The Good
- Immense world stuffed with varied tasks to perform
- Dragon battles are a blast
- Lovely art design capped by some beautiful, atmospheric touches
- Enjoyable battles that you can approach in a variety of ways
- Lots of compelling, self-contained stories to experience in addition to the main one
The Bad
- Glitches and bugs frequently disrupt the immersion
- Friendly AI is often more of a hindrance than a help
- PC Gamer (94/100) — “It’s the best open world game I’ve ever played, the most liberating RPG I’ve ever played, and one of my favourite places in this or any other world.”
- Joystiq (5/5) — “This is the deepest, loveliest world ever created for a single player to explore, and one that no one should deny themselves.”
- G4TV (5/5) — “Skyrim offers the single most impressive gaming landscape I have ever seen, not just in its scope, but in the variety and detail, a truly monumental achievement that allows for sublime absorption of the player in its verisimilitude.”
- Destructoid(10/10) — “Submit you will, for The Elder Scrolls V is the new zenith of role-playing games and it commands you to look up.”
- Eurogamer (10/10) — “a masterpiece”
- IGN (9.5/10) — “playing Skyrim is a rare kind of intensely personal, deeply rewarding experience, and one of the best role-playing games yet produced”
- UGO – “Skyrim is the closest Bethesda has made it to making a perfect open-world game.”
- Wired (10/10) — “Boundless Skyrim Will Become Your Life”
- Machinima (9.5/10) — “Quit your job. Divorce your spouse. Give your children up for adoption. Do whatever you need to do to find the time to play Skyrim.”
- Giant Bomb (5/5) — “The sheer amount of content packed into the game is a true marvel of video game production; it’s even more marvelous that all of it is so well executed that you want to see and do everything, and better still that you’re free to play it all in whatever way you want.”
- Xbox 360 Achievements (99/100): “Simply put, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has raised the bar in the RPG genre.”
- GamesRadar (10/10) — “Skyrim is sprawling, generous, gorgeous and ambitious.”
- Team Xbox (9.8/10) — “This is easily one of the best RPGs to come out in this generation of consoles. You must own this game.”
- The Escapist (5/5) — “An absolutely first-rate roleplaying game that combines an abundance of content with an abundance of quality.”
- Game Informer (9.5/10) — “It’s one of the biggest, most content rich games I’ve had the pleasure of playing.”