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Skyrim Realism is Unbelievable

  • Posted by Jared Frazier November 12, 2011 - 647 views

    We all knew that Skyrim was going to be one of the most realistic video games of 2011. But Bethesda really took me by surprise. What I have been playing for the past day is unbelievable.
    As I made my up up a mountain on a quest of recovery for the Jarl of Winterhold, I saw a pack of obviously hungry wolves chasing after a much smaller fox. My heart told me to intervene, so the wolves quickly became piles of burned flesh and fur.
    I walked The Sleeping Giant Inn in Riverwood, and heard as a barsmaid complained to the innkeeper that the ale was going bad. "The ale is going bad you need to stock up on something fresher." the innkeeper replied "Yeah, yeah." "Did you hear what I just said?" The innkeeper replied, "Yes, the ale is going bad," much as a child would after being given directions by their mother.
    As I walked into town, I was marveling the dual wielding system with a destruction spell. A child walked up to me and remarked "Wow! Are you a mage? Could you turn me invisible?" I told the child yes, lying. "Well when are you going to turn me invisible?" I told him that I already had. "Great! Now I can have some real fun around here." He ran off, undoubtedly about to get himself in a bit of trouble.
    So what do you guys think about the realism in Skyrim? It honestly feels like living another life in another world...

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6 Comments
  • Dreema
    Dreema   ·  December 11, 2011
    There is no such thing as a bug-free game, man; they're just too complex these days to be perfect.  
    I found the way if you swing a huge two handed sword and miss, you stagger and have to try and get your balance to swing again.  As someone who actu...  more
  • Mike W
    Mike W   ·  December 11, 2011
    Love this post, been playing since Arena and Skyrim is the best in the series.
  • Tor Blackforge
    Tor Blackforge   ·  November 17, 2011
    In oblivion I felt like the world was dead to me, so the laws didnt apply to me. In Skyrim, I feel the need to not kill every person I meet, they seem too real.
  • Mark Dunn
    Mark Dunn   ·  November 14, 2011
    Its totally immersive, and realistic, I spent ages gawping inot a puddle marvelling at the graphics when I was attacked by a sabre toothed thing, the NPC actions are more realistic as is the dialogue, the NPC's appear tougher which is good, and I spend ag...  more
  • KillTheG1mp
    KillTheG1mp   ·  November 13, 2011
    It's not just the dialogues and all, it's the freaking game world entirely that's realistic! Every thing looks naturally in place and not put there on purpose by some human designer, it breathes and it's feels lifelike. Every hit with a bow that sends som...  more
  • Luke MaCaulay Smart
    Luke MaCaulay Smart   ·  November 13, 2011
    I know it isn't much but I also found this quite realistic. I was in whiterun when I accidentally hit a woodchopper, he drew his knife and made after me. I had been doing pretty well in whiterun and was a thane, so I didn't want to kill him and ran. He ch...  more