The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, or better known as Skyrim, is a revolutionary game with an RPG leveling system that takes place after the events of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. The setting is set in the Norse world of Skyrim, where war wages and inconveniently the dragons have come back for conquest. The game was released for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC.

Single player: The single player of Skyrim takes place after the events of Oblivion, the Norse world of Skyrim. Two big nations are currently warring with one another, the Stormcloak Rebellion, and the Empire. You are pretty much in the middle of all this, oh, and the dragons. You are dragon born, found with Stormcloaks and captured by the Empire which is when you create your character. There are many races to choose from, each with their own special abilities. The most common of these races would be the Nord race, heavily resistant to the harsh cold of Skyrim and her mountainous regions. The options for your character creation are very well done, allowing you to go very into detail during customization. Now you don’t pick a class to play as, for during the game you spec your way into what you would like to play as. You can be a tank with Sword and shield, or a powerful wizard with insane magic skills. Now as far as storyline the diversity is amazing. There are over 300 hours of gameplay which includes side quests. This is the biggest game Bethesda has ever put out and it is well worth a buy! You can either run through the main story line, or do loads of side quests to help level you up and acquire some good gold. You may also just explore the very large world of Skyrim and stumble upon crypts and dungeons to explore. World is just huge and very intense. You often find the creatures of Skyrim fighting with one another or AI humanoids communicating and interacting with one another, bringing the feeling of real life to the game. I have yet to find glitches in the game’s engine, which mean I can infer that the team put loads of effort into making this game flawless. The game’s medieval purpose and Norse based culture allows you to explore one the most underrated Pagan religions. Another glorious feat in the games single player is that a dragon can randomly attack you at any point in the game when you’re off traveling about. You might already in the midst of battle when out comes a Blood dragon out for the Dovahkiin! I should also mention that Bethesda invented their own language called Draconic, which is spoken by the dragon of Skyrim, and is known also to the Dragon born. There is simply too much to say about the single player of Skyrim, you must purchase this amazing game and find out for yourself! Bethesda granted the single player for this masterpiece a 10 out of 10 for single player.
Score: 10

Graphics: The graphics of Skyrim have definitely improved since previous releases like Fallout 3, but still retain some details that must be fixed. However, I do not blame them for the fact that the map is huge and rendered at the same time, making it very difficult for intense graphical content. For what they have done, however, it looks stunning and feels amazing when playing. One thing that I noted was beautiful was Skyrim’s sky at night. The vibrant colors and stars mixed with several moons or planets looks so beautiful it was simply remarkable. Also, the misty clouds you can see in the distance in Sykrim’s mountain ranges look beautiful. There are several things that they did a great job with, which I really enjoyed viewing. The character detail is also relatively well done and the armor was nicely detailed. What I did miss from the Fallout series was the epic amounts of gore and chopped off limbs. I mean this is medieval warfare therefor I would tend to think that the severing of limbs would be much more implemented than in post-apocalyptic Fallout. The beautiful world of Skyrim receives 8 out of 10 for graphics; they could’ve focused a little more.
Score: 8