So here I am, recovering from surgery on my tailbone, unable to:
- drive
- exercise
- do little more than sit awkwardly
For this and the proceeding three weeks. So, bored of grinding on World of Tanks, I decided to poke my head back into Tamriel with TES5: Skyrim.
My first and only character was a level 58 Imperial Thief/Assassin, and I pretty much immediately knew that I was no longer interested in him. So I made a hard save to keep him where he is, then started a new character.
When it came time to make him up, I initially again chose Imperial - partly because Cyrodiil, partly because well-rounded character, but then thought about what I liked and disliked most in the game.
Liked:
- sneaking
- stealing
- riding my horse
- making millions of Septims
Disliked:
- everything dragon related
- especially the Alduin quest line
So, I picked a Khajiit.
Yes, I go with Hadvar every time.
After derping through Helgen and Riverwood, I went to Whiterun like Alvor asked, told the Jarl about what happened at Helgen, he ordered some guards sent to Riverwood, and... I left.
That's it for me with the Dragonborn quest line. I'm not at all interested in shouts, killing dragons, the Elder Scrolls themselves, the Civil War or generally killing anybody. I stopped both quest chains halfway through because I was just bored; I kept wandering off to loot stuff.
So now here I am, level 30, no shouts, dragons or main story quests, and I can't tell you just how much fun I'm having without all that. A lot of people tell me it must be sucking all the epicness and action out of the game, but really I get enough epicness from those landscapes, and action? I've got a mod that removes levelled enemies and loot - bandits are taking me from full to no health with a single arrow unless I really know how to fight and I love it, that's all the action I need. The upside is the loot and vendors - I can find anything anywhere.
The thing about open world games like this is you can play them however you like, and Skyrim is easily the most free and unrestricted world I've ever seen in games. It's not punishing me at all for not playing the game 'as intended' - I can literally do whatever I like, completely excluding the parts I didn't enjoy about the experience I've had with the game.
I just wanted to share my new adventure, and how I'm experiencing one of my favorite games in a whole new way, and having so much more fun for it.
- drive
- exercise
- do little more than sit awkwardly
For this and the proceeding three weeks. So, bored of grinding on World of Tanks, I decided to poke my head back into Tamriel with TES5: Skyrim.
My first and only character was a level 58 Imperial Thief/Assassin, and I pretty much immediately knew that I was no longer interested in him. So I made a hard save to keep him where he is, then started a new character.
When it came time to make him up, I initially again chose Imperial - partly because Cyrodiil, partly because well-rounded character, but then thought about what I liked and disliked most in the game.
Liked:
- sneaking
- stealing
- riding my horse
- making millions of Septims
Disliked:
- everything dragon related
- especially the Alduin quest line
So, I picked a Khajiit.
Yes, I go with Hadvar every time.
After derping through Helgen and Riverwood, I went to Whiterun like Alvor asked, told the Jarl about what happened at Helgen, he ordered some guards sent to Riverwood, and... I left.
That's it for me with the Dragonborn quest line. I'm not at all interested in shouts, killing dragons, the Elder Scrolls themselves, the Civil War or generally killing anybody. I stopped both quest chains halfway through because I was just bored; I kept wandering off to loot stuff.
So now here I am, level 30, no shouts, dragons or main story quests, and I can't tell you just how much fun I'm having without all that. A lot of people tell me it must be sucking all the epicness and action out of the game, but really I get enough epicness from those landscapes, and action? I've got a mod that removes levelled enemies and loot - bandits are taking me from full to no health with a single arrow unless I really know how to fight and I love it, that's all the action I need. The upside is the loot and vendors - I can find anything anywhere.
The thing about open world games like this is you can play them however you like, and Skyrim is easily the most free and unrestricted world I've ever seen in games. It's not punishing me at all for not playing the game 'as intended' - I can literally do whatever I like, completely excluding the parts I didn't enjoy about the experience I've had with the game.
I just wanted to share my new adventure, and how I'm experiencing one of my favorite games in a whole new way, and having so much more fun for it.