The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Review

Hello everyone, I hope you are very well and today I will talk about Skyrim, a game that for me has all the characteristics of an open world RPG but is considered an action game, in this version, is so single player and does not have multiplayer. Skyrim was developed by the company Bethesda (creators also of Fallout 3) and launched in 2011, I met him in 2012 and he certainly fulfilled all my expectations due to all the elements he brought with him.

Likewise, Skyrim is the fifth installment of The Elder Scroll saga and you do not necessarily have to play the other 4 parts since the story goes back 200 years after its predecessor Oblivion in the distant lands of Skyrim on the Tamriel continent and do not have a Direct relation.

The first thing that captivates you is the intro, you are transported by cart to Fort Helgen, you are a prisoner of the Imperial Army and next to you is a traitor named Ulfric "Cloak of the Storm" who is accused of committing treason against Skyrim and his people. When they arrive at Helgen you are next to be beheaded for your crimes, the fort is attacked by a Dragon known as Alduin, Alduin according to the prophecy in Skyrim is a dragon that would destroy the world. The Dragons are extinct creatures in Skyrim and the last dragon had been killed more than 200 years ago.

The main plot of the game is that Skyrim is currently a kingdom submerged in a civil war waged by those loyal to the Empire of Cyrodiil and those who are supporting Ulfric Cloak of the Storm in their uprising for the throne. Then the dragons appear, creatures already extinct in Skyrim for more than 200 years and you must find out how they are reappearing. There are also those who are called dragon blood that with the appearance of the dragons and after hunting one of them ends up appearing. The "dragon blood" were warriors with the ability to absorb the power of the dragons and their souls which gave him the power of the screams (there are variety of screams whether to disarm, provoke fear, shoot fire breath, paralyze the time, etc.), you may have already imagined who this dragon blood is.

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We also have different races (Orc, Nordic, Khajiite, Imperial, Red Guard, Dark Elf, Forest Elf, Breton, Argonian and High Elf), each race contains different attributes all adapting to the type of role you want to take and skills within the game. You will also find different factions whether from Thieves Guilds, Bandits or Vampires, Guild of assassins to defenders of justice as Thalmor, Friends or bounty hunters (there are many more guilds than those mentioned).

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As mentioned above Skyrim is an open world game, and has various tasks or secondary missions which you can accomplish, you do not necessarily have to follow the main missions of the game, it also has skill branches (archery, 1-handed weapons, two-armed weapons). hands, block, light armor, heavy armor, robbery, alchemy, open locks, eloquence, discretion, enchantment, blacksmithing and Magic of: Destruction, illusion, restoration, alteration, conjuration).

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From my perspective it has been one of the best graphics in its time, the interface and the way to interact with your environment and the objects make skyrim a very realistic game and made the players feel more related to it in their time. The graphic engine used for this game is the physical engine of Harvok that belongs to Bethesda and the creation engine. Thanks to the development of it was achieved greater fluidity of the characters when running, jumping, camera in 3rd person and direct and free interaction with the various objects of the game, in small details that make the game experience of each game more exciting player.

Regarding the gameplay, I must say that I really liked the possibility of being able to specialize with any skill, so I chose to specialize in melee damage and restoration of life, without leaving behind our great dragon cry that we get when hunting dragons.

Among those skills we have:

Illusion:

this type of spell specializes in inflicting fear and confusion on our enemies, so that we can create opportunities to kill them or achieve a specific goal, it should be noted that there are creatures immune to this spell but it usually works with most npc.

Clairvoyance:

this type of spell belongs to the branch of illusion, and allows us to know the path of the objective of the closest mission in our environment.

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Restoration:

as its name indicates, this spell allows us to heal from wounds caused by our enemies in the same way it allows us to banish the undead from the world of the living.

Great healing:

this spell allows us to heal from serious injuries during combat.

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One of the skills that really characterize The Elder Scroll: Skyrim V, are their attacks of screams of the dragon, with 20 screams, among them we have: Breath of frost and fire, we can also slow down the time and even make jumps almost instantaneous in short distances, among other skills that will be very useful during our adventures that depending on the circumstances we will be forced to use them.

frost breath:

this dragon cry allows us to incapacitate enemies by freezing them for a short period of time.

It should be noted that these are just some of the skills that this great video game has and that were the ones that I used the most during the missions.

I recently investigated about the soundtrack of the game because it caught my attention; since I found it similar to the songs of the Vikings, I found the surprise that the game contains 4 discs with a total duration of 218: 19 minutes. The writer of all the songs within these 4 albums is Jeremy Soule, an American music composer for movies, tv and video games, he is known as the John Williams of music for games. It was a total of 53 songs written and composed by Jeremy for Skyrim (for me Sovngarde and Dragonborn are among the best).

The Elder Scroll V: Skyrim has been for me one of the best games I've played, its plot, its interface and the diversity of functions that it has made Skyrim a permanent experience for me since I'm still playing it every time differently with either a new race or different traits. if you have not played yet I invite you to do it and have fun with this wonderful video game; I am a very faithful follower of the Dragon Age saga and without a doubt Skyrim has earned a position next to this great game, I have not managed to play even The Elder Scroll Online I have read that it is an excellent game and others have said that it is not very good but I hope to join this new experience soon, however, I hope that Bethesda will continue to offer us more games like Fallout and The Elder Scroll.

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