Posted on: September 30, 2022

Vermithrius

Games: 816 Reviews: 5

Almost 11 years later...

My wife / then girlfriend bought me this on day 1 release on Steam, it's why I have a Steam account. It was a slightly belated birthday present, and to date, between the original, the special edition and the anniversary edition, I've got over 1600 hrs I imagine invested into a game that is almost 11 years old. No matter how many times I have played it, with or without mods, it's always kept my attention. I can probably recite the spoken lines of the important NPCs and their quests by heart. I can feel Lydia's annoyance when she tells you "I am sworn to carry your burdens" before she even says it. The quests in the DLC to kill vampires, build your own home, and kill the First Dragonborn all still feel fun to me. That is what makes a game great, despite the "Look, now we can get it on X platform edition" re-release. And this is why I bought it myself on Gog, because now it's the "I finally own it myself" edition. Thank you for the early birthday present Gog, this is why I prefer you guys vs. other platforms.

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Posted on: September 30, 2022

jjstraka34

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Games: 1948 Reviews: 22

Timeless

The major criticism of Skyrim is that it is "dumbed down". I suppose this was the same criticism Oblivion received after Morrowind, and that Morrowind received after Daggerfall. I suppose this is true in a technical sense. But this game can't be boiled down to the relatively mundane skill-trees and attribute choices. Those are only a small part of a great RPG. Like an Elder Scrolls games, the goal is to give you a massive canvas to live your own fantasy life. This has been true since Arena, and Skyrim does not deviate from this. Join guilds, chop wood, cook, marry, adopt children, live as a vampire or werewolf, complete every quest or murder every NPC you can find. All set to Jeremy Soule's timeless soundtrack, hitting it out of the park for the third time in a row. Skyrim can often be seen as a running joke. The memes, the jank, the way the radiant AI causes NPCs to act. But this is also all part of the reason it still resonates after all these years, we most people reading this review are buying it for the 4th or 5th time (and hopefully the last). There is something about The Elder Scrolls that scratches an itch nothing else can really replicate. The reason they keep selling new versions of Skyrim is because people are drawn to it like few games that have ever been released. And now it's on GOG. Enjoy sinking another 200 hours of your life into it again, everyone.

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Posted on: October 1, 2022

RTH_Retribution

Verified owner

Games: 51 Reviews: 1

Well another platform, another purchase.

Yes its Skyrim, Yes its drm free and finally....its mine literally own skyrim on every platform its been released on and im glad to buy it again, well im off to 100% the achievements.

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Posted on: October 2, 2022

houseofdexter

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Games: 392 Reviews: 5

Mods are a big deal for Skyrim

All the talk about no v1.5.97 on Gog...duh...this is not v1.5.97 it's a DRM free version. Anything that is inserting a dll is broken until the mod creator upgrades their mod, i.e. using SKSE64. They can't rollback to 1.5.97...because that version has DRM and is linked to Steam, so calm down until the Mod developers have upgraded.

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Posted on: September 29, 2022

ftaf

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Games: 532 Reviews: 18

ITS HEEEERRRREEEE!!!!!!!! :D

To say that I'm ecstatic to see skyrim on GOG is an understatement. I didn't think it would happen but it did. To all at GOG I am truly grateful that you guys made this possible thank you all so much. (I still can't believe it)

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