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Originally Posted by mooby
As someone who's never played Skyrim before but has been intrigued by the hype, I was wondering if you would take the time to please explain to me what's so awesome about the games? I know it's a free roam type dealie, and that's about where all my interest comes from, as I love free roam games.
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Okay i will attempt to answer that question the best I can.
The Elder Scrolls games that were made for next gen machines (PC, XBOX, XBOX 360) were among some of the most intricate, graphically surperior, most fully immersive games that I have ever seen in my life.
Every single detail almost has its own life. Birds fly around on their own. Creatures roam freely. Pedestrians and townspeople carry out their own interactions and lives. You would think all of this is set to run on a script, but No, the game reacts to you and your actions and every time you play you get a unique experience.
There are no rules, essentially, no boundaries. It is an open-world, free-roam game in most amazing fantasy setting ever imagined. Do what ever you want, be whatever you want. You can be the most evil soul walking the earth, killing everyone in your path. Guards will attack you on site once you reach a certain notoriety level. Citizens won't speak to you anymore, they will flee. And the crazy thing is you can still complete the main quest that way.
There are thousands of clothing, armor, and weapon choices. Saying the world is limitless is really an understatement. Explore huge towns. Roam the countryside killing animals, raiders, and bandits. Explore hundreds of dungeons and caves. I'm telling you these games are so amazing in the free-roam aspect that I have always felt like the MAIN QUEST was a side-note.
Google some images of The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion which came out in 2006, and Morrowind, which came out in 2002-2003. You can see even in the old game, how amazing the graphics were for their time.
The world just sucks you in. It's like real life. You hear leaves falling, can see high grass sway in the wind. Thunderstorms will happen randomley. Sometimes it's so bad you can't see, sometimes it's a gentle rain. Night and Day changes are awesome.
Now most of the hype regarding Skyrim involves basically the fact that for the last several years, Bethesda Softworks has listened to the fans to add in ideas that they have wanted for the last couple years. For example, you can now dual wield weapons in each hand. Same goes for creating spells in each hand. Armor and Weapons no longer degrade. You can now have an individual class of character that has a unique "skill tree". In the past, you only could be granted a few different perks based on what "Star" you chose at the beginning.
The weather in Skyrim is fully rendered at every detail. The game takes place in a mountainous region, snow falls at times lightly, other times blizzard-like. The snow actually does accumulate right before your eyes. I could go on and on all night about this game, but I am do to leave soon to go to a midnight release party at Gamestop with my wife.
Please take the time to watch a youtube video of Skyrim to experience it for yourself. As a life-long gamer who will continue to play throughout my life, for as long as I can (hopefully my entire life), I can tell you assuredly these are the finest games ever created, and the best that I have ever played.