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0:02As a 30-year-old gamer, you'd think
0:03Skyrim would have been a game I tried
0:05when it came out in 2011. It was prime
0:08gaming years. I was 16 years old with no
0:10job, no girlfriend, no self-confidence.
0:13How did I not play
0:15Skyrim? Oh, I know why. I was too busy
0:18playing Halo Reach, World of Warcraft,
0:20and sweating on League of Legends. The
0:22reason why I haven't played Skyrim is
0:24because I'm purely a competitive gamer.
0:27And for 14 years since then, that has
0:29stayed mostly true. But times are
0:31changing. I have a kid on the way, and
0:34competitive gaming is not a great way to
0:36blow off steam after a full day of poop
0:38and vomit everywhere. So Skyrim will be
0:41my first openw world RPG. But I want to
0:44do this right. I want to play with zero
0:47expectations. No guides, no how-tos, no
0:51knowledge from other people. I want to
0:52keep the music and ambience levels
0:54cranked to the max.
0:58This game is nostalgic for so many. So,
1:01how cool would it be if I was able to
1:02create those same feelings, but maybe
1:05just a few years later than some of you?
1:06Skyrim has the responsibility now of
1:09introducing me to the magnificence of
1:11openw world RPG games. Maybe it can
1:14spark a new love for the whole genre. I
1:16will say one thing. After all the
1:18glazing Skyrim has received over the
1:20years, this game better be good.
1:34[Music]
1:41Hey, you you're finally
1:44awake. You were wait. That would be a
1:47perfect scene for a meme of some kind.
1:49Imperial ambush. With any form of media,
1:52it's important for the creator to
1:53establish a relationship with whoever is
1:55engaging with it. In this case, the
1:57player must become familiar with the
1:59story, the environment, the processes in
2:02which you progress, and set the
2:03foundation of what's to come. This is
2:05important because I'll be honest, I'm
2:08the type of person who reads the first
2:09chapter of a book, but never finishes
2:12it. As much as I've heard my friends
2:14rave about Skyrim, a part of me is
2:16worried that some aspect of Skyrim will
2:19turn me off from the game. I'll play for
2:21one hour, log off, and never try it
2:24again. There'd have to be a point early
2:26on that convinced me to stay. Forget the
2:29A big risk I took was choosing to listen
2:32to all the dialogue I could. Normally,
2:34I'm the world record holder for skipping
2:36dialogue, but this time I wanted to try
2:38and understand the story, really immerse
2:40myself. WA. The risk of course being,
2:44will I get bored and quit? All hell
2:46broke loose. And even though I was
2:48certain that I would survive because the
2:50game just started, a question came to
2:53mind. Are the dragons friendly or not
2:56friendly? In the cave, I was bombarded
2:59with different controls and began to
3:00test my surroundings. I noticed that
3:02there was plenty of room for exploring,
3:04and the game basically insisted that you
3:06do so. This kind of overwhelmed me. You
3:09know the feeling you get when cleaning
3:10your house. You start in the kitchen,
3:12but you notice some clothes on the
3:14couch. You grab the clothes and take
3:16them to the bedroom. Wait, the bed is
3:18messy. You clean your bed, but you
3:20realize you should probably clean those
3:21sheets. On your way to the washer and
3:23dryer, you see the shoes laying by the
3:25front door and dirt littering the tile.
3:27You know where I'm going with this. I
3:28was afraid Skyrim might do this to me.
3:30How many hours would I waste doing
3:32random side quests that I didn't need to
3:34do? Or would it even be a waste and
3:36those side quests were worth my time?
3:39Exiting the cave marked the first step
3:42of freedom. Survival mode looked to
3:44steal some of that freedom, so I opted
3:46out. And then I came across something
3:47that would influence the rest of my
3:49playthrough massively. These three
3:51stones felt like some sort of class
3:54choice beyond the race I chose in the
3:56beginning. Defaulting to mage most of
3:58the time, I thought it would be more
4:00impactful to select a path I rarely
4:02take, the rogue. Normally, I choose the
4:04most overpowered build, but it felt
4:06right to not worry about the combat at
4:08the moment and enjoy the game in a more
4:10casual way. Stealthiness seems like a
4:12great way to earn some extra money. A
4:14resource I'm sure will benefit me and
4:16might be a more engaging way to complete
4:18quests instead of steamrolling through
4:20everything with some crazy magic spells.
4:22It's been 20 minutes of play time, and
4:24I'm already appreciating the amount of
4:25work put into this game's environment.
4:27You could tell a lot of passion went
4:29into it. Some games released nowadays
4:30aren't able to look this good. I'm
4:32looking at you, Pokemon Scarlet. I
4:34genuinely was soaking this game in. Look
4:37how ridiculously obvious it is. I didn't
4:39even know I was doing this. There's my
4:41uncle. But the serenity of the moment
4:43disappeared as I forgot which buttons
4:45did what? Oh, that's not good. What did
4:48I just do? Uh uh. What do I
4:51do? Oh my god. The quest guy is trying
4:54to kill me now. He hat Oh, this is
4:57[Music]
4:59bad. Whoops. So far, I've done well to
5:03not get too sidetracked or fall in love
5:05with any of the beautiful locals. And
5:07still, my question remains, are the
5:09dragons good or are the dragons bad?
5:11Yarl Barl. Yarl Yarl Ballruff, that's
5:16really hard to say. Uh, he's pretty
5:18scared of them, but that doesn't mean
5:19they're evil. One thing is for sure, the
5:21dragons are in Skyrim, and that's not
5:24normal. Something I do now, but not when
5:26I was 16, is look up an optimal guide on
5:29what to level up to become the
5:30strongest. Since I want to do this as
5:32authentically as possible, I'm on my own
5:35to figure out what is strong. I scrolled
5:37through the constellation skill tree
5:39working out what would be the most fun.
5:41I love the way this skill constellation
5:43thing is done. By the way, it it's
5:44simple yet complex. So, since I chose
5:47the stealth stone earlier, I wanted to
5:49complement that. So, I chose to spend my
5:51first precious point in lockpicking. I'm
5:54already going down the path of shadows.
5:55Why not go all in? Now, 45 minutes into
5:58the game, I'm in my second cave. I'm
6:01guessing lots of time will be spent in
6:03caves, and I'm not sure how I feel about
6:05this because caves are boring. They're
6:07pretty linear so far with too much junk
6:10to pick up. Like, I'm kind of hoarding
6:12everything, but you never know when
6:13you'll need a roll of paper.
6:23After decimating the ever living hell
6:25out of this rat, my first real quest,
6:28retrieving the dragon stone, was
6:30underway.
6:31Kill it. Kill it. Now, this is where I
6:34had my first major hiccup in Skyrim.
6:36This damn door. It required a golden
6:39claw. And to solve some sort of puzzle.
6:42Not only did I not know how to solve the
6:44puzzle, I I didn't even have the golden
6:46claw. Knowing how large this game is, I
6:49started to panic. I thought the
6:50probability that this claw was nearby
6:52was slim. Did I not talk to the yl for
6:54long enough? Did I miss a chest
6:56somewhere? Did I accidentally drop it or
6:58delete
7:04it? Oh, there's a chest. This has to be
7:11it. 20 minutes passed and on the brink
7:14of giving up and looking it up on
7:16Google, I finally stumbled upon it.
7:20Guess I'll be looting everything I kill
7:22from now on. Well, I've got the claw,
7:24but I still don't know how to open the
7:31door. Dude, I've been brute forcing
7:34this. We We may never know. Maybe it was
7:37simple. I I thought it had to do with
7:38these fires. A bit further on, I was
7:41greeted by the first word of power
7:43stone. The Nordic chance drew me in,
7:46delivering the knowledge needed to
7:48shout. I'm supposed to yell at people
7:51like some sort of dragon. Okay, I could
7:53get on board with that, I guess. I
7:54thought Skyrim was a purely medieval
7:56game with basic weapons and armor, but
7:58it's turning out that there may be more
7:59to this game than I originally thought.
8:01Feeling slightly more powerful, the Yarl
8:04sensed my confidence and requested I go
8:06and take care of a dragon. I want you to
8:08go with IF and help her fight this
8:10dragon. Seems like a death wish, but
8:12what could possibly go wrong? On my way
8:14to the dragon, I broke and entered a
8:16local house. Are you guys noticing? I'm
8:18beginning to get sidetracked. Through
8:19the first few hours of gameplay, I I
8:21noticed that some books when read grant
8:23you a skill up in whatever the book is
8:25about. This one was called Thief of
8:27Virtue. Though I didn't get a level up
8:29in sneaking or lockpicking. Something
8:31else leveled up in my pants. I'm not
8:34sure if anyone has read this before, but
8:36it's a steamy one. Now, about two hours
8:38ago, I nearly got devoured by a dragon,
8:40and now I'm supposed to fight one
8:42headon. I don't know if I'm doing
8:43something wrong, but I I feel pretty
8:45weak at the moment. Luckily, with the
8:47help of some NPCs, the dragon slammed
8:49the ground and the dragon's soul became
8:51mine. Again, I heard those Nordic chants
8:54and and it's becoming evident that I'm
8:56not going to be simply swinging axes and
8:58shooting fire from my hands. Something
9:00else is going on, and I needed to find
9:01some answers. So, it's true. The gray
9:05beards really were summoning you.
9:08Masters of the way of the voice. They
9:11live in seclusion high on the slopes of
9:13the throat of the world.
9:16You mean your mom? I talked to the
9:18Greybeards who confirmed that I am
9:20dragon born and they gave me a few more
9:22shouts to use. Now I was to retrieve the
9:24horn of Jurgen Windller. No doubt I
9:27would use my newly acquired shouts to
9:29navigate the cave in the forthcoming
9:30quest. Once there, I stumbled upon a
9:33weapon that caught my eye. The ancient
9:35Nord sword of cold. A one-handed weapon.
9:38I decided here and now that I would
9:40pursue the skill of one-handed weapons
9:43in the skill tree. I liked being able to
9:45hack and slash my opponents while
9:46leaving my left hand open for magic,
9:48heals, or whatever else a left hand is
9:51good for in this game. I want to
9:52reiterate how beautiful this game is.
9:54Even the inside of this cave, which has
9:56no business of looking this good, was
9:58crafted with purpose and design in mind.
10:00I'd rate the immersion level of this
10:02game because of that an easy 10 out of
10:0410. Turns out I was right about the
10:06shout I just learned being utilized in
10:07the cave. Although predictable, it's a
10:09great way to showcase what the shout can
10:11be used for. Those gray beards sent me
10:13to retrieve something that has already
10:14been claimed. Good one, guys. Now,
10:16taking a look at this letter, I I don't
10:18trust this friend, but I I guess we have
10:20to go back to Riverwood. So, it actually
10:22was a friend, uh, some girl named
10:24Deline, the Grandmaster of the Blades
10:26faction, who told me that I'm the only
10:28one capable of defeating the dragons
10:30once and for all, since, you know, I
10:32absorb their souls. So, I guess the
10:34question is finally answered. We're
10:36going to go there, and you're going to
10:37kill that dragon. The dragons are not
10:39good for Skyrim, and I must suck them
10:41dry.
10:48What? I can say that this is the point
10:52where I actually became hooked. My
10:54imagination ran as I guessed what shouts
10:57I'd harness as the game progressed. I
10:59imagined how strong I'd be once I maxed
11:01out my one-handed talent tree. Who
11:02knows, maybe I could even become a thief
11:05of virtue myself. Yes, Skyrim has a lot
11:07to offer and has done a great job
11:09building up the story and granting me
11:11the freedom to choose how I experience
11:14it. I'm tripping.
11:16I smoked too much. Duh. Does that mean I
11:19can fouse row dah this place?
11:24At the dragon burial site, some dragon
11:26named Aldwin spit out some dragon
11:29gibberish
11:34and summoned another dragon. I guess
11:36he's the one who is bringing the dragons
11:38back to life. With the dragon slain,
11:40Deline wanted to meet back up in
11:42Riverwood. Meet me back in Riverwood.
11:44That's like halfway across the map.
11:45Luckily, I can fast travel, but I was
11:47curious to see if Deline would actually
11:49run all the way back, or would she just
11:51disappear after a few moments and
11:52teleport there like in other games? I
11:54followed her for a while, and I think
11:56she really is going to run all the way
11:58back to Riverwood. One developer sat in
12:00his office sometime before the game
12:02release and is responsible for making
12:04sure Deli pathed all the way back to
12:06Riverwood. Batman deserves a raise. When
12:08we did meet in Riverwood, I was given
12:10the plan of sneaking into a party and
12:12retrieving clues about the dragons that
12:14the Thalmore might know. You'll have to
12:16slip away from the party without raising
12:18the alarm. This appeared to be the
12:19perfect quest for someone who is
12:21leveling up, sneaking, pickpocketing,
12:23and lockpicking. I haven't been this
12:24excited for a quest in a video game for
12:26a long time. Here's the deal. I can
12:29smuggle some equipment into the embassy
12:31for you. If you actually want to get out
12:32alive, I'd bring whatever you need to
12:34move quietly and kill quickly.
12:37[Music]
12:38Fellow late comer to Ellen's little
12:42suaree and arriving by carriage no less.
12:45I salute you, sir. Order, welcome back,
12:47sir. Please proceed into the embassy.
12:53You made it in. Good. As soon as you
12:55distract the guards, I'll open this
12:57door, get you on your way. Let's hope we
13:00both live through this day. Need to
13:02figure out, I guess, a way to create a
13:04distraction.
13:06Nope.
13:07Nope. Nope. Nope. Not here. Nope. It has
13:12to be something to do with this me. Oh,
13:14yeah. There was an alcoholic I met
13:17outside. He's He's sitting right here
13:19kind of staring at me. You could say
13:21that causing a scene is somewhat of a
13:24specialty of mine. Stand back and behold
13:27my handiwork. Once I got in the back, I
13:30struggled to figure out what to do. I
13:32don't know if the quest got bugged or
13:34something, but my gear was not in the
13:35chest that it said it would be in
13:37without a weapon or any gear. I tried to
13:39figure out a way to sneak around the
13:40guards, but I was getting nowhere.
13:42There's a simpler way to do this, but I
13:44could not figure it out. Because of
13:45that, I died quite a few times in the
13:47Thalmore Embassy, but I learned a
13:49valuable lesson. Make sure to quick save
13:51if you make any progress because going
13:52back to a previous load, in this case,
13:55the entrance of the embassy, it was
13:57getting kind of old. After some trial
13:59and error and basically giving up, I
14:01found a safe place on these rafters and
14:03cheeses my way through. Overall, the
14:05quest was pretty fun, but I wish I had a
14:07little more sneaking around to it. Maybe
14:09I was doing things completely wrong, but
14:11keeping unseen was impossible. Instead
14:13of continuing with the main quest, I
14:15diverted a little and completed a quick
14:17side quest. I was rewarded with a few
14:19spell to one with the ability to detect
14:22life through walls. How cool is that? In
14:25real life, you could use that power to
14:26see if anyone is in the stall you want
14:28to use. No more awkward knocking. Sorry.
14:31Anyways, I'm beginning to notice that
14:33the side quests may just be as important
14:35as the main quests. With every hour of
14:37gameplay, I'm learning Skyrim is so much
14:39more involved than I ever could have
14:41imagined. Just how deep does this game
14:43go? Though I have the ability to fast
14:45travel, I I found that walking on the
14:47roads and paths to the next quest was
14:49the best way to discover new things.
14:51Locals asked for my help or wanted to
14:53play Tag. Tag or hide-and-seek? You're
14:55too slow.
14:57Leave me alone. I lost, by the way.
15:00Forts and landmarks were great for a
15:02quick raid and pilfering. And the music
15:04and ambience danced as you discovered
15:06zones or suddenly found yourself in
15:08combat with a wolf. Everything was
15:10perfect. When I arrived at Riftton, I
15:12knew this would be the place I spent a
15:14lot of time at. Welcome to Riftton, home
15:16of the Thieves Guild. Or so they'd have
15:19you believe. A place for thieves and
15:21vermin. Count me in. Bin Yol, a member
15:23of the Thieves Guild who I met 2 minutes
15:25ago, commanded that I steal something to
15:27prove I'm worth his time. You're going
15:29to have to sneak over to Messi stall and
15:31use your lockpick on the strong box. I
15:34failed, but he accepted me anyway. Even
15:36though you fouled up the job, I still
15:38think you've got the spark I'm looking
15:40for. This reminded me, up until now, I
15:43haven't figured out how to level up my
15:44sneak ability. I understand how it
15:46works. You crouch and try to remain
15:48unseen, but doing so did nothing to my
15:52skill. I've got to figure out how to
15:53level that up. As I was chatting to
15:54Brinol, I noticed that what I was doing
15:57was not part of the main quest. In fact,
15:59I'm kind of lost on what is or isn't the
16:01main quest. I was given the special
16:03edition of Skyrim, which said there's
16:05some DLC included, and I can't figure
16:07out what quest leads to what. So instead
16:09of pursuing the Thieves Guild, I
16:11reluctantly chose to continue the quest
16:13line that left off in the Thelmore
16:15party, as to not drift too far from the
16:17main quest. It's okay. The Thieves Guild
16:19would still be here when I came back
16:20later. My next objective was to meet
16:22with an old guy named Esburn, one of the
16:24last remaining blades who was captured
16:27by the Falmore. Now, he was dooming
16:29pretty hard. Oh yes, it's all been
16:31foretold. The end has begun. Unless
16:34there's a dragon born in the picture,
16:36which turned out to be the biggest
16:38switch up of the year once he learned
16:40this. You can see the depression melt
16:42away in real time. What you are? Can it
16:46really be true? Then there is hope. The
16:49gods have not abandoned us. We must we
16:52must we must go quickly now. Now, this
16:55is where I truly lost myself on my
16:57playthrough. Through aimless wander, I
16:59bumped into the quest that takes you to
17:00Soulstein, where I was to learn more
17:02about a guy named Mirra, someone the
17:05locals were obviously covering up for.
17:07Mirra, I I'm not sure. From my
17:12understanding now, Soulstein stuff is
17:14DLC. I think dealing with Aldwin is the
17:16main quest, but this Soulstein place
17:18felt important, too. Genuinely intrigued
17:20by who Mira is and why this place felt
17:23so dreary, I trudged onward. In order to
17:26learn more about Mirak, I'd have to
17:28visit his temple. This temple, plagued
17:30by Mirak himself, was another impressive
17:33section of the game. The unsettling
17:35ambient drones, the clacking noise of
17:37the hammers in the distance. The NPC's
17:40murmurss of nonsense all added to the
17:42uneasy feeling. Freya, the daughter of
17:44the shamans whose town resided not far
17:47from the temple, confirmed my
17:48suspicions. Something has taken control
17:51of most of the people of Soulstein. The
17:53NPCs were under some type of spell. It
17:55was here where Freya told me the story
17:58of Mirra, a servant to dragons of the
18:00past. He turned on them as he sought
18:02power to take over Soulstein. His
18:04betrayal cost him his life, at least
18:06part of it. But before I could learn
18:08more, some cultists interrupted the
18:10conversation with
18:13fire. Below the temple in its heart, I
18:16learned a new shout, dragon aspect. I'll
18:18admit it again. I don't know what I'm
18:20doing, but I found this shout useless. I
18:23swear my punches healed my
18:26enemies, and apparently it's only usable
18:29once a day. My arms looked cool, but my
18:31damage did not. The gatekeeper and his
18:33army of jogger murdered me several times
18:36until I finally abandoned the dragon
18:38aspect shout entirely and started using
18:40my flame atronaut. He was able to steal
18:42some aggro from the gatekeeper. As I
18:44stabbed them in the back, I looted the
18:45dead zombie guys and entered the final
18:47pathway to the core of the temple.
18:50Inside stood a black book. Damn, does
18:53this thing look cursed. I was teleported
18:54to an alternate universe. And wow, this
18:58game keeps surprising me. This is not an
19:00ordinary RPG game. We're dealing with
19:02alternate universes, special dragon
19:05powers, and a rich and deep story. Here,
19:08I met Mira, a dragon born like me. This
19:10Mirra guy complimented my talents as a
19:13dragon born. You have done little beyond
19:16killing a few dragons. And said we'd
19:18meet later on and basically blew me off.
19:20I love this type of story, by the way.
19:22You're apparently one of a kind, dragon
19:24born, capable of saving Skyrim by
19:26defeating the dragons, the chosen one,
19:29except an evil version of you shows up,
19:32much more powerful than you are, who is
19:34years ahead of your training. The
19:36foreshadowing of the eventual mighty
19:38clash between old and new, good and
19:40evil, seemed inevitable. I can't wait to
19:42take them on when I learned whatever it
19:44is I need to learn first. So great, all
19:47I have to do is find more Nordic dragon
19:48born shouts and absorb as many dragon
19:51souls as possible.
19:56Oh, that's mine. I grow stronger,
20:00Dragon.
20:07God damn it. That was mine. Oh, and
20:10guess what? I finally learned how to
20:12level up my sneak more reliably. So, if
20:14you get halfway caught by enemies and
20:17keep yourself crouched and hidden, your
20:18detection gets reset and your sneak can
20:20level up. It turns out though, sneaking
20:23is not that good. At the water stone, a
20:25landmark that I needed to use bend will
20:27on was the first unbeatable portion of
20:29the game for me. Leveling up my sneak
20:31ability has been rewarding for moving
20:33through some caves more easily and
20:35grabbing a bit of extra gold, but in the
20:37wide open with an angered lurker, a
20:39dragon, and a cultist attacking me,
20:42useless. So, I decided to skip this
20:44Mirra quest line stuff for now and head
20:46back to the main area of Skyrim and
20:47continue with the other main quest line
20:49involving Aldwin. At least until I got
20:52stronger. Maybe I'm a genius, but the
20:54few puzzles I've run into so far in
20:56Skyrim are all easy. Still, it's a nice
20:58break up from the normal cave
21:00experience. At the peak of the temple,
21:02Eburn spilled a ton of history on who
21:04Aldwin was. Keeping it simple, Aldwin
21:06ruled the dragons, and the dragons ruled
21:08over the world. Then, the humans
21:10rebelled against him. With the use of a
21:12special shout, the first of the dragon
21:14borns were able to defeat him. This
21:16shout was the answer to defeating
21:18Aldwin. I have to admit, the fact that
21:20we're dealing with something like shouts
21:21is so unique. Bethesda could have taken
21:23the easy route and made the character
21:25powerful through more traditional
21:26styles. I'll reiterate the fact that I'm
21:28not an RPG type of gamer, so I may just
21:31be ignorant, but it's refreshing to play
21:32a game that has power used in a clever
21:34way, expertly incorporated into the
21:36story at the same time. I'm bouncing
21:38between main quests and side quests, and
21:40I know all of you have seen and played
21:41this game for nearly 15 years now, but
21:43Meridia's quest was awesome. This
21:45spectral being drew me upwards in the
21:47sky, higher than the dragons, and told
21:49me of her story. I don't know why this
21:51quest was so cool to me, but it was
21:53dinner time when I started this quest,
21:55and I could not get off until I finished
21:57it. I don't think I ate dinner that
21:59night, and I wasn't even upset. I I love
22:01when a game gives you this feeling. The
22:02cave involved with the quest had its own
22:04little puzzles, but the end of the quest
22:06gave me the most trouble. Malaron, the
22:09defiler of Meridia Stone or Sword or
22:11whatever, was not an ordinary NPC. This
22:14dude oneshot me with his ice moves.
22:17Huh? I got one shot. This is when I knew
22:20I'd messed up with my build, and I had
22:22some regrets for going with the sneaky
22:24talents. Several minutes of attempts
22:26later, I was ready to call it. Whoa,
22:29whoa, whoa, whoa,
22:33whoa. Okay, but for some reason, I
22:36decided to stick with it for a few more
22:37tries. That's right. I've been
22:39collecting these scrolls, and one of
22:41them was called Firestorm. Having played
22:43Pokémon, I knew fire beats ice.
22:50It did nothing. Granted, I missed, but I
22:53wouldn't survive long enough anyways to
22:54use it correctly. Time to call it. I
22:57refused to load an earlier save. And
23:00instead, I crouched. I became hidden in
23:03the shadows. Oh my god, what if I could
23:05get close to him and get some free
23:07damage in? Carefully, I crept down the
23:10stairs. Meron stood in the middle of the
23:12door, his back turned to me. What a
23:15vulnerable position. I crept ever
23:17closer, still
23:19[Music]
23:21unseen. Bro is half dead on one swing.
23:25Sneaking is overpowered. The skill point
23:27I put in backstab, the one that
23:29increases the damage you do to someone
23:31if you're undetected, proved to be very,
23:34very useful. Mearon wasn't dead yet, so
23:36in a panic, I dashed back to the door,
23:38attempting to become unseen again. This
23:41time, it did not work. But I had another
23:43trick up my sleeve.
23:45Once I was safe and undetected, Melkaron
23:48again showed me his
23:49backside. I am so glad I did this quest.
23:52The icing on the cake to learning how
23:54good my build could be was the fact that
23:56the Dawn Breaker is a one-handed weapon.
23:59It almost looks like I've played this
24:00game before with how perfect this quest
24:02is for what I'm leveling up. If I hadn't
24:04already decided if I'd continue playing
24:06or not, now would be that time. This
24:08side quest solidified it for me. Skyrim
24:10is a great game. I felt so rewarded for
24:12my adventures and the fact that I did
24:14this all through happen stance made it
24:16even better. Signs of a well-made game.
24:18Now we're playing Now we're playing the
24:27game. Our hero our hero claims a
24:30warrior's heart. I tell you, I tell you,
24:35the dragon born comes where the voice
24:38wielding power of the ancient Nord.
24:42Believe, believe, the dragon born comes.
24:46Dawn Guard is the home of a group of
24:48people who are against vampires. I
24:50joined their order and was sent to
24:52uncover a cave. This was the coolest
24:54cave I've explored by far. The puzzle at
24:57the end took a little more brain power
24:59than some others, and once solved, a
25:01monolith appeared which held a vampire
25:04within it. Cool. I accompanied her back
25:06to her vampire home. Feeling like some
25:09sort of teenager who started dating the
25:10emo chick from school. And now she's
25:13taken me home to meet her other creepy
25:14family members. I was down with it.
25:16Vulkahar Keep housed Skyrim's vampires,
25:20a welcoming place. I made a decision
25:22here that I'd later regret. Through his
25:25impressive display, Lord Harkin
25:27convinced me to adopt a new power.
25:29Intimidated while also wanting to have
25:31better chances with his daughter, I
25:33became a
25:39vampire. Skyrim is crazy. Like, I was so
25:42wrong thinking that this game was
25:44another medieval RPG. I thought I would
25:46be spending time at a house in town
25:47smithing swords and claiming land. No,
25:50I'm a freaking vampire. It has its own
25:52skill tree, unique abilities, and you
25:54can switch between the two easily.
25:56What's not to love about being a
25:58vampire? Your powers. The
26:01sunlight. That is something not to love
26:03about being a vampire. During the day, I
26:06have reduced health, magicka, and I
26:08don't recover stamina. I hate it. The
26:10novelty of being a vampire has worn off
26:12already, and I actually kind of prefer
26:14being sneaky and using my sword. So, now
26:16I've just complicated my playthrough.
26:18I've been sidetracked enough. So, I
26:20hopped back on the main quest and headed
26:21to the Greybeards, who sent me up the
26:23mountain to meet a guy named Parthanax.
26:25Oh, sorry. He's a dragon. He talked
26:27about the Elder Scroll. You know, the
26:29name of the game, and dropped some crazy
26:31knowledge on us. Aldoin was defeated all
26:34those years ago, but wasn't fully
26:35killed. He was sent forward in time by
26:38the use of the Elder Scroll. My
26:40objective now is to retrieve the scroll,
26:42use it to go back in time to when Aldin
26:45was defeated, and learn the shout that
26:47took him down. I think we've pretty much
26:48seen it all in Skyrim. Alternate
26:50universes, time travel, and dragons
26:52breaking the game, floating endlessly
26:54through the sky. I mean, look at this.
26:56He is so glitched. But now we must be
26:58getting closer to the end. The Elder
27:00Scroll is not an ordinary artifact. At
27:02the college, the scholar there made me
27:04feel dumb for even asking about the
27:06scroll. I haven't played any of the
27:07other games, so I had no idea what the
27:09scroll was even about. So, I actually
27:11read the books that the scholar told me
27:13to read. I learned that it lay deep
27:15within the Tower of Maz where I came
27:17across other adventurers seeking its
27:19knowledge. Though they weren't as strong
27:21as me. The Tower of Maz led me to Black
27:24Reach, the ancient dwarven city, a
27:26beautiful bioluminescent landscape. This
27:29place was breathtaking. Deep within
27:31Black Reach existed a room and
27:33contraption that held the Elder Scroll.
27:35I think you were supposed to feel like
27:37this was the most sacred and protected
27:39item in Skyrim. And they nailed that
27:41feeling. I took it back to the throat of
27:42the world, aka your mom's place, also
27:44the death place of Aldwin, and opened up
27:47the scroll and began to read it. I did
27:49not go blind. Instead, I was teleported
27:52back in time to a cut scene of Aldwin's
27:54demise. I felt like I was watching a
27:56movie. It was there where I learned the
27:58shout dragon rend. The shout that would
28:01mortalize Aldwin. Shortly after, and I
28:03mean really shortly, I was face to face
28:06with Aldwin in real time. Time to face
28:08the World Eater.
28:11Remember how I said sneaking was bad in
28:14the middle of the open? This is one of
28:15those times. And it's also daytime, so I
28:18don't have stamina either because I'm a
28:19stupid vampire. Now, the fight against
28:21Aldwin was pretty intense, to say the
28:22least. And I had no idea how to go about
28:25this. With fireballs raining down from
28:27above and no chance to run away when he
28:30shot fire at me, I was doomed. After 30
28:33minutes, a fairly long time I'd
28:35consider, I finally found the answer to
28:37killing him. It would be slow, but every
28:40time he landed, I could get a swing or
28:42two off, then go ethereal and take no
28:45damage from his breath. It was slow and
28:47painful with a few extra deaths, but
28:49eventually I slayed Aldwin. The story is
28:52getting more and more exhilarating every
28:54step. And though Aldwin escaped, this
28:56time he was weakened. The fight isn't
28:59over, but our good friend Parthonax here
29:01had the idea of trapping one of Aldwin's
29:03followers, a dragon named Oding. Once
29:06captured, he'd spill the beans on
29:08Aldwin's location. All we had to do was
29:10lure him into Whiterun, the town that
29:12was literally built to capture dragons
29:14long ago. It wouldn't be that simple
29:16since Whiter Run would be vulnerable to
29:18an attack from the Imperials. Yeah,
29:19Skyrim has more going on with it than
29:21just the dragon problem. Maybe the
29:23reason these gray skins don't help in
29:24the war is because they're Imperial
29:26spies. Now, I'm from America and
29:28politics have been kind of crazy lately.
29:31So when I was tasked to get the
29:32Imperials and the Stormcloaks to sit at
29:34a dinner table together to hold a peace
29:36council with the goal of a ceasefire, I
29:39was more than ready.
29:43[Music]
29:46Anyone else going to sit? Really?
29:49Now that everyone is here, please take
29:52your seats. Yeah, please. So we can
29:54begin. To think that I would sit down at
29:56the same table with that thou more
29:59Ooh, she walks or I do. As you
30:02can see, tensions are pretty high in
30:04Skyrim at the moment. Think of it as the
30:06Democrats on the left side of the table
30:07and the Republicans on the right. The
30:09Republicans just want to worship Talos,
30:11I guess, some man who ascended into
30:13godhood. I I don't really know. And the
30:15Imperials belong to the Empire and want
30:18all of Skyrim to follow its rules. It's
30:20all convoluted. And this dinner made
30:22things even more confusing for me. My
30:24participation at the dinner was, I
30:26guess, to help negotiate the deals of
30:29the peace treaty. I I have no business
30:31negotiating the deals of the peace
30:33treaty. I'd like to hear what you think
30:35Mark is worth.
30:37I don't even know what Mark Hearth is. I
30:38got to be honest. I did make sure that
30:40the Imperials did not get Riftton from
30:42the Stormcloaks because I I like
30:44Riftton. It's possible I negotiated the
30:46worst terms possible, but it seemed the
30:48ceasefire would be upheld by both sides
30:50and we could get back to trapping Oding
30:52in Whiterun. With the complications of
30:55war temporarily halted, I entered Whiter
30:57Run and called down Odivane. You'd think
30:59a dragon who has been around since
31:01basically the beginning of time would
31:03know that this place is used to capture
31:05dragons, but he showed up anyway.
31:16Woo! We got him, dumbass. Odoving folded
31:19quickly and told us everything. A world
31:21class betrayal. But I guess ever since I
31:24almost ended Aldwin, word got around and
31:26the dragon's loyalty towards Aldwin was
31:28beginning to waver. A couple of lines of
31:30dialogue later, and Odoving and I were
31:32flying together to Scalden, an ancient
31:34Nordic temple that houses the only known
31:37portal to Svenguard. combined with my
31:39new powerful shouts, my one-handed
31:41prowess, and low stamina vampiric
31:44powers, which I've never used. The time
31:46has come to end Aldwin once and
31:52for working my way through Skull Doppin
31:55was great. I found some dope leather
31:56boots from this dragon, which increased
31:58my sneaking by 20%. Then the skeletons
32:01trapped me between some rocks and took
32:03turns poking at me until my death.
32:08But then I met my worst nightmare once
32:10again. The claw doors. Since I brute
32:13forced my way through them last time, I
32:15I still have no idea how they work. And
32:17just like last time, I don't have the
32:19stupid claw in my inventory. I walked
32:21back through the whole cave yet again.
32:23But unlike last time, there was no claw
32:25on the previous enemies I killed. Thank
32:27goodness I was in Discord with my friend
32:29because without him, I don't know how
32:31much time I would have wasted. The Look
32:33at the key. Look at it in your
32:35inventory. Inspect it. There you go. At
32:40the top of school dolphin, I found the
32:42portal to Sovenguard. Entering
32:44Sovenguard, my emotions shifted to a
32:46solemn feeling. Surely, this was the
32:48pinnacle of the quest line. I just
32:50entered the zone of the dignified dead,
32:52where the mighty fallen go and spend
32:55eternity. I knew once I completed this,
32:57it's likely I was through my dragon born
32:59adventures. That bittersweet feeling was
33:02amplified by the special Nordic chants
33:04that pounded in my ears.
33:11The dragon spine bridge to the Hall of
33:13Valor gave that same feeling of awe as
33:15other newly discovered locations gave
33:17me. This one was more epic, of course.
33:19Inside stood three of the bravest
33:21warriors Skyrim has ever seen. I joined
33:23them proudly, but it did feel a little
33:25unfair to go into battle with them since
33:27they're dead already, so they had
33:29nothing to lose.
33:34The eyes of shore
33:35[Music]
33:37are shadows.
33:43His strength is failing once more and
33:45his might will be broken.
33:58Now, what I'm about to say may be a hot
34:00take, but the finale of this quest did
34:02not live up to the buildup. First,
34:04Gormlith's Fouse Roda killed the mood
34:07with how lame it sounded.
34:09I don't know, maybe I'm just being a
34:11little picky, but hearing her shout
34:12actually took something away from the
34:14battle. And then Aldwin just kind of
34:15stood there. I slashed my sword around
34:18and his health dwindled. I thought he'd
34:19have some sort of last stand, some final
34:22effort that I'd have to work past with
34:23some more shouts or puzzles, but instead
34:26he did nothing until he died. The
34:28explosion was kind of cool, but in an
34:30instant, it was all over. A quiet piece
34:34swept over Soard as soon the gatekeeper
34:36of the Hall of Valor sung my praises. I
34:39don't know, it felt a little too quick
34:41and a little too easy, even for me with
34:43my terrible build. The quietness was
34:46loud.
34:48This quest will ensure I felt I should
34:51have done more leading up to this
34:52moment. Maybe completed more side
34:54quests, mastered more skills, or
34:56explored more. The feeling was the
34:58feeling you get when you finish a good
35:00series and you know there's nothing else
35:01to see. I could have ended my
35:03playthrough here, but I didn't want it
35:05to end. I wanted more. Hail him with
35:08great praise.
35:13And then I remembered a while back when
35:15I was in Riftton amongst the thieves of
35:17the Thieves Guild. I said I'd return one
35:19day and finish a quest line, and boy am
35:21I glad I did. I chose the path of
35:23sneakiness early on, and becoming a full
35:25member of the Thieves Guild was exactly
35:27the type of gameplay I seek. For the
35:29moment, my Skyrim playthrough was not
35:31over. Welcome to the family life. This
35:33quest line had you sneaking into rich
35:35people's estates, set beehives on fire
35:37without getting caught. I stole an old
35:39man's jeweled pitcher, which I wasn't
35:41supposed to get caught doing, but I did.
35:43You're not supposed to be in here. And
35:45the whole point of the Thieves Guild was
35:47to earn money. So when I paid the guard
35:49off with more gold than I'd be rewarded
35:51with at the end of the quest, that felt
35:52counterproductive. Everything here
35:54appears to be in order. The reward for
35:56finishing this quest line was sick.
35:57There were three choices to make, all
35:59granting additional powers as a thief,
36:01but I settled on becoming an agent of
36:03stealth. On moonlight nights or in
36:05darkened rooms, this agent literally
36:07becomes invisible. I also became the new
36:10leader of the Thieves Guild. I don't
36:11know what the other guilds and quests
36:13look like out there, but I think I can
36:14safely say I chose the coolest one. Once
36:17that was done, I again thought my
36:19playthrough was over until I remembered
36:21I hadn't defeated Mirra yet. When I
36:23thought I'd witnessed all of Skyrim, I
36:25couldn't be more wrong. The next few
36:26hours of my life felt like I was living
36:28a fever dream. Hermes Mora's spooky
36:30realm where Mirra resides was insane.
36:34I've already complained a little bit
36:35about the puzzles being too boring or
36:37too obvious to solve, but this place
36:39really nailed them. My reward for
36:40entering and working through this realm
36:42was mastery of the bend will shout. This
36:45granted me the power to control the
36:47people around me and even dragons. At
36:49the temple of Mirra, I took down my
36:51dragon born evil twin and that was that.
36:54I beat Skyrim, or at least the parts I
36:56wanted to complete. I'm sure if I went
36:58looking, I'd find some maniac who 100%
37:01completed this game. 100% in all skills,
37:04all caves explored, every dragon killed,
37:06all women laid with. I don't wish to do
37:08that. So, is Skyrim good even without
37:11the nostalgia? My answer is yes. I think
37:15the reason why Skyrim has lasted the
37:17test of time is because it truly
37:19immerses you into its world. The details
37:21of the game are almost unimportant. The
37:24feeling is what I'm basing my conclusion
37:26on, and I feel fulfilled that I've
37:29participated in Skyrim. But now, I'm
37:31torn on something. Is it sad that my
37:3416-year-old self did not get to
37:36experience this game for the first time?
37:37or am I happy that my 30-year-old self
37:40got to experience that? I don't know the
37:42answer. But in about 5 years, or
37:45whatever time it takes to grow nostalgia
37:47about something, I know I'll be right
37:48there with all of you, longing to become
37:51dragon born again.
38:01Oh my
38:02god. Oh god.
38:05[Music]

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