The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
2017
- role-playing (rpg)
- adventure
- action
- fantasy
- open world
- single player
The story
Dragons, long lost to the passages of the Elder Scrolls, have returned and the future of Skyrim hangs in the balance. As Dragonborn, the prophesized hero born with the power of The Voice, you are the only one who can stand against them.
What it’s like
Wide, sweeping vistas of snowy mountains, pine forests and windswept tundra, rendered in a painterly fantasy palette of grey-blue winter, amber torchlight and the warm glow of a hearth in a timber longhouse. Day and night cycles shift the mood from pale, hazy dawns to star-thick, moonlit dark, and the weather rolls in as blizzards, rain and drifting fog that make every journey feel earned. The score is a broad orchestral wash of horns, strings and choral chant that swells over open country and drops to quiet lute and wind in towns and taverns, while the soundscape of distant wolves, crackling fires and clattering armour keeps the world feeling lived in. Movement is unhurried and exploratory, with long walks between settlements punctuated by sudden, loud bursts of combat against bandits, draugr and dragons; the violence is stylised fantasy action, with blood and bodies but no gore focus, and occasional cruelty in dark quests. The overall vibe is wondrous, melancholy adventure, best suited to a long evening alone, a relaxed weekend session, or a patient wander with no fixed goal. It is for players who want a sprawling, self-directed world to get lost in, a hero's arc of quiet discovery, and a slow-building sense of awe.
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