Everyone's favorite Bethesda Game Studios, led by Todd Howard, decided to once again please the true fans of the Elder Scrolls new reissue stories about Dovakin.
With 2011 year fantasy RPG Skyrim, which won the hearts of gamers of all ages, was released on Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and even a virtual reality helmet - as if the legendary franchise can no longer be called an exciting and exciting project.
Still, eleven years is a long time for a single video game. And surprisingly, compared to other open-world series (The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Dragon Age: Inquisition, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, the acclaimed Cyberpunk 2077, etc.), The Elder Scrolls XNUMX remains a great game. , able to capture free time and satisfy any gaming needs on an ongoing basis.
Variety of additional content
The problem that Skyrim faced in 2022 is due to the fact that The game is two generations old., and its visual effects, compared to other creations of famous companies, do not captivate as they used to. Despite the overall colorful style of many locations, the textures look dull, the models are angular and clumsy, and the armor, weapons, buildings, and appearance of the NPCs are too simple.
However, due to the large number modifications for the PC version of Skyrim, the endless forest and snow-covered expanses of cold lands are deprived of the above problems and acquire aesthetics, brightness and beauty.
HD texture packs, ENB lighting effects, additional content based on the transformation of weather, water or plants - only a small part what is offered to the players. And all this diversity created by fans!
Skyrim is a quality take on an open fantasy world
A lot of time has ed since the release of Skyrim, but in eleven years no game project has even come close to a franchise that offers players quality fantasy RPG setting open world.
The third part of The Witcher and Dragon Age: Inquisition, for example, provided fans with a divided map, between the main points of which the protagonist of the series moves automatically. The Elder Scrolls V, on the other hand, is one map, one world for research and study, on which the player can move without third-party obstacles and problems.
The Elder Scrolls - the freedom that previously players could only dream of
The big part that makes Skyrim better than other RPG games is proposed level of freedom. After the famous trailer with a wagon, the captured Stormcloaks and a brazen thief, the future Dovahkin enters the world and realizes that he can go where he pleases. Without any restrictions. And it's really intoxicating.
... steal a loaf of bread in front of the shop owner, wait for the guards, and then eliminate them and become the most wanted criminal in Tampriel. Or become a great dragon hunter whose screams smash and subdue incredible monsters. Or build your own house, raise cattle, plant alchemical ingredients and delicious vegetables on the beds, taking on the role of a cowardly farmer. Or become an invincible vampire, whose power is able to forever plunge the vast expanses of Skyrim into darkness.
All of the above - just a few examples what the player can do.
Each quest chain rewards with an amazing item or ringing septims
The goal of an open world in any video game is to explore every available corner of the vast expanses. Each developer strives to create a variety of puzzles, inexplicable and fascinating mysteries and discouraging secrets, the study of which will be interesting no matter what.
Bethesda Game Studios - true masters in the gaming industry, able to maintain a genuine ion for plot twists and turns, quest chains and rich lore. No matter what terrain the Rogues, Spriggans and Draugrs take the player to, he can always satisfy your own curiosity books, unusual items, dialogue with the townspeople and hidden places that play a significant role in the fullness of the history of Nirn.
Additional content created by talented creators
It extends the gameplay, adding variety to it with a piece of the main lore.
Player Talent Skyrim able to hit to the core! From the grass to the stars in the sky, from the bewitching stone relief to the detailed elaboration of rivers, lakes and seas - literally everything changes under the stubborn and "direct" hands of modders. But what can really impress the fearless Dovahkiin is creation completely new content, which includes new cities and forts, caves and dungeons, tasks and even worlds ... and all it's absolutely free!
Certainly, Skyrim is great. However, thanks to the creativity of modders research this amazing world able to drag on for several hundred hours.
Skyrim as the best VR/RPG game
The biggest addition to the world of The Elder Scrolls V appeared in 2017 and affected one of the most long-awaited venues, namely - VR. Unlike most other VR versions of games already available, Skyrim is perceived from a completely different perspective, it is worth putting a virtual reality helmet on your head.
Always dreamed plunge to the vast expanses of Tamriel personally? It's possible.
It is only necessary buy the game again - and voila, the role of the Dragonborn is ready to take the new hero into a strong and powerful embrace, filled with magic, magic and indomitable courage.
Variety of races and classes
Over the course of the fifth installment of The Elder Scrolls, a huge number of open world RPGs have been released, as previously stated, however none of them can offer a similar level of freedom in a certain key area - classes.
In the third Witcher or The Legend of Zelda, the player is given the opportunity to reach the goal in any way they wish, however, their abilities limited to one character, enlisted one class.
In Skyrim, on the other hand, you can create any character - a clumsy barbarian or a cunning wizard, an experienced shooter or an agile thief, a professional illusionist or a powerful sorcerer. And this is the list can go on ad infinitum, since the leveling of the hero in the expanses of the Nordic lands is simple, flexible and extremely exciting.
Skyrim as an example of the best community
When the game remains popular after years even with the lack of release of major updates and quality from the developers, the reason for this phenomenon comes down to one thing - to fan franchises.
Despite the 2016 re-release and the long-awaited aforementioned release of the VR version of the game, Skyrim has no other additional content to brag about. Because the only thing that is still holding the project Bethesda Game Studiosafloat"- fantastic dedicated community.
Fan mods range from minor fixes to lags and bugs that some players might never have noticed, to more detailed tweaks that add Oblivion and Morrowind vibes to The Elder Scrolls XNUMX. Enough go to NexusModsto the fact in question.
Skyrim is a game available on any platform
A small offshoot of the visual and atmospheric reasons to return to the expanses of Tamriel again - availability skyrim on such platforms, How:
- PC;
- PlayStation 3 / 4 / 5;
- Xbox 360/One;
- Xbox Series X/S;
- Nintendo Switch.
Such a luxury can't brag even Genshin impact, which today is considered one of the most exciting and "loaded" game projects.
The release of The Elder Scrolls VI is still far away
Despite the fact that The Elder Scrolls V remains extremely popular products eleven years after its release, it is safe to say that this success is partly due to the lack of information about continuation of the immortal franchise.
Back in 2018 Todd Howard announced the release sixth of The Elder Scrolls, but fans and the press have since nothing is heard and nothing is saw. Most likely, the official release of the game will have to wait a few more years, so why not plunge into Skyrim once again?
While The Elder Scrolls Online allows fans of the history of Nirn to breathe and breathe a sigh of relief, player, willing feel all the delights open world from the first person with an indescribable level of freedom, will return in cold nordic expanses and clear a couple of dungeons!
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Write in the comments what prompted you to return to the wonderful world of Skyrim from time to time?
