Game Debate #12: Skyrim

[AstralSoul | 502]

On 8/30/2020 at 10:18 AM, BreaKBeatZ said:

Yes, I played both at release. I played a LOT of Daggerfall and still revisit it to this day. The Dagerfall world is huge, and the freedom of what you are able to do is far greater than any other TES game.

Oh ok that makes sense then. I'm sure I would've loved them if I played them at release too. I only recently tried them and found them hard to get into. I know Daggerfall has the biggest world in the series but I think it might be too big. I might have to give it another shot though.

[Reed Rothchild | 9,509]

I've played through Morrowind, Oblivion, and Skyrim.  Skyrim is probably my pick for the best of the bunch.

Favorite part?  Hunting down the masks.

[Magus | 169]

@Reed Rothchild Yeah those were awesome to get. I liked the daedric artifacts the most.

Paricularly the mace of molag bol, and asura's star to go with it. Not only were the missions fun, but the weapons themselves were awesome. 

[themisfit138 | 523]

On 8/29/2020 at 8:55 AM, BreaKBeatZ said:

It's low on myranking of Elder Scrolls main series games:

 

1. Daggerfall

2. Morrowind

3. Oblivion

4. Skyrim

5. Arena

 

You nailed it on the Elder Scrolls rankings. I have been playing and modding Daggerfall Unity recently. Still a top notch game. As for Skyrim I still give it a 9. I have put hundreds of hours in it. 

[Tanooki | 4,929]

No reason to hide it, went with a 7 but struggled not to give it a 6.  I played quite a few hours into it once in recent years, the remaster of it.  The game is just too large for its own good, the controls/camera are a bit wooden more than I'd like.  While it does, it also doesn't at times give a sense of direction so it gets a tad annoying.  There were times I felt like I was fighting the mechanics of play/camera than the enemies which is something I could never give a game high marks for.  Sometimes an open world is just a bit too vast and open for its own good and this one fell into it.  Maybe having played Breath of the Wild first screwed up my expectations, or the fact it's newer so it handles mechanics notably better, but it just felt like a stiff backwards slide.  The story elements, atmosphere, and the rest were fairly spot on, but it just didn't come together great for me so I did eventually end up selling it.  I figure if I must ever try it again it hits hardcore deep cut sales on GoG a few times a year so no loss.

[ScaryD | 237]

I played Oblivion a ton (100+ hrs or more). I enjoyed Skyrim but I played it less just due to time constraints.

[SpoonMan Abrams X | 697]

9/10, contender for my Top Ten Favorite Games. Though I'm torn between it and Oblivion as my favorite Elder Scrolls game. Still a wonderful game with lots of replayability.

[MeganJoanne | 365]

10/10

Poured more hours into this game that any other; well over a thousand for sure over the several years that I've had the game. Even though I give it a 10 because it is one of my favorite games ever, it is not perfect, has more glitches than any other game that I've ever played except State of Decay, and more useless stuff than should be and still with so much that could have been improved upon, yet somehow what it does works, enough to had drawn me into the open world games and keep me wanting to play that and others like it.

[avatar! | 1,807]

Oblivion summarized in about 1 minute... Skyrim is basically the same

 

Edited September 29, 2021 by avatar!

[Reed Rothchild | 9,509]

17 hours ago, avatar! said:

Oblivion summarized in about 1 minute... Skyrim is basically the same

 

What does that translate to on the 0-10 scale? 

[avatar! | 1,807]

15 minutes ago, Reed Rothchild said:

What does that translate to on the 0-10 scale? 

[Sumez | 2,931]

Skyrim is like the textbook definition of a 7/10 game if you're going by the descriptions of each score.  It's crazy anyone has given it anything else  

[spacepup | 2,404]

I gave it an 8.  (Sorry Sumez, I disagree hah ) - I know it has lots of bugs, and it isn't even necessarily my favorite Elder Scrolls game, but it is quite an epic adventure, and there is just a lot to do and much fun to explore.  I think it is one of those games where....if you analyze it super technically, you can 'ding' it for lots of different things, but from a broader perspective, it is a pretty great game (imo).