Skyrim is one of the best (if not THE) role playing games in the last 10 years. It truly allows you to create the character you want, be that character, and through your actions have the world respond to you. After a long day of work, school, or taking care of the kids (or the spouse), it lets you escape for a few (or many) short hours.
I have spent about 50 hours with the game. My character is a melee type (one-handed weapons, shield), with healing abilities, and a focus on crafting enchanted weapons and armor. In this time, my character has advanced 33 levels and focused perks on those which compliment my playing style. I have spent most of my time on the side quests, although I have advanced a few of the main story quest lines.
So, what about the game? First off, for those with experience with Daggerfall, Arena, Morrowind, and Oblivion... Skyrim is the best. Not quite the same open world as the early games but the world itself is much more "alive" and presents many more opportunities to experience the world. The graphics are a notch above Oblivion, but due to artistic design rather than needing significantly better hardware. The side quests present considerable variety but all of it is quite good. Some favorites are the Companions, Red Eagle, Whiterun tree, and the civil war questlines, as well as others. The main story line is also done well. However, I tend move in and out of the main quest as I feel; the nice thing being that it is there as I want to engage but I can do so, at my pace. That said, once you start the questline, you will encounter more dragons. Which are great fun, be beware.
So, in summary, the pros:
1. Best Elder Scrolls game to date
2. Great artistic design, each landscape and locale has been individually created and it shows
3. Truly a world you can escape in; feels alive
4. Interesting side quests and a main storyline that plays well at your pace
5. Sound, graphics, voice acting all well done
6. Character options and play style, done your way
7. Overall 9.5 out of 10
The cons:
1. Few bugs, all manageable
2. Some repetition in NPCs, particularly guards, shop owners, etc.
3. Great companions to join you, accessing their inventory invokes a comment that takes too long to get through
4. No multiplayer/co-op options
5. Overall, none that make the game unenjoyable... just minor flaws in a rare find and gem
Enjoy the game!
csbeau
《ご注意ください》
- 海外版ゲームソフトの一部は日本版のゲーム機では動作しません。お持ちのゲーム機のバージョンをあらかじめご参照のうえ、下記の対応表で動作の有無をご確認ください。
- 商品名に「(輸入版)」と記載されている商品は、北米版・アジア版などの地域を選択することはできません。ただし、北米版、アジア版と記載されているものは、そのリージョンの商品が対象です。
- パッケージ画像左下に「M」と記載されたタイトルは、北米のレーティング機構において対象年齢17歳以上とされており、暴力表現や性的表現が含まれる場合があります。
- パッケージ画像左下に「18」と記載されたタイトルは、欧州のレーティング機構において対象年齢18歳以上とされており、暴力表現や性的表現が含まれる場合があります。
- 実際のパッケージは写真と異なる場合があります。
- 商品タイトルに特別な記載がない場合、通常版の商品のお届けとなります。特典は付属しておりません。
- 本体のシステムが最新のものにアップデートされていない場合は、国内版と同様に、プレイ前にシステムのアップデート案内が英語で表示されます。画面の案内に従って本体システムのアップデートを開始してください。
- オンラインプレイが可能な商品で、お客様のゲーム機本体のアカウントが日本国内専用の場合、オンラインプレイができないことがあります。その場合は、お客様ご自身で海外のアカウントを取得してください。
- 輸入版ゲームについてはメーカーサポートの対象外です。
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国内ゲーム機×海外版ソフトウェア対応表
※欧州ではテレビなどの映像出力にPAL形式という出力信号を用いており、日本や北米のNTSC形式と異なるため、欧州版のソフトを日本のゲーム機で使用した場合、一部機種では正常に映像が出力されないことがあります。
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Detailed info on the Collector's Edition
2011年11月11日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
Scrutinous Pathfinder
2011年11月11日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済み
This product review is about the physical observations of the Collector's Edition product. I've broken this up into comments on the PACKAGE, the GAMEDISC, and the CONTENT VALUE associated with this product.
THE PACKAGE
Amazon already publishes the dimensions of this package, but for those who have difficulty visualizing geometry, the size can be described as follows using a CD for reference:
The Skyrim CE box is:
3.25 CDs from left to right
2.75 CDs from front to back
3 CDs tall
I have uploaded a photo to Amazon for reference.
The wraparound slip cover to the cardboard box is so long that it could honestly be unfolded and framed for use as an extra-wide wall poster, were it not for the creases.
The actual box itself is matte black cardboard, with no markings. The slip cover is attached to this box with rectangular seals. When my shipment arrived, two of the seals had already dislodged, as though the adhesive was not strong enough. The entire package is naked in the shipping box. It is not wrapped in cellophane. The slip case in my copy did not have scuffs.
Immediately under the top cover is a matte black cardboard tray holding the shrink-wrapped thick paper game case, with the art book above it, wrapped in plastic. The map is in the game case, made of textured, thick paper, blank on the opposite side of the map. If you have any experience with very nice stationary, then the map feels comparable to that.
The dragon statue box within is a glossy black box with no markings except for the Skyrim dragon sigil on top and the Chinese manufacturer name (The IP Factory Limited) on the bottom. The box top has two circular transparent stickers acting as seals. The styrofoam holding the dragon statue in place has the Skyrim logo embossed atop. The dragon statue paint lives up to the pre-release photos provided by the press.
THE GAMEDISC
The installer is SETUP.EXE in the root folder of the DVD. I logged on to Steam prior to allowing the setup executeable to start. I do not have autorun enabled, but the AUTORUN.INF simply starts SETUP.EXE with no parameters.
Once the activation code is accepted by the installer program, then it immediately began to install by using the files on the DVD media. The installer even displayed text on screen to that effect. I had launched Task Manager before hand and checked it on occasion to verify that there was no network activity while I started this review in Notepad. I did this to verify that the game files themselves were not downloading from Steam instead of using the DVD media.
Use of the activation code inside the box gives the following product in the end user's Steam library:
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (US)
The Steam library does not appear to distinguish between the available editions of Skyrim installed by end users.... only by country of origin for the purchase.
A day one patch immediately began to install thereafter. I did not note how large the patch was.
THE CONTENT VALUE
I posted this originally to an Amazon discussion for Skyrim prior to release. I looked at it with this breakdown of assumed fair cost for the included items:
$ 45 - GAME, discounted since it's not a plastic clamshell but still brand new. And also, some people found preorders for regular edition that were this cheap, by some nifty good fortune. The instruction booklet is full color, but does not have the edition printed on the cover, so the booklet's between editions are interchangeable. The embossed slipcase also does not describe the edition, and neither does the installation disc. The Bonus Material DVD does not say "Skyrim" (not even in the legalise), but it is full of the Elder Scrolls runes as decoration.
$ FREE - MAP, free since the initial release of the other edition came with the same document. I don't know how truly accurate the map is yet.
$ 40 - BOOK, it's 200 pages, and it's not small like the artbook in Deus Ex HR European Action Figure Edition, Mass Effect 2 CE, Killzone 3 Special whatever edition, etc.
$ 20 - VIDEO DVD, 19.99 seems typical for a low print run DVD for a small, hardcore segment of the buying public. The "Behind the Wall" documentary is roughly 40 minutes long, has an animated chapter menu and subtitle options for English, French and German. Choosing a language also shows a localized/translated version of the title screen during view. Along with minor spoiler game play footage (introduction sequence and many dragon fights), the documentary has some nice product gestation details (both triumphs and failings) revealed in interviews, brief snippets of design meetings, white board views, motion capture lab tests, voice studio footage, and orchestra / choir sound studio footage. No hidden files from what I could see. I suggest watching the DVD after you've played Skyrim for several hours.
$ 45 - STATUE, for it's size, it would be much more expensive than $ 45 if the dragon statue sold by itself. I looked over similarly sized (1 foot high, including mountain perch) science fiction/fantasy painted plastic statues on ebay and some collector's stores and I think $ 45 makes sense. This is taking into consideration the nice paint job and details of the statue. Again, the dragon statue paintjob lives up to the pre-release photos provided by the press.
I still think Bethesda was a bit cheap to not include an associated free item DLC or something given the heavy cost. I privately lamented the lack of an included soundtrack CD, but now that it is known that the soundtrack takes up 4 CDs, I don't mind purchasing that separately given the amount of content.
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