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Anthony Davila
English 1010
Jerome M. Mckeever
26 June 2014
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Every game has it#s o$n uni%ue re%uirement &or it#s 'layers. (ome games you have to have %uick
re&le)es. *thers you have to +e good at solving 'u,,les. -hese are all things you need to succeed in -he
Elder (crolls ./ (kyrim. A great action adventure video game. 0ut the greatest asset a 'layer $ill need is
time and here#s $hy.
(kyrim is one o& the most largest undertakings gamers $ill every e)'erience. -he sheer si,e o&
the adventure1 +oth in terms o& it#s environment and in the amount o& missions availa+le to 'layers. -his is
no sur'ise +ecause o& it#s game develo'er1 0ethesda. 0ethesda has e)isted on creating o'en2$orld 345s
that are &illed $ith tons o& content. A cou'le other games like this &rom 0ethesda are Elder (crolls 6./
*+livion and 7allout 8. (kyrim is a game that#s easy to com'letely lose yoursel& in.
-here is a cou'le reason &or this. 7irst1 the game#s 'roduction $orks hard to immerse the 'layer
e)citing $orld &ull o& s$ords and sorcery. 7or a game o& this si,e the %uality o& the gra'hics and the
attention to detail is a$e2ins'iring. As a 'layer you $ill have to travel through (kyrim1 you $ill encounter
dense $oodlands1 sno$2ca''ed mountains1 ma9estic cities and rivers that run throughout the $orld. :ou
$ill run into all kinds o& interesting characters and +attle monsters. :ou#ll have to 'lough through
+li,,ards1 &ind shelter &rom storms and1 on a clear night1 you can ga,e u' at the sky and see auroras
+leeding through the darkened skies a+ove you. -he visual and game 'laying &eatures o& the game
com'letely destroy any traces o& the outside $orld.
-he second 'art o& this enchantment is tied u' in the many di&&erent $ays 0ethesda allo$s the
'layers to interact $ith the $orld it has created. 4layers can hours u'on hours creating $ea'ons at a &orge1
mi)ing 'otions at an alchemy ta+le1 'racticing archery1 investigating caverns or 9ust $andering around the
o'en2$orld. 4layers can +uy a house1 9oin a guild1 read every +ook in the li+rary at mages college. Around
every corner ans in every to$n they $ander into1 there#s a monster to &ight1 a character to talk to and a ne$
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discovery to +e made.
-he amont o& things to do in (kyrim makes the 'layer &eel like they#re a living1 +reathing 'art o& its $orld.
6n short1 you need time +y the +oatload to 'lay (kyrim1 +ecause once you enter its $orld1 it +ecomes your
$orld. -her#s a story1 $hich guides you to an e)tent. 6t +egins $ith an esca'e &rom the headsman#s
cho''ing +lock and then the 'layer is cut loose in the massive $orld o& (kyrim $ith the +arest essentials in
in&ormation a+out themselves and the land they no$ inha+it. (kyrim is 'lague +y a +loody civil $ar and
+y the return o& a race o& dragons that1 until recently $ere e)tinct. -he 'layer soon &inds out that they are
the last o& a race called Dragon+orn1 and they are also all that stands +et$een (kyrim and its destruction.
As the 'layer com'letes one heroic or not so heroic deed a&ter another1 they come in to gri's $ith
the game#s dee' and intuitive control system. A character can use +oth hands &or $ea'on or one $ea'on
and a sheild. Don#t &orget a 'layer can use one or +oth hands to $heeled magic. -he control o& a character
is com'lete u' to you. Every time a 'layer uses a $ea'on or a s'ell or skill in (kyrim1 their 'ro&iency $ith
that item or in that talent goes u'. A 'layer can im'rove their skills +y receiving 'oints &rom com'leted
missions. 6n this $ay1 the game re$ards the 'artici'ant &or 'laying in e)actly the $ay they $ant to. 6& you
$ant to use only s'ells the game $ill ensure you +ecome more 'ro&icient in doing so. 6& s$ords and
sneaking around in the dark are more your things1 you#ll get +etter at +oth the more you do them. -here
many di&&erent o'tions to choose &rom $hen creating your character &rom their race to their looks and the
$ay your character $ants to &ight.
(o i& your ready to devote a ton o& time to a video game this is the one &or you. 7rom it#s o'en2
$orld conce't to +eing a+le to totally customi,e your character &rom looks to $ea'ons 'lus all the missions
availa+le not to even mention the great gra'hics and easy game 'lay. :ou $ill en9oy 'laying this action
adventure game &or hours and hours +y creating a $orld &or s'ecial &or your character 9ust as 0ethesda
intended. 6 en9oyed it 6 kno$ you $ill too.