Why The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim: Is Still Played 9 Years Later

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  • Опубліковано 14 чер 2024
  • Why is Skyrim a game which hasn't had a significant update since 2016 still played after 9 years? Join me on this journey where we find the answers to that question.
    Timestamps:
    0:00 Intro
    1:31 Music
    5:03 Exploration
    16:50 Side Quests
    35:29 Combat
    41:06 Story
    54:04 Factions
    1:07:50 DLC
    1:26:14 Mods
    1:47:07 Outro
    Mods Listed In Order:
    Quality Map - www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods...
    SkyUI - www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods...
    4K Parallax - www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods...
    Elemental Arrows - www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods...
    Magicka Sabers - www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods...
    Ultimate Follower Overhaul - www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods...
    Lucien - www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods...
    Inigo - www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods...
    Ordinator - www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods...
    Thunderchild - www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods...
    Riverside Lodge - www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods...
    Breezehome TNF - www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods...
    Live Another Life - www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods...
    Skyrim Unbound - www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods...
    Bruma - beyondskyrim.org/
    Enderal - sureai.net/
    Twitter: / gingyyyt
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    Outro: Orca Vibes - Gypsy
    - open.spotify.com/artist/5Uh59...
    - orcavibes.bandcamp.com/
    Hope You Enjoyed!
    #Skyrim #Gingy #YearsLater
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 827

  • @galesito1733
    @galesito1733 2 роки тому +1595

    Me when starting the game: "I'll try being a mage this time"
    Several hours later I'm a stealth archer again.

    • @billdavis7577
      @billdavis7577 2 роки тому +76

      Mage becomes op as hell if you stick with it.

    • @kornflak4s
      @kornflak4s 2 роки тому +3

      Same

    • @UsingGorillaLogic
      @UsingGorillaLogic 2 роки тому +27

      I am the same only I end up playing a character based around one of the two forms because I like ragdoll physics and being able to fling enemies around is a dopamine hit.

    • @AlqhemyA
      @AlqhemyA 2 роки тому +5

      happens to all of us

    • @thisisaname5589
      @thisisaname5589 2 роки тому +46

      Funny. I've literally never done that. Never want to, either. This video could have been 2 seconds long, by the way, and consisted of one word: "mods."

  • @EternalNightingale
    @EternalNightingale 3 роки тому +1030

    I remember dying over and over from that damn frost troll on the way up to the graybeards 😤😤

    • @MichaelW52883
      @MichaelW52883 3 роки тому +47

      ME: Ok troll bitch let's go
      Troll proceeds to beat me like it's bitch
      ME: nope I'm out this was a bad idea

    • @lizardlegend42
      @lizardlegend42 2 роки тому +30

      I just ran around it the first time lol, was a lot easier to do so on thecway down thanks the Whirlwind Sprint shout

    • @willigagbob8243
      @willigagbob8243 2 роки тому

      Greybeard

    • @m3ntallyd3fficient11
      @m3ntallyd3fficient11 2 роки тому +1

      @@MichaelW52883 I think everybody went through that, I know I sure as shit did. But I didn't give up, I fought that fucker over and over again until I beat him

    • @woodsy.2977
      @woodsy.2977 2 роки тому +1

      SAME. I then opened my pause menu and realised I was playing on the hardest difficulty like a moron.

  • @noxu2441
    @noxu2441 3 роки тому +1436

    my dad has played Skyrim since it was released, went back home and my dad still plays it.

    • @TshepoNkadimeng5
      @TshepoNkadimeng5 2 роки тому +120

      It's tradition now it's culture

    • @donavoncummings3593
      @donavoncummings3593 2 роки тому +137

      My dad first showed me this game and bought it for me when it came out in 2011. I remember being around 6 years old watching him play oblivion. Him arranging all the weapons in glass displays around his house. It was blissful watching him playing it. It felt like I was in zen mode lol. And then fast forward to me playing Skyrim for the first time. I finally felt like I was following my dads footsteps into an amazing game. And I’ve never felt anything lower than that feeling every time I’ve came back and played Skyrim over and over again. I still come back to play through this game to this day. When I first played Skyrim I was around 12 years old. Now I am 22 and I am still eagerly waiting for the next elder scrolls. Shout out to all the hardcore fans that keep the elder scrolls alive ✨

    • @FallenRingbearer
      @FallenRingbearer 2 роки тому +40

      Son?

    • @Iodestarr
      @Iodestarr 2 роки тому +25

      This is my dad, but with fallout.
      Started with 3. I remember on new Vegas I would come over and he'd have like 100k+ caps...
      Now he's been playing fo76. He's level 5xx running around in power armor with a gun that 1 shots everything in the game lol

    • @ded2thaworld963
      @ded2thaworld963 2 роки тому +11

      I’ve been playing it since release as well. Mods make this game, if not for them it wouldn’t be anywhere near as popular

  • @litost5357
    @litost5357 2 роки тому +543

    Skyrim was the first game to get me out of a serious depression. I genuinely believe it saved my life. I don't think I will ever not love Skyrim.

    • @monkey_ish4117
      @monkey_ish4117 2 роки тому +28

      Tbh it's helping me trough a tough time at the moment, I understand the love you have for the game, I feel the same way.

    • @litost5357
      @litost5357 2 роки тому +12

      @@monkey_ish4117 I remember the absolute joy I felt at the end when everyone is smiling. It felt like the first smile I'd seem in a long time, and it made me smile for the first time I'm what felt like forever

    • @daigonmocs0785
      @daigonmocs0785 2 роки тому +1

      Sometimes it does the same for me, just so comforting to go through all the quests

    • @StrigWilson
      @StrigWilson 2 роки тому +3

      This is how I am with final fantasy 9...whenever I'm down I play thru final fantasy 9 :)

    • @jjayala
      @jjayala 2 роки тому +5

      Awesome how gaming can help like that. My switch helps me still stay sober quite a few 24 hrs later.

  • @ChessArmyCommander
    @ChessArmyCommander 3 роки тому +432

    Skyrim was like a real life adventure for me, when I first played back in 2011. It still can be. Because modding can reignite one's passion for Skyrim even today. There are many many fantastic mods.

    • @willigagbob8243
      @willigagbob8243 2 роки тому +9

      I just got back into it because of the mods, even more friggin addictive if possible.

    • @alexsm3882
      @alexsm3882 2 роки тому +6

      It's the only satisfying way to play Skyrim Imo but I don't really like the base game

    • @monkey_ish4117
      @monkey_ish4117 2 роки тому +1

      Yes 100% when I learned about mods I installed skyrim once more and am playing for the last 6 months again and am loving it a lot!

    • @g33k_Tech
      @g33k_Tech 2 роки тому +2

      when i first playing skyrim felt like i was in vacation to fantasy world..the music, the scenery

    • @Prod_TKJ808
      @Prod_TKJ808 Рік тому +1

      @@alexsm3882 base game fye it’s jus da textures nd shi i be changing

  • @fluffygutts2240
    @fluffygutts2240 2 роки тому +224

    Its the mods that keep me coming back. Ive played over 1,500 hours and Im still able to do new quests and explore new places thanks to mods.

    • @zippo71111
      @zippo71111 2 роки тому +5

      Yes it's mostly the mods. For me that includes Oblivion and Morrowind too. Same goes for the classic doom games. I always pick them up again no matter how many hours I've spent on them. Sometimes all it takes is to hear a soundtrack from the elder scrolls series and I'm tempted to play again.

    • @YourMiddleBroPhil
      @YourMiddleBroPhil Рік тому +2

      @@zippo71111 fallout NV was my mod craze game before skyrim

    • @zippo71111
      @zippo71111 Рік тому

      @@YourMiddleBroPhil Spent hours playing with mods on that too. The quarry , death claw cave and the mountain top Northwest are locations that have been stuck in my mind for years, love that game.

    • @tinkywinky4449
      @tinkywinky4449 Рік тому

      1500 hours?
      Rookie numbers.

  • @officialodin327
    @officialodin327 2 роки тому +64

    I just wanted to say that across these years I've had about 1000 - 1200 hours sunk into Skyrim, and I've NEVER stumbled across the plot twist in Windhelm after Wuulfberth gets imprisoned. I was shocked to know that the countless times I've done that quest in all these years I've, every single time, imprisoned the wrong guy

    • @Mephilis78
      @Mephilis78 10 місяців тому +2

      "B b b but skyrim haazz no deeeeeeepth... Reeeeeeee"

    • @bloomleaf8310
      @bloomleaf8310 5 місяців тому +2

      I mean I would not call it depth, blood on the ice is one of the most notoriously buggy quests in the game and constantly hard locks itself and access to the house there. So people not knowing about its ending after 1000+ hours is not surprising especially since the worst bug it ever had( the third victim appearing after the court wizards arrest) is still prevalent.

  • @K1enzan
    @K1enzan 2 роки тому +76

    Man, this game came out my sophomore year of high school, and to this day I still play it. Every time I do play it, I always find something new. It's pretty crazy how much is packed in this game, and having a PC makes the experience so much greater with the use of mods! This video perfectly summed up how I feel about it!

  • @lucienlachance4126
    @lucienlachance4126 3 роки тому +31

    “You know if you’ve got the aptitude you should join the Mage’s College Of Winterhold.”

    • @buildawall5803
      @buildawall5803 2 роки тому +1

      "Gasp" What who are you explain yourself

    • @CITYZEN50
      @CITYZEN50 3 місяці тому

      lucien? didn't you get absolutely obliterated by the dark brotherhood way back in oblivion?

  • @IMCPILOT841
    @IMCPILOT841 Рік тому +26

    You know the video’s good when I see that there’s over an hour left and am relieved that it’s not almost over

  • @wundt626
    @wundt626 3 роки тому +471

    Playing Skyrim is the purest expression of happiness.

    • @aprilmorgan18
      @aprilmorgan18 3 роки тому +30

      Can't express enough how much this game makes me happy. It has been a game I pick back up years later and bought three different psychical copies. This game makes me happy because I continue to live a single life with very few friends, making this game a escape from reality.

    • @HoarselyCry
      @HoarselyCry 2 роки тому +10

      Great anti-depressant.

    • @sweetiesquad69
      @sweetiesquad69 2 роки тому +5

      2.5/5

    • @666Kaca
      @666Kaca 2 роки тому

      2/5 take, literally any elder scrolls that came out before it is better

    • @wundt626
      @wundt626 2 роки тому

      @@aprilmorgan18 amen brother

  • @_Azurael_
    @_Azurael_ 2 роки тому +19

    19:50 btw, you don't actually need to "fail" the mistery. In my first playthrou I didnt talk with the stewart to arrest the mage. I went to the mage directly, because I didnt use the quest pointers. Confronting him, you can get all the information you need without the need to arrest him, or let another person get killed.
    So this quest actually has branching paths. I dind't know another murder would happen if I had him arrested.

    • @AlqhemyA
      @AlqhemyA 2 роки тому +5

      the spelling in this comment should be a crime

  • @LozzaJ
    @LozzaJ 2 роки тому +22

    Skyrim makes me think back to a specific time in my life when I first played it, so replaying it now gives me that nostalgic feeling. Plus all round it’s just a great game, and the soundtrack is something else

  • @ghosthunter7258
    @ghosthunter7258 7 місяців тому +2

    As someone who played this game in 2012 2013 I can say I am still playing skyrim to this day

  • @harun776
    @harun776 2 роки тому +12

    I started playing Skyrim last month so I bet you guys can Imagine the massive binge gaming I been doing especially since I’ve been quarantined.

    • @harun776
      @harun776 2 роки тому +2

      @@dx315 I’m going thru the same phase with assassin creed odyssey lol

  • @NickSaysHenlo
    @NickSaysHenlo 2 роки тому +158

    I love how Skyrim has different approaches for each new game you start. Choosing who to fight for in the civil war, choosing your class, completing quests you never knew about beforehand - all of these are factors that make Skyrim click in my opinion. Replayability is very important in any game ever and Skyrim perfected this aspect.

    • @ididntaskverified3663
      @ididntaskverified3663 2 роки тому +9

      Fallon new vegas

    • @bobcat24
      @bobcat24 2 роки тому +6

      Wait, Skyrim actually has a class system?

    • @freshlymemed5680
      @freshlymemed5680 2 роки тому +10

      @@bobcat24 It kind of does, at least a rather free form one. While you can choose to use just about every weapon and spell in existence. How effective they are all depend on how you build your character. Equipment especially late game stuff also only really benefit specific builds.

    • @enoismano7486
      @enoismano7486 2 роки тому +5

      @@bobcat24 skyrim is not a game that holds your hand and tells you what a mage or warrior should do or wield. Its you who decides, one can say that this is not what a true rpg is and is more like a sandbox, but in my opinion its much better. And the immersion of becoming stronger by pratice and not by increasing numbers in a level up is truly something i never seen or experienced in a game.

    • @666Kaca
      @666Kaca 2 роки тому +9

      No actual classes, no stats, dumbed down mechanics. I wouldnt call it perfect.

  • @juliomorales4843
    @juliomorales4843 2 роки тому +6

    Skyrim is just so large. If you want, every single play through can feel wildly different and ur almost never gets boring

  • @demetter7936
    @demetter7936 2 роки тому +5

    Why do these hour long documentary-esque breakdown's of Skyrim enthrall me so much? I swear I've watched them all.

    • @Dionysus_09
      @Dionysus_09 Рік тому

      I have no idea why one would be compelled by such things. They are tedious, trite pablum because the game is shallow, monotonous, and so boring as to not even be worth yawning over.

  • @guywhoateatoaster4243
    @guywhoateatoaster4243 3 роки тому +133

    Lets hope they dont take nine years to make the next game

    • @kassi2562
      @kassi2562 3 роки тому +14

      I would expect to come out in 2024-2025

    • @dracodeanglicus3857
      @dracodeanglicus3857 3 роки тому +29

      _Oh, you sweet summer child..._

    • @Snippyyy
      @Snippyyy 3 роки тому +2

      @@kassi2562 i honestly hope 2025, more time it takes means better game hopefully

    • @virajpatil5963
      @virajpatil5963 3 роки тому

      @@Snippyyy clash es6 vs gta 6

    • @theSato
      @theSato 2 роки тому +9

      @@Snippyyy yes but life is short, I'd rather have 10 really good games in my life than 2 amazing ones

  • @femboyclearly5181
    @femboyclearly5181 Рік тому +15

    No matter how much life changed, the characters and world of skyrim had always stayed there for the times i just needed a break. Since i was 9 years old and i have just now turned 20 and i still feel the same comfort just looking at the game as i did playing it those 11 years ago.

    • @logansaxby7224
      @logansaxby7224 2 місяці тому

      Very well said, I hope your still enjoying Skyrim

  • @Comkill117
    @Comkill117 2 роки тому +9

    I remember getting this game for Christmas in 2011. Never played anything like it before as a kid, and it was truly an adventure. I remember not knowing how to read the map (to the point a friend and I tried playing with the real map that came packaged with the game) or figure out how the quests worked so I ended up going to Shimmermist cave instead of Bleak Falls Barrow after Dragonsreach.
    As you can imagine, not knowing what I was doing coupled with entering a cave full of Falmer and a Dwarven Centurion at like level 2 or 3 didn’t go well. Eventually I gave up and went looking for other stuff to do and basically learned how to play the game, but later came back and it was really interesting getting to the bottom of it. Still wasn’t easy for me at the time, and Lydia died on me there (which lead me to think any companion could die, which isn’t really true at all) so the stakes were pretty high, but when that machine dropped dead it felt like the whole game had opened up. Leaving the cave by looping around to the entrance was also a really cool way to finish it off, and while I was upset at first, it sort of became like a preview of what the proper Dwemer ruins would be like. Going to Blackreach later in the main quest made it all feel like the game really was building up to something epic, which given the ending I’d say it was.
    Played it a billion times since, and have a ton of memories of it, but that’s one of my earliest and most formative with Skyrim. Crazy to think it’s been 10 years.

  • @gamingdealer9514
    @gamingdealer9514 Рік тому +6

    Jesus, just the soundtrack brings back a lot of memories. Not just the game but my whole life at the time when I was playing this game, how I was discussing this masterpiece with my friends or the hobbies that I used to do at the time, and being excited to go home and play skyrim. This is my favourite game of all time.

  • @enokdnb7388
    @enokdnb7388 2 роки тому +38

    Quite simply, because, and outside of its predecessors, they're is no other game that embodies be what you want, do what you want, how you want, and go wherever you want other than Skyrim.
    The Elder Scrolls is special

    • @peaceprinceshaxi5978
      @peaceprinceshaxi5978 2 роки тому +2

      Try daggerfall

    • @monsterhunter7424
      @monsterhunter7424 Рік тому +1

      @@peaceprinceshaxi5978 dagerfall is a much better rpg than skyim but do u rlly believe that gamers nowadays will such an old game only to get clapped by skeletons?

  • @AJANZ27
    @AJANZ27 2 роки тому +8

    Mods have kept me playing this game literally til this day. I actually feel as if im living another life in another universe playing this game..no other game has made me feel like that.

  • @henriquebotelho2945
    @henriquebotelho2945 3 роки тому +24

    Hey Gingy. As someone who's been following you since your early days of For Honor content, I really appreciate the direction you're taking your channel and hope to see more videos like this one. I hope your channel continues to grow despite the discontinuation of the For Honor content.

    • @The.Nasty.
      @The.Nasty. 2 роки тому +1

      @@wyattgeorge9696 a lot of people enjoy these essay style videos, the cadence included.
      I see tiktok reposts and reaction videos all the time on this platform, I’d say those are far more “low effort” than a 2 hour opinion piece/breakdown.

  • @RiverdudeCovers
    @RiverdudeCovers 2 роки тому +5

    Wait a minute....the court wizard wasn't the murderer!?!
    I literally never knew that holy shit. I've been playing this game for fucking years

  • @ThedeadMapleoak
    @ThedeadMapleoak 3 роки тому +46

    The short answer? Ymfah still hasn't found all the ways to break it.

  • @Midnight_Snakk
    @Midnight_Snakk 3 роки тому +4

    Okay, straight up! This video is excellent and deserves to reach a larger audience. Good job my dude!

  • @ramblingrenegade6346
    @ramblingrenegade6346 2 роки тому +1

    Awh the peaceful ambient music playing in the background around the 3-4 minute mark took me back. Haven't played Skyrim since discovering TW3 in 2018, might be time to go back

  • @Jackalackin64
    @Jackalackin64 2 роки тому +2

    Great video my man. I recently found your channel and have been listening to all the retrospectives on Skyrim and Fallout games. Even though I love these games. You have made me understand why there great games. I like how in depth you go into these videos, like with the different options you can pick in quests and playstyles to show how free the games can be. 😏
    Keep it up. You have a noice voice as well. 😅

  • @classicsofphilosophy
    @classicsofphilosophy 3 роки тому +71

    November 11, 2020: Today marks the 9th year anniversary of the greatest RPG of all time...From Orcs to Khajiits, no matter what race you play as, this game is truly special to me and to all the Elder Scrolls fans out there. I just wanted to say this, and to the many Skyrim players out there, happy 9th anniversary to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, you truly are the bet game ever🤞🏾💎

    • @AlqhemyA
      @AlqhemyA 2 роки тому +1

      I’d say the mods are the only reason I keep coming back to the game, mods can fix the garbage civil war questline which is so bad

  • @FG-ww8rc
    @FG-ww8rc 2 роки тому +3

    I have a friend who has been playing skyrim on the day one patch of the xbox 360 for like 8 years now. Can't think of many other games you could do that with and not get bored

  • @PuertoR0ck
    @PuertoR0ck Рік тому +2

    Skyrim is life. Lot of people are going thru something in their life, pressure, depression, boredom, etc. Escaping into the world of skyrim has helped millions of people.

  • @xanthousizalith5641
    @xanthousizalith5641 2 роки тому +1

    I've NEVER seen that Bow of the Hunt item before, ever, I had no idea it existed, that's so dope omg.

  • @Kelis98
    @Kelis98 3 роки тому +87

    Skyrim is great, one of the best games I’ve ever played.
    Always nice to see it get some love (despite some older fans hating on it).
    Do you plan on doing videos on other Elder Scrolls games too, or just Skyrim?

    • @user-lk7cv8vg7r
      @user-lk7cv8vg7r 2 роки тому +7

      Not all older fans. My first elder scrolls game was Daggerfall and I played it when it came out. Skyrim is my second favorite out of all the ES games. Daggerfall still being first.

    • @albin257
      @albin257 2 роки тому

      @@user-lk7cv8vg7r rr444rrrrr4rr4rrrrr44crr4cr4rrrrrr4rr5

    • @King-Laszlo-TheHonorable
      @King-Laszlo-TheHonorable 2 роки тому

      @@user-lk7cv8vg7r I’ve always loved the political setting of Daggerfall (I’ve never played the game but watched it a decent bit and read through the in game books and the lore and such) it isn’t even the star of the show but I’m always fascinated with the ‘High Magic Mixed Bag Era’ style that just the politics portrays.

    • @enoismano7486
      @enoismano7486 2 роки тому

      People use nostalgia too much to judge a game. Like someone said in the past. The universe is change, but life is all about opinions.

  • @KindaSorta451
    @KindaSorta451 2 роки тому +7

    The level of immersion this game brought for us to be able to escape reality will possibly be remained unmatched

  • @notafanboytotally4627
    @notafanboytotally4627 2 роки тому +1

    This was an amazing video and deserves way more Recognition. Thank you for taking the time to make this. Have a great day.

    • @Dionysus_09
      @Dionysus_09 Рік тому

      I felt this to be one of the weakest of all the Gingy videos I've seen. Maybe it got better towards the middle or end? I turned it off after about 16 minutes.

  • @arollingkino
    @arollingkino 3 роки тому +3

    I am a fan of this form of video, lookin forward to more man.

  • @lordwhatshisname3408
    @lordwhatshisname3408 11 місяців тому +9

    The main reason Skyrim is my favorite video game is because no matter how much I play it, there always seems to be something new I have not seen or done before. Even watching this video, there were a number of simple things you show that for some players, may have been a obvious thing, but for many others, was never even stumbled on or simply over-looked.

  • @miguelangelus959
    @miguelangelus959 8 місяців тому +1

    I had a great experience with combining Live Another Life and Frostfall. I chose to start the game at a shipwreck. What I didn't know beforehand was that the shipwreck spawned you far into the sea...
    What ensued was a desperate fight fore survival as my character had to use every resource she found in the wreckage to survive swiming through blood freezing waters and walking through blizzard riddled land until finally reaching Winterhold. Literally would have died if she stayed outside for even a minute longer
    She got a cruel frostbite, but survived and is now thriving. It was an unexpected but amazing introduction to my very first Skyrim survival playthrough. I had Campfire, Frostfall and disabled fast travels

  • @ALEXANDERATTACK
    @ALEXANDERATTACK 5 місяців тому

    I love the video and loved the Thunderchild mod. Great video man! Loved the rush through style.

  • @SamDy99
    @SamDy99 2 роки тому +16

    Skyrim is a cult. Not just Skyrim but the whole Elder Scrolls series. And we LOVE to be a part of it.

  • @minikuma
    @minikuma 3 роки тому

    Really liking the new videos! I played Skyrim a lot during middle school, and I still play it every once in a while

  • @blackfistxu7953
    @blackfistxu7953 3 роки тому +4

    👍🏾👍🏾🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 I’ve played Skyrim since 11/11/2011. Thanks for this video!

    • @Gingy
      @Gingy  3 роки тому +1

      Thank you for watching Jeremiah

  • @MartinRMcGowan
    @MartinRMcGowan 2 роки тому +25

    When I first got my more powerful pc system, I flooded the game with mods. It was awesome, and I had a ton of fun just adding things like ENB’s and parallax maps and brand new worlds to the game.
    At the end of December, as the ten year anniversary of me personally playing Skyrim came, I reinstalled the game with a handful of quality of life and graphical mods (improvements, not complete redesigns), and an alternate start.
    I’m loving it. Sneaking and archery are great, selling to rich merchants so I’m not over-encumbered with 9 dragon bones, and catching a stunning Vista as I turn a corner at the right time is still as amazing as it was in freshman year on my 360.
    Recently my fiancé has jumped into the game (she didn’t play it back in the day) and she’s also having tons of fun, so it’s not 100% nostalgia talking when I describe it as one of my favorite games, and absolutely my most played game.

  • @louispurcell2061
    @louispurcell2061 Рік тому +1

    This game came out when I was 11 years old, I picked it up same week it was released but only got all the achievements for it last year and while I haven't played it since I still have nothing but love for it.

  • @aninterestingminor2504
    @aninterestingminor2504 5 місяців тому +1

    At 38:25 in the video he literally perfectly explained my first character I’d played as in Skyrim and it honesty shook me!

  • @stevenwebb3475
    @stevenwebb3475 2 роки тому +3

    Because we keep trying to not play stealth archers only to play a stealth archer.

  • @smokeymcgee7585
    @smokeymcgee7585 2 роки тому +17

    I was expecting some kind of analysis, but this guy just described the game. We know the game. It's 9 years old.

    • @TheFos88
      @TheFos88 2 роки тому +6

      Yeah same. After skipping a ridiculous amount of times I realized all it is is literally an in depth description of the game itself, not much anything else.

    • @lamricelo
      @lamricelo 2 роки тому +4

      He literally says at the very start of the video that it is not an analysis.

    • @TheFos88
      @TheFos88 2 роки тому +2

      @@lamricelo So? It doesn't detract from the misleading title. The title and the actual content don't make any sense.

  • @emgex
    @emgex 3 роки тому +39

    Great Open World, great Atmosphere and Setting, Great story, Factions, Guilds..Good framerate even on older PCs, tons of Mods and its easy Moddable...

    • @pvtspartan
      @pvtspartan 2 роки тому +10

      Story is extremely poor wtf u on about lol

    • @kazdom6402
      @kazdom6402 2 роки тому +4

      @@pvtspartan I wouldn't say it's poor it's just really mediocre, not bad but extremely predictable. Luckily the 2 DLC's have really good story's

    • @dathunderman4
      @dathunderman4 2 роки тому +2

      @@pvtspartan some the stories to the side quests and DLC are good, but yeah the main story sucks

    • @placeholder4324
      @placeholder4324 2 роки тому

      Good frame rate? It’s fucking 11 years old. It was made for older PCs.

    • @emgex
      @emgex 2 роки тому

      @@placeholder4324 as i said "good framerate on older pcs..." Since most ppl have an older/medicore PC

  • @user-sf9gs2pg1b
    @user-sf9gs2pg1b Рік тому +1

    Skyrim sparks my curiosity, and that snowballs into hours upon hours of playing. I also love feeling powerful, I made an orc blacksmith who now has armor higher level than their level, so it’s really awesome.

  • @stoned_kitty
    @stoned_kitty 2 роки тому +5

    9 years? Nah. It'll still be played for eternity. It's the best offline rpg I've ever played. So far, no games can mimic Skyrim. While the developers keep updating it, modders keep supporting too. And I've been very happy playing it. Just my opinion tho.

  • @istherenomercy
    @istherenomercy 3 роки тому +2

    Great video, Gingy!

  • @Leto85
    @Leto85 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you for this I depth analysis. Skyrim remains one of my favorite games of all time.

  • @pixelkiller4605
    @pixelkiller4605 2 роки тому

    I will always be so happy to play this game and it has always been my favorite and every single time I boot up this game and hear the song and it’s chilling.

  • @andreipop9587
    @andreipop9587 Рік тому +1

    I've always gone with battlemage/spellsword build - sword in one hand, spell in the other, or spells in both hands and heavy armor on the player. Essentially a tank spellcaster. it always turned out OP in the later half of the game. Personally I never really liked dodging and since there were no rewarding acrobatics animations I wasn't really incentivized to play as a rogue. As a battlemage though, I had the pleasure of enjoying great looking armor pieces and the awesome spell or shout visuals. Also, adding spell mods always helped - used to add midas spells mod which added more elements (water, earth, air) so you could play with elements other than fire, ice, lightning.

  • @TearothDK
    @TearothDK 2 роки тому +7

    It's simple... The Elder Scrolls has the most awesome lore. Oh, and... Mods. Mods definitely help with the replayability. And you can make it your own game.

    • @michaelsinclair1343
      @michaelsinclair1343 Рік тому

      I love lore from LOTR even more than elder scrolls but we still haven't gotten a really good flushed out RPG for Tolkien yet. Shadow of Mordor and War were absolutely incredible but still not of the same idea as elder scrolls.

  • @AzaleaLuna
    @AzaleaLuna 2 роки тому +6

    You know what other game is still played and it was released seven days after Skyrim. Minecraft. Two great games.

    • @PastPerspectives3
      @PastPerspectives3 3 місяці тому

      2011 is probably the best year in the history of video games

  • @wretchedgames5194
    @wretchedgames5194 2 роки тому +1

    I finally got into this game after leaving it untouched for a year after I got it and I loved it

  • @detested2022
    @detested2022 2 роки тому +1

    red water den is one of my favorite locations to go expescially early game. the best spell is in there too.

  • @BazonBTW
    @BazonBTW 3 роки тому +5

    It's been 9...9 seconds since this video was released

  • @logansorrell8828
    @logansorrell8828 Рік тому

    BRO! When I initially finished the Blood on Ice quest I was like "that's it?" but I had no idea there was a part 2 to it! Going to go do that now!

  • @rezaruki3912
    @rezaruki3912 3 роки тому +4

    The modding community still alive in Skyrim, and also everyone are waiting for the huge expansion mod such as Skywin, Skyblivion, Beyond Skyrim, also bunch of waifu maker for Skyrim make this game got longer life before TES6 even release

  • @andrevaughn6980
    @andrevaughn6980 2 роки тому

    I love the kill cam when using lightning spells…it makes me feel like Darth Sideous 🧙🏻

  • @HarvestLockwood
    @HarvestLockwood Рік тому +1

    I always wished there was kind of a gag option for A Night to Remember where you can actually go through the marriage to Moira, and it makes all Hagravens friendly to the player or something. Most people prob wouldn't pick that option but imagine if they just threw that in there for fun.

  • @Otinashi
    @Otinashi Рік тому +1

    First it was the game itself that kept me playing, then it was the dlc, then it was the ports, then it was the mods, and now it's the curated wabbajack modlists that keep me coming back for an easy to set up, fresh, (mostly) polished experience I can get going with in just a couple hours. But honestly at the end of the day none of that would make me want to play Skyrim again if I didn't love the core game Bethesda built.

  • @Mdog2175
    @Mdog2175 Рік тому

    Hello from 2023 just did my 3rd punch only run….like and I STILL have so much builds I wanna try out. Been playing since day one don’t see myself stopping anytime soon! Hail Ulfric! The one true high king!

  • @gabrielkinsel4345
    @gabrielkinsel4345 7 місяців тому +1

    This is why Skyrim still gets played to this day. I’m only 14 minutes in, and you are talking about the red water den mission. And I usually run a sneak build. I always pick khajit for this with knight eye ability and immediately get aura whisper shout as soon as possible. Well because of that, I can see right through the deception of the den and I just sneak through the place and kill them all. If I took a different class, i would have had to drink the skooma and experience what you did. And that’s fascinating! Now 13 years later and I still find new things about the game. This game really shows how the little things matter most In a game. Because this game was extremely buggy and has stupid AI for the first 3 years of its life. However it’s these small details why people still play this game. I’m never not finding something new and exciting about this game.

  • @WardenOfSouls
    @WardenOfSouls Рік тому +2

    I love that you mentioned Enderal. Skyrim ist absolutely amazing but Enderal is one of the best RPGs i ever played. Simply because the atmosphere is mindblowing. I felt so immersed and hooked by the World Design and Story. I will never forget that and play it several times

  • @abstractphilosophy5874
    @abstractphilosophy5874 4 місяці тому

    i definitely am about to play again with Mods!!!
    God Bless You Gingy!

  • @derricktalbert6554
    @derricktalbert6554 21 день тому

    It's crazy i just started playing skyrim a few months ago and everyone in here played it so many years ago

  • @tuesdayg7030
    @tuesdayg7030 Рік тому

    I am set up with my knitting and am so excited to watch this while I sit back vibe and do this. Freak yes.

  • @Rayfireful
    @Rayfireful 2 роки тому +1

    "everybody favorite, stealthy archer"
    me: stealthy heavy armored ebony knight with 2 handed axe that shoot magically enchanted crossbow

  • @renaigh
    @renaigh 2 роки тому

    Jonah Lobe was the creature designer for Skyrim and Fallout 3 & 4 he also has a channel that details his process in design

  • @Iautocorrect
    @Iautocorrect Рік тому

    Dude, I’ve played Skyrim ONCE when it came out. I’m now 23:23 in, and must say: you make fantastic videos.

  • @alpha7041
    @alpha7041 3 роки тому +1

    i still dont understand how Gingy is so unknown and underrated..smh...... love you bro keep up the good work and thank you for all For Honor Videos you made

  • @Askethanoras
    @Askethanoras 3 роки тому +2

    i remember when this came out, i was hyped, like over hyped in school, its was the most glorius game i ever seen, and my entry to the world of elder scrolls, now? wow, looks so old.. like very old, just as old call of duty, battlefield and other games, have our standards improved so much since the past 10 years?

    • @TrevDawgRS
      @TrevDawgRS 3 роки тому +9

      in school everyone was bragging about how many dragons they've slain. it was epic.
      also the game still looks great, even with little to no mods.
      with mods you can make the game look like it came out next year lol.

  • @FireStarShadow
    @FireStarShadow Рік тому

    Whenever I played Skyrim I always did a mix of a one handed axe wielding warrior who wore heavy armor and was skilled in mostly destruction and restoration with some sneaking and archery on the side

  • @bobasosa
    @bobasosa Рік тому

    Currently in my 6th-7th play through rn on switch. Don’t know why I always come back but it’s always nice no matter if I know the story lines.

  • @steelshepherd6843
    @steelshepherd6843 Рік тому +1

    I got it running so good, I have had as many as 30 characters at once, 2/3 non-dragonborn. Some good or bad. I have a blend of music that doesn't replace the original, and still hear new songs for the first time since some are based on region. Magic is, expanded, more balanced and viable. Some of my characters can die in 2-3 hits if I don't block or evade...but mods build on an excellent base. Maybe not the smoothest or easiest to mod for...but I lose my self more than any other game. Weather, clothing, armor, food, water, sleep, camping, hunting, BOOKS...thousands of hours in this game...

  • @yeirydiaz6334
    @yeirydiaz6334 6 місяців тому

    It’s 12 years later now soon to be 13. Man time flew !

  • @bronyman1016
    @bronyman1016 Рік тому

    I still love this game it never gets old for me I can always open the game and have fun and relax and all that this game is LEGENDARY

  • @chiefhutch8993
    @chiefhutch8993 3 роки тому

    This is a great video of exactly why Skyrim is great then and now , thank you and well done 👍

  • @Trelitty11
    @Trelitty11 8 місяців тому

    I still remember my first play through im running towards rorikstead solo , I have a follower (Belrand) but I hadn’t seen him in days as I think we got separated somehow . He was the last thought on my mind when I first saw a dragon on too the hill the horror I had when I realized it was Alduin , as his dragon minion took off flying ready too attack me low and behold as if on Gandalf timing Belrand comes over the hill from the direction of Karthspire firing Ice and lightning helping me take down the dragon . We had a nice little reunion after . Belrands been one of my followers every play through since

  • @seminoodlepastapants2142
    @seminoodlepastapants2142 2 роки тому +3

    It has one of the best game soundtracks ever made.

  • @MolinaKojima
    @MolinaKojima 2 роки тому +1

    Skyrim and Metal Gear solid are very important to me, thanks for such great games and the experience that comes with them

  • @robinaabinor8771
    @robinaabinor8771 Місяць тому

    One of my favorite characters I ever played was Gor-Korbolg, a heavy armor-wearing, battle axe-wielding orc - I know, right? But about fifty hours or so into the game, I got tired of "run up to guy and slash him to death". Rather than scrap Korbolg and the dozens of hours spent playing with him, I decided to pivot and get him an education instead; He joined the college and became a conjuration wizard. Fun fact - conjured weapons scale with your conjuration skill, obviously... But they ALSO scale with the respective weapon skill. Meaning Korbolg, being a master of both two handed weapons and conjuration, wielded one of the most powerful axes in all of Tamriel. So he had his conjuration magic to summon an army of atronachs, and if the mood arose, he could summon an axe and relive the good ol days. I played him for another sixty hours after that.

  • @Mattwest1985
    @Mattwest1985 2 роки тому +10

    The elder scrolls wouldn’t be what it is without Jeremy Soule! His music is what makes me go back. Oblivion had some of the most nostalgic music to me nowadays and it keeps me coming back plenty of times.

  • @adamjdagen
    @adamjdagen 2 роки тому

    I played when I was 13 I’m 22 now. Ngl this game has aged very well. I started my 50th play through on pc this time.

  • @sorenamathers6434
    @sorenamathers6434 Рік тому

    Lores,dungeons,potions,quests
    Serena and ..... are things that make me play skyrim again and again

  • @squirrel7t7
    @squirrel7t7 2 роки тому +1

    Collect mage robes early as they sell for hundreds but weigh one. Exchange them for filled soul gems with any Jarls' wizard for enchanting.

  • @mr.happybear7058
    @mr.happybear7058 Рік тому

    Skyrims been a staple of my life ever since being a very young child due to my brothers, one of whom literally framed our original ps3 copy of Skyrim due to how much he loves it. Skyrims music filling my house at 6:30 in the morning as my brother played before school is seered into my brain

  • @TVMAN1997
    @TVMAN1997 2 роки тому

    I started playing it in November of 2021 and I love it

  • @opinionpaladin6007
    @opinionpaladin6007 Рік тому

    Replaced my joycons and repurchased my switch version and was surprised to find my like 30 level 20-30 characters from years ago. Skyrim is a mood

  • @graylyhen9490
    @graylyhen9490 2 роки тому +4

    I like most of this video but you had a few problems towards the end with guilds. I think you were too brief about the Thieves Guild when it came to the story of Karliah and the Nightingales, only mentioning the Nightingales after the quest line ended. You are also wrong about the Companions and the twins Farkas and Vilkas. They haven't been around since the guild started because the guild started during the days of Ysgromar

  • @bengunderson712
    @bengunderson712 Рік тому +1

    It's 2052, and they just ported Skyrim to my hover scooter!

  • @vexywexypoo
    @vexywexypoo 11 місяців тому

    I think a big part is the lore. I personally haven't played in months but i interact with the lore very often. It adds a lot to the world.

  • @holy9781
    @holy9781 2 роки тому

    9 years...it feels like 15 honestly.damn.i still play randomly every few years.i did like a year ago

  • @jrose-xp6tf
    @jrose-xp6tf 2 роки тому +1

    As a Morrowind and Oblivion guy, I just never really clicked with Skyrim even after re-engaging it years later thinking I'd come to my senses but...nope.

  • @Joseph_Biten
    @Joseph_Biten 2 роки тому +1

    In 20 years from now, I'm going to introduce a kid to Skyrim.