Why don't YOU have Skyrim?

[Goofguy]

Because I am currently deployed with the military on the other side of the world. I will definitely be getting it when I get back to civilization, though.

 

[Spookimitsu]

Maybe I'll find it under the tree this year.

But allow me to retort. Why don't you have BF3, Dark Souls and Assassin's Creed Revelations?

 

[strogi]

want to get it but due to this thing known as bills they come first or i would not have a roof over my head

 

[Shadow Geo]

I'm not really interested. I have too many other games to play anyways. Besides, I wouldn't want to spend over 200 hours on one game and still won't be able to finish everything.

 

[sage42]

Didn't have the money T.T. This makes for a sad Sage. So I'll have to wait till Christmas before I can play. Not bad considering all te patches that will probably come out before then.

 

[latenightapplepie]

I'm waiting for an inevitable GOTY edition with all the major DLC included.

I can play other games in the meantime.

 

[Engarde]

Because you make me out to be a bad guy for not having it! Roh roh fight the powah! I also saw a friend playing it and asked "Hey, the melee combat seems like oblivion's but slower and the enemy ai and npcs still seem kinda crap" and he said "Yeah, but magic is pretty cool". I didn't bother buying it because that was my biggest problem with oblivion.

Even though this will bring me grief from the "you hate a game I like, therefore you need to be lectured until you change your 'wrong' opinion" crowd, here are the reasons I am not getting skyrim.

1. I think that western RPGs in general are unfinished games. I think that Western rpg developers do not do the necessary amount of work into making a fully developed player character. Instead, they use that cop out argument of, "we allow your to put yourself into the game, which is a load of malarky to begin with. Since when did knowing most things about Mario detract from playing the game? If more of the games did something like Fallout 3 where I play key moments in my childhood, I would probably love them a lot more. Instead, the designers simply say, "we are too lazy to do that much, so you the player do it for us."

2. Since Baldur's Gate, they have been pretty much the same story over and over again. "You grew up in isolation, not knowing of your great destiny or heritage. About half way through, you discover your true purpose, proving that you are the special one, and you have to go kill the bad guy because he is bad." It does not matter if you choose good or evil in the story; it ends up being the same story no matter what.

3. There is no weight in the narrative. The main quest of the game tends to be you preventing some apocalyptic scenario, but it will wait until you are done faffing about with the Harvest moon like game.

Those are the reason why I am not getting skyream.

I await eagerly to hear from the 100 or so people that take umbrage with what I just said. I also look forward to read the same counter arguments I've read before.

Hi. I'm Commander Shepard and I take umbrage with what you have just said! I definitely agree with you, 'letting you put yourself in' is nonsense. All my favorite games let me like a character, not a blank slate. I am quite happy watching movies or reading books in which interesting, dynamic characters are observed and wish there was more of the same in my games. High five for agreement!

 

[lkevil]

Because I want to finish Morrowind then Oblivion first!!

Now will people STOP asking me this damn question!!

 

[mwpher]

60 bucks is 60 more dollars then I have right now, not to mention that I feel like 60 bucks is really too much for a videogame anyway. Maybe Steam deals have spoiled me.

 

[ott615]

Computer can't run it and can't afford to upgrade it. Don't have a console either.

Same here. Sigh....

 

[ShakyFiend]

In my last year of school and I barely have time for a social life so God knows how much worse a time consuming game like Skyrim would make that

 

[Fearzone]

First, I had to decide between the PS3 and the PC version. Somewhat reluctantly, I went with the PS3 version. It boiled down to: do I want better frame rates and antialiasing with the PC version, or do I not want to have or support Steam DRM with the PS3 version?

If modding for Skyrim takes off then I would get the PC version, maybe when prices drop a bit.

That said, I don't have Skyrim because it is in the mail and hasn't arrived yet.

 

[Sordin]

lack of money and a good computer.

 

[SimpleJack]

I'm also too poor... I'll find a way though, when it comes to Skyrim you always have to find a way...

 

[monkey_man]

I have to upgrade Old Bluey here. He's getting fairly old, and he starts to jitter and crash a lot. So That means by extent that I have no money for it.

 

[ThaBenMan]

Simply because I can't afford it right now :/ And I also want to wait until the price drops, but I don't know if I'll be able to resist once I do have the money...

 

[k3v1n]

I've got a shit ton of games on my "to do" list before Skyrim, so it'll have to wait.

 

[saxxon.de]

I'll wait for the GotY-Edition next year. There will surely be one and I just don't want to pay for the game and DLC seperately. I'm doing this with Batman: Arkham City aswell. Also, I'm on my 3rd playthrough of Dark Souls, I plan to go through NG+ with the new character again and I already have an Idea for my 3rd character. No need to rush out the door to get a new RPG.

 

[Sindwiller]

I've recently subbed to EVE again. And final exams and papers and all that... *cough* *cough*

 

[Geekosaurus]

Because I have very little money. Although even if I did have enough money, I still probably wouldn't buy it. I'm just not interested in it.