@CampingforCool41
I honestly feel like Jeremy Soule’s soundtrack is about half the reason I still desire to return to Skyrim. It’s just such an incredible and comforting atmosphere
@MisterPebbelz
After traveling with Lydia for 70 hours we came across cave number 997 and she said "Oooh, I wonder what's in THAT cave..." and that is why skyrim.
@strongbear0352
Skyrim feels more as a bedtime story or place you visit than a video game. I think that is the reason people come back
@pedro.belluzzo
Skyrim is the kind of game we remember about as if it was a previous episode of our life, not like a game we played. It almost feels like Ive walked the roads of whiterun myself, I almost can feel the chill air present in the scene. I agree with you, it does have a lot of problems, but the thing is just magical. I can only attribute that to the passion of every developer involved.
@ganymede3660
To me, Skyrim is the coziest uncozy cozy game
@stillmoms
As the primary video editor who worked on that main gameplay trailer for Skyrim, I appreciate your kind words. It has been a long time since I worked for Bethsoft, but I still have fond memories of the time I spent working on the marketing for Skyrim. I spent my time there embedded with Todd’s BGS team and worked closely with many of them to make the trailer happen.
@anotherKyle
to me the success of skyrim also comes from the ability to ignore vast parts of the game and still feel like you are doing what you are supposed to do, which makes it easy to appeal to a lot of demographics. i was interested in the world so i took a two handed weapon and clumsily smashed my way to the cities and dialogues, my friend took a bow and went hunting after leaving helgen and didnt enter a city for the next 10 ish hours.
@mrlegkick91
It just has a beautiful soul. The nordic/medieval vibe. The stunning architecture of the buildings and landscapes. The fantastic soundtrack. On top of that rhe interactivity of the world is unrivalled to this day. And on top of that its an epic power fantasy were you play as an almost god like figure. A dragon slaying medieval super hero. Yes the combat could be better but everything else is so good it doesn't really matter
@FBI-sr2eg
Skyrim kind of feels like a dream. You even wake up at the beginning. You can stay as long as you want, do whatever you want, nothing has real consequences, it’s the ultimate escapism
@HallucinatingGoblin
We all have the same internal Skyrim binge clock it seems.
@drakescakes5629
Skyrim was so popular, they thought the series was actually called Skyrim. “When is the new Skyrim coming out?” “I love Skyrim. What is the elder scrolls?”
@wondrousgamer3930
The amount of effort into world building is what really drags me back. I loved watching videos where people discussed little details they'd found that added into something bigger. People uncovering the lore of a certain person or object or place. The gameplay itself is lackluster, mid at best, but I remember standing by my father's shoulder as he started a playthrough of it, specifically the part in the beginning where you choose a stone after Ralof tells you about them. Walking down that path, being able to grab some thistle and a butterfly hovering around some wild flowers. It felt magical, and even after so many years it still does.
@michaelhibberd9740
A note on the Sven/Faendal quest, if you marry her during the quest, both Faendal and Sven get mad at you, but if I'm not mistaken, Faendal says "better you than sven" or something like that
@JoCat
I literally just reinstalled it yesterday, perfect timing
@ianEFF
One time I was at a party at a friend's house and there was this guy who was clearly feeling out of place/ socially anxious. My friend and I were talking to him and he told us how he was feeling, then he saw that my friend had Skyrim and asked if he could boot it up, because it helped him relax. We sat and watched him play for a while, and he really opened up and seemed much happier. The game never really clicked with me, but because of this experience I will always have respect for it.
@stonep11
My favorite thing about Skyrim is that the world feels like it exists outside of the player and the present story. It feels like many of the NPCs you see genuinely live their lives there.
@TylerPutnam2.0
and don't forget about the gaming grandma that still plays Skyrim and uploads videos of her telling stories through different characters she creates in the game
@bwiz77
The soundtrack is one of if not the most fitting and atmospheric of all times. The game itself is the only game I’ve ever played that on retrospective does not feel like a game I played but a place I visited/ lived in
@ashes382
I had a friend that had over 100 hours in skyrim. She would rarely leave whiterun, had sneak and pickpocketing leveled to like 80 or 90, and basically just enjoyed being the town pickpocket thief, and would occasionally kill characters that made her mad. On the occasion she left town, she'd try to find an enemy to knock off a cliff, or just mess around with the open world. She was the one that introduced me to the game, and was completely blown away when I started showing her the daedric quests, potions, enchanting etc, but never really enjoyed playing that content herself. That's what makes the game great imo, you can play it ANY way, when so many games back then gave you little freedom to make your own story.
@razbuten