Saturday, November 12, 2011

Skyrim's 5 Game-Killing Flaws

Everyone has been wanking off about The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and technically so have I. But what's not to love about this game? After all, it got nearly perfect reviews from all the critics that matter. However, I've been playing this game, and I love it so much that I want to take it behind the stables and get it pregnant, which is why I've decided to knock Skyrim off the pedestal so many of us have put it on.
This won't be easy, but I'm taking it upon myself to disenchant all the players out there whose eyes have undoubtedly glazed over already from sitting too close to the screen in an attempt to absorb the game's glory. Let's get crackin'.

  1. First off is the TV issue itself, seeing as this game is so graphically intensive, why didn't Bethesda buy me a bigger TV? You'd need at least a 40" screen to fill up your peripheral vision (sitting so close to the TV it's used as a source of heat), so why didn't this game come bundled with a bigger screen, hmm? For shame, Bethesda.
  2. Laterns, laterns everywhere, but not a single one to use. I had to turn up my brightness just so I can see some stuff, but now the sun is too bright when I look directly at it. I know there are torches, but they go out too quickly. So how about a lantern that hangs on your hip or can be held? I'd like to have a source of light when plundering dungeons or people's houses at night.
  3. Dude, where's my horse? I'm glad that horses are a bit more resilient to falling damage, because I practically use mine like a mountain goat. But when I fast travel, my steed isn't waiting for me close outside, so first I freak out and think I'm out of a 1000 gold. A trip to the stable and I wish I could get a key fob just so I know where that pony is at all times.
  4. Bring back unarmored! I'm a mage, mages use cloth, cloth has no armor value. If I had an unarmored skill I could worry less about simultaneously having to cast a Heal spell while swinging my sword at a necromancer's face while they try to roast me alive. It would be nice to have for mage-type characters early in the game is all I'm saying. That, and my previous build of unarmored and unarmed (the naked boxer type) is no longer available. Wump, wump.
  5. Clairvoyance, how does it work? Seriously, this spell drives me bonkers because it likes to lead me into walls and doors to other areas only to lead me back again. It's like the game is trolling me, and not just when I run into Frost Trolls. I especially like when the quest marker shows one direction, and Clairvoyance shows the opposite, making me one very confused mage.
There! I have done it! The no-so-game-killing flaws with Skyrim revealed like shouting words of power while the music turns into a Nordic battle chant. But it's only a matter of time Bethesda fixes these tiny problems and makes this list moot. But in the mean-time, I'll keep begrudgingly playing this fantastic game until... well, forever because it has infinite content. Where's the nearest stable?

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