Hello again! I recently started playing Skyrim again in an effort to figure out what about Skyrim makes it the best selling RPG of all time. I don't think 60 million people bought this game on accident... accidents don't account for THAT many people. So I played through Skyrim (and enlisted other family members to play the other Elder Scrolls games) in an effort to figure out --why-- HOW Skyrim became the most replayed role-playing game of all time. Hope you enjoy!
Videos Mentioned:
@DukeofWhales - A Narrative Critique of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw2qfMg86-E
@ThaneBishop - The Stealth Archer Was Inevitable - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOKASxwYNcI
@razbuten - ...Why Skyrim? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxYVmK3KTpI
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
02:50 Let's Do Some History!
06:22 Stuff Just Happens To You
08:44 A Great Opening
09:23 Open World vs Sandbox
11:49 The Ultimate Sandbox RPG
14:03 The Pros of Modular Writing
15:44 ...and the Many, Many Cons
18:30 All Breadth, No Depth
19:34 Boring Characters
20:54 Meaningless World
22:28 TES IV: Oblivion
25:09 TES III: Morrowind (or lack thereof)
26:29 Oblivion's Jank
27:55 Skyrim's Greatest Strength
30:08 Skyblivion
31:28 The Perfect Podcast Game
32:07 Conclusion
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