Skyrim, would you live there?

Post » Tue Dec 20, 2011 11:16 am

This is my third Elder Scrolls game and I came upon a sudden realization as I was enjoying the view of a forest. This is the worst place that has ever been.

People.
70% want to kill you 20% Help you(some then try to kill you) and 10% stare blankly into the void, churning out pale greetings you'd expect from a cart greeter at Wal Mart.
They burn you. They shock, poison, disease and freeze you. They steal, murder and send you on fools errands.

Creatures.
There are werewolves and vampires, dragons and trolls, witches and giants. Ancient, classic beasts that will do horrible horrible things to you. Like turn you into a vampire.

Wildlife.
Awwww we have bunnies to hunt now. But you're labeled a bunny slaughterer in the menu's for doing so. I thought I was hunting? The goats constantly annoy you along paths. They get in your way and sneak up behind you only to bleat out, shredding any silence of your scenic vistas. Sabre tooths and Mammoths, wolves and Bears. All great to hunt, but also all hunt you.

Devils.
I'm not religious, but the open devil worship to be had in Skyrim is kind of overwhelming when you're just getting used to killing the wildlife. You now have to deal with some kind of demon . Dragon Priests, some sort of a god? Not sure, but they are monsterous.

Caves, dungeons and ruins.
What to be said here? If they're not trapped, they're filled with anything from ancient evil to the lowliest bandit. All want you dead. I imagine taking a tour of mammoth caves in Kentucky and a class,turning around and going after me as I walk up on a class about stalagmites.

The music.
Apparently there is a symphony orchestra following you around wherever you go. Fun, but quickly annoying, renaissance fair music in pubs. Ahhhhh enjoy the view music. Terrible, terrible music that makes you panic and look to the skies when it's only a mudcrab. Evil cave music. I know I'm entering a dark cave under a mountain you don't have to rub it in game. I can't even swim across a lake without that evil music from some slaughterfish I can't seem to find.

So remember the next time you're taking in the views, Skyrim, if not hell, is some sort of purgatory.

Note: Sometimes over-obvious facts become very clear to me and I thought I'd share them.
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Post » Tue Dec 20, 2011 5:57 am

No, no, I prefer to live in a place where taking a hike doesn't run me the risk of being attacked by the living dead, or dragons, or an irate High Elf mage. Still haven't figured out what her problem was.
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