Skyrim as first elder scroll game

[Missing Person]

Hey folks is it okay story wise to start with skyrim as my first elder scroll game?

[kozerd.lb]

yes
you can find and read books in-game telling you more about what happened in the past
or you can read any wiki for the lore

[ChrillBill]

I think it's totally fine. It is my understanding that the games are very far apart when it comes to the actual events playing out in the different games. I think I read somewhere that this game takes place about 200 years after the oblivion crisis, which the previous game was about. This is the only Elder Scroll game I have played so far and there are a good amount of lore to catch up on. Many interesting books in game, if you like reading :>

[Alex]

Skyrim is the most "firsttimer"-friendly game of the entire series. It is very easy on the storyline, doesn't require any prior knowledge of the franchise, and is geared towards a casual, completionist gameplay.

On the other hand, this makes the game very bland and far too shallow for people who played any previous TES titles, but that's a topic for another debate. Simply enjoy Skyrim for a while, and afterwards, try out the earlier titles. Especially TES3:Morrowind will offer the most striking contrast to Skyrim. While it is certainly dated, the storytelling, worldbuilding and character design is leagues above Skyrim's.

[Von Faustien]

apart from some lore references you might not the significance of all the TES games are stand alone.

[CEPHY]

No harm in it.

I mean, I only playe Oblivion a bit, years after I played Skyrim, and I never even touched the older games.

[karinundmaedels]

Skyrim has a story?
Oh right, the books which i never read and the main mission I never play :D
(I've only played Skyrim, the older games are too inaccessible to me, never gonna touch them.)

[Alex]

Originally posted by karinundmaedels:

Skyrim has a story?
Oh right, the books which i never read and the main mission I never play :D

Yep, it does have a story, where your warrior-mage-thief-assassin-soldier-vampirehunter-whatever saves the world.

Originally posted by karinundmaedels:

(I've only played Skyrim, the older games are too inaccessible to me, never gonna touch them.)

Booo, you casual!

[Rez Elwin]

Originally posted by ChrillBill:

I think it's totally fine. It is my understanding that the games are very far apart when it comes to the actual events playing out in the different games. I think I read somewhere that this game takes place about 200 years after the oblivion crisis, which the previous game was about. This is the only Elder Scroll game I have played so far and there are a good amount of lore to catch up on. Many interesting books in game, if you like reading :>

This is the only time the series had such a massive time skip, the main series games span 34 years. Arena Takes place 3E 399, and Oblivion Takes place 3E 433.

[ChrillBill]

Originally posted by Rez Elwin:

Originally posted by ChrillBill:

I think it's totally fine. It is my understanding that the games are very far apart when it comes to the actual events playing out in the different games. I think I read somewhere that this game takes place about 200 years after the oblivion crisis, which the previous game was about. This is the only Elder Scroll game I have played so far and there are a good amount of lore to catch up on. Many interesting books in game, if you like reading :>

This is the only time the series had such a massive time skip, the main series games span 34 years. Arena Takes place 3E 399, and Oblivion Takes place 3E 433.

Haven't had time to read up on Morrowind and Daggerfall but I did just check up on the official timeline. Skyrim did quite the jump in time. Makes you wonder why. I haven't played Oblivion so I am not sure if it has to do with what happened in that entry?

[JBrown247]

No, if you do not start at ES 1, you will never understand the game.

[Alucard †]

Originally posted by karinundmaedels:

Skyrim has a story?

Yes it does.

The main story is - Slap the big bad dragon to save the world.
Then do whatever you want afterwards or ignore the big bad dragon and do whatever you want now without saving the world

Originally posted by JBrown247:

No, if you do not start at ES 1, you will never understand the game.

100% not true.
Unless this was meant as a joke.

[alexander_dougherty]

Is it ok to start with Skyrim.....
That depends entirely on whether you intend to play the earlier games, if you do they will appear outdated, unless the SkyWind and SkyBlivion projects get finished....
Daggerfall unity lets you play Daggerfall without feeling like you are in the 90s...

[Mr. Mysterious]

All of the Elder Scrolls titles are stand alone stories and each are separated by some period of time and location. As mentioned, there are a ton of history books and even some comments from NPCs that will give you an idea of things that went on before.

Skyrim maybe the best starting point because the controls are pretty easy and the UI layout even without mods are very straight forward. This will let you enjoy the game without distracting you from trying to remember which keys do what.

Last thing I would say is run the first play through without mods. Someone will say otherwise and that’s fine. However mods will sometimes break and having to troubleshoot on a first run in the game is no fun. If you enjoy the base game, mods will only enhance the experience later.

Enjoy and welcome to Elder Scrolls!

[CEPHY]

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

Is it ok to start with Skyrim.....
That depends entirely on whether you intend to play the earlier games, if you do they will appear outdated, unless the SkyWind and SkyBlivion projects get finished....
Daggerfall unity lets you play Daggerfall without feeling like you are in the 90s...

Honestly the only thing stopping me from playing Oblivion are the outdated UI and shallow gameplay feel.

Not a bad game by any means, just... well, you can feel the age.

[Alucard †]

Originally posted by CEPHY:

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

Is it ok to start with Skyrim.....
That depends entirely on whether you intend to play the earlier games, if you do they will appear outdated, unless the SkyWind and SkyBlivion projects get finished....
Daggerfall unity lets you play Daggerfall without feeling like you are in the 90s...

Honestly the only thing stopping me from playing Oblivion are the outdated UI and shallow gameplay feel.

Not a bad game by any means, just... well, you can feel the age.

For me it's the fact that Oblivion is far more unstable than even New Vegas from what i heard.

And getting NV to run without crashing , stuttering and whatnot was a challenge.. so no ty for Oblivion :P