I don't get how some people can spend several thousand hours into any game. With my 1100 steam hours and around 400 off-steam hours, Skyrim is starting to fade for me. I've done all there is to do in all DLC's. All that matters, anyway. I've been to every cave at least twice, done some quests more times than I can count. I've heard some phrases so many times it feels empty not hearing it as I pass by.

I've started more characters than I can count to, lol.

Don't mention the word roleplay. I don't like it, I don't do it and I svck at it. I'm a casual gamer, period.

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Sad.

(FEELS)

Try a different type of character. Do things a different way. I also have about 12 characters, 4 of them are sneaky archers, 2 are sword and shield, and the rest are different types of mages. Try something different.

I often find this happening, as well. I suggest you take a break.

I don't know...

For me it still feels like I have only had the game for a few weeks.

Yep, the simple solution is sometimes the right one. I've recently started to get a bit burnt out on Skyrim even though it's my favorite game, so I'm finally giving it a much needed rest. I just started playing Sleeping Dogs as it's free and even though it's a bit clunky with controls, it's a fun breath of fresh air from Skyrims stale air. Posting here though makes me want to play Skyrim again even though I told myself I would stop for awhile

I've played so many warriors, so many thieves and so many mages that nothing is fun. I don't like leveling anymore either. I don't like hybrids like spellswords/battlemages/nightblades/whatecer



I'm leaning towards a permanent one

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Seriously? You've spent thousands of hours lol

I see your Swedish, have you tried playing as an http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhBiNx749Zw?

I come up with good and sometimes crazy roleplays to keep it feeling new.
Next Friday I will have Skyrim 2 (Skyrim with immersion and RP mods).

I don't play the game anymore, just mod it. All the brilliant countless of mods out there are the only reason I have the game.

You must not know Mike too well.

Why the hell should you get stuck in Skyrim? Why do you feel that you should enjoy a game after 1500 hours in total of gameplay? Skyrim is great, but it is only a game, limited in its greatness, and I find quite normal your symptoms of boredom. I enjoyed this game for 700 hours and sometimes I still enter the game again but just for a brief ride, and then off again. Life goes on. There aren't new dlcs, the Skyrim developer team has passed to a new chapter of the Elder Scrolls (I hope!). Don't get stuck in a game that has given you much but that cannot give you everything.

Agreed. the "magic" has disappeared a long time ago for me, even back when the DLC was releasing i was kind of tired of it. i remember that Dawnguard was the only thing that brought me back into it. then after doing everything in Dawnguard i stopped playing again, then HF came out then and Dragonborn, etc.. today was the first time i've played in months but couldnt keep playing more than 1 hour. felt bored. i'm thinking of not playing for now for at least a year then perhaps getting back into it. then it might be fun again but im also afraid that if i do that i might not be able to get into it ever again.

One kewl way of taking a break could be to learn how to use the creation kit, and try your hand at making a mod, maybe by starting out by making a couple of fully detailed dungeons. Since you have a vast knowledge of Skyrim's ins&outs, you could probably design a very nice lore fitting one, or who knows...maybe you could be the author of the next mod, that blows Falskaar out of the water?

Quite possibily the funniest thing i have ever seen

Try mods. They add a whole new experience.

Then I would suggest a break and play something else.

For me my issue lies in the fact that nothing in Skyrim surprises me any more. There are no surprises involved in any of the quest or the world I explore. Very few things, but they are one time events that I'll never want to visit again.

Just take a break, no ones gonna judge you if you do. especially when the "magic" is gone thats when it would be wise to put it down and not bother forcing yourself. To me trying to roleplay as a means to keep things fresh is rather stupid because the game doesn't change what its lacking or what you're findng stale. to supplement your enjoyment is one thing, beyond that is just trying to hard.

if you find that when you go back to skyrim its still not as engaging then just put it down, 1100 hours is nothing to sneeze at.

The reason it's not as fun anymore is because you know what exactly goes on in the world; you know what's ahead of you in [insert dungeon here], or where random events generate, or where the next cave bear will pop up. After a while, there's no surprise, which takes away some fun unfortunately :\

Take a break and come back when some big mods are out .

It sounds like modding might be your best option. That, or take a long break from it. If you still like the game, you'll want to come back to it. If not.. then you've moved on, and I guess it's wait until ESO comes out or revisit one of the older Elder Scroll installments. Or, of course, go to another game(s) entirely.

Some folk have really put some time into the game. I suppose role playing does help, and I've done it myself, but even then one can only play this game for so long. 600 hours was plenty for me, and I treat Skyrim like any other game I play. I get bored, I stop playing. I get that feeling to play again, I play it again. Simple. You don't have to force yourself to play it as if it's some sort of job.

So play another game. You're not married to Skyrim (I hope).