More than 5000 hours later, I feel like I could play forever

This game is absolutely fantastic! I have been playing it on and off since its release in 2012 and when I got the Legendary Edition I was not disappointed. The main storyline is fun, can definitely be challenging as it has varying battles, with multiple levels of difficulty to choose from, puzzles that sometimes can be obscenely frustrating but in the end make you feel terribly stupid for 'not seeing it earlier' and fantastic overall gameplay mechanics. For the time frame that it was released it has fantastic graphics and remains to be one of the most open world games to date. Whilst the game does have many, many bugs (personally I've come to expect it from Bethesda products, they make amazing open world games but with all that amazing in one package you are bound to have to deal with some bad issues once in a while, so I say they're bearable) but that does not take away from gameplay so much as add to the number of saves you start to rack up on your console because you cannot help but wonder if that door is going to open after you enter, or if the lift is going to bug out halfway up and make it so you can not go anywhere, both of which have happened to me whilst playing the game. Mildly frustrating but overall they can be gotten over for the price you are paying for this wonderful piece of virtual heaven. It has above and beyond replayability, I have made at least 30-40 different characters and played for somewhere between 5-10 thousand hours, easily because there is just so much to do. You have different guilds/factions to join, side quests which, while being somewhat repetitive they do increase substantially in rewards as you level up, The main storyline, which while not quite as good of a story as in the previous games Oblivion and Morrowind it is still a compelling story. I think this story is definitely interesting the first time you play through and the civil war plot is fun and immense. This is a game that quite literally depends on you to decide how Skyrim will look when you are done with it, and I think they did an absolutely fantastic job of that. The multiple stories in this one game are all compelling in their own, particular way as they lead you through a tale of fantasy, violence, fun, love, excitement, thrills, death, heartbreak and tragedy. This game will make you not want to move for hours, days, weeks, months, hell, even years depending on just how into the game you decide you want to get. Not to mention on top of all the story that this game has you have the books that are filled with different myths and legends, all of which can and will be explored, and are very entertaining. Then you have the countless dungeons, forts, bandit camps, forsworn camps, etc. that can be attacked and looted until you are absolutely armed to the teeth with sword, dagger, bows, arrows, spells and armor that can deflect even the mightiest of blows. When I think about Skyrim, I can tell you that it is not just a game to a lot of people. If need be, Skyrim can be an escape from real life because of how easy it is to become immersed in this massive game realm of Dragons, and Dungeons and bad guys who want to hurt you and Jarls that want to pay you to hurt someone who is hurting them. This is like someone handing you the key to jump into the world of your fantasy, the world of your brain and you get to go there as long as you want, as often as you want, significant other and work pending. I dont think thats too bad for $20.Read full review

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