Sry if there's been a thread like this before; if there has I don't know it. So of all the many games out there why did you choose this one to play now?

Myself - I know I am a late comer but I'm actually an mmorpg'er. Since Bethesda is coming out with a game in my genre I started hanging out on the forums with the geeks and trolls there. But there were times I couldn't understand what people were saying. I played Oblivion shortly. I payed no attention to the lore. I was irritated at the lack of control over my char's personal life and the deadness of the npc's (and some other minor things) so I quit. Instead I played TS2 (Sims) where I could see a real personality in the npc's facial expressions and variety of reactions to my player character. But I really belong in mmo's griping on forums how the trinity should die and take pvp with it. So I'm playing Skyrim to learn the lore this time. You?

The choice was simple for me: I chose to play Skyrim because these are the only games I have any interest in playing. No other games gives me the freedom to do what I want, when I want, how I want. And these games' ability to be thoroughly modded is unmatched by any other game out there.

No other games come close to Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim in my affections. There just isn't any other games like these out there. As I have said many times over the years, "You don't play an Elder Scrolls game, you live it."

I pre-ordered Skyrim (as I did with Morrowind and Oblivion) without a moment's hesitation. I will do the same when TES VI is available to be pre-ordered. For me, there simply are no other games worth taking seriously.

Because I played Oblivion and before that Morrowind and before that Daggerfall and before that Arena/Redguard (although I did not get into those last two that much)

Probably because I've enjoyed fantasy my entire life. I played D&D first edition as a youngster, Wizardy on the computer.....things like that. My son played Oblivion and loved it, but I never gave it a try. I didn't really pay attention enough to realize what it was. Then he got Skyrim for the X-Box soon after release and played it and played it and played it. Once again, I didn't really pay attention at first.

Finally, I gave Skyrim a try. I think I got frustrated early on when my original character became a vampire. I had no idea where to look for anything and was just lost with people attacking me on sight. I put it down and didn't mess with it again for months. Maybe even a year.

Then something happened where my son brought the game up in discussion. He knows my love of fantasy as there has been LOTR, Dragonlance and Drizt items throughout my house all of his life. I told him about my run-in with this vampire business and he gave me a suggestion to use a previous save and then he'd show me how to cure myself. I was still overwhelmed with the size of the game so he sat with me through a few sessions teaching me how to operate in the game. From there, I didn't look back. I did take a long break this year, having put it down in March and only picking it up again within the last month. I believe part of my problem at first was that I didn't appreciate the wide open game that it is and always felt like it was taking me forever to do anything or get anywhere. Now I see that as part of the fun and enjoyment of the game as opposed to a negative. I was trained to think there is a clock ticking in a game. There is a timelimit to be beaten. Obviously, not so in Skyrim.

I play it because this type of stuff suits my fancy. I play it because it can be what I want it to be, either rushing headlong into a fight or chilling at the house bending metal, hunting game or simply hanging out in a pub. I play it because there is only one idiot and that's the guy holding the controller.

I had heard good things about it and decided to check it out. Hadn't been interested in TES before that, had only one abortive attempt at Oblivion, but I grew fond of the series and now I've played all the titles of the main series.

Skyrim was worth the money and especially with the mods. I'd rate the base game at 8.9/10 and 9/10 with DLC which in many ways addressed problems in vanilla, although they were restricted to their own content it shows that Beth did take attention to things the fanbase was complaining about. Horse combat was a nice addition as well in 1.5.

Because I liked Oblivion so much I had to play the sequel.

I wanted to play a fantasy game, and got something much, much better.

I hated RPGs and My "friends" where always talking about Skyrim (before it came out) and I said it sounds crap (it was just RPG hate with no reason to why I said it sounds crap). They told me to watch a youtube video of Skyrim. I was amazed. Skyrim looked beautiful. I then decided to pre-order it and give it a chance. Best ￡45.00 I ever spent. If it wasn't for my "friends" I would never have played Skyrim or joined the forums.

now I don't have those friends....

Atleast I have Skyrim. precious precious Skyrim.

I love fantasy and I love RPGs.

I love TES. I've played all of them since Arena's release day.

And I buy every RPG/Adventure game created by Bethesda. They are pretty much "can't miss" for me.

I was drunk and bored and saw Skyrim installed on my PC, so i tried it.

because its tes. plain and simple. that and its the home of the nords, my favorite race.

I played Oblivion and was blown away. I had never experienced anything like that in a video game before. I remember telling a friend about it at the time, "There are plants everywhere that I can use! It's overwhelming!!"

I have never been overwhelmed by a video game, with the single exception of Oblivion.

Skyrim was a no-brainer. I couldn't wait. 11-11-11 was the date I started playing.

Been playing fantasy RPGs since 1979 and TES is my favourite fantasy CRPG series.

I'm basically in the same boat as this guy. I played a little bit of Morrowind when it first came out on the Xbox, but never really got into it because I was young and into action games. But then when Oblivion came out I played that for thousands of hours. Literally. I could only hype like crazy for Skyrim, as The Elder Scrolls series quickly turned into my absolute favourite game series. I love it because of the amazing lore and creativity. It just fits the description of my "perfect fantasy world".

Loved the genre and was familer with the series having friends who played Oblivion. I had picked up Oblivion but found Dragon Age more entertaining. But I followed Skyrim's development and pre-ordered it. Best game I ever bought.

Couple of reasons really, was hoping it was heading back towards the style of Morrowind. That didn't happen although when first playing Skyrim it did seem to feel a bit more like Morrowind then Oblivion. Maybe that was wishful thinking.

Another reason there aren't that many games of this type with large open worlds and a mod tool.

Bought a basic PC at Wal-Mart, bought a few Games at the same time, Arcanum (well recommended) and Morrowind (New Release). The Arcanum CD became damaged when the bearing on the CD Drive went bad, Oblivion was a New Release. Bought a Computer specificly for Oblivion. I did not have reliable Internet until late 2008, and discovered User made Content for Morrowind. I found out these "Mods" were available for Oblivion too. A Mod I was interested in died when Skyrim was chosen to be the site of the next TES Game, the Mod added Skyrim to Tamriel.

I was logged on when the "Skyrim" Thread was added, but I did not purchase the Game until 11-11-11.

Because why not?

Honestly, it's because of Dragon Age: Origins. I played that a couple times and after that, I wanted something new, yet similar. I heard Dragon Age 2 svcked all around, so I decided to look elsewhere and came across Skyrim. After playing Skyrim for a while, I realized it and DA:O aren't as similar as I had thought before, but loved it anyway. Both are great games for different reasons.

Because Skyrim's freakin awesome.

That, and my wife was getting tired of hearing me yell at the TV everytime I died playing COD. She knew I like RPG's, I come home from work one day and there it is waiting for me on the kitchen table. Now thats a good woman.

The freedom of these games(elder scrolls) is what appeals to me the most. Morrowind completely blew my mind when I picked it up on PC shortly after its release. There were literally so many things to do/explore that I had trouble even figuring out where to begin. Due to a WoW addiction I never bothered getting Oblivion, but grabbed Skyrim right after release.

I, too, have trouble getting into other games. I will probably buy oblivion before I buy grand theft auto V for instance. Then again after hundreds of hours, I'm still not done with Skyrim(or even really with Morrowind!)

I had always liked fantasy RPGs, so when I heard about a first-person RPG, I thought I had to try it out. That was Morrowind, and I haven't stopped playing TES since.

I love the world/lore that Bethesda has created for us, it's rich, somewhat familiar (elves, humans, magic, swords etc), yet different enough not to be cliched. I love the visuals and atmosphere of the TES games. And I love how, given all this, it's the player that ultimately owns his/her own world. I haven't found anything else that even comes close.

I'm a filthy casual and Skyrim just appealed to me.

I'm glad I picked it up.

My husband started me on video games, well as an advlt anyway, I did play pong and a couple Atari games growing up. I've been a fantasy & sy/fi junkie since I first read "The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe" in 4th grade ( book worm). My Husaband plays FPS's for the most part, but When he bought AC2 he needed help with the "Painting puzzles", art history or history in general came to the rescue, I loved that part of the game. I helped with the "races", I was better at them, quicker reflexes I guess. When he got RDR, I kinda fell in love with the openness of the game.

My Husband said I should get my own game and the guy at Game stop suggested Fable II, which I got and played then he suggested Oblivion, which I really loved. I've tried other games, but I always went back to Oblivion...now Skyrim. I bought Morrowind and have played that. I haven't looked back since.

Skyrim is just about perfect for me, I had it pre-ordered, picked it up 11-11-11, but refused to wait in line at mid-nite.

Because through TES Oblivion, the series opened my eyes too & made me fall in love with RPG's,

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