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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition

Skyrim special edition is a remaster of the classic from 2011. Now with upgraded visuals. Skyrim reimagines and revolutionises the open-world fantasy epic, bringing to life a complete virtual world open for you to explore any way you choose.

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201,812 Steam reviews

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Steam User 7298STEAMRecommended

10/10 would recommend.
Reinstalled it while waiting for TES VI.
My grandchildren are now also playing it.

Mar 19, 2026·160h·2·Verified

Steam User 5478STEAMRecommended

I have a love-hate relationship with this game. Overall, this game is only okay. I grew up playing Morrowind and Oblivion, and those are far superior to this game. Please play them.

I have not played Skyrim since it first came out all those years ago. I hated it 100% then, too, but I remember hating it. Recently, I got caught in the YouTube rabbit hole watching content creators play Skyrim, and I felt nostalgic, so I decided to get it. At first, it was great; it was nostalgic and nothing too terrible, but then the game's issues started to surface.

My main dislikes would just be ranting about stuff, and nothing comes from being negative, so I'll list off the things I really love about Skyrim.

Dwemer ruin. They feel so old and historic, and they always go into the Falmer territory, which is also rich in history.
Smithing and Enchantment, along with building a house, are good ideas.
Lastly, the follower system was really enjoyable. Just the sheer amount of them, and how having one made the game more enjoyable.

I'm sure I'll play Skyrim again at some point, but I wish all the love Skyrim got were towards Oblivion.

Mar 19, 2026·127h·Verified

Steam User 1557STEAMRecommended

A fun action rpg that is a great ARPG but a pretty sad entry in the elder scrolls lineage. Everything is simplified and flattened even compared to the already deflated Oblivion. I am biased as my favourite games are Morrowind and Daggerfall (though I played Skyrim first), but even still it is a good game. The game has a great modding community as do all Bethesda ES games do but even the best mods can't add back in many of the things lost to console-ification.

Mar 19, 2026·326h·Verified

Steam User 2685STEAMRecommended

The Elder Scrolls as a series means a lot to me. This is my favorite fandom, favorite lore, and favorite virtual world to get lost in. Skyrim in particular is the game that I've played in so many versions: PC, PS3, PS4, PS5, Switch. So many hours spend in this beautiful Tamriellic province, so many characters created and lost to time, so many quests completed, in-world books read, trolls slayed, dungeons cleared.

Nothing in my life can really compare to Skyrim by the immense impact it had on my childhood and my formative years. Thank you to Bethesda for creating this game. Thank you for all the content creators for enriching this world with fantastic lore videos. Thank you for all the mod creators for making this game infinitely replayable. Thank you for UESP (I am proud Patreon of this project) for making the games easy to access for anyone.

Happy 15th anniversary of Skyrim!

Mar 19, 2026·79h·2·Verified

Steam User 2746STEAMRecommended

Not great for the laptop im using but the story still holds after 15 years and its an easy game to revisit even after 1000 playthoughs

Mar 19, 2026·19h·Verified

Steam User 7463STEAMRecommended

uzun soluklu ve macera dolu muazzam bir rpg oyunu, türünün en iyilerindendir, mekanikleri kütük olsa da bence hiç sırıtmıyor, grafikleri de hiç eski gibi gelmiyor çünkü oyunun sanat tasarımı çok hoş.

9/10

Mar 19, 2026·53h·Verified

Steam User 6767STEAMRecommended

not worth $26.99 CAD for the AE, but i love this game, every few years i come back and play through again!

Mar 19, 2026·97h·Verified

Steam User 9348STEAMRecommended

Esse jogo nunca irá morrer, ele sempre terá mods sendo lançados que vão inovar a nova jogatina.

Mar 19, 2026·136h·Verified

Steam User 7454STEAMRecommended

Skyrim is definitely a must‑play when you’re getting into the RPG world for the first time. You’ll literally spend hours in an entirely different world. It will always stay my favorite game of all time.

Mar 18, 2026·615h·Verified

Steam User 6823STEAMRecommended

juegazo, las opciones son infinitas, creete el cuento y sal a cazar bichos

Mar 18, 2026·156h·Verified

Steam User 7176STEAMRecommended

Eu gosto muito de Skyrim faz anos a comunidade e mods deixam o jogo vivo até hoje se vc tem duvida se deve ter ou não, vai fundo, skyrim é uma experiencia inesquecivel

Mar 18, 2026·38h·Verified

Steam User 5188STEAMRecommended

I love Skyrim. I love Skyrim modded. It's my comfort game. Explore, fight, learn magic, learn alchemy, enchanting. Become a hero, villian or rogue. Do gooder vampire? Why not. Powerful vampire Lord? OK. How about a werewolf? Yes please. The choice is yours. Go ahead. Start your adventurer. I've been adventuring for 10 years and I will always come back. With mod support, the game becomes something else. Highly recommend your first playthrough un-modded. Atleast until you know what you would like to change. Then there is help out there, just ask.

Mar 18, 2026·161h·2·Verified

Steam User 7619STEAMRecommended

Curti muito zerar o game pela primeira vez, a história principal é muito interessante, todo o mundo, os npcs, as micro histórias espalhadas pelo jogo são muito boas. Confesso que depois de um tempo o combate e a estrutura de missões começaram a ficar repetitivos, mas eu entendo. Um dia eu volto pra platinar.

Mar 18, 2026·56h·Verified

Steam User 8858STEAMRecommended

A classic game, made even better with mods (too many gooners if you ask me), but good and nostalgic on its own.

Mar 18, 2026·12h·Verified

Steam User 9598STEAMRecommended

jogo nostalgico , maravilhoso , simplesmente nao existe jogo da atualidade que se compare...

Mar 18, 2026·115h·Verified

Steam User 9570STEAMRecommended

After all these years, Skyrim is still a masterpiece in my opinion. It’s not just a game; it's a second life. Whether I'm hoarding cheese wheels in my house, battling dragons, or simply admiring the view at sunset, I always find something new. With the Anniversary Edition's added content and a few mods, it's better than ever. It's cozy, it's chaotic, and it's absolutely brilliant. A 10/10 must-play.

Mar 18, 2026·107h·Verified

Steam User 2577STEAMRecommended

百玩不厌！常玩常新！囚车开局！永远经典！都瓦克因！伏斯洛达！

Mar 18, 2026·1055h·Verified

Steam User 2887STEAMRecommended

Melhor Jogo de RPG que eu já joguei, e o jogo que me fez amar RPG, tudo se interliga, mesmo sendo um jogo ''antigo'' dá pau em muitos jogos recentes, longe de ser datado, na espera do TES6

Mar 18, 2026·348h·Verified

Steam User 8533STEAMRecommended

作为开放世界游戏他就是头一档的存在，永远玩不腻。

Mar 18, 2026·177h·Verified

Steam User 8368STEAMRecommended

I've been playing since launch on console and will continue to play this for many, many more years. This is my favorite game of all time.

Mar 18, 2026·281h·Verified

Steam User 8203STEAMRecommended

I'm gonna be real. This game isn't even that good, compared to other games in the genre it's like a decent 5 or 6/10. Is it bethesda slop riddled with mountains of bugs? Yeah. Is it a souless game inferior to the originals? Probably. Is the story bad and the combat subpar? Yes. I haven't even finished the main story yet but the small experiences I've have in this game have been spectacular.

One example: Previously, I had to do a quest for the dark brotherhood that involved me killing someone in Riften. This puts a bounty on my head for more than 1,000 gold, naturally, I avoid the place like the plague. I then end up having another quest in Riften, so I go back to Riften to remember that I have a bounty there. Outside the front gates I'm caught by 2 guards. I kill them (paying or going to prison is for losers). I then head inside and realise I have to do a stealth mission to avoid the guards (I have a stealth + dagger build and there's so many). So I go around Riften, slowly killing off the guards one by one, learning their loops. One moment when I had just killed a guard, 5 cultists showed up behind me and asked if I was the Dragonborn. "Yes, I am the Dragonborn" I said in an attempt to get to recruit them and help me with the mission with me thinking that they were people who worshipped the Dragonborn. Apparently, I was wrong. They think that I am not the Dragonborn and begin to attack me. I managed to slip out and noticed that they were fighting the guards. I thought that this was an amazing position to begin the quest, I head to the town square and begin to talk to the NPC while the cultists and guards fight towards the front entrance, I then hear loud wooshing noises and everything began to shake. I realised that there was a DRAGON over the top of the town, circling it. In my mind, i'm tweaking. I immediately pick the nearest houses lock and run in. I have no idea what to do. AS I ENTER THE HOUSE, 10 ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ GUARDS ENTER. I immediately run out and being to run around the town in a circle. I then run out of stamina and alcohol and a guard shoves his axe into my left shoulder.

10/10 experience, ♥♥♥♥ like this makes me happy to play video games.
6/10 game, buy it if you want, I don't really care. It's kinda fun. I've heard that both Morrowind and Oblivion are generally better, but I haven't played those yet. This is fun though.

Mar 18, 2026·27h·Verified

Steam User 3494STEAMRecommended

this game is actually so easy to mod now its not even funny bro

Mar 18, 2026·19h·Verified

Steam User 3994STEAMRecommended

TQM Skyrim

Mar 18, 2026·348h·Verified

Steam User 5606STEAMRecommended

Come on its skyrim for crying out loud.

Mar 18, 2026·7h·Verified

Steam User 2840STEAMRecommended

无需多言

Mar 18, 2026·52h·Verified

Steam User 3433STEAMRecommended

my favorite chud game

Mar 18, 2026·85h·Verified

Steam User 3565STEAMRecommended

Freedom to roam anywhere, modding, puzzles, fighting, magic a lot of escapisim.

Mar 18, 2026·390h·Verified

Steam User 9141STEAMRecommended

This game influenced me into shouting away my problems in real life!

But now I have a misdemeanor charge after doing it to the teenager making my hoagie at Wawa :/

Sorry Brunxtyn, I promise to follow the court order :)

Mar 18, 2026·41h·Verified

Steam User 5527STEAMRecommended

a very fun adventure game :)

Mar 18, 2026·8h·Verified

Steam User 7290STEAMRecommended

Abenteuerlich
Spannend
Feselend

Kann ich nur Empfehlen

Mar 18, 2026·3h·Verified

Steam User 8240STEAMRecommended

el mejor p*to juego de la historia

Mar 18, 2026·55h·Verified

Steam User 7032STEAMRecommended

Skyrim

Mar 18, 2026·222h·Verified

Steam User 7756STEAMRecommended

Dovahkiin, Dovahkiin
naal ok zin los vahriin
wah dein vokul mahfaeraak ahst vaal!
Ahrk fin norok paal graan
fod nust hon zindro zaan
Dovahkiin, fah hin kogaan mu draal!
Huzrah nu, kul do od, wah aan bok lingrah vod
Ahrk fin tey, boziik fun, do fin gein!
Wo lost fron wah ney dov
ahrk fin reyliik do jul
voth aan suleyk wah ronit faal krein
Ahrk fin kel lost prodah,
Do ved viing ko fin krah,
Tol fod zeymah win kein meyz fundein!
Alduin, feyn do jun,
kruziik vokun staadnau,
voth aan bahlok wah diivon fin lein!
Nuz aan sul, fent alok,
fod fin vul dovah nok,
fen kos nahlot mahfaeraak ahrk ruz!
Paaz Keizaal fen kos stin nol bein Alduin jot!
Dovahkiin, Dovahkiin
naal ok zin los vahriin
wah dein vokul mahfaeraak ahst vaal!
Ahrk fin norok paal graan
fod nust hon zindro zaan
Dovahkiin, fah hin kogaan mu draal!

Mar 17, 2026·124h·Verified

Steam User 6297STEAMRecommended

uma obra de arte que so vim descobrir 2026

Mar 17, 2026·72h·Verified

Steam User 0471STEAMRecommended

Skyrim

Mar 17, 2026·19h·Verified

Steam User 9929STEAMRecommended

Dávám tomu kladné hodnocení hlavně proto že ve hře jsou Khajiiti, jinak by ta hra byla o ničem :D

a Mod: Khajiit will follow je mimochodem absolutní pecka

Mar 17, 2026·204h·Verified

Steam User 7757STEAMRecommended

i always come back and find new things to explore

Mar 17, 2026·178h·Verified

Steam User 3617STEAMRecommended

hate it

Mar 17, 2026·16h·Verified

Steam User 9724STEAMRecommended

it ♥♥♥♥♥

Mar 17, 2026·14h·Verified

Steam User 3807STEAMRecommended

modding community is crazy big years wroth of content with modding

Mar 17, 2026·198h·Verified

Steam User 2505STEAMRecommended

Best game

Mar 17, 2026·20h·Verified

Steam User 6542STEAMRecommended

game

Mar 17, 2026·82h·Verified

Steam User 8681STEAMNot recommended

Bethesda is a terrible company. What a joke of a company!

Mar 17, 2026·2h·1·Verified

Steam User 1319STEAMRecommended

an absolute masterpiece, the benchmark for RPGs

Mar 17, 2026·33h·Verified

Steam User 5588STEAMRecommended

My forever love

Mar 17, 2026·243h·Verified

Steam User 9108STEAMRecommended

норм

Mar 17, 2026·153h·Verified

Steam User 5337STEAMRecommended

Still a great game to play. Community is awesome, the creations are awesome. I like most of all questing and exploring, the emersion.

Mar 17, 2026·518h·Verified

Steam User 4835STEAMRecommended

Masterpiece

Mar 17, 2026·85h·Verified

Steam User 8028STEAMNot recommended

Gameplay de combate travado, história rasa e cheio de bugs que a comunidade teve que consertar com mods porque a empresa teve preguiça. O mundo é bonito de longe, mas vazio de perto. Se você busca um RPG de verdade com consequências e mecânicas boas, procure outro. Skyrim só é famoso pela nostalgia.

Entenda que um jogo que precise de mods pra melhorar, quer dizer que está arruinado.

Mar 17, 2026·113h·Verified

Steam User 6487STEAMRecommended

This game is the absolute best. Been playing it since it relased in 11/11/11 and I never let go from that point. The special edition is in my opinion, the best edition for starters and for veterans players, there's a lot of stuff to do, and build, and transform, and encounter, and discover... Simply a 10/10, not for anything it was the most modded game for years

Mar 17, 2026·62h·Verified

Steam User 9474STEAMRecommended

Clearly I don't get to the Cloud District very often, but only because a certain noble's death is under investigation.

Mar 17, 2026·90h·Verified

Steam User 4864STEAMRecommended

Es muy godd

Mar 17, 2026·20h·Verified

Steam User 0922STEAMRecommended

A new hand touches the bacon……
listen!（震声）
Hear me and abey!
不多说了，这辈子最爱的游戏，第二人生。

Mar 17, 2026·87h·Verified

Steam User 3197STEAMRecommended

Die Special Edition hebt das klassische Spielerlebnis nochmal auf ein ganz neues Level, Top!

Mar 17, 2026·79h·Verified

Steam User 9984STEAMRecommended

Mar 17, 2026·5h·Verified

Steam User 4144STEAMRecommended

top 5 games of all time easily

Mar 17, 2026·264h·Verified

Steam User 9828STEAMRecommended

Одна из самых лучших игр евер.

Mar 17, 2026·104h·Verified

Steam User 2695STEAMRecommended

fica bom com mods

Mar 17, 2026·790h·Verified

Steam User 2414STEAMRecommended

Мамонты и Великаны

Mar 17, 2026·316h·Verified

Steam User 1468STEAMRecommended

从14岁玩到现在差不多30岁，我的童年有老滚5一部分真是太好了

Mar 17, 2026·125h·Verified

Steam User 5915STEAMRecommended

was scared that gonno be a lot of bugs but didn't have any.
(atleast for me)

Mar 17, 2026·132h·Verified

Steam User 8308STEAMRecommended

epico

Mar 17, 2026·46h·Verified

Steam User 5912STEAMRecommended

highly recommend great graphics.

Mar 17, 2026·16h·Verified

Steam User 3139STEAMRecommended

开放世界的标杆

Mar 17, 2026·59h·Verified

Steam User 5440STEAMRecommended

Love the quest paths, great puzzles to figure, beautiful artwork and high attention to detail by the game designers.

Mar 17, 2026·92h·Verified

Steam User 1970STEAMRecommended

Liberdade total.
Combate divertido.
Muita imersão no mundo do jogo.

Mar 17, 2026·39h·Verified

Steam User 6620STEAMRecommended

This one is a lot of fun :D

Mar 17, 2026·27h·Verified

Steam User 7369STEAMRecommended

This is the best version of Skyrim with full mod support and optional anniversary edition upgrade, it has the complete package of the DLC and functions like any other Bethesda game with the creation engine, some bugs are actually features and most of them can actually be fixed through mods or console commands, not really game breaking or anything its because they made it so it can easily be tweaked to perfection, not that I would do it myself because all my hours spent playing this game is purely vanilla, I played this switched my pc and it still works the way I want it to be, it has cloud support for my saves as well and would probably buy it again for a different machine, account or any other because this game is truly timeless and I could play it forever if I could.

The best RPG in terms of world building, hack and slash, magic, archery, stealth, it also has lore that I deeply respect and you can fully immerse yourself as a Dragonborn and join the many factions that are available in the snowy area that is Skyrim, and I guarantee that even if a 1000 hours could be poured in to this single player game you always end up doing more and I could never get bored of it truly a 10/10 game, also I would like to mention Aurelius Siegwulf my first ever Dragonborn Imperial Legate, Werewolf, Harbinger, Archmage, Guild Master, Nightingale, Listener, Dawnguard Vampire Slayer which is married to Sylgja and has Blaise and Sofie as children have Anneke as a steward in the home Windstad Manor and has all the properties in the whole region and Raven Rock, oh and Paarthurnax still roams the throat of the world. I'm writing this down to immortalize my first ever playthrough in this version of Skyrim.

Mar 17, 2026·388h·Verified

Steam User 9570STEAMRecommended

Hey, your finally awake

Mar 17, 2026·85h·Verified

Steam User 4782STEAMRecommended

Yes

Mar 17, 2026·67h·Verified

Steam User 8385STEAMNot recommended

O V E R R A T E D

Mar 17, 2026·4h·Verified

Steam User 3312STEAMRecommended

非常好，世界前几的游戏

Mar 17, 2026·144h·Verified

Steam User 7085STEAMRecommended

Capra aegagrus hircus

Mar 17, 2026·20h·Verified

Steam User 0549STEAMRecommended

GOAT

Mar 17, 2026·13h·Verified

Steam User 3664STEAMRecommended

Should have better graphics, but good storyline and fun gameplay.

Mar 17, 2026·273h·Verified

Steam User 5503STEAMRecommended

игра конкретно крутая

Mar 17, 2026·10h·Verified

Steam User 4278STEAMRecommended

Endless ways to play, maximum replay-ability

Mar 17, 2026·742h·Verified

Steam User 3048STEAMRecommended

Wonderful game with an active modding community.

Mar 17, 2026·41h·Verified

Steam User 9578STEAMRecommended

old but good

Mar 17, 2026·42h·Verified

Steam User 0216STEAMRecommended

El juego es Skyrim

Mar 17, 2026·75h·Verified

Steam User 3297STEAMRecommended

Not recommended, picked up a white orb of some sort and lost all interest in this game

Mar 17, 2026·46h·Verified

Steam User 2978STEAMNot recommended

I did enjoyed playing Skyrim before this year 0f 2026. But on my pc it keep crashing, and I don't know why or care about it anymore. I did update my Nvidia Graphics dive and reverify game files. But after that it dose don't work. I really put the game graphics settings to normal. I think Bethesda Game Studios need do a update Skyrim or do a remaster.

Mar 17, 2026·351h·Verified

Steam User 2514STEAMRecommended

自由度超高的经典游戏，缺点就是技能点和法术太少，不打mod感觉游戏内容不够。

Mar 17, 2026·200h·Verified

Steam User 0585STEAMRecommended

Imersivo

Mar 17, 2026·39h·Verified

Steam User 0071STEAMRecommended

YYDS

Mar 17, 2026·1000h·Verified

Steam User 5317STEAMRecommended

this is a good game that you can spend houes in and never regret

Mar 17, 2026·10h·Verified

Steam User 4262STEAMRecommended

es como barbie porque tu puedes ser lo que quieras ser

Mar 17, 2026·10h·Verified

Steam User 3026STEAMRecommended

Me lo compre para jugarlo luego vi que le podia poner mods pase una semana poniendole mods para jugarlo y jugue 1 hora ahora si me lo paso sin mods 🤑

Mar 17, 2026·30h·Verified

Steam User 2906STEAMNot recommended

Yapacagıniz oyunu skim Dawnguard DLC si ile açılan görevleri yapıyorum sonlara gelmişim volkihar kalesi diye biryere girmek için 2 npc diyaloğa girmesi gerek diyaloğa girmiyorlar görevi ilerletemiyorum bug ile kendim bı şekilde mekana girdim o şekilde ilerlettim geri çıkmaya çalışırken çok sorun olmuyor kapı açık olmasada oyun dışarda olarak algılıyor fast travel yapıp çıkıyorum ama mekana girerken canım çıkıyor düzeltin şunu aq

Mar 17, 2026·77h·Verified

Steam User 3060STEAMRecommended

Simplemente el DOVAKIIN

Mar 17, 2026·3h·Verified

Steam User 5392STEAMRecommended

Skyrim＝Modみたいな印象があり、プレイするならModを入れないといけないのかな？とプレイする前はそんな印象でした。
しかしいざ始めてみるとvanillaの状態（Modを入れていない状態）でもめちゃくちゃ面白いです。
個人的によかった点はメインクエスト、サブクエストの規模の大きい、小さいに関わらず「密度」がしっかりあり、クエストに関係する本、手帳などを読んで進めていくのが楽しいです。
ゲーム内の情報をしっかり読んだり、想像しながらプレイするのが好きな方にはおすすめです。

ただシステム面などは今のゲームと比べると少し不自由さを感じるかもしれませんので、人によっては合う合わないは出てくるかと思います。
（アイテムに重量があり整理が必要だったり、一部の敵の攻撃にストレスを感じたり、ジャンプでほいほいと登山ができたり、馬やニワトリが通報したり・・・）

まずはvanillaでも楽しいので、気になってるけどという方の参考になれば幸いです。

Mar 17, 2026·238h·1·Verified

Steam User 1107STEAMRecommended

I think the older you get the more you start to realize the flaws Skyrim has, whether it's some of the writing or the combat or what else have you, but you can't help but come back to it anyways, because in the end, it's still just a really entertaining game. The cold environment really makes the world feel gruff which in turn makes getting to towns and cities and talking with the NPCs or getting your house feel cozy and warm and nostalgic. Plus, what Skyrim has that many others don't is a modding community that has already fixed pretty much everything, so it's easy to patch up whatever glaring flaws you dislike about it. As much as Bethesda milk this game, you have to admit - it's just hard to have a bad time playing Skyrim, honestly.

Mar 17, 2026·18h·Verified

Steam User 6747STEAMRecommended

still great after all these years heavily modded of course

Mar 17, 2026·70h·Verified

Steam User 7180STEAMRecommended

What is to say about Skyrim that hasn't been said? Want an RPG that is f*cking insane? Come closer. Want to join an assassin's guild? Come a lot closer. Want to one-shot the most powerful enemy in the game because you did 1k+ side-quests? You are standing on the welcome mat, at the door to absolutely anything!

Mar 17, 2026·8h·Verified

Steam User 3577STEAMRecommended

Amazing game, always love how broken it is, I love watching and playing it. Used to on console before this, still loved it then. Missed this game and always find myself coming back to it.

Mar 17, 2026·10h·Verified

Steam User 3164STEAMRecommended

Dude, it's Skyrim. It's great.

Mar 16, 2026·46h·Verified

Steam User 5593STEAMRecommended

Classico

Mar 16, 2026·317h·Verified

Steam User 4072STEAMRecommended

FUS RO DAH!

Mar 16, 2026·54h·Verified

Steam User 9266STEAMNot recommended

I am confused at this point where I stand on Skyrim because when it is a vehicle for mods I genuinely think this is a top three minimum game all time, because the modding community for Skyrim has made Skyrim into the everyone game. Because there are radical changes to gameplay and how skills work and how you do anything that can be applied and then the graphics with mods can be so spectacular that they still look better than pretty much any game that has been made now,

And just the extra thing if you're an adult with no particular thing against it the adult oriented mods are exceptional, because the skin texture that these people have made is probably the best skin texture that has ever been made in gaming history, because some crazy people have managed to make a realistic sweat with physics in Skyrim!!!

It is genuinely mind-blowing for me the things the moding community of this game has done,

Now when it just comes to the base game itself when I was a kid I found this game impressive and then I played Oblivion and I thought Oblivion was way better, I just as a kid didn't have the time to put in to get my skills where I wanted them to be. (I was a good student and I was an athlete) And then as I got older I've played more games since Skyrim, and I already thought it at the time but the story itself wasn't very good the companions I didn't think we're very good in the first place only got worse with time.

The only companion that is worth a damn came from a DLC and it almost feels like she doesn't even belong in this game, because she is so radically different from the rest of the characters tonally. It feels like she is a character that belonged in one of their older elder scrolls games because she has a depressing story and then meanwhile her parents belong in Skyrim lol especially her dad.

And another thing that doesn't really work for Skyrim is the complete downgrade of magic, it's like the overall power of the setting was downgraded while the verbalized power of the setting is the same. Because you hear constantly about the ridiculous things that certain factions have done or can do and then you are supposedly one of the people with no limits on you there's no strings on you and you launch a wimpy fireball that can't even burn anyone so you might as well pull out your giant two-handed sword and cleave someone into with one swing.

So overall I say with Skyrim it is a great game if you're willing to mod it but at this point if you're new to it Go play something else. 7 out of 10 on the verge of being a 6. I'm happy for the memories they gave me but it's not that great of the game.

Mar 16, 2026·4h·Verified

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