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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Game » consists of 14 releases. First released on Nov 11, 2011

The fifth installment in Bethesda's Elder Scrolls franchise is set in the eponymous province of Skyrim, where the ancient threat of dragons, led by the sinister Alduin, is rising again to threaten all mortal races. Only the player, as the prophesied hero the Dovahkiin, can save the world from destruction.

How long did it take you to finish Dawnguard?

#1 Posted by SpaceInsomniac (2523 posts) - 11 months, 20 days ago

Trying to decide if I should pickup Dawnguard now, or wait for a sale. I'm not too interested in the idea of what looks to be The Dark Brotherhood: part 2, but I would love to have more Skyrim to play.

So, a few questions:

1) How long did it take for you to finish the DLC?

2) Did you fight for the vampires or the Dawnguard?

3) To your knowledge, is the DLC radically different depending on which side you take, or do you see a lot of the same places and have similar quests either way?

#2 Posted by IIChristian89II (242 posts) - 11 months, 19 days ago

I finished it disappointingly fast even on master. No where near the 12 hour mark which was suggested by my friends.

I played as the dawnguard in this case.

Yet to play the vampire side i hope it differs greatly and is longer.

#3 Posted by FreakAche (2894 posts) - 11 months, 16 days ago

I'm at least 10 hours in and I just got to the Soul Cairn. I'm playing as the Dawnguard, but am looking forward to doing the vampire playthrough on my evil character.

#4 Posted by _Chad (934 posts) - 11 months, 16 days ago

It took me probably 15-18 hours. I tried to do most of the misc. side quests and the the few major ones. I wanted to get my S rank back.

#5 Posted by tangmcgame (72 posts) - 11 months, 14 days ago

If you've already completed the main quest with the character you're doing the DLC line with then it cuts out a fair amount in the middle. If you're just blasting through the main quest then you could probably do it in, I don't know, 5 hours? Maybe less. If you're talking, exploring, experimenting with new features and doing the side quests, then it's more like 15-20 hours, I'd say.

#6 Posted by RivenD3ll (82 posts) - 11 months, 14 days ago

7-8ish hours as expert, while doing a couple side quests.

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