Probably many of you have heard about the game "The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim", but let's talk to those who saw this game before somewhere and was wondering if it is a good choice.

In here I'll try to expose each detail used here on Vizzed, or "ways to review" this game, those ways are: Graphics, Sounds, Addictiveness, Story, Depth and difficulty. Each of those details will be rated from 0 to 10, being 0 the worst, and 10 the best, except for Difficulty, which 0 being extremely easy and 10 extremely hard.

I am not a good reviewer, but I'll put some good effort into making this review.

Let's talk firstly about the game itself, we should start with the info about the game, right?
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is a RPG made by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. This game is the fifth of the series, being The Elder Scrolls Arena the first, The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall the second, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowing the third and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion the forth, this masterpiece was released for the PS3, Xbox360 and PC on November 11th of 2011 and on June 4th of 2013 the Legendary edition which includes the game, and the DLCs (Downloadable content) Dawnguard, Hearthfire and Dragonborn; The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim was the first game ever on the Occident to get the maximum grade (40 out of 40) on the magazine Famitsu. And the game also got 3 prizes on VGA 2011, including best game of year, probably with this you can already have the idea of how good this game is, BUT! Make sure you are okay playing a M (Mature +17) game, while the game deserves every second of you play it, you should also be careful with the game ratings.

Let's check the graphics for this game, I could describe all of this in 2 words: "Almost flawless", yes, this game seriously impressed me with such beautiful and outstanding graphics, the details of simply and absolutely almost EVERYTHING is perfectly made, the appearances of all the characters, monsters even the smallest bee, really do look like what they are and what's better is that you feel like you are in the game. I seriously have no words to express how excellent the graphics are, it's something you must see for yourself, if graphics call your attention, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is certainly the game for you.
I've just reminded I've said "Almost flawless", but why that? So far in 39 hours of play, I've only spotted 2 fails of the graphics, 1 extremely hard to FIND and 1 you will eventually find. The extremely hard to find flaw is that in a mountain somewhere Skyrim, the rocks of the mountain is "floating a little" from the mountain, and I believe that is no magical effect, but like I said, you only find it in extreme luck. The  one you will eventually find, is when riding the horse through the mountains or unstable terrain, the horse keep moving strangely, it should move strangely because of the kind of terrain, but it's a little more strange than it should be.
Perfectly made graphics with the slightest flaws gets a 9.9, but you can round it to 10.

Sounds, one thing very important for the game, another masterpiece just like graphics, the sound effects are really realistic, the sheathing and unsheathing of the sword, the walking, the cutting, the birds singing, absolutely everything, it quite feels like they actually did those things to make the sounds for the game XD.
Let's talk about the tunes and songs of Skyrim, the tunes fits perfectly in each situation you are, if you are in the open-world simply walking around, you will be granted the sounds of the forest and some very calm song, when engaging into a battle, you will get an excellent tune of medieval battle, and when you meet a bard or someone who sings, they may sing for you and play an instrument, if you ever find someone who plays an instrument and/or sings, try making a request for them, you will find yourself in quite a very peaceful moment, listening to Ragnar the Red, The Dragonborn Comes, and who knows what else? ;3
Trust me, you will feel yourself even more into the game with the tunes from this game; You like good music and sound effects? You found it.
Absolute 10 for sounds.

I'll tell you the beginning of the story only, because the story is seriously HUGE but well made, note you can learn more about the story of this game by reading books around Skyrim or also asking around for the history of each town you are in.
You begin the game awakening in a carriage, and there are 3 people next to you, all of you are suspected on being rebels, when you arrive the town of Helgen, you have the opportunity to give your character "a face", you can customize your character in any way you want, the race, colors and even the position of the cheeks, mouth, etc. After you are finished customizing your character, you are sent to be executed, your killer is there, watching you and lifting the axe which will take your life away when suddenly by either extreme luck or DESTINY, a huge DRAGON appears, you are safe from being executed, but you must still escape! And what makes things even better, is that dragons were believed to be extinct a long time ago. After escaping, the Dragonborn (you, the player) have the choice to be and do anything he wants, you can be a strong and fearless warrior, maybe a powerful spell caster mage, or make a quick and sneaky thief, it's all completely up to you!
Excellent story get 10.

How addictive can this game be? Simple, once you get it, and play for the first time, you will want to play it more and more, do I really have to say how addictive this game is after all I've said to this moment?
Addictive game is VERY addictive for a good 10.

Depth, simply put, you will spend over 200 hours in this game, a huge open world, with many different towns to discover, and many secrets to encounter, don't expect this to be a short or medium game, and this game is literally IMPOSSIBLE to speedrun, even if you skipped over everything you probably wouldn't be able to complete this game. In a positive but very simple review on Steam, I've found a user who played this game for over 600 HOURS, that would be exactly a whole 25 days playing, almost a whole month!
And something I almost forgot to mention, is that with the DLCs Dawnguard, Hearthfire and Dragonborn, you have EVEN MORE things to do.
With the DLC Dawnguard, you get a new campaign with new achievements everything around Dawnguard, the clan of vampire slayers, yes, with this DLC you will have the chance to be a vampire slayer (Like the Belmont family! Except you won't actually use a whip to do so XD), or be the Vampire Lord yourself! A new long campaign for a long game.
With the Dragonborn DLC, you will have the chance to meet the FIRST DRAGONBORN, apparently ruling over the island of Solstheim with his power, threatning all of those who lives there, and much more! This DLC will certainly be a challenge! Can you defeat the first Dragonborn?
Lastly, but not least, the Hearthfire DLC, differently from the other DLCs, this won't really add anything to the history at all, really, nothing, BUT will still add content to the game! With this DLC, the Dragonborn will be able to build a house, from a total 0, you will lift your own house from the ground, and make it the best house ever! Giving more use for the Materials you find (such as Iron, Steel, etc), and you will also be able to ADOPT children and MARRY, yes, you will also have a wife here!
I certainly recommend you to try to get the Legendary edition on Steam during a Steam sale, you may be lucky enough to find it on a 75% discount!
I don't think I need to say more about this, Depth, Absolute 10.

And now it's time for the last detail for this review, how hard can be this game? I can safely say, perfectly fitted for every single player, from the most first-timers to the most tough Hardcore players, you can change the difficulty of the time with only a few CLICKS, if you aren't too used to Skyrim, you could decrease the difficulty, and once you start getting more used, or you want a challenge, you can increase difficulty, EVEN IF YOU ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BATTLE.
Difficulty 4 - 10.

General rating: 10
I'll describe this game with 2 words: Respect And Masterpiece.

I really want to get skyrim when I get a ps3, its a sandbox type game (brownie points already.) and it also has some GREAT music (especially the main theme, dragon *something*)

Excellent review Leonhart, keep at it and you'll be better.

But...there is one thing I wish there was in that game (many things actually but let's talk about the one I want the most), and that thing is.....impacts (like in oblivion!), but I know how this will affects certain aspect of the game and some people might leave skyrim because of this idea, but I truly want it.
I mean I am a pure fighter, what do I do when I fight a bandit? Step right in front of him and give a smack in the face. Then what about the troll? Just be careful of his claw attack and try to inflict as much damage before he regenerates (well, that how I do it my way).
And then here I wished the there was something in troll that makes it look more unique, more interesting, and I couldn't think of anything except for the oblivion's impacts.

In short, I kinda want Bethesda puts more efforts in designing the enemies, but then again....that's all my opinion.