Comment on Skyrim teaches a Lemmy user about fascist propaganda
Earflap@reddthat.com 1 week ago
Did Skyrim age well? I sort of want to play it but don’t really enjoy clunky older games. I think I would have liked it if I played it when it came out, but I did not.
Its really hard to tell how much of the hype is just childhood nostalgia.
I’d say it holds up extremely well, especially with mods, but your enjoyment will depend on what you look for in a game.
The sandbox and exploration elements are the best part of the game IMO, but if you don’t care about that kind of thing, you might not like it.
What other games would you describe as “clunky older games”?
The OG SW:KOTOR RPG. One of my friends raves about it but I couldn’t get used to the controls.
I did like The Witcher 2, for reference.
KotOR’s control scheme is definitely weird. It’s a turn based game but the turns are obfuscated to appear like real time. On top of that, it’s in an engine intended for top-down isometric mouse-driven gameplay but it’s been kludged into an over-the-shoulder console game, then that control scheme was kludged back to mouse-driven for the PC port. It felt real good on the original Xbox way back in 2003, but if I hadn’t played it back then I would probably have some difficulty with it now.
The writing is shockingly good, though, especially for 2003. It was the best thing in the expanded universe for a good while.
TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Skyrim is timeless when you include modding