Skyrim Is An Absolute Nightmare - This Is Why

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  • Опубліковано 3 сер 2023
  • To start my Bethesda bonanza we have Skyrim Is An Absolute Nightmare - This Is Why. Next is Fallout: New Vegas, then Starfield.
    Skyrim is one of my favorite games, and I tried to make this review similar to my older ones, as I found making my Disco Elsium review a bit stressful.
    I used ideas I used to use, like green screening myself into Skyrim, keeping sketches short and to the point, and reviewing other games within the Skyrim review. This time is was Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom and the Resident Evil 4: Remake.
    ENJOY
    Patreon bros: / upisnotjump
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    Twitter-o-fish: / upisnotjump
    Skeleton dance video by: @Sorenova
    Voice of Luna (the cat): Reny Amoros
    Editing workflow partly by: / mudantv
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  • @RamboCreativity
    @RamboCreativity 10 місяців тому +4541

    The bones on the ground in skyrim are more lethal than most fucking mobs and it will never stop being one of the funniest things ever. Once had my character on legendary INSTANTLY DIE because I slightly clipped a pelvis bone at the perfect angle while running. Truly Skyrim is a magical experience.

    • @Remi_lulz
      @Remi_lulz 10 місяців тому +97

      Even mentioning the bones gave me shivers and flashbacks

    • @RealBradMiller
      @RealBradMiller 10 місяців тому +86

      Okay, so I'm not the only one that trips over a bone and seemingly stumbles forward and takes damage.
      Once walked off a cliff because of a pelvis one time. 😂😭

    • @PrinceAlhorian
      @PrinceAlhorian 10 місяців тому

      Tetanus is a bitch.

    • @russeshe001
      @russeshe001 10 місяців тому +67

      I got squeezed behind a door and clipped against a stray pot on the floor, and got mashed into a fine paste when I was level 4 in my first playthrough. Physics are scary.

    • @TheDragonfriday
      @TheDragonfriday 10 місяців тому +18

      the bones definitely full of deadly bacteria

  • @lexus8018
    @lexus8018 10 місяців тому +4376

    Skyrim is a game that has tranceded reality, it has become something higher than just a game, something that just works.

    • @skooma4878
      @skooma4878 10 місяців тому +114

      *skooma added*

    • @morgan5941
      @morgan5941 10 місяців тому +52

      Until you hit that game breaking bug in one of the quest lines.

    • @wellhellothere5144
      @wellhellothere5144 10 місяців тому +76

      It just works, it just works
      Little lies, stunning shows
      People buy, money flows, it just works
      It just works, it just works
      Overpriced open worlds
      Earnings rise, take my word

    • @siamihari8717
      @siamihari8717 10 місяців тому +19

      Works so well you have to use Third-Party Fan matrial to make it playable oh my

    • @AC-hj9tv
      @AC-hj9tv 10 місяців тому +7

      Transcended, my dude

  • @jswagpsn2285
    @jswagpsn2285 10 місяців тому +553

    3:30 or actually you choose secret option 3 and never go to riverwood, just go running in whatever direction you please, sometimes ending up starting, finishing, or failing quests wayy ahead of time with no knowledge of said quests. That's what makes this game truly magical.

    • @DeathnoteBB
      @DeathnoteBB 7 місяців тому +26

      My first playthrough I totally missed the first three constellation stones cause the guy I was with told me to split up. Didn’t even know they tour you around Riverwood until I followed them anyway on another playthrough. Love when a game tells you to skip something for no reason!

    • @DeathnoteBB
      @DeathnoteBB 7 місяців тому +17

      Hell I didn’t even realize that in Helgen, you can follow the Imperial or Stormcloak. I just followed the Imperial because that’s who I had been following and there was a DRAGON attacking

    • @dijosto
      @dijosto 7 місяців тому +1

      ​@DeathnoteBB realized that on my 3rd playthrough 😂

    • @dragon_ball_sucks_video
      @dragon_ball_sucks_video 6 місяців тому

      Not magical, sh*t

    • @queuedjar4578
      @queuedjar4578 6 місяців тому +9

      Not entirely true. Skyrim has almost no fail states or timers on quests (I think the literal only exception being getting married since you have to be at the temple of mara at the right time), the grand majority get added to your journal and don't leave until you either complete the quest or supersede them with another quest further down its timeline. Everyone waits exactly where they need to indefinitely for you to finish a quest.

  • @barple367
    @barple367 10 місяців тому +484

    So I actually only just learned about Sid today. Damn. Kinda heartbroken over it.
    I immediately came to love Luna. I thought it was odd that I've not seen Sid at all in a while. Rest in piece, buddy.

    • @VortexKiller2
      @VortexKiller2 8 місяців тому +7

      Who's sid?

    • @barple367
      @barple367 8 місяців тому +75

      @@VortexKiller2 Sid was a cat that was often featured it skits in these videos, but sometime last year he passed away. he was around for quite a while, so he was a pretty big part of the channel.

    • @VortexKiller2
      @VortexKiller2 8 місяців тому +28

      @@barple367 right, the khajiit friend, rip

    • @DeathnoteBB
      @DeathnoteBB 7 місяців тому +22

      @@VortexKiller2Yeah him 😢
      Damn I forgot until this thread about Sid. He was a lovely Khajiit

    • @ionevenknou-_-5815
      @ionevenknou-_-5815 6 місяців тому +9

      R.I.P Khajit

  • @girwanttaco
    @girwanttaco 10 місяців тому +2275

    Whoever is voicing Luna is killing it imo. Rip Sid, his legacy lives on, and long live the demonic cats

    • @hershmysson
      @hershmysson 10 місяців тому +60

      Long live the voids \o/, I lost my baby recently too, demo babies are so wonderful

    • @Nexxus088
      @Nexxus088 10 місяців тому +97

      Oh no, I havent watched any of his vids for a bit, just not caught my eye but that's sad I had no idea :(

    • @seanboyize
      @seanboyize 10 місяців тому +59

      Khajiit will always be watching, even after life

    • @shanesmith2491
      @shanesmith2491 10 місяців тому +93

      I just assumed Sid was on hiatus and, had a new Sister. Now I'm sad. Kajiit will rest in peace.

    • @sjtiernan5841
      @sjtiernan5841 10 місяців тому +28

      I miss sid but luna is cute... also the voice reminds me of yzma from emperors new groove

  • @MannyDorito
    @MannyDorito 10 місяців тому +1088

    I fixed the "killing a dragon by yourself" thing by running in circles around the tower screaming "OMFG ITS A DRAGON, KILL IT" until the guards eventually killed it

    • @oscareye7764
      @oscareye7764 10 місяців тому +42

      Ahh, a true gamer 😎

    • @remote24
      @remote24 10 місяців тому +19

      I just did that because I just leveled pickpocket, but wanted to have the aura whisper shout😅

    • @DreadX10
      @DreadX10 10 місяців тому +12

      "by running in circles around"
      So, a 'work-around' you have found.........

    • @reesetorwad8346
      @reesetorwad8346 7 місяців тому +2

      👍 Screaming at the guards sounds like me, tbh.

    • @ILikedGooglePlus
      @ILikedGooglePlus 7 місяців тому +5

      I hid inside the tower, like a true hero

  • @DiffuseMAVERICK
    @DiffuseMAVERICK 10 місяців тому +98

    I remember when I first played Skyrim. I got so lost in side quest that I never actually touched the main story for over 40 hours. During this time I never saw a single dragon and wondered where they were.

    • @knavenformed9436
      @knavenformed9436 7 місяців тому +3

      Pretty much my experience with Starfield, going into moons and planets wondering where any of the side quests were.

    • @DiffuseMAVERICK
      @DiffuseMAVERICK 7 місяців тому +1

      @@knavenformed9436 I know the feeling. I kinda just gave up playing it after about 20 hours. The feeling of a lack of discovery killed it for me

    • @psychoticbreaks167justletm4
      @psychoticbreaks167justletm4 6 місяців тому +2

      Honestly man, it's the way to go. I found out early in that the dragons don't come until proper beginning the mq and restarted because at low levels you have no efficient methods, so fighting dragons is a battle of attrition while you watch it kill the NPC you were gonna turn in a quest for.
      Seriously man... Skyrim is better without the dragons lol.

    • @demonletsplays
      @demonletsplays 5 місяців тому +1

      Before the legendary edition came out I literally done all of the side quests before even tackling any dragons to the point where I could literally two shot them with a bow😅

    • @jrag1000
      @jrag1000 5 місяців тому

      Same! And when I found out there where ever spawning dragons I simply could not believe it. I was astounded and it was just unbelievabe. I can only imagine what the group of developers where thinking about the players and how they would find this so good. ahhh bethesda in its finest hour... 😩 this game also impressed my brother who is very critical about any games he plays. It won him over that speaks volumes...

  • @trollgasm
    @trollgasm 10 місяців тому +169

    I love that you had to do the vocals, and tracks yourself for the Spooky Scary Skeletons to avoid copyright. A sacrifice well worth it.

  • @CatS2TailS
    @CatS2TailS 10 місяців тому +591

    I genuinely love that the first dragon says "Dovakiin NO!" After he's defeated, I know the soul sucking and thuum puking happens just after but it was a nice touch that the dragon can feel that this is it's ultimate end.

    • @lunaking6027
      @lunaking6027 10 місяців тому +88

      dragons can die and come back, throw a dragonborne into the mix and suddenly they're meeting akatosh like "ayo??? what happened??" lol

    • @CatS2TailS
      @CatS2TailS 10 місяців тому +79

      @@lunaking6027 oh absolutely, nothing like dying, being rezzed by Alduin, seeing this (insert dragonborn race here) guy roll up and suddenly it's night night in the forever box

    • @lunaking6027
      @lunaking6027 10 місяців тому +28

      Food for thought as well, wonder if their souls would be sentient still when ya absorb them, can you imagine the amount of disdain that poor character probably feels ftom them , if thats the case xD
      Minor existential rabbit hole, thoo, so I'd rather not think about it xD

    • @CatS2TailS
      @CatS2TailS 10 місяців тому +55

      @@lunaking6027 I just imagine at the end of the dragonborns life Akotosh is just like "spit them out, SPIT THEM OUT"

    • @lunaking6027
      @lunaking6027 10 місяців тому +29

      "WHERE ARE THEY? YOU.. YOU ATE THEM??? HOW? WHAT?" Lmaoooooooo

  • @junatah5903
    @junatah5903 10 місяців тому +307

    Rest in peace Sid.
    Long live Luna.

    • @batmanpop0031
      @batmanpop0031 10 місяців тому

      When did he pass?

    • @junatah5903
      @junatah5903 10 місяців тому

      @@batmanpop0031 cant remember, was either one or two months ago.

    • @hirocheeto7795
      @hirocheeto7795 10 місяців тому

      @@junatah5903 It was a year ago.

    • @junatah5903
      @junatah5903 10 місяців тому

      @@hirocheeto7795 that does not sound right at all.

  • @Ruhelin
    @Ruhelin 10 місяців тому +20

    This is why some Morrowind mechanics should be brought back. Fame and Infamy counted for something, your skill levels could bar you from joining or progressing a faction, some factions would stop you from being able to join other factions, some quests would have implications down the line. Especially as an outlander, you really feel like you have to work to be accepted by anyone

  • @snazzydrew
    @snazzydrew 10 місяців тому +101

    I always say that living in Skyrim much be completely psychotic. A complete mesmerizing nightmare of sadness and death. And there's some weird god-being Shezzarine is walking around the world breaking dragons and altering the entire plane of existence with mods.

    • @numbersbubble
      @numbersbubble 5 місяців тому +2

      you know what's wrong with skyrim these days?

  • @EpsilonRosePersonal
    @EpsilonRosePersonal 10 місяців тому +481

    I think the problem with a lot of the "difficulty" and combat mods in Skyrim is that they mostly function by making things take longer to kill, which isn't the real problem with Skyrim's combat. In fact, it tends to make things worse, because the actual problem is that the combat is fairly simplistic and larger health pools just mean you're standing there, hacking at mud crabs, for longer.

    • @John-ir4id
      @John-ir4id 10 місяців тому +60

      I agree. Combat mods should scale the intelligence and play up the strengths and weaknesses of enemies rather than simply creating giant meat bags.

    • @REALPEDROGAMEPLAYS
      @REALPEDROGAMEPLAYS 10 місяців тому +37

      @@John-ir4idbut the satisfaction of killing an enemy swiftly due to your skills isn’t fair! All enemies deserve to be on an even playing field.
      Oh, you think I mean enemies should be skilled? Hahaha, nooo, no, harder to kill means higher health, and more skill means higher damage, duh.

    • @John-ir4id
      @John-ir4id 10 місяців тому

      @@REALPEDROGAMEPLAYS I can't tell if you're being a smartass or not. Mudcrabs, for example, should be resilient and evasive without being bulletproof. Dragons should be intelligent and tactical damage dealers.

    • @Dimencia
      @Dimencia 10 місяців тому +20

      I think they mostly just try to do too much. The concept of leveled areas that Requiem has is great - but there's no way to get it by itself, it comes with a hundred other combat changes that make mudcrabs gods, and most of them will break the game if you disable them. Or they add things like a dodge roll, which looks ridiculous and is buggy and disorienting to use, and just removes options from combat because it's so good that you have to use it (and you can no longer run away from enemies or be an archer or mage, because they just roll on up to you at ridiculous speeds)

    • @lordderpington8021
      @lordderpington8021 10 місяців тому +12

      @@REALPEDROGAMEPLAYS I don't know what concoction of mods I have that made my game this way, but the necromancer in Meridia's tomb was a massive pain in the ass to defeat, took me over an hour of swapping my rings and necklaces, mixing the handful of shouts I had access to b level 20 , and drinking enough potions to out heal his crippling ice bolts. I do have TK dodge as well, which works wonders in situations like these.
      The kicker is his HP pool wasn't even anything impressive, I could kill his first phase in like 4 hits.
      He would just endlessly cast a regeneration spell whenever I backed off to dodge one of his projectiles that could drop me to 1/4 hp in one hit.
      But god damn was it satisfying when I finally beat him. Dawnbreaker is nice too I guess.

  • @Dylan-ji1xx
    @Dylan-ji1xx 10 місяців тому +690

    Skyrim will always be the greatest showcase of "If it's broke, break it even more because it's funny"

    • @HeinrichVenter88
      @HeinrichVenter88 10 місяців тому +8

      uh...it's a feature! 😅

    • @GG-lk4xf
      @GG-lk4xf 10 місяців тому +9

      You mean "if it has "features" add more "features" "

  • @lucklass
    @lucklass 10 місяців тому +31

    Don't watch upisnotjump much anymore came back to watch this but was devastated to hear about Sid passing. I am so sorry for your loss. I loved seeing Sid so much in all of his videos

  • @ironparadigm
    @ironparadigm 10 місяців тому +78

    That ending was a work of art.
    I’ve never actually played Skyrim, but very tempted to give it a go after your videos!
    Great to run into you at SGP. ^-^

    • @SketchyJohnny
      @SketchyJohnny 9 місяців тому +2

      If you haven't played Skyrim definitely give it a go. It's the kind of game where it may not grab you but if it does you'll have to lock your significant other, boss, and dog in a basement so they can't distract you from it.

  • @kino_935
    @kino_935 10 місяців тому +1030

    Luna did well in her first role. Wonderful vid!

    • @JeoshuaCollins
      @JeoshuaCollins 10 місяців тому +22

      Pretty sure I saw an earlier video where she spoke. Was it Disco Elysium?

    • @skullboi3227
      @skullboi3227 10 місяців тому +44

      o7 Sid

    • @jellypopcorn
      @jellypopcorn 10 місяців тому +8

      I think she's kind of sounded like Sienna from the Warhammer Vermantide games ❤😊

    • @le_normi3045
      @le_normi3045 10 місяців тому +22

      @@skullboi3227wait sid passed?

    • @myopinionisinvalid952
      @myopinionisinvalid952 10 місяців тому

      @@le_normi3045scroll down in community posts and you’ll find him talking about it

  • @Thoran666
    @Thoran666 10 місяців тому +571

    I remember the Requiem mudcrabs. They were almost invisible and one snap at my leg and my mighty Dragonslayer would collapse like an overcooked spaghetti.
    Getting the combat system to work right through a collection of mods is an art in itself. Thanks for triggering those nightmares again.

    • @TheOrian34
      @TheOrian34 10 місяців тому +21

      Yeah, I love requiem because it made combat much more interesting, but at the same time, the learning curve is super harsh at the beginning. Those damned mudcrabs...

    • @Nightstick24
      @Nightstick24 10 місяців тому +35

      Yup, it always seem to either end up where I'm the Destroyer of Worlds at level 1, just obliterating any poor soul unfortunate enough to cross my path, or I'm soaking wet paper that gets shredded with the slightest breeze with absolutely no hope of ever facing anything, even a mudcrab, in direct combat, forced to run and hide and stealth archer my way to victory. Getting anything inbetween is an art.

    • @JeoshuaCollins
      @JeoshuaCollins 10 місяців тому +6

      I'm autistic enough to where that balancing act, along with the compatibility nightmares, was half the fun for me. I even started playing on Linux and building a custom kernel to get more of that...
      Okay, that wasn't why I switched to Linux but it was still fun for me.

    • @SobeCrunkMonster
      @SobeCrunkMonster 10 місяців тому

      @JeoshuaCollins flaunting your autism is about as cool as bragging about how small your sausage is.

    • @smolgobbo3826
      @smolgobbo3826 10 місяців тому +1

      Must be some other mod I’ve got or something, but I never had a problem with the Requiem crabs

  • @rogthepirate4593
    @rogthepirate4593 10 місяців тому +50

    Glad to see you're still owned by a cat, mate. And what a beauty.
    One of the cats I grew up with was called Luna too. Died last year rather suddenly, sadly.

    • @Elden-Addict
      @Elden-Addict 10 місяців тому +2

      im sorry to hear that bud,hope you are doing okay

    • @rogthepirate4593
      @rogthepirate4593 10 місяців тому +5

      @@Elden-Addict I am. We've had many cats over the years. It hurts like hell every time it happens, but you learn how to handle it eventually - as sad as that sounds.
      In the end, the knowledge that you will almost certainly be burying them one day is the price we pay for a pet's affection, isn't it? And as hard as paying that price is, it's still worth it.

  • @byron_00
    @byron_00 10 місяців тому +14

    Modding games like Skyrim made me realize how insane modding has become when we can potentially install and have hundreds of mods active at the same time. I found tools like Wabbajack invaluable for getting this accomplished and always (normally) running without conflicts since the tool only allows curated mod lists.

  • @Nightstick24
    @Nightstick24 10 місяців тому +265

    8:41 The become ethereal shout is one of my favourites in the entire game for exactly this purpose. You just become immortal temporarily and can hurl yourself off mountains with reckless abandon.

    • @TheTorbjoern
      @TheTorbjoern 10 місяців тому +18

      Paralysis potions do the same. Free protection from fall damage. Yeet

    • @unsuspiciousdweller8967
      @unsuspiciousdweller8967 10 місяців тому +4

      @@TheTorbjoern Wait, really? Every time I or an enemy has been paralyzed and fell, they've died as soon as its worn off from the fall damage

    • @seabass5892
      @seabass5892 10 місяців тому +8

      @@unsuspiciousdweller8967 IIRC, you need to be paralyzed right before you hit the ground, via hotkey item, as that resets your position or something.

    • @JoshSweetvale
      @JoshSweetvale 10 місяців тому

      Also great for enduring magic attack bullshit like dragon's breath or high-level wizards or spell turrets.

  • @garretthaslam3869
    @garretthaslam3869 10 місяців тому +504

    I literally can't describe how happy I am to see some classic UpIsnotjump reviews. It's simple, it's funny, it's well edited. I love it.

  • @AniGaAG
    @AniGaAG 5 місяців тому +6

    I hate how so many mods that affect difficulty always go into the complete opposite extreme and make everything arduously tedious and tediously arduous.

  • @LPChipi
    @LPChipi 10 місяців тому +61

    One thing that really makes Skyrim special is the little random moments that boost the immersion so much. Things like people commenting on your armor, or how you look if you're sick, mobs randomly fighting each other in the forests. And my personal favorite, a novice necromancer training on a chicken. No quest, no journey, just a necromancer in the woods practicing his craft. Gotta love it.

    • @queuedjar4578
      @queuedjar4578 6 місяців тому +6

      Skyrim has _some_ response to the player character's interaction, but it seriously pales in comparison to past entries and it's sad to see they still really haven't learned from their past accomplishments. Only the guards comment on any of your skills or relations, including ones they probably couldn't have a chance of knowing like the Thieves Guild or the Dark Brotherhood, organizations apparently sworn on secrecy. Everyone else in the game is completely oblivious as to who you are even if you, as the reborn aspect of a man who ascended to godhood, save the entire universe from a fucking world eating dragon and single handedly end a bloody civil war in a sweeping victory. Some merchants in Morrowind would outright refuse service with you if you try to sell them illegal goods, while others were willing to turn a blind eye depending on factors such as personality/speech skill, faction relation, race, and relation with them individually. Some people would refuse to talk to you if you had an illness. In Daggerfall you have reputations with not only factions but also different levels of society including the peasant class, nobility, merchants, scholars, and underworld figures/entities, and some of these are determined by the story that was autogenerated for your character based on how you built their character sheet before the proper gameplay even fucking begins.

    • @gene8447
      @gene8447 6 місяців тому +2

      Ah yes. The Canned responses to you existing that totally sound human. Sure. I look pale. My khajiit must have lost all his fur.

    • @LPChipi
      @LPChipi 6 місяців тому

      @@gene8447 You're the comic book store owner from The Simpsons

    • @Based_Gigachad_001
      @Based_Gigachad_001 5 місяців тому +1

      ​@@LPChipi He's right though.

    • @LPChipi
      @LPChipi 5 місяців тому

      @@Based_Gigachad_001 Being right is not the accomplishment people think it is. Specially on things like these

  • @westwardgenie
    @westwardgenie 10 місяців тому +409

    I do miss Sid, but the fact that Luna sounds remarkably close to Yzma from Emperors New Groove is fantastic!

    • @PandaApocalypta
      @PandaApocalypta 10 місяців тому +4

      Oh yeah! She does too! 😂 That’s pretty much all I’ll hear when she speaks now. ;P

    • @demonboyx34
      @demonboyx34 10 місяців тому +2

      Is this myyyyyy voice? Oh well

    • @thefunnimusicmaker
      @thefunnimusicmaker 10 місяців тому +1

      Wait what happened to Sid? I’ve been gone for months

    • @skullray
      @skullray 10 місяців тому

      @@thefunnimusicmaker I would love to know as well

    • @westwardgenie
      @westwardgenie 10 місяців тому +5

      Sid's passed on unfortunately, RIP

  • @allentillmann8513
    @allentillmann8513 10 місяців тому +579

    Luna is a worthy successor.

    • @Gloob455
      @Gloob455 10 місяців тому +9

      Agreed

    • @DigitalNomad88
      @DigitalNomad88 10 місяців тому +8

      Who is this? Where is sid?

    • @angelicstrider667
      @angelicstrider667 10 місяців тому +85

      @@DigitalNomad88 I believe sid has sadly passed. They will be missed.

    • @OrificeHorus
      @OrificeHorus 10 місяців тому +45

      Sid indeed passed, it was announced in his Disco Elysium video. Hit me hard, I loved Jump when I was younger.

    • @ggmann13
      @ggmann13 10 місяців тому +10

      Idk dude the voice immediately got on my nerves

  • @briancalanchie1527
    @briancalanchie1527 10 місяців тому +13

    After a decade of reviews, it's quite incredible that great ones (such as this) can still be made. Impressive!

    • @hitmanRazo
      @hitmanRazo 5 місяців тому

      absolutely! When you think of it like this... Skyrim is timeless despite all its flaws

  • @silvercandra4275
    @silvercandra4275 10 місяців тому +11

    I've played more than 1200 hours of unmodded Skyrim, and that should honestly tell you everything you need to know.
    It's broken and funny, but it's been one of the most enthralling things I've ever had the pleasure to interact with and I adore it's clunkiness a lot.

  • @MetalicComplex
    @MetalicComplex 10 місяців тому +497

    I dream of each new nightmare ❤

    • @hydrowolf1
      @hydrowolf1 10 місяців тому +5

      want more play voices of the void

    • @Brockzillagaming
      @Brockzillagaming 10 місяців тому +5

      Yes, that is how nightmares work.

    • @mr.v8467
      @mr.v8467 10 місяців тому +7

      What a coincidence, I night of each new dreamare ❤

    • @DisDatK9
      @DisDatK9 10 місяців тому +1

      I dream of watermelons

    • @Jamlord2061
      @Jamlord2061 10 місяців тому +1

      i don’t get it :(

  • @Nightstick24
    @Nightstick24 10 місяців тому +73

    16:10 I personally love becoming the Arch Mage of the College of Winterhold, a renowned magic school that people travel from around the world to study at, when you don't even use magic, at all, and solve EVERYTHING with a two-handed warhammer smash. PERFECT Arch Mage material.

    • @quakerparrot9084
      @quakerparrot9084 10 місяців тому +8

      Even better is when you two handed warhammer a dragon to death and a little shit kid who SAW YOU DO IT decides to talk smack. Like...what?

    • @RaxusXeronos
      @RaxusXeronos 10 місяців тому +5

      I mean, you face tank a guy the two strongest mages in the college got jobbed by. Theres SOMETHING arguably magical up with you lol.

    • @boopityboop7515
      @boopityboop7515 10 місяців тому +1

      I'm not afraid of you, you know. Even if you are my elder.

    • @maximeteppe7627
      @maximeteppe7627 10 місяців тому +4

      Indeed, the archmage quest requires you to learn what, three spells total? Yeah, the freedom is nice but it really sounds like those quests should relie on using the tools for the job.
      Like sure, if you're always fighting a sword in one hand, a fireball in the other, you should be able to be both archmage and companion's head, why not. But maybe it'd be better if maybe there were an approval system that keeps track of how often you use magic vs stealth of weapons, that wouldn't lock you in the quest but determine at least whether or not you take the head of the guild by the end of it.

    • @browal14
      @browal14 10 місяців тому

      @@maximeteppe7627 nah just do a morrowind skill requirements for joining

  • @PoorWax
    @PoorWax 10 місяців тому +7

    You missed out on how you can still make dead dragons fly by crawling into their dead skeleton and firing a single firebolt into the sky, which will launch the dragon a few hundred meters due to how a dragon becomes seemingly weightless after losing a few bones, some scales, a handful of gold, and most of the last guard it ate.

    • @ChristAliveForevermore
      @ChristAliveForevermore 3 місяці тому

      Lol I firebolt dragons away when their corpses crowd my front door

  • @RaphH_
    @RaphH_ 10 місяців тому

    I love the retro video style! Please do come back and make classic UpIsNotJump style content, it's great stuff.

  • @morningstar9849
    @morningstar9849 10 місяців тому +59

    During my very first playthrough of Skyrim I ended up collecting like 65% of the shouts before killing that first dragon. I asked somebody at school what is shout was and how to use it and they told me about killing that first dragon.

  • @cruddi4398
    @cruddi4398 10 місяців тому +198

    I love the release schedule… always a treat to see a new up is not vid

    • @camelopardalis84
      @camelopardalis84 10 місяців тому +5

      Thought you were making a joke saying that it's always a treat for you to see "that an up is not vid" instead of "a vid is not up".
      Was having troble getting that joke.

    • @Ocer.
      @Ocer. 10 місяців тому +1

      Wdym? The video is right above the comments for me

    • @Ocer.
      @Ocer. 10 місяців тому

      Do you mean: ... always a treat to see a new (one). Above there is no video ?

    • @camelopardalis84
      @camelopardalis84 10 місяців тому +2

      @@Ocer. Does this help?
      _I love the new release schedule... always a treat to see a new "up is not" vid_

    • @Ocer.
      @Ocer. 10 місяців тому +1

      @@camelopardalis84 I'm not sure why I was pretending to not understand

  • @HorizonSilver
    @HorizonSilver 10 місяців тому +3

    I only recently started watching your channel but I love what I have seen!
    I wanted to offer my condolences about Sid too. I am sure Sid had such a good life!

  • @Pupppeteer
    @Pupppeteer 10 місяців тому +31

    The amount of costumes one guy can do is unreal 😂 and all that effort for a 2 second cut away is beyond impressive how many times it happens per video.

  • @darshvia
    @darshvia 10 місяців тому +233

    Dang. Now I want to replay Skyrim.

    • @vloqy
      @vloqy 10 місяців тому +9

      One last play through before starfield

    • @PapagenoX09
      @PapagenoX09 10 місяців тому +3

      I never did finish it. Hmm.

    • @Phill6000
      @Phill6000 10 місяців тому +5

      @@PapagenoX09 I have over 700h in Skyrim and Skrime SE combined, and I only finished the Main Quest Twice.

    • @newyorkpotioncastle
      @newyorkpotioncastle 10 місяців тому +3

      @@Phill6000 What I love about Skyrim is it's a lot like an rpg sandbox game. The reason it survived for this long with such sales is the fact people are allowed to mod and share their mods. And a lot of them are nice and improve the gaming experience.

    • @dvdkolk
      @dvdkolk 10 місяців тому +1

      Same

  • @RedJay
    @RedJay 10 місяців тому +68

    If you don't attempt to run Skyrim in a baking product again I will be disappointed.

  • @dominicthompson5544
    @dominicthompson5544 8 місяців тому +3

    4:12 holy shit you’ve been trapped!

  • @HolyShinta
    @HolyShinta 9 місяців тому +3

    Now I really really REALLY want a Tears of the Kingdom is an Absolute Nightmare review from you.
    Anytime between next week and 10 years from now would be really cool, thanks!

  • @zizn8r
    @zizn8r 10 місяців тому +42

    the seasons mod is apparently really nice to have since it'll turn old cold dead lands into vibrant seasonal areas giving some life to the terrain.

  • @Ilk_silk
    @Ilk_silk 10 місяців тому +27

    The voice actor for Luna sounds like the main villain in emperors new groove

  • @Lucky_Fxi
    @Lucky_Fxi 10 місяців тому +8

    I recommend Wildlander! It makes skyrim much more challenging but adds role-playing potential while keeping you from some major stories until you are actually realistically ready

  • @rezal2020
    @rezal2020 8 місяців тому +3

    Had me laughing out loud several times. Great video, love your videos :D
    And love the spooky skeletons, I think Living Tombstone and Andrew Gold would approve :D

  • @TrigonAZR
    @TrigonAZR 10 місяців тому +53

    Wait, it's his first non vr skyrim video? That's madness

    • @20storiesunder
      @20storiesunder 10 місяців тому

      I was confused for a while. 😊

  • @cursedwither7888
    @cursedwither7888 10 місяців тому +75

    I don't care that I have over 500 hours on Skyrim, I'm still listening to this entire explanation of the story, intro and mechanics.
    (I've only experienced it about 30 times and habe memorised every line)

    • @gemaster14
      @gemaster14 10 місяців тому

      Same! It’s so iconic!

    • @lomalanni
      @lomalanni 10 місяців тому

      Rookie numbers

  • @Chris-ls4nm
    @Chris-ls4nm 10 місяців тому +1

    I do love these reviews and the style, very relatable and funny 👌

  • @cofi45
    @cofi45 10 місяців тому

    First time on tour channel and this is one of the best videos that I saw. Really creative and funny. Good job bro

  • @MadamLava094
    @MadamLava094 10 місяців тому +27

    I saw you scroll past the skull in the menu for a quarter of a second and the "the skeleton appears" music INSTANTLY started playing in my head

  • @BioClay88
    @BioClay88 10 місяців тому +4

    4:02 mistake number 1, touching the magical white cabbage.

  • @MultiWolfLink
    @MultiWolfLink 10 місяців тому +1

    You're production value is incredible!! 😳💕 I still remember watching your machinima before that first (fallout 4 is a gd nightmare)

  • @grayzelfx
    @grayzelfx 9 місяців тому +1

    This is easily one of the most UpIsNotJump videos of all time, and I thank you for that.

  • @michellamoureuxm
    @michellamoureuxm 10 місяців тому +17

    I can't imagine the fever dream that is seeing your old teacher in cosplay flirting and screaming 😂

  • @andyb1653
    @andyb1653 10 місяців тому +34

    Any review of a 12-year-old videogame is incomplete without a skeleton dance sequence. Hat's off to ya, sir.

  • @SpaceMissile
    @SpaceMissile 10 місяців тому

    been a while since i've upisnotjumped; good to be back.

  • @JxtpsdJkr
    @JxtpsdJkr 10 місяців тому

    Idk if that intro is sticking around but it's awesome! I'm loving it!

  • @Negative.FeedbacK
    @Negative.FeedbacK 10 місяців тому +57

    Great video, I like the classic style, probably a very fitting way to review Bethesda's games.

  • @Channel-wr3zk
    @Channel-wr3zk 10 місяців тому +2

    I know there is a lot to cover, but after you talked about the "lethal bones" I was surprised to not hear about some of the traps. Some of the rock slide or ball and chain (flail?) traps are seriously ridiculous as the only danger they pose is if you were at 5 HP.

  • @grimacegaming7350
    @grimacegaming7350 10 місяців тому

    I wish that i could like your videos more than once, they are just that good, keep up the good work!

  • @johnnythemad1980
    @johnnythemad1980 10 місяців тому +25

    A tears of the kingdom video would be epic

  • @dice5226
    @dice5226 10 місяців тому +62

    in skyrim you are the main character who gets to experience and take part in every single important event that happens in the universe. in elder scrolls history, it is canon that every major questline is done by a different person in roughly the same time period. so in the game you are the assassin from the dark brotherhood who kills the king, AND you are the member of the thieves guild who stops mercer frey, AND you are the dragonborn who captures a dragon in whiterun. in the lore, it is understood that these were all done by different people.

    • @ninja34744
      @ninja34744 10 місяців тому +22

      Doesn't the lore just say that all the optional faction questlines were completed (by someone)? It doesn't *have* to be someone other than the mc, it just isn't specified that the mc in particular did it.

    • @yungoldman2823
      @yungoldman2823 10 місяців тому +2

      not true but go off queeing

    • @curvingfyre6810
      @curvingfyre6810 10 місяців тому +13

      It's not specifically stated if it was the same person or different people. Open for players to remember their old characters however they want.

  • @heckell4181
    @heckell4181 4 місяці тому +1

    Best review. Great delivery style. Most interesting review. "Vivid weathers" and "A better magelight" It's dark but one has lighting.

  • @Tomiply
    @Tomiply 10 місяців тому +20

    16:40 Wow, and here I thought this boss was way better in the remake. In the original, you barely move around and the boss is a cakewalk. In the remake, he was actually fun and threatening to me.

    • @nahuel3433
      @nahuel3433 10 місяців тому +2

      Nah original surely needed tweaks but this version is just annoying. It'd be annoying enough that you can only hit its vulnerability while getting spit at or otherwise attacked. But the mines that forcemyou to look down whikr the boss is up that can also chqin hit you intominstant death are the worst.

    • @BananaHoovyJ.Rabbit
      @BananaHoovyJ.Rabbit 10 місяців тому

      Yeah I didn't like Ramon's fight. I saved up the RPG for it JUST in case the fight sucked like in the OG. And sure enough, It did.

  • @Doomsdaymanx
    @Doomsdaymanx 10 місяців тому +23

    Loved this one! I enjoyed the more in depth and focused style of the Disco Elysium video, but the rambling bordering on insanity vibe is my favorite part of your style and this video delivered it in spades 🙃
    Side note: Excellent choice for Luna's voice actor!

  • @OwlbearEnjoyer
    @OwlbearEnjoyer 10 місяців тому +9

    God I can’t wait until the inevitable series of “Starfield is (not) a nightmare”

  • @jackwolfgaming013
    @jackwolfgaming013 10 місяців тому

    HEY!
    I've missed you, buddy!
    Welcome back!

  • @johnathancurry6993
    @johnathancurry6993 10 місяців тому

    The one with the add-on already on it, is nutty at times. I once watched a Mammoth randomly fling into the sky, then slowly fall down, just to die.
    Not to mention that at times when it breaks, npc goes rouge and leave the main mission forever in damn limbo!
    Looking at you Karliah!

  • @patrlim
    @patrlim 10 місяців тому +24

    the skeletons scene was amazing, i need a whole cover.

  • @janahoeningmusic
    @janahoeningmusic 10 місяців тому +5

    Fantastic video! Luna is also very charismatic!

  • @danielwright9280
    @danielwright9280 9 місяців тому

    when I ever see you post, it's an instant watch. love your humour, and comedy timing you use

  • @nickj9052
    @nickj9052 8 місяців тому

    Good stuff. Love the "I use enhanced lights and fx. That's it.....Leave." lol

  • @KaneyoriHK
    @KaneyoriHK 10 місяців тому +39

    My favourite aspect is sometimes where you go and do something a bit differently, like the Dragonstone dialogue. Also this game is an utter addiction I have no idea how they manage to make TES so captivating yet everything else is mid.

    • @yungoldman2823
      @yungoldman2823 10 місяців тому +6

      my man thats literally the one time something like that happens, and the only difference is “oh nice you already have it, lets proceed to the next step of the quest”

    • @KaneyoriHK
      @KaneyoriHK 10 місяців тому +1

      @@yungoldman2823 Hey, did you know, I'm allowed to like the little things? So uh, can it. And bother somebody else.

    • @curvingfyre6810
      @curvingfyre6810 10 місяців тому +6

      World design is bethesda's greatest strength. They can combine environment design and lore in a way that no-one else can (besides obsidian, they're actually better). Of course, this is assuming that bethesda is adequately familiar with said lore when they do it... AHEM fallout 3 AHEM. But for real, skyrim, oblivion, morrowind, these bethesda golden-age titles are perfect examples. They established lore way back in the 2.5d days of daggerfall and arena, and those games were fine, but it was only after they had a world started that they could make the world feel ALIVE, by connecting the past with the present more thoroughly than ANY OTHER FRANCHISE (again, besides fallout nv). Meanwhile, their artists do the same thing with the Vibe that their writers do with the lore. And *that* is where the immersion comes from. Not just having a convincing environment, or good lore, or even both. But from making the past vibe, and past lore, fundamentally click with the new vibe and new lore. Not just a well made world, but an OLD world, that's been well made for a LONG TIME. Skyrim could never have taken off the way it did without every one of the previous titles. Neither could fallout nv and fallout 4. This is something that most other studios don't get, it's not enough to make an open world RPG, make it graphically and mechanically better, and call it the skyrim killer. You cannot quantify what makes skyrim better. The mods are just people applying their headcanons to the established (or admittedly sometimes retconned) lore. Should orcish armor look less like cobbled together messes and more like ornate mongolian scale mail? (yes, they are supposed to be the finest smiths in the world) Theres a mod for that. Should the vigilants of stendar be a properly fleshed out faction with a serious questline? (definitely) Theres also a mod for that. Should you be able to leave this single tiny region of this huge world? (obviously) Well theres SEVERAL mods for that. Should you be able to say "this belongs in a museum" whenever you pick up something even slightly unique, old, or valuable? (who wouldn't?) There is absolutely a mod for that too. They're not just about refreshing the visuals, or giving you more to do. They're about maximising the degree to which tamriel feels OLD, whatever an old tamriel looks like to you.

    • @KaneyoriHK
      @KaneyoriHK 10 місяців тому

      @@curvingfyre6810
      TL:DR : Skyrim is good. It's magical. And community support is good.
      Oh what the hell man, I just like the series, it seems like the only franchise Bethesda actually cares about.
      For real though, Skyrim at its simplest is a pretty good game, and visually it's exactly what fantasy is. Arguably more interesting than things like the Witcher visually because it feels like it's magical.
      Mods are just a method of perpetuation, and allow a sense of creativity. They actually aren't necessary, but are really nice to have.

    • @Dimencia
      @Dimencia 10 місяців тому +2

      That was always my least favorite aspect, because it makes it really obvious that your choices don't matter, the dialogue is exactly the same either way - sometimes with a single extra line, at most

  • @everythingbagel5340
    @everythingbagel5340 10 місяців тому +7

    this really is like the time he said he was going to re-release Skyrim Is An Absolute Nightmare when he was rambling about hitman 2 isn't it

  • @Sterl500
    @Sterl500 10 місяців тому +4

    If anyone is looking for mods that keep the vanilla feel, check out Simonmagus' mods. He has an entire suit that enhances the vanilla experience without falling into the pits that other overhaul mods do.

  • @gamervet4760
    @gamervet4760 7 місяців тому

    17:50 Well, you've added a new song to my library. 😁

  • @soundwavegamer2321
    @soundwavegamer2321 10 місяців тому +7

    My first time playing Skyrim was on the PS4 with the Special Edition and I pretty much did what I did when I played Fallout 3 for the first time explored the world ignoring anything story based then ending up finding Serina the most simped after character in Skyrim (which personally I just see her and any character I make are friends that are more like siblings.) then ended up as a vampire and eventually defeating Aldwen as a vampire (which isn’t easy when your main weakness is fire and Aldwen breathes fire.)

  • @itspurplepaw6163
    @itspurplepaw6163 10 місяців тому +7

    i've been regularly watching you for 5 years now and your videos never disappoint, always love to see more from you and more of your wacky humor

  • @zad1a
    @zad1a 10 місяців тому +3

    Something interesting is that I've played Skyrim so often I know every inch of it and because of that one run I forgot to fast travel and just walked everywhere

  • @Starlit_Juno
    @Starlit_Juno 10 місяців тому

    Sorenova and Upisnotjump?
    Christmas came early

  • @JaredTakesTime
    @JaredTakesTime 10 місяців тому +27

    As a fellow deranged person who mods Skyrim, THANK YOU I FELT LIKE I WAS GOING INSANE. ELFX is really all you need visually. Skyrim is beautiful as is
    (Though Obsidian Weathers is neat. Also you should do a "Mods I Like" video if you get bored)

  • @StubzTurner
    @StubzTurner 10 місяців тому +3

    And I have the urge to play Skyrim again. Thanks for that.

  • @jiminiecrickettt644
    @jiminiecrickettt644 9 місяців тому

    I love these videos so much they’re so chaotic I can only imagine what the results would be if you were to play farcry 5

  • @kitsurubami
    @kitsurubami 10 місяців тому

    The cow caught up with you. I love you.

  • @Rayxster
    @Rayxster 10 місяців тому +4

    Luna is giving off Ysma-vibes, and I am so here for it

  • @BoneMellow
    @BoneMellow 10 місяців тому +3

    For most of the video: 'its ok, kinda funny'
    17:31 hits
    "This is the best video I've seen in my lifetime'

  • @AdjustedDisparity
    @AdjustedDisparity 10 місяців тому

    your videos are always a must watch, never fail to get a laugh.

  • @starpawsqueak1024
    @starpawsqueak1024 10 місяців тому

    love your vids and plz more cat. R.I.P Sid. we miss ya.

  • @WhiteDragonTC
    @WhiteDragonTC 10 місяців тому +4

    The bones let me literally fall through the ground, teleport me back to the beginning of the dungeon and took half my life. Good Game

  • @Mx.Canada
    @Mx.Canada 10 місяців тому +3

    Awe, I love Luna, a great mascot to be certain xD

  • @moonflowerpalace3872
    @moonflowerpalace3872 10 місяців тому

    We need the full version of your "Spooky Scary Skeletons".

  • @friederichh6543
    @friederichh6543 7 місяців тому

    Such a fun video!
    For the Requiem thing...did you uh not patch correctly with the Reqtificator? It's just...I've never seen a fight go that badly with a level 1 mudcrab in my hundreds of hours of Requiem. With multiple overhauls I've had bad installs where I damage is way off on either direction because of bad patching? xD

  • @SingularisFox
    @SingularisFox 10 місяців тому +3

    Honestly, I can't play Skyrim without Requiem anymore. The start is rough, to put it lightly, but as you level up and thoughtfully put perks into what you're going to actually use throughout the game, it becomes way more fun then vanilla.

  • @BlackV4You
    @BlackV4You 10 місяців тому +4

    upisnotjump is a really likable guy, you can see it on his face and his eyes, he looks genuine, I can tell he is a great guy, a very good friend to be friends with :) love your kind of humor also, great channel and ideas/videos. I'm glad for you in your success. Keep it up!

  • @0verw0rked.Art0
    @0verw0rked.Art0 6 місяців тому

    Love how you chose Ezma from the emperor's new grove to voice Luna

  • @yellowfellow7246
    @yellowfellow7246 8 місяців тому

    Omg I'm so impressed that you got John Williams and Hanz Zimmer to collaborate in the creation of the Spooky Skeletons song. A moment of pure musical genius.

  • @BoxiKR
    @BoxiKR 10 місяців тому +3

    so...why is it an absolute nightmare

  • @thatvillainjay
    @thatvillainjay 10 місяців тому +3

    RIP SID ❤

  • @pascalsimioli6777
    @pascalsimioli6777 10 місяців тому

    Hey I just heard about Sid. I never thought I got attached to your cat so much, I'll miss him like many more will. I know it doesn't count for anything but it's still nice to know so many people loved him.

  • @DevonLadd
    @DevonLadd 10 місяців тому

    Saw the community post for Lunas new voice actor and I gotta say, you chose well haha

  • @blkrxse5172
    @blkrxse5172 10 місяців тому +3

    Love the skeletons doing the Skyrim shuffle lol