I'm a 65 year old lady who loves gaming. I played Oblivion when it first came out, then played WoW for 10 years before finally uninstalling for good. Then I bought Skyrim (2 years ago). I have never loved a game as much as this and have been playing every day since! You touched on all of the reasons I love about it. Well done!!!
I'm a 66 yr old gentleman (retired now) and got it in '19. I have about 2,000 hrs in and have never finished the game 🙄 , just so much to do and see ... then I started modding it (some DLC sized mods) ... then I would break the game with too many mods or did it badly ... rinse and repeat. I would jump on a horse and just go discovering, then I wouldn't pick a side (Stormcloaks vs Imperials) both rubbed me the wrong way. So, I played/adventured my way. I just started again a month ago and am going to try to finish it 🤦♂. Who would you side with? I love the ethereal beauty/music of it, it's my got-to to relax.
I'm a 45 year old lady who also loves gaming. And while I've played so many amazing games over the decades, Skyrim truly is my number one. It's the only game that still gives me that thrill of exploration and newness and fun, the same way video games did when I was a kid. And Caleb, though young, absolutely did a great video explaining why Skyrim is still so playable after all these years!
@robhaney8568 I have minimal mods, mostly enhancements to sounds and visuals. With more than 2 dozen playthroughs, I've only done the civil war campaign twice, once on each side. I love the role-playing aspect and chose each side based on my character's back story. I never use horses or fast travel...that's how much I love the atmosphere of the game. I don't always finish the main quest line, it depends with each character. I could go on and on..... LOL! I love this game!
It cannot be understated how important Jeremy Soule's musical work was to not only Skyrim, but all of TES franchise. That being said: his work on Skyrim holds a special place in my heart. I can sit and listen to it on loop all day, it's heart-rending how beautiful it is.
@@chazzcoolidge2654 a lot of people backed up the claims that he’s not a great co worker so it seems pretty legit. His work is beautiful but someone like Inon Zur can do just as great a job. It’s not like we know him personally, we have no idea what he was like behind the scenes
@@tomo4977 yeah, i heared that too, but I still think that Jeremy Soul was unmatched when it comes to atmospheric music. Inon Zur is a great composer, the Fallout 4 music is incredible, but the HOURS long atmosphere music in Skyrim is THE very best i have ever heard in a video game. Jemery Soul has the ability to create music that actually makes you feel like you exist and live in the moment in that video game. This is extremely rare and Inon Zur was never able to achieve that for me personally. The only one who was able to make me feel that way aswell is Hans Zimmer.
I’ve played so many times and I know I can still have fun if I play again. On the PlayStation it says I played 3782 hrs. The next close game was red dead 2 at 2277 hrs. Mostly online though.
My dad passed away in 2019 but he was obsessed in Skyrim. He was at his happiest copying and predicting familiar NPC dialogue lines. He never wanted to finish the game even though he did... At least 5 times that I can remember. He loved it so much that I had Jeremy Soules "From past to present" played at his funeral. Great video my man and Foos-Ro-Dah to my Dad!
this is beautiful. i want secunda and a few others from the soundtrack played at my funeral. blessings to you and your father who is watching over you, guiding you on your path. may your roads lead you to warm sands
I liked this game so much I wanted to leave a large enough time between each playthrough so that I would forget stuff and rediscover them again. So I've only ever played it twice. Once when it originally came out and then again with the special edition about 3 years ago, and that second time was the first time I played any of the DLC. I plan to do a third playthrough when ES6 comes out. My favorite “thing in Skyrim i didn’t notice till way later” is when you kill the last enemy in a dungeon you can hear a subtle jingle play.
Mods. I Literally can't fully explore the world in one playthrough. if i was an OCD/collector type player, it would be hell... but I'm a role player, playing D&D since the 70's. This is a single player D&D game.
I've spent over 6000 hrs in LE, SE and VR; I was very ill for a long time, lying in bed hooked up to machines, and modding Skyrim gave me something to do. I think it saved my sanity in a lot of ways; I was too broke to keep buying new games, but there's so much you can do with mods on pc. I'll probably always go back to it, it has a really special place in my heart.
i feel like i have to at least have 2 months in this game but sadly i cant track my xbox 360 hours. I bought a pre owned version of the game and didnt even realize it had the dlc but when i found out man i just grinded it for days. Just an insanely fun game despite how everything is a little buggy and weird a lot of the time.
@@Vinnare Yeah, when you turn it into weeks and months you get a new perspective. If I spent 3+ months in another country, it wouldn't feel weird to say I used to live in that country, and it kinda feels that way about Skyrim. It's like sliding back into an old pair of slippers, no other game feels so much like home.
Skyrim has been home to many amazing memories for me. Once, I had a mod that added a little rabbit follower named Dovahbit. He didn't fight, but would run around and distract enemies sometimes. We fought the giant in the Sanguine Rose questline, and I had run away from the giant to regain stamina. I turned around to see the giant had stopped chasing me and was after Dovahbit! Dovahbit ran for his life, zigzagging across the tundra, until the giant used his huge cudgel as a golf club and sent my poor little rabbit flying far off into the distance. Enraged, I avenged Dovahbit and slew the giant. I feared the worst. It wasn't untill after I'd finished returning Gleda the goat to the farmer in Rorikstad that he finally showed up again. Surprisingly, he seemed no worse for the wear. I rejoiced to see my fluffy little comrade again! To this day I still wonder where the giant's strike must have left him.
70 year old Grandma here and I love Skyrim. I have more than 300 hours on it and just started my 3rd playthrough. I played Oblivion and loved it as well. I also loved Horizon: Zero Dawn and Forbidden West all the Final Fantasy's through 12 - but no game has captured my interest like Skyrim. It just never gets old
You might like morrowind, it was the game before oblivion. Maybe the richest in lore and stuff. definitely way weaker graphics wise, but I've found graphics and stuff tend to be more important to younger folks anyway
@@airiksknifereviews9548 true, social media helps people to feel miserable and it undermines the very foundations of society. It was an experiment, but it went wrong.
Life has been good in many ways: I have a house, a loving wife and several dogs and ponys… and I have read LOTR and become a Tolkien enthusiast and learned so much more about history and science… that being said, we‘ve also had Covid, the war in Ukraine, the sh** that’s escalating in the Middle East, and the rise of social media which has become so annoyingly trivial. Also art has turned into an IP game and as a result lost much of its soul.
There was always some shit on this planet. Just social media these days bombards us every minute with the latest horrible stories. I take social media breaks now and then, it helps. As for Skyrim, have not played it in ages as I am a Mac-Person ... and I am actually considering to buy a PC just for being able to play skyrim ;-)
I havent gamed at all in nearly a decade. Early this month I had a pretty intrusive surgery that had me on mandatory downtime for a few weeks. My wife just put skyrim in front of me and said " I think you'll really like this game" I was hooked immediately, for many of the reasons you stated. It's so immersive. Like a little world I can just escape into. Thank you for explaining it better than I could possibly. Earned a like and subscribe!
Skyrim was the one thing I could always count on over the years. When my father died, i had something to focus on other than grief. When i finally got out of a crippling heroin addiction, Skyrim gave me something to keep me busy. It will always have a place on my shelf/game library.
Good to hear, could I ask what do you do these days on Skyrim? I used to game when I was younger, a lot too! But nowadays I just can’t bring myself to play anymore, I tell myself I wish I could but I don’t know. Feels like that curious child in me took a step down or died per se. Nowadays even if I play I’m there to get to point X or Y as fast as possible. Not enjoying the process or anything. Which means if I were to play I’d simply pick a goal, skip most stuff to get there asap. Then feel lost once I’m done with said goal. Anyway, wish you a nice day.
I've tried playing it and I've never been a fan of Western RPGs at all, and honestly just don't get it. But I find people like yourself that are obsessed with it fascinating. I get it. I wish I could find a game that is more my style that could be this for me. I hope you keep enjoying it for a long time. Hope you're doing well!
YES! Some people can't understand why I've played it through so many times. Can't count my playthroughs anymore. 12 years. Since it's release. Again and again. It's relaxing. Never boring. Filled with quests. I have it for 2 systems. Been playing video games since Atari was new. Yes I'm a grandma. My son plays skyrim. My grandson too. You nailed it. And now I understand. And it's not just me.
For some reason my characters always seem to devolve into a murder hobo with insatiable bloodlust, maybe i'm just a psycho. I just find the quests to be endless errand-running. I've played through the campaign proper one time and that was enough. I just can't resist the urge to sprout arrows from evereyone's head!
@@mjgII blood porphyria, you got vampirism, probably from killing a vampire and getting in contact with the blood. You need to drink the antidote in less than 3 days.
Skyrim was there for me when I needed it most. When I was in middle school when Skyrim came out, I was dealing with the worst time of my life where I was bullied relentlessly. Playing Skyrim allowed me to be the person I wish I could be irl during that time. It allowed me to immerse myself in a world where I could be anything, do anything, where I could just be me.
I had to stop at this comment for a minute. I unfortunately feel that alot of people can relate to your story. I'm truly sorry for that. I also realized that I was pulled into Skyrim for this exact reason, so thank you for making me realize this through your experience.
Weird but even years later as an 33 year old mom-I still feel nostalgic whenever I hear the music from Oblivion or Skyrim and I thank people like you guys for keeping this awesome game alive.
I still remember it like yesterday. Went to buy my 360 from a local garage sale, and ended up getting it. I went to turn it on for the first time, only to realize they left a copy of Skyrim inside. As a kid who grew up on things like LOTR & 0 idea what Skyrim was, I ended up playing it out of curiosity and had a truly once in a lifetime experience. Has always stuck with me.
That's an awesome way to stumble across the series! Elder Scrolls (specifically Morrowind) was what made me a gamer. I'd played many video games before like Super Mario Bros. But as a 13yo girl in the early 2000s I wasn't interested in gaming. My older brother insisted I try this new game under the premise that I could do whatever I wanted. My first playthrough started as a quest to get the coolest outfits but I got hooked on the story. A decade later I was in college. Skyrim had just come out and my semester had ended. I sold my used textbooks back to the school library and got just enough money that I immediately drove to GameSpot and bought Skyrim. A decade later and I have 3 kids and I'm still here playing Skyrim desperately waiting for Bethesdas next Elder Scrolls game and realizing by the time it happens it will probably be the game that hooks my daughter into gaming. A fully cyclical timeline!
I clearly remember the day I bought it. I was actually at the checkout in Sainsbury's buying another game (possibly MW3). I just got chatting with the cashier about gaming and he said he'd just bought this new fantasy game called Skyrim and that I should check it out... That night I looked up reviews on it and was completely blown away at the stuff you could do. The idea that you could practically live another life in this fantasy world was just insane to me...
I got it for myself Xmas 2011. I remember I was tossing up between Skyrim and whatever Sonic game came out that year. In an alternate universe another version of me made a very big mistake.
awesome video. Skyrim has been a big part of my life since like 2015 and nearly 10 years later, I still find myself watching videos on it weekly, and like you, I listen to skyrim ambience videos while at work for 10+ hours a day. Such an awesome world
Skyrim is like comfort food for me. I’ve played it so many hours that I can just turn my brain off and enjoy it. You don’t have to think and strategize, you just play it. The core gameplay loop is addicting, even if the rpg aspects are toned down from previous games. Also, leveling smithing is and always will be a pain in the ass.
I personally feel that the toned down RPG aspects does wonders for the game when it comes to replayability. You can just jump in and play over and over again because of how simple and easy the early game is. There's been a fair amount of failed attempts to get back into Morrowind simply because I can't bring myself to go back to missing attacks on a dice roll in the early game. People diss it for simplicity, and yet it's the one in the franchise that has so easy to play quickly that replaying Skyrim again has become a community meme.
I got static skill leveing mod + no experience while leveling skills mod.. so leveling stuff like smithing is way less repetitive but it's still balanced.
You can level up smithing really fast by just using an NPC for carrying Dwemer Items by using the "I need you to do something" and asking then to carry said item, without it overburdening them. Then just melt everything into dwemer ingots and craft dwemer bows until you reach 100. Actually sells pretty well and levels up smithing fast.
I keep saying. Yeah Todd Howard isn’t perfect. Not even close. But when he’s gone and some bigwig takes over. We may look back at Todd’s time at the helm… more fondly than we do now.
It has been a long time since I played Skyrim, but I still go on walks across that beautiful countryside. I live in a place where there is no countryside to enjoy. In my old age of 74, it is a breath of fresh air to actually listen to the wind blow, see wildlife wandering free, and a nice warm hearth to sit by when there is actually snow that doesn't freeze you to death. When I played I was a healer, and I spent hours collecting plants for potions. It was divine. It is heaven on Earth to virtually take my mind back there to places I still recognize and will never forget. Every time you play it is different, and there is a vast countryside to cherish. That is why it is so very special to those who play it, or HAVE played it. There is no such thing as burn out. It just never gets old.
yea I do that too. play in survival mode with the camping mod and just go sit around with a few followers and build a fire. fight off the cold. sleep, hunt, etc.
Holy shit man, you made me really feel something genuine when you mentioned that you hadn't identified the Nurnroot chiming until really late! I grabbed those things intensively in my very first playthourgh (which was as a potionmaster) I love that this game has so many ways to live in it. it's my favorite too. I play it in "quasi" VR with the steam deck and Xreal Air's now, and love it as much as ever.
I love that you didn't know that annoying noise was Nirnroot. The only reason I recognized it so quickly the first time I played Skyrim was because of a quest in Oblivion that involved gathering Nirnroot. The noise that those plants made in Oblivion was substantially more grating than the sound in Skyrim. Lol
That quest was brutal. It was to find all 100 Nirnroot in the game, and they were all unique, and never regrew. It was a thrill anytime you heard that annoying sound.
I don't understand how this guy has been playing Skyrim for years, and looks into every nook and cranny, but never once found a nirnroot. There's like 2 or 3 along the river on the walk away from Helgen. There are some in the cities. Pretty much every body of water has them and they stand out like a big, green, sore thumb.
I don't think we will find anything out there like skyrim the closest game I found that is somewhat similar was kingdom come deliverance its not a Sci fi game but the feel of everything reminds me of skyrim
I am 60 years old. I started playing Skyrim in January of 2012. I followed other people instructing me about mods which I eventually started using. I have played repeatedly for what is going to be the past 12 years and not one game has been the same. I will never stop playing this game.
Oh man. I'm 72 and play it every day. I started about the same time you did. I like maxing out my and my hireling's armor and weapons at the enchanter and alchemy station. Don't forget to DO SOME EXERCISING! Your colon will thank you! Trust me! Or play standing up or while walking the treadmill! Such a great game! Even WITH all the bugs.
Partner, Skyrim has a lot of boring quests, boring NPC, boring companions with a few exceptions, i had much more fun with Fallout games, Dragon Age, etc. but... but, there is something magic with Skyrim, i just want to keep playing it, i just feel good playing it, i feel transported to another world, not a single other game has achieved that. The Witcher 1 is probably the closest that makes me feel like skyrim.
Have you tried Elden Ring? for me, elden ring really just set the bar extremely high and no other game has ever been the same. I keep replaying it. My first playthrough of it really made me feel liek a kid again. That is special
I recently decided to give the college of winterhold a chance again and paid attention to Tolfdir when he goes on his "Just look at all these coffins." rant. He wasnt talking about the maybe 20 coffins circling the room. He was talking about the hundreds above and below it. Blew my mind and made me actually listen to him from then on out.
i love how this came up for me today, this game holds such a special place in my heart! i've been going back to skyrim at least for a few months every year since release and, for all the in-game danger, i've recently realised that it almost feels like a place of safety for me now. the atmosphere, depth of lore, beautiful visuals and the untouchable soundtrack make it a joy to return to every time. i have dear memories of being sat by the fire playing skyrim with heavy snow outside. thanks for this :)
I absolutely could not agree more and oblivion does the same thing for me greatly! It’s hard for me to say which soundtrack I love more, but either way both of these games for me or extremely safe spaces that do the most wonderful job of making me feel at home!
I Love the diversity in gameplay style in Skyrim, it really inspires multiple playthroughs. For example, my very first playthrough of Skyrim I was a stealth archer, and then on my 100th playthrough I was still a stealth archer.
Once you choose your path as a Mage or Warrior or an Assassin, you bound with it. I like build character as a Mage (destruction & conjuration) combine with a Sneak (one hand weapon).
@@incognitobandito244 I have to be honest, I have never understood this joke. I have literally never played as a stealth archer. Not one single time, ever. My first playthrough was a sword & shield with a bow for range, before replacing the bow for magic. My second playthrough was pure magic. My third playthrough was a dagger assassin. I have over 1900 hours on my PC _alone,_ not counting that I had Skyrim: Legendary for my PS3 originally. In all of over seven years I've played this game, not ever have I used a stealth archer.
Outstanding essay - you captured everything that makes Skyrim great the 1st time, and SOOOO replayable. You have earned a subscriber and a recommender !
I will never not be touched by the music from this game. I haven't played it in years, but the music takes me back. I *feel* what I felt 10 years ago. It all comes back. The perception of a vast, explorable world. The feeling of being a single character in a world that is alive. Urgh. I want it back.
Nostalgia. Same reason many of us still can not move on from everquest, everquest 2, world of warcraft, eve online, etc, etc, etc. It was lightning in a bottle when any of us experienced any of it in our given moment with which everything afterward would be judged against. Cry not that it ended but that we were alive to experience it at all.
I was a young girl and my dad and I liked video games. He’d introduced me to Spyro and a few others, but I remember him buying Skyrim. He bought it for him, cuz my mom and he thought I was too young. We lived in a 2 story at the time with a playroom upstairs with an open wall overlooking the living room, and at night he would play for a while after dinner and I would secretly watch from the playroom. It was honestly an entrancing game. The dungeons and landscapes and even the loading screens with bits of lore and items captivated me. I played it myself when I got a little older and I’ve loved it ever since and revisit it often, but my fondest memories are of hanging out with my dad and watching him play. He had like a level 75 character named Wolf that could one shot dragons. Good times
Even today, more than a decade later, every time I hear "Secunda" playing I got this breeze of emotions that envelops me whole. The feel of excitement, wonder, awe of my first hours in Skyrim world, breaking into some NPC's houses in the dead of night, looting and stealing whatever I can fill my pocket in. And hearing this music playing in the background. Taking it all in. And then another time when I got lost in the midst of forest in Falkreath hold, discovered a fort and reading a book about "Cabin in the Woods." Then getting jumpy from every little things. There is no day goes by without me wishing if I could just forget all memory about Skyrim, to experience it all over again from the very beginning. I think I'll be the happiest man alive.
Skyrim, witcher 3, oblivion, Fallout new Vegas, red dead 2... Man those games all have that quality that makes you wish you could play fresh without knowing anything over and over again
and being always alone... that sensation of being surrounded by pure evil and only you can make a difference, while the music sounds and the wind blows.
For me, it's Skyrim itself. The setting. I'm a huge fan of Winter and Autumn, so the landscape just does it for me in a big way. I also have a lot of interest in Norse and Celtic mythology which factors in heavily in the culture of the Nords. The detailed interaction with almost all components of this world is so immersive, like other Bethesda games, my other favorite being Fallout: New Vegas (despite the inherent Bethesda bugs).
Jeremy Soule made this game what it is, the music has such a deep and rich impact. No other game compares. The music is so memorable, the only other game that has this effect for me is Zelda: Ocarina Of Time If im having trouble sleeping, i go on spotify and put on the streets of whiterun, and i am teleported there and i am in pure bliss ❤ So heartbroken jeremy wont be on the new games 😢
My grandma bought me skyrim for Christmas and I thought what the hell is this game, I’ve never heard of it. The following day I played it for 18 hours straight from wake up to bedtime. My favourite game of all time.
If she's still around you should call her and tell her you love her. You'll never regret telling someone you love them to many times, you will regret not doing it enough.
It’s the only game that i played hundreds of hours in. Had it originally on PS3, then PS4, and now PS5. It’s the game that funny enough got my young teenage self interested in the outdoors.
I'll never forget the first night I played Skyrim in 2011 I found the book 'Gentleman's Guide to Whiterun' in Alvor's home. Since my next quest objective was to go there I read the book and my imagination soared at what Whiterun would end up being like when I actually went there. Learning about the districts and people there... It was so oddly exciting. I had to work the next day so I went to bed after reading the book and literally just laid in bed thinking about what it was going to be like when I got to Whiterun tomorrow. No other game has captured me in that way ever.
It's still capturing me to this day. Every time I sit down for a playthrough, I try to find something new, try a new set up, do different missions. Aside from other Elder Scrolls games, I cannot think of another game that actually brought me genuine happiness to play in the last few years given the sorry state modern gaming is in.
Thats me right now I’ve always heard good things about skyrim but I thought it was never the game for me but i just started playing 4 days ago level 7 orc and the exploration and the gameplay is unbelievable magic seems OP asf tho
This video meant a lot to me. I miss my high school days when I could stay up until 3am playing Skyrim with little to no repercussions. Life was easier all around back then, and this game was the icing on the cake. Thanks for a great video.
@@Mephilis78 landing a B in basic high school history while on 3 hours of sleep is way easier than performing at 100% for your actual adult job that provides your wages for living 😂
damn my curfew/bedtime was 10pm. ma thought i was addicted to Baldur's Gate 2. and i got straight a's, it was a hippie school though so not a huge achievement.@@Mephilis78
I relate to this! I was in college when Skyrim released but had already sunk years into Morrowind and Oblivion. Back then I still had so much time to sink into Skyrim. I've felt myself before let down and not putting much time into Statfield, and I find myself wondering if it's because the games not as good, or because now I'm a mom of 3 and just don't have the time to sink into a game anymore. Maybe it's a little of both. The thing Stardield lacks that he mentioned as a high point of Skyrim is how open the world felt, whereas Starfield feels like a forced linear path.
You nailed it. When Skyrim came out i was living with 2 other dudes. One of them bought it. He went away for work for 2 weeks which allowed me to dive right in. When he returned i realized that i needed more time in skyrim than playing bewteen him would allow... so i bought a PS3, a 24" tv, and some wireless headphones so i could play it in the livingroom along side him. I shit you not, that disc didn't leave the machine for at least a year. When it did, it was never for that long. Ive described skyrim to other people in the following way, "skyrim just scratches all of my gaming itches". Great video man.
This game help me through some really tough times, my parents filed for divorce in 2010 and as a 10 year old I wanted to escape the reality I was in, Skyrim was a game I could get home from school and enter my own perfect world. Spent countless hours from 2011-2023 on this game. This is a game that I will play forever
sorry, bro. If only it was possible to play in DX12, the game would run much better and we could load all those hundreds of amazing mods. But since it was built in old technology, new computers have trouble keeping up with FPS. I had to built a super computer to be able to play it in all its full potential.
I shed a tear n said " bless your heart" when I heard that. 10 years not knowing this it's no wonder he isn't burnout... Don't think he's thinking much while playing. The whole wide as an ocean deep as a puddle critique I reckon.
I’ll be 21 in 3 months. I’ve been playing Skyrim on and off since I’ve been around 8-9 years old. When I was younger I would roleplay in this game like I was playing with legos, but it was so much more immersive. Hearing the music, seeing this world Bethesda created… there’s just nothing like it. Thank you for this video. Time to reinstall the game again.
The witcher was geralt's story, i witnessed it. Mass Effect was sheppard's story, i witnessed it. Ghost of Tsushima was jinn's story, i witnessed it. But Skyrim was my story, i was the dragonborn, i was the member of the dark brotherhood, the thieves guild, the companions... Skyrim is a real place, it exists somewhere, i went there and did all those things
@@assassinbrcp6206 probably why Skyrim is still playable bcos can be anyone, in its sense its the most generic rpg out there but can do tons of playthrough with tons of options, other games despite better graphics can only do 2-3 playthroughs before we explore most of the options and dont play it anymore
That feeling is even stronger when playing in VR. I feel like everytime i play i go somewhere else and then return back when i am done. Incredible game.
@@owVRI used to play psvr version and we had to deal with some insane shite with that tracking system and controllers. Now with ps5 VR and I just wish Skyrim would re drop. I’ll pay $60 all over again, because I know I’d take my time and enjoy every little bit for months just like I did on my ps3 12 years ago
One of the best out there. This is why I'm so excited for Starfield. The same studio making this, but basically in a Sci-Fi space setting? I need another bethesda RPG sooo bad
I'm gonna buy a new console to play star field. Always been 10 years behind cause I'm cheap. I sipped every moment of Skyrim and I'm with you on the space hype. I hope the dialog is on point.
In 2011, at the age of 30, Skyrim was the last game I waited impatiently to release and the last game I was obsessed with. Life kicked me in the balls in various way in the next few years and gaming took a backseat. At this stage, I'm so long a non gamer, I dont know if theres a way back. But I still look back fondly on Skyrim and the child's sense of excitement and wonder it gave me. And the escapism. It truly was a majestic experience. A testiment to the power of gaming and the way it can transport you to somewhere else entirely.
I stopped gaming for a while as well for about 8 years and then pandemic happened and bought myself a switch. Now I'm back to it again, because I can just pick up and play whenever wherever. Try getting a handheld, it's never too late to get back to gaming
I have a son and bills. I'll be 30 in 5 years and kids are just getting better and better. I have responsibilities and with how expensive having a kid is with buying 70 dollar games it just isn't something I can do anymore.
For me, Skyrim’s nostalgia factor is that growing up it was my dad’s most played game. I would sit on the couch and watch him craft potions and complete quests and I waited for the day I was allowed to play it for myself. I still remember the rush when I was finally told by my parents that I was old enough. From the day my dragon bestie Alduin first burned down Helgen I was hooked. I fell in love with Skyrim and never looked back.
Oh my god, listening to that music just brings back so many, so many fond memories. I remember seeing Whiterun for the first time so vividly. Hiking through the forest, coming to an opening, the fog disolving and looking down on Whiterun. What a game.
My daughter and I started playing when it hit the shelf. She just graduated from college and she still calls to tell me about her new character or some awesome new or classic quest. Great video.
I started with playing Skyrim in 2017 when I was a young 42 yrs old. It takes the best of all fantasy RPG games that came before it and enhances them. I STILL play it and start over all the time. The ambiance and the mods keep this game fresh and it’s a digital vacation for me. I go to sleep imagining being in Riverwood and camping with the guards, especially during the winter when it’s cold, it’s that relaxing.
I had my cousin help me buy Skyrim in 2012 when I was 15. I'm 26 now and Skyrim is still my favorite game. Its the game Ive played the most. Unlike other rpgs, I think I keep coming back because the game allows new adventures and memories everytime. It grows with you like an old friend. It's amazing!
Its hard to explain why I played it for so many hours. It felt like... I was there. The world feels lived in and not made for you unlike other games that feel like it is a thing that revolves around your character. It feels like the world has always been, and the Dragonborn is just one of countless lives that will exist in it, as though the world will continue long after I'm gone.
@@JaddyOG There is a difference between how a person feels about something and what that something really is. Just because you didn't think about that immersion like I did changes not my argument at all.
@@classydays43 I do agree with everything you say, but.. it does feel like the world revolves around your character in Skyrim. You're basically the 'chosen one' in every guild and questline, and seems like your character is the only character who can get anything at all done
@@Milo-l4g the Dragonborn ends up in these positions of leadership because they have countless dragon souls stacked inside them including the one that was there upon birth. The roads are also dangerous AF, so any normal person wouldn't dare travel for fear of their life. When you do, you take initiative. The characters see you and believe you would be the best candidate by your presence alone and they don't know why. Their lives haven't changed because of you, and they will continue to live as they always have done. Or it seems so, at least.
@@Milo-l4gnah he mean it like the world is designed for the character in other games but in Skyrim you the main character but the world exists with or without you. In other games the rest of the world is static if you don’t interact with it
When I first played Skyrim I had no idea what an impact this game would have on my life. Coming out of school and then diving into this world was everything for me. Thank you Bethesda!
I was 13 when I saw the commercial for Skyrim, and I remember thinking that the world in that game looked incredible. When I got the game and played it, I was fully immersed in that world.
Finally someone who understands. No matter how many years, i still can´t move on. I feel insane nostalgia whenever i hear skyrim soundtrack. The only thing holding me from playing skyrim is my inability to make my few mods work...
Skyrim will always hold a special place in my heart. It brings back memories of being a care free kid, amazed by the massive world to explore. I always play it around Christmas to relive the memories of when I first played it! Truly an unforgettable game
Skyrim will always hold a special place in my. It brings memories of being a care free kid, amazed by the massive world to explore. I always play it around Christmas to relive the memories of when I first played it. Truly an ungorgettable game
Same I too always play it Nov-Dec maybe it just takes me back to getting it for christmas all those years ago and traversing the cold mountains while it's cold irl
I never really thought about it, but Skyrim really is the last game I fell in love with. Games like red dead 2, fallout 4, gta, assassin’s creed, souls series, sekiro, elden ring, etc are good but Skyrim holds a very special place in my heart. It dropped my freshman year of high school. I’m 26 now with 2 kids of my own. My 4 year old son refers to it as the “kitty cat game” because him and I made a khajit character. And that’s really fucking cool to me that a game I loved when I was young, I now play and enjoy with my son and we have our own little inside jokes and favorite activities.
Congrats man, you won at life👏i was also a freshman at the time and getting on the 360 and jumping into chat with my friends always felt good. My first born will be here in a few days and you bet your ass she'll know what skyrim is😂 all the best to you and your family🙏
We're around the same age. The last one I fell in love with was Planescape Torment - beaten for the first time last month. Outer Wilds before that, beaten two years ago. It's not you, it's the games you're playing. I also never really cared for Skyrim past its presentation, so obviously everyone is different and has their own tastes but go play Outer Wilds. Not the Obsidian one (Outer Worlds) but the astronaut Majora's Mask game.
@@guccimalcs I'm 28 and my son is still only 2 but I can't wait for the day to come when i can watch him discover skyrim for the first time. I like making argonian characters so maybe it'll be the lizard game in our house 😂
My nine years old daughter just show this video of yours to me and asked if I know this game. I told her that I used to adventure by these lands until I got an arrow on my knee. Then I reinstalled on Steam, and she still playing it (she's a Switch player and hate to play on PC... but no complain were heard all day long lol). She didn't remember but I used a video games ambient music list with some Skyrim content to help her sleep. Thank you for this video, sir!
I got back into skyrim about 3 weeks ago now, and have been playing it every day. I will always remember the first time I ever heard about this game. My dad, who is also a gamer, tried getting me into it by showing me footage of the game and telling me its ratings literally a week after it came out in November of 2011. I kept putting it off, saying it's just not my kind of game, and I kept giving it looks of disgust whenever I saw it. Christmas rolls around, I open a present, and my dad got it for me on the XBOX360. Literally the first words that came out of my mouth were "UGH. FINE. I'LL PLAY IT." Played it for 12 hours until I fell asleep on the couch lmao
Awww that so sweet! I got onto the Elder Scrolls games in a similar way, but it was my older brother insisting I play Morrowind as a teen girl. It's the game that made me a gamer. I hope that Skyrim will be the game that will get my daughter's into gaming or, with any luck, it will be the next Elder Scrolls game...if it ever comes out!
had a similar exp with my older brother he brought baldurs gate 1 when he got his first pc and i looked at it and bleh what is this crap.... played it one day out of curiosity and it literally changed my outlook on life... never judge a book by its cover
Love this. As one of the original creators of this game - I was an artist who worked on the creatures mostly, like the dragons, giants, etc - I LOVED this homage and it really means so much to me. Thanks so much Caleb for creating this, and thanks to everyone else for loving this game that we worked so hard on.
It's my pleasure@@caleb.a.robinson . I love this community and and I loved the people I worked with. So glad that there are people like you keeping the flame alive!
i played starfield for about 4 hours and then decided to come back to skyrim after about 6 years and im hooked all over again. this game is truly incredible
@@Nick-kw9ozI put something like 80 hours in starfield, completed all major questlines and that's pretty much it... Very empty and very short compared to Skyrim and Fallout 4. I had a good time with starfield, but it's mediocre unfortunately
@@elimgarak1127 nah bro its really not, in Skyrim every npc is unique with unique dialogue and most of them have a sidequest for you to do. Exploring is running into one thing after another, getting sidetracked so much you forget what were going to do to begin with. Starfield is none of those things. It feels like less content than Skyrim spread out over thousands of planets. It's not even close
I started playing today after 7years.. and man.. when the background music starts ... Mixed with the sound of water flowing by... Brings back old memories o simpler times
Two VERY important things you sort of missed that tie into how much life has changed for most of us. It's amazing not having to deal with server issues like so many of today's games as a service. Also, many of us have married and have kids since this game first released. The ability to pause or save the game at almost any point, is crucial for domestic harmony.
lol I was 9 when Skyrim came out and I started playing it with the Xbox 360 my parents got me and my brother that same Christmas in 2011. Now I'm 21 about to finish university. Time does fly...
Both of you. Name 1 game that "hasn't been there" that you "need to worry about" And secondly... are you being disingenuous on purpose? Or do you just not know that literally all single player games still allow you to pause the game.
Lol you spring chickens speaking of Skyrim as somehow classical and I'm over here laughing as my step-son is shocked that he has to restart a mission after dying in GTA3.
The ambience really spoke to me. To this day whenever I am studying or really want to relax I turn to Skyrim ambience videos and man it just brings me back. One of the greatest scores ever produced for a game.
It's hard to believe I started playing this game when I was in 7th grade. I'd link up in an xbl party with friends just about every day and play when it came out. Now I'm a 26-year-old husband and father, still playing this gem on PC (when I get the chance). I don't talk to any of those old friends anymore, but I often think about those times when I play. Something about the music accompanied by the sound of the wind makes me think about all the times I stayed up on cold winter nights playing. Such an amazing experience unlike many I've had playing games.
I was in 11th grade lol I remember I told my friends im gonna download a cracked version 3 days before it came out and they all came over, we were chilling waiting for it to download and when the time came I got it all setup they all gathered behind me. The moment it launched they all vanished from my room you could see the look on their face lol, what an epic moment. I love skyrim
I might be biased from Nostalgia but I still love Skyrim. The atmosphere, The music, The sense of progression etc. It just brings me back to a simpler time. I also used to play with an old Friend who passed away. One of our last conversations was about Skyrim and I think that makes it hit different for me because it reminds me of him 😢
Honestly man, this was a phenomenal video. 100 percent you’re going to make it as a content creator . Everything you said was concise but still easy to understand , while still being so relatable about all of those super specific feelings . best video I’ve seen in a long long time about a game that has a big place in my heart Have a good one mate , really excited for your future videos
Amen. I subscribed immediately. I have just fired up Skyrim for the first time in maybe ten years. I was desperate to think and talk about it all over again. This guy nails it. I always argued it was neck and neck between this and the witcher. But going back...although I love the Witcher. I was never as hooked as I am now. Even though this is my SECOND playthrough. Skyrim's music is so sublimely beautiful that even in the ten years in between plays...if I heard it I was almost in years due to the emotional memories it brought back.
To me, that total freedom aspect is the point that keeps me coming back. It's the freedom to wander, create countless new characters, and "live" different lives. All of that is wrapped up in rich lore and an extremely beautiful, immersive experience.
just stopped from a 3 hour session and your video was recommended to me , funny coincidence! For me personally the video title summarizes everything about my relationship with this game , it just doesn't get better. That feeling of mixed emotions when i got out of Helgen and stared at the vast open world filled with hundreds of adventures , caves , dungeons , shrines , cities to explore , is a feeling i havent felt since in a video game no matter how much i try (maybe its just because we grow up hah). The best way to describe that feeling is just FREEDOM, pure and simple. If only i could travel back to that day just for a little bit... Skyrim has a special place in my heart and no matter the countless times i replay it , every new playthrough feels new to me in some strange way and i believe many others feel the same. Anyways , great video and very well made! Cheers to all fellow Skyrim enjoyers.
This video is phenomenal. Well scripted, well narrated. Just a beautiful well rounded exploration on a phenomenon many of us still experience. 2024 and I’m just picking up Skyrim again after a 3 year break, and such a breath of fresh air.
One of the more remarkable aspects of Skyrim is that almost every dungeon, even the most simple one, has a little story to it. You can pay attention to the objects that tell the story or just power through.
i have consistently played skyrim since its launch date, i recently rediscovered my love for skyrim with VR. the game is so totally different and you notice things you never seen before. i spend many many hours in dungeons just looking at the place. exploring books, trying to read books and just having one of the most fun ive ever had on ANY game. if you have never played VR skyrim i 100000000000000000000% ercommend
At release not enough praise was given to what a good job they did addressing Oblivion's arguably biggest problem of having hard-to-distinguish copy-paste procedural dungeons, basically all of the ayleid ruins and caves were like that (most infamous is probably how people got sick of the oblivion gates for the same-ness). Skyrim's diversity in cave layouts etc was really orders of magnitude improved. Not that there was no copy paste, it's inevitable when there is so much content, but the amount of hand crafting small and large interior spaces made a huge difference.
I had a buddy text me a few months back saying "I just came across a video and the screengrab read 'Why can't I move on?' and its was about Skyrim... Was this you in secret?" Funny that I came across this organically this morning and laughed a bit and decided to turn it on. As soon as I turned the video on and the music hit, I felt more relaxed. Not 1 minute into your dialogue and I felt completely understood haha. I've played this on ps3, xbox360, ps4, ps5. I've come across those same 10 hour music and ambience videos and played them during work. Not long back I finally got the platinum trophy for Skyrim. Something I never set out to do because I've just been focused over the years on existing in this world they've built. I felt this video. Thanks for making it. I feel less crazy as I read the comments. I think this is just one game that I'm never really done playing. It's perfect to me.
Skyrim has is more than just a game I enjoy, it has influenced the way I live my life and the experiences I seek out. For example, the day after the first winter storm of the year, I embarked on a 7 day journey in the wilds of Wyoming. The landscape was draped in white with towering mountains all around me. I’ll never forget sitting at my campfire, with snowflakes falling from the sky and elk cries in the distance. I’ll never forget the the way the wind blew over the fields of red blueberry bushes, and the dark turbulent sky. It felt like returning home, back home to Skyrim. Because of Skyrim I see beauty in the dark and the cold…
Fantastic video. You put words to a lot of feelings I have about this game. I didn't play Skyrim for the first time till about 5 years after the game first launched, but having recently passed 1,000 hours with vanilla Skyrim, I can safely say that your sentiments still very much apply. Keep up the good work,. You've got a lot of promise as a content creator. Now if you'll excuse me, I've got to go start a new playthru. Thanks a lot.
I've played this game for a decade. I'll never move on. I don't want to. I will replay it over and over forever and love it just as much as I did when I first woke up in that wagon.
I’m on my first Skyrim save and I am about 20 hours in… I have been glued to this game and I am ever so grateful for videos like these for keeping such a gem alive
The amount of times I sat on a ledge and just looked out over the countryside just listening to the music, it takes me back to when I first played the game on my shitty laptop on very low graphics and with a 10 fps during high school…this game will always have the most special place in my heart
I was 5 when the game first came out and watched my dad play it my whole childhood. I’m nearly 17 now but Skyrim just feels like home for me. I’m playing my actual first playthrough instead of just watching and playing bits here and there. I’m doing the questlines in their full and I love it. It’s not only just nostalgia for me but in my eyes the creation is just perfect.
Caleb, this IS A GOOD discussion. It is healthy and good for you to share this. Most videos don't approach the game from this philosophical angle. But it is important. I gave you a thumbs up.
I rarely comment anymore, but I would like you to know that this video really warmed my heart. It's increasingly rare to find gaming video content with a fresh approach to... basically any subject, but more specifically certain games. But this is one of those special videos, that make you appreciate RUclips content creating as an art form. Great structure, hits all the right emotional beats. Thank you for this.
@NuckFiggersTND Yeah agreed! I was in an unusually good mood when I watched this and didn't want to tear the guy a new one. Unfortunately the overwhelming amount of artistic people are pretentious gay normies who just like pontificating about things people already know. So many people have already addressed this and summarized it in a pretty easy way rather than acting like they are some wise man for making a 9 minute video about why one of the best video games of it's era is especially nostalgic for people. Only simple people think explaining such a thing is profound.
There was an entire year from january to december where I literally played Skyrim everyday for 12 hours. I had a huge family tragedy and then my girlfriend died. My father moved me into his house and told me to grieve and take a break from life and thats exactly what I did. I smoked a ton of weed and just immersed myself into a single playthrough of Skyrim, finishing the main story and then turning to exploration and marriage, adoption, property ownership. This year I spent in Skyrim changed everything for my and allowed me to get through the worst of times in my life. Thanks for this video.
Im 34 and have been playing skyrim since it came out, 13 years ago 😭 the developers and crew that have continued to work on this game have made it such an amazing world to keep on returning to. I dont think i could ever get tired of it ❤
I absolutely LOVE your video (I subscribed) almost as much as I loved/love Skyrim. I'm 71 now and not too long after retirement I was watching a youtuber doing a walkthrough of Skyrim. And I was hooked before I finished his video. His youtube name is VintageBeef. He was my catalyst to the hundreds and hundreds of hours that I totally loved in Skyrim (and on an old PS3). In the past 9 years, I've PLAYED Elder Scrolls Online, off and on. At first not really loving it, but I loved the Skyrim Lore and continued trying over the months. Finally I DID love it and it was good for awhile. But then I found out how to turn on Chat in the game and to be honest, that was the beginning of the end for me with ESO. Recently, I realized that one of the main reasons I loved SKYRIM was NO other impressions, interference or complaints from other players to invade my deliciously focused playtime. As you so eloquently say throughout your video, it was the way *I* wanted it to be without outside influence. Thanks again. I think it's time for a new PS5 and The Anniversary Edition! ❤
I got Skyrim for Christmas in 2011. I remember waking up and playing it for the first time and being amazed at how good the game looked at the time. I’ll never forget the feeling of that first play through, just wish I could relive it
This video almost made me cry, a simpler time, when my father was alive, when ever my life gets hard i turn to this game because of its familiarity, i never realized that until this video. I adore this. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart.
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How many hours do you guys have on a single playthrough? I'm up to 7 days and 10 hours on one and still discovering new quests every day 😯
try Daggerfall Unity if you havent
a single playthrough? im up to 180 hours on my 100% playthrough, and still got a lot more to go, this is the game that keeps on giving
My longest playthrough had aproximatly 850 hours, on the ps3
my longest is about 50 hours level 47 wood elf
I keep re-starting because of mods... LE, SE now VR.. VR alone I spent 1661 hours so far.
I'm a 65 year old lady who loves gaming. I played Oblivion when it first came out, then played WoW for 10 years before finally uninstalling for good. Then I bought Skyrim (2 years ago). I have never loved a game as much as this and have been playing every day since! You touched on all of the reasons I love about it. Well done!!!
I'm a 66 yr old gentleman (retired now) and got it in '19. I have about 2,000 hrs in and have never finished the game 🙄 , just so much to do and see ... then I started modding it (some DLC sized mods) ... then I would break the game with too many mods or did it badly ... rinse and repeat. I would jump on a horse and just go discovering, then I wouldn't pick a side (Stormcloaks vs Imperials) both rubbed me the wrong way. So, I played/adventured my way. I just started again a month ago and am going to try to finish it 🤦♂. Who would you side with? I love the ethereal beauty/music of it, it's my got-to to relax.
I'm a 45 year old lady who also loves gaming. And while I've played so many amazing games over the decades, Skyrim truly is my number one. It's the only game that still gives me that thrill of exploration and newness and fun, the same way video games did when I was a kid. And Caleb, though young, absolutely did a great video explaining why Skyrim is still so playable after all these years!
@@jmgajda8071 All three of you are so awesome! I love hearing your thoughts and perspective.
@robhaney8568 I have minimal mods, mostly enhancements to sounds and visuals. With more than 2 dozen playthroughs, I've only done the civil war campaign twice, once on each side. I love the role-playing aspect and chose each side based on my character's back story. I never use horses or fast travel...that's how much I love the atmosphere of the game. I don't always finish the main quest line, it depends with each character. I could go on and on..... LOL! I love this game!
Perfect roommate right here 😄
It cannot be understated how important Jeremy Soule's musical work was to not only Skyrim, but all of TES franchise. That being said: his work on Skyrim holds a special place in my heart. I can sit and listen to it on loop all day, it's heart-rending how beautiful it is.
I just hope they can find someone just as good as he was for TES6. It's a type of rich but subtle ambience that's hard to beat.
@@wisefries4205Shame about those damned false accusuations he's facing, I just know it's not true.
A while ago i came to the realization that for the most part its his music that makes me feel so nostalgic towards this game.
@@chazzcoolidge2654 a lot of people backed up the claims that he’s not a great co worker so it seems pretty legit. His work is beautiful but someone like Inon Zur can do just as great a job. It’s not like we know him personally, we have no idea what he was like behind the scenes
@@tomo4977 yeah, i heared that too, but I still think that Jeremy Soul was unmatched when it comes to atmospheric music. Inon Zur is a great composer, the Fallout 4 music is incredible, but the HOURS long atmosphere music in Skyrim is THE very best i have ever heard in a video game. Jemery Soul has the ability to create music that actually makes you feel like you exist and live in the moment in that video game. This is extremely rare and Inon Zur was never able to achieve that for me personally. The only one who was able to make me feel that way aswell is Hans Zimmer.
Welp, time to redownload Skyrim
Already downloading it
This is like the LOTR of video games
You removed it?
I’ve played so many times and I know I can still have fun if I play again. On the PlayStation it says I played 3782 hrs. The next close game was red dead 2 at 2277 hrs. Mostly online though.
I never can uninstall Skyrim. It feels wrong not to have it installed in my pc even if I don't play
Skyrim is the little piece of home we never lost.
It's like meeting an old friend. That you're meeting for the first time.
My dad passed away in 2019 but he was obsessed in Skyrim. He was at his happiest copying and predicting familiar NPC dialogue lines. He never wanted to finish the game even though he did... At least 5 times that I can remember. He loved it so much that I had Jeremy Soules "From past to present" played at his funeral. Great video my man and Foos-Ro-Dah to my Dad!
Sorry to hear about your Father passing. My Father passed as well, it's tough. Very cool that your Dad played Skyrim though!
Your dad is in sovengard
Feasting with mead among heroes.
I grieve with your loss. ❤
this is beautiful. i want secunda and a few others from the soundtrack played at my funeral. blessings to you and your father who is watching over you, guiding you on your path. may your roads lead you to warm sands
Hope your dad rests in peace man
Also, damn, Jeremy Soule music hits different indeed
Thank you!!! I so loved this!!! I have loved Skyrim for 8 years, but you just lit the fire again! Thank you!!!
Grandma!
Love watching you play Skyrim!
@@bgildersleeve Thanks!
Hi Grandma. Thanks to you, Skyrim is even more special
@@maxdelpo5578 Thank you!! :)
I liked this game so much I wanted to leave a large enough time between each playthrough so that I would forget stuff and rediscover them again. So I've only ever played it twice. Once when it originally came out and then again with the special edition about 3 years ago, and that second time was the first time I played any of the DLC. I plan to do a third playthrough when ES6 comes out.
My favorite “thing in Skyrim i didn’t notice till way later” is when you kill the last enemy in a dungeon you can hear a subtle jingle play.
Wait seriously? I've never noticed that! I'm going to have to go clear a dungeon now
@@caleb.a.robinson Yes, that jingle is the signal that the dungeon is now "cleared"
WHAT! i consider myself an expert at the game and i never realised thaattttt :((
Mods. I Literally can't fully explore the world in one playthrough. if i was an OCD/collector type player, it would be hell... but I'm a role player, playing D&D since the 70's. This is a single player D&D game.
I gotta go take out some draugr now.
I'm a 250 year old Necromancer and still discover new quests in my play throughs.
Lol
Based
I've spent over 6000 hrs in LE, SE and VR; I was very ill for a long time, lying in bed hooked up to machines, and modding Skyrim gave me something to do. I think it saved my sanity in a lot of ways; I was too broke to keep buying new games, but there's so much you can do with mods on pc. I'll probably always go back to it, it has a really special place in my heart.
We're together bro!
I hope you're healing well🖤
i feel like i have to at least have 2 months in this game but sadly i cant track my xbox 360 hours. I bought a pre owned version of the game and didnt even realize it had the dlc but when i found out man i just grinded it for days. Just an insanely fun game despite how everything is a little buggy and weird a lot of the time.
@@Vinnare Yeah, when you turn it into weeks and months you get a new perspective. If I spent 3+ months in another country, it wouldn't feel weird to say I used to live in that country, and it kinda feels that way about Skyrim. It's like sliding back into an old pair of slippers, no other game feels so much like home.
Skyrim has been home to many amazing memories for me. Once, I had a mod that added a little rabbit follower named Dovahbit. He didn't fight, but would run around and distract enemies sometimes. We fought the giant in the Sanguine Rose questline, and I had run away from the giant to regain stamina. I turned around to see the giant had stopped chasing me and was after Dovahbit! Dovahbit ran for his life, zigzagging across the tundra, until the giant used his huge cudgel as a golf club and sent my poor little rabbit flying far off into the distance. Enraged, I avenged Dovahbit and slew the giant. I feared the worst. It wasn't untill after I'd finished returning Gleda the goat to the farmer in Rorikstad that he finally showed up again. Surprisingly, he seemed no worse for the wear. I rejoiced to see my fluffy little comrade again! To this day I still wonder where the giant's strike must have left him.
70 year old Grandma here and I love Skyrim. I have more than 300 hours on it and just started my 3rd playthrough. I played Oblivion and loved it as well. I also loved Horizon: Zero Dawn and Forbidden West all the Final Fantasy's through 12 - but no game has captured my interest like Skyrim. It just never gets old
Zero dawn is good but not the same
You should play RuneScape
Give Control a shot. That's a good one for a first time.
Post some content?
You might like morrowind, it was the game before oblivion. Maybe the richest in lore and stuff.
definitely way weaker graphics wise, but I've found graphics and stuff tend to be more important to younger folks anyway
I honestly shed a small tear when you mentioned "simpler times", cause with how life has gone to hell, those memories just feel like dreams.
It's social media...
I feel like it's caused everyone to feel this way. I try getting into new games yet I find myself playing the classic oldies.
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@@airiksknifereviews9548 true, social media helps people to feel miserable and it undermines the very foundations of society. It was an experiment, but it went wrong.
Life has been good in many ways: I have a house, a loving wife and several dogs and ponys… and I have read LOTR and become a Tolkien enthusiast and learned so much more about history and science… that being said, we‘ve also had Covid, the war in Ukraine, the sh** that’s escalating in the Middle East, and the rise of social media which has become so annoyingly trivial. Also art has turned into an IP game and as a result lost much of its soul.
There was always some shit on this planet. Just social media these days bombards us every minute with the latest horrible stories. I take social media breaks now and then, it helps.
As for Skyrim, have not played it in ages as I am a Mac-Person ... and I am actually considering to buy a PC just for being able to play skyrim ;-)
I havent gamed at all in nearly a decade. Early this month I had a pretty intrusive surgery that had me on mandatory downtime for a few weeks. My wife just put skyrim in front of me and said " I think you'll really like this game"
I was hooked immediately, for many of the reasons you stated. It's so immersive. Like a little world I can just escape into.
Thank you for explaining it better than I could possibly. Earned a like and subscribe!
Your wife is an mvp for choosing skyrim. You could have ended up playing fortnite or whatever. 😂
Skyrim was the one thing I could always count on over the years. When my father died, i had something to focus on other than grief. When i finally got out of a crippling heroin addiction, Skyrim gave me something to keep me busy. It will always have a place on my shelf/game library.
Hope all is well with you now
❤
Proud of you, stranger.
I'm 73 and still play Skyrim every day. I started when it was released and have 9,302.3 hours. And I still find new things with every play through.
Wow nice
This is absolutely amazing. I hope you're doing well and enjoying Skyrim right now :)
@@Pyramidion19 I'm doing well thank you. I just finished playing :) I wish you well.
Good to hear, could I ask what do you do these days on Skyrim? I used to game when I was younger, a lot too! But nowadays I just can’t bring myself to play anymore, I tell myself I wish I could but I don’t know. Feels like that curious child in me took a step down or died per se.
Nowadays even if I play I’m there to get to point X or Y as fast as possible. Not enjoying the process or anything. Which means if I were to play I’d simply pick a goal, skip most stuff to get there asap. Then feel lost once I’m done with said goal.
Anyway, wish you a nice day.
I've tried playing it and I've never been a fan of Western RPGs at all, and honestly just don't get it. But I find people like yourself that are obsessed with it fascinating. I get it. I wish I could find a game that is more my style that could be this for me. I hope you keep enjoying it for a long time. Hope you're doing well!
YES! Some people can't understand why I've played it through so many times. Can't count my playthroughs anymore. 12 years. Since it's release. Again and again. It's relaxing. Never boring. Filled with quests. I have it for 2 systems. Been playing video games since Atari was new. Yes I'm a grandma. My son plays skyrim. My grandson too. You nailed it. And now I understand. And it's not just me.
This is as they say wholesome. What builds do you usually play as?
with mods, it's still like if it was released yesterday.
For some reason my characters always seem to devolve into a murder hobo with insatiable bloodlust, maybe i'm just a psycho. I just find the quests to be endless errand-running. I've played through the campaign proper one time and that was enough. I just can't resist the urge to sprout arrows from evereyone's head!
@@mjgII blood porphyria, you got vampirism, probably from killing a vampire and getting in contact with the blood. You need to drink the antidote in less than 3 days.
@@mjgII ur definitely a psycho bro
Skyrim is meditative that’s why it never dies 💙
Skyrim was there for me when I needed it most. When I was in middle school when Skyrim came out, I was dealing with the worst time of my life where I was bullied relentlessly. Playing Skyrim allowed me to be the person I wish I could be irl during that time. It allowed me to immerse myself in a world where I could be anything, do anything, where I could just be me.
Brother I hope you will become a strong confident man in the face of wrong doings by others. Workout becme strong, eat good, and protect goodness.
I had to stop at this comment for a minute. I unfortunately feel that alot of people can relate to your story. I'm truly sorry for that. I also realized that I was pulled into Skyrim for this exact reason, so thank you for making me realize this through your experience.
Bjj my friend
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@@RealLegendofSH What was the point of that? Just another dude on the internet lashing out? I'm sorry...
Weird but even years later as an 33 year old mom-I still feel nostalgic whenever I hear the music from Oblivion or Skyrim and I thank people like you guys for keeping this awesome game alive.
Same here, but I'm two years behind you 😌
@@amygodward4472 31 gang (not that I'm a mom...or a woman, but still lol)!
Awww that's sweet. I love the music too. I have it on the psvr it's amazing with the motion controls...every npc is life sized
I'm a 33yr old dad... and I listen to the music to help me sleep.
@@Taima doesn't matter lol just anybody that has the same love for Skyrim's soundtrack like the rest of us.
I still remember it like yesterday. Went to buy my 360 from a local garage sale, and ended up getting it. I went to turn it on for the first time, only to realize they left a copy of Skyrim inside. As a kid who grew up on things like LOTR & 0 idea what Skyrim was, I ended up playing it out of curiosity and had a truly once in a lifetime experience. Has always stuck with me.
Dude hit a fucking gold mine
I’m so jealous you were able to experience it blindly. I think most other people including myself knew exactly what it was before playing
That's an awesome way to stumble across the series! Elder Scrolls (specifically Morrowind) was what made me a gamer. I'd played many video games before like Super Mario Bros. But as a 13yo girl in the early 2000s I wasn't interested in gaming. My older brother insisted I try this new game under the premise that I could do whatever I wanted. My first playthrough started as a quest to get the coolest outfits but I got hooked on the story.
A decade later I was in college. Skyrim had just come out and my semester had ended. I sold my used textbooks back to the school library and got just enough money that I immediately drove to GameSpot and bought Skyrim. A decade later and I have 3 kids and I'm still here playing Skyrim desperately waiting for Bethesdas next Elder Scrolls game and realizing by the time it happens it will probably be the game that hooks my daughter into gaming. A fully cyclical timeline!
I clearly remember the day I bought it. I was actually at the checkout in Sainsbury's buying another game (possibly MW3). I just got chatting with the cashier about gaming and he said he'd just bought this new fantasy game called Skyrim and that I should check it out... That night I looked up reviews on it and was completely blown away at the stuff you could do. The idea that you could practically live another life in this fantasy world was just insane to me...
I got it for myself Xmas 2011. I remember I was tossing up between Skyrim and whatever Sonic game came out that year. In an alternate universe another version of me made a very big mistake.
awesome video. Skyrim has been a big part of my life since like 2015 and nearly 10 years later, I still find myself watching videos on it weekly, and like you, I listen to skyrim ambience videos while at work for 10+ hours a day. Such an awesome world
Skyrim is like comfort food for me. I’ve played it so many hours that I can just turn my brain off and enjoy it. You don’t have to think and strategize, you just play it. The core gameplay loop is addicting, even if the rpg aspects are toned down from previous games. Also, leveling smithing is and always will be a pain in the ass.
I personally feel that the toned down RPG aspects does wonders for the game when it comes to replayability. You can just jump in and play over and over again because of how simple and easy the early game is. There's been a fair amount of failed attempts to get back into Morrowind simply because I can't bring myself to go back to missing attacks on a dice roll in the early game. People diss it for simplicity, and yet it's the one in the franchise that has so easy to play quickly that replaying Skyrim again has become a community meme.
I got static skill leveing mod + no experience while leveling skills mod.. so leveling stuff like smithing is way less repetitive but it's still balanced.
You can level up smithing really fast by just using an NPC for carrying Dwemer Items by using the "I need you to do something" and asking then to carry said item, without it overburdening them. Then just melt everything into dwemer ingots and craft dwemer bows until you reach 100. Actually sells pretty well and levels up smithing fast.
@@ilovehotdogs125790 Yeah I prefer playing this way myself. I dig the base system but it can be too tedious after many playthroughs
love the user name and you are the 5828 person to used it?!
Excellent video, hits all the notes on why we all love this game as much as we do.
Thank you! I've been super excited for Skyblivion since I heard about it. Thank you for all your hard work!
I keep saying. Yeah Todd Howard isn’t perfect. Not even close. But when he’s gone and some bigwig takes over. We may look back at Todd’s time at the helm… more fondly than we do now.
when is skyblivion coming out bruh
@@g29000 2025
@@ppk4766 😕
It has been a long time since I played Skyrim, but I still go on walks across that beautiful countryside. I live in a place where there is no countryside to enjoy. In my old age of 74, it is a breath of fresh air to actually listen to the wind blow, see wildlife wandering free, and a nice warm hearth to sit by when there is actually snow that doesn't freeze you to death. When I played I was a healer, and I spent hours collecting plants for potions. It was divine. It is heaven on Earth to virtually take my mind back there to places I still recognize and will never forget. Every time you play it is different, and there is a vast countryside to cherish. That is why it is so very special to those who play it, or HAVE played it. There is no such thing as burn out. It just never gets old.
Hell yeah, we love to see it. W
I am 57. I hope to playing RPGs like Skyrim when I am 74. Skyrim is a special game for me too. The music draws me in.
yea I do that too. play in survival mode with the camping mod and just go sit around with a few followers and build a fire. fight off the cold. sleep, hunt, etc.
Holy shit man, you made me really feel something genuine when you mentioned that you hadn't identified the Nurnroot chiming until really late! I grabbed those things intensively in my very first playthourgh (which was as a potionmaster) I love that this game has so many ways to live in it. it's my favorite too. I play it in "quasi" VR with the steam deck and Xreal Air's now, and love it as much as ever.
I love that you didn't know that annoying noise was Nirnroot.
The only reason I recognized it so quickly the first time I played Skyrim was because of a quest in Oblivion that involved gathering Nirnroot.
The noise that those plants made in Oblivion was substantially more grating than the sound in Skyrim. Lol
When he said he didn't realize what the annoying sound was, I went "Seriously?! I knew about that in Oblivion!"
That quest was brutal. It was to find all 100 Nirnroot in the game, and they were all unique, and never regrew. It was a thrill anytime you heard that annoying sound.
Same. I knew what it was the moment I heard it thanks to Oblivion.
I don't understand how this guy has been playing Skyrim for years, and looks into every nook and cranny, but never once found a nirnroot. There's like 2 or 3 along the river on the walk away from Helgen. There are some in the cities. Pretty much every body of water has them and they stand out like a big, green, sore thumb.
I don't know why, and couldn't even try to explain - or justify why ... But I actually like the Skyrim Nirnroot sound.
I have searched for years for anything close to Skyrim, but the truth is there’s nothing else like it. A truly special experience.
Skyrim and fallout new Vegas. The 2 games whose vibes can't be replicated
I don't think we will find anything out there like skyrim the closest game I found that is somewhat similar was kingdom come deliverance its not a Sci fi game but the feel of everything reminds me of skyrim
Try Dragons dogma dark arisen (story not so good but gameplay 100x times better)
just bethesda make this games... luckly for us we will soon have starfield :3
@@ppgod6989I’m a massive New Vegas fan and I have had so many play throughs, more than Skyrim, but I feel like there is a lot more in Skyrim.
I am 60 years old. I started playing Skyrim in January of 2012. I followed other people instructing me about mods which I eventually started using. I have played repeatedly for what is going to be the past 12 years and not one game has been the same. I will never stop playing this game.
Great to hear🥲
Oh man. I'm 72 and play it every day. I started about the same time you did. I like maxing out my and my hireling's armor and weapons at the enchanter and alchemy station. Don't forget to DO SOME EXERCISING! Your colon will thank you! Trust me! Or play standing up or while walking the treadmill! Such a great game! Even WITH all the bugs.
Partner, Skyrim has a lot of boring quests, boring NPC, boring companions with a few exceptions, i had much more fun with Fallout games, Dragon Age, etc. but... but, there is something magic with Skyrim, i just want to keep playing it, i just feel good playing it, i feel transported to another world, not a single other game has achieved that. The Witcher 1 is probably the closest that makes me feel like skyrim.
Have you tried Elden Ring? for me, elden ring really just set the bar extremely high and no other game has ever been the same. I keep replaying it. My first playthrough of it really made me feel liek a kid again. That is special
Ever play its predecessor, Morrowind? That is totally engrossing, even though its combat system is rudimentary compared to Skyrim.
Sound design and memorable tracks between magical moments in the game.. “it was perfect. Perfect.”
I recently decided to give the college of winterhold a chance again and paid attention to Tolfdir when he goes on his "Just look at all these coffins." rant. He wasnt talking about the maybe 20 coffins circling the room. He was talking about the hundreds above and below it. Blew my mind and made me actually listen to him from then on out.
I hear ya, I didnt know that either until one of my companions in the game pointed it out to me. Kinda spooky seeing them all up there.
Which quest? I don't remember that.
@@breeze1088 it's the mission to sarthal, the dungeon with the eye of magnus.
@@mars9986 Thanks, I've done that at least 4 times but never noticed "all the coffins"
i love how this came up for me today, this game holds such a special place in my heart! i've been going back to skyrim at least for a few months every year since release and, for all the in-game danger, i've recently realised that it almost feels like a place of safety for me now. the atmosphere, depth of lore, beautiful visuals and the untouchable soundtrack make it a joy to return to every time. i have dear memories of being sat by the fire playing skyrim with heavy snow outside. thanks for this :)
Relate to this 10000%, I feel so safe an home somehow… it legit is therapy for me
I absolutely could not agree more and oblivion does the same thing for me greatly!
It’s hard for me to say which soundtrack I love more, but either way both of these games for me or extremely safe spaces that do the most wonderful job of making me feel at home!
Exactly. It really does feel like home
I Love the diversity in gameplay style in Skyrim, it really inspires multiple playthroughs. For example, my very first playthrough of Skyrim I was a stealth archer, and then on my 100th playthrough I was still a stealth archer.
Its the Skyrim equivalent to the evolution of a crab. All playthroughs end in Stealth Archer if you pick up a bow at any point.
Once you choose your path as a Mage or Warrior or an Assassin, you bound with it.
I like build character as a Mage (destruction & conjuration) combine with a Sneak (one hand weapon).
Diversity is our strength.
The diversity and style has just gotten weaker and weaker since Morrowind.
@@incognitobandito244 I have to be honest, I have never understood this joke.
I have literally never played as a stealth archer. Not one single time, ever.
My first playthrough was a sword & shield with a bow for range, before replacing the bow for magic. My second playthrough was pure magic. My third playthrough was a dagger assassin.
I have over 1900 hours on my PC _alone,_ not counting that I had Skyrim: Legendary for my PS3 originally.
In all of over seven years I've played this game, not ever have I used a stealth archer.
Outstanding essay - you captured everything that makes Skyrim great the 1st time, and SOOOO replayable. You have earned a subscriber and a recommender !
The musical score is absolutely iconic, and moving. I listen to the Skyrim soundtrack on Spotify quite often. It’s like movie music
I always listened to it when I was studying. In my Spotify wrapped 2022 Jeremy was my most listened to artist and I was part of his top listeners 😭
It is theeee best music in videogames of all time in my opinion.
@@joeharm8141 agreed
Would've won an Oscar in a movie definitely
Games like halo , Skyrim and the Metroid series have had the best video game music imo. You could also include Pokémon and Zelda series
I will never not be touched by the music from this game. I haven't played it in years, but the music takes me back. I *feel* what I felt 10 years ago. It all comes back. The perception of a vast, explorable world. The feeling of being a single character in a world that is alive. Urgh. I want it back.
Ive played skyrim for years it was my childhood helped me through hard times in my life there will never be a game like skyrim
Yikes I feel old! Morrowind and Oblivion was my childhood
Nostalgia. Same reason many of us still can not move on from everquest, everquest 2, world of warcraft, eve online, etc, etc, etc. It was lightning in a bottle when any of us experienced any of it in our given moment with which everything afterward would be judged against. Cry not that it ended but that we were alive to experience it at all.
I was a young girl and my dad and I liked video games. He’d introduced me to Spyro and a few others, but I remember him buying Skyrim. He bought it for him, cuz my mom and he thought I was too young. We lived in a 2 story at the time with a playroom upstairs with an open wall overlooking the living room, and at night he would play for a while after dinner and I would secretly watch from the playroom. It was honestly an entrancing game. The dungeons and landscapes and even the loading screens with bits of lore and items captivated me. I played it myself when I got a little older and I’ve loved it ever since and revisit it often, but my fondest memories are of hanging out with my dad and watching him play. He had like a level 75 character named Wolf that could one shot dragons. Good times
awwwwwwww that's wonderful
Hi from Dad & Daughter players. Currently we build, fight and feast in Valheim
this is so sweet 😊
I’ve gone through that part a little bit too quickly before - and ended up with default Nord muscle with the name of ‘Prisoner’ hahaha!
That’s a nice story thx for sharing 😊
i just started playing skyrim for the first time, i’m a few hours in😂
🤩 oh you are in for a WORLD of fun 😁😁😁😁 glhf
Now go and play Morrowind
welcome to a life-long addiction
I’m stuck
We ALL envy you rn. I hope you love it.
It’s a combination of the player freedom, cozy, fantastical Scandinavian atmosphere, and the magical soundtrack.
And dungeons
@@unclephillymya dead, shallow dungeons
@@Mentalex0 what do you mean by dead dungeons?
It's the NPCs man, they are the 'chef's kiss'
@@Mentalex0 I completely disagree
Even today, more than a decade later, every time I hear "Secunda" playing I got this breeze of emotions that envelops me whole. The feel of excitement, wonder, awe of my first hours in Skyrim world, breaking into some NPC's houses in the dead of night, looting and stealing whatever I can fill my pocket in. And hearing this music playing in the background. Taking it all in.
And then another time when I got lost in the midst of forest in Falkreath hold, discovered a fort and reading a book about "Cabin in the Woods." Then getting jumpy from every little things.
There is no day goes by without me wishing if I could just forget all memory about Skyrim, to experience it all over again from the very beginning. I think I'll be the happiest man alive.
Skyrim, witcher 3, oblivion, Fallout new Vegas, red dead 2... Man those games all have that quality that makes you wish you could play fresh without knowing anything over and over again
Secunda hits every time ❤
Secunda is the only reason i like the "Wise Mystical Tree" meme tbh
and being always alone... that sensation of being surrounded by pure evil and only you can make a difference, while the music sounds and the wind blows.
@@Tombraithwaite1998 Dragon Age Origins and Inquisition added to my list too.
It’s a magical game. I played it for the first time when I was 11 and now I’m 23. It’s apart of my life.
First played at 23 now I’m 33!
When I was 10 I got Ocarina of Time for Christmas and I probably still replayed it when I was 23.
exactly the same
Well if they are apart you should bring them back together.
For me, it's Skyrim itself. The setting. I'm a huge fan of Winter and Autumn, so the landscape just does it for me in a big way. I also have a lot of interest in Norse and Celtic mythology which factors in heavily in the culture of the Nords. The detailed interaction with almost all components of this world is so immersive, like other Bethesda games, my other favorite being Fallout: New Vegas (despite the inherent Bethesda bugs).
Jeremy Soule made this game what it is, the music has such a deep and rich impact. No other game compares. The music is so memorable, the only other game that has this effect for me is Zelda: Ocarina Of Time
If im having trouble sleeping, i go on spotify and put on the streets of whiterun, and i am teleported there and i am in pure bliss ❤
So heartbroken jeremy wont be on the new games 😢
No jeremey on TES6?😢😢
@TecnixX unfortunately not, pretty sure he was accused of sexual harassment. I don't think bethesda want him back after that
imagine Austin Wintory take on Elder Scrolls tho... that would be my dream pick replacement
I think Darren Korb is one of the few names who can replace Jeremy Soule, his work is truly amazing.
@@shadodovahkiin3951 this is also a really good choice. Darren Korb is really talented
My grandma bought me skyrim for Christmas and I thought what the hell is this game, I’ve never heard of it. The following day I played it for 18 hours straight from wake up to bedtime. My favourite game of all time.
Your grandma the real MVP. Wouldn't have expected a grandma to be so cultured on video games.
Enjoy!!! I've got 3 of my grandchildren hooked on Skyrim. We grandmothers love sharing this game with our loved ones.
Grandmas are awesome.
If she's still around you should call her and tell her you love her. You'll never regret telling someone you love them to many times, you will regret not doing it enough.
You must be very young, I find it hard to believe someone never heard of this title.
It’s the only game that i played hundreds of hours in. Had it originally on PS3, then PS4, and now PS5. It’s the game that funny enough got my young teenage self interested in the outdoors.
I'll never forget the first night I played Skyrim in 2011 I found the book 'Gentleman's Guide to Whiterun' in Alvor's home. Since my next quest objective was to go there I read the book and my imagination soared at what Whiterun would end up being like when I actually went there. Learning about the districts and people there... It was so oddly exciting. I had to work the next day so I went to bed after reading the book and literally just laid in bed thinking about what it was going to be like when I got to Whiterun tomorrow. No other game has captured me in that way ever.
It's still capturing me to this day. Every time I sit down for a playthrough, I try to find something new, try a new set up, do different missions. Aside from other Elder Scrolls games, I cannot think of another game that actually brought me genuine happiness to play in the last few years given the sorry state modern gaming is in.
Thats me right now I’ve always heard good things about skyrim but I thought it was never the game for me but i just started playing 4 days ago level 7 orc and the exploration and the gameplay is unbelievable magic seems OP asf tho
This video meant a lot to me. I miss my high school days when I could stay up until 3am playing Skyrim with little to no repercussions. Life was easier all around back then, and this game was the icing on the cake. Thanks for a great video.
You didn't have repercussions when you stayed up to 3am while still in school? Did you have night school or something?
@@Mephilis78 landing a B in basic high school history while on 3 hours of sleep is way easier than performing at 100% for your actual adult job that provides your wages for living 😂
I can relate to this, I was in high school playing TES Oblivion for 7 hours everyday lol
damn my curfew/bedtime was 10pm. ma thought i was addicted to Baldur's Gate 2. and i got straight a's, it was a hippie school though so not a huge achievement.@@Mephilis78
I relate to this! I was in college when Skyrim released but had already sunk years into Morrowind and Oblivion. Back then I still had so much time to sink into Skyrim. I've felt myself before let down and not putting much time into Statfield, and I find myself wondering if it's because the games not as good, or because now I'm a mom of 3 and just don't have the time to sink into a game anymore. Maybe it's a little of both. The thing Stardield lacks that he mentioned as a high point of Skyrim is how open the world felt, whereas Starfield feels like a forced linear path.
First played it when I was 13. I’m 23 now and still play it. There’s just something magical about it that no other game has.
Morrowind has much more magic
@@od8401nah it's just nostalgia
@@od8401 and shitty graphics and engine. Skyrim SE has better graphics and mods can do it even better
its just because you grew up in a time when good games are almost never made anymore. skyrim is actually the worst elder scrolls game by far.
I’ll never forget all the kids at my middle school ranting about the game when it first came out, I played it almost every day for at least a year
You nailed it.
When Skyrim came out i was living with 2 other dudes. One of them bought it. He went away for work for 2 weeks which allowed me to dive right in. When he returned i realized that i needed more time in skyrim than playing bewteen him would allow... so i bought a PS3, a 24" tv, and some wireless headphones so i could play it in the livingroom along side him.
I shit you not, that disc didn't leave the machine for at least a year. When it did, it was never for that long.
Ive described skyrim to other people in the following way, "skyrim just scratches all of my gaming itches".
Great video man.
You don't stop playing Skyrim, you just take really long breaks..
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This game help me through some really tough times, my parents filed for divorce in 2010 and as a 10 year old I wanted to escape the reality I was in, Skyrim was a game I could get home from school and enter my own perfect world. Spent countless hours from 2011-2023 on this game. This is a game that I will play forever
Got me tearin’ up here friend 😢
sorry, bro. If only it was possible to play in DX12, the game would run much better and we could load all those hundreds of amazing mods. But since it was built in old technology, new computers have trouble keeping up with FPS. I had to built a super computer to be able to play it in all its full potential.
You're actually a god for being able to ignore that nirnroot sound without knowing what it was for 10 years
i did the same, only knew what it was now that he said in the video
It was a side quest to collect them early in the game
I first found it near Whiterun. Near the stream.
I shed a tear n said " bless your heart" when I heard that.
10 years not knowing this it's no wonder he isn't burnout... Don't think he's thinking much while playing.
The whole wide as an ocean deep as a puddle critique I reckon.
Can we get an origin story about how that veggie is so friggin LOUD? 😅 I pick em up to restore the peace.
I’ll be 21 in 3 months. I’ve been playing Skyrim on and off since I’ve been around 8-9 years old. When I was younger I would roleplay in this game like I was playing with legos, but it was so much more immersive. Hearing the music, seeing this world Bethesda created… there’s just nothing like it. Thank you for this video. Time to reinstall the game again.
The witcher was geralt's story, i witnessed it. Mass Effect was sheppard's story, i witnessed it. Ghost of Tsushima was jinn's story, i witnessed it. But Skyrim was my story, i was the dragonborn, i was the member of the dark brotherhood, the thieves guild, the companions... Skyrim is a real place, it exists somewhere, i went there and did all those things
Yes Skyrim is the players story
@@assassinbrcp6206 probably why Skyrim is still playable bcos can be anyone, in its sense its the most generic rpg out there but can do tons of playthrough with tons of options, other games despite better graphics can only do 2-3 playthroughs before we explore most of the options and dont play it anymore
Fua la re vivis escubi
That feeling is even stronger when playing in VR. I feel like everytime i play i go somewhere else and then return back when i am done. Incredible game.
@@owVRI used to play psvr version and we had to deal with some insane shite with that tracking system and controllers. Now with ps5 VR and I just wish Skyrim would re drop. I’ll pay $60 all over again, because I know I’d take my time and enjoy every little bit for months just like I did on my ps3 12 years ago
One of the best out there. This is why I'm so excited for Starfield. The same studio making this, but basically in a Sci-Fi space setting? I need another bethesda RPG sooo bad
I'm gonna buy a new console to play star field. Always been 10 years behind cause I'm cheap. I sipped every moment of Skyrim and I'm with you on the space hype. I hope the dialog is on point.
@@gregstiles Do it, series X is so worth it.
Well, this comment didn't age well.
@@jong2359 Why not? I enjoyed the hell out of it and I'm still playing it. Sucks for you I guess XD
dude I still haven't bought sht. The hype is so junk that I'll wait for something good. funny that your chiming in though. peace brash@@jong2359
In 2011, at the age of 30, Skyrim was the last game I waited impatiently to release and the last game I was obsessed with. Life kicked me in the balls in various way in the next few years and gaming took a backseat. At this stage, I'm so long a non gamer, I dont know if theres a way back.
But I still look back fondly on Skyrim and the child's sense of excitement and wonder it gave me. And the escapism. It truly was a majestic experience. A testiment to the power of gaming and the way it can transport you to somewhere else entirely.
dont worry the whole industry has pretty much gone to sht
I stopped gaming for a while as well for about 8 years and then pandemic happened and bought myself a switch. Now I'm back to it again, because I can just pick up and play whenever wherever. Try getting a handheld, it's never too late to get back to gaming
I have a son and bills. I'll be 30 in 5 years and kids are just getting better and better. I have responsibilities and with how expensive having a kid is with buying 70 dollar games it just isn't something I can do anymore.
For me, Skyrim’s nostalgia factor is that growing up it was my dad’s most played game. I would sit on the couch and watch him craft potions and complete quests and I waited for the day I was allowed to play it for myself. I still remember the rush when I was finally told by my parents that I was old enough. From the day my dragon bestie Alduin first burned down Helgen I was hooked. I fell in love with Skyrim and never looked back.
Oh my god, listening to that music just brings back so many, so many fond memories. I remember seeing Whiterun for the first time so vividly. Hiking through the forest, coming to an opening, the fog disolving and looking down on Whiterun. What a game.
Oh yes! 11.11.11 1 hour before afternoon school i had this experience. I can remember it like its yesterday.
Do you get to the cloud district very often? Oh what am I saying, of course you don't.
@@DaMazzaf97 How could I forget him...
My daughter and I started playing when it hit the shelf. She just graduated from college and she still calls to tell me about her new character or some awesome new or classic quest. Great video.
life goals bro
Can't emphasize enough how absolutely masterful the soundtrack is.
Streets of Whiterun is my favourite. Gives the tingles.
I started with playing Skyrim in 2017 when I was a young 42 yrs old. It takes the best of all fantasy RPG games that came before it and enhances them. I STILL play it and start over all the time. The ambiance and the mods keep this game fresh and it’s a digital vacation for me. I go to sleep imagining being in Riverwood and camping with the guards, especially during the winter when it’s cold, it’s that relaxing.
I had my cousin help me buy Skyrim in 2012 when I was 15. I'm 26 now and Skyrim is still my favorite game. Its the game Ive played the most. Unlike other rpgs, I think I keep coming back because the game allows new adventures and memories everytime. It grows with you like an old friend. It's amazing!
Its hard to explain why I played it for so many hours. It felt like... I was there. The world feels lived in and not made for you unlike other games that feel like it is a thing that revolves around your character. It feels like the world has always been, and the Dragonborn is just one of countless lives that will exist in it, as though the world will continue long after I'm gone.
Skyrim is very much a game world where everything revolves around your character
@@JaddyOG There is a difference between how a person feels about something and what that something really is. Just because you didn't think about that immersion like I did changes not my argument at all.
@@classydays43 I do agree with everything you say, but.. it does feel like the world revolves around your character in Skyrim. You're basically the 'chosen one' in every guild and questline, and seems like your character is the only character who can get anything at all done
@@Milo-l4g the Dragonborn ends up in these positions of leadership because they have countless dragon souls stacked inside them including the one that was there upon birth. The roads are also dangerous AF, so any normal person wouldn't dare travel for fear of their life. When you do, you take initiative.
The characters see you and believe you would be the best candidate by your presence alone and they don't know why. Their lives haven't changed because of you, and they will continue to live as they always have done. Or it seems so, at least.
@@Milo-l4gnah he mean it like the world is designed for the character in other games but in Skyrim you the main character but the world exists with or without you. In other games the rest of the world is static if you don’t interact with it
When I first played Skyrim I had no idea what an impact this game would have on my life. Coming out of school and then diving into this world was everything for me. Thank you Bethesda!
Starfield is coming out September 6th. I might buy it day one but I swear if they do me like Cyberpunk and Saints Row I might never buy day one again.
Yay. Escapism!
I was 13 when I saw the commercial for Skyrim, and I remember thinking that the world in that game looked incredible. When I got the game and played it, I was fully immersed in that world.
Finally someone who understands. No matter how many years, i still can´t move on. I feel insane nostalgia whenever i hear skyrim soundtrack. The only thing holding me from playing skyrim is my inability to make my few mods work...
Skyrim will always hold a special place in my heart. It brings back memories of being a care free kid, amazed by the massive world to explore. I always play it around Christmas to relive the memories of when I first played it! Truly an unforgettable game
Skyrim will always hold a special place in my. It brings memories of being a care free kid, amazed by the massive world to explore. I always play it around Christmas to relive the memories of when I first played it. Truly an ungorgettable game
Lol I thought I was the only one who does this, I reboot it every November close to thanksgiving, been doing that since I got it day one 😅
Same I too always play it Nov-Dec maybe it just takes me back to getting it for christmas all those years ago and traversing the cold mountains while it's cold irl
Play red dead redemption 2, knocks skyrim out.
I never really thought about it, but Skyrim really is the last game I fell in love with. Games like red dead 2, fallout 4, gta, assassin’s creed, souls series, sekiro, elden ring, etc are good but Skyrim holds a very special place in my heart. It dropped my freshman year of high school. I’m 26 now with 2 kids of my own. My 4 year old son refers to it as the “kitty cat game” because him and I made a khajit character. And that’s really fucking cool to me that a game I loved when I was young, I now play and enjoy with my son and we have our own little inside jokes and favorite activities.
Congrats man, you won at life👏i was also a freshman at the time and getting on the 360 and jumping into chat with my friends always felt good. My first born will be here in a few days and you bet your ass she'll know what skyrim is😂 all the best to you and your family🙏
@@carson6707 congrats, friend and good luck
We're around the same age. The last one I fell in love with was Planescape Torment - beaten for the first time last month. Outer Wilds before that, beaten two years ago. It's not you, it's the games you're playing.
I also never really cared for Skyrim past its presentation, so obviously everyone is different and has their own tastes but go play Outer Wilds. Not the Obsidian one (Outer Worlds) but the astronaut Majora's Mask game.
I believe that there is a mod for "multiplayer Skyrim". Then you and your son can maybe team up?
@@guccimalcs I'm 28 and my son is still only 2 but I can't wait for the day to come when i can watch him discover skyrim for the first time. I like making argonian characters so maybe it'll be the lizard game in our house 😂
My nine years old daughter just show this video of yours to me and asked if I know this game. I told her that I used to adventure by these lands until I got an arrow on my knee. Then I reinstalled on Steam, and she still playing it (she's a Switch player and hate to play on PC... but no complain were heard all day long lol). She didn't remember but I used a video games ambient music list with some Skyrim content to help her sleep.
Thank you for this video, sir!
I got back into skyrim about 3 weeks ago now, and have been playing it every day. I will always remember the first time I ever heard about this game.
My dad, who is also a gamer, tried getting me into it by showing me footage of the game and telling me its ratings literally a week after it came out in November of 2011. I kept putting it off, saying it's just not my kind of game, and I kept giving it looks of disgust whenever I saw it. Christmas rolls around, I open a present, and my dad got it for me on the XBOX360. Literally the first words that came out of my mouth were "UGH. FINE. I'LL PLAY IT."
Played it for 12 hours until I fell asleep on the couch lmao
Awww that so sweet! I got onto the Elder Scrolls games in a similar way, but it was my older brother insisting I play Morrowind as a teen girl. It's the game that made me a gamer. I hope that Skyrim will be the game that will get my daughter's into gaming or, with any luck, it will be the next Elder Scrolls game...if it ever comes out!
had a similar exp with my older brother he brought baldurs gate 1 when he got his first pc and i looked at it and bleh what is this crap.... played it one day out of curiosity and it literally changed my outlook on life... never judge a book by its cover
what was ur dads reaction
@@alexjr977":)"
Haha your a piece of work. Let your dads love in
Love this. As one of the original creators of this game - I was an artist who worked on the creatures mostly, like the dragons, giants, etc - I LOVED this homage and it really means so much to me. Thanks so much Caleb for creating this, and thanks to everyone else for loving this game that we worked so hard on.
Thank you for pouring so much into this amazing game! I loved your documentary on the game. You've given so much to this community!
It's my pleasure@@caleb.a.robinson . I love this community and and I loved the people I worked with. So glad that there are people like you keeping the flame alive!
i played starfield for about 4 hours and then decided to come back to skyrim after about 6 years and im hooked all over again. this game is truly incredible
Pure garbage you mean, you can't pay me to play this trash
Man I hope they really keep adding content to Starfield. I dont think it deserved nearly as much hate as it got but it does feel very empty.
@@Nick-kw9ozI put something like 80 hours in starfield, completed all major questlines and that's pretty much it... Very empty and very short compared to Skyrim and Fallout 4. I had a good time with starfield, but it's mediocre unfortunately
It's the exact same shallow nonsense in a setting you're familiar with.
@@elimgarak1127 nah bro its really not, in Skyrim every npc is unique with unique dialogue and most of them have a sidequest for you to do. Exploring is running into one thing after another, getting sidetracked so much you forget what were going to do to begin with. Starfield is none of those things. It feels like less content than Skyrim spread out over thousands of planets. It's not even close
I started playing today after 7years.. and man.. when the background music starts ... Mixed with the sound of water flowing by... Brings back old memories o simpler times
Two VERY important things you sort of missed that tie into how much life has changed for most of us. It's amazing not having to deal with server issues like so many of today's games as a service. Also, many of us have married and have kids since this game first released. The ability to pause or save the game at almost any point, is crucial for domestic harmony.
Yes! I can play skyrim for hours, or for 15 minutes. Either way I'll have a blast, and I never have to worry about whether or not it will be there.
lol I was 9 when Skyrim came out and I started playing it with the Xbox 360 my parents got me and my brother that same Christmas in 2011. Now I'm 21 about to finish university. Time does fly...
Both of you. Name 1 game that "hasn't been there" that you "need to worry about"
And secondly... are you being disingenuous on purpose? Or do you just not know that literally all single player games still allow you to pause the game.
Lol you spring chickens speaking of Skyrim as somehow classical and I'm over here laughing as my step-son is shocked that he has to restart a mission after dying in GTA3.
@@long-long. Maybe they weren't referring to single player games, but, just games in general?
The ambience really spoke to me. To this day whenever I am studying or really want to relax I turn to Skyrim ambience videos and man it just brings me back. One of the greatest scores ever produced for a game.
It's hard to believe I started playing this game when I was in 7th grade. I'd link up in an xbl party with friends just about every day and play when it came out. Now I'm a 26-year-old husband and father, still playing this gem on PC (when I get the chance). I don't talk to any of those old friends anymore, but I often think about those times when I play. Something about the music accompanied by the sound of the wind makes me think about all the times I stayed up on cold winter nights playing. Such an amazing experience unlike many I've had playing games.
Why dont you talk to them
@@goaboa_ didn’t end on bad terms I just moved a couple hours away we drifted apart over time
@@KyrosT_ idk why, but i just had to know if it ended well. Thanks
I was in 11th grade lol I remember I told my friends im gonna download a cracked version 3 days before it came out and they all came over, we were chilling waiting for it to download and when the time came I got it all setup they all gathered behind me. The moment it launched they all vanished from my room you could see the look on their face lol, what an epic moment. I love skyrim
@ralphvalle6708Came out on 11/11/2011. So Skyrim turns 12 years old soon. 26-12 is 14.
The average 7th grader is 13-14.
So?
I might be biased from Nostalgia but I still love Skyrim. The atmosphere, The music, The sense of progression etc. It just brings me back to a simpler time.
I also used to play with an old Friend who passed away. One of our last conversations was about Skyrim and I think that makes it hit different for me because it reminds me of him 😢
Honestly man, this was a phenomenal video. 100 percent you’re going to make it as a content creator .
Everything you said was concise but still easy to understand , while still being so relatable about all of those super specific feelings .
best video I’ve seen in a long long time about a game that has a big place in my heart
Have a good one mate , really excited for your future videos
Amen. I subscribed immediately. I have just fired up Skyrim for the first time in maybe ten years. I was desperate to think and talk about it all over again. This guy nails it. I always argued it was neck and neck between this and the witcher. But going back...although I love the Witcher. I was never as hooked as I am now. Even though this is my SECOND playthrough. Skyrim's music is so sublimely beautiful that even in the ten years in between plays...if I heard it I was almost in years due to the emotional memories it brought back.
This !!!
To me, that total freedom aspect is the point that keeps me coming back. It's the freedom to wander, create countless new characters, and "live" different lives. All of that is wrapped up in rich lore and an extremely beautiful, immersive experience.
just stopped from a 3 hour session and your video was recommended to me , funny coincidence!
For me personally the video title summarizes everything about my relationship with this game , it just doesn't get better. That feeling of mixed emotions when i got out of Helgen and stared at the vast open world filled with hundreds of adventures , caves , dungeons , shrines , cities to explore , is a feeling i havent felt since in a video game no matter how much i try (maybe its just because we grow up hah). The best way to describe that feeling is just FREEDOM, pure and simple. If only i could travel back to that day just for a little bit... Skyrim has a special place in my heart and no matter the countless times i replay it , every new playthrough feels new to me in some strange way and i believe many others feel the same. Anyways , great video and very well made! Cheers to all fellow Skyrim enjoyers.
Have u played botw/tears of the kingdom? If u haven’t u might like that too, it gives me a similar feeling
This video is phenomenal. Well scripted, well narrated. Just a beautiful well rounded exploration on a phenomenon many of us still experience. 2024 and I’m just picking up Skyrim again after a 3 year break, and such a breath of fresh air.
One of the more remarkable aspects of Skyrim is that almost every dungeon, even the most simple one, has a little story to it. You can pay attention to the objects that tell the story or just power through.
i have consistently played skyrim since its launch date, i recently rediscovered my love for skyrim with VR. the game is so totally different and you notice things you never seen before. i spend many many hours in dungeons just looking at the place. exploring books, trying to read books and just having one of the most fun ive ever had on ANY game. if you have never played VR skyrim i 100000000000000000000% ercommend
At release not enough praise was given to what a good job they did addressing Oblivion's arguably biggest problem of having hard-to-distinguish copy-paste procedural dungeons, basically all of the ayleid ruins and caves were like that (most infamous is probably how people got sick of the oblivion gates for the same-ness). Skyrim's diversity in cave layouts etc was really orders of magnitude improved. Not that there was no copy paste, it's inevitable when there is so much content, but the amount of hand crafting small and large interior spaces made a huge difference.
@RepentandbelieveinJesusChrist5repent to Talos
I had a buddy text me a few months back saying "I just came across a video and the screengrab read 'Why can't I move on?' and its was about Skyrim... Was this you in secret?" Funny that I came across this organically this morning and laughed a bit and decided to turn it on. As soon as I turned the video on and the music hit, I felt more relaxed. Not 1 minute into your dialogue and I felt completely understood haha. I've played this on ps3, xbox360, ps4, ps5. I've come across those same 10 hour music and ambience videos and played them during work. Not long back I finally got the platinum trophy for Skyrim. Something I never set out to do because I've just been focused over the years on existing in this world they've built. I felt this video. Thanks for making it. I feel less crazy as I read the comments. I think this is just one game that I'm never really done playing. It's perfect to me.
Yea I finally got the achievement for it on pc like 10 years after originally playing it. Gonna do it again on the original version soon on steam
Phenomenal video. Skyrim will stay in our hearts forever, it is irreplaceable. I pity anyone who has never experienced it.
Skyrim has is more than just a game I enjoy, it has influenced the way I live my life and the experiences I seek out. For example, the day after the first winter storm of the year, I embarked on a 7 day journey in the wilds of Wyoming. The landscape was draped in white with towering mountains all around me. I’ll never forget sitting at my campfire, with snowflakes falling from the sky and elk cries in the distance. I’ll never forget the the way the wind blew over the fields of red blueberry bushes, and the dark turbulent sky. It felt like returning home, back home to Skyrim. Because of Skyrim I see beauty in the dark and the cold…
Fantastic video. You put words to a lot of feelings I have about this game. I didn't play Skyrim for the first time till about 5 years after the game first launched, but having recently passed 1,000 hours with vanilla Skyrim, I can safely say that your sentiments still very much apply.
Keep up the good work,. You've got a lot of promise as a content creator. Now if you'll excuse me, I've got to go start a new playthru. Thanks a lot.
Thanks for stopping by! Have fun playing 🙂
I've played this game for a decade. I'll never move on. I don't want to. I will replay it over and over forever and love it just as much as I did when I first woke up in that wagon.
Bro. I was the one who woke up in the wagon.
I wagon bro
Well u will be for atleast another 4 or 5 years or whatever ES6 releases
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General Tullius, sir! The headsman is waiting!
I still go back to it. The weather mods really make it unreal too, almost like you are personally on a winter expedition at times
I’m on my first Skyrim save and I am about 20 hours in… I have been glued to this game and I am ever so grateful for videos like these for keeping such a gem alive
Im jealous
The amount of times I sat on a ledge and just looked out over the countryside just listening to the music, it takes me back to when I first played the game on my shitty laptop on very low graphics and with a 10 fps during high school…this game will always have the most special place in my heart
I was 5 when the game first came out and watched my dad play it my whole childhood. I’m nearly 17 now but Skyrim just feels like home for me. I’m playing my actual first playthrough instead of just watching and playing bits here and there. I’m doing the questlines in their full and I love it. It’s not only just nostalgia for me but in my eyes the creation is just perfect.
Caleb, this IS A GOOD discussion. It is healthy and good for you to share this. Most videos don't approach the game from this philosophical angle. But it is important. I gave you a thumbs up.
I rarely comment anymore, but I would like you to know that this video really warmed my heart. It's increasingly rare to find gaming video content with a fresh approach to... basically any subject, but more specifically certain games. But this is one of those special videos, that make you appreciate RUclips content creating as an art form. Great structure, hits all the right emotional beats. Thank you for this.
The nirnroot sound was immediately nostalgic as a oblivion veteran
@NuckFiggersTND Yeah agreed! I was in an unusually good mood when I watched this and didn't want to tear the guy a new one. Unfortunately the overwhelming amount of artistic people are pretentious gay normies who just like pontificating about things people already know.
So many people have already addressed this and summarized it in a pretty easy way rather than acting like they are some wise man for making a 9 minute video about why one of the best video games of it's era is especially nostalgic for people.
Only simple people think explaining such a thing is profound.
There was an entire year from january to december where I literally played Skyrim everyday for 12 hours. I had a huge family tragedy and then my girlfriend died. My father moved me into his house and told me to grieve and take a break from life and thats exactly what I did. I smoked a ton of weed and just immersed myself into a single playthrough of Skyrim, finishing the main story and then turning to exploration and marriage, adoption, property ownership. This year I spent in Skyrim changed everything for my and allowed me to get through the worst of times in my life. Thanks for this video.
😣❤I feel for you
Thanks, I appreciate that. @@Rainnifer
Smoking weed and playing games is not grieving
i'm so sorry, what a nightmare. glad the game helped you! ❤
whadda you know about his life?@@jcdenton2907
Im 34 and have been playing skyrim since it came out, 13 years ago 😭 the developers and crew that have continued to work on this game have made it such an amazing world to keep on returning to. I dont think i could ever get tired of it ❤
I absolutely LOVE your video (I subscribed) almost as much as I loved/love Skyrim. I'm 71 now and not too long after retirement I was watching a youtuber doing a walkthrough of Skyrim. And I was hooked before I finished his video. His youtube name is VintageBeef. He was my catalyst to the hundreds and hundreds of hours that I totally loved in Skyrim (and on an old PS3). In the past 9 years, I've PLAYED Elder Scrolls Online, off and on. At first not really loving it, but I loved the Skyrim Lore and continued trying over the months. Finally I DID love it and it was good for awhile. But then I found out how to turn on Chat in the game and to be honest, that was the beginning of the end for me with ESO. Recently, I realized that one of the main reasons I loved SKYRIM was NO other impressions, interference or complaints from other players to invade my deliciously focused playtime. As you so eloquently say throughout your video, it was the way *I* wanted it to be without outside influence. Thanks again. I think it's time for a new PS5 and The Anniversary Edition! ❤
I got Skyrim for Christmas in 2011. I remember waking up and playing it for the first time and being amazed at how good the game looked at the time. I’ll never forget the feeling of that first play through, just wish I could relive it
yea the original graphics its dark and grey, like an ebony themed game, now they ruined it they made the game saturated and foggy
This video almost made me cry, a simpler time, when my father was alive, when ever my life gets hard i turn to this game because of its familiarity, i never realized that until this video.
I adore this.
Thank you, from the bottom of my heart.
If anyone wants to share their own experiences below, due so please.
Sorry for your loss brother. Sending good energy your way from Atlanta
@@petergalvez3930 Thank you, sending prayers back.
Felt the same about my grandparents. We really do find meaning eventually in our lives don't we.
R.I.P.