Plain and simple.
Skyrim.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
I picked this beauty up over the Steam Summer Sale.
This epic game that Bethesda made. The amazing American (Western) RPG. The Elder Scroll series which is the answer to Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Breath of Fire, and all of the other incredible JRPG's.
My thoughts on the matter are it might not be a complete JRPG slayer. Its a good game. There are some issues though with the draw of it.
The graphics are amazing. When you have a PC that can handle this game on full then it will definitely rock your socks off. I wish I had real HD monitors that would allow me to experience this in its full glory. Plus there are plenty of mods that help to increase how good the game is displayed. A lot of mods. And this type of mod is one that I find myself getting a lot. I found a website through Kotaku about a player who has over 100 mods to create an amazing experience. You can find it here.
Because of all the different mods there always leaves open more and more things to add on. Like left hand rings, an amazing storage area, etc. Mods are good and bad at the same time. If you use them in ways that don't break the mechanics of the game and give you an unfair advantage I don't see an issue with them. Mods for better graphics. Mods that allow your followers to understand your commands better. Mods that help to organize your storage in your home (not increase your on person storage) are all things I don't see a problem with. I do think mods that cheat your stats and give an unfair advantage are cheating. Yet who am I to say its cheating. Skyrim is so massive and open that one could say that there is no "correct" way to play.
That leads me to the next point. Being open. Really open. OOOPPPEEENNN.
You can do whatever you want in almost any order. You can spends days just doing sidequests and never finish the main story. To me its almost just too big. I get too distracted with things and then its hard to reign myself in and continue on. I don't want to miss a thing (queue song in your head....now). I want to experience everything there is in this digital realm to stimulate my synapses with pleasure of the game. But I fear that I will miss things. Its that fear that makes me hesitant. Hesitant to turn the machine on and return. Its something that I feel whenever I play Fallout 3 as well. Both are Bethesda games. Both make me really like them, but then also get sick with the amount of things to do. Its hard to fathom what I need to do to be the best or to really enjoy everything.
Damn you Bethesda. Maybe that is what they think WRPG should be. Completely open. Its something that I think maybe needs to be toned down a little. Yes you should have a role where you can adjust it to however you want, but I think there should be some limitations. Those limitations help someone like me keep focused on the main prospect of the game. I need those.
Now some people might say I should just not play these games. They may be right with those statements. But I like the games. I like what they have going on within them. I need to learn how to deal with the expansiveness of the games and eventually I will greatly love them.
Skyrim.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
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| Awesome Sauce |
I picked this beauty up over the Steam Summer Sale.
This epic game that Bethesda made. The amazing American (Western) RPG. The Elder Scroll series which is the answer to Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Breath of Fire, and all of the other incredible JRPG's.
My thoughts on the matter are it might not be a complete JRPG slayer. Its a good game. There are some issues though with the draw of it.
The graphics are amazing. When you have a PC that can handle this game on full then it will definitely rock your socks off. I wish I had real HD monitors that would allow me to experience this in its full glory. Plus there are plenty of mods that help to increase how good the game is displayed. A lot of mods. And this type of mod is one that I find myself getting a lot. I found a website through Kotaku about a player who has over 100 mods to create an amazing experience. You can find it here.
Because of all the different mods there always leaves open more and more things to add on. Like left hand rings, an amazing storage area, etc. Mods are good and bad at the same time. If you use them in ways that don't break the mechanics of the game and give you an unfair advantage I don't see an issue with them. Mods for better graphics. Mods that allow your followers to understand your commands better. Mods that help to organize your storage in your home (not increase your on person storage) are all things I don't see a problem with. I do think mods that cheat your stats and give an unfair advantage are cheating. Yet who am I to say its cheating. Skyrim is so massive and open that one could say that there is no "correct" way to play.
That leads me to the next point. Being open. Really open. OOOPPPEEENNN.
You can do whatever you want in almost any order. You can spends days just doing sidequests and never finish the main story. To me its almost just too big. I get too distracted with things and then its hard to reign myself in and continue on. I don't want to miss a thing (queue song in your head....now). I want to experience everything there is in this digital realm to stimulate my synapses with pleasure of the game. But I fear that I will miss things. Its that fear that makes me hesitant. Hesitant to turn the machine on and return. Its something that I feel whenever I play Fallout 3 as well. Both are Bethesda games. Both make me really like them, but then also get sick with the amount of things to do. Its hard to fathom what I need to do to be the best or to really enjoy everything.
Damn you Bethesda. Maybe that is what they think WRPG should be. Completely open. Its something that I think maybe needs to be toned down a little. Yes you should have a role where you can adjust it to however you want, but I think there should be some limitations. Those limitations help someone like me keep focused on the main prospect of the game. I need those.
Now some people might say I should just not play these games. They may be right with those statements. But I like the games. I like what they have going on within them. I need to learn how to deal with the expansiveness of the games and eventually I will greatly love them.
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