So I've recently undertaken Skyrim.... It's my first Elder Scrolls title, yup first one I've ever played! Can you believe it?

Now I've played a fair few RPG's in my time Witcher, 2, Dark Souls, Fable Titles, even Fallout to name a few recently.

But having already applied 3 hours of game time to Skyrim I haven't even reached my first way point! This game is vast so very very vast!. I was just wondering how much It takes of you're life really? I don't have much time to spend playing games but Skyrim is simply incredible! Is it really worth the amount of time I'm going to spend in this world?

I don't wanna miss out on all the other great titles coming this year is Skyrim something you can drop in and out of?

Cheers for you're opinions

Xbenblasterx

haha, I know what you mean... Elder Scrolls games can be overwhelming to players new to the series..

I personally take breaks from Skyrim quite often, be it to (re)play another game, read a book, catch up on any TV or anime series I have fallen behind on, or just when we are having a crisis at work (in which case Im to tired to game when I get home)...

So yeah, I think Skyrim is definitely something you can drop in and out of, as long as you remember what your character was trying to do last time you played



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How much of my life have these games taken? I have spent about 7,000 hours in Morrowind, about 4,000 hours in Oblivion and about 2,000 hours in Skyrim. And that doesn't count the thousands of hours I've spent writing posts in these forums.

I can't speak for anyone else, but it is well worth the time to me. The Elder Scrolls games are like second homes to me. But you can stop and come back any time you wish. I do it all the time. The game will still be there when you come back.

It will svck your life out. You'll lose your social life probably.

Thankfully, I'm playing GTA V right now. I don't think I'll be back into Skyrim until next year maybe.

It's practically another life.

This game is measured in 100's of hours, even for one play through. The nice thing is, each quest or quest stage takes from less than an hour to a couple of hours, depending on how you do things. So, you can play the game in chunks.

Or, you can get a comfortable chair and play 10 to 12 hours at a stretch and wonder where the time went.

There are auto-saves (typically on entering/exiting an area), but there aren't any 'waypoints', so make sure you're saving so you don't lose your progress if something happens.

And yes, you can lose hours and hours and hours in Skyrim (I'm at just over 1200 myself). It depends on how you like to play though. If you rush from quest objective to quest objective, you lose a lot of the game, IMO. A lot of the fun is in wandering around, finding random locations, talking to NPCs, experiencing the random encounters, etc. There's a lot of opportunity for role-play in the game; be anything you want. You don't have to do everything with one character, either.

This is my first Elder Scrolls game, too. I can't believe how much fun it is - I haven't played a sword/sorcery game since AD&D in high school (the 1980s). For a little while, I was playing more than 40 hours a week while also working a full-time job. There was very little time for anything else.

Fortunately, things are now more balanced - I'm probably down to 20 or 25 hours a week on Skyrim.

Skyrim isn't a job. It's an adventure! (sorry Navy for ripping off your slogan!)

My first Elders Scroll title too. you'll get lost in it, i did. I even find my self looking up the lore when im bored just because theres so much background and mysteries in the elder scrolls.

and like someone already said, dont try to do everything in one character. i finally got around to making a character to simply play through the story mode and do little else.I think the real fun comes into the game once you start roleplaying a character, i've started my first serious roleplay and its way more fun than simply playing the game. (in my opinion)

A job? No. But you can easily get carried away and play for hours and hours, which will become a problem in the long run.

I'd say so. I played it nonstop for about a month after getting it, but after the initial frantic playing, I can limit myself to a few hours a week and do other stuff the rest of the time.