...Why Skyrim?

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Skyrim is one of the most consequential games ever made. It has stayed overwhelmingly popular since it's release, and I often find myself wondering...why? Skyrim has no shortage of flaws, yet it cemented a place as an all time great that people are still playing to this day. So, I've spent a good chunk of the last few months trying to find out what all has led Skyrim to become Skyrim.
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@razbuten Месяц назад

skyrim

@TheRealLozip Месяц назад

skyrim

@dynamoxd5574 Месяц назад

Skyrim indeed.

@grafnosferacula7473 Месяц назад

fallout 3 without guns

@DerkDurski Месяц назад

skyrim

@wilkohere Месяц назад

ryskim!

@MisterPebbelz Месяц назад

After traveling with Lydia for 70 hours we came across cave number 997 and she said "Oooh, I wonder what's in THAT cave..." and that is why skyrim.

@rainbowkrampus Месяц назад

Right before walking in front of an arrow, taking it directly to the head and dying from the crit. Forcing you to reload.

@RealBradMiller Месяц назад

@@rainbowkrampusJust accidentally hit Serana with Marked For Death, and had to go back twenty minutes. 😮‍💨

@manuabasto6325 Месяц назад

Yeah but you already know the answer to that question, a lot of draugrs and an underwhelming reward at the end

@rainbowkrampus Месяц назад

@@manuabasto6325 Hey now, it could be an elaborate warren with nothing in it because you haven't advanced a side quest yet.

@fadedchicken Месяц назад

Gah damn this boy was running 14.242857 caves an hour that’s about .2373810 caves a minute 😱

@CampingforCool41 Месяц назад

I honestly feel like Jeremy Soule’s soundtrack is about half the reason I still desire to return to Skyrim. It’s just such an incredible and comforting atmosphere

@animal1439 Месяц назад

I feel the exact same way. Every time I get the Skyrim itch I get bored after a few dozen hours because of the shallow and boring combat/quest design, but I can’t deny that it might have the best soundtrack and atmosphere of any game. The slow burn/immersion elements are skyrims biggest strengths

@abstr4cted496 Месяц назад

Yup same experience. I've always liked Skyrim's atmosphere. Wondering around the world and listening to the fantastic music. After 10 hours though you've essentially seen everything the game has to offer. This can be said for every Bethesda game really lol. Still think Fallout series is better gameplay wise and has a much more unique premise with the futuristic 1950's apocalypse compared to a yet another Tolkien-like high fantasy setting.

@Wft-bu5zc 26 дней назад

It's a big part of it. The soundtrack, environment and sound design, and the goofy but lovable characters all come together to create this world that just feels cozy, comfy, and familiar. I feel like I'm home every time I open Skyrim.

@elizabetharnold1714 23 дня назад

I always fall into the top .5% of listeners every year I think since Skyrim came back. It is my go to background noise, reading music, and sleep music. I also ALWAYS listen to Dragonborn anytime I need to hype myself up. He is so talented.

@goukeban6197 22 дня назад

Yes. That soundtrack is the kind of stuff I put on while studying.

@FBI-sr2eg Месяц назад

Skyrim kind of feels like a dream. You even wake up at the beginning. You can stay as long as you want, do whatever you want, nothing has real consequences, it’s the ultimate escapism

@victorkreig6089 Месяц назад

That is the point of fantasy

@James-u1y 28 дней назад

@@victorkreig6089not completely, its much more broad than that.

@matheusorth5365 26 дней назад

like an isekai thing?

@TheJoshdenton23 23 дня назад

It... actually is a dream. Sort of. The in game lore breaks the 4th wall more, the deeper you dig into it.

@matheusorth5365 22 дня назад

@@TheJoshdenton23 TES lore hints that the world is a video game, I think. The Dwemer disappeared because they found that out (it's a theory, I think). I hope they expand on that in TES 6.

@hieronymushumble5716 Месяц назад

I like how you can have a boss fight at any given time due to a random dragon flying by. In my current game a dog perished in defense of Riverwood*, and one of the NPCs said "I lost my friend today." I realized that Skyrim's best moments usually happen on accident, which keeps it fresh.

@jackralph5195 9 дней назад

*Riverwood

@ganymede3660 Месяц назад

To me, Skyrim is the coziest uncozy cozy game

@mangomagdalena Месяц назад

Yes! I always list Skyrim as my favorite unintentionally cozy game

@AHungryHunky Месяц назад

Yall ever just spend an hour meandering through town doing normal chores? I play with survival aspects, and some days are literally just wandering around town, picking up supplies and talking with NPCs to get quests to go on the next day. Usually end them in the local inn with my favorite mod followers Inigo and Lucien It's a very relaxing experience and a nice break from constant action, which I think helps keep the game "fresh" for a long time.

@dv8677 Месяц назад

That makes no sense, but we all understand what it means

@ganymede3660 Месяц назад

@@AHungryHunky Yes!!

@jaredf6205 Месяц назад

@@AHungryHunkyNo, only shoot arrows, get money, buy arrows, repeat

@strongbear3369 Месяц назад

Skyrim feels more as a bedtime story or place you visit than a video game. I think that is the reason people come back

@Kserijaro Месяц назад

For people that dont wanna think much, dont engage with their character or the world as it is all superficial s hit. A perfect game for mouth breathers to praise

@strongbear3369 Месяц назад

@@Kserijaro just because you have a small penis doesn’t mean you have to introduce yourself as a guy with one

@melonsauce1474 Месяц назад

@@Kserijaro ? Where is the hate coming from? And are you assuming most players weren't school children?

@V_insomnia Месяц назад

@@Kserijaroif you don't like the game then why are you wasting your time here hating on people who like it? Lmao embarrassing....

@hazyhalfmoon Месяц назад

I have the “10 Hours of Skyrim at night” video on my “Sleep music” playlist for this reason

@anotherKyle Месяц назад

to me the success of skyrim also comes from the ability to ignore vast parts of the game and still feel like you are doing what you are supposed to do, which makes it easy to appeal to a lot of demographics. i was interested in the world so i took a two handed weapon and clumsily smashed my way to the cities and dialogues, my friend took a bow and went hunting after leaving helgen and didnt enter a city for the next 10 ish hours.

@reaperraider999 Месяц назад

On my first playthrough I was obsessing over being recognized by every towns Jarl so I went and did that, mainly because I noticed that you get a get out of jail free card for doing so and I stole so often lol

@ChristopherCraven Месяц назад

10 hours of just shooting animals with a bow and arrow. That is exactly the kind of person I figured is enjoying Skyrim. But me saying that makes me sound like an elitist snob snubbing at game design that just isn't my jam, people should be able to enjoy what they like how they like. And I'm allowed to be absolutely baffled how anyone can sink hundreds more hours after spending hundreds already in such meh world with meh gameplay and meh depth.

@AHungryHunky Месяц назад

I agree with this and feel there is a plague in modern game design that Bethesda thankfully ignores. That plague is the idea that players missing content is bad. You get these open world games that fail to feel like actual worlds because everything gets signposted for you. Hogwarts Legacy is the most recent example I have played. The world, particularly the castle, was crafted so meticulously and well that I could not wait to start exploring. But my exploration quickly turned into a checklist as nearly everything of value is revealed to you immediately. All the towns are marked, and all the challenges, dungeons, and dens show up with a quick Revelio. Just totally killed my wonderment turned it into a grind. I'd had introduced my friend to the Elder Scrolls series through Skyrim and a couple years later we are talking and he tells me about this dungeon he found high in the mountains in Eastmarch near Morrowind where you encounter this glowing light. I never had and was amazed to find that after several years, the game still had secrets beyond funny skeletons. Even in my current Starfeild playthrough, there are quests and locations I know exist but have just never encountered naturally, and that's great for someone who plays these games for decades. Heck, I still feel like Fallout 3 is hiding some secrets in all the rubble and ruin.

@jakacresnar5855 Месяц назад

I'm on my first (and very comprehensive) playthrough and I didn't do Dragon Rising until some quests demanded it and I couldn't progress in the game further due to lack of shouts. I spent almost 100 hours in this gamestate. It did, however, make the world feel incredibly serene when there isn't a dragon annoying you every few minutes.

@vazazell5967 Месяц назад

The actual good game design isn't tightly designed sekiro, it's Skyrim, and it's crazy thing to learn tbh

@topnotch8432 Месяц назад

3:55 Or… marry her yourself and invite both the guys to your wedding!

@timothykoester5149 14 дней назад

That's funny! I've done that so many times!

@AllenGray47 7 дней назад

*james franco spiderman 3 face*

@rodeo7clown 4 дня назад

I know we just met... but trust me, I will become the most famous stealth archer anybody has ever heard of.

@brothermatatoe Месяц назад

We all have the same internal Skyrim binge clock it seems.

@Andreas-de7xj Месяц назад

So real

@YYY66767 Месяц назад

this is so funny i literally just reinstalled to try wabbajack a couple days ago

@robertovillagran5364 Месяц назад

I recently had the urge to get all the Daedric artifacts so I’m doing that rn 🤓

@NoirMorter Месяц назад

Asmongold was makin fun of us on stream not that long ago. LOL, All in good fun.

@odraheim9576 Месяц назад

so true

@stillmoms Месяц назад

As the primary video editor who worked on that main gameplay trailer for Skyrim, I appreciate your kind words. It has been a long time since I worked for Bethsoft, but I still have fond memories of the time I spent working on the marketing for Skyrim. I spent my time there embedded with Todd’s BGS team and worked closely with many of them to make the trailer happen.

@Olorin-gc8zo Месяц назад

Still a great trailer to this day. Great cinematic feel.

@gamingcultist Месяц назад

I think it's that trailer that did a lot to set the tone for my own role-playing experience with the game. It formed the basis of what my own imagination filled into the gaps that the game couldn't provide with its limitations with the engine and the writing. Scrabbling over craggy cliffs and mountains, breathlessly fighting off epic encounters, growing in power and legend, and eventually working to become an epic hero in a classical sense. Thank you for helping to plant the seed that became my own personal Beowulf story.

@dretchlord873 Месяц назад

You have our thanks you absolute legend you -_-7

@WinteerZ2007 Месяц назад

coool dude

@Hjernespreng Месяц назад

That trailer is LEGENDARY!

@michaelhibberd9740 Месяц назад

A note on the Sven/Faendal quest, if you marry her during the quest, both Faendal and Sven get mad at you, but if I'm not mistaken, Faendal says "better you than sven" or something like that

@peterd9698 Месяц назад

There is some way of screwing over both and still getting the free arrow lessons.. I think it has to do with pickpocketing the letter back and showing both to her? ..but the reason I know that is because I googled it to find out the right choice. That is largely my failing, not that I feel any guilt, but also a result of the apparent choices not being fun.

@tabbitee Месяц назад

I married Camilla once and now Faendal lives in my house :/ But a dragon corpse materialises every time I fast travel home, so of the two, I still prefer Faendal

@shepardren8006 Месяц назад

Bro hates the other guy so much he's fine with his own loss

@parentaladvisory113 Месяц назад

@@tabbitee i mean we're not gonna kink shame anyone, it's ok if he's into that type of stuff

@namastereciprocity4549 Месяц назад

@@parentaladvisory113 lol

@1dudecrush Месяц назад

I’ve put between 2000-3000 hours into the game, bought it on 3 or 4 separate occasions for various consoles, etc, and I have never even finished the main quest line. Sometimes it’s ok to turn it on and just…be there.

@hieronymushumble5716 Месяц назад

Similar, my current playthrough is always the one where I'm definitely going to finish the main quest line.

@revan2241 24 дня назад

my lifetime goal is to basically 100% the game in one playthrough, even though i've seen all skyrim has to offer I never managed to complete it fully without switching to a new character

@scubasteve3032 23 дня назад

Same.

@ReiOnigami 22 дня назад

@@revan2241 if we're talking about truly 100% the game that's actually impossible xD

@themarlboromandalorian 18 дней назад

It becomes a part of you. Morrowind was the same for me growing up. It's like... It was my white whale. Vvardenfell became my home. The music plucked at my soul. Skyrim... I've beaten it several times now. Learned the tricks of power leveling... And the music... It's pretty much the same score.

@TylerPutnam2.0 Месяц назад

and don't forget about the gaming grandma that still plays Skyrim and uploads videos of her telling stories through different characters she creates in the game

@itsanniedee Месяц назад

Grandma Shirley!! ❤

@TylerPutnam2.0 Месяц назад

@@itsanniedee 🙏

@iampierce7474 Месяц назад

She had a stroke around a year ago and had to relearn the game because it affected her muscle memory and game knowledge, but fortunately Bethesda invited her to have her say some lines and have some face tracking done so she could be a character in Elder Scrolls 6

@mduckernz Месяц назад

@@iampierce7474That’s really sad. But also quite heartwarming, in the end :)

@lev7509 Месяц назад

@@iampierce7474 Immortalized in the game she loves

@ashes382 Месяц назад

I had a friend that had over 100 hours in skyrim. She would rarely leave whiterun, had sneak and pickpocketing leveled to like 80 or 90, and basically just enjoyed being the town pickpocket thief, and would occasionally kill characters that made her mad. On the occasion she left town, she'd try to find an enemy to knock off a cliff, or just mess around with the open world. She was the one that introduced me to the game, and was completely blown away when I started showing her the daedric quests, potions, enchanting etc, but never really enjoyed playing that content herself. That's what makes the game great imo, you can play it ANY way, when so many games back then gave you little freedom to make your own story.

@dragobro0456 Месяц назад

Im surprised he didnt touch on this. The player can choose how they want to play to a much greater degree than many games these days.

@thylionheart Месяц назад

Now I’ve got a new playthrough idea👀 time to be an absolute menace in Windhelm

@TheRealMycanthrope Месяц назад

*over 100 hours* they said. As if 100 hrs was an impressive amount of time to have played Skyrim for 😂 That's beginner hours bro

@it2spooky4me79 Месяц назад

And honestly, including mods, you can make this game WHATEVER game you WANT, Skyrim is your game, most companies/games these days don't do that kind of thing anymore.

@antonco2 Месяц назад

Oh, she played videogames the way I used to play as a kid. Like, making up scenarios without actually progressing in the game. Just using it as a playground. That's awesome

@Ramquesting Месяц назад

Always why skyrim never how is skyrim :[

@nikjojo Месяц назад

skyrims doing well with all those loverslab mods

@marenjones6665 Месяц назад

We know how skyrim is doing. It's still got huge memory leaks, and requires 3rd party patches to run well.

@leviticusprime4904 Месяц назад

Damn it you stole my joke.

@Ramquesting Месяц назад

@@marenjones6665 We love Bethesda games :]

@marenjones6665 Месяц назад

@@Ramquesting yah, I know. I'm just bitter that Skyrim VR didn't get the cool update with fishing.

@bobbyhinner3225 Месяц назад

Skyrim has atmosphere. The way everything flows together just works in a unique way. The music, ambiant sounds, load times, npc chatter, quests, it all flows together into this weirdly relaxing and intricate experience that sucks you in. Skyrim hasn't sucked me in like that for some time, but I truly hope I can experience it again one day.

@user-ri3ho1yh5p 8 дней назад

If you have a pc, mod it. Or even just an Xbox. I can name 5 or so graphical mods and that’s all you need to breathe completely new life into the world. As far as gameplay, enai Sian. I think that’s how you say it? Has a few gameplay mods that are out of the box compatible with just about every other mod. As far as story and expansion mods those are well documented and acclaimed as well, one won an actual writers award. There’s so much to discover through mods it’s insane, I have thousands of hours in it over 8+ years and still have not even come close to completing everything.

@cecilbrisley5185 4 дня назад

Modding is fun. When I discovered how to modify and insert new music, linked to areas and events, I had lots of fun! Secretly messed with my daughter's game. Favorite gags were recording a ton of silence, with just an occasional, very echoey fart and tying it to dungeon and cave situations. The old tv batman theme for the vampire main boss fight. "The hills are alive with the sound of music" when exploring in the mountains. Also for mountains, recording a bunch of silence with random echoey yodelling... Other combat music... kung fu fighting, Various Led Zepplin, The matrix, Kill Bill, etc. Was amazing watching a Skyrim sunrise and the soundtrack was Edvard Griegs "morning". Hall of the mountain King for combat and tense situations.

@IronPineapple Месяц назад

“You see that mountain? You can climb it.” 😴😴😴 “You see that fork? You can pick it up.” 🤩🤩🤩 But yeah real talk, this is the aspect of Skyrim (alongside the overall vibes and exploration) that really makes Skyrim and Bethesda’s overall approach to open world games still stand out to me in a big way even when the roleplaying and combat elements fall far behind its competitors.

@KyriosHeptagrammaton Месяц назад

It's something all the Skyrim competitors (The Witcher, Kingdoms of Amalur, maybe Avowed?) haven't gotten right yet. It's about having a living world. A lot of modders who make houses also don't understand this. They make amazing display pieces, but it feels like everything is superglued in place because they won't let you move around their assets.

@pesky19 Месяц назад

@@KyriosHeptagrammaton all those games has way better living worlds than skyrim

@PedroGomes-cx7ku Месяц назад

@@pesky19 Not really. They're better at faking a word, like Witcher having hundreds of nameless NPCs going around at Novigrad, but they're not better at simulating a world. Skyrim has named NPCs with their own jobs, schedules, families, houses, whole lives... That's something only Bethesda does, really, especially in their Elder Scrolls games.

@pesky19 Месяц назад

@@PedroGomes-cx7ku not really mate

@nebula8893 Месяц назад

@@PedroGomes-cx7ku there have been games that have TRIED to do this at a similar level, but none have done it like skyrim has for me. No other game feels so alive and vibrant with its npcs and systems working together, no other game is so simple to play yet so enthralling the entire time. Skyrim is just special in all of the ways that can't be easily put into words. The combat may be incredibly rough, the questing may be far too simple, but none of that matters to me when I actually sit down and play

@JoCat Месяц назад

I literally just reinstalled it yesterday, perfect timing

@broputer Месяц назад

HE LIVES

@hudsondeweerd3910 Месяц назад

What do you know. Nice to see you're still alive. Hope you're doing well.

@mobwow6833 Месяц назад

Same lol, just finished modding it and started a new playthrough yesterday

@admiralmurphy1543 Месяц назад

Never watched your content or visited your channel, but I heard the news and I hope you're doing better now.

@wilkohere Месяц назад

The man, the myth, the legend

@bwiz77 Месяц назад

The soundtrack is one of if not the most fitting and atmospheric of all times. The game itself is the only game I’ve ever played that on retrospective does not feel like a game I played but a place I visited/ lived in

@PedroTorres-ky2yx Месяц назад

YES! I rarely see that point being metioned, the ost is amazingly immersive. No wonder so many youtubers use it on their videos.

@Xanthelei Месяц назад

For me a big draw is the music and the way the game can build atmosphere. It's one of very few games I play where I don't turn off game music and pop on a video or podcast while playing.

@ggadams639 Месяц назад

lmao it's the worst of the franchise, go listen to Morrowind or Oblivion

@Xanthelei Месяц назад

@@ggadams639 I own Oblivion, it's good but very much limited by budget. Skyrim's OST is an evolution on the older soundtracks and imo does more for building atmosphere matching the visuals than Oblivion does (and Morrowind, from what I've watched in other people's playthroughs). It's OK to just not like it as much you know, music being good or bad is highly subjective.

@bwiz77 Месяц назад

@@ggadams639you just listed 2 of my other top soundtracks. (Rounding out top 5 would be kingdom hearts II , and final fantasy 7 remake - order not defined) “Road most travelled” and “through the valleys” perfectly capture my memories of those games/worlds The “Skyrim atmospheres” track/loop though is just my favorite piece of video game music. I listen to it while working, to help sleep, to relax in the car - instantly transports me to a simpler time exploring Skyrim.

@mightymoeish Месяц назад

Simple answer is, the same reason Harry Potter and Star Wars are so popular, despite many writing flaws: good world-building based around "The Hero's Journey" writing template. (also I got roasted hard 7:08 literally the only 3 games on my PS4)

@Plonom Месяц назад

When Skyrim came out I was 12 years old. I never heard of the Elder Scrolls Series or played alot of RPGs. My parents were rather strict. But the HYPE around Skyrim was INSANE. All the trailers and promos really got to me. And when I finally got to play it after my parents gifted it to me on christmas, it was everything and more I could ever have wished for. Skyrim was an experience for me which I will never forget and treasure for the rest of my life.

@AP-uc7oz Месяц назад

I was 9!!!

@hihello3204 Месяц назад

me too!! The music still gives me chills.

@aggonzalezdc Месяц назад

Oh Christ I had already graduated from college when Skyrim came out. Fme I'm old.

@eusouluizgustavo Месяц назад

*Skyrim feels like home.* That's why. It feels like a time when things were simple. Nowadays, we use the same escape mechanism. When the game loads, we escape to another dimension, without life's real challenges, to a world where you can do just about anything. You can prove this, by just walking around, appreciating the perfect ambience, with mesmerizing sights everywhere. It's just perfect.

@mahwardy6918 Месяц назад

Exactly my feeling about the game, every time i open the game it feels like being home.

@maryam8029 Месяц назад

I never played skyrims but I feel the same way about all my favorite games :)

@luizfellipemariano1515 Месяц назад

Also, the Pace in Skyrim is awesome. You never feel in a hurry... You can wander the woods, enter a cave e etc without the pressure of the main quest.

@dunbass7149 Месяц назад

Especially the music, secunda and streets of white run just takes me back

@unbequemesaussprechen Месяц назад

This is literally every game. I think the most important point Razbuten makes is at the beginning: Casuals. Skyrim is a simple game with overall simple mechanics and is often played exclusively. To put it harshly: Casuals like Skyrim because they never saw an actually good game.

@sirllamaiii9708 Месяц назад

One word: atmosphere It's a beautiful game even on low res because its just so pretty, those mountaintops and forests and northern lights, just looks amazing. That's what put me on a one week time sink, because i got brought back in by the landscapes.

@jakacresnar5855 Месяц назад

when I saw Lake Ilinalta for the first time (the southern lake north of Falkreath) I snapped my first "landscape" screenshot and thought "damn, this game is beautiful". Some 200 hours and almost 300 screenshots in... I still think to myself "damn, this game is beautiful" on a regular basis.

@JaySwag77 Месяц назад

Yeah, the setting of Skyrim is just incredible! A huge part of it for me.

@KidRisky Месяц назад

I bought Skyrim again to play in VR, and I wasn’t disappointed. It was cool to fight giants that you had to look up at, and get nervous looking over the edge of a cliff. But just to be on top of a mountain at night while it was snowing, with that music playing…

@picahudsoniaunflocked5426 Месяц назад

I legit think it's the best looking TES game, phenomenal art direction. I love Any Austin's videos in Skyrim, like when he found the source of every river in Skyrim. It's just so beautiful in that world. The MW style also really speaks to me, but I still think Skyrim's game world is breathtaking + exhilarating just to traverse + hang out in. The trees! Mmm.

@sirllamaiii9708 Месяц назад

@@picahudsoniaunflocked5426 I kinda binged his channel a few days ago lol. The fact he was able to do all those interesting little surveys and censuses (censi? censae?) just shows how immersed you can get in just really the background details alone. Heck, the games been out thirteen years, and there's still people making original content about it. Few games can boast that level of longevity.

@morganc.m1830 21 день назад

"Simple puzzles" Meanwhile me having to look up the puzzle to figure it out.

@eflarsen Месяц назад

my favorite skyrim mechanic is that every Named Location is a fast travel option, which makes getting around kinda okay once you've discovered enough locations. my second favorite skyrim mechanic is that the horse doesn't experience physics the way everything else does and could probably walk on the ceiling if it wanted to.

@thomaspalmer501 Месяц назад

Spider-horse, spider-horse, does whatever it thinks it can. Climbing cliffs, any pitch! Uses hooves to end a b**ch! Look out! Here comes the Spider-horse.

@baptul_bim Месяц назад

@@thomaspalmer501 Skyrim-Horse!

@michaelofbuhl1315 Месяц назад

I once did a cinematic finisher throwing an old woman over my shoulder and through the wall, clipping outside of the building. Some imperfections are quite charming😂

@FabricatedPheonix Месяц назад

While the fast traveling is convenient it absolutely kills any sense of exploration

@thomaspalmer501 Месяц назад

@@michaelofbuhl1315 honestly as long as they're not actually breaking/crashing the game? I love Bethesda bugs. They're part of the charm, they're often hilarious. I hope they continue in TES VI. I sometimes miss the backwards-flying dragons from the first Skyrim DLC patch, but they would also almost never land so I'm glad they fixed it quickly.

@smilfusii4191 Месяц назад

I got stuck at that exact same Master Vampire once, I scoured my inventory for anything I could use to turn the tides, when I found an invisibility potion I picked up before. I used it, snuck up to him (which was impressive for my 2 handed, heavy armour warrior build) and managed to pickpocket the enchanted Orcish War Axe he'd been wrecking me with (for some reason it was in his inventory and he only equipped it when he detetced me) and I mopped the floor with him. There are few other games that make me remember otherwise insignificant moments like that, and none that I have as many memories of than Skyrim. My tip for a fun playthrough - any time you enter a new area (i.e. going into/leaving a dungeon), you aren't allowed to use any of the equipment you have in your inventory and have to scour for new gear in the area. Extra hard mode: don't use bound weapons

@spookzer16 Месяц назад

The way I make Skyrim more fun is by playing on legendary and only allowing 4 skill trees until lvl 30. That way build choices actually matter. Otherwise literally every build should always have smithing, alchemy, and enchanting.

@ChickenKinglolz Месяц назад

So basically iron sword and iron armour

@bigbananadealer846 Месяц назад

that playthrough idea sounds like a fun mod. all stuff grabbed from dungeon is immedeately moved to player home when you enter another dungeon

@stevecochrane9531 Месяц назад

Playing legendary on survival mode is a good challenge, too.

@UhOhDovah Месяц назад

I never use bound weapons, even tho I always play magic only

@DragonAoRazor Месяц назад

For me, Skyrim (and fallout) have a special place in my collection because they’re kinda a mix of RPG and Immersive Sim. How many RPGs let you take everything from a dead enemy? Clothes, weapon, jewellery, even the piece of bread that they were slowly picking away at since that morning? Then on top of that, you get to take all the plates, forks and spoons they were using to eat. The bucket they were using for… well you know. Most RPGs have these things as set dressing that may not even have physics, but in Skyrim they’re lootable items. They may not be worth looting but the fact you can take them with you makes the game feel much more immersive. Aside from that, it’s just fun to explore these worlds, kill the things inhabiting them and loot whatever you want from its locations.

@boomyminecraft2more Месяц назад

the reason for me is that on top of what you said they're the perfect moddable sandboxes, hope the "new" game starfield becomes something like that, then you'd have a great fantasy medieval sandbox to mod, a somewhat futuristic but not really post nuclear apocalyptic sandbox to mod and a futuristic space sandbox to mod

@koloblicin4599 Месяц назад

I played Witcher III after Skyrim and was so perplexed when in the very beginning Gerald comes on this fresh battlefield with all manner of swords and axes and shields scattered about. I was salivating for all the loot only to find out you *could not interact with any of it*. Completely destroyed my immersion.

@Wheeliam_Ironside Месяц назад

@DragonAoRazor just don’t let the NPCs see you steal their shit bucket…that’s a crime punishable by death

@gustavowadaslopes2479 Месяц назад

I've been playing New Vegas recently, and it's sorta surprising that that's something that ocasionally bothered me in the game. Sometimes there was an item that I wanted to pick up but I couldn't. Sometimes even a named item. It wasn't frequent, but it bothered me.

@bluegene6000 Месяц назад

@koloblicin4599 Geralt wouldn't have a reason to pick them up. If anything it's immersion assisting.

@Joely3912 12 дней назад

Something I’ve noticed on more recent playthroughs is the way you go and check out a cave and it’s like being in another world within Skyrim’s world. It’s smaller and more intimate than the massive go anywhere overworld, and in a way acts as ‘levels’ if you will in a traditional video game. When you finally emerge back on the surface, it feels substantial, like you’ve been swept away on a little adventure and now you’ve arrived back home to familiar surroundings

@frompaintopower9688 Месяц назад

For me its the atmosphere and exploration. It somehow makes it a relaxing and exicting game to play at the same time

@thegoogliarch Месяц назад

Those are my favorite aspects too! I recommend it all the time, but Whitelight talks about those aspects a lot in his video about Skyrim. It's worth checking out if you haven't!

@crimsonhawk52 Месяц назад

Skyrim is the perfect realization of a theme park in a video game. If you have ever gone to six flags or disney world or anything like that and loved it, you'd like skyrim. It's built on the same principles, it's fun in the same ways. Towns are a pastiche facade. Dungeons are rides on a single track and drop you off at the entrance. They don't sound like good things on paper, but you experience it and understand. There's a reason people love theme parks.

@David050298 Месяц назад

Exactly. Much like a theme park if you “buy in” and let imagination bridge the gap it’s magical.

@slicedtopieces Месяц назад

For how many dungeons there are in Skyrim, I found them to be just a little too simple. Once I understood the logic of their dungeon design, it did start to break my immersion which was annoying because being immersed in the world was one of the reasons why I like Skyrim and Bethesda games in general.

@TheTraveler980 Месяц назад

Resident Evil Village is the same way, but smaller with a more focused theme, narrative, and gameplay loop.

@ikninja1hd Месяц назад

Eh this is too reductive

@CommanderCodyChipless Месяц назад

@@ikninja1hdI agree. There should be a little more thought into this statement.

@justinsanity501 Месяц назад

I feel like the importance of Jeremy Soule’s soundtrack and the “every frame a painting” atmosphere of the game cannot be understated here. It is arguably the best video game OST of all time, and I keep coming back to hear it while seeing the wonderful views the game has to offer. More than a decade later, and the main theme still makes me want to boot up the game every time I hear it

@MathewAlden Месяц назад

this

@grege5074 Месяц назад

i used the soundtrack to study when in uni and doing my designation, fast forward 13 years and i use the soundtrack to put my kids to sleep. literally a timeless soundtrack. The GOAT and its not even close. Its truly one of one

@reggieisnotadog4841 Месяц назад

I thought this the moment the big 'Why Skyrim' title came up. Like 'whoops you've invalidated any negative criticisms you have by playing one of the best videogame themes of all time over the top of it.'

@franciscor390 Месяц назад

It does so much for the immersion. Bethesda biggest mistake was patting ways with Jeremy Soule.

@DespereauxHarvey Месяц назад

But most of the ost is iterations on his previous work. The soundtrack was just as good in Oblivion and Morrowind (better in my opinion) and those games arent nearly as lauded.

@vogaeprod 8 дней назад

I love the start of autumn and winter here in Finland because it is the perfect setting to properly enjoy Skyrim. My dad sometimes opened the balcony door to let the cold breeze in during winter just so he could immerse himself into Skyrim and the nords while playing.

@Stereotypical_Cat Месяц назад

Two of the reasons i love skyrim is: 1. The fact that while youre the dragonborn, youre still you. In the witcher, youre geralt. In Mass Effect, youre shepard. In Dishonored, youre corvo or emily. No other game really gets close to allowing player freedom as i feel skyrim does. Its not me playing some character, its me in the game. 2. The blandness effect. Its the same kind of thing minecraft has going for it. The game is a nice bed for mods to be built upon, because a lot of people think "theres a spot for me to improve this here", which improves its longevity.

@rizahawkeyepierce1380 Месяц назад

I think that's the reason I've never been interested in self-insert games, honestly. I inhabit "me" all the time - I'm more interested in playing a character and deciding what they would do than just playing me and doing what I would do.

@QuiksilverX7 Месяц назад

Interesting this captured the exact reason i don’t like Skyrim. 1. I love playing games where every character including (the one i control) have a distinct personality and interact with each other in a curated way as envisioned by the developer. I want my pacing to be exactly as the author wanted it to be so i can see his vision. (Final fantasy and Persona). 2. Instead of being generic accesible (Tolkien world). I prefer a world that i need to uncover and understand how it works, falling in live with what is reality in these uncharted lands. Think Nier, Xenoblade and Dark souls I guess this explains why i tend to love JRPG games which focus on Narrative, Character development, and diverse music.

@StriderWolf Месяц назад

@@QuiksilverX7 you hit the nail on the head for me. Ive always vastly preferred the approach of JRPGs over WRPGs. I like good narratives and likeable characters, and the boring self insert protagonist just doesnt give me that.

@UteChewb Месяц назад

Because of that, it is a world that you feel you could live in because you are no one else. The narrative is the world, not the character. Skyrim is the character. That's why I find it so replayable, whereas ME is great a few times, then it's meh. I like a good story, but good stories end, whereas your time in Skyrim doesn't.

@EmoBearRights Месяц назад

The Dragon Age series also lets you design your own protagonist as does Baldur's Gate.

@TheLorax787 Месяц назад

I would say the primary thing I like about Skyrim is that it seems like no matter where I go or what I do, there is going to be something there. I’ve sunk a lot of hours into the game but there was always something else to find. Basically every single NPc is part of some quest somewhere, or has their own little implied story going on. And no matter what I do, I feel like I’m making progress. Constant skill and level ups. The feeling when the next level of gear starts showing up. When higher level enemies start showing up and kick my ass but I gradually out pace them. But at the same time lower level enemies don’t go away and I just chew through them. And just helping random people with seemingly countless task. Also the music is extremely iconic and just hearing it brings me into the head space of wanting to play again.

@Verchiel_ Месяц назад

It helps that the vast majority of content is kind of just suggested to you as you come across it, you're not suddenly shown a list of several activities of which there's a dozen each in that area and you almost feel compelled to 100% it because the list has a completion marker. You're just doing things because they peaked your interest and want to know what happens next, even if you deep down might know it will culminate with some gold and maybe a couple skill levels in rewards.

@imo098765 Месяц назад

@@Verchiel_ yep, the biggest positive about Bethesda game and the biggest flaw with Starfield is that sense of just exploring. Being able to wander in any direction, you going to find something. You running around, you see a massive statue on the peak of a mountain, thats planned for us to see. So we go on a journey to go see it and then we stumble upon more locations, new enemies, caves, nordic ruins etc. 10hrs later, you still wandering around the statue and never got to it

@Verchiel_ Месяц назад

@@imo098765 exactly. The only places where starfield has that similar kind of exploration is the cities, which are fun to spend a few hours walking around every street. The rest of the game's maps were just depressing to walk around.

@pinkpink-kb6dl Месяц назад

for me, it was the first open world game that I spent a large amount of time in. You can just run across the whole map essentially from the beginning of the game. That, paired with the tangible feel of the world made it a real place in my mind. I first played it at around age 12/13 and spent so many hours there. It sounds so cheesy but going back to skyrim is like going back to the camp you spent all your summers in, or going back to the house you grew up in. Playing games from my childhood is nostalgic, but you dont just play skyrim, you visit skyrim, which make the nostalgia hit even harder

@erylaria398 12 дней назад

Skyrim just hit me at exactly the right time in my life. I was 21, just moved to a big city for university, pretty alone, living alone,... i remember i bought a couple frozen pizzas and just played 11h of skyrim straight without a break one weekend. Open world fatigue wasn't really a thing yet, everything was new and surprising. Especially to me, since I'd only really played jrpgs and dragon age origins before, and skyrim was VERY different than those. It felt like anywhere i went, there was something new i could discover. That sense of exploration and discovery pulled me, organically, from quest to quest, from mountain to mountain, the map seemingly neverending. I cherish that memory. Skyrim is like a nostalgic fever dream from a simpler time.

@JustGrowingUp84 Месяц назад

24:45 Yeah, that's one explanation I give when people ask me why is Skyrim still popular: monopoly. No other game gives you all the elements Skyrim does. They give you some of those elements, and they often do them better, but all of them together? Funny enough, the only real competition for Skyrim comes from its predecessors...

@Robert399 Месяц назад

Agreed. Also Fallout 3 and New Vegas (and maybe VTM Bloodlines?)

@peterlewis2178 Месяц назад

Honestly, I think Skyrim's graphics are a big part of its staying power as opposed to, say, Oblivion. While Skyrim's graphics are definitely outdated now, it came at a time when the diminishing returns of graphical improvements was just starting. So even if it's a bit outdated, it's high res enough that I think most people can still give it a shot, whereas Oblivion's graphics are much harder to accept.

@JustGrowingUp84 Месяц назад

@@peterlewis2178 That's a fair point. Although I think much of Oblivion's visual elements still hold up. There are mainly two things that drag it down visually: 1. Character faces 2. The design of most dungeons, which is fairly bland and empty.

@ljubomirjovanovic2666 Месяц назад

@@peterlewis2178I think that something that kind of makes it more accessible is the ease of use, specifically when it comes to the UI. In oblivion, I remember when playing it the first time, the menus for crafting used to confuse me (especially since I'm not a native English speaker), while the menus in Skyrim are much more straightforward, which is maybe a bit detrimental to some of elder scrolls values, but in the end seems like something that won't drive people away

@JuanDiegoCorreaQuintero-ss1pd Месяц назад

What the hell is the point of trying to be everything at the same time if you don't excel at anything? Many open world games don't have a stealth mechanic like Skyrim does, but let's be honest ... The stealth is absolutely terrible and poorly implemented. It was the first build I ever tried and I had to change it because of how unimmersive it was. If you think stealth is the only mechanic with this problem then you haven't been paying attention.

@user-ec8zd8zp4x Месяц назад

I never played Skyrim at launch. I played it for the first time somewhere around 2016 on my good ol' Xbox 360. It came in my life when I hit a mental low after hearing I was chronically ill... Skyrim was my escape from real life and it still is to this day.

@TheBlueKing10t Месяц назад

So you were finally awake?

@xfactor2094 Месяц назад

The game is just so immersive. Especially for when it was released. Hearing the music in this video instantly took me back.

@ChristopherCraven Месяц назад

The game design just keeps sucking me straight out of any immersion I try to do. It's such a gamified experience, and yet I can't properly roleplay in a game that is meant to let me roleplay.

@Violesada Месяц назад

@@ChristopherCraven sadly true. the world and art are so great but then you get into a dialogue with someone and its all done.

@MrMathGames 20 дней назад

28:46 "The Elder Scrolls VI will never come out."

@tkoch263 13 дней назад

Why not? They said the'll start sctively developing it after Starfield came out. So it may be in active development for around a year now. I assume it will release in 2027/28.

@MrMathGames 13 дней назад

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I donno, ask Razbuten. He put it in his video. Click the time stamp in my comment to see it.

@sc0rch009 Месяц назад

Great analysis! One other thing that I think has always been a part of Skyrim's continued success and relevance is how funny it is. Not just the intentional jokes (which often really do work), but the unintentional humor have really helped carry it. There's the unnatural character interactions, awkward dialogue trees, bizarre physics (e.g., ragdolling into space after a giant hits you). "Arrow to the knee" was an immediate meme that helped it become a real moment at release, and the janky character interactions continue to be memed.

@armelior4610 Месяц назад

It's the Star wars prequels of video games in terms of memes

@picahudsoniaunflocked5426 Месяц назад

Another commenter noted smthg like "bugs that are funny or add to it but don't break your game".

@clejinn9521 Месяц назад

I love Oblivion even more for that reason... I can't play it 30 min without crying of laughter😂

@mytube001 Месяц назад

Yeah, meeting five Louis Letrushes standing outside the Whiterun stables, or seeing a mammoth materialize in the sky and fall to the ground is funny! :)

@AHungryHunky Месяц назад

@clejinn9521 Nothing will ever top the voice actress that flubbed her line, asked for a redo, started from the top and BGS just left the entire take in the game.

@justyce_yt Месяц назад

1300+ hours later, I still finds things I've missed

@frone3821 Месяц назад

I have no idea the amount of hours i have on skyrim. I have gotten 2 accounts to about level 90 and i still love the game. The freedom of skyrim was a big thing for me.

@veryrare432hz 4 дня назад

and mf said u see everything in 10 hours

@myfriend7917 Месяц назад

I love walking throughout skyrim and watching the occasional mammoth fall out of the sky.

@timothykoester5149 14 дней назад

They don't fall out of the sky, man, they run out of energy while they're flying because they are so fat. Fact checkef by Snopes

@eberus9725 18 дней назад

When it first released, I still remember reading somewhere the words: "See that mountain? Well, you can climb it." Before that time, I hadn't really played a game with that level of freedom. I was so used to invisible walls, purposely placed barrels and fallen trees to block your way that hearing the fact that I could go to that mountain I can see in the distance was an eye opener. Of course, there were other games that existed before it that offered you that ability but Skyrim's graphics at that time felt different. It felt less cartoonish and actually looked like living, atleast to the standards at that time and at the time of its release. There's so much to explore, NPCs with individual names to talk and countless quest, which at that time, only Runescape have offered to me and to find it in a 3D Action RPG format was a new experience for me. Skyrim was released on the best time it could have. Since then, I picked up Skyrim again and again and everytime I do, I end up sinking a thousand hours and even after all that, I still feel like there are still a lot of things I had not discovered in Skyrim.

@randysterbentz5599 Месяц назад

For me, it's always been the atmosphere. You mentioned several times about the "slow" nature of the game between interactions, but after my first playthrough of the game, I stopped using fast travel. I would just walk from place to place, because the soundtrack and the atmosphere are SO enjoyable. Others mentioned that rather than feeling like a game I've played before, it feels like a place I've visited.

@Kaleidoscope2412 Месяц назад

Skyrim is THE fantasy cozy game. It allows you to step into another world for a moment, the same way we used to when we played make belief as kids. I truly believe it has the same appeal as Stardew Valley or Power wash simulator. You can live as someone else for a little while and get lost.

@user-df5nb8zy7e Месяц назад

The main difference, is that Stardew Valley looks simple and is fairly simple, and Skyrim looks deceptively lifelike and ends up being way more primitive. I don't expect branching dialogue when I look at Stardew Valley. It is a farming sim with a surprising variety of extra activities. Everything outside of farming is a nice surprise on top. When someone who looks like a real-life person says something about a thing they would like someone to do - I do expect to be able to discuss it with them. In my less than 2 hours in Skyrim, I met way more giant spiders than I did people to talk to.

@jost914 Месяц назад

With mods sure, but without them it is not that good of an rpg. Wide as the ocean deep as a puddle

@user-df5nb8zy7e Месяц назад

@@jost914 mods aren't a good argument - they can enhance experience if you already enjoy the game, but you won't go looking for them if the game's not for you in the first place. You won't even know that it's wide as an ocean - only its lacking depth will be visible.

@jost914 Месяц назад

@@user-df5nb8zy7e not true. I know plenty of people that never played Skyrim and got into it with mods from the get go because others told them the vailla game is dated, which it is. Skyrim works more as a canvas to customize than a competent game in its own right.

@user-df5nb8zy7e Месяц назад

@@jost914 I played lots of really old games, and the only two issues with them were less-refined interface and compatibility. Sometimes, graphics are visibly dated. Skyrim looks perfectly fine, and interface seems adequate. It's just bad at being a game.

@Breeze954 Месяц назад

Skyrim was one of the last big releases of the Pre-digital download era (The last i can think of being GTA 5). This was a big deal to me as a kid. I remember the big crowd at my local gamestop, the raffles and swag giveaways, and people talking, making friends, and playing the game at the store. It was really fun and an experience that doesn't happen anymore.

@daniel_361 Месяц назад

This wasn't the case in all countries, was it? Because I firmly remember how I bought Skyrim in spring 2012 when I finally had saved enough money, excitedly entered the CD-ROM into my computer, and then quickly learned that not only did I need a Steam account to play, but also needed to download a lot (either the full game or a big patch, I don't remember), and with my countryside internet connection needed to wait TWO MORE WEEKS before I could finally play it.

@slicedtopieces Месяц назад

Are you still playing that original release version? 😅

@itsanniedee Месяц назад

I worked at GameStop when this game came out and it was my first big midnight release as an employee. The energy there was just electric. For the few years after that, nothing ever touched it, and then midnights started dying slowly. It’s a shame. I think they were a really special way to bring people together.

@thisorthat629 Месяц назад

@@daniel_361 same everywhere, at least on console. also consoles having a higher market share pretty much everywhere, esp in 2011. and yes it was one of the last big "physical" games, for most people at least. but yes, on pc steam was required. if you didn't download cracked versions obv. and thus you had to download massive day one patches (game itself is on disc).

@thisorthat629 Месяц назад

at least where i'm from pokemon sun/moon, and smash for 3ds were also big. looked like everyone owning a 3ds was in line, afaik most stores were actually out of stock after an hour. but 3ds has a much lower user base, than ps3, or 360 but not gta v, skyrim big

@pro100 Месяц назад

Of course it goes without saying that the combat is subpar and some of the quests are broken.. But man there's nothing like walking through that countryside with the ponds, waterfalls, a light rain maybe, crickets chirping, and the epic soundtrack filling in the gaps. Add in the conversations, the towns, snowfall, and all the books to read at your fingertips.. it blows the majority of games out of the water bad combat and all.

@TechnicalHotDog Месяц назад

I think one of the most underrated aspects of The Elder Scrolls that other fantasy RPG lacks is that they're first person. It increases immersion and makes the exploration feel more upfront and real.

@thehearingaid Месяц назад

For me i'm not a big fan of the first person, which is why I never got super far with oblivion despite thinking it was good. But skyrim had the ability to switch between. so wondering about and combat i'd do in 3rd person a lot of the time, but i'd flick to 1st person when I needed to check for items, tight spaces and during convos.

@avryantoinette Месяц назад

@@thehearingaid The ability to switch -- and especially to switch so seamlessly -- is definitely one of the game's huge perks. I don't like first person; I play 99% of Skyrim in third (even when playing archers haha). But the fact that I *can* flick my mouse wheel forward to take that one important shot in first person, or to temporarily exist in that space, means that the entire game feels very "accessible." At any moment, if I say "I want to be there," I can be.

@pekkalaitinen8769 Месяц назад

This. I hate 3rd person for almost any game. Even GTA V is so much more immersive with 1st person although it makes driving a nightmare

@DougDoug Месяц назад

I HAVENT WATCHED THIS YHET BUT IS AW SKYRIM IN THE TITLE LETS FUCKIGN FGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@AidanHorgan-357 Месяц назад

Hello Doug! Didn’t expect to find you here.

@user-el4uq9ic1o Месяц назад

RIGGED Also DONT YOU EVER INSULT FALLOUT AGAIN

@user-el4uq9ic1o Месяц назад

AND PAY US

@almendratlilkouatl Месяц назад

this vid creator just lowkey trashtalked skyrim and Im triggered

@cin2110 Месяц назад

What are you doing here Mr. Souglas Souglas also you said you were good at typing off stream I see you are lying again Doug or should I call you by your real name DIABLO THE CHEATER.

@Jesselaj Месяц назад

It's really hard to explain to people who don't like it, because all of their criticisms are always completely valid. You feel it or you don't. I've loved Elder Scrolls since Daggerfall, and that FEELING has always been there. Something magical about stepping into that world that goes beyond the mechanics.

@maoman4855 Месяц назад

I feel like this is a large part of why Starfield flopped so hard--not necessarily as far as commercial success goes, but in it's lack of cultural staying power, the lack of people talking about it and enjoying it long-term. It's got a lot of the same flaws and drawbacks that are real valid criticisms of the Elder Scrolls games, but Starfield lacks the FEELING that drew people in and keeps drawing them back to Elder Scrolls games. Even after watching this video and agreeing wholeheartedly with every flaw he mentioned, and even after Bethesda has pissed me off so much over the past decade, I still feel a little urge to go back and try Skyrim some more. It's an intoxicating world.

@jhonka Месяц назад

This reply says to me that you simply don't know what makes you like it. Which is fine, but doesn't help us non-enjoyers to understand.

@j.i.nthenobody54 Месяц назад

Skyrim has something that draws people in, a sort of X-Factor that other RPGs don’t have

@jhonka Месяц назад

@j.i.nthenobody54 the whole point of this video is determining exactly what that x factor is.

@cattysplat Месяц назад

@@maoman4855 No Jeremy Soule soundtrack.

@ianfullerton1 10 дней назад

One time I was at a party at a friend's house and there was this guy who was clearly feeling out of place/ socially anxious. My friend and I were talking to him and he told us how he was feeling, then he saw that my friend had Skyrim and asked if he could boot it up, because it helped him relax. We sat and watched him play for a while, and he really opened up and seemed much happier. The game never really clicked with me, but because of this experience I will always have respect for it.

@robertstimmel1100 Месяц назад

It's crazy to think that skyrim is getting close to 15 years old, and it's still one of my most anticipated games of the year. I will be reinstalling it as soon as the newest version of nolvus releases. It even surprises me to see how hyped I am to play it again.

@Smiley-r9t Месяц назад

Agreed, nolvus v6 looks like Skyrim 2 lol

@DeityLink911 Месяц назад

This. Literally this. I played N5 last year and easily put 100+ hours into it before I knew it. Now I'm anticipating it as if it's a new release and even slowly building a new pc over the year to handle it at its best. All these new games coming out and I care more about a mod release for a game over a decade old 😂

@veryrare432hz 4 дня назад

im reinstalling rn because they released ai framework

@ClaireNighten Месяц назад

I have a friend who, any time I talk about games, asks me about them in the context of skyrim, ie "is that like skyrim?" I don't think she has ever or will ever play another game but she has thousands of hours in skyrim I find endlessly facinating.

@TheGallantDrake Месяц назад

It's the ultimate casual game. Not a bad thing, but it's comfortable

@CommanderCodyChipless Месяц назад

@@TheGallantDrakewhile I agree with you games that are considered casual is not an insult, I have to disagree that Skyrim is the ultimate casual experience. It has a large barrier of entry into the game, but it's not definitively casual. To clarify, casual experiences to me are ones that don't ask too much from the player. Just a simple game loop on a gameboard (figuratively) that never changes. Like candy crush, City Skylines, and Fall Guys. Skyrim just has too much to offer for it to be casual. There is a sense of constant exploration, while not always unique at times, still offers moments of different gameplay. One mission you'll be stealing something from someone's home, next you'll be fighting alongside one of the companions, next you'll be trying to acquire all dragon masks, next you'll be investigating a haunted house, and so forth. We're not even getting to how you have a bunch of skills to explore that definitely changes your playthroughs, all the storytelling in the game, and such. But I'll leave it there so you can respond before there's too much to respond to

@ASavageEye Месяц назад

@@CommanderCodyChipless I think all your points are actually what make it casual. That being, you have all those things you COULD be doing but because this is an RPG you can choose which ones you do and that choice makes it casual. In games, like the ones you mentioned, you have to do the actions or you simply lose the game....making it stressful and therefore not casual. When I play Skyrim I can do what I like and take as much time as I like. I can ignore 90% of the game if I want and still have hours of gameplay. Everything is a choice and I am not rushed to interact with anything. When I play Candy Crush , or worse still Fall guys, I cannot take my eyes off the screen, cannot relax for a second and must be deeply focused at all times. That to me is most certainly NOT a casual experience.

@TheGallantDrake Месяц назад

@@CommanderCodyChipless everything you said makes it casual. Barrier to entry is actually super low, and you don't need to engage with ANY of the systems. everything is optional. Nothing is challenging if you don't want it to be, and most challenges are down to pure numbers.

@themarlboromandalorian 18 дней назад

I've a friend... She's only played CoD zombies, fallout 4, Skyrim, and Helldivers 2... And I think some racing game... And I'm pretty sure she's sunk more hours into Skyrim than any other.

@KatieGimple Месяц назад

Part of what makes Skyrim so good is that none of the systems are outright bad; at worst they are just ... fine. Not good, not bad, just fine. The combat for example is floaty and without much skill expression, but it looks cool and does it's job. It's not great but it does what it needs well enough to support the fantasy of the game.

@Kserijaro Месяц назад

Wailling your sword around while AI spergs out is cool? No wonder Bethesda had balls to publish Starfield. Their fans are literal bots

@aleksandrakrolak Месяц назад

1:00 "geez I wonder why?!" *Drops music theme* Dude, like that gave me goosebumps instantly, and you're asking questions... xD

@hockey4lifeish Месяц назад

I actually agree with pretty much all of your criticisms at the beginning. I consider Skyrim one of my favorite games of all time because it was my "gateway drug" to Fantasy RPG's and RPG's in general. Being 13, I'd never played anything like it before and it hooked me on the genre(s) for life. Edit: just finished watching and I agree with your conclusion as well. Great video!

@thefranken-thing Месяц назад

Morrowind did that for me all the way back in 2003. Unfortunately, I have only played a few games that scratch the same itch since: Dark Souls 1, Fallout: New Vegas, The Witcher 2. I still haven't played Outward, The Witcher 3, or Kingdom Come: Deliverance, but they look like they might be on my wavelength. If not, I'll just stick with Morrowind and New Vegas.👍

@sophiaemily1819 Месяц назад

100^ with you as well, thankfully modding is able to improve the combat somewhat but i uderstand/agree with why it was designed the way it is, at the end of the day skyrim is just a really nice game to exist in and im so glad that it does that so well

@rubag223 Месяц назад

@@thefranken-thing It was oblivion for me. I wonder if Skyrim on top of all the things mentioned in the video also kinda like hit the beginning of videogames becoming mainstreaming? So a ton of apt-age people were getting into gaming and it caugh them nust right

@One.Zero.One101 Месяц назад

Razbuten made a great point, although Skyrim had some faults, there are things that Skyrim did great that other games have failed to replicate: 1. Unmarked quests - In Assassin's Creed clones, every object on the map is marked. So when you see a hut on a small island and it has no marker, you know there's nothing there and there's no point going out of your way to visit it. In Skyrim it's worth exploring every corner of the map. 2. Powerful loot scattered across the map - In Far Cry clones, every chest is randomized so you get the same bracelet, underwear, and spoon as junk in very chest. You see a chest on top of a mountain and you think it has something special, but you get a spoon. In Skyrim you can stumble upon a cave and get a powerful weapon that was deliberately placed there and not randomized. 3. Night and day cycle / NPC routine - Other games have tried to implement this, but I don't think any of them have equaled Skyrim yet, that's why people still think Skyrim feels the most lived-in world. 4. NPC reactions to your actions - Yes Skyrim doesn't always react to everything you do, but it's still better than other games who have tried it. Even in recent RPGs there are NPCs that don't react when I save their village from cannibals.

@irabbit_ Месяц назад

@@thefranken-thing i played morrowind long after i played skyrim for the first time and i do think I like it a lot more from a critical standpoint. but its sort of… niche, i guess. i still play more skyrim than i do morrowind, because as much as I love morrowind I kind of have to be in the right “mood” to play it. fallout new vegas is the only game ive played that really captures the best of both worlds in that aspect, having the appeal both for hardcore rpg nerds and casual players.

@SeriesGamer2008 Месяц назад

I think even tho the systems are all extremely lackluster, it's the combination of them that makes it very fun.

@liamjaya2985 Месяц назад

I remember reading a comment on some video that said 'there's a difference between thinking a game is good and having fun with a game. Since the purpose of a game is to have fun, it doesnt really matter if the game is good.' I think that applies to Skyrim at least a little.

@calliopebird5657 12 дней назад

I would call Skyrim my first real video game. Up until 2012, I had only played Flash Player and Unity Player browser games. Then, my friend let me borrow a copy of Skyrim for my newly-bought Xbox 360. I still remember the awe and excitement of my first play through. Skyrim checked all the boxes: fantasy, open-world, my character wasn’t confined to one class, and the soundtrack was phenomenal. Then, I continued playing the game throughout some of the most traumatic, tumultuous years of my life - Skyrim became a steady figure in my life when everything was spiraling out of control. The soundtrack, to this day, still lulls me to sleep. Now, I have put in 3000+ hours over the last 12 years, played about 40 characters across several platforms, and I am currently enjoying a fully-modded playthrough. Skyrim is, by no means, a GREAT game by industry standards, and the mods have certainly kept Skyrim alive to an extent. Even so, all of what I described here has made it my favorite game of all time.

@Theanimeisforme Месяц назад

For the love letter quest you can get the third outcome of uncovering the ruse, you just need to pick pocket the other forged letter.

@asostheflowerforged8403 Месяц назад

While Bethesda did publish dishonored and dark messiah they did not work on the game. It was developed by Arkane studios. Same goes for fallout new Vegas developed by obsidian.

@it2spooky4me79 Месяц назад

Bethesda doesn't work on games, only publish, only BGS works on the games, but they're basically the same as Arkane, Machinegames, ID, ect.

@rabidwolf252 Месяц назад

@@it2spooky4me79getting into the pedantics of saying Bethesda and BGS are different is like to just invite people to get mad at you because you know what they mean when they talk about Bethesda making a game lol

@it2spooky4me79 Месяц назад

@@rabidwolf252 sometimes it's confusing, I mean for example, Arkane Lyon and Arkane Austin, people get worried now when Arkane Lyon makes a game, because of Redfall, even though it was Arkane Austin that made it. Some don't really see the difference, well now they do since Arkane Austin doesn't exist anymore, but it still puts a blunder on the studio that had no involvement in something. People look at a game published by Bethesda, and say "oooh it's going to be buggy", just because one of their owned studios is more infamous or famous.

@aaabatteries5728 Месяц назад

Mustn't forget that all of those games including skyrim use different engines, which is why the games are tied to what the engine can and can't do. Dishonored was made in Unreal 3, Dark Messiah was made with the Source Engine, New Vegas was made with Gamebryo and Skyrim was made with the Creation Engine.

@RamenLlama Месяц назад

Yeah, he knows they didn't work on those games. That's why he didn't say they did. He was just listing examples of other games releasing around the same time that had better systems than Skyrim.

@dihnrq 18 дней назад

Passing through whiterun planes while far horizons play it's just a core memory and feeling for me bro

@okamiseele8614 Месяц назад

I love it because my brother and I used to pull up chairs from the dining table on either side of our father as he played his "wizard only" run on Skyrim. We'd all sit there for hours and watch our dad play Skyrim. When we finally got computers of our own, Skyrim was the first game we both downloaded and sank several hundred hours into the game we'd only ever seen our dad play. I remember coming across a giant for the first time, I had stopped it from a mountain away and kept firing arrows at it, too terrified of it to actually go fight it and eventually ran away once I realized the giant who return to its start location and heal between arrows. Ten years later, I'll still find my dad playing the game sometimes and it inspired me to go play another run of becoming a cat assassin in my own world.

@darthrevan2723 Месяц назад

I also remember watching my dad play Skyrim. He introduced it to me.

@opeltulikylkee7479 Месяц назад

I'm currently 18 and still vividly remember at about 7-9 watching my friend play Skyrim on his xbox 360 and thinking how cool the game was. It definitely wasn't my first choice in game choice when I finally got a computer that could run it, but once I did get it man it was exactly what I thought it would be back then and was so much fun.

@desolation1821 Месяц назад

For me what made me fall in love with Skyrim was the freedom, the dark fantasy and the world. What made me come back every few years and even buy multiple versions of the game (which I have never done with other games) is the Mods. Modding the game and thus creating my own version of it that changes the game in a way that specifically caters to my wants, needs and likes is what makes it truly amazing. And when it comes to mods, there is no game like it. I've played countless of games since then many of which are objectively or at least subjectively better. But none of them have me come back as often as skyrim.

@gamer-qk8vd Месяц назад

I think you make a really good point at the end about Skyrim being a great introduction to video games. So many of my friends experienced Skyrim as their first "video game-y" video game and while they aren't necessarily hardcore gamers now, they definitely have a much stronger appreciation for the medium than they would have otherwise

@FrankV10 14 дней назад

I loved Skyrim 13 years ago and still play it, and I can’t really explain why. I love the slow burn and mythology and world behind it, wandering the plains of Whiterun at night under the northern lights and subtle music in the background, wandering the forests of Falkreath, taking the long road into Riften..I love it. And playing it on console with mods makes it 1000x better

@Mercurial_Me Месяц назад

This made me want to reinstall with Ordinator mod and alternate beginnings all over again. It was never about the mechanics or the quests. It was about being someone who was somewhere. No game has captured it since for me.

@alexjames7144 Месяц назад

Why not Skyrim?

@razbuten Месяц назад

just you wait...

@HuhJuhWuh Месяц назад

Because its a bad game lol

@alexjames7144 Месяц назад

@@HuhJuhWuh Wouldn't know, never played it

@alexjames7144 Месяц назад

@@razbuten If only there were a video on yt that could show me the way 🙏

@StopDropDash Месяц назад

Skyrim

@samwouldyoukindly5244 Месяц назад

Skyrim is my favourite game of all time. I envy people that play Skyrim with fresh eyes. I wish that I could “total recall” my memories of this game and re-experience it all again. Skyrim is a game that I’ve played thousands of hours in and there’s very few games that gave me that much enjoyment. Even with all the flaws from the PS3 version of the game and the bugs, Skyrim isn’t any other game. The scope of the game and design, and scale of the world is rare.

@thegoogliarch Месяц назад

It's mine too, and I feel this so much. Playing Skyrim again for the first time is every Skyrim fan's dream

@veryrare432hz 4 дня назад

i played skyrim ps3 vanilla on a emulator and it was still better than starflop

@GrimTeacup 13 дней назад

The music and atmosphere is a massive part of why I return over and over. The ability to just eacape and wander while accomplishing nothing and everything at the same time.

@superdude10000 Месяц назад

RAZ I HAVE A SCRIPT ON THIS SUBJECT IN THE EDITING BAY RIGHT NOW. IT EVEN HAS THE SAME TITLE NOOOOOOOOOO Good job on the video man!

@razbuten Месяц назад

I am looking forward to seeing it! I know you will have different and interesting perspectives on it. Maybe change the title to How Skyrim? though.

@superdude10000 Месяц назад

@@razbuten Definitely gonna workshop the framing a bit. These will definitely be accidental companion pieces, all the same!

@goldie819 Месяц назад

Whither Skyrim

@saltiestsiren Месяц назад

@@goldie819 Whomst Skyrim?

@Ahad-bj1cz Месяц назад

So weird seeing two guys I’m subscribed to talking to each other. I hope you mention the power of the modding scene and just how *dense* the world is. Probably the most dense world in any open world game.

@Novastar.SaberCombat Месяц назад

Because it was an awesome, epic, open-world game which everyone was waiting for after Morrowind and Oblivion. And Jeremy Soule's music was UTTERLY PERFECT. No questions about that.

@TheBlueKing10t Месяц назад

"Dragonborn, Dragonborn, by his honor is sworn" That is the first sentence of the Dovahkiin Theme

@Kserijaro Месяц назад

How delusional are you to call this shit epic lmao

@cattysplat Месяц назад

Jeremy Soule getting cancelled really sucks for the future of music in ES6, future GW2 expansions and any other games he could have potentially composed.

@Novastar.SaberCombat Месяц назад

@@cattysplat I didn't know that he was cancelled. But since *I* have been cancelled, mocked, blocked, trolled, and cajoled (despite being an award-winning author of 600,000 words and 350+ non-A.I. illustrations)... well, I can't say that I'm surprised.

@mo_ure Месяц назад

As someone who heavily mods skyrim I think the last point you made was absolutely perfect. The fact that the game does so much, with so many different systems and things going on, along with bethesdas openness to people modding it, has turned it into something that people can extend and change in almost whatever way they want. Its something that I think can massively help fix some of the things that are a bit weaker about the game. The best way I can describe it is like a sandbox for someone to essentially choose what kind of experience they want to have with the game, tailor suited(for the most part) to their desires.

@veryrare432hz 4 дня назад

modded skyrim is peak gaming

@alecmaler6322 14 дней назад

I still remember to this day , the town up north there is an underground chest filled with goodies you can access to get good stuff. And there are many of those around the map. Little stuff like that just makes the game so cool

@diyagheith1 Месяц назад

What's funny about Skyrim is I know people who don't even know it's a part of the elder scrolls franchise. I find some people asking, when Skyrim 2 is coming out lol

@akale2620 Месяц назад

ES6: SKYRIM 2 letssss gooooo

@tristn9 Месяц назад

It's secretly a simulation game in an Adventure/RPG trench coat.

@veryrare432hz 4 дня назад

the world is the main character ahh comment but fr tho

@Watchful0ne Месяц назад

I just bought Skyrim for the first time a few days ago, I guess this is the universes way of saying “for once, you’ve made the correct choice.”

@jamesj.5276 7 дней назад

Why Skyrim.. Well my wife sunk 170 hours into it. Literal first RPG, and first big video game. Never beat the main story line. Enjoyed the hell out of it. Never felt like she was missing out. It was an experience she could easily see herself playing again. I played ot for 700hr+ and bought it like 4 times. VR too.. lol

@aurum457 Месяц назад

Darn Raz, how'd you know that I just fell back into a Skyrim abyss this month after not touching the game for years? The best explanation I've got for "why Skyrim" is that I picked it up as my first "proper" game, when I had no gaming experience or muscle memory, and then again this month after a decade of gaming being a main hobby of mine and... It got me both times. It's both profoundly accessible and a testament to creating a truly open world. The moment you're out of Helgen, you're free to go where you want (though I'd argue that sentiment is really true once you've done bleak falls barrow and killed your first dragon). There is a lot of it that can be rote, but it has these intense flashes of brilliance that capture your imagination like truly nothing else. More than maybe any other game I've played, Skyrim manages to evoke that same feeling of being a kid on summer holiday - a mix of tedium, but also of having all the time in the world, and a couple of moments so perfect they lodge behind your ribcage and stay with you a long time.

@The_Spartan_Legend Месяц назад

16:08 - that person's daily morning alarm - "Hey, you! You're finally awake!"

@user-ec8zd8zp4x Месяц назад

That's what I say to my teenage son every morning! :D

@RazzleTheRed1 Месяц назад

Man, it's crazy to me that the Game of Thrones tv show predates Skyrim's release... I don't remember hearing about it until many years after Skyrim.

@0_Yeah_Im_Man_0 23 дня назад

The internet trying everything to make me come back to Skyrim after I just started taking a break from it. 😂

@darkdivergrandahl4913 Месяц назад

Skyrim is the atmosphere, the landscape, the music, and the silly goofy antics of the npcs that makes it so memorable.

@this.is.spencer Месяц назад

That's so weird I just started playing this again last week. For me it was because I have been watching a bunch of AnyAustin videos and it made me really nostalgic.

@razbuten Месяц назад

AnyAustin is a big reason as to why I jumped back into Skyrim as well! the actual GOAT.

@bs_blackscout Месяц назад

Austin reviving Skyrim out of nowhere

@vaporo355 Месяц назад

24:09 Right there. That's it. I've been trying to say it for years. Skyrim isn't a good game because of the combat or crafting or anything like that. It's good because it successfully creates a world that feels like it extends so far beyond the little tiny bubble rendered around you. It feels real and lived in despite the jankiness, and sometimes even because of it. The animals feel more like wild animals, rather than just more arbitrary enemies being thrown your way (although the predators are still cartoonishly agressive). Almost every character you meet has a name, life, and daily routine. They go home to their houses at night and get drinks in the tavern in the evening. You can even kill most of them if you want. In fact, one of the things I found most disappointing the first time I played Skyrim was when I discovered how few of your actions actually have long-reaching consequences, like how no matter how many times you burgle a shop for everything up to the shirt of the owner's back, the shop never so much as raises their prices. The world of Skyrim doesn't just seem to be just laid out by a level designer for the sole purpose of giving you a challenge. It seems like it was crafted first by worldbuilders and only then handed over to the level designers to add a few rocks for you to jump over. The mechanics are simple and it's super easy to become wildly overpowered, but that's not the point. Skyrim is not an RPG. It's a sandbox game.

@user-qk9he7se5w 10 дней назад

The music in skyrim is one of the major reasons for coming back, like a warm blanket on a cold winter night ah 11.11.11.

@northstar6920 Месяц назад

Meh... Skyrim... I just dont see what all the *FUS* was about.

@hansdieter8801 Месяц назад

It evokes some RO emotions in me

@danielbueno8474 Месяц назад

You will see once you realize you just explored 10 caves in a RO

@lonesurvivor8828 Месяц назад

YOL made my day.

@orca2964 Месяц назад

It’s nice to know some people see *DAH* point.

@trinerby5196 Месяц назад

Skyrim is one of the best games ever DAH😊

@Kynatosh Месяц назад

In Skyrim, I discover places I don't remember going in during my 10 years of playing. Doesn't happen in other games. Open worlds try to force the player to explore everything at the first playthrough for example, while Skyrim you actually just explore

@TheDevilsAdvocate. Месяц назад

You seen that short of a guy (green screened), walking up a mountain in Skyrim and at the top he pauses and just looks out? Appreciating the view and the night sky, while he lights one up and just soaks it all in. Spending the whole night completely derailed from whatever task he was on. That guy gets it.

@Ttmlock 19 дней назад

Skyrim isn’t a game, It’s a place I once went to.

@zebeegchungus Месяц назад

Why Skyrim? Because i can decorate my house with all my favorite books

@goldie819 Месяц назад

Wanting Skyrim to be better is what hits after your first or second playthrough, after it's no longer new to you. And since it hits that way, it's kind of a compliment. It's a sign that people want more from these games. Will they do better with the next Elder Scrolls game? Who knows! I'm not exactly hyped after Starfield. But it would be neat if they stopped sanding off every edge and gave it some more depth.

@it2spooky4me79 Месяц назад

For me, depending on how Starfield's first DLC is like, that'll depend if I have any hope for ES6.

@tenorenstrom Месяц назад

Wanting Skyrim to be better it after playing Morrowind at release. I also wanted oblivion to be better. Bethesda seems incapable of improving their games. They just make the same game over and over. Same flaws always present. Imo they definitely don’t deserve the success of Skyrim.

@it2spooky4me79 Месяц назад

@@tenorenstrom i still think they do, it's a big achievement honestly, for how small the team was and they made a game that big and immersive.

@sanyanders 10 дней назад

> Will they do better with the next Elder Scrolls game? Definitely not, Skyrim fans won't like it like any previous TES fan doesn't like the streamlining of newer games. We all will play it just because there's nothing remotely close to that on the market anyways

@Ellary_Rosewood Месяц назад

I see Skyrim, I stop everything I'm doing to watch. 🐉

@TheNN 21 день назад

Something I really feel that always gets missed in these conversations is that Skyrim was also built off of MANY years of Bethesda popularity building since their earliest days. But that popularity exploded thanks to one thing specifically: Morrowind...but not just Morrowind, Morrowind on the original Xbox. Morrowind was one of the BEST selling games on the early days of that console. It was rare to find an Xbox owner for awhile who didn't own it or who at least hadn't *tried* it at the time. Or even if they didn't have an Xbox, they knew someone who did and tried it on theirs. Because at the time it was also way easier to play Morrowind on Xbox than PC (as the game was, for the time, a MASSIVE resource hog for a PC to handle). And then the same thing happened with Oblivion on PC and Xbox 360 a few years later. It also sold extremely well on the console and was popular on the PC. And by the time Skyrim rolled around, thanks to all that publicity built up over years, Skyrim was almost destined to pan out well no matter what, as people who never played Oblivion or Morrowind saw their Xbox 360 (and PS3) and said, "Ok this time I'm gonna buy this new Elder Scrolls game and see what all the hype is about." And then they did, and found out why. Bethesda did play their cards well, and built on the hype that was already there, making the most of what they had, and why the game turned into the phenomenon it is today. There's a reason why people have spent literally a decade building mods for this game after all.

@cristobalgauthier692 Месяц назад

I restarted playing skyrim after 3 years yesterday, I I just finished the dungeon with the master vampire presented in this vid a few hours ago that I did randomly while exploring with my lvl 10 character. This game is such a gem, I love everything about it (except vanilla illusion spells and Tod 😄) and I think I will continue getting back to it a few many times in the future.

@arellajardin8188 Месяц назад

"Wide as an ocean, deep as a puddle," this why I love the game, why I come back every year or so. It's a game that let's you engage with so many different things but asks very little of you. It's cozy, 3asy to pick up and sink into. It's the popcorn of gaming, light fluff that you keep shoveling into your mouth. I personally enjoy mak8ng different builds. This year I played a illusionist vampire who raised the dead to serve me. Last year, I played a shield bashing paladin. A pure mage with only unique gear (no enchanting), a stealth melee assassin, a pyromancer spellsword. But no matter how I play, I can still do whatever I want. Join every guild, get married, build a house. It's all accessible.

@Stormthorn67 Месяц назад

I think a big part of the secret to its success is that it's actually as deep as a kiddie pool. Just enough room to splash around in. Every zombie viking ruin is a bit different. Combat is simple but still supports a couple of builds. Guards repeat mostly the same lines but have a few specific to your high level skills.

@MissOtaku18 Месяц назад

It’s hard to describe what the release of Skyrim was like for people that weren’t around for its release. I was in high school at the time and I had friends that waited in line at our local game store (when that was a thing) for the midnight release, I had friends that missed school to stay home and play, and my friends and I talked about it endlessly when it was finally released. Skyrim was my first Elder Scrolls game and I credit it with my love of high fantasy and video games in general. Because of that game I got into Lord of the Rings, DND, etc. When I was having a hard time I would boot up the game on my 360 and just walk through the forests or sit on the cliff side and watch the sunset while listening to the beautiful music; I have the soundtrack on vinyl. Even with all of its flaws and bugs, Skyrim will always have a place in my heart.

@CYB3RxPRO 24 дня назад

For me it’s both nostalgia and familiarity. It’s easy to just jump in play a few hours, not get mad, not deal with stressful difficulty, and just relax. Almost none of my characters reach level 30 or more because by then I’ll be bored and move on to another game or something else. Then maybe a few weeks or months later I’ll come back and make a new character. And I’ve done that over and over for over a decade. To me Skyrim is like a mom’s home cooking. Maybe not the best, tastiest, or well put together thing, but it fills a gap in my soul nothing else can.