To counter the above review, you don't get ads happening when you play the actual game. You have to sign in to Steam and when exiting you get an advert which you can close.

Graphics are great; gameplay is immersive

Steam is a little annoying but not a show stopper at all

The most wonderful game on the market today, Buy it for your son , husband , nephew , cousin , grandchild , they will love it.

Fun

None

What the hell have I gotten myself into? First I got involved with some rebellion, and that led me to the headsman's block, and then there was a dragon, and weird voices, and...

While I was taking a stroll outside on a hot sunny day, a flash of a shadow raced over the ground in front of me. With horror on my face I jumped around scanning the skies for what could only mean my imminent death.

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is the best open world first person role playing game that Bethesda has ever created and everyone who had fun with Oblivion, Morrowind or the Fallout series should pick it up and play through it at least two times (for story reasons) using two very different builds to get...

Huge game world; Character development system; Improved combat; Solid quests; Immersive experiences

Main story is a little formulaic; Some glitches

Wonder comes in many forms in Skyrim, and Bethesda shows us this wonder in many places and in many ways in one of their most enjoyable games yet. Wonder has always been at the heart of The Elder Scrolls. The wonder of discovering what sits on a mountain's peak.

PROS: Mayhem and wonder can lurk behind every bend, every hill, and every mountain; main quest line is an improvement from Oblivion; dual-wielding and Shouts make combat more fun; enchanting, making potions, and crafting weapons is easy, and for some, likely quite enjoyable

CONS: Technical issues could ruin moments for some players; it's too easy to go into "sneak" mode when backing up with the control stick

A game like Skyrim poses a serious question to how game reviewers do their job. In general, we follow a pretty rigid schedule; start game, play game, finish game, write about game. But what happens when a game never ends?

This game is amazing. Even though it was released at the same time as other AAA+ titles I cant imagine this not getting GOTY. The graphics leave something to be desired compared to BF3, but it doesn't look bad and it more then makes up for that shortcoming by the expansive open-ended world where you...

The enitirely optional thieves' guild sub-quest alone lasts longer and offers more drama and variety than most singleplayer games released this year. And that's long before you factor in similar quest-lines for The Dark Brotherhood, the College of Mages, The Companions or the major, dragon-centric...

Plenty of PC games promise universes compelling enough to let you live in them, but how many actually deliver? Since its inception in 1994, the Elder Scrolls series has consistently been on the front lines of immersion, giving you ever bigger and more elaborate realms to explore on the continent of Tamriel, and more ways to experience life in those places than you can brandish a quarterstaff at. The quantum strides made in Morrowind (2002) and Oblivion (2006) continue in the newest installment, Skyrim ($59.99 for PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360), which provides the most delicious perspective to date on this fascinating world over which you have almost complete control. Unmatched RealismEssentially, everything that was true about the previous games' eye-popping open-endedness remains true here. You may pigeonhole yourself into traditional CRPG categories if you like: It's no challenge to set yourself up as a warrior, a wizard, or a pickpocketing miscreant, of either gender, of any...

Building on the advances of the previous games in the landmark Elder Scrolls series, the latest chapter, Skyrim, is the most detailed, immersive, and engrossing yet.

Superb visuals, voice acting, soundtrack; Enormous, highly interactive game world; Provides almost limitless options for playing, replaying

Some bugs; Quirky interfaces sometimes frustrating; No multiplayer mode