Preview: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Release Date: November 22, 2011

As you may have heard, a new Elder Scrolls game is in the making. It was teased about 2 months ago during the VGA's and left an anticipating impression for Elder Scroll fans everywhere. Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is Bethesda's next top game soon to be released. Bethesda is also responsible for many other notorious games such as Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, and the Elder Scrolls series. They are also behind the production of the soon to be released game, Brink, which seems to have a different style. But we are here talk Skyrim.

Bethesda released a newer trailer recently with actual in-game footage and it sure does look like a beautifully developed game. It had enhanced visual texture, smooth scenery, and dragons, which seems the main plot of the story will revolve around. The game will deliver top of the line graphics  in comparison to it's latter, Oblivion. With compared screen shots of both games, it is obvious that Skyrim is it's predecessor, making Oblivion's graphics look more battered and ugly. Oblivion was still a great game and should definitely be experienced more by casual gamers. These types of games (Fallout 3 and Oblivion) are made impressionable with their fun role playing options within the storyline and vast glorious open worlds which make for long lasting time consuming fun.


Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is set to be 200 years after the events of Oblivion and it set in the land of Skyrim. The province has erupted into a civil war after the assassination of it's king. Sound familiar? Within the chaos, the God Alduin takes form off a dragon with a provoking want to destroy the world. The game's protagonist and hero happens to be the last Dovahkiin (Dragonborn) with the intent to fend of the dragon Alduin and save civilization.

The game has previewed many new foes, with more to be revealed. This should make for a more challenging game. Oblivion seemed to have enough folklore, to see what Skyrim has to offer seems to be worth the wait. New in game functions will be introduced, for example, cooking and the making of your own weapons. The game mechanics are assured to be a lot smoother and should make you feel more versatile.

The more I hear of this game, the higher my blood pressure rises. We still have a long wait for the game will not be released until later this year. Until then, warm up your Oblivion discs and get lost in time in Tamriel.