Current Events > Over 12 years later, when did you first play Skyrim?

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when it leaked on russian site 3 days before it came out

I played it in 2014 on PS3. I put a good amount of time on it, but eventually sold it since it got buggy. However, I tried to play it on PS4 and it had the same bugs and worse that the PS3 version had.

Have yet to.

I wanna 100% Oblivion first, which will probably never happen.

December 2011

I actually had no idea what Skyrim was until I started seeing and hearing about it all over the place right after it came out. Im lucky in that way because I didnt have to suffer the anticipation leading up to release lol but I watched a lets play on YT and was sold by the time the guy got to Riverwood. Went and bought it that night and was hooked for months.

Looking back, seems it was July 2012.

I think that was the first game I bought on Steam when I built my first computer, so it had to be early 2012

on launch day

Launch day in 2011. I took off two days of work so I could enjoy it.

I've never played a single elder scrolls game. I don't think I ever will.

TuxedoCyan posted...

I've never played a single elder scrolls game. I don't think I ever will.

heathen

Maybe a couple years ago? It was free so I tried it and spent like 10 minutes on it.

PS3 launch.

When the water glitch hit, I had to shelve it until the next update.

PS3 in 2012 after renting it from Red Box. It froze on the opening scene and I didn't bother to try again.

Finally got hooked after getting it on Switch in 2019.

Release day

LoveLikeJazz posted...

December 2011

I actually had no idea what Skyrim was until I started seeing and hearing about it all over the place right after it came out. Im lucky in that way because I didnt have to suffer the anticipation leading up to release lol but I watched a lets play on YT and was sold by the time the guy got to Riverwood. Went and bought it that night and was hooked for months.

The anticipation was a big deal because they announced it like 6 months before it came out instead of years early like usual

Smackems posted...

The anticipation was a big deal because they announced it like 6 months before it came out instead of years early like usual

I swear, they leave so much damn money on the table with this shit.

Me on announcement day: Hey, that looks good!
Me after one year: Any update?
Me after three years: *thinking about other stuff*
Me on release day: *oblivious*
Me eight years after release: Oh, did that come out?

Pre-ordered the original PC release, and first played it a couple days after launch. Even got the collector's edition, with the artbook, the making-of DVD, and the statue of Alduin.

I always wait a few years when it comes to stuff like Elder Scrolls, Dragon Age, Witcher and so on. I let all the bugs get worked out, most of them anyway, all DLC come, and any expansion.

I ended up waiting longer than normal with Skyrim because I got it on newer hardware and waited for the remastered special edition I knew was coming. I didnt end up playing it until 2018. So it had been out 7 years already. It was outstanding.

Im patient and willing to wait on games. Im super excited about Dragons Dogma 2 but Ill wait a few years on that too.