Why do you hate Skyrim?

[vidirg]

I like skyrim but I'm stuck on a glitch so I'll have to wait for a patch

 

[JET1971]

I have several small gripes, some regarding glitches, others regarding little gameplay flaws I've noticed that, while not game-breaking, are annoying, but the overall impression that I get from the game is one that will likely keep me entertained for a long time.

I'm not touching mods yet, though looking through whats so far done. I always play the original until im happy with my progress before touching mods. then its play time!

I still think the level up system could have more options, or atleast all skill options instead of having the stamina, magic, and health with just 1 perk point. you level up and its a major letdown on improving your character. then the grindy bits like leveling an extra skill like alchemy or enchanting, you can gain 20 levels to get them to 100 and have jack shit for combat abilities and be completly cripled.

 

[MadPetOwner]

There are are several things that annoy me.

For one, the leveling system. It's not a bad leveling system, not at all. It's just that in both Morrowind and Oblivion it was a leveling system more like a tabletop game. Where you distrubuted points, not percents. And I liked that.

And the other, the questlines for the factions are really cut short. Sure, there are more quests total. But it's fetch quests for random people on the street that I couldn't care less about.

 

[King of the Sandbox]

From another thread I was in,

I've played one character, since midnight launch, at least 10 hours a day. Sometimes more.

I've completed 3 main story missions, a few of the Companion quests, and the rest is just good, solid, adventuring.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. This game is a toolbox. A DM's adventure for one. If you can role-play, and enjoy it, then you'll enjoy Skyrim. If you've been ruined by linear or MMO rpg's, you will not enjoy it. If you plow through the main quest, you will be dissapointed (and cheating yourself).

Here's a test.

When overhearing a conversation that will surely start a quest, do you

A. Listen intently, weighing your characters intent to get involved or not, then do the quest, reading all material that comes with it, paying attention to all the small details about the story of said quest in a dungeon, then feel pride when you've put the story to rest, returning for a reward for a job well done.

B. Initiate dialogue before the quest giver finishes expositing, then mash A repeatedly until you get the quest marker, then plow to it, killing everything, reading or observing nothing subtle such as telling the story through dungeon design, only to finally return, disappointed that you didn't get enough loot or that this small, personal story didn't affect your world or main story drastically.

If you answered A, cool. Skyrim's for you. If you answered B, then you should probably just stick to Gears of War or Uncharted or another action game that's over in 8 hours and shoves everything you need to know to do it in your face.

 

[Fanfic_warper]

It's just too much for a game. I prefer my games to be deep but simple. You don't need a vast continent to explore to have a good game.

 

[OriginalError]

*dons his hipster hat*

It is mainstream.

 

[CultistRat]

The only I hate about Skyrim at the moment is that I can't play it because I need a new motherboard so I can get a processor that can run it.

 

[CulixCupric]

i don't know why anyone would hate it. its might not be to their personal tastes, but its a great game IMO and not worth hating.

I don't think it's even possible to hate Skyrim, unless they believe that fake "SkyRim" satire done by the trolls. Damn poe's law.

 

[Miko Mangornong]

oh.. check out this one argument in giant bomb and you will see why i hate skyrim haters BADLY

 

[Sandernista]

I can't see why people would hate it but I can see why some people may get frustrated like I did.

Magic user character walking through the wilds then........

Sabre cat. F***ing sabre cat.

Get the impact perk, nothing will ever touch you again.

 

[Arrzarr]

I don't hate it, I just don't want to play it...or does that make me the same thing in your eyes?

 

[Nouw]

OT: I was initially unhappy with Skyrim because of Spell-blades. The Dual-wield system always shows off the ability to use a sword and spell, but that combination is a road full of tears, frustration and inadequacy, as so much is either locked out or hampered, with nothing gained in return. Then I went for a non hybrid, and enjoyed the game.

Wait so Battle Mage is a bad idea?

 

[Mr. Omega]

I don't hate Skyrim.

I hate Skyrim's developer Bethesda for their practice of releasing an extremely buggy, glitchy mess of a game and trying to cover their ass by saying "meh, we might patch it later" as an excuse. And I hate that people don't seem to ever call them out on it despite them getting worse and worse with that in every new game they make.

I hate Skyrim's fans for becoming the obnoxious and annoying fanbase since Portal and CoD, with the endless barrage of "Arrow in the Knee" jokes and making such nice and friendly claims like this:

then you should probably just stick to Gears of War or Uncharted or another action game that's over in 8 hours and shoves everything you need to know to do it in your face.

Translation: LOL UR 2 STUPID TO LIKE SKYRIM. GO BACK TO COD, LOSER.
And this is one of the nicer Skyrim fanboy insults I've seen...

But I don't hate Skyrim. It's a well made (well, considering the glitches, not really, but you get what I'm saying) and ambitious game, providing a lot of options and an interesting world. The fanboys may be sneering arrogant pseudo-hipsters, and people like me who actually want to play it on PS3 are left out in the cold, but I can appreciate what it does right.

Do I think it has a serious ton of problems that can't be addressed without the legions of fanboys screeching like a bunch of banshees at you? Yes. Do I think that Skyrim has no business whatsoever being anywhere close to consideration for Game of the Year with bugs this awful and so easy to replicate through the game? Damn right I do. But do I think Skyrim is a bad game? No. I don't.

 

[thiosk]

I don't hate it, I've got 100 hours in.

One thing I've found odd, though, is HOW FAST you rise in the ranks of an organization.

The companions:
"Oh hi, we're the companions, time for your initiation fetch quest."
"Welcome back! Now, come down to this spooky cave where we will initiate you into the INNER SANCTUM"

College of Winterhold:
"Sup n00bzor! Time for class. Hit this ruin."
"Oh, neat, go find this thing."
"Could you go find another thing? This guy is a dick."
"BEHOLD: YOU ARE TEH ARCHMAGE WOOT"

Imperial Conquest:
"HI THERE. Kill some dudes."
"Kill some more dudes."
"Kill some more dudes."
"Theres catapults on the hill but you don't get anything for shooting them."
"You are the hero of skyrim! Thanks for killing ulfric! Note: Everyone will go on as if the rebellion is still in full swing."

I'm just praying the dark brotherhood quests don't go the same way.

My only complaint apart from the major things most people enlisted on here are the wolves. There are SO many wolves, in Skyrim.. that it makes me wonder how in Oblivion can anyone walk around without being attacked by 7 pairs or more in a row?

Kyne's Peace. Oh-my-god. Makes the animals lurve you. Learn to love it. I pop it a few times a day. Skeevers, mudcrabs, bears and wolves. Pacified instantly.

 

[AstylahAthrys]

You know what's funny? I don't. It's a great game that has some minor flaws that are overshadowed by awesomeness. I have loads of fun with it, and that's all I can ask for in a game.

Actually, I don't see how people can HATE a game. Dislike it? Sure. Not enjoy it? Sure. I just can't find the worth in passionately disliking to the point of disgust being applied to a game.

 

[PeePantz]

From another thread I was in,

I've played one character, since midnight launch, at least 10 hours a day. Sometimes more.

I've completed 3 main story missions, a few of the Companion quests, and the rest is just good, solid, adventuring.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. This game is a toolbox. A DM's adventure for one. If you can role-play, and enjoy it, then you'll enjoy Skyrim. If you've been ruined by linear or MMO rpg's, you will not enjoy it. If you plow through the main quest, you will be dissapointed (and cheating yourself).

Here's a test.

When overhearing a conversation that will surely start a quest, do you

A. Listen intently, weighing your characters intent to get involved or not, then do the quest, reading all material that comes with it, paying attention to all the small details about the story of said quest in a dungeon, then feel pride when you've put the story to rest, returning for a reward for a job well done.

B. Initiate dialogue before the quest giver finishes expositing, then mash A repeatedly until you get the quest marker, then plow to it, killing everything, reading or observing nothing subtle such as telling the story through dungeon design, only to finally return, disappointed that you didn't get enough loot or that this small, personal story didn't affect your world or main story drastically.

If you answered A, cool. Skyrim's for you. If you answered B, then you should probably just stick to Gears of War or Uncharted or another action game that's over in 8 hours and shoves everything you need to know to do it in your face.

Let's proceed to the post directly under you....

It's just too much for a game. I prefer my games to be deep but simple. You don't need a vast continent to explore to have a good game.

Hahaha! It's like you guys messaged each other to time this perfectly.

OT: I hated Skyrim before it came out. Absolutely hated it. I was sick of hearing about it and couldn't stand the proclaiming of it being "Game of the Year". To me, it looked like a decent RPG that didn't deserve the soft stroking it got everywhere.

Out of boredom, I picked it up.

I was wrong, oh so very wrong...

Anyways, no hate. I've blown off sex for this game. The only hate involved is buried deep inside my skewed prerogatives.

 

[Memoriae]

I don't particularly dislike Skyrim as a whole, just a couple of annoyances...

Mage seems severely underpowered, especially when you're having to use 2-3 dual-casted firebolts to kill a normal bandit, let alone Bandit Chief. Every time I come across a chief, it's a case of letting Lydia and my horse kill it, because it's takes so fucking long to do it myself.

And then we have the issue of the possibly overpowered Conjurations. Flame Atronarch, on the same bandits? Oneshots, all the way home. Bandit Chief? Oneshot. Fuck you Bethesda, at least try to balance things, or work out some scaling.

Then there's the random crashes to desktop. Yes, they're going to be patched, but you'd at least think they'd be pushing that for the first patch, not planning them for 1.3-1.4.

Oh, and there's also the whole having to spend £700 upgrading my PC, because Skyrim ate my last one. (but I'm not bitter. Dell had an immense sale on at the time. 53% off my chosen model? Why, yes, I believe you can have some of my money.)


So in summary. No, I don't hate Skyrim. I just don't think it's the ambrosia that others seem to believe it is. And yes, I'm only about 10 hours in, because I have shit to do around the house.

 

[Chase Yojimbo]

I have seen a thread a while ago where someone thuroughly complained about how Skyrim wasn't Oblivion. They exist, people do hate this game, and for unknown reasons they continue to hate it despite the fact they don't even want to play it.

I do not hate this game. It is infact one of the best games I have ever played. A game that can have me coming back again and again without a mod speaks for itself (Until I get the GoTY or Ulti Edition for PC, than the Mods shall come).

The only thing I dislike is people bitching about how they can no longer cast a spell while holding a shield and a sword, instead of accepting the realism of it all - THAT annoys me (Because truthfully I didn't feel like an actual hero when both my hands were full and I could still shoot death rays in Oblivion).

My Rational Thought? Blame the consumor for being stupid (if they are).

 

[AstylahAthrys]

You know what's funny? I don't. It's a great game that has some minor flaws that are overshadowed by awesomeness. I have loads of fun with it, and that's all I can ask for in a game.

Actually, I don't see how people can HATE a game. Dislike it? Sure. Not enjoy it? Sure. I just can't find the worth in passionately disliking to the point of disgust being applied to a game.

Gamebreaking bugs are minor flws ? Please because of fanboys Bethesda get away with this shit, the moddes fix the game. Bethsda just keeps seeing how low it can setthe bar and still get praised for it. I expect fallout 4 to be even buggier, ecause the standard syrim is at itstill gets people calling it awesome GoTY worthy.

I experienced more game breaking bugs in the new Assassin's Creed game. I don't know if everyone I know and I have been lucky, but any bugs we've encountered have been fixed by reloading a save, or been so minute that it doesn't matter. With a game as huge as Skyrim, I can forgive a few things wrong when so much else is right.

Also arguments are made better when they're not filled with typos.

It's a universal truth of the internet, so go on having fun hating a game, if that's how you get your kicks.

 

[TheGauntman]

Hate the game? No. Sick of hearing about it? Yes.

The amount of hype leading up to its release was ridiculous, so much so that it went from a game I was ambivalent about to a game that I have no desire to play.