I got Skyrim at the midnight release, and have put in a lot of time. My three current characters add up to almost 500 hours, and that's not including characters I got tired of and deleted, and/or accidentally deleted. (Accidentally deleted my first 81. D': ) I've probably put nearly 1500 hours into the game. And after that much time, things just get a little old. I used to play with the brightness turned up as high as it could go, so I could see everything in dark caves. I hated having to use a Torch, or Candlelight, or having to make a Khjiit, or be a vampire for an improved vision spell. I recently read about someone who's little brother played the same way, and he convinced him to turn the brightness down to the default level. And apparently the kid was amazed, it completely changed the game for him. So I did the same thing, and I have to admit, its incredible the difference that it makes. With the brightness not turned up all the way, there's not that internal, hazy glare on the game. Dusk, Dawn, and the night sky are much more beautiful now, the moonlight actually comes into play when you're out in the fields. Dark area's are more ominous since you can't see to good, and overall it just feels like a huge graphical improvement.

So what did you do to help renew your interest in playing Skyrim after all this time?

I never really lost interest. I didnt get the game until two months after it played out but aside from AC 3 , Skyrim was the only game I played in all of 2012.

After playing the three basic types (warrior, mage, thief) I came on here and saw what everyone else was doing to get ideas. Its really amazing to see how alike yet how different everyone is.

As of recently, I started looking at the Skyrim Blog for new character types. That, along with roleplaying, always keeps me entertained and never lsoe interest.

Defaulf level? I thought it was default at its' highest setting.

I have never lost interest in Skyrim.

Nope, default leve is right in the middle for Brightness, and at the highest for HUD opacity. I had to turn my brightness up manually, because when I first got the game I didn't like how dark it was. I have a 360, I don't know if its different on PS3/PC.

I honestly never really lost interest in the game. Its amazing how much there is to do.

I've always played with the brightness down, and its, in my opinion, the best way to play.