Why don't YOU have Skyrim?
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For the same reason I don't play Minecraft. They are both objective-less time sinks.
Now before everyone gets on my ass about it... Sure Skyrim does have a story, and quests and objectives and all that happy horseshit. But if you plow straight through that you end up with the sort of empty feeling that you've missed most of the game because you wanted to see the plot.
On the other side of that coin: The second you stop paying attention to the story and go off on your own you get so bogged down in side quests and exploration that by the time you're ready to go back to the story line you're so far out of the proverbial loop that you may as well just start the whole damned thing over again to get a rehash on the plot.
Then you have all the crafting and mining and skills that do fuck all for the story line and just exist as an artificial way to inflate playtime and make you think that the game is engaging you just because it's taking you longer to beat. It's not taking longer to beat, tard boy. You're just standing in one spot longer and watching an animation of some asshole swinging a pickaxe to obtain ore that you're NEVER going to use because it's too heavy to carry around.
Then there the skill trees. I watched a friend of mine start the game over 6 times because he had (in his words, not mine) "fucked up my skills and got stuck." And that got me to thinking that if one of the top selling points of this game was user-chosen level progression paths, then they fucked that up royally. If you can get irrevocably trapped someplace because you lack the skills to free yourself then they are locking you into doing things their way anyway and all their customization options are just for show. Sure, it offers a level of realism to in-game situations based on your skills, but to me that seems TOO real. I play video games to escape the harsh reality of the world, not be reminded of it at every turn.
The Elder Scrolls series takes everything I hate about Minecraft and MMOs and rolls them in a little package that they want me to pay $60 US for. Thanks. No.
Now before everyone gets on my ass about it... Sure Skyrim does have a story, and quests and objectives and all that happy horseshit. But if you plow straight through that you end up with the sort of empty feeling that you've missed most of the game because you wanted to see the plot.
On the other side of that coin: The second you stop paying attention to the story and go off on your own you get so bogged down in side quests and exploration that by the time you're ready to go back to the story line you're so far out of the proverbial loop that you may as well just start the whole damned thing over again to get a rehash on the plot.
Then you have all the crafting and mining and skills that do fuck all for the story line and just exist as an artificial way to inflate playtime and make you think that the game is engaging you just because it's taking you longer to beat. It's not taking longer to beat, tard boy. You're just standing in one spot longer and watching an animation of some asshole swinging a pickaxe to obtain ore that you're NEVER going to use because it's too heavy to carry around.
Then there the skill trees. I watched a friend of mine start the game over 6 times because he had (in his words, not mine) "fucked up my skills and got stuck." And that got me to thinking that if one of the top selling points of this game was user-chosen level progression paths, then they fucked that up royally. If you can get irrevocably trapped someplace because you lack the skills to free yourself then they are locking you into doing things their way anyway and all their customization options are just for show. Sure, it offers a level of realism to in-game situations based on your skills, but to me that seems TOO real. I play video games to escape the harsh reality of the world, not be reminded of it at every turn.
The Elder Scrolls series takes everything I hate about Minecraft and MMOs and rolls them in a little package that they want me to pay $60 US for. Thanks. No.
Saints row the third, quite simply.
Skyrim had no pre order bonuses, and it being bethesda, I expected that if I got it for christmas, the bugs should be mostly ironed out by the time I start playing.
And quite frankly, as awesome as skyrim probably is, I downright need saints row 3. I was that big a fan of saints row 2 that the thought of not getting saints row 3 on launch is absurd, and I neither have the time or money to buy and play both.
Skyrim had no pre order bonuses, and it being bethesda, I expected that if I got it for christmas, the bugs should be mostly ironed out by the time I start playing.
And quite frankly, as awesome as skyrim probably is, I downright need saints row 3. I was that big a fan of saints row 2 that the thought of not getting saints row 3 on launch is absurd, and I neither have the time or money to buy and play both.
To be fair, there are no dwarves in Elder Scrolls.Dirty Hipsters said:
Oh sure, there were, once upon a time, but Morrowind went to a lot of trouble to make sure you knew they were gone and I've never seen them in Oblivion, either.
Speaking of, I don't have Skyrim because I've only recently got a PC capable of running Oblivion, so by the time I get that far down my list of priorities (Portal 2 and Bioshock are much higher) Skyrim might almost be affordable.
Because I have a MASSIVE backlog of games, I'm not letting myself buy any more until I play them all, Then after Sonic Generations, AC:R I may get Skyrim.
A few of my reasons:
I don't have an Xbox or a sufficiently powerful PC with me at the moment
I'm not insanely hyped about it like some people-... I may get it, eventually, but I'm not in a "Oh my gosh I'm missing out if I don't get it right NOW" sort of thing. I mean, it's not even like it's multiplayer ...
I don't have the money
I don't have the time
I would play other games if I had the time (Devil May Cry?)
I would buy other things if I had the money
Oblivion was horrible, and Skyrim is still expensive.
I'll probably get it when it becomes cheaper, as I did really enjoy fallout 3.
I'll probably get it when it becomes cheaper, as I did really enjoy fallout 3.
Because I refuse to pay 60 dollars for ANY game, no matter how full of awesome it is. The line needs to be drawn somewhere, and I've drawn mine.
I just couldn't care less about the franchise. In the middle of exams, so once I'm done with them I have to start Arkham, UC3, Mario 3D, Skyward Sword. Once all those are done I'll probably try and 100% Barbie in Adventure Pony Land or something before even considering getting Skyrim. Do not see the appeal.
I have the money.
I have both a relevant console, and a PC capable of playing it on maximum.
Why don't I have it?
Because FUCK SKYRIM.
That's why.
Plus, I have about 6 other games on my desk, all waiting in line to be played. I'll be damned if some TES is going to jump the queue. And after my experiences in open world games, I just end up arsing around, ignoring the storyline, and seeing just how many attempts it takes to make a building implode with mines, and a sledgehammer (Oh hi Red Faction, didn't see you there)
I have both a relevant console, and a PC capable of playing it on maximum.
Why don't I have it?
Because FUCK SKYRIM.
That's why.
Plus, I have about 6 other games on my desk, all waiting in line to be played. I'll be damned if some TES is going to jump the queue. And after my experiences in open world games, I just end up arsing around, ignoring the storyline, and seeing just how many attempts it takes to make a building implode with mines, and a sledgehammer (Oh hi Red Faction, didn't see you there)