Bethesda THE ELDER SCROLLS V - SKYRIM LEGENDARY EDITION

What can I say, I am an adopted Nord and after almost a year from my purchase and some 340 hours I am still playing this amazing game (level 105, completing the Dragonborn DLC as we speak) !!! Of course the graphics are not comparable with The Witcher 3 (which I love as well... ah Geralt!...) because the game is old-ish, and if you are the occasional gamer not ready to invest some serious time in learning all tricks (Alchemy!) maybe this is not the game for you, but it is for me and some other 20 (twenty!) millions of gamers (and counting). I feel at home in snowy and cold Skyrim, where I go around exploring every corner, from the bottom of the seas to the top of the mountains with my fully customised character and my virtual best-friend follower Lydia prompting me to get into all sorts of adventures ("Look! It's a cave! I wonder what is inside!"). The game truly gives you a second life and I promise you, you will miss Skyrim if you don't play it for a few days. It's like being away from home.I play as a fierce, proud Stormcloak rebel (I couldn't possibly fight against lovely Ralof, the hot rebel and first character you see in the game, eh! But you can play as an aka-ancient-Roman "Imperial" invader, if you prefer), NPCs recognise my character as one of them when we meet (they even comment on my Stormcloak uniform...amazing!) and yes, through my Avatar I have another life there.After so many hours, the game is still exciting with its riddles and stories, and I still get scared when I enter into a dungeon and a draugr attacks me. The 3 DLCs are amazing, a must-have and are included in the Legendary edition, so go for it. With the PC edition you can install tons of mods and make the game even more enjoyable, although, I warn you here, you need a super super computer, like ROG last generation to run them smoothly.The music is amazingly beautiful and the game is totally immersive with its first and 3-rd person view. I recommend playing it on a large tv, in total darkness (evening is the best time) and with home theatre surround sound (and no interruptions or noises!), then you will be there and no longer here. Fus-Ro-Dah!!!!!!!

Final update: Well after extensive play (I'm almost up to level 80 on a couple of stats now), I can report that the bugs in Skyrim are mostly minor and do not detract from the gameplay. Yes, the landscape isn't perfectly solid and grass sometimes sways through a rock. Yes, the odd graphical glitch exists. Yes, the game even locked solid during a dragon battle. But it's still wonderful. Look past the imperfections and become immersed in an amazing game. But save regularly. ;-)Update: After a complete restart and saving the game at the earliest opportunity (i.e. as soon as I had control of my character), I can now save and play the game normally. Instant two star boost to my review, with further star if the game behaves itself.Original review:What a disappointment! Skyrim is excellent, but dealing with the PS3 version bugs seems to be almost a sub-game itself. I played a couple of hours into the game and thought I'd stop for the night. Only the save option is ghosted out, preventing me from saving my progress. So I Google'd for a solution and discovered I might need to delete the last patch and decline to download it when prompted. Or maybe it's another of the many, many problems listed in the giant Skyrim problem FAQ I read. As I've also got Skyrim on the 360 (now sadly lost to my son) which just worked without issue, playing Skyrim on the update-obsessed PS3 was somewhat of a "Are you freaking kidding me?" experience.I'll probably sort the problems out myself in due course, but I thought that was the whole point of updates in the first place. Gamers really should not have to faff around to get a game working on a console that demands updates on what seems like a daily basis. You should not have to keep worrying about losing progress in a game.Skyrim is a great game, but from my experience so far, it's not great on the PS3.

So Skyrim is the most amazing game in my opinion of the RPG genre apart from Fallout Games. This Big open world is full of lots of things and quests any man or woman can explore. the story is also Amazing and the fact you can switch between third and first person view is a thing that sets these games apart from all the other games a brilliant feature if i might say so myself. The reason is because you can use swords and Bows but unlike any other game you can use a bow in 1st person mode to get a better aim on the target, you can dual wield swords and you can cast magic in both hands or one and have a weapon in the other you can also specialize in skills made for you so if your a prefered archer or swords man or you prefer to sneak or stealthily dispatch targets and you can pick locks and smith items just a fraction of the skills involved in this amazing gem of a game the only downfall I can think of is you can get some annoying bugs that can hinder a little but they are no where as bad as oblivion or fallout 3 bugs. and the DLC wow only a small number but the size of Dragonborn and Dawnguard more then makes up for that and Hearthfire for its building of houses a nice little extra feature. All in all 5 star rating.

If like me you look for a game where you can go anywhere, do almost anything and complete an incredibly long and detailed game in the way you want to do it, this is the game for you!If like me you look for value for money this game is top of the charts!The graphics are excellent as is the musical score. You create your own character from a choice of several races and then customize them into the player you want to be and the choices are very detailed.The world you play in is huge and even without the extra content on this legendary edition this game is so big It will eat up a huge amount of time just to do the main quest, add on all the side quests, some of which may take a whole evening to complete and you have a game that can take months to complete! And then you have all the extra content to do! Then you have the question of the replay value which is very good as well because of all the character choices, whose side you will take in the civil war going on, and the endless different ways you can complete this game. I could go on for ever about this game but I will just say thank you Bethesda for creating another masterpiece and to all of you that have read this short review I say do not miss this one!!!

I love this game. I have played it for a number of days in total although not everyday. There are plenty of characters to choose from and then you get to customise them.I loved all the quests and interaction you could have with NPCs.I know it is meant to be mainly about killing dragons but I play more by not fulfilling the quest to see the Jarl at Whiterun and instead go around making my fortune and trying my luck with the different guilds you can join.I wish they would bring out more expansions between now and the release of the new one. Because I enjoy it that much.Overall, if you like playing RPG games, being able to customise your race and appearance plus your skill set - then this is definitely the game for you and will keep you amused for ages. In fact, this is the one game I come back to time and time again.