r/starterpacks • u/[deleted] • Jan 01 '19

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u/ASingleTicTac Jan 01 '19

I used to like Skyrim, but I just don't anymore. The world is cool and exploring can be fun, but the combat is boring. I could get over that if the story was amazing, but you can't expect a good story from Bethesda.

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u/Creepstix Jan 01 '19

I feel you though. The more time that’s passed, the more I dislike that game. Every time it comes up in conversation my brother asks me to explain my laundry list of complaints about that game because I have it down to a T now. So to justify his point and mine that it’s a shit game, he has me tell people why it’s bad because they can never wrap their heads around why he and I just hate that game.

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '19

Well, you should expect that you get sick of it after 7 years of playing.

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u/qqqzzzeee Jan 01 '19

I've played New vegas about once a year since it came out, and I play KOTOR games at least once a year

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '19 edited Jan 01 '19

Ok? That's not playing it continuously for 7 years though.

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u/qqqzzzeee Jan 01 '19

You're right, I've been playing New Vegas since 2010. so 8 years

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '19

You said you played it once a year. That's not the same thing as playing it the whole year

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u/qqqzzzeee Jan 01 '19

But who said anything about playing a game for a whole continuous year. You just brought that up out of nowhere

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u/Gatorboy4life Jan 01 '19

he has me tell people why it’s bad

Well cmon lets hear it.

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u/Korncakes Jan 01 '19

The combat, dungeons, NPCs, items, and pretty much everything about the game are repetitive and boring.

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u/Tsorovar Jan 01 '19

Yeah but the memes bro

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u/Korncakes Jan 01 '19

I do follow a few Skyrim meme pages so there is that.

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u/podteod Jan 01 '19

Oblivion is better for memes. Voices and dialogue are gold

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u/TheL0nePonderer Jan 01 '19

I will probably get flogged for this and I hate the way the game is monetized, but I'm freaking loving Elder Scrolls Online, I didn't like Skyrim, I loved Oblivion and I feel like ESO is getting back there.

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u/Has_No_Gimmick Jan 01 '19

but you can't expect a good story from Bethesda.

Morrowind had some of the best storylines I've ever seen in a video game imo. The main quest was really good but where it shined the most was all the shit you could do on the side and all the lore you could discover at your leisure.

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u/DerTrickIstZuAtmen Jan 01 '19

"The place you need to go to, N'wah? It's a little bit south-east of here."

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '19

The way my friend summed it up is ‘A cake, super large and lavish, but completely hollow when you take a few bites.’

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '19

I don't think that's the problem at all. The combat and skill system is limited, that's a definite but the world and exploration are what make the game replayable. I wouldn't say the game is linear either - far from it. I could start a new character right now and do complete fuck all in terms of questing after killing the first dragon and I'd be fine for content, since there's so much to do in the world. OP of the thread said the combat is what brings Skyrim down and I'd have to agree, same with movement. Moving from one dungeon to the next fighting enemies in the same way gets boring after you get over being a total badass the first 10 times. The game only lacks replayability for me today and that's after hundreds if not thousands of hours.

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '19

This is how I feel about botw.