And, no, no, it's not bad. Not saying that But everyone, EVERYONE, seems to regard this game as being the best game of all time, or the year even, for some inexplicable reason!
I have played for some 30-40 hours now, and the last few hours have been me almost forcing myself to play, just in the vague hope that I'd encounter whatever it is that every other person in the video gaming community seems to have met. But to no avail!
The story is just the typical "the world is going to end and you are the only one who can save it, so you must hurry" scenario, quickly followed by "but you should really do the five thousand side-quests, or you'll miss the entire game" - which more than saps the immersion out of the main quest. There are no characters in the game. I am certain that, gun to my head, I wouldn't be able to name a single person in the entire world of Skyrim! They all look, talk and act the same, and none of them are even remotely interesting.
Every single quest so far, as been, more or less, the same. Travel to the other end of the land, kill half a county in some dungeon, get item, use short-cut to reach entrance of the dungeon, return item. And that isn't so bad in itself, it's just that the game doesn't exactly make combat or travelling a unique experience. Yeah, the snowy landscape is pretty, but that's basically the only landscape the game has to offer. And, sorry, but that's not enough for a game world that is this massive! And then there's the combat. The combat is, well, lacking in challenge. The AI is borderline retar- err, I mean, "special", and gets crippled if you use the landscape to your advantage, even a little. And that was before I discovered that by levelling my Enchantment skill, I could reach unlimited Destruction and Restoration Magicka, essentially making me indestructible. So there's me, running around in full Legendary Daedric armour, with unlimited magicka. After that, the game ceased to pose any kind of challenge. I play on Expert, by the way.
The first dragon encounter was great. It was tense and thrilling! The second was also pretty great. But after the third or fourth, the encounters quickly dived into nothing more than a minor annoyance, especially since they appear constantly - consisting mostly of waiting for the creature to land, so I can kill it. Currently walking about with ten+ dragon souls, all shouts activated, and more bones and scales than I know what to do with. The giants are little more than a joke. I have slaughtered every single one I have seen, and they haven't been able to hit me even once! And for all the boast of the alleged hundreds of unique dungeons, they all look the same, with the same set-pieces and textures.
And then there's the obligatory bugs that comes with the Bethesda tag. One of the worst has been when the main quest just bugged out, and the only solution was console commands - meaning, that if I had been playing on a console, I wouldn't have been able to complete the game! The menu is obviously made for consoles, and is therefore a pain to use on the PC. The score is the usual fantasy-film orchestral score, but everyone seems to think that it's the best thing since discount hookers!
So, that's my I-feel-left-out rant. I just don't see what people see in this game! What am I missing? And be gentle, please!
I have played for some 30-40 hours now, and the last few hours have been me almost forcing myself to play, just in the vague hope that I'd encounter whatever it is that every other person in the video gaming community seems to have met. But to no avail!
The story is just the typical "the world is going to end and you are the only one who can save it, so you must hurry" scenario, quickly followed by "but you should really do the five thousand side-quests, or you'll miss the entire game" - which more than saps the immersion out of the main quest. There are no characters in the game. I am certain that, gun to my head, I wouldn't be able to name a single person in the entire world of Skyrim! They all look, talk and act the same, and none of them are even remotely interesting.
Every single quest so far, as been, more or less, the same. Travel to the other end of the land, kill half a county in some dungeon, get item, use short-cut to reach entrance of the dungeon, return item. And that isn't so bad in itself, it's just that the game doesn't exactly make combat or travelling a unique experience. Yeah, the snowy landscape is pretty, but that's basically the only landscape the game has to offer. And, sorry, but that's not enough for a game world that is this massive! And then there's the combat. The combat is, well, lacking in challenge. The AI is borderline retar- err, I mean, "special", and gets crippled if you use the landscape to your advantage, even a little. And that was before I discovered that by levelling my Enchantment skill, I could reach unlimited Destruction and Restoration Magicka, essentially making me indestructible. So there's me, running around in full Legendary Daedric armour, with unlimited magicka. After that, the game ceased to pose any kind of challenge. I play on Expert, by the way.
The first dragon encounter was great. It was tense and thrilling! The second was also pretty great. But after the third or fourth, the encounters quickly dived into nothing more than a minor annoyance, especially since they appear constantly - consisting mostly of waiting for the creature to land, so I can kill it. Currently walking about with ten+ dragon souls, all shouts activated, and more bones and scales than I know what to do with. The giants are little more than a joke. I have slaughtered every single one I have seen, and they haven't been able to hit me even once! And for all the boast of the alleged hundreds of unique dungeons, they all look the same, with the same set-pieces and textures.
And then there's the obligatory bugs that comes with the Bethesda tag. One of the worst has been when the main quest just bugged out, and the only solution was console commands - meaning, that if I had been playing on a console, I wouldn't have been able to complete the game! The menu is obviously made for consoles, and is therefore a pain to use on the PC. The score is the usual fantasy-film orchestral score, but everyone seems to think that it's the best thing since discount hookers!
So, that's my I-feel-left-out rant. I just don't see what people see in this game! What am I missing? And be gentle, please!
and got all the add ons lol
