Is Skyrim One Of The Best Games Ever Made?

[QUOTE="themajormayor"][QUOTE="PAL360"]

Going by this thread, it´s one of the most overhated games ever made!

PAL360

Maybe you are playing it on the wrong platform :twisted:

Personaly, it´s the most entertaining singleplayer game i played this gen. My only complain is the dificulty. It´s too easy, even on master dificulty level, dragon encounters and magic artifacts, armors, etc, should be more rare and, of course, some minor bugs.

[QUOTE="loosingENDS"]

[QUOTE="themajormayor"] Hilarious...themajormayor

You know better RPGs than those ?

Dark Souls is a million times better though, so why bother mention it ?

I post the best of their kind, not anything below, Witcher 2, Fable 2-3, Dark SOuls are top in their kind

[QUOTE="themajormayor"][QUOTE="loosingENDS"]

You know better RPGs than those ?

loosingENDS

Dark Souls is a million times better though, so why bother mention it ?

I post the best of their kind, not anything below, Witcher 2, Fable 2-3, Dark SOuls are top in their kind

World of Warcraft's art direction is vomit-inducingly bad, though.

*something flamey this way comes*

DraugenCP

Still miles better than Skyrim's.

Especially the landscape.

[QUOTE="DraugenCP"]

World of Warcraft's art direction is vomit-inducingly bad, though.

*something flamey this way comes*

N30F3N1X

Still miles better than Skyrim's.

Especially the landscape.

[QUOTE="themajormayor"][QUOTE="loosingENDS"]

Yes, along with Dark SOuls, Fable 2-3 and Witcher 2

loosingENDS

You know better RPGs than those ?

LMAO you don't know anything about RPGs at all.

[QUOTE="PAL360"]

[QUOTE="themajormayor"] And deservedly sothemajormayor

Maybe you are playing it on the wrong platform :twisted:

Personaly, it´s the most entertaining singleplayer game i played this gen. My only complain is the dificulty. It´s too easy, even on master dificulty level, dragon encounters and magic artifacts, armors, etc, should be more rare and, of course, some minor bugs.

Im not sure what my parents have to do with my gaming experience! Well, their opinion did matter when they game me a Nes but that was long ago...

I really like Skyrim and im playing it on 360. Mass Effect 1 and RDR are my second and third favourite sp games this gen, and let me guess, according to you, they are all crap :o

Going by this thread, it´s one of the most overhated games ever made!

PAL360

I wouldn't call it overhated, it just seems that way given the way the thread is framed.

For example, take just about any flawed game (say...LA Noire? Alone in the Dark? Skyrim?) and ask people if it's one of the best games of all time, and you'll get a ton of responses saying "nope, the gameplay/fetch-quests/writing/etc sucked". It'll seem like the game is the most hated game ever, but in reality, it'd just be getting a lot of negative criticism because of the unwarranted extremely high praise.

(...and now that I think about it, those were pretty poor examples - LA Noire and Alone in the Dark were both innovative and highly ambitious, despite their issues)

[QUOTE="themajormayor"][QUOTE="PAL360"]

Maybe you are playing it on the wrong platform :twisted:

Personaly, it´s the most entertaining singleplayer game i played this gen. My only complain is the dificulty. It´s too easy, even on master dificulty level, dragon encounters and magic artifacts, armors, etc, should be more rare and, of course, some minor bugs.

PAL360

Im not sure what my parents have to do with my gaming experience! Well, their opinion did matter when they game me a Nes but that was long ago...

I really like Skyrim and im playing it on 360. Mass Effect 1 and RDR are my second and third favourite sp games this gen, and let me guess, according to you, they are all crap :o

One of my favorites ever, but its all a matter of personal opinion.

One of my favorites ever, but its all a matter of personal opinion.

clone01

[QUOTE="clone01"]

One of my favorites ever, but its all a matter of personal opinion.

themajormayor

[QUOTE="themajormayor"][QUOTE="clone01"]

One of my favorites ever, but its all a matter of personal opinion.

clone01

its good but its not even in my top 10 to be perfectly honest.

It's good... but for some reason I haven't played it for 2 days... and I have a lot to do yet.

Maybe thats it, that it feels a bit like a chore to play. I still like it though.

[QUOTE="themajormayor"] Fascinating.clone01

Take this as a compliment: that didn't make sense.

themajormayor

How so? You're an idiot fanboy. You disagree with my opinion. That's a compliment. I would spell it out for you more clearly, but they don't have a crayon font on this forum. Sorry.

[QUOTE="themajormayor"]Take this as a compliment: that didn't make sense.

clone01

How so? You're an idiot fanboy. You disagree with my opinion. That's a compliment. I would spell it out for you more clearly, but they don't have a crayon font on this forum. Sorry.

Theres a lot of reasons to say yes, and only a couple reasons to say no. In my experience, its the deepest game I've ever played. Not only does it have that depth, but it uses it very well. The game is gorgeous considering its scale, and the combat isn't half bad (not perfect, but fun). Yet, I hesitate to put it in front of Dark Souls for my game of the year. I can't really explain it, Dark Souls just pulled me in a way I haven't been pulled before. I wouldn't balk if someone said its the best game they've ever played, but I'm not sure I can come to the same conclusion. BadNewsBen

Theres a lot of reasons to say yes, and only a couple reasons to say no. In my experience, its the deepest game I've ever played. Not only does it have that depth, but it uses it very well. The game is gorgeous considering its scale, and the combat isn't half bad (not perfect, but fun). Yet, I hesitate to put it in front of Dark Souls for my game of the year. I can't really explain it, Dark Souls just pulled me in a way I haven't been pulled before. I wouldn't balk if someone said its the best game they've ever played, but I'm not sure I can come to the same conclusion. BadNewsBen

You have the wrong idea of what "depth" means in gaming. Skyrim is unarguably one of the shallowest games to ever reach AAA status. There's *nothing* in it that actually has depth.

[QUOTE="BadNewsBen"]Theres a lot of reasons to say yes, and only a couple reasons to say no. In my experience, its the deepest game I've ever played. Not only does it have that depth, but it uses it very well. The game is gorgeous considering its scale, and the combat isn't half bad (not perfect, but fun). Yet, I hesitate to put it in front of Dark Souls for my game of the year. I can't really explain it, Dark Souls just pulled me in a way I haven't been pulled before. I wouldn't balk if someone said its the best game they've ever played, but I'm not sure I can come to the same conclusion. N30F3N1X

You have the wrong idea of what "depth" means in gaming. Skyrim is unarguably one of the shallowest games to ever reach AAA status. There's *nothing* in it that actually has depth.

I gotta say... it is kind of like playing a game with cheat mode enabled.

I'm still amazed that I don't need to repair armor/weapons.

[QUOTE="DraugenCP"]

[QUOTE="N30F3N1X"]

World of Warcraft.

/thread

themajormayor

World of Warcraft's art direction is vomit-inducingly bad, though.

*something flamey this way comes*

Not really, no.

[QUOTE="arkephonic"]

Does Skyrim have a release date yet?

I was one of the many that paid $60 for early Beta access on November 11th, 2011. While Beta testing the game has been really fun and all, I'm still greatly anticipating the release of the finished game. Has Bethesda announced an official release date for Skyrim yet?

Johnny_Rock

Oh shut up. Skyrim worked perfectly for me from day one. Learn to use your PC.

[QUOTE="DraugenCP"]

World of Warcraft's art direction is vomit-inducingly bad, though.

*something flamey this way comes*

N30F3N1X

Still miles better than Skyrim's.

Especially the landscape.

If you have no taste, maybe.

Eh not for me but I can understand why. For me it's just a fun game.

[QUOTE="themajormayor"] Look who is talking about comprehension all of the sudden :roll:clone01

[QUOTE="clone01"][QUOTE="themajormayor"] Look who is talking about comprehension all of the sudden :roll:themajormayor

If you have no taste, maybe.

DraugenCP

Skyrim's landscape are a bunch of prairies, mountains and snow. World of Warcraft's landscapes cover oceanic tides, fire storms, glaciers and snowlands, jungles, barrens, volcanic grounds, lush forests and haunted forests and magic forests, scourged lands, farmlands, marshes, deserts and mountains without even counting the cities.

All Skyrim's armor are (perhaps, an optimistic estimation) one tenth as varied and colored as World of Warcraft's SETS ALONE, without counting the rest of the armor and weapons there are in game.

There's just no way to say Skyrim has a better artstyle, not even the most rabid and ignorant fanboy could ever even fathom the idea of comparing their artstyles because WoW's is just superior :lol:

[QUOTE="DraugenCP"]

If you have no taste, maybe.

N30F3N1X

Skyrim's landscape are a bunch of prairies, mountains and snow. World of Warcraft's landscapes cover oceanic tides, fire storms, glaciers and snowlands, jungles, barrens, volcanic grounds, lush forests and haunted forests and magic forests, scourged lands, farmlands, marshes, deserts and mountains without even counting the cities.

All Skyrim's armor are (perhaps, an optimistic estimation) one tenth as varied and colored as World of Warcraft's SETS ALONE, without counting the rest of the armor and weapons there are in game.

There's just no way to say Skyrim has a better artstyle, not even the most rabid and ignorant fanboy could ever even fathom the idea of comparing their artstyles because WoW's is just superior :lol:

WoW is a generic fantasy setting with poisonous colours. Variation does not equal good art direction.

Skyrim combines a ton of artistic elements and combines them into a believable setting. The basis is medieval Europe of course, but the game has much more fleshed-out (compared to previous ES installments) references to the Roman Empire, Clan Scotland, pre-christian Scandinavia, prehistory and even Metroid Prime-like high tech environments. How they managed to combine such vastly different cultural/artistic elements in one setting without anything seeming out of place is truly impressive. But I guess I'm just a rabid fanboy.

Depends which forum you are in. I seen some game forums where practically everybody calls it overrated and average at best. On GS forums people love Skyrim. I'm 12 hours in myself and think its really good so far.

WoW is a generic fantasy setting with poisonous colours. Variation does not equal good art direction.

Skyrim combines a ton of artistic elements and combines them into a believable setting. The basis is medieval Europe of course, but the game has much more fleshed-out (compared to previous ES installments) references to the Roman Empire, Clan Scotland, pre-christian Scandinavia, prehistory and even Metroid Prime-like high tech environments. How they managed to combine such vastly different cultural/artistic elements in one setting without anything seeming out of place is truly impressive. But I guess I'm just a rabid fanboy.

DraugenCP

Two sets of armor plus one helmet (roman shields weren't like the one in game by the way) is a fleshed out reference to the roman empire?

Wow...just wow. As a person who lives five hundred kilometers away from Rome itself I could take that as an insult lol.

What's fleshed out about the "high tech" dwemer ruins or prehistory? The fact that there are a few prehistoric animals and a bunch of scribbled rocks makes for a fleshed out prehistoric environment? Seriously?

And what's out of place in WoW?

Depends which forum you are in. I seen some game forums where practically everybody calls it overrated and average at best. On GS forums people love Skyrim. I'm 12 hours in myself and think its really good so far.

xOMGITSJASONx

We aren't saying it's not good, just that it doesn't come near the title of one of the best games ever made.

Two sets of armor plus one helmet (roman shields weren't like the one in game by the way) is a fleshed out reference to the roman empire?

Wow...just wow. As a person who lives five hundred kilometers away from Rome itself I could take that as an insult lol.

What's fleshed out about the "high tech" dwemer ruins or prehistory? The fact that there are a few prehistoric animals and a bunch of scribbled rocks makes for a fleshed out prehistoric environment? Seriously?

And what's out of place in WoW?N30F3N1X

I wasn't even talking about armour, but rather the whole idea of how the Tamriel empire is structured in this game, such as the whole conflict between separatist Nords and Imperials, religious and racial tensions, etc. The political complications of being an empire are much more prominent than they were in Oblivion, hence why it's more fleshed-out.

The fleshed-out comment referred solely to the Roman Empire part for the aforementioned reasons. The prehistoric elements are not very prominent, but they are there and I think it's admirable how the game is able to create a prehistoric vibe in one area, yet transfer to a Highland atmosphere seamlessly a bit further. It feels like one big world with many different elements, and not a fragmented world divided into different regions (like for example Twilight Princess).

The problem with WoW is not that anything is out of place as much as it offers a world with the same uncreative fantasy stuff you'd expect, not to mention that the oversaturated colours make it look dreadful from an aesthetic point of view.

easily one of the best games ever made. it totally deserves its 17th place of all time game score on metacritic.

too bad it shows off so many of the weaknesses of the ps3 and gets an unending stream of cow hate.