Grave Gamer News & Views — the elder scrolls

Skyrim by Marcel Mercado

Skyrim by Tin Salamunic

Currently playing Skyrim.

Getting down to brass tacks, I was honestly far from a fan of Bethesda’s previous games.  There was one element or another ripping me right out of the immersion of their worlds from outing to outing.  Be it terrible character models, sluggish pacing, too heavy of a bent towards item management, or one voice actor serving as two hundred different NPCs, I could never bring myself to bear through the entirety of any one of the developer’s titles.

But motherfucking Skyrim…There’s something just shy of revelatory shimmering under this beast’s surface.  It’s a tight, addictive affair that finally has me immersed in one of my least favorite genres.  Every mechanic and concept that Bethesda has been trying to sell me on since Morrowind has been fine tuned sharply so as to make the whole of the experience leagues above 2011’s heavy contenders.

It doesn’t matter what walk of life you beat, friend.  Everyone can agree gleeful dragon murder is high art.

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NOW BACK TO SKYRIM

Most of the musical arrangements heard throughout The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim are actually newer renditions of pieces used in The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind.

Veteran video game composer Jeremy Soule provided music for both Morrowind and Skyrim as well as the fourth Elder Scrolls installment, Oblivion. His work on the series has earned him two award nominations for Outstanding Achievement in...