I really seem to struggle getting immersed in Skyrim. The thing that bothers me most is probably also the best thing about it in many ways. Its so open right from the start. I just find it difficult in making the transition from being a nobody narrowly escaping death to being asked to take on the perils of bleak falls barrow. It just seems a big ask from being what must have been a very basic person, a hunter, maybe a petty thief, a general tradesman etc.
I just seem to play for a few hours from the begining and then look back at what I have done and who I have killed and it just seems unrealistic.
I have taken initially now to just milling around the forests hunting animals to try and wean myself into the action and I am also considering trying playing when your dead your dead to try and bring about a sense of being afraid to take on larger dungeons etc.
Does anyone else have this issue and what have you done to try to blend things more from the start?