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The Elder Scrolls (Series) Review
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Posted: 17 months ago, last updated 2 weeks ago.
Author: @GeekDadGamer and Jo Robertson.
Overview
The Elder Scrolls is a series of action role-playing games that take you to detailed open worlds with free-form gameplay. The series has sold more than 58 million copies.
Each game takes place in Tamriel, during a pre-medieval period that includes a Roman-like Empire, Tolkein style monsters, magic and limited technology. You play a hero that rises to defeat a malevolent being or an antagonistic army.
Since debuting with Arena in 1994, the series has produced a total of five main games
In The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim you are free to roam the wilderness, dungeons, caves, cities, towns, fortresses, and villages on foot or by horse. There is a main quest although you can decide how closely you stick to it. The world is populated by wildlife, creatures and characters you can interact with. The characters can provide or deny quests and items depending on how you treat them.
As you go you develop your character with combat, magic, and stealth. When you have enough skills you level up and choose a new improvement. Along with finding items and weapons, this enabled you to enhance your fighting ability. It's a game that players enjoy as much for the adventures that happen through open play as the main story.
Each game takes place in Tamriel, during a pre-medieval period that includes a Roman-like Empire, Tolkein style monsters, magic and limited technology. You play a hero that rises to defeat a malevolent being or an antagonistic army.
Since debuting with Arena in 1994, the series has produced a total of five main games
- The Elder Scrolls: Arena (1994)
- The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall (1996) with a deeper plot and character classes.
- The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (2002) with a more modular approach to expansion on PC and Xbox
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006) with a tighter storyline and improved AI on PC and Xbox 360
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011) on PC, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4
- The Elder Scrolls Online (2012) on PC, Mac, Xbox One and PlayStation 4
In The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim you are free to roam the wilderness, dungeons, caves, cities, towns, fortresses, and villages on foot or by horse. There is a main quest although you can decide how closely you stick to it. The world is populated by wildlife, creatures and characters you can interact with. The characters can provide or deny quests and items depending on how you treat them.
As you go you develop your character with combat, magic, and stealth. When you have enough skills you level up and choose a new improvement. Along with finding items and weapons, this enabled you to enhance your fighting ability. It's a game that players enjoy as much for the adventures that happen through open play as the main story.
Game Details
Content Rating: PEGI 18
Release Date: 11/11/2011, updated in 2017
Price: 70% off
Platforms: PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One
Genres: Action, Adventure, Fighting, Narrative, Open World, Role-Playing, Shooting and Simulation
Accessibility: 2 features
Developer: @BethesdaStudios
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Commitment
Costs
The Elder Scrolls usually costs £11.99 to £79.99.
Additional in-game purchases are offered for items that enhance the experience. This includes a regular subscription fee (known as a 'battle/season pass') to unlock access to reward items and other aspects of the game. These games have additional content and the option to buy Season Pass access. The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim had three expansions Dawnguard, Hearthfire, and Dragonborn. These are included in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Legendary Edition.
On Switch Skyrim unlocks content via purchasing physical amiibo figures separately.
The following in-game purchases are available:
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
The Elder Scrolls Online
 | Xbox One | £14.99 | – | Free Xbox Game Pass |
 | PS5 | £14.99 | – | – |
| PS4 | £14.99 | – | – |
 | PC | – | – | Free Xbox Game Pass |
The Elder Scrolls Online Collection: Blackwood
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The Elder Scrolls Online: Elsweyr Collector's Edition (2019)
The Elder Scrolls Online: Greymoor
The Elder Scrolls Online: Greymoor Collector's Edition
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
| PS3 | – | – | Free PlayStation Now |
| PC | – | – | Free Xbox Game Pass |
| Xbox One | – | – | Free Xbox Game Pass |
Additional in-game purchases are offered for items that enhance the experience. This includes a regular subscription fee (known as a 'battle/season pass') to unlock access to reward items and other aspects of the game. These games have additional content and the option to buy Season Pass access. The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim had three expansions Dawnguard, Hearthfire, and Dragonborn. These are included in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Legendary Edition.
On Switch Skyrim unlocks content via purchasing physical amiibo figures separately.
The following in-game purchases are available:
The Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset Collector's Edition Upgrade
Age Ratings
Content Rating
Rated PEGI 18 due to depictions of gross violence towards human characters, depictions of apparently motiveless killing to multiple innocents, and depictions of violence towards the vulnerable and defenceless. This game features frequent depictions of gross violence towards human-like characters. As the player you are able to decapitate and dismember humans, all these attacks are paired with strong blood/gore. The same gross violence can be inflicted onto multiple innocent civilians, with the exception of children who take no damage from attacks. In some quests there are depictions of violence to the vulnerable and innocent, for example, there is a quest where the player is told to kill one of three humans, one of them is a criminal and the others two are innocent, all three are tied up with bags on their head, as the player you have the ability to kill all three regardless of their innocence.
Accessibility
On Switch, Skyrim offers optimal aiming of bows (along with spells) through subtle movements of the controllers. You can perform basic swings to attack and block with swords.
Our The Elder Scrolls Accessibility Report documents 2 accessibility features:
Our The Elder Scrolls Accessibility Report documents 2 accessibility features:
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