Skyrim Is An Absolute Nightmare - This Is Why

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  • čas přidán 3. 08. 2023
  • To start my Bethesda bonanza we have Skyrim Is An Absolute Nightmare - This Is Why. Next is Fallout: New Vegas, then Starfield.
    Skyrim is one of my favorite games, and I tried to make this review similar to my older ones, as I found making my Disco Elsium review a bit stressful.
    I used ideas I used to use, like green screening myself into Skyrim, keeping sketches short and to the point, and reviewing other games within the Skyrim review. This time is was Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom and the Resident Evil 4: Remake.
    ENJOY
    Patreon bros: / upisnotjump
    Merch-o-bros: www.pixelempire.com/pages/upi...
    Twitter-o-fish: / upisnotjump
    Skeleton dance video by: @Sorenova
    Voice of Luna (the cat): Reny Amoros
    Editing workflow partly by: / mudantv
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  • @RamboCreativity
    @RamboCreativity Před 10 měsíci +4523

    The bones on the ground in skyrim are more lethal than most fucking mobs and it will never stop being one of the funniest things ever. Once had my character on legendary INSTANTLY DIE because I slightly clipped a pelvis bone at the perfect angle while running. Truly Skyrim is a magical experience.

    • @Remi_lulz
      @Remi_lulz Před 10 měsíci +97

      Even mentioning the bones gave me shivers and flashbacks

    • @RealBradMiller
      @RealBradMiller Před 10 měsíci +86

      Okay, so I'm not the only one that trips over a bone and seemingly stumbles forward and takes damage.
      Once walked off a cliff because of a pelvis one time. 😂😭

    • @PrinceAlhorian
      @PrinceAlhorian Před 10 měsíci

      Tetanus is a bitch.

    • @russeshe001
      @russeshe001 Před 10 měsíci +67

      I got squeezed behind a door and clipped against a stray pot on the floor, and got mashed into a fine paste when I was level 4 in my first playthrough. Physics are scary.

    • @TheDragonfriday
      @TheDragonfriday Před 10 měsíci +18

      the bones definitely full of deadly bacteria

  • @lexus8018
    @lexus8018 Před 10 měsíci +4351

    Skyrim is a game that has tranceded reality, it has become something higher than just a game, something that just works.

    • @skooma4878
      @skooma4878 Před 10 měsíci +112

      *skooma added*

    • @morgan5941
      @morgan5941 Před 10 měsíci +51

      Until you hit that game breaking bug in one of the quest lines.

    • @wellhellothere5144
      @wellhellothere5144 Před 10 měsíci +76

      It just works, it just works
      Little lies, stunning shows
      People buy, money flows, it just works
      It just works, it just works
      Overpriced open worlds
      Earnings rise, take my word

    • @siamihari8717
      @siamihari8717 Před 10 měsíci +19

      Works so well you have to use Third-Party Fan matrial to make it playable oh my

    • @AC-hj9tv
      @AC-hj9tv Před 10 měsíci +7

      Transcended, my dude

  • @jswagpsn2285
    @jswagpsn2285 Před 10 měsíci +546

    3:30 or actually you choose secret option 3 and never go to riverwood, just go running in whatever direction you please, sometimes ending up starting, finishing, or failing quests wayy ahead of time with no knowledge of said quests. That's what makes this game truly magical.

    • @DeathnoteBB
      @DeathnoteBB Před 6 měsíci +25

      My first playthrough I totally missed the first three constellation stones cause the guy I was with told me to split up. Didn’t even know they tour you around Riverwood until I followed them anyway on another playthrough. Love when a game tells you to skip something for no reason!

    • @DeathnoteBB
      @DeathnoteBB Před 6 měsíci +17

      Hell I didn’t even realize that in Helgen, you can follow the Imperial or Stormcloak. I just followed the Imperial because that’s who I had been following and there was a DRAGON attacking

    • @dijosto
      @dijosto Před 6 měsíci +1

      ​@DeathnoteBB realized that on my 3rd playthrough 😂

    • @dragon_ball_sucks_video
      @dragon_ball_sucks_video Před 6 měsíci

      Not magical, sh*t

    • @queuedjar4578
      @queuedjar4578 Před 6 měsíci +9

      Not entirely true. Skyrim has almost no fail states or timers on quests (I think the literal only exception being getting married since you have to be at the temple of mara at the right time), the grand majority get added to your journal and don't leave until you either complete the quest or supersede them with another quest further down its timeline. Everyone waits exactly where they need to indefinitely for you to finish a quest.

  • @barple367
    @barple367 Před 10 měsíci +474

    So I actually only just learned about Sid today. Damn. Kinda heartbroken over it.
    I immediately came to love Luna. I thought it was odd that I've not seen Sid at all in a while. Rest in piece, buddy.

    • @VortexKiller2
      @VortexKiller2 Před 8 měsíci +7

      Who's sid?

    • @barple367
      @barple367 Před 8 měsíci +74

      @@VortexKiller2 Sid was a cat that was often featured it skits in these videos, but sometime last year he passed away. he was around for quite a while, so he was a pretty big part of the channel.

    • @VortexKiller2
      @VortexKiller2 Před 8 měsíci +28

      @@barple367 right, the khajiit friend, rip

    • @DeathnoteBB
      @DeathnoteBB Před 6 měsíci +22

      @@VortexKiller2Yeah him 😢
      Damn I forgot until this thread about Sid. He was a lovely Khajiit

    • @ionevenknou-_-5815
      @ionevenknou-_-5815 Před 6 měsíci +9

      R.I.P Khajit

  • @girwanttaco
    @girwanttaco Před 10 měsíci +2267

    Whoever is voicing Luna is killing it imo. Rip Sid, his legacy lives on, and long live the demonic cats

    • @hershmysson
      @hershmysson Před 10 měsíci +60

      Long live the voids \o/, I lost my baby recently too, demo babies are so wonderful

    • @Nexxus088
      @Nexxus088 Před 10 měsíci +97

      Oh no, I havent watched any of his vids for a bit, just not caught my eye but that's sad I had no idea :(

    • @seanboyize
      @seanboyize Před 10 měsíci +59

      Khajiit will always be watching, even after life

    • @shanesmith2491
      @shanesmith2491 Před 10 měsíci +93

      I just assumed Sid was on hiatus and, had a new Sister. Now I'm sad. Kajiit will rest in peace.

    • @sjtiernan5841
      @sjtiernan5841 Před 10 měsíci +28

      I miss sid but luna is cute... also the voice reminds me of yzma from emperors new groove

  • @MannyDorito
    @MannyDorito Před 10 měsíci +1076

    I fixed the "killing a dragon by yourself" thing by running in circles around the tower screaming "OMFG ITS A DRAGON, KILL IT" until the guards eventually killed it

    • @oscareye7764
      @oscareye7764 Před 10 měsíci +42

      Ahh, a true gamer 😎

    • @remote24
      @remote24 Před 10 měsíci +19

      I just did that because I just leveled pickpocket, but wanted to have the aura whisper shout😅

    • @DreadX10
      @DreadX10 Před 10 měsíci +12

      "by running in circles around"
      So, a 'work-around' you have found.........

    • @reesetorwad8346
      @reesetorwad8346 Před 7 měsíci +2

      👍 Screaming at the guards sounds like me, tbh.

    • @ILikedGooglePlus
      @ILikedGooglePlus Před 7 měsíci +5

      I hid inside the tower, like a true hero

  • @DiffuseMAVERICK
    @DiffuseMAVERICK Před 9 měsíci +97

    I remember when I first played Skyrim. I got so lost in side quest that I never actually touched the main story for over 40 hours. During this time I never saw a single dragon and wondered where they were.

    • @knavenformed9436
      @knavenformed9436 Před 6 měsíci +2

      Pretty much my experience with Starfield, going into moons and planets wondering where any of the side quests were.

    • @DiffuseMAVERICK
      @DiffuseMAVERICK Před 6 měsíci +1

      @@knavenformed9436 I know the feeling. I kinda just gave up playing it after about 20 hours. The feeling of a lack of discovery killed it for me

    • @psychoticbreaks167justletm4
      @psychoticbreaks167justletm4 Před 5 měsíci +2

      Honestly man, it's the way to go. I found out early in that the dragons don't come until proper beginning the mq and restarted because at low levels you have no efficient methods, so fighting dragons is a battle of attrition while you watch it kill the NPC you were gonna turn in a quest for.
      Seriously man... Skyrim is better without the dragons lol.

    • @demonletsplays
      @demonletsplays Před 5 měsíci +1

      Before the legendary edition came out I literally done all of the side quests before even tackling any dragons to the point where I could literally two shot them with a bow😅

    • @jrag1000
      @jrag1000 Před 5 měsíci

      Same! And when I found out there where ever spawning dragons I simply could not believe it. I was astounded and it was just unbelievabe. I can only imagine what the group of developers where thinking about the players and how they would find this so good. ahhh bethesda in its finest hour... 😩 this game also impressed my brother who is very critical about any games he plays. It won him over that speaks volumes...

  • @trollgasm
    @trollgasm Před 10 měsíci +167

    I love that you had to do the vocals, and tracks yourself for the Spooky Scary Skeletons to avoid copyright. A sacrifice well worth it.

  • @junatah5903
    @junatah5903 Před 10 měsíci +306

    Rest in peace Sid.
    Long live Luna.

    • @batmanpop0031
      @batmanpop0031 Před 10 měsíci

      When did he pass?

    • @junatah5903
      @junatah5903 Před 10 měsíci

      @@batmanpop0031 cant remember, was either one or two months ago.

    • @hirocheeto7795
      @hirocheeto7795 Před 10 měsíci

      @@junatah5903 It was a year ago.

    • @junatah5903
      @junatah5903 Před 10 měsíci

      @@hirocheeto7795 that does not sound right at all.

  • @CatS2TailS
    @CatS2TailS Před 10 měsíci +589

    I genuinely love that the first dragon says "Dovakiin NO!" After he's defeated, I know the soul sucking and thuum puking happens just after but it was a nice touch that the dragon can feel that this is it's ultimate end.

    • @lunaking6027
      @lunaking6027 Před 10 měsíci +87

      dragons can die and come back, throw a dragonborne into the mix and suddenly they're meeting akatosh like "ayo??? what happened??" lol

    • @CatS2TailS
      @CatS2TailS Před 10 měsíci +79

      @@lunaking6027 oh absolutely, nothing like dying, being rezzed by Alduin, seeing this (insert dragonborn race here) guy roll up and suddenly it's night night in the forever box

    • @lunaking6027
      @lunaking6027 Před 10 měsíci +28

      Food for thought as well, wonder if their souls would be sentient still when ya absorb them, can you imagine the amount of disdain that poor character probably feels ftom them , if thats the case xD
      Minor existential rabbit hole, thoo, so I'd rather not think about it xD

    • @CatS2TailS
      @CatS2TailS Před 10 měsíci +55

      @@lunaking6027 I just imagine at the end of the dragonborns life Akotosh is just like "spit them out, SPIT THEM OUT"

    • @lunaking6027
      @lunaking6027 Před 10 měsíci +29

      "WHERE ARE THEY? YOU.. YOU ATE THEM??? HOW? WHAT?" Lmaoooooooo

  • @Ruhelin
    @Ruhelin Před 10 měsíci +18

    This is why some Morrowind mechanics should be brought back. Fame and Infamy counted for something, your skill levels could bar you from joining or progressing a faction, some factions would stop you from being able to join other factions, some quests would have implications down the line. Especially as an outlander, you really feel like you have to work to be accepted by anyone

  • @snazzydrew
    @snazzydrew Před 10 měsíci +101

    I always say that living in Skyrim much be completely psychotic. A complete mesmerizing nightmare of sadness and death. And there's some weird god-being Shezzarine is walking around the world breaking dragons and altering the entire plane of existence with mods.

    • @numbersbubble
      @numbersbubble Před 5 měsíci +2

      you know what's wrong with skyrim these days?

  • @Dylan-ji1xx
    @Dylan-ji1xx Před 10 měsíci +689

    Skyrim will always be the greatest showcase of "If it's broke, break it even more because it's funny"

    • @HeinrichVenter88
      @HeinrichVenter88 Před 10 měsíci +8

      uh...it's a feature! 😅

    • @GG-lk4xf
      @GG-lk4xf Před 10 měsíci +9

      You mean "if it has "features" add more "features" "

  • @kino_935
    @kino_935 Před 10 měsíci +1030

    Luna did well in her first role. Wonderful vid!

    • @JeoshuaCollins
      @JeoshuaCollins Před 10 měsíci +22

      Pretty sure I saw an earlier video where she spoke. Was it Disco Elysium?

    • @skullboi3227
      @skullboi3227 Před 10 měsíci +44

      o7 Sid

    • @jellypopcorn
      @jellypopcorn Před 10 měsíci +8

      I think she's kind of sounded like Sienna from the Warhammer Vermantide games ❤😊

    • @le_normi3045
      @le_normi3045 Před 10 měsíci +22

      @@skullboi3227wait sid passed?

    • @myopinionisinvalid952
      @myopinionisinvalid952 Před 10 měsíci

      @@le_normi3045scroll down in community posts and you’ll find him talking about it

  • @lucklass
    @lucklass Před 10 měsíci +31

    Don't watch upisnotjump much anymore came back to watch this but was devastated to hear about Sid passing. I am so sorry for your loss. I loved seeing Sid so much in all of his videos

  • @ironparadigm
    @ironparadigm Před 10 měsíci +78

    That ending was a work of art.
    I’ve never actually played Skyrim, but very tempted to give it a go after your videos!
    Great to run into you at SGP. ^-^

    • @SketchyJohnny
      @SketchyJohnny Před 9 měsíci +2

      If you haven't played Skyrim definitely give it a go. It's the kind of game where it may not grab you but if it does you'll have to lock your significant other, boss, and dog in a basement so they can't distract you from it.

  • @EpsilonRosePersonal
    @EpsilonRosePersonal Před 10 měsíci +478

    I think the problem with a lot of the "difficulty" and combat mods in Skyrim is that they mostly function by making things take longer to kill, which isn't the real problem with Skyrim's combat. In fact, it tends to make things worse, because the actual problem is that the combat is fairly simplistic and larger health pools just mean you're standing there, hacking at mud crabs, for longer.

    • @John-ir4id
      @John-ir4id Před 10 měsíci +60

      I agree. Combat mods should scale the intelligence and play up the strengths and weaknesses of enemies rather than simply creating giant meat bags.

    • @REALPEDROGAMEPLAYS
      @REALPEDROGAMEPLAYS Před 10 měsíci +37

      @@John-ir4idbut the satisfaction of killing an enemy swiftly due to your skills isn’t fair! All enemies deserve to be on an even playing field.
      Oh, you think I mean enemies should be skilled? Hahaha, nooo, no, harder to kill means higher health, and more skill means higher damage, duh.

    • @John-ir4id
      @John-ir4id Před 10 měsíci

      @@REALPEDROGAMEPLAYS I can't tell if you're being a smartass or not. Mudcrabs, for example, should be resilient and evasive without being bulletproof. Dragons should be intelligent and tactical damage dealers.

    • @Dimencia
      @Dimencia Před 10 měsíci +20

      I think they mostly just try to do too much. The concept of leveled areas that Requiem has is great - but there's no way to get it by itself, it comes with a hundred other combat changes that make mudcrabs gods, and most of them will break the game if you disable them. Or they add things like a dodge roll, which looks ridiculous and is buggy and disorienting to use, and just removes options from combat because it's so good that you have to use it (and you can no longer run away from enemies or be an archer or mage, because they just roll on up to you at ridiculous speeds)

    • @lordderpington8021
      @lordderpington8021 Před 10 měsíci +12

      @@REALPEDROGAMEPLAYS I don't know what concoction of mods I have that made my game this way, but the necromancer in Meridia's tomb was a massive pain in the ass to defeat, took me over an hour of swapping my rings and necklaces, mixing the handful of shouts I had access to b level 20 , and drinking enough potions to out heal his crippling ice bolts. I do have TK dodge as well, which works wonders in situations like these.
      The kicker is his HP pool wasn't even anything impressive, I could kill his first phase in like 4 hits.
      He would just endlessly cast a regeneration spell whenever I backed off to dodge one of his projectiles that could drop me to 1/4 hp in one hit.
      But god damn was it satisfying when I finally beat him. Dawnbreaker is nice too I guess.

  • @Nightstick24
    @Nightstick24 Před 10 měsíci +265

    8:41 The become ethereal shout is one of my favourites in the entire game for exactly this purpose. You just become immortal temporarily and can hurl yourself off mountains with reckless abandon.

    • @TheTorbjoern
      @TheTorbjoern Před 10 měsíci +18

      Paralysis potions do the same. Free protection from fall damage. Yeet

    • @unsuspiciousdweller8967
      @unsuspiciousdweller8967 Před 10 měsíci +4

      @@TheTorbjoern Wait, really? Every time I or an enemy has been paralyzed and fell, they've died as soon as its worn off from the fall damage

    • @seabass5892
      @seabass5892 Před 10 měsíci +8

      @@unsuspiciousdweller8967 IIRC, you need to be paralyzed right before you hit the ground, via hotkey item, as that resets your position or something.

    • @JoshSweetvale
      @JoshSweetvale Před 10 měsíci

      Also great for enduring magic attack bullshit like dragon's breath or high-level wizards or spell turrets.

  • @byron_00
    @byron_00 Před 10 měsíci +14

    Modding games like Skyrim made me realize how insane modding has become when we can potentially install and have hundreds of mods active at the same time. I found tools like Wabbajack invaluable for getting this accomplished and always (normally) running without conflicts since the tool only allows curated mod lists.

  • @AniGaAG
    @AniGaAG Před 5 měsíci +6

    I hate how so many mods that affect difficulty always go into the complete opposite extreme and make everything arduously tedious and tediously arduous.

  • @Thoran666
    @Thoran666 Před 10 měsíci +571

    I remember the Requiem mudcrabs. They were almost invisible and one snap at my leg and my mighty Dragonslayer would collapse like an overcooked spaghetti.
    Getting the combat system to work right through a collection of mods is an art in itself. Thanks for triggering those nightmares again.

    • @TheOrian34
      @TheOrian34 Před 10 měsíci +21

      Yeah, I love requiem because it made combat much more interesting, but at the same time, the learning curve is super harsh at the beginning. Those damned mudcrabs...

    • @Nightstick24
      @Nightstick24 Před 10 měsíci +35

      Yup, it always seem to either end up where I'm the Destroyer of Worlds at level 1, just obliterating any poor soul unfortunate enough to cross my path, or I'm soaking wet paper that gets shredded with the slightest breeze with absolutely no hope of ever facing anything, even a mudcrab, in direct combat, forced to run and hide and stealth archer my way to victory. Getting anything inbetween is an art.

    • @JeoshuaCollins
      @JeoshuaCollins Před 10 měsíci +6

      I'm autistic enough to where that balancing act, along with the compatibility nightmares, was half the fun for me. I even started playing on Linux and building a custom kernel to get more of that...
      Okay, that wasn't why I switched to Linux but it was still fun for me.

    • @SobeCrunkMonster
      @SobeCrunkMonster Před 10 měsíci

      @JeoshuaCollins flaunting your autism is about as cool as bragging about how small your sausage is.

    • @smolgobbo3826
      @smolgobbo3826 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Must be some other mod I’ve got or something, but I never had a problem with the Requiem crabs

  • @MetalicComplex
    @MetalicComplex Před 10 měsíci +497

    I dream of each new nightmare ❤

    • @hydrowolf1
      @hydrowolf1 Před 10 měsíci +5

      want more play voices of the void

    • @Brockzillagaming
      @Brockzillagaming Před 10 měsíci +5

      Yes, that is how nightmares work.

    • @mr.v8467
      @mr.v8467 Před 10 měsíci +7

      What a coincidence, I night of each new dreamare ❤

    • @DisDatK9
      @DisDatK9 Před 10 měsíci +1

      I dream of watermelons

    • @Jamlord2061
      @Jamlord2061 Před 10 měsíci +1

      i don’t get it :(

  • @rogthepirate4593
    @rogthepirate4593 Před 10 měsíci +50

    Glad to see you're still owned by a cat, mate. And what a beauty.
    One of the cats I grew up with was called Luna too. Died last year rather suddenly, sadly.

    • @Elden-Addict
      @Elden-Addict Před 10 měsíci +2

      im sorry to hear that bud,hope you are doing okay

    • @rogthepirate4593
      @rogthepirate4593 Před 10 měsíci +5

      @@Elden-Addict I am. We've had many cats over the years. It hurts like hell every time it happens, but you learn how to handle it eventually - as sad as that sounds.
      In the end, the knowledge that you will almost certainly be burying them one day is the price we pay for a pet's affection, isn't it? And as hard as paying that price is, it's still worth it.

  • @LPChipi
    @LPChipi Před 10 měsíci +61

    One thing that really makes Skyrim special is the little random moments that boost the immersion so much. Things like people commenting on your armor, or how you look if you're sick, mobs randomly fighting each other in the forests. And my personal favorite, a novice necromancer training on a chicken. No quest, no journey, just a necromancer in the woods practicing his craft. Gotta love it.

    • @queuedjar4578
      @queuedjar4578 Před 6 měsíci +6

      Skyrim has _some_ response to the player character's interaction, but it seriously pales in comparison to past entries and it's sad to see they still really haven't learned from their past accomplishments. Only the guards comment on any of your skills or relations, including ones they probably couldn't have a chance of knowing like the Thieves Guild or the Dark Brotherhood, organizations apparently sworn on secrecy. Everyone else in the game is completely oblivious as to who you are even if you, as the reborn aspect of a man who ascended to godhood, save the entire universe from a fucking world eating dragon and single handedly end a bloody civil war in a sweeping victory. Some merchants in Morrowind would outright refuse service with you if you try to sell them illegal goods, while others were willing to turn a blind eye depending on factors such as personality/speech skill, faction relation, race, and relation with them individually. Some people would refuse to talk to you if you had an illness. In Daggerfall you have reputations with not only factions but also different levels of society including the peasant class, nobility, merchants, scholars, and underworld figures/entities, and some of these are determined by the story that was autogenerated for your character based on how you built their character sheet before the proper gameplay even fucking begins.

    • @gene8447
      @gene8447 Před 5 měsíci +2

      Ah yes. The Canned responses to you existing that totally sound human. Sure. I look pale. My khajiit must have lost all his fur.

    • @LPChipi
      @LPChipi Před 5 měsíci

      @@gene8447 You're the comic book store owner from The Simpsons

    • @Based_Gigachad_001
      @Based_Gigachad_001 Před 5 měsíci +1

      ​@@LPChipi He's right though.

    • @LPChipi
      @LPChipi Před 5 měsíci

      @@Based_Gigachad_001 Being right is not the accomplishment people think it is. Specially on things like these

  • @westwardgenie
    @westwardgenie Před 10 měsíci +409

    I do miss Sid, but the fact that Luna sounds remarkably close to Yzma from Emperors New Groove is fantastic!

    • @PandaApocalypta
      @PandaApocalypta Před 10 měsíci +4

      Oh yeah! She does too! 😂 That’s pretty much all I’ll hear when she speaks now. ;P

    • @demonboyx34
      @demonboyx34 Před 10 měsíci +2

      Is this myyyyyy voice? Oh well

    • @thefunnimusicmaker
      @thefunnimusicmaker Před 10 měsíci +1

      Wait what happened to Sid? I’ve been gone for months

    • @skullray
      @skullray Před 10 měsíci

      @@thefunnimusicmaker I would love to know as well

    • @westwardgenie
      @westwardgenie Před 10 měsíci +5

      Sid's passed on unfortunately, RIP

  • @garretthaslam3869
    @garretthaslam3869 Před 10 měsíci +504

    I literally can't describe how happy I am to see some classic UpIsnotjump reviews. It's simple, it's funny, it's well edited. I love it.

  • @PoorWax
    @PoorWax Před 9 měsíci +7

    You missed out on how you can still make dead dragons fly by crawling into their dead skeleton and firing a single firebolt into the sky, which will launch the dragon a few hundred meters due to how a dragon becomes seemingly weightless after losing a few bones, some scales, a handful of gold, and most of the last guard it ate.

  • @silvercandra4275
    @silvercandra4275 Před 10 měsíci +11

    I've played more than 1200 hours of unmodded Skyrim, and that should honestly tell you everything you need to know.
    It's broken and funny, but it's been one of the most enthralling things I've ever had the pleasure to interact with and I adore it's clunkiness a lot.

  • @allentillmann8513
    @allentillmann8513 Před 10 měsíci +579

    Luna is a worthy successor.

    • @Gloob455
      @Gloob455 Před 10 měsíci +9

      Agreed

    • @DigitalNomad88
      @DigitalNomad88 Před 10 měsíci +8

      Who is this? Where is sid?

    • @angelicstrider667
      @angelicstrider667 Před 10 měsíci +85

      @@DigitalNomad88 I believe sid has sadly passed. They will be missed.

    • @OrificeHorus
      @OrificeHorus Před 10 měsíci +45

      Sid indeed passed, it was announced in his Disco Elysium video. Hit me hard, I loved Jump when I was younger.

    • @ggmann13
      @ggmann13 Před 10 měsíci +10

      Idk dude the voice immediately got on my nerves

  • @Nightstick24
    @Nightstick24 Před 10 měsíci +73

    16:10 I personally love becoming the Arch Mage of the College of Winterhold, a renowned magic school that people travel from around the world to study at, when you don't even use magic, at all, and solve EVERYTHING with a two-handed warhammer smash. PERFECT Arch Mage material.

    • @quakerparrot9084
      @quakerparrot9084 Před 10 měsíci +8

      Even better is when you two handed warhammer a dragon to death and a little shit kid who SAW YOU DO IT decides to talk smack. Like...what?

    • @RaxusXeronos
      @RaxusXeronos Před 10 měsíci +5

      I mean, you face tank a guy the two strongest mages in the college got jobbed by. Theres SOMETHING arguably magical up with you lol.

    • @boopityboop7515
      @boopityboop7515 Před 10 měsíci +1

      I'm not afraid of you, you know. Even if you are my elder.

    • @maximeteppe7627
      @maximeteppe7627 Před 10 měsíci +4

      Indeed, the archmage quest requires you to learn what, three spells total? Yeah, the freedom is nice but it really sounds like those quests should relie on using the tools for the job.
      Like sure, if you're always fighting a sword in one hand, a fireball in the other, you should be able to be both archmage and companion's head, why not. But maybe it'd be better if maybe there were an approval system that keeps track of how often you use magic vs stealth of weapons, that wouldn't lock you in the quest but determine at least whether or not you take the head of the guild by the end of it.

    • @browal14
      @browal14 Před 10 měsíci

      @@maximeteppe7627 nah just do a morrowind skill requirements for joining

  • @briancalanchie1527
    @briancalanchie1527 Před 10 měsíci +13

    After a decade of reviews, it's quite incredible that great ones (such as this) can still be made. Impressive!

    • @hitmanRazo
      @hitmanRazo Před 5 měsíci

      absolutely! When you think of it like this... Skyrim is timeless despite all its flaws

  • @RaphH_
    @RaphH_ Před 10 měsíci

    I love the retro video style! Please do come back and make classic UpIsNotJump style content, it's great stuff.

  • @RedJay
    @RedJay Před 10 měsíci +68

    If you don't attempt to run Skyrim in a baking product again I will be disappointed.

  • @darshvia
    @darshvia Před 10 měsíci +233

    Dang. Now I want to replay Skyrim.

    • @vloqy
      @vloqy Před 10 měsíci +9

      One last play through before starfield

    • @PapagenoX09
      @PapagenoX09 Před 10 měsíci +3

      I never did finish it. Hmm.

    • @Phill6000
      @Phill6000 Před 10 měsíci +5

      @@PapagenoX09 I have over 700h in Skyrim and Skrime SE combined, and I only finished the Main Quest Twice.

    • @newyorkpotioncastle
      @newyorkpotioncastle Před 10 měsíci +3

      @@Phill6000 What I love about Skyrim is it's a lot like an rpg sandbox game. The reason it survived for this long with such sales is the fact people are allowed to mod and share their mods. And a lot of them are nice and improve the gaming experience.

    • @dvdkolk
      @dvdkolk Před 10 měsíci +1

      Same

  • @HorizonSilver
    @HorizonSilver Před 9 měsíci +3

    I only recently started watching your channel but I love what I have seen!
    I wanted to offer my condolences about Sid too. I am sure Sid had such a good life!

  • @Lucky_Fxi
    @Lucky_Fxi Před 10 měsíci +8

    I recommend Wildlander! It makes skyrim much more challenging but adds role-playing potential while keeping you from some major stories until you are actually realistically ready

  • @morningstar9849
    @morningstar9849 Před 10 měsíci +59

    During my very first playthrough of Skyrim I ended up collecting like 65% of the shouts before killing that first dragon. I asked somebody at school what is shout was and how to use it and they told me about killing that first dragon.

  • @Ilk_silk
    @Ilk_silk Před 10 měsíci +27

    The voice actor for Luna sounds like the main villain in emperors new groove

  • @heckell4181
    @heckell4181 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Best review. Great delivery style. Most interesting review. "Vivid weathers" and "A better magelight" It's dark but one has lighting.

  • @Pupppeteer
    @Pupppeteer Před 9 měsíci +31

    The amount of costumes one guy can do is unreal 😂 and all that effort for a 2 second cut away is beyond impressive how many times it happens per video.

  • @cruddi4398
    @cruddi4398 Před 10 měsíci +198

    I love the release schedule… always a treat to see a new up is not vid

    • @camelopardalis84
      @camelopardalis84 Před 10 měsíci +5

      Thought you were making a joke saying that it's always a treat for you to see "that an up is not vid" instead of "a vid is not up".
      Was having troble getting that joke.

    • @Ocer.
      @Ocer. Před 10 měsíci +1

      Wdym? The video is right above the comments for me

    • @Ocer.
      @Ocer. Před 10 měsíci

      Do you mean: ... always a treat to see a new (one). Above there is no video ?

    • @camelopardalis84
      @camelopardalis84 Před 10 měsíci +2

      @@Ocer. Does this help?
      _I love the new release schedule... always a treat to see a new "up is not" vid_

    • @Ocer.
      @Ocer. Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@camelopardalis84 I'm not sure why I was pretending to not understand

  • @zizn8r
    @zizn8r Před 10 měsíci +42

    the seasons mod is apparently really nice to have since it'll turn old cold dead lands into vibrant seasonal areas giving some life to the terrain.

  • @dominicthompson5544
    @dominicthompson5544 Před 8 měsíci +3

    4:12 holy shit you’ve been trapped!

  • @Channel-wr3zk
    @Channel-wr3zk Před 10 měsíci +2

    I know there is a lot to cover, but after you talked about the "lethal bones" I was surprised to not hear about some of the traps. Some of the rock slide or ball and chain (flail?) traps are seriously ridiculous as the only danger they pose is if you were at 5 HP.

  • @TrigonAZR
    @TrigonAZR Před 10 měsíci +53

    Wait, it's his first non vr skyrim video? That's madness

  • @MadamLava094
    @MadamLava094 Před 10 měsíci +27

    I saw you scroll past the skull in the menu for a quarter of a second and the "the skeleton appears" music INSTANTLY started playing in my head

  • @HolyShinta
    @HolyShinta Před 9 měsíci +3

    Now I really really REALLY want a Tears of the Kingdom is an Absolute Nightmare review from you.
    Anytime between next week and 10 years from now would be really cool, thanks!

  • @cofi45
    @cofi45 Před 10 měsíci

    First time on tour channel and this is one of the best videos that I saw. Really creative and funny. Good job bro

  • @michellamoureuxm
    @michellamoureuxm Před 10 měsíci +17

    I can't imagine the fever dream that is seeing your old teacher in cosplay flirting and screaming 😂

  • @cursedwither7888
    @cursedwither7888 Před 10 měsíci +75

    I don't care that I have over 500 hours on Skyrim, I'm still listening to this entire explanation of the story, intro and mechanics.
    (I've only experienced it about 30 times and habe memorised every line)

  • @MultiWolfLink
    @MultiWolfLink Před 10 měsíci +1

    You're production value is incredible!! 😳💕 I still remember watching your machinima before that first (fallout 4 is a gd nightmare)

  • @JxtpsdJkr
    @JxtpsdJkr Před 10 měsíci

    Idk if that intro is sticking around but it's awesome! I'm loving it!

  • @Negative.FeedbacK
    @Negative.FeedbacK Před 10 měsíci +57

    Great video, I like the classic style, probably a very fitting way to review Bethesda's games.

  • @BioClay88
    @BioClay88 Před 10 měsíci +4

    4:02 mistake number 1, touching the magical white cabbage.

  • @Chris-ls4nm
    @Chris-ls4nm Před 10 měsíci +1

    I do love these reviews and the style, very relatable and funny 👌

  • @nickj9052
    @nickj9052 Před 8 měsíci

    Good stuff. Love the "I use enhanced lights and fx. That's it.....Leave." lol

  • @johnnythemad1980
    @johnnythemad1980 Před 10 měsíci +25

    A tears of the kingdom video would be epic

  • @andyb1653
    @andyb1653 Před 10 měsíci +34

    Any review of a 12-year-old videogame is incomplete without a skeleton dance sequence. Hat's off to ya, sir.

  • @rezal2020
    @rezal2020 Před 8 měsíci +3

    Had me laughing out loud several times. Great video, love your videos :D
    And love the spooky skeletons, I think Living Tombstone and Andrew Gold would approve :D

  • @johnathancurry6993
    @johnathancurry6993 Před 10 měsíci

    The one with the add-on already on it, is nutty at times. I once watched a Mammoth randomly fling into the sky, then slowly fall down, just to die.
    Not to mention that at times when it breaks, npc goes rouge and leave the main mission forever in damn limbo!
    Looking at you Karliah!

  • @Doomsdaymanx
    @Doomsdaymanx Před 10 měsíci +23

    Loved this one! I enjoyed the more in depth and focused style of the Disco Elysium video, but the rambling bordering on insanity vibe is my favorite part of your style and this video delivered it in spades 🙃
    Side note: Excellent choice for Luna's voice actor!

  • @grayzelfx
    @grayzelfx Před 9 měsíci +1

    This is easily one of the most UpIsNotJump videos of all time, and I thank you for that.

  • @grimacegaming7350
    @grimacegaming7350 Před 10 měsíci

    I wish that i could like your videos more than once, they are just that good, keep up the good work!

  • @OwlbearEnjoyer
    @OwlbearEnjoyer Před 10 měsíci +9

    God I can’t wait until the inevitable series of “Starfield is (not) a nightmare”

  • @soundwavegamer2321
    @soundwavegamer2321 Před 10 měsíci +7

    My first time playing Skyrim was on the PS4 with the Special Edition and I pretty much did what I did when I played Fallout 3 for the first time explored the world ignoring anything story based then ending up finding Serina the most simped after character in Skyrim (which personally I just see her and any character I make are friends that are more like siblings.) then ended up as a vampire and eventually defeating Aldwen as a vampire (which isn’t easy when your main weakness is fire and Aldwen breathes fire.)

  • @chloewebb5526
    @chloewebb5526 Před 10 měsíci +1

    I looked up the Graphics Tutorial on the Nexus for Morrowind and was baffled at how many mods it held. Honestly, I installed the first part of the guide which is just like ten mods, and left the second part of the guide out because it had about a hundred mods that did very detailed things. These mods do so much and have so many configurable things during install and a bunch that are configured in-game. It made the first time playing morrowind in almost 20 years feel just as amazing as the first.
    [MGE XE]
    [Morrowind Code Patch]
    [Morrowind Optimization Patch]
    [Patch for Purists]
    [Animation compilation]
    [Morrowind Enhanced Textures]
    [Remiros' Ascadian Isles Trees 2]
    [Vanilla-friendly West Gash Tree Replacer]

  • @SpaceMissile
    @SpaceMissile Před 9 měsíci

    been a while since i've upisnotjumped; good to be back.

  • @everythingbagel5340
    @everythingbagel5340 Před 10 měsíci +7

    this really is like the time he said he was going to re-release Skyrim Is An Absolute Nightmare when he was rambling about hitman 2 isn't it

  • @janahoeningmusic
    @janahoeningmusic Před 10 měsíci +5

    Fantastic video! Luna is also very charismatic!

  • @Sterl500
    @Sterl500 Před 10 měsíci +4

    If anyone is looking for mods that keep the vanilla feel, check out Simonmagus' mods. He has an entire suit that enhances the vanilla experience without falling into the pits that other overhaul mods do.

  • @zad1a
    @zad1a Před 9 měsíci +3

    Something interesting is that I've played Skyrim so often I know every inch of it and because of that one run I forgot to fast travel and just walked everywhere

  • @patrlim
    @patrlim Před 10 měsíci +24

    the skeletons scene was amazing, i need a whole cover.

  • @KaneyoriHK
    @KaneyoriHK Před 10 měsíci +39

    My favourite aspect is sometimes where you go and do something a bit differently, like the Dragonstone dialogue. Also this game is an utter addiction I have no idea how they manage to make TES so captivating yet everything else is mid.

    • @yungoldman2823
      @yungoldman2823 Před 10 měsíci +6

      my man thats literally the one time something like that happens, and the only difference is “oh nice you already have it, lets proceed to the next step of the quest”

    • @KaneyoriHK
      @KaneyoriHK Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@yungoldman2823 Hey, did you know, I'm allowed to like the little things? So uh, can it. And bother somebody else.

    • @curvingfyre6810
      @curvingfyre6810 Před 10 měsíci +6

      World design is bethesda's greatest strength. They can combine environment design and lore in a way that no-one else can (besides obsidian, they're actually better). Of course, this is assuming that bethesda is adequately familiar with said lore when they do it... AHEM fallout 3 AHEM. But for real, skyrim, oblivion, morrowind, these bethesda golden-age titles are perfect examples. They established lore way back in the 2.5d days of daggerfall and arena, and those games were fine, but it was only after they had a world started that they could make the world feel ALIVE, by connecting the past with the present more thoroughly than ANY OTHER FRANCHISE (again, besides fallout nv). Meanwhile, their artists do the same thing with the Vibe that their writers do with the lore. And *that* is where the immersion comes from. Not just having a convincing environment, or good lore, or even both. But from making the past vibe, and past lore, fundamentally click with the new vibe and new lore. Not just a well made world, but an OLD world, that's been well made for a LONG TIME. Skyrim could never have taken off the way it did without every one of the previous titles. Neither could fallout nv and fallout 4. This is something that most other studios don't get, it's not enough to make an open world RPG, make it graphically and mechanically better, and call it the skyrim killer. You cannot quantify what makes skyrim better. The mods are just people applying their headcanons to the established (or admittedly sometimes retconned) lore. Should orcish armor look less like cobbled together messes and more like ornate mongolian scale mail? (yes, they are supposed to be the finest smiths in the world) Theres a mod for that. Should the vigilants of stendar be a properly fleshed out faction with a serious questline? (definitely) Theres also a mod for that. Should you be able to leave this single tiny region of this huge world? (obviously) Well theres SEVERAL mods for that. Should you be able to say "this belongs in a museum" whenever you pick up something even slightly unique, old, or valuable? (who wouldn't?) There is absolutely a mod for that too. They're not just about refreshing the visuals, or giving you more to do. They're about maximising the degree to which tamriel feels OLD, whatever an old tamriel looks like to you.

    • @KaneyoriHK
      @KaneyoriHK Před 10 měsíci

      @@curvingfyre6810
      TL:DR : Skyrim is good. It's magical. And community support is good.
      Oh what the hell man, I just like the series, it seems like the only franchise Bethesda actually cares about.
      For real though, Skyrim at its simplest is a pretty good game, and visually it's exactly what fantasy is. Arguably more interesting than things like the Witcher visually because it feels like it's magical.
      Mods are just a method of perpetuation, and allow a sense of creativity. They actually aren't necessary, but are really nice to have.

    • @Dimencia
      @Dimencia Před 10 měsíci +2

      That was always my least favorite aspect, because it makes it really obvious that your choices don't matter, the dialogue is exactly the same either way - sometimes with a single extra line, at most

  • @starpawsqueak1024
    @starpawsqueak1024 Před 10 měsíci

    love your vids and plz more cat. R.I.P Sid. we miss ya.

  • @SingularisFox
    @SingularisFox Před 10 měsíci +3

    Honestly, I can't play Skyrim without Requiem anymore. The start is rough, to put it lightly, but as you level up and thoughtfully put perks into what you're going to actually use throughout the game, it becomes way more fun then vanilla.

  • @dice5226
    @dice5226 Před 10 měsíci +62

    in skyrim you are the main character who gets to experience and take part in every single important event that happens in the universe. in elder scrolls history, it is canon that every major questline is done by a different person in roughly the same time period. so in the game you are the assassin from the dark brotherhood who kills the king, AND you are the member of the thieves guild who stops mercer frey, AND you are the dragonborn who captures a dragon in whiterun. in the lore, it is understood that these were all done by different people.

    • @ninja34744
      @ninja34744 Před 10 měsíci +22

      Doesn't the lore just say that all the optional faction questlines were completed (by someone)? It doesn't *have* to be someone other than the mc, it just isn't specified that the mc in particular did it.

    • @yungoldman2823
      @yungoldman2823 Před 10 měsíci +2

      not true but go off queeing

    • @curvingfyre6810
      @curvingfyre6810 Před 10 měsíci +13

      It's not specifically stated if it was the same person or different people. Open for players to remember their old characters however they want.

  • @JaredTakesTime
    @JaredTakesTime Před 10 měsíci +27

    As a fellow deranged person who mods Skyrim, THANK YOU I FELT LIKE I WAS GOING INSANE. ELFX is really all you need visually. Skyrim is beautiful as is
    (Though Obsidian Weathers is neat. Also you should do a "Mods I Like" video if you get bored)

  • @gamervet4760
    @gamervet4760 Před 7 měsíci

    17:50 Well, you've added a new song to my library. 😁

  • @danielwright9280
    @danielwright9280 Před 9 měsíci

    when I ever see you post, it's an instant watch. love your humour, and comedy timing you use

  • @itspurplepaw6163
    @itspurplepaw6163 Před 10 měsíci +7

    i've been regularly watching you for 5 years now and your videos never disappoint, always love to see more from you and more of your wacky humor

  • @StubzTurner
    @StubzTurner Před 10 měsíci +3

    And I have the urge to play Skyrim again. Thanks for that.

  • @jiminiecrickettt644
    @jiminiecrickettt644 Před 9 měsíci

    I love these videos so much they’re so chaotic I can only imagine what the results would be if you were to play farcry 5

  • @AdjustedDisparity
    @AdjustedDisparity Před 10 měsíci

    your videos are always a must watch, never fail to get a laugh.

  • @Tomiply
    @Tomiply Před 10 měsíci +20

    16:40 Wow, and here I thought this boss was way better in the remake. In the original, you barely move around and the boss is a cakewalk. In the remake, he was actually fun and threatening to me.

    • @nahuel3433
      @nahuel3433 Před 10 měsíci +2

      Nah original surely needed tweaks but this version is just annoying. It'd be annoying enough that you can only hit its vulnerability while getting spit at or otherwise attacked. But the mines that forcemyou to look down whikr the boss is up that can also chqin hit you intominstant death are the worst.

    • @BananaHoovyJ.Rabbit
      @BananaHoovyJ.Rabbit Před 10 měsíci

      Yeah I didn't like Ramon's fight. I saved up the RPG for it JUST in case the fight sucked like in the OG. And sure enough, It did.

  • @WhiteDragonTC
    @WhiteDragonTC Před 10 měsíci +4

    The bones let me literally fall through the ground, teleport me back to the beginning of the dungeon and took half my life. Good Game

  • @friederichh6543
    @friederichh6543 Před 7 měsíci

    Such a fun video!
    For the Requiem thing...did you uh not patch correctly with the Reqtificator? It's just...I've never seen a fight go that badly with a level 1 mudcrab in my hundreds of hours of Requiem. With multiple overhauls I've had bad installs where I damage is way off on either direction because of bad patching? xD

  • @jackwolfgaming013
    @jackwolfgaming013 Před 10 měsíci

    HEY!
    I've missed you, buddy!
    Welcome back!

  • @Mx.Canada
    @Mx.Canada Před 10 měsíci +3

    Awe, I love Luna, a great mascot to be certain xD

  • @BoneMellow
    @BoneMellow Před 10 měsíci +3

    For most of the video: 'its ok, kinda funny'
    17:31 hits
    "This is the best video I've seen in my lifetime'

  • @mattsmith8160
    @mattsmith8160 Před 10 měsíci +1

    @2:20 That lock picking mechanic was best on the Nintendo switch version. On the switch your controller would vibrate at the edges of the pick's correct opening position. The higher the level the lock the narrower the opening position and the fainter the vibration would be. This made picking a master lock at level 15 not only possible but all about how sensitive your sense of touch is which is exactly what real lock picking is all about. I wish they implemented it that way in Skyrim VR as well but they didn't. :(

    • @bluegem8582
      @bluegem8582 Před měsícem

      The Switch version in general was just quite impressive, usually as stable as the other releases, only minor graphics downgrade compared to xbox1/ps4, all the dlc and stuff (as well as removing the vampire attacks dawnguard has until you beat it, thus preventing the random deaths of countless npcs) all the while having shockingly good performance
      Shame all that went out the window with anniversary edition..

  • @greenhowie
    @greenhowie Před 5 měsíci +1

    If you enchant equipment to fortify pickpocketing it actually reduces your chance to pickpocket by the amount it should enhance.
    I found this out four days ago.

  • @Rayxster
    @Rayxster Před 10 měsíci +4

    Luna is giving off Ysma-vibes, and I am so here for it

  • @BoxiKR
    @BoxiKR Před 10 měsíci +3

    so...why is it an absolute nightmare

  • @lenaistalar8032
    @lenaistalar8032 Před 10 měsíci

    I've listened to the Skyrim Atmospheres Track so much just on it's own, I even used it as background for DnD Sessions, it's just that good!

  • @cridow
    @cridow Před 10 měsíci

    Not that you asked for modding advice, but... i cant resist hehe
    if you wanted to try a more... "vanilla plus" weather mod, I think obsidian weathers coupled with vanilla hdr is a very nice combo to improve visuals without going insane. it kinda gets rid of the green tint but it doesnt make anything unrecognizable. colors are vivid but not oversaturated, rain doesnt look.. like that... you can have darker nights. and vanilla hdr gets rid of the overblown bloom that makes people look like theyre faintly glowing all the time.
    realistic water 2 is more useful if you have ENB as they look better with the ENB water shaders. otherwise, a simpler water mod to blend the water edges with terrain will do just fine (which rw2 does, btw)
    i think that happy little trees, which makes pines more detailed, is a nicer alternative to flora overhaul, and it won't murder your fps if you got a decent rig. 3d trees and plants is also a good one, makes skyrim feel a little less dated haha. it is still a 2011 game, but yknow.
    just because its one of the 'most endorsed' mods doesnt mean it's going to be a good fit for you, or for what you want. like apachii's hair, it's one of the top files, but some of the hairs are very.... dated, i suppose. or unfitting for a more 'lore friendly' playthrough. it all depends on what you want your game to be like.
    my recommended authors to check out: drjacobo, wskeever, jayserpa, simonmagus616, doodlum
    i think also if you just want a vanilla plus modding experience, these guides (theres oblivion, new vegas, and fo4 here too) help a lot:
    dragonbornsfate.moddinglinked.com/

  • @BlackV4You
    @BlackV4You Před 9 měsíci +4

    upisnotjump is a really likable guy, you can see it on his face and his eyes, he looks genuine, I can tell he is a great guy, a very good friend to be friends with :) love your kind of humor also, great channel and ideas/videos. I'm glad for you in your success. Keep it up!

  • @thatvillainjay
    @thatvillainjay Před 10 měsíci +3

    RIP SID ❤

  • @pascalsimioli6777
    @pascalsimioli6777 Před 10 měsíci

    Hey I just heard about Sid. I never thought I got attached to your cat so much, I'll miss him like many more will. I know it doesn't count for anything but it's still nice to know so many people loved him.

  • @zakouraa
    @zakouraa Před 10 měsíci

    I've been on the edge of my seat waiting for this review ever since Skyrim came out! Looking forward to your 2035 review of Hi-Fi Rush!

  • @cruddi4398
    @cruddi4398 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Great video, but i have one question. Fallout new vegas when?

    • @UpIsNotJump
      @UpIsNotJump  Před 10 měsíci +2

      Some time around Thanksgiving!

    • @cruddi4398
      @cruddi4398 Před 10 měsíci

      @@UpIsNotJump i’ll hold you too that lol.