Were you a victim of the Skyrim/Oblivion/Morrowind franchse?
Warning: Nerdgasm content follows
Then get this. It's just staggering in it's scope and quality. The story and characters, even down to the sidequest characters, are top drawer.
It looks stunning, many moments that made me just stop and stare and go "Wow, hun come look at this" (referring to what's on screen you smutty minded twunt)
The voice acting is great with the exception of some Dick Van Dyke level of cringe as some actors can't decide if they're Scottish/Welsh/Indian/Undetermined. That's about the only criticism I have
The mood is splendidly dark and epic throughout. I found it genuinely emotional at points but I get more softy as I get older (minds.. out of gutter) I think it is better than the Elder Scrolls by pretty much every metric but it is comparing modern tech with old so still much love for Skyrim and Morrowind especially
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simbosan is too tired, Wed 29 Jul 2026, 4:01,
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i had a quick squiz
most of the reviews were positive, but say the story trailed off in the second act, and there's extensive and obvious use of ai gen content in both dialogue "I've noticed a lot of weird inconsistencies in the character dialogue that AI-generated texts tend to have. Bits of info floating in and out of the text, the characters assuming the player has already been exposed to certain revelations when they obviously haven't. Names getting switched around etc. It's jarring and I'm barely a few hours into Act 2", music and graphics (extra fingers, background art etc),
It seems like they built a good, atmospheric game and then padded it out with ai. Still, if you enjoyed you enjoyed it.
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Wed 29 Jul 2026, 6:28,
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Nah, there's so much more to it
All the things you mention are a standard problem in big RPG with huge amounts of related quests. I think the story is awesome and there's just so much side content that you can get sunk into, but the quality of sidequests is better than almost any other game you can mention.
I think that quote is based on suspicion and no real in game experience, cos I felt none of that. The quests and the scripts are really really very good.
Example, immediately after posted I saw there was this huge sword embedded in a mountain and I thought "Hmm I wonder if you can walk along it", and yeah I could and after teetering along the edge I got to a little secret area with a monstrous nest. There are dozens of really "wow" moments like that.
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simbosan is too tired, Wed 29 Jul 2026, 8:04,
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ok maybe I'll see if there's a good torrent out there
I'd be doing a disservice to all those hardworking game developers of the past to start paying for them now
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Wed 29 Jul 2026, 8:58,
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That'll show them!
drama much. You'll hate it to be honest
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simbosan is too tired, Wed 29 Jul 2026, 10:32,
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I liked skyrim
i might check it out on your say so. but only if you can guarantee me I wont take an arrow to the knee
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Thu 30 Jul 2026, 1:40,
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Sounds like it's right up my alley
Cheaper on Ps5 as well so will probably demo it there first
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Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Wed 29 Jul 2026, 12:50,
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I'm sure many things have been right up your alley
You Dirty Fecker
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spazzcaptain Misses Valin @, Wed 29 Jul 2026, 22:28,
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Looks nice, but
What's the stealth archer build like?
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Rapscallion is it fashion or disease?, Thu 30 Jul 2026, 1:33,
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