Post by Ricky Johnson on Dec 13, 2011 3:33:36 GMT -6
A few guys on XBL have asked me if Skyrim is worth the buy, or just how it is in general. My response has been "it's really open" which is really vague, I understand. So, I decided to describe just how open the game can be in a single 24 hour period I did the following:
-Read 8 books on the history of Skyrim and a few to increase my stats in certain areas.
-Slayed a dragon attacking a village I was visiting
-Watched as a man murdered a woman I was supposed to pickpocket for a necklace. That guy was then killed by guards.
-Began to follow up as to who that man was, digging into a city-wide conspiracy.
-Bribed a man to stop hitting on a women
-Turned in a woman who was hiding in the city I was visiting to bounty hunters for gold. Of course she asked me to help her escape, but she pulled a knife on me before asking for my help. I don't play that.
-Conducted an investigation about a house fire, leading me to kill a vampire.
-Played hide and seek with a small child, increasing my own sneak skill.
-Slayed a second dragon.
- Sold both dragons remains to a pawn shop in a nearby village, before proceeding to rob the shop blind by picking the lock once the store closed.
- Went and had a beer at a local pub, before being challenged to a bar fight against the "toughest guy in town" I beat him, and he tells me rumors of a bounty on some bandit.
- I go collect the bounty Along the way get poisoned by a giant spider, and fight a bear.
And that's just one day. So yes, it is open. Very open. You can literally spend hundreds of hours not doing ANYTHING quest related. Simply exploring all of Skyrim takes a long, long time, because only the major cities are on the map, and a few minor points, are even spelled out by the map. Aside from that, it's up to you how much or how little of Skyrim you actually want to see. \
Yes it is similar to the Fallout series/Oblivion, but much, much more in depth than even Fallout was. You can literally become a walking death machine unable to be hurt if you put the time in learning spells and training in weaponry.
All in all, It's really about what you want to do.
-Read 8 books on the history of Skyrim and a few to increase my stats in certain areas.
-Slayed a dragon attacking a village I was visiting
-Watched as a man murdered a woman I was supposed to pickpocket for a necklace. That guy was then killed by guards.
-Began to follow up as to who that man was, digging into a city-wide conspiracy.
-Bribed a man to stop hitting on a women
-Turned in a woman who was hiding in the city I was visiting to bounty hunters for gold. Of course she asked me to help her escape, but she pulled a knife on me before asking for my help. I don't play that.
-Conducted an investigation about a house fire, leading me to kill a vampire.
-Played hide and seek with a small child, increasing my own sneak skill.
-Slayed a second dragon.
- Sold both dragons remains to a pawn shop in a nearby village, before proceeding to rob the shop blind by picking the lock once the store closed.
- Went and had a beer at a local pub, before being challenged to a bar fight against the "toughest guy in town" I beat him, and he tells me rumors of a bounty on some bandit.
- I go collect the bounty Along the way get poisoned by a giant spider, and fight a bear.
And that's just one day. So yes, it is open. Very open. You can literally spend hundreds of hours not doing ANYTHING quest related. Simply exploring all of Skyrim takes a long, long time, because only the major cities are on the map, and a few minor points, are even spelled out by the map. Aside from that, it's up to you how much or how little of Skyrim you actually want to see. \
Yes it is similar to the Fallout series/Oblivion, but much, much more in depth than even Fallout was. You can literally become a walking death machine unable to be hurt if you put the time in learning spells and training in weaponry.
All in all, It's really about what you want to do.
