Why isn't Skyrim immensely popular? : V - Skyrim

» Sat Oct 15, 2011 6:36 pm

I am glad that kids (like CoD lot) don't come down to these forums or even play my beloved TES!

Generally older people play this lovely RPG... well I am not really old but I do posses one thing that generic CoD/FPS/Generic Mainsteam Title players don't have.

Can you guess?

It's a brain. :teehee:

» Sat Oct 15, 2011 3:46 pm

Because you can't blow someones head off with a sweet gun from an epic distance. No but seriously, I prefer the low-key approach ES games take to advertising. I don't want to see Nord warriors slaying dragons on the side of Mountain Dew bottles...

'OMG the moar duritos i ete the moar dubl xp i can geht!"

» Sat Oct 15, 2011 1:07 pm

We have a Skyrim club at my school, so yea it's pretty popular where I am :rofl:

» Sat Oct 15, 2011 11:12 pm

Skyrim is the main thing people talk about at my school... huge party is going to happen at the 3 gamestops in my city for the midnight premiere... this game will be huge... and the game of all time...

» Sat Oct 15, 2011 9:27 am

(cliche comment whining about CoD and similar popular FPS titles, bash fanbase, tout superiority of (insert own fandom))

» Sat Oct 15, 2011 4:23 pm

it's pretty big here in ireland.

» Sat Oct 15, 2011 12:48 pm

'OMG the moar duritos i ete the moar dubl xp i can geht!"

:facepalm: (Not at you. At that absurd promotion.)

» Sat Oct 15, 2011 11:24 am

I live on a ranch in Montana, near glacier national park (which, btw, is the real life Skyrim of the lower 48), and I don't know ANYONE who games.

Sneaking up to my room and searching the forums for juicy new info is a guilty pleasure. We aren't allowed a TV or consoles or anything here, but i have my ways

muahahaha!!!

ALDUIN WILL TREMBLE BEFORE ME!

» Sat Oct 15, 2011 11:08 am

To the question of OP:

Because is not multiplayer;

Because don't have a soccer ball;

Because don't have modern firearms.

THIS explains everything

How unfortunate.

» Sat Oct 15, 2011 2:56 pm

Game Informer did a survay after E3 of 5000 some gamers and skyrim ranked as the No.1 most anticipated game.

Every one on my xbl friends list cant wait for 11-11-11 to roll around.

» Sat Oct 15, 2011 10:49 am

Xbox Live Rating:
TES 5: Skyrim..#1
COD MW3.......#83

Impressive, yet MW3 still has more pre-orders

» Sat Oct 15, 2011 7:12 pm

idk for some reason most people like garbage games like halo or call of duty. They arnt interested in in depth gameplay, only mindless shooting.

» Sat Oct 15, 2011 1:51 pm

I am glad that kids (like CoD lot) don't come down to these forums or even play my beloved TES!

Generally older people play this lovely RPG... well I am not really old but I do posses one thing that generic CoD/FPS/Generic Mainsteam Title players don't have.

Can you guess?

It's a brain. :teehee:

Hate to break it you but Im a kid that likes CoD....

» Sat Oct 15, 2011 2:37 pm

Know one knows what Skyrim is here, they all focus on Halo and COD.
Heck is remember once when I went to buy Shin Megami Tensie Strange Journey, the clerk was trying to force me to preorder that new Halo game, The remake one.

» Sat Oct 15, 2011 7:38 pm

Know one knows what Skyrim is here, they all focus on Halo and COD.
Heck is remember once when I went to buy Shin Megami Tensie Strange Journey, the clerk was trying to force me to preorder that new Halo game, The remake one.

:facepalm:

I have this at my local gaming stores too, always about pre-orders and offers on releases I have no real care about. I remember the first time I asked about pre-ordering Skyrim at the store, the guy behind the desk had to ask me twice because he has never heard of elder scrolls. :cry:

:tes: All the way.

» Sat Oct 15, 2011 4:33 pm

OP seems to be confused.

Skyrim is immensely popular.

» Sat Oct 15, 2011 1:09 pm

There are many levels of gamers, with many levels of taste.

Elder Scrolls fans have are the best players with the best tastes.

Seriously, though. A lot of people aren't patient enough with RPGs, or view them as "nerdy" games. They're missing out. Just tell them to go watch the 20 minutes of footage all over youtube, and leave it at that.

» Sat Oct 15, 2011 11:20 am

"MMMMAAAAAAAN Beth, nect elder scrols gam u mus put ak-47 and rocketlonchers!)

As any decent RPG game player, I must ask one thing - What?

It's not very popular down where I used to live, except in my little gamers' circle. All my friends are currently nerding out about Skyrim.
Up here in Chicago though, most gamers I've talked to have no clue what TES is. Single player games aren't all the rage in nowadays gaming industry, as that belongs to FPS and Multiplayer games - CoD, BF, MMOs, etc. Plus Skyrim hasn't had a lot of hype hit places outside these forums (from what I've seen). I drive down my street and see billboards with massive Batman figures on them, or stuff about BF3, but never Skyrim. :sadvaultboy:

» Sat Oct 15, 2011 5:25 pm

As any decent RPG game player, I must ask one thing - What?

It's not very popular down where I used to live, except in my little gamers' circle. All my friends are currently nerding out about Skyrim.
Up here in Chicago though, most gamers I've talked to have no clue what TES is. Single player games aren't all the rage in nowadays gaming industry, as that belongs to FPS and Multiplayer games - CoD, BF, MMOs, etc. Plus Skyrim hasn't had a lot of hype hit places outside these forums (from what I've seen). I drive down my street and see billboards with massive Batman figures on them, or stuff about BF3, but never Skyrim. :sadvaultboy:

Yeah it seems the same where I am. The best way I think we can amend this is try and convince people to get this game or take a look at it. I've managed to convince just about all my gaming friends to get this game. Long live our overlord Todd!!!!

» Sat Oct 15, 2011 2:20 pm

Its quite simple, Kids like guns, find out about cod, beg they're mother to buy it for them, they get brainwashed, and I'm glad Skyrim isn't as popular, could you Imagine all of the CoD kids on these forums?

"MMMMAAAAAAAN Beth, nect elder scrols gam u mus put ak-47 and rocketlonchers!)

*shudders in revulsion*

» Sat Oct 15, 2011 10:11 pm

Edit: Double post

» Sat Oct 15, 2011 8:22 pm

I honestly think it's too popular

» Sat Oct 15, 2011 4:00 pm

Yeah it seems the same where I am. The best way I think we can amend this is try and convince people to get this game or take a look at it. I've managed to convince just about all my gaming friends to get this game. Long live our overlord Todd!!!!

I actually managed to convince a friend on the west coast US to cancel his MW3 pre-order in favour of one for Skyrim.
One more converted! Another soul to be sacrificed beneath Todd's glory!
Hallelujah! :intergalactic:

» Sun Oct 16, 2011 12:27 am

I actually managed to convince a friend on the west coast US to cancel his MW3 pre-order in favour of one for Skyrim.
One more converted! Another soul to be sacrificed beneath Todd's glory!
Hallelujah! :intergalactic:

Do you think Todd would be offended if we started a cult to worship him? O_O

And great job on the cancel order convincer. The less money these big game companys that just spew out generic rubbish get, the better.

» Sat Oct 15, 2011 3:18 pm

Its quite simple, Kids like guns, find out about cod, beg they're mother to buy it for them, they get brainwashed, and I'm glad Skyrim isn't as popular, could you Imagine all of the CoD kids on these forums?

"MMMMAAAAAAAN Beth, nect elder scrols gam u mus put ak-47 and rocketlonchers!)

I'm sure Bethesda would be happy financiary wise to have all the COD fans buy TES, but don't jinx us with such toughts ! :toughninja: