in Skyrim, and Bethesda shows us this wonder in many places and in many ways in one of their most enjoyable games yet.Wonder has always been at the heart of The Elder Scrolls. The wonder of discovering what sits on a mountain...
Mayhem and wonder can lurk behind every bend, every hill, and every mountain; main quest line is an improvement from Oblivion; dualwielding and Shouts make combat more fun; enchanting, making potions, and crafting weapons is easy, and for some, likely quite enjoyable.
Technical issues could ruin moments for some players; it's too easy to go into "sneak" mode when backing up with the control stick. I've been playing the PC version of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim on my home PC, which has an Intel i7 950 processor running at 3.07 GHz with 6GB of RAM and two HD 5770 videocards running in Crossfire. After 34 hours of playing Skyrim, I've noticed a number of things...
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The fifth installment in Bethesda's long-running Elder Scrolls series took the industry by storm last Friday, earning an impressive aggregated review score of 95/100. Based on early estimates, Skyrim has shipped seven million copies worldwide across al...
The praise Skyrim has received is well justified, and although I'm generally not an RPG fan, I must admit to having some fun. The graphics are impressive, particularly considering how much detail the outdoor scenes contain and how well the game runs o...
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The tantalizingly brief Skyrim teaser trailer debuted by Bethesda Softworks late last year filled my mind with visions of titanic battles between man and beast; of shining steel bathed in ancient flames; of a champion rising from humble origins, prepa...
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So, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, henceforth known as “Skyrim” or “that game you have already”. Why would you want to read another review of it after the maelstrom of positivity unleashed last week? First of all this is a PC-only review, and yes I have pla...
As you can see, I can't complain about Skyrim for too long without starting to compliment it again. It's an excited, engaging, epic tale with you at the centre. There are a number of complaints, a few bugs and the odd crash, but nothing that can't be fixe...
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gameplaymonthly.com Updated:
2017-02-11 04:02:32
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The game places you in humble beginnings. You are, to no surprise for people familiar with the Elder Scrolls series, a prisoner when the game begins. Events unfold, a dragon tries to eat you, and suddenly you are a prisoner no more. This is where pla...
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While Skyrim does almost nothing to address the weaknesses of its predecessors, it expands on the strengths to such an extent that even its most substantial flaws seem microscopic. You may not lose yourself in the unimaginative combat and story, but th...
vast, vast world to explore, dungeons and caves are wonderfully differentiated, graphics and sound are for the most part incredible to behold...
Combat isn’t very visceral, and victories and losses feel unearned, Menus and interface are terrible, While the world is wide open, most quests and dungeons are very linear, Bugs abound, especially with physics...
Despite the serious faults in many of the game mechanics, Skyrim is a triumph because what it succeeds in outweighs those flaws (which may be fixed by patches and mods) by an enormous amount. The world is the richest and most lovingly created that I’ve...
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As I sit here with blood shot eyes, and cramped hands from my marathon sessions of playing on of the biggest games of the year, I have to do the impossible job of now writing about the beast – without going on too much. My family complains that they've ha...
A revamped leveling system allows for more streamlined play, The graphics are out of this world for an Elder Scrolls game, and for any game of this type, The narrative is top of the line, and easily puts this in my GotY list...
The combat mechanics can be somewhat off – especially when fighting brain dead AI, Your followers are just a brain dead as the enemies, Skills need to be weighted differently to make it more of an enjoyable experience...
For RPG fans, this is definitely Game of the Year material – especially if you're a fan of the Elde...
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As incredible as The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion was in 2006, it hasn't aged well. While it's still capable of hooking players into tens of hours of questing, it looks terrible, it crashes periodically, its load times are excruciating, and its combat is...
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armchairempire.com Updated:
2017-02-11 04:02:33
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With other Bethesda role-playing games I've often fallen into the trap of pursuing side quests to buff up my character and to help fill-out the universe in my own mind. What often happens then is that I suddenly have what feels like too many quests i...
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Yes. Taking place about 200 years after the events of Oblivion, players are now thrust into the lands of Skyrim. On the verge of meeting their doom, players soon find out that Dragons are no longer just beasts of myth, and the player isn't just anothe...
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The world of Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is a vast expanse of sheer beauty, danger, and adventure -- you can also terrorize townsfolk, get punched in the face by a giant, and fight a ton of dragons. Those are just a few of the reasons...
Incredible amount of content; world feels alive; more than enough improvements to the Bethesda RPG formula; engaging quests; great new leveling and combat system; did we mention the content?...
Interface is gamepad friendly; does little to take advantage of the PC platform besides the improved visuals; companions are still dumb as a bag of rocks.
It's great to hear that Skyrim has lived up to all of its potential and more. Personally, I can't wait for the mod community to get their hands on the game and start crafting out even more content. This is a great time to be a PC gamer for sure...
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Don’t worry, I’m not going to spoil anything here – I’ll steer clear of anything story-related beyond the premise. With another game, that would be tricky. With Skyrim, the stories that come from how the game works are often the best ones.It’s a froze...
A vast and gorgeous world of exciting possibilities, fascinating places, engrossing adventures and flying lizards...
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ign.com
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2017-02-11 04:02:34
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I was stacking books on a shelf in my house in Whiterun, one of Skyrim's major cities, when I noticed a weapon rack right beside it. I set a sacrificial dagger in one slot, an Orcish mace in the other. They were on display for nobody but me and my comp...
It's difficult to ever feel completely satisfied with a play session of Skyrim. There's always one more pressing quest, one more unexplored tract of land, one more skill to increase, one more butterfly to catch. It's a mesmerizing game that draws you i...
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Plenty of video games promise universes compelling enough to let you live in them, but how many actually deliver? Since its inception in 1994, the Elder Scrolls series has consistently been on the front lines of immersion, giving you ever bigger and mo...
Superb visuals, voice acting, soundtrack, Enormous, highly interactive game world, Provides almost limitless options for playing, replaying...
Some bugs, Quirky interfaces sometimes frustrating, No multiplayer mode...
Building on the advances of the previous games in the landmark Elder Scrolls series, the latest chapter, Skyrim, is the most detailed, immersive, and engrossing yet...
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gamespot.com Updated:
2017-02-11 04:02:34
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The province of Skyrim might be frigid, but the role-playing game that takes place within it burns with a fire few games possess. In The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, you take up arms against dragons, and your encounters with them are invariably exciting--y...
Immense world stuffed with varied tasks to perform, Dragon battles are a blast, Lovely art design capped by some beautiful, atmospheric touches, Enjoyable battles that you can approach in a variety of ways, Lots of compelling, selfcontained stories to experience in addition to the main one.
Glitches and bugs frequently disrupt the immersion, Friendly AI is often more of a hindrance than a help.
Grab a dragon by the tail and follow Kevin VanOrd through this review of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim...
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ign.com Updated:
2017-11-25 10:59:06
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is one of the greatest and most famous RPGs ever created. It's a game filled with a seemingly limitless amount of possibilities. When it comes to Skyrim on Switch, the big question left for most people is: how well does one of...
Although it may not be immune to the test of time, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim still holds up as one of the most immersive virtual worlds ever created in a video game. All of its vastness, beauty, characters, stories, and goofy bugs fit nicely onto the Sw...
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As someone who has only recently become familiar with the fantastic world of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, I was intrigued by a VR version but, at the same time was skeptical. I couldn't imagine a world this vast being done in VR, let alone being a complet...
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It's been six long years of Skyrim, and Bethesda has just about wrung the last bit of blood out of this stone. In what seems like the inevitable conclusion for The Elder Scrolls V, Bethesda has given it one last port job, and brought it to the PSVR. What...
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Since The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 's original launch in 2011, I've explored, quested, and replayed the game more times than I can count across multiple platforms. Hiking up the steps to Bleak Falls Barrow has become routine, an overly familiar, incognizan...
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Well written plotHighly interactive worldDetailed role-playingAwkward controlsOutdated graphicsThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is a well-written, highly immersive action role-playing game, great for any single player who enjoys fantasy, dragons, and...
Well written plot, Highly interactive world, Detailed role-playing...
Awkward controls, Outdated graphics...
Good if you want to play on the go.Even though The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is a great game and the Switch is an amazing platform, our advice is only to buy Skyrim for the Switch if you're looking to play on the go. Otherwise, we'd suggest purchasing Skyri...
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I have spent a lot of time in the world of The Elder Scrolls. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has gotten a lot of my attention lately as I've reviewed it on Xbox 360 (review), played it entirely too much on PC, and most recently tackled it on Nintendo Switch...
Multiple control schemes for all comfort levels, Unofficial mod support works well, No VR game is larger or more complete than this, Freedom of an Elder Scrolls game, but in VR, Immersion and scale is pretty impressive...
Menus are pancake versions floating in space, Interaction elements (conversations, objects) are button presses, Some ugly textures without mods, The usual Skyrim level of bugs...
I'm going to do something I don't normally do, and score the game based on what's here, but also what's possible. With mods, this game is gorgeous, and you can trick out just about any aspect of the experience, though the menus and overall object interact...
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has been remastered and re-released so many times it's an inside joke at this point, and yet I haven't really felt drawn to go back—until last night. Last night I once again took that fateful wagon ride through the mountains, p...
It's Skyrim, in VR, Most mods for the base game still work...
Carries over a lot of baggage from its non-VR roots, Uses the original 2011 visuals, not the remaster's...
It's Skyrim in virtual reality. That's pretty much what it comes down to, and I'm fine with that. Sure, I'd rather a game built for VR. Sure, I wish it were less janky. Sure, I wish melee combat had some of the heft of Gorn. Sure, I wish it looked better...
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