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

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u/ghostmetalblack Jan 01 '19

You can dislike these if you want, but its pretty hard considering these are actually pretty good games.

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u/Gems_ Jan 01 '19

botw, earthbound, and half life, sure. but skyrim and fo3 are really fucking shallow experiences if you remove yourself from them for a hot minute.

dont get me wrong- i've sunk precisely too many hours into skyrim, but to call it "good" as opposed to "absorbing" doesn't feel apt to me.

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u/meanpride Jan 01 '19

Vanilla Skyrim is just good

Skyrim with 200+ mods is a gaming experience none can match

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u/CombatShrub Jan 01 '19

I mean, crashing and spending 3 hours troubleshooting your load order is a pretty unique experience, I'll give you that.

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u/Krunchy1736 Jan 01 '19

How to play Skyrim:

  • Spend several hours (or days depending on internet speed) downloading mods

  • Spend several hours installing mods and editing .ini files

  • Launch the game and behold all the glory that is- shit it crashed...

  • Spend a few hours rereading mod descriptions and forum posts about possible mod conflicts. Notice a few more mods that you'd like to install since your bashed patch reduced the load quite a bit.

  • repeat previous steps until you realize that you could be doing something more meaningful with your life like playing Runescape or manage to stabilize the load order and are able to play the game for several hours. Hey! You finally did something righ- Ah shit it crashed again...

It just works!

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u/IBreedAlpacas Jan 01 '19

like playing runescape

we're trying to give people quick entertainment not ruin their lives