Elder Scrolls V Skyrim for Xbox 360 w/ Case

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Elder Scrolls V Skyrim for Xbox 360. Includes game, case. The word masterpiece isn’t thrown around much in gaming. Skyrim is a masterpiece. There’s something to be said about a game you can sink 100 hours into and just be getting started. Then start all over and have a completely different experience. As you can tell, I put a little time into this listing because I’m hoping to attract someone who previously didn’t consider playing this game. Maybe you didn’t think the setting appealed to you. Maybe you don’t like RPG’s. But keep in mind, this is an American RPG, so the endless cutscenes and cutesy garbage found in most JRPG’s does not appear. If you want to just blast through this game that is your option. But there’s so much depth there if you look closely. You can be a sorcerer. You can be a fighter. Want to create your own weapons? Go for it. Want to ignore the main quest and just explore this world? Close the shades, turn up the sound and say goodbye to months of your life…but what a way to go! We’re about to experience a lull in game releases building up to the new systems being released…why not use this opportunity to catch up on one of the greats? One of the best memories I have of this game was talking to a friend of mine who completed the game. I asked him what he thought about the dwarven ruins and he completed the whole game without ever finding them. I showed him where the entrance was on the map and sent him right back into the game. Seeing a dragon for the first time is an experience you won’t soon forget! The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim re-imagines and revolutionizes the open-world fantasy epic, bringing to life a complete virtual world open for you to explore any way you choose. Play any type of character you can imagine, and do whatever you want; the legendary freedom of choice, storytelling, and adventure of The Elder Scrolls is realized like never before. Skyrim’s new game engine brings to life a complete virtual world with rolling clouds, rugged mountains, bustling cities, lush fields, and ancient dungeons. Battle ancient dragons like you’ve never seen, and as a Dragonborn, learn their secrets and harness their power for yourself. All New Graphics and Gameplay Engine – Skyrim’s new game engine brings to life a complete virtual world with rolling clouds, rugged mountains, bustling cities, lush fields, and ancient dungeons. Dragons return – Battle ancient dragons like you’ve never seen. As Dragonborn, learn their secrets and harness their power for yourself. Epic Fantasy Reborn – Skyrim reimagines and revolutionizes the open-world fantasy epic, bringing to life a complete virtual world open for you to explore any way you choose. Live Another Life, in Another World – Play any type of character you can imagine, and do whatever you want; the legendary freedom of choice, storytelling, and adventure of The Elder Scrolls comes to life like never before. You Are What You Play – Choose from hundreds of weapons, spells, and abilities. The new character system allows you to play any way you want and define yourself through your actions.

Skyrim’s main story revolves around the player character and their effort to defeat Alduin the World-Eater, a dragon who is prophesied to destroy the world. The game is set two hundred years after the events of Oblivion and takes place in the fictional province of Skyrim. Over the course of the game, the player completes quests and develops the character by improving skills. Skyrim continues the open world tradition of its predecessors by allowing the player to travel anywhere in the game world at any time, and to ignore or postpone the main storyline indefinitely.

Time passes really fast when you are playing this game. The first six hours went by in the blink of an eye yesterday … my character is at level 10 and I feel like I have barely scratched the surface of anything. If you like these kinds of games, you will be hooked because Bethesda has managed to create something which really nails it on every level. I am a heavily magic oriented player so I spent most of my time so far in the mages’ guild in winterhold. For some reason though the Dark Brotherhood wants me dead and sent an assassin to kill me. I was just messing around with some conjuration spells in a forest glen and the assassin was killed by this flame creature I had conjured before I even knew what was going on. Looted the body and found a note saying they want me dead. Stuff like that just happens and it is awesome. Dungeons btw are really fun and very well designed.

I do have one gripe that I see has been addressed by some other reviewers who gave a low rating for the game on amazon. That is that you have to pause the action to switch spells. In Oblivion, I could instantly switch spells with the d-pad and then cast them with RB while wielding a sword and shield. In Skyrim, you must assign a spell to one hand or the other, so it kind of feels like you have lost your RB button. I can understand this complaint.

However, if you have posted about this, keep in mind that your RB button is not idle. It has been reserved for shouts, and you will obtain shouts eventually although you have to play along the main quest until you get the first one. I have none as yet because I am focused on the mages’ guild for now. However once you do you get shouts, you can instantly cast them with RB while also dual wielding whatever you choose.

The bottom line though is that this game is basically like Oblivion on steroids. If you liked Oblivion and spent 200+ hours playing it like I did, you will be addicted to Skyrim. Having playing all through yesterday and now it’s 4 am and I’m getting up to play some more rather than get some sleep, this is probably the best game I’ve ever played. That’s a lot of praise coming from a life long gamer.

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Disk has some scratches. Has not been tested…a game this huge may have gameplay effected…maybe not. Sold as is. Case has sticker on front. No insert or map included.