Skyrim: A Bittersweet Masterpiece

[@DJPeachCobbler]

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[@kianurobertson3858]

Dude, you should 100% play dishonoured if you haven’t yet. In terms of atmosphere, it’s one of the greatest games I’ve ever played. I love your videos man ✊🏼✊🏼🥰

[@DJPeachCobbler]

@@kianurobertson3858 @Kianu Robertson I have played it, I just haven't talked about it yet because I just don't have much to say on it other than I found the "good" and "bad" ending thing to sorta blow. It's certainly atmospheric and I enjoyed the gameplay, I just don't have much to say about it I'm glad you like my videos, though!

[@nenadmilovanovic5271]

@@DJPeachCobbler Will you ever do a video on Enderal? Considering you appreciate skyrim, you might like Enderals attempt to make gameplay and world deeper.

[@mannman627]

90% of my playthroughs i haven't completed. The best experience I get now is playing the firsts couple of hours.

[@groyperdiego6549]

Hey can you make a good open world game list? Thank I’m almost finished watching all your videos you are gonna be the next vsauce or something

[@magentuspriest]

Damn. That last quote made me tear up. "Skyrim is a bittersweet masterpiece because I'd do anything to feel the unexpected adventure again"

[@holzteppichverleger]

Smoke a bowl, then play... helps a little

[@josephibarra943]

Fr him saying how it's unforgettable yet he'd want to forget to just experience that feeling again is so relatable

[@zamap4278]

@@holzteppichverleger also load up on mods and you got a brand new game

[@pawala7]

To many of us old-timers, Skyrim was the refresh that rekindled the experience of wonder that was Oblivion.

[@madran7584]

@@holzteppichverleger jzargo agrees. dat ganja better dan the skooma I got from my homeland.

[@jmjedi923]

Skyrim is literally a game design around distracting the player Its ADHD, the game

[@natebit8130]

Yes

[@sadsworth4605]

That with mods makes it even more adhd

[@The-Devils-Advocate]

Double ADHD if you have it

[@andrazprelec8263]

skyrim: ADHD edition, comming to XBOX360X1X on april 5th 2034

[@crazybunny1134]

I was thinking that i was playing Bad when i didnt dew anything other than walking and messing up the Game Now i know is normal with skyrim

[@KekkanSeihin]

"An open world isn't just about being able to go anywhere, it's about wanting to go anywhere." Damn man, you nailed it right on the head!

[@grapy83]

Excatly! I never knew why I wanted Open world games and this man described clearly why:)

[@davoinshowerhandle3302]

The only way to play skyrim - Pick a direction and start walking.

[@michaelgrant6899]

If you don't have Inigo then you still aren't playing Skyrim right.

[@lushe4783]

@@michaelgrant6899 fact

[@Kamixazia]

True not the same whiout him.

[@FaithLuvUnbroken]

@@michaelgrant6899 no please I don’t want to be sucked back in

[@kendarius123458]

Upisnotjump

[@Rainbowhawk1993]

Despite everything, I can’t bring myself to hate Bethesda like everyone does. Skyrim and Fallout 3 were two of the major games that shaped my life when I officially got into gaming after I got my own laptop when I started college. Also BioShock and Mass Effect were major players too.

[@DJPeachCobbler]

Bethesda just knows how how to make an open world like no other. I'm honestly surprised I haven't made a Bioshock video yet.

[@Assassin5671000]

@Tronam Sure but we shouldn't let them get away with unfinished or watered down products if you like there games sometimes the best thing to do is criticize their unfinished product and spend your good money elsewhere

[@SteCollects]

I don’t think we hate Bethesda. We’re just angry because we know they can do better, they’ve proven they can.

[@DixNormus]

@Tronam I can’t wait for a BGS world on next gen. Starfield is going to make Todd Howard a legendary game director. If they manage to capture the exploration that every other game from Morrowind to even Fallout 76 had and make it in a space setting, that game is going to be insane, simply because both Fallout and the Elder Scrolls limit what you can explore. In one, you’re in a medieval fantasy world, so naturally you go with a lot of thugs, monsters and Sorcerers. Fallout does much of the same, but with mutated animals and differently equipped humans and the occasional weird occurrence like the Mothership Zeta DLC. Space is literally limitless, they can do whatever they want.

[@sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149]

One doesn't have to sacrifice their love for a game Bethesda made in the past to dislike their current decisions and the state of the company. Morrowind, Oblivion, and Skyrim are great, and they always will be. There's nothing wrong with separating the art from the artists, however.

[@shane4147]

This vid is definitely appreciated among all the, "why critically acclaimed game X is terrible and you should feel bad for liking it" which seems to be a trend among videos discussing Skyrim. Also, appreciate how you can make a vid with a central point/theme instead of being 4 hours of rambling about every minor aspect of a game. Congrats on a thousand subs and keep up the great work.

[@DJPeachCobbler]

I like to have a central thesis in a video, although my next one's gonna be a broader look at the Bioshock franchise. But yeah, I think Skyrim hit that level of popularity where it became cool to hate it, and of course, that adventure is gone for those who did like it. Thanks for the congratulations, y'alls feedback and support it always great

[@zzodysseuszz]

@@DJPeachCobbler when something is big enough it creates a larger dichotomy

[@aaronmizener2292]

I think the idea that the people complaining about Skyrim is a four hour ramble is made up in your head mate. I've seen a few of them including why Morrowind is bad and why my beloved Oblivion isn't as good. All those people have a clear flow for the most part and break the game down. But I do give credit to this guy for defending Skyrim. In my opinion it's a fun and pretty game just not a good elder scrolls game. It is however, a very good action game with minor RPG elements.

[@ginogatash4030]

Well it was inevitable, the reason it became popular to hate Skyrim is because the shallowness of its mechanics and re-releases have sucked the mystery and feeling of adventure out of the game. It's like the cacke face man said, "when you remove the open world and its mysteries you're left with a shallow action RPG with a dumb story and shitty combat" many criticize the whole Elder Scrolls series for being too big and not having the focus to develop meaningfully fleshed out mechanics abd experiences, with the more recent titles getting more accessible and shallow as the map gets bigger, and while sheer size is Bethesda's greatest weakness it's also their strength, exploring Skyrim for the first time is what draws people in, because being left in the dark about what you'll find when exploring the world is what gives the game its sense of adventure, which is why absolutely no one gives a shit about the main story of Skyrim, but if you already know what's gonna happen all you're left with is your memory of the first time you encountered this mission, and the game's mechanics, which, as we've already established, are sorely lacking in Skyrim. There are many valid criticism to make at Skyrim, but many of these trendy "Bethesda was never good" videos fail to see what made their games so successful in the first place, and unfortunately, so does Bethesda, their success with Skyrim blinded them to the glaring issues that hold their games back from their true potential, they have a great formula but they aren't improving it, in fact they're getting worse. Bethesda's Fallout for example, the world still looks like when the bombs just exploded even if its meant to have passed hundreds of years since then, no one is trying to build homes or even just clean the place where they live, it looks more like a post apocalyptic themed amusement park than a harsh environment where people are trying to survive, the diversity of the different countries/states is also very lacking, everywhere and everything looks the same, has the same culture, and even fauna and environment no matter where you are in the world, the detail in the world and the stories is a serious step down from what Interplay and Obsidian were able to accomplish with the series, and while those games will also lose their sense of adventure once you complete them, they'll always have their stories and worlds to keep the player coming back, Fallout 3, 4, and especially 76 have nothing to offer once you've explored the map thoroughly, because to them Fallout is just Elder Scrolls with guns and 50's music and esthetic, even tho the first 2 games were retro futuristic and not just, "this guy looks like a 50's pop culture stereotype! how quirky!". Jesus christ that was a long ass essay, sorry for the Fallout tangent too.

[@bedrockcastle777]

Can you provide an example of a video that talks about "why critically acclaimed game X is terrible and you should feel bad for liking it"? I just want to know if you can think of any.

[@nomercy8989]

I played Skyrim for about 2 hours in 2020. 9 years after I last played it. And I forgot about a lot of the places I have been to. I explored the starting area and somehow walked up a mountain where there was this huge snow storm. I managed to find some kind of tower so I went in to hide. There was some enemies and at the end I found some secret passage that went even deeper. There was a vampire dude waiting for me to die trying to get trough his fight pit.

[@tonyxavin7997]

same thing here i remember playing skyrim 9 years ago at the age of 6 i would stumble across giants just to discover the nord space program and i would lure them to any tower i would find and shoot them with a bow while they are stuck in the door frame its a memory that i will never forget

[@AD-lh3jk]

@@tonyxavin7997 kinda necroing this comment, but did you actually played Skyrim at age 6? Was it not confusing to navigate at that age? Given that it’s an explorative RPG and not as straightforward of a game?

[@rentablescroll6207]

That last line hit me too hard. "Id give anything to feel that adventure again."

[@holzteppichverleger]

Smoke a bowl, then play... helps a little

[@georgekostaras]

Video game reviews don’t normally make me tear up a bit. But I felt the nostalgia

[@sanuku535]

"difference between an activity and an adventure" "Following instructions is not an adventure, a to do list is not an odysey" *"The adventure is defined by an unexpected"* Now. I have been enlightened.

[@thatlonzoguy]

Which is why wow has been dead since they added quest tracking on mini map

[@kingjules8744]

"What makes Skyrim a Bittersweet Masterpiece was that it's an unforgettable game, "Yet one that I desperately want to forget. "Because I'd give anything to feel that adventure again."

[@esqueleto2252]

Every time I come back to this video that line hits harder

[@johnherrera5261]

Big world empty game

[@FinneousPJ1]

Why so many quotation marks lol

[@leichtgesalzener-kabeljaurogge]

@@FinneousPJ1 the real question here

[@theitalianpizza8457]

that quote connected to me like a Siamese twin

[@onlinekicker]

"It conquered the world by filling it's own game world with secrets. But they're not secret any more". I felt that. Been building a world for my DnD campaign lately, and I'm using this exact strategy :D

[@nestormentoso]

Same, i just convince my players to do a 200miles travel, and have unique encounters prepared, i like to make them find towns, ruins and other stuff that are not in the map. They are having a lot of fun, and i think it's better that way than the old "go to kill the lich and get the gold"

[@misterspaceman9563]

I'm literally building a super open world campaign right now with this method. I literally just have a stack of encounters written out and I'm prepared to add them in interchangeably with different CR enemies depending on what mood I think the game needs. One of my PCs commented that the world and all seemed bare bones, and I had to remind him that 90% of it is set to private. Sure I have an overarching hook but I want people to have the chance to explore until I feel that hook is ready to mature.

[@crassiewassie8354]

@@misterspaceman9563 one of my first campaigns was this exactly and it worked out terrifically

[@theguyrightthere9056]

Dude that ending was so on point and relatable, and that music, god I loved that music so much when I first heard it exploring in the night

[@jonheart8625]

Nearly brought tears

[@aarishbaig]

Holy fuck dragonfable, what an absolute legend of a game.

[@peanutbutter9345]

I remember playing the shit out of that game, and the last time I played it was literally the same day I got skyrim like 7 years ago

[@subarashii8881]

@@peanutbutter9345 Well, maybe you should try playing it again, it's still being updated every single week with new content, and believe me, it not only has matured a lot, it has improved dozens of times what it was a decade ago, definitely worth a try!

[@crabtime2116]

Dragon fable was pretty lit back in the day.

[@cptmachine]

That last line was perfection. I’ve tried to complete Skyrim a second time and never could do it and you’ve summed up in words what my brain was telling me.

[@initialparody2521]

We need more “faffing about, The Game” Games these days Sigh

[@DJPeachCobbler]

"Faffing about." Reminds me of Yahtzee from Zero Punctuation. Faffing about is certainly underrated

[@initialparody2521]

DJ Peach Cobbler I believe it is, I watched his work back in the day but I don’t keep up anymore. Great video man, you make an excellent point and funnily enough, I feel the same way. About Oblivion. Heresy I know.

[@jordanrose8443]

The nostalgia hitting really hard with this one. I was at a pretty dark time in my life when Skyrim came out originally, and I had a PC that could barely run it. But, play it I did, and I loved it for precisely the same reasons. It was such an escape for me, the enjoyment of adventuring, just traveling from place to place and exploring. No other game has been able to really replicate that since, and I'm afraid Bethesda will have a hard time recreating it with the next TES game, if they even bother to try. Nothing they've released since has come even remotely close, so I'm no longer optimistic. I didn't mind that the combat was awful and repetitive, or that my sneak/archer build was incredibly overpowered, or that the animations were shit, or really any of the other flaws because it was so satisfying to walk around and explore and take in the environment.

[@MoonThuli]

Breath of the wild is the closest I've gotten to the feeling of Skyrim. When I first played it I didn't know what people meant by that comparison because they're very different games, the world building, questing and mechanics are so incomparable. But after finishing it I realised botw managed to catch that feeling of walking in a random direction and going on an adventure in a giant wilderness, because I had the same feeling of wishing I could forget the secrets I'd found and discover that world again. But even then, the Zelda universe just isn't as interesting to me as tes and I miss a proper character creator. Bethesda really is the only company making their own style of games, red dead, the Witcher etc. are just not trying to be that pure exploration focused build your own story rpg

[@Darkaan13]

Bruh that last sentence just hit me right up there close and personnal, how dare you attack me like that !! No seriously I love your stuff the KZbin algorithm blessed me with your weird channel keep up the amazing work.

[@UrsineArms]

My nostalgia for skyrim is back when I was living at my grandpas, it was a farm, I had never played console games before, my grandpa had an xbox and skyrim, and when I got finished with my barn chores I got to play it, I was like idk, 13

[@magentuspriest]

Haha your grandpa was cool

[@Hammer56Time]

The getting side tracked trying to go to Solitude is literally the perfect encapsulation of what makes Skyrim so much fun.

[@dreamymaccready2287]

man hearing dragonfable mentioned hit me like a truck before the video even really started.

[@nathanh291]

I remember when I was around 8-10years old having a sleepover with my cousin where I watched him play Skyrim till 5am in the morning and I was infatuated. Watching him walk from riften to the greybeards and seeing as all sorts of enemies and potential side quest popped up was amazing and I was begging my mom to get me the game the next day. It was my first big Xbox game and I remember how clueless I was as a kid to the point where I was 3/4ths of the way through the game before discovering the save and quick save feature by complete mistake (thank god my cousin turned down the difficulty to novice without telling me or I would’ve been completely fucked) in retrospect, part of me almost wishes I could forget the game completely and play it again without zero prior knowledge so I could appreciate the story more and understand some of the quest lines more clearly, but the pure feeling of adventure mixed with the immense curiosity of a child made it such a profound experience.every emotion the game invoked felt so real and tense, I remember when I went into the haunted house in markarth and the voice started to shout things while the screen shakes i actually got scared and stopped playing for like 2 months before mustering up the courage to power through it lmao. This feeling felt so magical that it still remains my favourite game to this day despite only ever doing one extremely clumsy play through. And as you mention at the end, I would do anything to be able to experience the raw sense of adventure it gave child me again. I hope when I soon try for the 10th time to sit down and get invested into the game I can get into it without only killing the first dragon then never touching my save for 6 months. I feel as though there a plenty of secrets I never seen or have simply forgotten that experiences for the first time so many years later would make that play through I did so many years ago complete.

[@GMoneyChuck89]

Skyrim: Wide as an ocean, deep as a puddle.

[@dylana.9057]

Nah . That's fallout 4 👀

[@nenadmilovanovic5271]

But that is kind of the point, isn't it? Anyone can boot it up and have their own fantasy adventure. It is possible to make it deeper in the same engine (Enderal did exactly that), but they chose not to. And it worked, everyone and their grandma played skyrim.

[@KYLgonk]

Yeah, not much of an explorer or a larper myself, hence why I just stopped enjoying the game at one point. But it was nice while it was still mesmerizing.

[@handsomeboi3767]

@Tronam yeah but it adds on the enjoyment

[@handsomeboi3767]

@@silovitipanj4958 I don’t want a deep game I want a game that has a good story to keep interested Not a game made for retards

[@wariyoshidirector]

Every time I replay Skyrim I find new content I've never seen before. I've completed the main questlines and the other major questlines (Winterhold, Brotherhood, Thieves Guild, etc) more times than I can count but I only do them to get better gear. It's running around the world and finding some new cave with a new quest that I've never done before that's amazing. Coming out of my comfort zone and specializing in a new combat tactic or doing some new, arbitrary challenge. Skyrim is so ridiculously replayable that you can always come back to it no matter what's going on in your life to have a good time and I think that's beautiful. It's been my constant companion through the last decade.

[@silverscalederg8632]

The main quest line is fucked up. you're telling me a god told you to kill his first born to "save the world" but the reason you're kiling him is he didn't eat the world fast enough...then tells you you're "dragonborn" but forbids you from siding with the dragons, but also says each one you kill...you devour their soul. like if you say im playing dragonborn i'm not gonna side with no god damn humans

[@coltinyancey6420]

I never got into Skyrim, but can relate to this videos message. For me I was Dark Souls. The intense investigations of new areas filled with unknown dangers, the crushing defeats into heroic triumphs, and the stories of each. I remember clearing the undead berg room by room, losing to a crestfallen knight I betrayed, falling through the floor into the ax welding black knight, maiming a wolf to raid his masters grave, Ornsteins first blitzing charge followed by Smoughs hammer, the swamp, and many more. I too would love to forget the entire game just to play it again. Thats the mark of a great game. Also Patches can die on sight.

[@TrippyfromKonoha]

The craziest thing is that Elden Ring has a similar effect, I love the Souls games but Elden Ring in particular gave me the same feeling I had playing Skyrim the first time and I didn’t really know how to explain it but this video kinda put that feeling into words. It’s just the feeling of not knowing what’s gonna happen at every turn and discovering things that you never would have if you just played the story. In short I love Skyrim and always will no matter what just because it was just like for the you the first game that really opened my eyes to what gaming is and I love Elden Ring because it shows me what gaming could be.

[@7rhymes599]

I think the things they took from their other games helped with this. You had no marker, you had no map, you just had the vague lines from NPCs on where you could go next. Dark Souls 1 told you at first that there were two bells; One above and one below. Get to it. Dark Souls 2 told you that there are the four Old Ones, but they never tell you which ones to fight first. You can go down and fight The Rotten before the Lost Sinner, you can make your way straight to The Old Iron King, or completely ignore The Duke's Dear Freja because I hate spiders! Dark Souls 3 drops you in this world and yes, you can head to Prince Lothric or do Yhorm before Aldrich. Plus just the side areas you're never told about. How you can go back to the Undead Asylum, which has been taken over by a small group of Black Knights, how you can access these optional memories of a war that's passed to see how it played out and experience it for yourself, or even this land ruled by a King's removed son who's lost his name and tamed a dragon! You don't find these things because of a marker telling you to. You find them by exploring the world and seeing what it has to offer. It all fits in with the storytelling of these games as well. Nothing is objectively told to you. There isn't a character who will tell you something without their own personality mixing with it, along with their own bias taking hold. The items tell the truth but not the people.

[@orestmarkheva7325]

7 months too late but where is my Oblivion crowd at?

[@jefverstraete8574]

CHEEEEESE, FOR EEEVVVERYONE.

[@martymcmeme5362]

Gang

[@gramble968]

@Zachary H. Morrowinds great

[@orestmarkheva7325]

@Zachary H. I hadn't had a chance to play it yet. At some point I will get it

[@92JoseR]

Skyrim will forever hold a spot in my heart. I have never been so immersed in anything. It was my first RPG in this category. I played other games with better stories like The Witcher 3 and it's DLCs. But in terms of immersion it did not compare.

[@Drippsable]

This video was super well produced and entertaining. It's been so long since I've played Skyrim, but oh the memories!

[@codyj6505]

I think the greatest aspect of Skyrim for me is that unlike a lot of games, the best parts of skyrim run unscripted, the little moments in the game when coincidence just happens to line up with what you're doing and something epic is created out of it. I'll never forget my first mage character play-through. I went to a Dwarven Ruin, the one you go to for numerous quests but specifically the Ohma Infinium at one point. I was under leveled to be there but I spammed potions, kited mobs and fought like hell only to just barely clear the dungeon and take the elevator to the top to leave. I walk outside, save my game and hear the horrifying roar of a dragon in the distance. The game's random dragon system made my quest in the ruins feel that much more epic, that much more intense. It made me feel a sense of frustration that I felt my character would feel. Took me a few reloads but I managed to beat the dragon. And now thanks to this video I feel the call of Skyrim again. I'm going to repair my gaming laptop and give the world one last run through.

[@Pwophet_of_Twuth]

Love Skyrim to death, played the ever loving shit out of it during high school on my 360. Once I got a proper gaming pc I sunk another couple hundred hours. Can’t bring myself to play it anymore, no amount of mods can change the fact I’ve done everything. It’s one of the few games that I’d love to forget and re-experience. Update in Nov 2022- Aged like milk, I still can’t get enough of Skyrim.

[@verdantsands]

same ;-;

[@pirat9750]

Currently also dug out Skyrim after a years long break. Pumped it full of mods and I haven't loved a game this much in a while on a simple fun level

[@pirat9750]

Tldr: they fucking got us again

[@ThinkTwice_2x]

Not only is adventuring and the environmental story telling one of a kind in Skyrim, but the Elder Scrolls lore is just in a realm of its own for video games. The way all the games reference each other through events to tie into the overarching timeline is something we’ll probably never get from another game title. It’s mind blowing how interconnected the series is.

[@noeipas3943]

To anybody who would want to experience the feeling of adventure when playing Skyrim for the first time again, play Enderal! It uses Skyrims engine but has it's own story, world and characters that have nothing to do with Skyrim. It's also not as shallow story and character wise, has some cool new mechanics and is criminally underrated.

[@leezyrax7359]

To me Skyrim was the first ever game I played on my Pc back in 2014 and I will never forget it I legit only played Skyrim for like 2 years on my Pc I spent weeks during hot summers discovering what was hiding behind each mountain the game has ( and it has a shit ton ) and even today sometimes i'll just start a new charachter play 20-30 hours and realise it will never feel the same as before but still... I will keep doing so because it holds a place so special in my heart... almors 600 hours later into the game I still consider it as my favourite game of all time because to me this game has so much to offer even after multiples playthroughs that I think i'll never be able to forget it

[@manboy4720]

cus it's a bittersweet masterpiece that's life.

[@thatracc]

what I love about games like skyrim and fallout is that while playing, the most fun thing is discovery and the best part about those discovery is telling your friends of your adventures because these games truly make great stories to tell.

[@duckmaster5512]

Bruh, the quests are awesome, and there is a crazy amount of lore

[@MrCarrotCake]

Mr. cobbler keep up the great work and thank you for these amazing videos that have helped me cope with a lot of problems that have been popping up. I wish you the best of luck delicious desert

[@DJPeachCobbler]

I hope you're ok, I'm sorry you've been dealing with a lot of problems. I love making these videos, so I'd be making them even if no one was watching, but I'm glad you enjoy them. Best of luck to you

[@MrCarrotCake]

DJ Peach Cobbler thank you man, you are by far my favorite channel on here. Just keep doing what you love and it will get you places, I can tell you are destined to be big. Maybe not now but I can tell.

[@theyallsay]

the music in this game is also just great! The music almost always matches the surrounding perfectly and helps you to feel like you are in the game and not just playing it...

[@hp2102.]

woooow those last few lines rang so true, just stumbled on your channel and now im just binging, great content!

[@c.b.5104]

This was made before Elden Ring

[@cafi1999217]

i think one of the most overlooked aspects of skyrim is its sound design. its not the most beautiful, clearer, perfect etc but there´s just something about every sound in that game... from the opening screen chants to the peaceful music in the forest to the combat music to every animal and npc voice/sound, there´s just something so intriguing and... nostalgic, like you said, about it

[@justinsanity501]

Every day I wake up and wish I could forget this game so I could experience playing it for the first time again.

[@majortastic]

That line at the the end there really hit me in the feels

[@cefirodewinter9086]

Give me a game developer studio and I will replicate that magic, I've spent too much time of my life designing a game to replicate exactly that feeling... Now after all this years I realized I might have wasted all of this time, with a perfect game that lives only in my mind...

[@chaklun8553]

You almost made me cry at the end. Thank you for this video!

[@filipevasconcelos4409]

Dragon Fable. Good to see that it was, actually, a game and not a figment of my imagination, because NO ONE talks about it

[@mr.cup6yearsago211]

I once saw someone named Drakath on Town of Salem, like, two years ago, and that’s the only time I’ve ever seen Dragonfable talked about outside of its own subreddit.

[@subarashii8881]

@@mr.cup6yearsago211 It has a discord with some thounsands of people too tho

[@mr.cup6yearsago211]

@@subarashii8881 oh, neat!

[@jonnil1997]

Totally right, Skyrim was never about the big questline, its about the small adventures and secrets you just stumble upon. But I do think people underate how well Skyrim handled RPG sense of creating a character as you play. The way your character becomes good at what you focus on and your playstyle is masterfull, one of the best aspects is starting a game and thinking about what your character will become.

[@kasparzubarev]

Oh dang, that was such an accurate description of how I played Fallout 4 without saving for 3 hours and accidentally dying to a bear I was jumping around with a bolt rifle for 15 minutes. I am 21 and enjoy playing games/watching series that give me the feel of exploring and adventurers... Wait why did I watch half of the videos on this channel?!

[@lukky6648]

0:36 Never heard something so relatable from any other Game analysis KZbinr

[@JosephOleary-o6o]

Finnaly somone who understands what the game was about

[@BadManN_TheBushes]

That 🏹 slow motion camera to the head shots were rich and I liked the dark brotherhood quests 😆 the intro music made me want to rage and listen to rage music and jump(smash) through wooden(slats weak)(yet still wood) privacy fences like I did as a teen..the Civil War was chill too

[@codepizza6850]

Well if you're looking for a new adventure game metro exodus is a good pick. It's immersive, not to complicated and rather grim.

[@cowlin5051]

Personally I didn't really like exodus. The joy of the metro series for me comes from the claustrophobic atmosphere and that just disappeared as soon as it was open world.

[@baconaterlover5399]

Yes but it does suffer from the points of interest problem discussed in this video

[@Vypren]

Exodus was made out to be amazing. I thought yes. This is what I want to experience in a metro game but turns out then only time I actually felt like playing a metro game was in the last two missions. And by that point it was too late, I didn’t even care anymore. Halfway through I couldn’t help but ask myself, out loud even, why am I playing a Far Cry. I love Far Cry. But I also love Metro. And they don’t mix and never should have.

[@Mathias-bz2kr]

@@Vypren i haven't played the other metro games, but i found metro dissapointing from a exploration perspective and others, it seems be a story driven console game(clunky and long animations, streamlined navigation, no alternative routes exept the first 2 hours, really bad in the forest part) why can i look at the tsar fish house but not enter it, oh i have to do this cutscene. Enemies are just bullet sponges at higher difficoulty. it feels like the gameplay was highlighted at the expense of the storytelling, which is the vocal point. It feels like a shitty wolfenstein the new collosus which i find be a unfair doom 2016 in gameplay.

[@siruva4661]

You actually sold me on the game. Every time I saw people talking about it, it was either about how buggy it is, how dumb the story and dialogue are or about how Todd is hiding in their walls. I had no idea it had the element I have always searched for in games I will stop being a dumbass and actually go and experience it for myself. Thanks

[@frm8761]

The unexpected is why every battle Royale is more fascinating before you know the whole map

[@uhbaoifuhoiafj456]

Its just thw whole package. The rememberable places, the npc´s the landscape and freedome that you have and this soundtrack with that I can instantly recognize ITS SKYRIM SOUNDTRACK.

[@friendalex7384]

This Elden Ring clone looks fun

[@skye-yn5nk]

I love skyrim but all the adventure and mystery is gone, you summed it up perfectly! Great video!!!

[@dallaszzz]

damn this channel is growing and its great that it is cus its good

[@AluminumHaste]

One of the big things that makes Skyrim so wonderful is the soundtrack. It's incredible.

[@MaximusOverhead]

First time I played Skyrim, it ended with a 157-hour save file. Tried playing it again, and sadly the magic is gone the sense of wonder is stripped because you've experienced everything the game loses something for sure.

[@earthbrother4549]

Bro, this video made me subscribe. You put into words exactly why I love this game so much. I have more than 5000 hours on this game. And the last line "It's an unforgettable game, but one I desperately want to forget" I can relate so hard to this. I just want to put this game away for years and when I'm like 80 years I would pick it up again and play it. Hopefully I will have forgotten some stuff although I think mostly everything is burned into my brain.

[@vbracks9366]

Simply what Elden Ring is A masterpiece

[@lokai765]

knowing all of us around the same times were hudddled on our couches/in our gaming chairs, experiencing skyrim for the first time, warms my heart. A game that will remain forever important in my heart

[@7thchamp658]

Damn somebody else remembers Dragonfable?

[@DJPeachCobbler]

There aren't many of us left.

[@sn0ke397]

DUUDE YESSS too bad for the dragon amulets tho D:

[@mizzy8655]

Skyrim is a game in my heart man. It’s the only game where I could stop look around drop the controller and just be impressed by the atmosphere. It’s weird the graphics are outdated but I still find a lot of its scenery beautiful

[@SpyderCoPlatforms]

Hey guess what... you're not 23 anymore; your 25 😎

[@ZoopyMusic]

Now 26

[@petestratton9843]

That last sentiment. That desire to forget it so you can experience it again like you first did. I have felt that so many times. I think that’s what nostalgia is made of, that desire to go back to that first play through, to see it as you once did. It hurts in such a sad way. I’d give anything to go back and play games like Skyrim or FNV, without any memory of my 5 previous playthroughs.

[@RayVa0]

I've never heard Skyrim described this way im sold.

[@DJPeachCobbler]

Todd is pleased with your $60 sacrifice

[@RayVa0]

@@DJPeachCobbler a small price to pay for salvation

[@Will-od1gm]

9:50 this one skyrim exploration song makes me shed a tear to this day. i was 12 when skyrim came out 10 years ago. in that entire decade leading up to now nothing has even come close to filling me with that same spirit of adventure. when i hear that song it brings me back to being in middle school, discovering a cave for the first time completely by accident. going to school the next day and telling my friends (who also played skyrim) about this cool spell i found. it makes you feel so many things simply by dropping you into the world and telling you, go play. thank you so much for this video. (yes i know this is like a year old vid but i just discovered it today)

[@ShadaOfAllThings]

"What's left?" A story that struggles to stay away from the most interesting parts of the game's lore. A series of meaningless choices and straight forward murderspree quests. The elevation of one of the people who did a number on RPG gaming in the modern era.

[@sonkeschmidt2027]

I'm not too bothered about it but good lord... If Skyrim had managed to pull out old BioWare level of storytelling... Just imagine that =)

[@ShadaOfAllThings]

@@sonkeschmidt2027 I'm sorry are we all still pretending that Bioware does good roleplaying/storytelling elements?

[@sonkeschmidt2027]

@@ShadaOfAllThings no we know that for a fact that they did because we look at the best games they have done. =)

[@TheGreatDanish]

@@sonkeschmidt2027 Bioware has one good rpg and its Dragon Age: Origins. There is about as much nuance in Kotor or Mass effect as there's nutritional value in a cardboard box because binary morality systems, no matter how much you try, are inherently simple. There's only ever three options, and you dont think about them. You just match your color and move on. Baldur's Gate 2, the game us old fucks tout as the best RPG of all time is a poorly written mess in which you get your own love child as an inventory item after you bang the teenage coded manic pixie dream girl elf with a traumatic backstory. Jade Empire is... ok. I like it. BUT its a shallow pulp mess that relies entirely on a shitty twist that anyone familiar with Hong Kong cinima or Wu Xia will see coming from a mile and a half. Lets not even go over the utter nightmare of shitty mmo game design that Inquisition is. Or what ever the fuck happened with Dragon Age 2. Bioware makes *bad* rpgs where the RP is which shitty 3d model do you kiss at the end of the game 90% of the time.

[@jonnil1997]

One of my favourite moments in Skyrim was when I found a damaged Caravan covered in arrows with a dead couple, one of the corpses had a journal expressing worries about taking this trip. Close by to the cart I organically found a cavern and walked in there to find a big Falmer camp, I fought my way through and in there I found a ritual sacrife shrine with a dead body, presumably a member of the Caravan. I love how I was never told to find any of that, I just stumbled upon it.

[@DatCheeseCake]

Kitten cannon was bomb. Good stuff you know what's up

[@Hotshot2k4]

Skyrim is elevated by its amazing soundtrack, and that's the one thing the base game has going for it that makes it worth revisiting 10+ years later.

[@benjackson9328]

You pour your soul into these videos man and it's 100% worth it

[@mergame6295]

I have a rule that If I love a game I need to wait at least 2 years until I can play it again so that I can forget some of the stuff and experience it for the first time again. not to say that It entirely removes the feeling of knowing everything but it makes the life of the game last longer for me.

[@theframe100]

Oh yea that's a good one. Though of course how well it works (or how long you have to wait between replaying it) varies from person to person. I've played a bit of skyrim again a couple of times over the years, and sometimes I found myself remembering something only when I was halfway done with it, and that's still an awesome experience.

[@conormartin3757]

So true and that bit of secunda at the end just hits me right in the nostalgia, always.

[@walk-monkey]

Skyrim is like the harry potter movies of games. It has tons of issues, but it's fun and cozy and has a great soundtrack.

[@quantum_ogre]

I'm going to steal this quote for future RPG chatting.

[@Rigel_6]

I agree... but the soundtrack could'e been bigger. It's like 1,5 hours of music stretched over hundreds of hours of playtime, to the point I actually disdain it now. Heard it too many times

[@blakea3323]

The very moment I finished Skyrim, I too wanted to forget all of it, just so I could explore it all again.

[@AraiiarA]

Listen here gaymer pie. Play Morrowind right now or I'll tell Todd you're neglecting the first game he ever directed or something.

[@DJPeachCobbler]

Tell him what you must, I'm illiterate so I can't read the textboxes

[@AraiiarA]

@@DJPeachCobbler Shame... Seriously though, if you haven't tried Elder Scrolls IV, III or even Online, then I think you should. They could give you that feeling Skyrim first gave you, but probably not as strong. Binging through your vids btw, and you're such a hidden gem of a channel ^^

[@tingle2958]

Morrowind, oblivion and skyrim are all top tier games imo. They each have different strengths and weaknesses but they're all so damn good.

[@mlg4lyf]

💜

[@SolidReader]

Im pretty sure that I have >1 terabyte of mods.

[@DJPeachCobbler]

I actually deactivated quite a few for this video because I wanted to just limit it to graphical mods. But yeah, there's some really great stuff. If you have Skyrim VR, I highly recommend "The Courier is Now a Frostbite Spider" which gives me a heart attack every time. It's great.

[@mayonnaise2396]

Why do you have an ascended pyromancy flame as your profile picture?

[@SolidReader]

@@mayonnaise2396 The Flames! THE FLAMES!

[@WaffleCake]

I think this encapsulates more precisely than any other video I've seen what made Skyrim so magical that first time playing--that and probably the Angry Joe review.

[@contemporaryconundrums93]

1) It's shallow and repetitive trash good only for one playthrough. 2) Draugr and dragons get really old, really fast. 2) The combat is awful since needing to go to a menu everytime when changing weapons/spells is game breaking.

[@contemporaryconundrums93]

@8Man Well Cobbler is a certified moron, as exemplified by his Fallout 1 video so it's no wonder he'd consider Skyrim to be a masterpiece lol. I reckon he's also a fan of Last of us 2 and shit like that.

[@canadaman9373]

Suprisingly people can have different opinions than you didpshit i like skyrim i thibk its mediocre and i much more prefer morrowind and oblivion but i still respect his and other peoples opinion

[@DagothDaddy]

It's like having a DM who knows how to improvise. While it's not going to be as deep as their intended campaign you know that of you decide to ignore them and run in a random direction they will have something prepared for you to enjoy.

[@our1980shouse]

You grew up without a console!?!? Were you born in a third world country???

[@DJPeachCobbler]

I should've called CPS. Every child should have an Xbox, I don't know how I coped

[@FakeName000]

Skyrim is a Beautiful Masterpiece even with the Glitches. So many things to do, From Harbinger to Arch - mage, Master Thief to Listener for the Dark Brotherhood and all the things in between and so on...

[@jehutyinp]

I've been lowkey binging all your videos cause finally its someone who gets it!

[@johnmccall4528]

And the best part is, because of the way the game is set up, and because of it's huge modding community there is literally no shortcoming this game has that cannot be overcome with mods.

[@thisaintitchief36]

Damn, this video unironically was nostalgic as hell. Great vid.

[@ruslana4135]

yeah, the first time I stumbled on Blackreach... I FELL IN LOVE WITH IT I'm so happy when I found that an entire dwemer ruined city lies beneath the ground and I for no absolute goal stumbled on it, I spent days exploring it to find just about anything and maybe learn something more about the Dwemer, I wish I could build a house in Black Reach just to live in it.

[@joshcummins3916]

Some mods can help simulate that feeling. random encounters and new areas with people but it will never be like the first time through when you just walked around and enjoyed the game.

[@dethwind1239]

Love this game but makes me cry that I can’t go back and play

[@adeldell8275]

what a beautiful video, love the way you end it aswell.

[@elisivatapueluelu9553]

The unexpected has always intrigued me. I always loved side stories and random events popping out. It feels so fun and free like the main quest line isnt the only questline

[@potprince2169]

When i first found Drelas Cottage, i got wrecked over and over i ended up cheesing it by going into the attic and shooting arrows. It took forever. I'll never forget that experience

[@themightytrainthurnax6613]

After a small hand full of full play Throughs for me it wasn't so much the story and adventure aspect as it was the rpg and customization. It was more fun going in each time with a new idea for a play style or specific build like the game intends such as warrior, mage, or rouge. Then mixing those together to create new builds and play styles that end up being game breaking, and it's fun for me to experiment with that each time I start a new character to see what each one will be like.

[@lucasbyers1304]

I've never felt a closing line like that. I truly would give anything to experience Skyrim for the first time again.

[@TheLaughingSimon]

"I want you to remember the difference between an activity, and an _adventure._ " Hold me.