11-11-11: Soon To Be the Greatest Day Ever

About 3 days ago, I was sitting at my desk, watching EpicMealTime on YouTube, when my friend came over. He asked me if I was following the update feed for the Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and I just blankly stared at him.  For whatever reason, I didn't think that Bethesda had put out any information, probably from how they had treated Fallout: New Vegas, leaving me wondering more about the items they DID release rather than did not, but, to my amazement, there was more than just a snippet out. The Elder Scrolls Series is one of the longest running, and well-known, series in Video Game history. From Morrowind (Elder Scrolls III), to Oblivion (Elder Scrolls IV), Bethesda has become well known for their series that has a vast, open world, large character creation features, thousands of quests, and of course, the medieval feel. But now, quite possibly the greatest lore of all times is coming to Skyrim: Dragons

Looking into a new 20 minute demo released by Bethesda on the 12^th, they showed off most of the new mechanics, the highlights being the new duel wielding features. I have to admit, the idea of having an Ebony Long sword in one hand and a fireball spell in the other is just about enough to make pass out. The new fluid motions of game play, (making 3^rd person look like a viable way to play the game now) and Bethesda’s great knack for detail has made for putting icing on sweet rolls to clues on the bottom of keys. The inclusion of Dragon words gives you the power to make thunderstorms with the lightning targeting your foes to breathing fire. Bethesda took the game play mechanics of Bioshock 2, the attention to detail of Crysis, and its great charm from Oblivion and put it into a snowy world.

This new and exciting world fill me with questions, most of them revolving around wanting to have a dragon to ride, and whether or not the guards will tell that they’ve fought Mudcrabs fiercer than me. My biggest worry is that we’ll see a lot of what made Oblivion special, like floating paint brushes, will be gone. But in a world as large as Skyrim is set to be, there should be plenty of occasions where odd things happen. I can only hope that November 11^th comes faster than it feels like, I’ve spent more than 500 hours playing Oblivion, I can’t wait to spend another 500 on Skyrim.