Reviewing Skyrim 13 Years Later | Full Story and DLCs

[@karpai5427]

In order to land, Dragons actually need special chairs all around the game world. Looks pretty cool in the level editor. Every building has a dragon on top of it.

[@strrmnn]

it's nice to see a review of skyrim in current year that isn't just "erm morrowind was better" even though morrowind was better

[@bigPauliee]

LOL

[@ion4393]

Don't forget the "Skyrim sucks cause it's not Dark Souls" crowd. You can insert any popular game there like The Witcher 3 a few years back

[@MoaRider]

As someone who hasn't played Morrowind, it was leagues better than Skyrim.

[@4bschaum]

​@@MoaRiderhonestly i would recommend rebalancing mods for a first time playthrough these days. makes playing the game just way less of a chore in the early game

[@rickyrain7773]

Morrowind was definitely better but I love skyrim

[@JGCO115]

Regarding diplomatic immunity, there are multiple ways to cause a distraction at the party by asking other npcs you know but it depends on certain quests you completed for them. Also if you keep Malborn alive you can meet him later in Windhelm and help him escape from a thalmor agent. Wish the game had more stuff like this.

[@M2TWhierarch]

double that, if you can frame the bosmer girl Brelas to distract the guards, then you'll be able to save her while escaping the prison. Triple that, if both Malborn and Brelas survive, they will live in Windhelm together. And quadruple that, after the Thalmor assassin dies, they both leave Skyrim like a couple.

[@db5094]

@@M2TWhierarch wtf i ve gotta do that

[@jamesn2830]

Love listening to these reviews. I was a major ES fan myself. Played 100s of hours into morrowind , oblivion, and Skyrim. I do disagree that Skyrim lvl 1 characters feel the same as high level ones. Yeah the swing animations are largely the same but the spells become way more intense, you can do cool things like slow time with your arrow shots, charge through enemies with your shield, and even turn invisible briefly when you switch to stealth. It’s a massive jump. Also I felt Skyrim didn’t level to your character as much as oblivion did. Yes you will encounter stronger enemies with better gear, but you still consistently find weaker ones as well that you will easily dispatch as a high level character and as a low level character you can still stumble upon hagravens, wisp mothers, frost trolls, falmer, all of which will wreck weak characters. In oblivion, you literally start seeing NPCs with daedric daggers on their hip in the imperial city at endgame level.

[@Metetron]

Vanilla NPCs make for a good jumpscare if you're used to modded looks.

[@mikeity2009]

Ah yes, normal npc's vs modern hairstyle, big breasted jiggly underage bimbos. Yes jumpscare for sure.

[@bonclay-chan5819]

Brooooo literally I was at bolt castle, and I noticed it like 7 years ago! So glad I wasn’t the only one

[@parmesheen727]

While combat with dragons isn't really anything special by itself, the dynamic element of being able to encounter them anywhere at anytime and their hostility to pretty much everything allows for so many cool and unique encounters. I personally haven't seen anything like it in other games.

[@stoneragan3870]

I second this. There's nothing more fun than fighting a dragon with two giants or having the entire town of dawnstar come out and try to slay this dragon with you.

[@captainlongdongdizzle6560]

Skyrim is a timeless classic and the music immediately takes me back to Summers playing it as a kid. Epic review King Kung.

[@Black-zc8xj]

Honestly i didnt expect a meme page admin to be a competent and even cool youtuber lmao, i love the fact that you don't make the annoying ass youtuber voice. keep up the neat work, dude

[@wakkablockablaw6025]

The Gray beard truce councel slander is crazy. It was an awesome moment to have the most prominent characters in skyrim sit down with each other. Esbern'e speech that lead to Ulfric and Tulius to put aside their differences for Skyrim was an awesome moment.

[@vanyadolly]

Yeah idk why people complain about it so much. It's a really good opportunity to learn more about the key characters in the story, and you get to negotiate for which jarls you want to keep.

[@ogrimzyz8643]

It’s one of my favourite quests in the game

[@kanonenfutter8433]

Regarding dragon fights. You can shield bash them if you happen to be a shield user, which staggers and interrupts their breath most of the time. Added to the shield perk that blocks elemental damage, this is pretty great for fighting dragons. This way you don't have to resort to chugging potions all the time.

[@vanyadolly]

One of the most fun discoveries I made was with a restoration build when I realized you can tank the dragon breath with ward. It felt pretty awesome to stand face-to-face with a dragon and neutralize it with the palm of your hand.

[@Iggy_From_Jojo115]

Spellbreaker does both​@@vanyadolly

[@Favk21]

Jarl Ballin'... hahahaha, man of culture over here! 😂

[@michaelschifano4100]

Intriguing review! I think labeling Skyrim as both the best and worst Elder Scrolls game encapsulates the love-hate relationship many of us have with this iconic title. On one hand, Skyrim's expansive open world, rich lore, and freedom of choice provide an unparalleled adventure that keeps us coming back years after its release. The game's DLCs only expand on this foundation, offering new lands, stories, and challenges that enrich the overall experience. However, the aspects that make Skyrim remarkable are also sources of its shortcomings. The vast open world sometimes feels overwhelming or empty, with quests and characters occasionally lacking depth. Technical issues and bugs have also marred the experience for many, although mods have stepped in to fix or improve upon these issues. Despite its flaws, Skyrim holds a special place in the hearts of RPG fans. It's a testament to Bethesda's ambition and the community's creativity, where the worst aspects are often transformed into the seeds for the next great adventure or mod. Skyrim exemplifies the beauty of video games as an evolving art form, where even the imperfections contribute to the tapestry of the gaming experience.

[@benjaminking5454]

Very interesting take! love the analysis.

[@michaelschifano4100]

im losing my mind

[@CameronE.128]

Be honest, did you use A.I. to write this?

[@CameronE.128]

@@benjaminking5454 Not to sound rude, but there's hardly a take here at all lol. The entire paragraph seems like an essay you need to pad out the time of.

[@Sk0p3rIII]

Something I feel that was missing in Oblivion which was present in Morrowind and is present in Skyrim is weapon feedback, like in Oblivion there is absolutely no feedback when you hit an enemy, in Morrowind you get the blood cloud effect and in Skyrim you also see blood and sound that show that you hit your enemy

[@300SonsofOdin]

"No one can rais the alarm if there are not witnesses, right?" My approach to every stealth seaction in every game, ever! And the "Atmoran Jihad" made me giggle, hard. Nice work, here mate. Worth a like on the video.

[@Raven_Bones]

I think one of ky favorite parts of this game was landing on Solstheim for the first time. The almost completely different landscape with the Morrowind feel was super cool

[@Darth_BNT]

Yeah amazing I was on my first playthrough on the special edition PS4 and I was just around the docks and paid 500 to a guy in the boat and next minute am in Morrowind and I never knew it was even in the game I totally stumbled on it . I noticed the quests was a lot more difficult then I did the mine quests and got to the hermas moura boss and then stumbled on the sanguine rose quest just from starting in Xbox 360 as a young teen just playing untill the end of alduin and not realizing the game is not finished after the main quest I fully experienced it PS4 years later . It's not even possible to sum up the games dynamics and escapism to a new player . I love this game a single player game on 2000s engine

[@emofish907]

Literally have been binge watching your videos all day, love the content my

[@sindurwavesismaturf]

20:25 There's quite a bit to learn about Balgruuf by talking to everyone in the keep other than him and by just exploring the place. You learn of a mystery that the children in the keep may not be his by talking to one of his sons, Nelkir who may have been fed this info by the deadric price Mephala who is looking to cause familial chaos in the keep. You also learn a bunch more about him by breaking into his private quarters and reading notes and journals strewn about

[@Griffinwing420]

I was a freshman in college when Skyrim was released. Barely out of high school, played it on PC everyday with my roommate must have spent hundreds of hours on it, first character was a female Nord mage it was awesome. I remember playing Morrowind (GOAT) and Oblivion in elementary and middle school. Seems like yesterday, now I'm married and have two kids with a third on the way lmao looking forward to playing the next installment with my kids! 🤣🤣🤣

[@wahatda8944]

9:59 The "Feel like OJ" was uncalled for.

[@Ethman16]

The fifa/cod gamers hopping on Skyrim truly proves it’s goated status

[@disabledfalafel]

Well, it's the best selling "RPG" game for that exact reason, how accessible it is. It's a great open world/adventure game, but the RPG elements have been dumbed down severely from its predecessors.

[@Ethman16]

@@disabledfalafel I agree 100%, Skyrim is probably the best mid game ever created

[@TannerLindberg]

Actually that proves how bad it is. If a normie fifa/ cod only person can get into your rpg fully. Then it proooopably doesnt have enough depth or mechanics

[@bowaster57]

​@@TannerLindberg errrm ackshually🤓

[@mannymushies5241]

⁠@@TannerLindberghow is that a bad thing it’s good if casual gamers can get into it there’s thousands of more complex rpgs you could play if you wanted.

[@AllegedEwok]

My girlfriend and and I went to Boldt Castle last year and also noticed they were playing songs from Skyrim and Oblivion. We both froze and looked at each other the second we heard that music. I've been there a number of times before, and that was my first time hearing it. I either never noticed, or they hadn't added that heat to their mixtape yet.

[@RealLovelighter]

46:37 the reason shor isnt at sovngarde is because its implied that the Dragonborn is not only an aspect of Akatosh, but an aspect of shor as well, further supported by the fact that you can sit on his throne.

[@Kaninjäveln]

Watching this as I'm doing my traditional yearly Skyrim modding. Can't wait to start the playthrough countering almost every downside of Skyrim's issues that you mentioned (at least the ones I can)! Great video, good motivation!

[@louisminati]

Your video is solid dude. Subbed up

[@officedullard8722]

I remember being mega-disappointed with sovngarde not doing anything special with Lorkhan or lore-dumping on me.

[@vanyadolly]

I was just disappointed they kicked you out after defeating Alduin. I was waiting for the epic after party.

[@BillyCobbOfficial]

Speaking of the soundtrack, I did a video on what I thought were the 10 best game soundtracks oat. Skyrim fell at no. 6

[@owenkung5000]

I think I watched that! All elder scrolls games have great soundtracks but Skyrim is just on another level

[@BillyCobbOfficial]

@@owenkung5000 Oblivion’s soundtrack makes me want to frolic whimsically through nature while Skyrim’s makes me want to fight a bear

[@sparkeyjames]

Those claw puzzle doors in dungeons weren't there to keep people out they were there to keep the draugr in.

[@jimmyjohng786]

28:57 some of the higher level dragons get different shouts like drain vitality

[@gfinc1601]

The holy trinity is complete 🙏 can't wait for the TES6 review in 10 years

[@Bug-Intercourser]

"it is now year 201" SIR, A SECOND HIGH ELF ARMY HAS HIT THE IVORY TOWERS

[@JoshJr98]

This game was so good, me and my friends in 2012 went across the state of Florida to a friends house for spring break and we brought Skyrim and ended up playing it for half the week we were supposed to be on vacation at the beach 😂

[@Monticello19]

Between the original version and the special edition I have 4,184 hours played. About 6 months of my life spent in Skyrim. One of the greatest games ever.

[@karpai5427]

15:06 There is also flame cloak and fire runes. Technically flame atronach is fireful, but is different school of magic.

[@ce5122]

skyrim’s shouts were directly inspired by Dune’s the voice, specifically the voice from david lynch’s 1984 Dune where the voice could have a physical projection

[@agnosticlibertarian175]

I think some of the inspiration comes from the Kalevala and the legend of Vainamoinen

[@diffsnicker]

Do you plan on making any vidyas about old school fallout and elder scrolls for us boomers?

[@harleygator]

Skyrim Anniversary Edition on Novice difficulty is the world's greatest cozy game. It's such a relaxing experience, with the beautiful music, low stress combat encounters, and features like homesteading.

[@Ed6026]

27:20 begs the question, where & who is Balgruuf's Wife?😅

[@Generic_Doodles]

Skyrim is a fun game to experience for the first time, but sadly every playthrough after that just doesn’t hit the same. I recently got Skyrim with all the DLC thanks to a sale on steam, and I plan on revisiting it when I escape the rabbit hole called Persona 5: Royal that my friends recently trapped me in.

[@asa9528]

That’s with any game though.

[@vanyadolly]

Do something you haven't done before and it'll feel new. There's thousands of hours of content in Skyrim even if you never touch the main quest.

[@henryflath8124]

I love how you tried to make 530 hours sound like alot of time, lol. My last playthru was over 600 hours alone. Times that by idfk how many times lol

[@gregoryaraganto9378]

Why people hate my favorite city? There is the master conjurer, ghosts, vampires. Also most people miss the fact that claw and simbol puzzles its to keep the draugr in, not people out.

[@vanyadolly]

Morthal is the best. And the homestead has the best view.

[@emilwittenhoffhvid6688]

31:36 why did the subtiles say “gay Beards” 😂😂🤣

[@huffenpuffyt]

45:12 On my first playthrough, i just used slow time and ran through before he grabbed the staff

[@JV0923]

Kung stock is rising invest in the Kung coin now 📈📈📈📈📈

[@iTunsiscool26]

Only 600hrs total in skyrim across both editions? Lmfao. Casual

[@dominicstarcher1923]

Uh huh

[@HadoukenHero]

Bro how you putting these out so quick, Quickly one of my fav reviewers. Keep being you bro! love it :D

[@officedullard8722]

The Companions was so short it was criminal. There was a huge over-reliance on radiant quests in this game overall. A major problem that would, instead of being fixed, made worse with the cold, dry turd that was Fallout4.

[@TheJittering]

The Mages Guild was actually disbanded throughout all of Tamriel after the Oblivion Crisis.

[@TheJittering]

Skyrim isn’t inferior to Daggerfall or Morrowind, it’s just different. People tend to ignore Todd Howard’s genius and ability to make the franchise reach mainstream popularity.

[@laur100]

"My name is Mr Whiskers. Pleased to meet you." Ahahahahahahaha

[@strrmnn]

I put this on in the background while replaying skyrim and got paranoid for a sec when you started describing stuff i had just done 20 minutes earlier

[@Djslacks]

i first played Skyrim back in 2013 and ive been playing on and off every other year since then and i only just played skyrim for the first time on pc this year of 2024

[@osker2478]

I’m 27, I started playing this for this first time on the 360, a month ago and I’m so sad I missed out on so much.

[@sparkeyjames]

The experience is even better on a decent gaming PC where you can install mods to your hearts content.

[@merksmovies25]

Alduin doesnt actually die. He is the one dragon soul you dont absorb. His soul is taken up to the sky… the prophecy of him bringing about the end times is still inevitable. Like the three nordic heroes from the past, we just postponed the end times.

[@sparkeyjames]

Since he was destroyed on a plane of Oblivion he can no longer get to the mortal plane (mundus). His essence/soul whatever is forever trapped in Oblivion.

[@EatWave]

15:30 A lot of the lacking spell variety was included in Creation Club/Anniversary Edition content.

[@mrpalindrome3067]

Pro tip on morrowind archery. Your actual aim location is down and to the right of your displayed cursor aim position, and goes closer to center the higher your archery level is.

[@eternalsummer8409]

5:21 some people aren’t a fan of the easier levelling which is why it’s good to note in the survival mode they added it as an option again so people who wanted to do it that way still can

[@eternalsummer8409]

The bed leveling i mean

[@Meyveda]

Such cool video cover:) 🐱

[@insomniacway]

Great video as usual. Some goober named Groober, and total Yinzer death lives in my head.

[@Wild_Rat69]

I must be smooth brained ive followed your instagram page for years and had no clue therbwas a channel jeez

[@sergeantcatfish]

24:40 my alchemist ass loves morthal for the foraging. Also I heard morthal used to be a good place for vampires and draculas.

[@Nimbasa180]

My level 86 character bugged during the mirak fight, & I didn't have back up saves because I didn't know that could happen. So in lore to me, the two dragonborn are locked in eternal combat in the halls of apocrypha

[@johnmcdonald9428]

Owen, Have you watched the patrician videos?

[@MisterSerial]

I used to be an adventurer like you, but then I took an arrow in the knee.

[@AsikoTFC]

cool video. i liked it. thanks.

[@StudioRevoct]

Another certified Owen Kung banger

[@kritizismmusics9737]

I was a broke ass kid. Now I'm grown I get to play all the shit I missed. This game is amazing

[@picahudsoniaunflocked5426]

30:22 "I'm listening...don't mind me multi-tasking --- just looting the body of our dead comrade you guys presumably knew personally & who may have next-of-kin or whatever while you drop The Lore on me, Soldier!" The incentives in this system are feral lol.

[@chandler2814]

I love how he describes and shows the game off the proper way to play and progress 😅 I remember playing through the game like 8-10 ish times with few exploits used maybe just horses to mountain climb and jump out whiterun to steal the skyforge loot so the nostalgia of my early struggles was a fun trip down memory lane 😅 But I've definitely done at least 10 or more playthroughs while using the perfectly balanced spiffing brit approved Todd Howard implemented gameplay features to make immortal gods, very over powered but still killable demi gods and all around exploity fun bois where the normally well balanced enemies are simply a plaything for my sadistic character and who I've decided he will be haha.

[@sparkeyjames]

I didn't make use of exploits until recently (had game since early 2012). I had to unpatch them to use them. Was interesting in making an unkillable one arrow kills anything Skyrim god. Loved the ability to jump off mountains and not die.

[@chandler2814]

​@sparkeyjames yeah the unofficial skyrim patch is nice to play with as well as mods in general however the most fun I've had is whilst being a little deviant using exploits to god mode my way through it After complete ting the game normally like 10 at least, probs closer to 20 though you gotta switch it up

[@sparkeyjames]

@@chandler2814 The best cheat mod I use is unlimited rings and amulets. It does come with a weight penalty though. There was one play though the game glitched and all of a sudden I had a carry capability of 1200. It survived level ups and saves too. Have not been able to duplicate it though.

[@floydfloyd9601]

Shout out to Boldt Castle, that place is awesome!

[@jackieboyborden]

I will say mage gameplay feels like it changes the most as you level up

[@Basarius]

My most played game. Ever. By a lot. I have no idea of the time ( I do but you won't believe me) but from release in 2011 it was the main game I played until I stopped playing it as much for a year and a half until special edition came out and I've played that on and off since it came out. I have in fact filled more than 7 hard drives with just skyrim saves. I have also wiped most of those drives just to play more skyrim because it was slowing down my xbox haha. Suffice to say I adore this game.

[@gnastyguy7229]

It’s crazy how i just started a new play through like last week and you dropped this epic review that just furthered my creaminess I have built up for the game

[@lucianwong420]

The first time i played Skyrim on the ps3, i didn’t know the solution to the door was literally on the claw. I just tried to guess the correct order every time. I only knew about the solution on the claw a few years later on the ps4.

[@zokie489.]

Expanding on the dialogue and NPC interactions, one thing that bugs me in Skyrim and Bethesda games is the voice actors for the civilian's not so much for important characters for the main quests, you can recognize them by the voice and it doesn't make them unique or their own person if that makes sense

[@karpai5427]

16:52 Stepout moment moment.

[@asa9528]

I’ve been playing since 2011 and still love watching these types of videos! Thanks Owen

[@Mako_Moogle]

The only thing I don't like about Skyrim's combat is how kill cinematics on the player work. Basically, any attack that would kill your character as if you weren't wearing armor has the chance to do a kill cinematic on you. Which can be annoying if you're trying to heal, but a kill cinematic on you already started.

[@theonlybilge]

36:29 READ PAST THE FIRST TWO WORDS.

[@cakeyjunior]

I'm so in love with OWEN KUNG!

[@robertparkside2571]

very well done sir. im going to play skyrim

[@matissemallette]

Dude this long form content... 👌👌👌👌

[@mcsmash4905]

honestly i found skills like armsman a bit op so i only put in like 1 point into it because i want to fight my enemies not 1 tap them and it works quite well on expert diff

[@koalawithchaingun53]

Skyrim is overhated. Love this game!

[@DoomUvb]

heavily disagreed It deserves its hate

[@christophercharles1937]

I can’t even remember how I started playing Skyrim. Must have been a random pick up at a video game story. Put in hella hours and bought it on every Xbox 360-1, and PC

[@williamdistefano5698]

Sound track is fine but I still like clearing dungeons on my 2handed red guard tank with the fight music of classic Star Trek blaring

[@gabrielespinosa6483]

Thank u, I needed something new to sleep too

[@jackieboyborden]

The Main Quest is just painful to replay in sections :(

[@mannymushies5241]

Skyrim is probably my favourite game of all time I’ve put thousands of hours into it. It’s not perfect and definitely has a lot of issues but there’s a certain magic about Skyrim that other games don’t have.

[@jackieboyborden]

a good perk mod goes a long way

[@skoomaaddict256]

it says a lot about me that my initial reaction to you saying how many times you've played the game through was "only 5?"

[@suggestion8284]

Just started playing this game, for some reason i hated this game as a kid. i mean, i tried it on ps3 but didn’t even make it out of riverwood lol. I realize now that this game is a banger 🔥 i’ve been playing for 22 hours and have only touched the side quests, there’s so much i have left to see and to find around the map, the amount of detail is insane.

[@X37Archive]

Owen Kung THE GOAT of youtube rn

[@gavvy8434]

The amount of time is till put into trying different mods in Skyrim is pretty respectable. So many kudos to all the AMAZING, INCREDIBLE, PHENOMENAL, SEXY ASS modders cause wow. My skyrim is a dark souls rn.

[@justinashley9529]

The only thing I like about archery is I do like to see how gst I can accurately shoot . Theirs something satisfying about hitting a target with a long distance shot . But overall fun wise I do enjoy the dual wield the most , swapping between shield and weapon and weapon and magic and shield and magic etc . Very enjoyable especially anniversary edition.

[@krabe1629]

Just KUNGED everywhere couldn’t even OWEN, cleanup aisle BLACKREACH😂

[@Noelll]

Skyrim adding a literal big titty goth gf makes it the best elder scrolls.

[@jongailey85]

I love Skyrim and it’s one of my favorite games of all time, but I do hope TES6 has an improved leveling system. For example, if there’s a skill that is passively leveled up really high but has no perks invested in it (lockpicking is always one of those skills for me), then I think you should at least get those boring “20% more effective” perks automatically every 25 or so levels. That would’ve given Them more room to add more interesting and rewarding perks that are worth grinding for. Of course, they’d also need to increase the overall difficulty of the game to address this change, but they could essentially combine the static perks you got in oblivion for reaching certain levels with the perks you get in Skyrim that really augment your playstyle. As is, skills can be basically useless unless you heavily invest in them. Also, with the dawnguard using crossbows, I think there should be a way to make sunhallowed bolts. Just my two cents though.

[@sparkeyjames]

I've level sneak to 100 without ever hitting the sneak perk tree.

[@jongailey85]

@@sparkeyjames yeah same, and you’re not much better at level 100 than you are at level 15, which is funny to me. They should add in static perks that you automatically unlock when reaching certain levels.

[@richardbohacik2685]

Thanks for nice video. I have never played Skyrim myself but I have watched tens of hours of content from Skyrim and I love it, it just gives me such nice warm feeling to be part of it even distantly :) Reason I have not played it myself is that I know I definitely would sink hours of playtime there and I can’t afford it. But still, yeah, dispite its flaws, it is quite a masterpiece and one of legends of game world.

[@campbellopercrafter]

New kung content? We up