» Fri Jun 15, 2012 6:42 am
I'm not happy with this tbh. I put off doing the the Main Quest of Skyrim, so I finished it at about the 50 hour mark but I think it only took about 10-15 of those 50 hours. I thought the College of Winterhold and the Thieves Guild actually had a longer and somewhat better quest-line. At the moment I am on my 107th hour(According to steam, but Steam often is a few hours behind) and I still have the Companions to do(But I doubt I ever will do it, since the fighters guild quests don't appeal to me) but the game has reached the point where all I have left to do are once-off or miscellaneous quests. Most people would be happy with this but I find non-quest line quests to be boring as they don't seem to add much to the story.
The DLC will probably add very little compared to the base game and based on the fact that my character is very balanced and I have almost perfected him, I think the DLC will only add about 5-8 hours for me. DLC for COD, Bioshock or some other generic shooter doesn't compare to a Bethesda game. Those games only release DLC for the multiplayer while this DLC should expand on the Lore and story of an epic franchise. I'd be happy to buy 8 hour DLC for Skyrim but I would not be willing to pay over €10 for something that will probably only extend my playtime by a few hours.
I bought Skyrim for €40 and got 107 hours so far, there is no way you can justify €20 for only a fraction of that playtime. In the end, due to the fact that I have to wait a month for the DLC and the ridiculously high price, I will probably stop playing Skyrim in a few weeks time. Then next summer when I am finished in university, I will probably get the Skyrim GOTY from a PC bargain bin.