Is this game really that good?

[QuackAttack]

The game was released more than a decade ago but it's still talked about to this day and regarded as one of the best, but what really makes sets it apart from all the other games?

Don't get me wrong, I'm not hating on the game I'm just curious why it's so so so popular and maybe I might just buy it.

[Alex]

It's a good mod sandbox. That's about it, really. The huge, highly productive modding community is what makes the game great. Or what made its predecessors successful.

On its own, Skyrim would've been half-forgotten by now.

[alexander_dougherty]

There aren't many open world RPGs out there.

[Alex]

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

There aren't many open world RPGs out there.

I'd say Witcher 2, or especially 3 are definitely superior to vanilla Skyrim.

[Sep]

Originally posted by Quack Attack:

but what really makes sets it apart from all the other games?

It's basically Garry's Mod, but for adult. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Originally posted by Alex:

especially 3 are definitely superior to vanilla Skyrim.

Until you start collecting every sea barrel on Skellige & start questioning your existences..

[Rez Elwin]

Mods, that's why. Skyrim by itself is an alright game, but it doesn't really do anything special. When you start modding the game then, then is becomes a great game people will play for thousands of hours and won't put it down until Elder Scrolls 6 comes out.

[Morgan Fun Gamer]

its amazing

[SpeedFreak1972]

Originally posted by Alex:

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

There aren't many open world RPGs out there.

I'd say Witcher 2, or especially 3 are definitely superior to vanilla Skyrim.

Good game .... however here you can create your own character in the witcher you play as Geralt don't like him tough luck

[Alex]

Originally posted by SpeedFreak1972:

Good game .... however here you can create your own character in the witcher you play as Geralt don't like him tough luck

But you have multiple endings, and your choices actually matter. In Skyrim, most quests are pretty straightforward. I mean, every guild questline follows basically the same pattern. There's something wrong with the guild, and you're the only one who can fix it.

[Abisha]

base game. HELL NO.
after 500GB mods, O yea it's great.

[Mreisse]

Originally posted by SpeedFreak1972:

Good game .... however here you can create your own character in the witcher you play as Geralt don't like him tough luck

Originally posted by Alex:

But you have multiple endings, and your choices actually matter. In Skyrim, most quests are pretty straightforward.

The main difference is that Witcher is telling the story of Geralt, and TES games are a framework of activity to tell YOUR story within. Yes, both have lore (books, past games) and both are open world RPGs, but very different in the end.

(and also CDPR has a different design philosophy but that's an entire essay, nevermind)

Skyrim is still around because it is very flexible and people are still playing because it is like your comfy pajamas, easy to go back to. Witcher 3 is still around because it is fabulous story and gaming experience. People play TW3 but there's nothing to fix so no one much puts it in the headlines anymore, they just quietly play and enjoy, nothing to talk about. Skyrim on the other hand, will stay in the gaming news because someone is always releasing a mod that adds/fixes/improves/creates on the original game, and the fact it is still happening 23 releases later is something worth talking about.

(and also clickbait. When there is nothing to talk about, there's always some tiny drama to turn into clickbait in our content consuming world)

[Wizard]

Originally posted by Alex:

I'd say Witcher 2, or especially 3 are definitely superior to vanilla Skyrim.

I can't get past the terrible roll around on the ground combat system.

[Spirit]

mods can turn skyrim into whatever you want

the base game is worth playing through once without mods, then add mods and do whatever you want

[Hugh G Rection]

Originally posted by Wizard:

Originally posted by Alex:

I'd say Witcher 2, or especially 3 are definitely superior to vanilla Skyrim.

I can't get past the terrible roll around on the ground combat system.

Same . I've tried on 4 separate occasions to get into the Witcher games but the combat is so ass . I just can't .

[RegionsRules]

Originally posted by Quack Attack:

I'm not hating on the game I'm just curious why it's so so so popular and maybe I might just buy it.

Honest takes from me. As of now, it is still popular ofcourse because of the obvious "mod".

But that doesn't mean the base game isn't great, no! The base game is the GOAT in 2011 and still holding up with today games with great explorations, interactions, funs... things that many modern game failed at, even newly released Bathesda titles fail to compete with it. Because of that GOATness,it resulted in a blooming modding community that no game ever has.

If your new, i recommend you to play the base game first then decide for your self if your like it or not it takes about 30-60hrs, if you do like it, mod will kept you engage for hundred if not thousand of hours more. I play the base game SE on PS4 in 2016, this is the game that make me switch to PC entirely, still playing from time to time till today.

[gFreak696]

It's aged very well. It's far from perfect, but the good outshines the bad.