The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

very tedious, but a good time sink for the depressed.

Freedom! No, not a quote from Braveheart but this is the one word I would use to describe what I consider to be the best open world RPG of all time, and probably my favourite game of all time. I myself have sunk in nearly 500 hrs into Skyrim and I\'m still only on my second playthrough. I\'ve heard of others playing 200 hrs without touching the main questline. Skyrim offers so much choice to the player it\'s staggering, and the soundtrack is absolutely epic. An absolute classic!

Gotta watch out for those darn arrows to the knee.

All about that mod that turns all the dragons into Macho Man Randy Savage. Cream rises to the top baby.

A really odd game to rate because the game is legitimate trash without mods, but modding has made it worthwhile to play. Still, modding can't save it from the bland and underwhelming story, boring and poorly designed quests, barebones writing, forgettable cast, and how often the same dungeon designs are repeated. Mods can improve the combat, add quests and characters worth a damn, and make cities and magic feel more expansive and interesting, but a lot of things about Skyrim are unsalvagable.

Like an endless bowl of oatmeal. Skyrim has heaps of "content" that will keep you occupied when you'd rather not think about the real world, but it's certainly not a game worth playing when you have other things worth doing.

The world is so big, so immersive, that it will take you at least 80 hours to really explore it all. In that time you'll have more quests than you can count. You can pursue the main quest or head off to do whatever you like. NPCs are so numerous and yet so varied, for personalities, for wants. I doubt I'll ever tire of this game.

underwhelming main story, very few interesting side quests, low quality combat and incredibly repetitive both in terms of terrain and the majority of the side quests

It's a good game but definitely not an rpg. Imagine a role-playing game where you can be the head of the assassins, thiefs, warriors and mages at the same time.

Oh boy. Setting is NEAT but not INTERESTING, gameplay is absolutely fucking atrocious, writing is awful. That being said, this is probably the greatest modding platform of all time; with a solid mod setup this is an 80. Shout to 3DNPC and EnaiSinon's works being a good 20 points worth of that 80.