Platform: Xbox 360
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Price I Paid: £25.00
Ah Skyrim, a masterpiece created by Bethesda and another instant classic game which fits nicely into the Elder Scrolls series. While I do have the PC version of this game, I decided to review the Xbox 360 version because I wanted to see what it looked like on my new TV. Well, not just that, but the main reason was I wouldn't be able to cheat on the Xbox 360 as much as the PC version, seen as though I have no access to console commands.
I don't know if it's the Xbox 360 version or my TV, but I started the game and it looks absolutely GORGEOUS. I mean, the problem with the PC version for me is that it seems to think it wants to run everything at the lowest setting. But my God I was impressed, it'd been a while since I visited Skyrim and it was a lovely reunion with the executioner's block.
So, after escaping to Riverwood, I basically went and completed most of the main quest and then it happened. I got sidetracked. Before finishing the main quest, I completed the Dark Brotherhood, Thieves Guild, Comapnions and all the other side quests that are lengthy. It's so fun that you'll get side tracked by other fun things to do.
Bearing in mind this is one of my favourite games of all time, I guess you could say you're expecting a high review, but actually looking back on my playthrough, it was quite glitchy, which is expected with big open world games like Fallout, hell, even Rage had bugs in it and that was pretty fun. The constant amount of freezing and lag didn't help either, I was fighting a blood dragon, switched to my sword and shield, the game froze and I had to wait for a good minute or so until the game unfroze itself.
One problem you'll find eventually is the voice acting, there's nothing wrong with it, but it sounds like they could only afford to hire ten or so voice actors, even some of the main characters like Ralof and Jarl Balgruff share voices with other characters. Judging by the games amount of foliage, I'm sure they could have gotten rid of that and used a couple more voice actors instead.
The sheer amount of things to do in Skyrim is truly overwhelming on the Xbox 360, but with almost 25,000 Addons on the Steam Workshop and lots more on the Skyrim Nexus, the possibilities of Skyrim are endless. But, the Xbox 360 kind of lets the side down with the constant freezing and crashes. Not to mention the voice acting, however...
Skyrim gets a 10/10
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