We are less than six months away from the release of TES V: Skyrim and seeing as the forums are being filled with every bit of information available and questions to the tiny bits of details, I was thinking:
"Wow, all this enthusiasm, we gotta do something with it".

NOTE: I couldn't find a thread like this, so hopefully it could stay opened

This is not a thank you thread or what is essence of Skyrim or TES. This is about YOU and Skyrim, and possibly what past TES games meant to you.
I think it's important for the devs to see this so they get a better picture of what their game is actually to us all. After all, it can't be JUST a game to you if everyone's so excited about it and cuts it to the tiniest bits every single day with the most dedicated forum members I (personally, ofcourse) have ever seen in a forum so far.

So, I'll start by saying what Skyrim is to me:



So, yeah. Write down what Skyrim is for you, and try to not include negative espects, if you must you must, but I don't want any flame war going on around this thread.

Looking forward escaping and losing myself in hundreds of hours of game time

I've waited for the elder scrolls V.
You're the protagonist - experiencing the dark medival age with magic and ancient lore.
A colourful setting with dark plots and twists with all the good challenges involved.
Meanwhile I am following A game of Thrones - a new serie, and to be part in a similar world like Cyrodiil is, of course, great!

Game of Thrones is great It actually reminds me of Skyrim a lot! I love the brutal, cold feeling it has, as it's about the same in Skyrim

You do know the actor is the guy that voiced martin, right? (Sean Bean)

They should hire sir Christopher Lee to add some deep voice acting in Skyrim, but it might be too expensive.

Skyrim is for me a great way to enjoy some role-playing. I really like creating roles and sticking to them, not like acting where you follow a script but like playing a game of tabletop D&D where you spin up what your character is every single moment. Skyrim is always a way for me to have fun and forget everything else. I′ve had moments in Morrowind and Oblivion (and now recently even in Fallout 3) where I just get so involved and svcked into the atmosphere that I don′t notice anything around me. I woke up at 12:00 Greenwich time and started to play Fallout 3, 4 and a half hour later at 16:30 I noticed my stomach growling and checked my clock and thought to myself "has it really been 4 and a half hour O.o...".

Immersion at its finest.

In a word, Immersion. Like many good things though too much of it is bad. I really have to juggle ES and RL with these games more than any other.

Skyrim will be an escape from reality for me. We all need one sometimes. Some choose books and movies. I choose Skyrim. I could think of no better place to escape reality from than the vast mountains and forests of Skyrim

As weird as it sounds, TES-games have also made me realize how beautiful our own world can be. When I rushed among the lush forests and rolling hills of Cyrodiil, I couldn't ignore its beauty. When I modded Morrowind as well, I came to realize how hard it is to make things look great and right. Now when I look at the nature around my town, I look with a totally different perspective. In other words, TES-games have made me not to take things for granted, such as the beauty of nature.

That's pretty cool - I bet that would make some developer/artist/programmer's day. What a compliment!

Truly ES has come a long way You're absolutely right, and I know what you mean by that. I have had my share of looking around and saying to myself "Damn, it's all so beautiful."

Well said Thumbs up

Well said. I understand and appreciate that completely.

Have the male voices of the imperials done by Brad Pitt and Orlando Bloom.

And those are just the small time actors compared to the others they'll have.

I think you're exaggerating xD

I'm gonna keep this short and sweet.

I play either Morrowind or Oblivion every day. I love them. Simple as that.

What I see myself doing in Skyrim...

? Skill trees and perks will allow me to create diverse and interesting characters.
? I'm going to treat each character like a real person, living in Skyrim.
? If I get caught stealing or murdering, I'm going to jail. I won't reload and try again.

I have a feeling that Skyrim will mean a lot to me.

Game of Thrones is amazing. Saw it mentioned in the earlier posts and I had to comment.

What TES is to me is one of the most enjoyable, and most productivity-leeching, experiences I've ever had. Since its release I haven't been able to go 6 months without feeling that itch and becoming obsessed with Oblivion once more. A sequel had been the recurring hopeful topic between myself and my friends for years before it was released. I have more playthroughs and playtime spent in Oblivion than any other game.

Anybody else bout [censored] themselves when that kid got thrown out of the window, should have stopped climbing like his mom told him..... :shakehead:

And TES is largely an escape for me. In a world where so little adventure is to be had at my age, it provides me with a way to go out and make my own mistakes, learn my own lessons, and just be free in general.

SEAN CONNERY FOR THE NORDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! XD

Seriously, his voice is so amazing it just make me want to cry.

not likely, he will be traveling to new zealand soon, christopher lee will be saruman again in peter jacksons film, the hobbit :rock:

you know they are pretty loaded.

With Morrowind, I for the first time found a mental escape that truly connected with me. I spent a majority of my Middle School days either playing it, or drawing Dunmer on my math class notes. :deal:
With Oblivion, I was able to once again be able to escape the mundane and delve into the land of Tamriel. I spent a majority of my High School days raiding dungeons, and embracing vampirism. :drool:
More recently, with Daggerfall, I was able to go back in time, and explore a innovative game and story of the past. :read:
Hopefully, with Skyrim, I will find my way back home again, and let myself go within this world Bethesda has created for us. I will try my best not to let my college classes suffer, but no promises! :tes:

My last hope for a great game this year, played a few games the last months but all are to short, without the freedom what a TES game offers and the time you can spend with a game like this. Gaming Industry failed me a lot over last years, all gets to easy i usually get no freedom of choice where can i go and i have to do the same stupid things all over the time and i get bored after 1-2 hours playtime till i deinstall the game. Maybe I am just getting to old, i am just a polygon person in a game which collects all stuff whats available to me and just finishing the main story feels more like work as fun to me. Nothing really new and interesting will be developed by gaming companies for singleplayer games these days they only make games more console like and assume the people have the intelligence of a peanut and hand over their money. (and the worst thing is it works) :brokencomputer: And i see no end to this in future except TES games.

Skyrim is my last hope to break this endless circle of boring singleplayer games with no immersion to jump into and get lost in it for some weeks.

To me, Skyrim will be the one video game this year that really matters. I'll remember the feelings of being humbled when I start the game, and that one great moment when you take your first step into freedom. That first glimpse of the world is always the most striking to me, and that was one of my favorite moments of both Morrowind and Oblivion. That feeling that I have an entire world to explore, that I've only seen in a handful of games. I'll let go and become a part of that world. I'll experience those gentle mornings and sacred nights were I can gaze across the landscape and hear the gentle music, Imagining the friends and foes that await me beyond. I'll feel the joy of becoming familiar with the land, learning new skills, and meeting the locals. They'll be memorable faces, some that I respect, like Caius Cosades and Martin Septim, some that are invoke fear, like Mehrunes Dagon and Dagoth Ur, some that will bring a smile to my face, like that yellow-haired Bosmer we love to hate. They're will be things that we'll all joke about in the future, be it mudcrabs or cliffracers. They'll be things that might upset us, but nothing in this world is perfect. Most of all, it will be the game that helps restore my faith in modern entertainment. I'll remember that their are people who really care about the memorable experience they bring to us. Skyrim, like its predecessors, will be a game I'll remember when I'm a bitter old man. :touched:

the op said it in probably the best way. to feel like a kid again. with working, resposibility, family, and all the dire news of the world its nice to feel the excitement of a new world, (mod in ob), new shiny things and general hodgpodgery that comes with running around and doing whatever you want to in a different land.

i started tes with morrowind in the tenth grade when it came out. my little brothers buddy brought over his xbox and all of his games, i had thouroly exausted my library so i grabed a game that they werent playing and snuck up to my room, when i turned it on and started playing i remember thinking ok wtf theres no levels my map is all dark what the heck am i supposed to do so i started clicking on everything i could find.

i think the wow moment for me was when i decided im going to find this balamora place and see what its all about thats when i realised ok this isnt your normal video game, this is something special.

Come on people! Don't be shy, I want this thread to have as many replies as possible, so if a dev sees it, they'll see how Skyrim affects so many people.

I'm at work now. On the clock. I'm supposed to be working right now. Get the picture?