I starting playing KoA and having a lot of fun with it. Skyrim was really good but it's on the shelf until some DLC or new patches come out.

I actually think if Skyrim were a band they would be Nickelback that is all.Do you think Nickelback is a good band if so you have no idea what music is meant to be.

hmmm. sorta what i thought.

which, sorta makes your post a touch rude and useless.

Would you like to elaborate on that? When you just say it's bland and has "no depth" it's hard to tell what you're basing your opinion on.

I think you took this comment the wrong way it was a attempt at humour.

Absolutely agree. Almost 3 months on (Japanese release) and Skyrim is still screwing with my social life.

Some of the initial wonder has worn off (but just a bit) and it didn't meet every expectation that I had but that is my fault for having higher than reasonable expectations.

Now I'm starting to learn how to mod I know another 4 months of life will be taken over.

Without a doubt it's definitely the best game of 2011.

I feel like Skyrim hasn't even close to lived up to the hype, and that it could have been so much more. Too much streamlining and the NPCs are really forgettable and bland.

nah, it's fine with me. i thought it was a good play on words, but, i'm not sure joking about a subject like a person's favorite game of all -time or goty, etc. is the way to go.

5 months? Its been just over 3, actually...

your sense of humor is defective. please take it in to the nearest repair station for a tune-up. While you're there, be sure to pick up some knee armor. never know when those arrows will go hunting
OT: I still like Skyrim. I particularly love wandering around at night looking for the best scenic views, then leaving stuff there

The game is shallow it has no branching narrative which makes questing extremely linear.There is little to no decision making or consequences the world does not notice what you have accomplished or treat you based on what you have done.The NPC's are the most wooden shambolic NPC's I have seen in a long time,picking a race does not mean diddly squat in the long term face it it's as shallow as it gets.

Guy has a point, and I blame the 100% full voice acting blowing their budget. That, and the stupid 11/11/11 deadline. Branching text dialogue would have added so much more depth to the characters and story-- you know, options to select besides the ONE you're presented with half the time. It'd also be nice to see persuade / intimidate show up more than 3.2% of the time.

This is all true. However, while these aspects of the game are quite shallow, it is still quite fun to play. To be honest I can't think of any Bethesda game that has done any of those things since Morrowind. Now that I think about it, I can't think of many games that have done any of those things at a complex level in an open-world game...ever...outside of having more interesting NPCs (which isn't hard to do). I'm getting the feeling that you're comparing Skyrim to the game you wish it was rather than comparing it to a game that actually exists. Complex, branching narratives with unlimited freedom aren't required for a game to be enjoyable.

What other open-world games would you compare Skyrim unfavorably to in these areas? Keep in mind that having branching outcomes to sub-plots becomes exponentially more difficult the more in-game elements are interacting with one another, so a fair comparison would only be with another game of similar scope and openness.

For me it's the best in ther series since Morrowind. Morrowind was great, but it's outdated. Oblivion was good, but it had its faults. And those faults are much bigger than Skyrim's. Skyrim has it's problems too, but I love the game and try to look past the problems and avoid them if I can.

Gosh my opinion on Skyrim has come full circle since it came out. When Skyrim 1st came out I thought it was the greatest thing since Sliced Bread, now after reflection, Skyrim is still great but not a masterpiece. Skyrim's got too many problems and it's a very shallow RPG. The Writing is also a problem.

While I do agree that the NPCs are rather shallow and quite forgettable, the overall detail of the world of Skyrim overall makes it up for me. You CAN have interesting NPCs, game-changing decisions and better gameplay but if you have a limited amount of time to develop a game, the game world suffers somewhat as a result. Take a look at mass effect: it has really detailed NPCs and much better decision making but you can't interact with almost 80% of what is on the screen all the time and the levels are just cleverly designed corridors. In case of skyrim, you can interact with practically everything, from picking up an apple from a table to entering every house you see. This level of world building has always been Bethesda's strong suit, and I think that they've outdone themselves with Skyrim this time.

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5 months? wow i have a beard. The light burns my eyes. Gotta go. Need to get back to living! In skyrim.

I admit I did want the game to be more but as a RPG I think the game should have had at least some of those things I mentioned.Everything about the game was aimed at the causal audience and I think for alot of people that is where the problem lies.It may make sense from a money point of few releasing a causal game like Skyrim but what about people who want a rewarding RPG experience?

I'm one of those people. I used to GM pen-and-paper RPG campaigns and overall I've been fascinated by the genre since I played The Bard's Tale in the '80s. That said, hardcoe RPGs are becoming fewer and further between. It's disappointing, yes, but the fact that the RPG-ish aspects of some games are being watered down and streamlined doesn't mean the games can't be enjoyed. Skyrim has enough strengths that it's kept me interested longer than most recent games have. The weaknesses are, sadly, glaring at some points, but I've found other aspects of the game to be a lot of fun. I'm playing it as more of an action/adventure/RPG-lite type of game. I look elsewhere to have my hardcoe RPG itch scratched.

It's pretty, and it is less dull than Oblivion was.

But still, I find the majority of NPCs, not to mention the companions, to be utterly dull.

As an RPG it doesn't hold a candle to Fallout: New Vegas. You'd think after Obsidian's parade of memorable characters Bethesda would of taken a hint, but no, not really. I still could not care less what happens to any of the characters I have met in Skyrim.

Stunningly prettty but shallow.

I just started a week ago. Enjoying it a lot.

Morrowind is still better ..

It has only been approximately 3 months 18 days here. Definitely not 5 months or even 4.

I actually have not played in 2 weeks or so now. I just now picked uo New Vegas Ultimate Edition and have been enjoying that. I like it A LOT more than FO3. Havn't got around to DLC yet besides part of Dead Money, but I heard Old World Blues was very good. I saw something about a toaster and I love toast so I looking forward to toast.

Yeah waiting on Skyrim Expansion also.

i take it you opted out of killmove+?

Vanilla is just about as good as any other TES title vanilla, not as good YET* as previous titles with mods, but just wait and see. also, 500+ hours of gameplay across a few characters