Friday, December 9, 2016





Witcher 3 and the Elder Scrolls:Skyrim 5 are considered some of the best rpgs ever made,the magnificent,deep and interesting storylines of Witcher 3 and the creative freedom of Skyrim are only 1 of the many interesting things to do in these games.Both of them are full with interesting things to do that can last you for hundred of hours and keep you entertained for a vastly long time.

But Which one is the best?Which one gives you more content and fun for the money you give?Lets find out.

Lets start with Skyrim:It was the first of the two games above that I played and it holds a special place in my heart.While the storyline is really not that great and the civil war quests leave a lot to be desired with repetive "capture the castle quests" they are interesting enough to keep you going and they do shine out in some moments like sovenguard or the throat of the world.

What really makes Skyrim great is the wealth of content ang diversity of gamestyles,you can play as an assasin,a mage,a knight,a bowman,or a hybrid of some of the above,a VAST collection of swords,axes,maces etc and magic spells along with intersting enchantments and powers allow you to play the game multiple times with a different playstyle each time preventing you from getting bored,the leveling system (perks) is excellent in my opinion and can help you create vastly different playstyles by investing in different skill trees though admitedly some of the skill trees are kinda useless.

The multitudes of  quests,treasure hunts and dungeons can and will keep you occupied for dozens of hours finding helmets for old soldiers,helping a speaking dog reconcile with his master or just venture into the mind of a delusional madman and fix his brain while being threatened and laughed at from a certain mad god,oh and dont forget stanley the talking grapefruit and the CHEESE!


Shegorath the Daedric prince of Madness.

A word wall in Skyrim.
Of course no one must forget the dragons,they will appear literally out of the blue and attack a city,a caravan or the poor skeever that passed
by,your job as the dragonborn is to slay them (something quite easy unfortantely once you get the proper equipment and shouts),if you slay them you will devour the dragon soul which you can use to unlock a word from a shout, very powerfull (most of the time) magic words you find in dungeons and caves.You cant spam them as they have a timer bewteen uses.Each shout is composed of three words,each word you unlock makes the shout more powerfull,you can use one,two or all three words each time you "shout" giving the shout new abilities and making it more powerfull.

The TES:Skyrim DLCs should also be mentioned,dawnguard gives you an interesting storyline where you fight or ally with vampires to find a mythical weapon called the bow of Auriel,you and Serana a vampire you wake up from hibernation will find all three elder scrolls needed to reveal the location of the Bow,in the end it does not matter if you became a vampire or not,you will end up killing Serana's mad father Harkon and save the world (and the sun).
This in my opinion excellent DLC also introduces 2 new skill trees for werewolves and vampires and the ability to transform into a vampire lord provided you are a vampire,new spells,abilities and weapons-armor are also introduced into this relatively cheap for what it offers DLC.

Castle Dawnguard the vampire fortress where Harkon resides.
The second and last addition to TES 5:Skyrim was the DLC called Dragonborn,it introduces a new map area centered on the island of Solstheim which has a landscape vastly different from the snowy toundras of Skyrim,the island is mostly covered in ash because of the eruption of the nearby volcano on morrowind,players who have played TES 3:Morrowind will reconginize the landscape from that game,overall the map is very intersting with all new enemies,flora and animals.
The Storyline of Dragonborn is very intersting and pits you the last dragonborn against the First dragonborn Miraak who has sold himself to the daedric price of knowledge Hermaus Mora,your job is to stop him from taking over the minds of the citizens of Solstheim and prevent him from rebuilding his temple which will allow him to return to the mortal plain.Overall the story is satisfactory and it travels you from the ash ridden land of Solstheim to the realm of the Apocrypha,the daedric plane oh Hermaus Mora.

THe dragonborn DLC also gives you an astounding wealth of content with all new armors,weapons,magic,shouts and the ability to ride a dragon though it is pretty lacklaster,overall the Dragonborn DLC is worth every penny of its price and adds a lot to a already full game.
Miraak the first Dragonborn

Unfortanetly every game including Skyrim has some negatives as well,though TES 5 is a great game if we are to be fair we must mention them.

In my opinion the main fault with Skyrim is the voice acting,though it is very well done the voice actors are limited to a generic nord,a generic orc,a generic imperial,a generic elf and that goddamn awful guard voice that is shared by every guard in the whole of Skyrim.Other complaints could be said about the buggy release of the game (everyone remembers the Helgen gates that never opened and let you crash into them for eternity) and the lucklaster combat system that is composed of only swinging your sword right and left without any finesse and these heavy attacks that look like the character is swinging a train rail left and right though the very diverse nature of Skyrim fights with magic,shouts,bows and other weapons makes up for this negative,though many players might be okay with what i am going to say the Skyrim swords look like paddles with very few beutiful weapons (the imperial sword is the worst).