that's it exactly for me, as well.

compared to the previous tes games and the 2 fallouts, skyrim has been by far the quickest one to grow boring. and, that's after about 300 hours compared to the 1000's i put into each of the other ones.

i have to create my own artificial rules to keep playing, since, the game itself doesn't do it for me.

as soon as i get all the achievements and play a few more DiD characters, i'm done, and, heading back to one of the previous games.

I'm glad you said it. I never understood the logic of these threads. Or, people who say "I haven't played in 4 months! This game is permanent failsvck!" Uhhhh... then why are you still rooting around in the forums picking fights?

If you're burnt out, take a break. It works every time. My current break is Total Wars Empires and Hearts of Iron 3 Collector's Edition. I'll be back to Skyrim soon enough (once they fix the shadow seizure glitch for Radeon customers).

people often would like to know what they can do to extend the life of a game. since, this is a forum about skyrim and tes games it makes perfect sense to ask here. i know i have gained a lot of knowledge from other people who have grown bored with the game and the ways they made it fun again.

as well, this is the place to go to make valid comparisons with other gamesas games and see what others are feeling about it.

personally, people who post responses like yours baffle me. just ignore the thread.

when you get to the bottom of dwemer ruins, you realize the last 30 minutes were a waste of time

Holy Crap!

You know if you don't like a game there are always other games. YOu'll never see me starting a thread like this on a forum except maybe to say goodbye to people I've gotten to know on the forum. If you're tired of the game just move on. That's what happens. I don't play Morrowind or Oblivion or Fallout 3 any more even though I put 100's of hours into each. Yea that happens. It's the natural progression of gaming. You play, it gets boring, you move on. Next Please! If you are on PC modding can certainly extend the life of a game like this. But eventually even that can get boring. I know for me I'm looking forward to Witcher 2 this month to break things up. I never got to play that on PC so it should be good. But even after 3 characters on Skyrim that I took up over level 40 I still have another one planned. But I know without modding that will probably be my last for a while. I've seen and done most of what Skyrim has to offer already but I am still enjoying just messing around in the game world. At some point though every game comes to an end.

Cool, see you at the DLCs.

This. You have 150 hours. That's 15x more than you get out of most game today, so call it quits and move on. Maybe your interest well redevelop and you'll start playing again in a few months.

My problem with Skyrim is that there is less of everything. In general: what is there it is an improvement over Oblivion. Caves are more diverse, there is more sense of culture, combat and RPG mechanics are more sollid, etc.

However there is just less to do so it quickly grows tiresome. For example there are less cities that have a unique look, even though those that are unique have more atmosphere than any city in Oblivion. Another example is the guilds, there is one less compared to Oblivion (and less than half of Morrowind's amount) but even worse is that they each have 7 or 8 quests. It just isn't enough. Same with all other side quests, there just isn't a lot to do.

Hopefully the expansion pack will include another faction so we can mix things up. Even semi-factions like some knight order or a pirate guild would mix things up, even if they just have you run around doing random acts that pay off in guild esteem.

How do you have a game where guys are reporting at least 100-400 hours play time and get statements like this? If Skyrim had "more of everything" would people be reporting deaths from overplaying? Something about this doesn't make any sense.

statements like that come from the generic meaninglessness of the content. the repetativeness. the mundane aspects of it all. more of the same.

# of hours in a rpg game like skyrim is relatively worthless.

do you understand now?

Yet they went along with it for # hours.

If it is so repetitive how did they survive that long?

the hope of something better just around the corner.

plus, the point that many miss: when i criticize the game and point out the things that i think are wrong or could be changed DOES NOT mean i don't or according to many, shouldn't, play.

obviously, i like these games or i wouldn't be on freakin forum discussing them.

i'll play skyrim over and over again rather than play the other crap available, despite, it's terrible flaws.

again, # of hours played does not = an argument proven. many of the flaws aren't even noticeable in the first 50 hours or until your character reaches high levels and/or explored the totality of the world and experienced a majority of it's quests, people, factions and locales.

Now let me see. The person who made this thread not only went to all the trouble to tell us how much he's had enough of the game, but he's only got 12 posts to his name and joined only a few weeks ago? This person has gone to all the trouble to make an account after finding out how much he dislikes the game?

Morrowind + Tribunal and Bloodmoon indeed lasted way longer for me. MOrrowind is the only TES game where I created a new character and re-played the content. Although I skipped most of the mainland and went right to Bloodmoon and Tribunal once I hit level 20 or so.

Oblivion, I can't even finish the Madness expansion pack, so over it.

and, as for your response, did you completely disregard the op's last line of post?

because it clearly states that he is willing to take a break from the game, BUT, is asking for suggestions on how to make it interesting again.

is that ok with you? or, does he not have the right to preface those questions with a little background info that will help you in your suggestions?

wait, what were your suggestions?

The member has answered his own question, because by his own admission he doesn't want to use the wealth of mods out there (everything from character & costume design to quests & stories) . So logically that's it, all he's got available is the game he's tired of, the one he signed up especially to tell us he's tired of. Nope, no chance of some magical solution to the natual end of a game. That's it. Game Over, if you excuse the pun.

I'm waiting for DLC's before I pick up Skyrim again (yes I'm bored of Skyrim and yes I'm here on the forums, I'm looking for details on the latest patch and seeing if DLC has been announced yet, since someone is bound to ask why am I even here if I don't play Skyrim anymore). Skyrim lasted 200 hours before boredom finished my playing which is brilliant compared to a non Bethesda game but what dissapointed me was that Morrowind, Oblivion and Fallout 3 (and Fallout: NV but that was developed by Obsidian of course) all lasted far far longer than Skyrim has.

But you're hardly a new member who's signed up to a forum when he's fed up of the game in question. I signed up because I saw the almost unlimited prospects in gameplay due to PC mods. I've just finished the vanilla version, and yes, the main game was a tad short; that and the ending was a bit of a let down (no hero's recognition or anything! ). But I saw the incredible mods available and the ability to make my own if I want so I signed up. If it was just the basic game and that's it I wouldn't have come here and would've gone on to other games, as has been suggested to the member in question.

If only I had the time to play enough to burn out.

Because it is fact?

Morrowind had 11 guilds all of which had about 25-35 quests. You actually had multiple guildhalls and you could get promoted about 10 times in each guild.

Skyrim has 4 guilds all of which have 7-8 quests. Each guild has one guild hall and there is no promotion system, you just end up getting the guild at some point.

That doesn't mean you can't put hundreds of hours into the game. Because:

A. 'less' doesn't mean little, it means relatively to previous games there is not as much content
B. There is still a huge openworld to explore, the amount of time you can spend in this is endless.

I'm just explaining why I grew tired of Skyrim after about 120 hours. Just because I'm tired of it doesn't mean I hated it. It is my favorite game of 2011, probably my favorite game since Oblivion. However I notice a trend in TES that sacrifices quantity for quality. This wasn't that bad in Oblivion, but now that guilds have so litlte content it really effects my game enjoyment. Guild content takes about 30 hours in total, it is enough to get through all the guilds. In Morrowind guilds were the cenre of my 500+ hour playtime. Once I was done with all guilds, I was also done with the game. In Skyrim I really had to stretch out the guild quests just to make sure I still had something to work towards.

Agreed. If you don't have Skyrim on PC though, you might want to consider getting it. I would've been done a month ago if not for mods.

Later on when PC's needed to play a TES game on high settings become mid-range I always get the PC version of a TES game once I buy a new work PC.

Before that I prefer the default experience on consoles. Because:

A. I tend to download way too much mods and end up ruining the experience
B. I start to cheat
C. I just prefer gaming on consoles

However I can see why people who prefer PC gaming and have more selfcontrol in this matter do have a superior experience to me. It is just impossible for me to replicate this experience because I prefer console gaming, don't have a good PC and I'm not good with downloading mods.

150 hours of game play is pretty good, the time to worry is when you get bored after an hour or two. I find most complaints of boredom (with any game) begin shortly before DLC is due, funny how that gets timed so well...

It hurts, to see how stripped/dumbed down Skyrim is compared to Morrowind.... it just hurts. I remember going to different cities in morrowind and being BLOWN AWAY. In Skyrim I sometimes fast travel to the wrong city, because they are all so generic and feel lifeless.

Even the things like the Dwemer ruins city, it just feels bland for some reason.