Skyrim - One Year On

[KingsGambit_v1legacy]

I'm currently getting toward the end of my 2nd playthru. Apart from a 2 week love affair with Dishonored that ended as abruptly as it began, it's all I've had going since the Summer. I've been alternating between modding and playing, and spent 10 days creating this mod [http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/25190], which sadly enjoyed only a month before getting copied shamelessly. It's fun to see what new additions there are available, to tailor and tweak the game for a better experience.

Despite that many hours I've spent wandering Skyrim, I do agree with the sentiment above. The game lacks *direction*, role-playing and to be honest, I'm always reminded that I'm playing a console port. I would give anything to have a game like this made for PC first, then ported across, though I realise that will never happen. Why developers are satisfied making games for ancient hardware is beyond me, but it's held development back by years and the games show it.

I've slain vampires as a member of the Dawnguard, before becoming a VL myself, a VL that can fly. I'm also a werewolf that can run 3 times faster than any horse. I've completed all the guilds as of yesterday and have only the main quest and civil war to go. My trusty Sabercat companion will help me maul some Stormcloaks when I take the fight to Ulfric. Racist son of a gun bad mouths elves to my face, me, a bosmer.

 

[Adeptus Aspartem]

Played for 150 hours the first few weeks.

Did tons of random quests. Did nothing big.
Didn't play the mainstory further than a handful of missions, just derped around doin' what i wanted to do, at least i finished the werewolves and joined the thiefs.

And that was enough to play for 150 hours. Guess i should get back into that game again.

 

[The Artificially Prolonged]

I've not played Skyrim in awhile though I've still managed to rack up about 300 hours in game and I've yet to complete The Dark Brotherhood or Thieves Guild quest lines nor haven't play through any of the dlc yet. I have explored alot and ran with a few different characters and of course trying out awesome mods. I think I will return to Skyrim once all the dlc is out and even more awesome mods surface.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

Chrono212: I love your avatar

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I haven't visited the frozen north in a few weeks but my Argonian Dragonborn has...

*Kept the Empire present and preserved their strength in Skyrim
*Cut down the Stormcloak uprising by beheading Stormcloak himself
*The people of Skyrim have regained their faith...in The Night Mother
*Many Deadric Gods and Goddesses have regained power throughout Skyrim
*The Guild of Thieves has broken the curse upon them and regained their infamy
*The College of Winterhold nearly doomed a town but was ultimately saved
*The Blades have not given Dragonborn a good enough reason to slay Paarthanax
*Alduin has met its ultimate end

I will return ever so often but I'm journeying back for less and, less time. I am missing a few achievements but am pretty sure I know how to get those unlocked. I haven't downloaded a single piece of DLC but this is mainly because I can't maintain a connection to XBL.

 

[Soxafloppin]

I keep meaning to get it, but other games keep coming up.

I game on PS3 too, which makes me a little weary of the glitches n stuff.

 

[scw55]

I play Skyrim casually. I haven't bought any DLC yet.
I download replacer files for armour to make them revealing because I am a massive pervert.

 

[AgentLampshade]

Last time I saw Skyrim, it was frozen in place...
Which sounds awesome considering the lore, but no. No. That's not it.

I had the PS3 version.

 

[TheDrunkNinja]

Whew... I can safely say I've done everything, just with different characters. I mean I would never have my knightly Nord character doing any Thieves Guild quests or Dark Brotherhood quests, but that doesn't mean I never got to them with my Dunmer ranger.

Interestingly enough, though not being a magic user, my warrior did end up becoming the Arch-Mage without having to cast more than two or three spells. I played it that he went to the College of Winterhold with the intent of investigating the Elder Scroll, but decided to stick around when he realized there was probably a Thalmor plot that needed to be thwarted.

Strangely enough, I always have a hard time getting into the Civil War quests. Still haven't completed either storyline, even though I've started both at one point or another.

 

[Baron von Blitztank]

Let's see...

-Brought the Dark Brotherhood back from the ridge of extinction
-Joined the Empire and killed Ulfric Stormcloak
-Became the new Guildmaster of the Thieve's Guild
-Became the new head of the Companions
-Obtained and cured lycanthropy
-Repelled Alduin out of Sovngarde
-Got married to the only marriageable Argonian
-Did a shitload of bounty missions for the Jarls
-Attained a completed collection of Dragon Priest Masks and Daedric Artifacts (Hircine doesn't count)
-Killed more bandits than villagers
-Killed a Dragon or fifty

I went back to try Skyrim's older sister Oblivion and I must say, I'm enjoying that a lot more. I dunno, maybe it's because it's because I've got it on the PC and I've modded all the warts out of it or maybe it's because there's more variety in things instead of most missions following the same formula:

1) Go to Tomb
2) Kill a truckload of Draugr, Skeletons and Frostbite Spiders
3) Picture puzzles (if you can call them puzzles)
4) Kill a stronger Draugr
5) Obtain thing
6) Loot chest and stare at a wall for a bit
7) Leave

 

[Beffudled Sheep_v1legacy]

In my first file I explored every inch and location in the map.
-Rose to Harbinger of the companions.
-Rose to arch mage of the college.
-Became Listener of the Dark Brotherhoodd.
-And am forever stuck in Whiterun because my save file is 15MB and if I so much as turn it lags for several minutes.

Ps3 version here

 

[eternal-chaplain]

I left my Skyrim the same as it was before. Even though I was told dragons were going to take over the world, the game didn't exactly back that up, so I didn't have a reason to start the main quest, and luckily that one dragon that actually did show up just decided to go home or something and the land went back to the regular times of civil war. Grade A design, Bethesda,
you fucking morons....

 

[FallenTraveler]

I have not played since summer... honestly, I cannot take Skyrim, I tried for 30 some odd hours and came out of it feeling rather bored and like I could be doing something better with my time. I thought the combat was better, the graphics purrtier, and everything all around improved, but it lacked the feeling of adventure I got in oblivion. I felt like exploring in oblivion and for some reason I just don't in skyrim. Honestly I think I just got pretty bored with the setting and story.

 

[AgedGrunt]

Deeply questioning what everyone sees in TES series, as it was my first dip into the lake that is said to be on holy ground. Granted, it was a console version, but still.

Giving a pass on bugs, glitches and all things wonky...

-Melee combat modeled after real-life pinatas
-Swat another "epic" dragon, get overburdened
-Oh look, another twenty minutes gone traveling to merchants who have no gold (and they had the brass to make a perk for that)
-Crafted 500 enchanted iron daggers? Your skill is legendary.
-Like items? Take your thousand ingredients, potions and heavy, useless items with poor accessibility and no management. Manual accounting using ledgers is fun!

I'm sure the PC community has made a really fun game of it, I blame Bethesda for modding Fallout and doing a horrible job at that.

 

[Reincarnatedwolfgod]

i did all main quests, all faction quest (expect the blades one because they are ungrateful assholes), most side quests, a lot misc quest. i most likely got every area in my map unlocked. i found all word wall. all that left to kill more dragons to unlock all remaining shout. i have left skyrim at that

exploring is the only element of gameplay skyrim does right and it does it every well. of course you have deal with the combat to explore. the combat works and is acceptable but it's not good.

i got no dlc and i won't buy it even if i could get it on the ps3(which barely gave me any problems in the game so lucky me).
now i am waiting for the goty edition for the pc before i play agian skyrim. i want the ability to mod my game before i ever touch skyrim again. also buying the dlc individuality is a waste of money when you could be them all cheaper when there bundled to together

 

[TheIronRuler]

I got bored of that boring game and left. I couldn't finish the main quest and I finished the thieve's guild quest-line once.

 

[babinro]

I left my Skyrim severely lacking in uniqueness, character, role-playing, enemy types, decent magic system and happiness.

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I loved Oblivion but Skyrim felt dated.
I put about 60 hours into the game to fully experience the story and a good chunk of that time wasn't very fun. I'm glad the game was successful but it's just not my thing anymore.

I'm hoping they'll make another non-MMO and revamp the mechanics. I'm willing to give the series another try but it can't just touch up on the old formula anymore.

 

[Gatx]

I've been trying to get back into it, and every time I spend hours downloading mods and making sure they all get along. By the time I'm done, I don't feel like playing anymore and just uninstall everything.

 

[DanielBrown]

I played like crazy for ~120 hours when I got the game. Haven't touched it since I got my platinum.

Would be fun to start it up again, but I'm not sure I can be arsed with the problems that follows on the PS3.

 

[MeChaNiZ3D]

To clarify, I have 5 characters. I will give an account of my first, an Orc two-handed warrior.

1. The Legion has been dealt a heavy blow, but underwhelmed by the uselessness of my fellow warriors and in light of their extreme racism, I've left the rest of the campaign to them.
2. I am the most fearsome of the Companions despite werewolf form being seldom used.
3. Accruer of Daedric artifacts, no matter the callous things I had to do to get them.
4. The Vampires fear the blade of the Dawnguard.
5. The World Eater is vanquished.
6. The College is probably destroyed by now because I never even visited.
7. The Thieve's Guild were left disappointed at my lack of interest and were used only as far as plot-practical.
8. The Dark Brotherhood consists of but one member, that vampire child who apparently escaped death because of reasons. Ain't no ************ gonna disturb my sleep and live to tell of it.
9. I am extremely confused as to where I will go when I die. To Sovngard, Hircine, or to the side of one of my Daedric sponsors? If we go by weapon most liberally applied, I think I shall join Malacath.

 

[K84]

Had a Nord female, wrapped up the main quest, wanted to do more, got to level. 43....i think..

Then...the bow phase.
Hunger Games, Hawkeye etc...

New character, Female Nord. (again)
(i don't like Elves and Cats....and those reptile things....)

And then i learned bows are awesome and save me a lot of anger.
Sneak+Archery=hilarious.

Left her at lvl. 15..orso...then other games happened.

Ow...and PS3 user.
Ha.....