The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Greatest Hits Edition for PlayStation 3 | Open-World RPG Adventure Game | Perfect for Fantasy Lovers & Action RPG Fans

I was afraid to buy skyrim for the ps3 due to all the negative talk I heard and the bad reviews I read. But really, since patch 1.4 was released, the game is very playable on the ps3. Now with this being said, I'd also like to say I'am in no way a fan of fantasy RPGs. I'm very picky with games. I only buy games with great replay value. I play all M rated, violent, and open world games games like Hitman, RDR, GTA...etc. And also, I'm very picky with the art style of a game. If I don't like the art style I'm not getting it. Skyrim simply put, is AMAZiNG!!! And this is coming from a guy that's not into fanasy worlds involving witches, dragons, elves, and what not. This game has so much content in it, it's somewhat unbelievable. I also noticed that online, I really haven't seen a solid list or info of everything you can do and see in skyrim.So what can you do and see you ask? In skyrim there's so many things to do and see. To start with, the inhabitants of skyrim is just great! So many people, anamials, and mythical creatures and beings it's wonderful.Races you can choose to play as:Altmer (high elves)Argonian (reptilians)Breton (human)Bosmer (wood elves)Dunmer (dark elves)Imperial (human)Khajiit (felines)Nord (human)Redguard (human)Orsimer (orcs)Animals/ mythical beings of skyrim:Domestic animals- chicken dogs cows goats horsesWild- bears drangonflys lighting bugs bees moths butterflies rabbits deer moose wolfs saber cats mammoths foxesmythical- skeevers (large rat) mudcrabs slaughterfish horker (giant walrus) ice wraiths( ice serpents) werewolf trolls chaurus (giant insect) hagravens (witch/bird) mages vampires giants dragons draugr (nord zombie) giant spiders dwarven automatons ghost wisps skeletons spriggans (walking trees)Things you can do:- you can walk just about everywhere and anywhere in this game. See a mountain in the distance? Go ahead climb it. Or a building? Go in it.- lockpick chest, gates, and doors.- explore the world of skyrim. Discover numerous ruins, strongholds, dungeons, farms, towns,cities, and other various landscapes.- join one of many guilds/ groups and partake in heist, assassinations, wars, and tons of other fun quest.- do miscellaneous quest. From framing someone, giving an item to someone, or to getting hired to kill and so on. And it's never ending because the game generates more quest for you.- customize your character the way you see fit. Play the way you want to customize your character. Whether its your goal to be a trained marksmen in archery or a battle hardened warrior with two-handed weapons, you decide.- hire a companion to help you on your journey for fight and to carry supplies.- get married to one of many available NPCs (pc version you can marry anyone, but not on the consoles).- hunt- poison or enchant weapons and apparel to give you the edge in battle.- make potions from items picked up in your travels.- pick up, drag, place, and sometimes even hide items and bodies.- ride a horse or you could use the fast travel option after discovering a location.- interact with hundreds of NPCs in the game that all have a story to tell and make the world feel alive.- you can kill just about any NPC in the game. But, if they're connected to the main story or possibly a miscellaneous quest then you can't.- steal items from inside NPCs homes or pickpocket them while they're out in about.- take out a variety of different enemies in strongholds, ruins, temples, caves, camps..etc.- read one of hundreds of the many books that are in the game that tell stories on the history and the inhabitants of skyrim.- fight a dragon and take it's soul to unlock shouts, or fight the many other mythical creatures that inhabit skyrim.- as a dragonborn, use special powers called shouts to help you in combat and to communicate with dragons.- become a werewolf or vampire.- learn magic and become a mage or whatever you want.- you can even get quest within quest. Its amazing. One minute you could be fighting mages in a dungeon, and then be given another side mission by a prisoner you rescued or find a letter or journal talking about a legendary treasure or weapon.That's a lot of it, but I know I'm missing a few things. Skyrim is a wonderfully designed game (my opinion) both graphically and in its content, considering how massive the game is. Graphics: graphically, everything is hand-placed, nothing looks exactly the same. Everything is made unique in the game. From the forest and winter lands of skyrim, to towns and cities to the caves, dungeons and so on. NPCs facial animations and bodies are stiff, but it's a small thing to grip about. Sometimes it can be awkward to interact with an NPC, because they might talk to you through a building or have their back to you. But these are rare occurrences. The kill animations can also at times look weird or get blocked because of your location or the NPCs. But over all it's good. Went you thing you've seen it all you'll discover something else, and you'll often just find yourself just looking at the world and scenery of skyrim. It's that good!Glitches: I bought this when patches 1.4 and 1.5 came out. Although I have run into several glitches, they have not ruined the experience and at times are funny. I've played for 12 hours straight numerous times while playing and not once has it crashed on me. The frame rate at times has dropped, but never for longer then a second or two. One occurrence it dropped when I was fighting 5 enemies at once in a tight hallway and fighting and magic was all going on at once. I've played well over 200+ hours and have fought like that other times and this was just something that happened once. So all in all the frame rate stays solid. And once after entering a cave I started floating up in the air, and after that, when I went to 3rd person, my character wasn't there, but could still play. Just couldn't see my character when in 3rd person. After dying, it was back to normal. and once when in a cave at the entrance, a bear floated in the air for a few seconds, but came back down. The menus often freeze for a few seconds, and water texture in certain parts of the city of Whiterun was bad at times and I noticed some frame rate drops there, and some other locations more often than others, but really, in no way was it annoying or game breaking. I'm currently at level 43 and those are all the glitches I have experienced during my gameplay.Sound: the sound in this game is some of the best I've heard in a game. From the music to the sound effects. It's all spot on. Voice acting isn't nearly as good, with the game developers only having 70 something voice actors for hundreds of NPCs in the game, it's not that big of a deal in my opinion, but you will hear the same voice for many different NPCs over and over again. The music in the game adjust based on what is going around you and your environment.Gameplay: this game is an open world game and if you liked any of the things I mentioned in what you can do, then you'll love the gameplay. Anyway, gameplay is very good. You'll spend months playing this. So much variety and content. Although obviously over time it'll becoming repetitive over time if played it day in and day out. basically if you let this game become your life. Haha which is very easy to do. It's that good. Ummm....combat could have been made better, but from what I've heard it's a mass improvement over oblivion. It's good, but sometimes feels like you're hitting nothing. Or like you're not really packing a punch. Combats not the best but it's solid. Companions in the the game could have also used improvement too, but it's decent like combat.What disappointed me: I didn't like it in the game that you have poison, but can only use it in spells or weapons, you can't poison food or drinks unless it's a task in a quest. And the developers said you could do just about anything. Also, the fact that I couldn't kill every NPC in the game kind of ruined the realism for me. I would have liked to have been able to and see how the story was affected or if it played out differently. But, again, it's a small grip and not that big of a deal. All in all Skyrim for the ps3 is a fun and very enjoyable fantasy RPG with lots and lots of content that's sure to last you months if not years of great gameplay. I would recommend this game to just about anyone. You don't have to like fantasy RPGs to like skyrim. It appeals to just about everyone. If you're on the fence about getting skyrim, just buy it. If you only have a ps3 like me, then get it. If you have an xbox, get it on that. But even better, if you have a gaming pc, get the pc version because it's the best quality and you get even more content. Get Skyrim!Obviously I haven't yet put in my 200+ hours to adequately review this game, but there are a few things I'd like to mention that I think potential buyers should know. Some of these comments may apply to all versions of this game, but I am particularly referring to the PS3 version of the game. With Oblivion, certain errors occurred on the PS3 but not on the 360, so these comments may not apply to all versions. I've also updated this review after playing quite a bit further into the game.The graphics are nice. The mountain scenes present a high quality view slightly better than Oblivion, but during the progression of the game the graphics are about the same as Oblivion. One very nice exception to this are power attacks that slow time down and give a very stunning final blow to enemies by thrusting swords through them, slit throats, etc. Some very sensitive people may not like the brutality of these finishing blows, but I don't mind my toddler watching them. I did not want him watching the initial beheading scene, but with that exception and perhaps one torture scene, I don't mind him watching me play. The PS3 version only has 480p, 720p, and 1080i. Despite the fact we're nearly 6 years into 1080p graphics, Bethesda didn't feel the need to give it to us. However, the text is very small, so unless you have a 60" TV, I'm guessing you wouldn't be using more than 720p anyways. For my 32" Panasonic Plasma, I set the resolution to 480p and the text is still very small and difficult to read.The game takes up a lot of RAM that causes skipping and short-freezing (no more than 5 seconds). If you played Oblivion when it first came out on the Xbox 360, you can compare the it to when you crossed invisible lines that caused it to freeze and say "loading" at the bottom for 2-5 seconds. Except in Skyrim, it doesn't say "loading," so it just freezes. Usually the freezing lasts less than a second, but sometimes it can be up to 5, making one concerned that the game is frozen. Further into the game this seems to happen less often.The vast openness in Oblivion is enhanced in Skyrim. With Oblivion, when you went into a city it'd stop and load. With Skyrim, you can walk in and out of cities without having to pause to load. You do still have to pause to load if you walk in a building or a dungeon or certain cities. About 1/4 of the world is completely barren in terms of interaction, but it is still breathtaking even up to the North, West, and East "You can't go beyond this point" messages.The fear of crashes on the PS3 version of Oblivion may be extended to Skyrim. Before you leave the initial dungeon, there is a bridge that collapses, not allowing you to go backwards. If you jump down into the ravine created by the lack of a bridge and try to jump back up to the other side of the ravine, you'll get stuck between a rock and a hard place--literally. So frequent savings are advised, especially before doing something you think might cause it to freeze. About 40 hours into the game, I've had this occur about 4 times total that I had to reload from a previous save because I was stuck and could not get out.The leveling system is nice. Similar to Final Fantasy XIII's Christiarium, Skyrim has astrological symbols for each skill. Each time you level up your character, you can use one "Perk" to unlock a "star" in the symbol. Each star requires a minimum level in that skill, and each star either increases or decreases the effectiveness of something or grants you a special skill. The increasing/decreasing effectiveness usually has 5 different levels for how effective it is, but you only have to unlock the first level to move on to the next star. Choose your perks wisely, as you only get one per character level. Personally I chose to max out Sneak early on which has some nice combinations with Archery and One-Handed weapons that allow for instant-kills of moderate-difficulty targets.Unlike Oblivion where each race had specific skills that would be beneficial, Skyrim's races only start with a higher set of stats. You can level any set of skills to the max. I'd recommend picking a race either on their 24-hour skill, their special abilities (i.e. water breathing), or their appearance. No race has a speed advantage in Skyrim. The character creation has greatly been enhanced so you can make one race look like many others. Obviously you can't turn an Orc into a Kajiit, but you can make a Wood Elf look like pretty much any other elf as well as most "human" and elf races (except Orc).Regarding leveling, each time you level up your character (not skill) you can choose to increase your Magikka, Health, or Stamina by 10 points. You also get 1 "Perk point' as mentioned above to unlock new abilities in a particular skill set. You level your character by leveling your skills. I don't believe there's a particular ratio, and it seems that the higher a particular skill goes the less effect it has on your overall level.If you preordered the game (or if you buy it from someone who preordered it), you get a premium physical map inside the case. When they say premium, they mean it, because it seems to be made of parchment (leather), not paper. It could just be a trick, but it is really nice. However, unless you've got a game room or are playing it in your bedroom, there really isn't anything to do with it. It's too big to get out and put back, and the map is not very topographical, so you don't know if you can trespass between two landmarks or not. If you're the average adult and have your TV in your living room, it's not something you'd want to hang on your wall unless you already have some type of Medieval theme to your decor.The difficulty level is not as noticeable in Skyrim as Oblivion. In Oblivion I put it towards the easy end and went up and down for specific enemies. In Skyrim I've had it dead in the centre the whole time. I had some difficulty with one dungeon and put it all the way to easy and didn't notice any difference. I eventually just used my 24-hour ability (Wood Elf) to control the giant spider while I walked past it. I have had several other bosses that I was unable to beat on any difficulty that I eventually just changed strategies and beat on a moderate level.Lastly, if you're one to look for cheats and loopholes, the "Sneak Cheat" from Oblivion is still applicable in Skyrim, but it's more difficult. If you want details, search on a site for FAQs, as I won't include it here for the many people who don't like handicapped advantages.Do not look at the pegi rating, the violence is similar to uncharted 3 and great game! But by ordering it using standard delivery I got it for RS890 + shipping charges and got it two days earlier than what the prime delivery said. The prime delivery one although late will cost you 1299 rupees.buy it! Very impressed by my first Bethesda's titleEl servicio de entrega y atención de Amazon fue ExcelenteEn cuanto al video juego, muy entretenido y más si descargaslas expansión que añaden muchas horas mas de diversión. Tiene una gran cantidad de misiones secundarias y lugares que descubrir que garantiza muchas horas de diversión.Bethesda continues to churn out great games specially for people like me who like long and a compelling storyline and single player campaign mode. ive clocked 100+ Hours on this beauty and it keeps making me come back for more.As always The product was on time and the packaging was also good. Kudos to Amazon.This game.. made me forget everything else dear. I have played atleast 700+ hours of this game. 9999/10 Without a doubt, one of the best pieces of gaming history ever. Bethesda and Skyrim still continue to amaze and impress. The more I play this game, the more I find about it. It never seizes to grab my interest and attention.Long game, beautiful locations. Huge map, huge number of missions & side missions, pace of story as the player wishes. Loved the game