Sunday, May 1, 2011

The Elder Scrolls V, Skyrim

Skyrim, is the latest installment in The Elder Scrolls  saga due to be released on Nov. 11, 2011. The Elder Scrolls began with Arena in 1994 and since then has evolved into one of the most popular single player RPGs to date, most recently The Elder Scrolls 4, Oblivion won numerous awards including Game of the Year at Spike TV's Video Game Awards in 2006 and is regarded by many as the best single player fantasy RPG of its time.

Although there's not much gameplay out there at the moment we still have a fairly good grasp of what Skyrim will look and play like. The most important thing is that  the game looks gorgeous from what I have seen in screenshots and the gameplay trailer, this is thanks to Bethesda Studios going back and rewriting the gameplay engine to try the get the most out of the current gaming systems.

Other then the look of the game there is quite a  few other changes from Oblivion to Skyrim, such as the original 8 attributes in Oblivion are now down to 3 in Skyrim. The story quests work much more dynamically and are given to you at different stages of the game depending on what you have done, for example if you have played the game by avoiding large clashes dragons then the story will bend and force a dragon encounter (sounds awesome, i know). The game even gets a perks system much like in Fallout 3 where every time your character levels you will get to choose from a variety of unique and diverse perks (that's basically all we know about this as of right now).

Overall Skyrim comes off as a very promising continuation to The Elder Scrolls saga and I cant wait to get my hands on this and really get a feel for how this game will play.

29 comments:

  1. I'm really looking forward to play this game, it's awesome, and it's Bethesda.

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  2. cant wait for this to come out

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  3. November huh? Looks like I need to start updating my PC to run it!

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  4. this game will be amazing, hopefully better than 4

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  5. Can't wait to play this, looks awesome

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  6. Saw the teaser trailer... Looks stunning. Can't wait!

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  7. I really liked the sequel I hope the next one will be awesome!

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  8. I really hope this one is more playable out of the box. I know mods a great,but I prefer the developers just get it right.

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  9. I can't wait for this to come out

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  10. I got back into the Elder Scrolls back in the day. Honestly I didn't know they were still going haha

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  11. Looking forward to this so much! Oblivion was pretty lame because of the levelling system, I'm glad Bethesda are going with something akin to Fallout's here.

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  12. Bethesda makes such awesome games. I'm so excited for this.

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  13. Oblivion was so awesome, can't wait for this one now!

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  14. preordering this game, its gonna be amazing

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  15. Heard all about this! I can't wait! :D :D

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  16. I really can't wait for this game to come out.

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  17. Can't wait to play this dude

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  18. Dud this looks way to cool can't wait

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  19. My brother really likes these games! I'll be sure to let him know about this.

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  20. Bethesda makes such wonderful games, they really trap you, and that's why i can't afford to play any of their games again, i don't have the time ;]

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