11/11/11

Only once in a life-time is there a date such as that, the next time there is one of these is 12/12/12. After that it won't work for 88 years, so get the jokes in now because you will be dead before you can make them again. But aside from the awesomeness of it being the 11/11/11, something else happened on that date, something I along with millions of others have been waiting for, Skyrim happened. It was a terrible work day though which was such a bummer, I started at 8:30 and finished at 6. I went and bought it just before work started in fear that it would sell out and I would have to wait a day or more to get it, I would die inside if that actually happened. Funny thing, I got ID'd for Skyrim, now I look quite young for my age (19), but getting ID'd for a 15 game is pretty pathetic. So work dragged as I knew it would, especially the afternoon, those were some dark times. I made it through the day and literally ran home, clutching the shopping bag to my chest in fear of paranoia. I got home, grabbed a Red Bull, some snacks and locked myself up in my room, in the dark, ready for Skyrim.

Without going into to much detail, Skyrim is a fantastic game, not only fantastic, but the best game I have played this year. Not only that, one of the best games I have played for a few years, now thats a statement. The game is just amazing in every way, looks great, sounds great, plays great and there is a shit load of things to do. I usually play games in 2 hour chunks, I stop because I get bored or want to go and do or play something else. But with Skyrim I have played sessions lasting 5 hours. And I only stopped because I had to go out someplace or family came round, as soon as it was done I was back in the world of Skyrim.

I've played just under 20 hours, which is like Uncharted 3 played and finished 3 times, and I feel like I have not really done anything. I've done about 5 missions from the main quest, which for the first time I'm really enjoying. I never really enjoyed The Oblivion main quest line, but Skyrims so far has been pretty great. I've done a fair bit of exploring the lands doing mini quests, I did enough to afford a house in the first city and buy all the improvements for it. I have yet to get a horse, but so far traveling by foot has been fine, I have also only fast traveled about 4 times. Sure the land is massive, however the land is so packed with things I never got bored. Whether meeting strangers, coming across random events or hey year fucking Dragons!

I was skeptical about the Dragons, unlimited Dragons, I mean that sounds like it would get either boring, or I would not be able to walk far without being interrupted by a dragon every 5 minutes. But alas no there evenly spread out and each fight I've had so far has been some of the coolest and most epic fights this year. I've beat about 3 with people and 2 by myself, and when I beat it myself, I felt pretty proud. There really difficult, not Dark Souls tough but you have to come equipped with mad health potions and arrows before fighting a dragon. Thats also if you have a chance, one of them was sitting on one side of this wall and I wasn't aware it was there till I jumped over and was face to face with it.

So yes, Skyrim is pretty great, YOU should go buy it, right now.