Why is There no Other Game Like Skyrim?
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- čas přidán 25. 08. 2021
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The Elder Scrolls V is possibly the most popular RPG title of all time. During the past decade, Skyrim has been a staple in the gaming world, among open world RPG fans but also millions of casual gamers. I consider the lovechild of Todd Howard to be Bethesda's crowning achievement, and in this Skyrim Review/Analysis I try to explain why, 10 years later. This Skyrim Video Essay has been something I've wanted to make for a while, to go against the popular opinion of Skyrim being a shallow experience and explore why the beautiful atmosphere of Skyrim has not been recreated since, and why it’s likely that we will not get a game like Skyrim until Bethesda releases Elder Scrolls VI (6).
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To put it simply, the game feels like it has a soul. It's janky, it has a ton of issues but all of that feels insignificant when you're actually playing it.
"There is something missing when a RPG dosent allow me to be a thief". That is absolutely true
I am 31, I had Morrowind, I had Oblivion and fell in love with it, but when Skyrim came out, I played it so so so so so much. Now, 11 years later, I still play it, on every system I have. It is still the greatest game ever made, here in April 2023
Skyrim was the first video game that I played as an adult. It was magical to me. I’ve never gotten so lost in a world before.
Skyrim has always made me feel nostalgic for a life I never had.
The best thing about skyrim is the music! Just walking around at night in a forest to the ambience is an experience by itself.
Crazy how you didn’t mention the random encounters which makes every new character you start unique, they keep you interested in the world and make it feel truly alive, I have seen a dragon fighting a giant with 3 Sabre cats and a group of bandits.
Yes man the ambience in this game is next level. Jeremy Soule's soundtrack was so otherworldly influential for me, that it's the reason I started learning an instrument (piano) almost solely because of it.
That magical moment, when you escape Alduin and make it out of Helgen, and look up at the open world of Skyrim for the very first time.... Man, it still gives me goosebumps to think about. Over 10 years later and i have 4000+ hours played. What i wouldnt give to experience it all over again, for the first time.
It was also cool to learn that Bethesda makes the soundtrack first so the artist get the feeling of the game while creating
One of the reason that the feeling of playing Skyrim stands out from any other game I’ve played, is the fact that I literally feel like I’m IN the world walking around and experiencing everything as me. The dynamic landscape, the camera and the ambience makes me feel like I’m ACTUALLY inside the tv lol, and every adventure I actually experienced for real. The freedom of the world keeps me surprised and laugh and get scared like it was almost real life moments. When I played games like DA afterwards (which I also love btw) I don’t get that in the same way, I always remember I’m more so still just playing a game thats pre-planned and limited to some degree.
It's the ambience that really sells it for me. The music, the art direction, the lighting. It's all amazing
I think Jeremy Soule's music is a huge part of why this game is so unique...the soundtrack in this game melds so perfectly with the tone, atmosphere, and setting of Skyrim that it would not be the same game without it. I love this soundtrack, one of my all time favorites, and one of my favorite memories of playing this game was exploring the tundra on the way to find Red Eagle's sword, and the music had this forlorn, sad choir playing in the background, and for some reason it just stuck with me
a big reason why Skyrim works is its consistency in tone. I heard an interview where Todd Howard explained that his entire job during skyrim was going to different departments and writers and making sure the tone stays consistent throughout. The result is everything in Skyrim feels like it belongs in Skyrim, from the voice acting to the side quests to the visual design of every single object, it all just feels cohesive and consistent
to this day, there are areas that i haven't gone to in Skyrim since 2011-2014 and i still actively play Skyrim at least once a month. its the weirdest feeling to have moved out, grown into an adult and to go into a place i haven't been in over a decade. it always makes me feel like I walked into my childhood home.
Anything that is popular will face a lot of criticism, but despite all that, every time I dive back in this game, it feels like a warm hug. It's not about the bullet points, the checklist of dialogue choices etc, the design of the this game that can't be objectively be measured is what makes this game so special to me.
One little magical thing I love about skyrim is that you can just feel the little parts of it where an individual developers has had fun. Like you climb a mountain and find a generic skeleton with a love letter, a carrot, and an iron axe that has been renamed Bobs Axe in its inventory, with the whole scene having zero connections whatsoever to any actual quest. You can just tell someone who had the job of set dressing has been having fun spinning their own private story and it just feels very magical.
I’ve replayed Skyrim like 10 times and every time I think I won’t be able to get back into it and I always end up clearing every quest line, it’s truly something else
Their early work was a little too new wave for my taste. But when Skyrim came out in '11, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole game has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the gameplay a big boost. Its been compared to Final Famtasy, but I think Skyrim has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor.