Only 7 more days until The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim will be in my hand!! I can only recall my excitement for a video game being like this just a few times in my life. The first time was when I was 12 years old and waiting for Christmas day as I knew I had a Nintendo 64 under the Christmas tree just wanting to be opened. The next was waiting for Halo 3. I spent the months up to the release squeezing out every little detail I could about the game. The most recent game was Mass Effect 2, and rightfully so cause that game was incredible.
So for this year I've had my sights on a game series I've never played, the Elder Scrolls. I've never even touched Oblivion and I only dabbled in Fallout 3 for a few hours yet something about Skyrim has captured my excitement and imagination. Skyrim comes out 11/11/11 and no doubt I'll be picking it up at the midnight release but until then I'll spending the next 7 days explaining to you 7 reasons why Skyrim is my most anticipated game and what I look forward to.
7. Barbarian Choirs
Ever since the announcement trailer, the music for Skyrim has been unique. Music in a video game can easily make it or break it for me. I can still hum to myself some of the memorable scores from the Halo and Mass Effect games. Even my son knows some of the Super Mario Galaxy tunes now. So with Skyrim the music is crucial to build the atmosphere and drive me to continue through the story. Take a listen to the main theme of Skyrim in the youtube video on the right. It's a barbarian anthem that riles me up to bring out my inner Norwegian viking. I love it and I can't wait to see how the other Skyrim songs make me feel.
Skyrim is filled with over 3 hours of composed music and I feel it's greatest challenge is to make the huge world of Skyrim enjoyable and livable while playing potentially 300 hours of the game. The track in the video on the left is background music while you traverse and explore the land of Skyrim. To me this song is the epitome of fantasy. It's whimsical, mysterious, and moving. I hope years from now I'll be humming to myself some of the memorable songs of Skyrim. 7 more days!!
P.S. If you have no clue what kind of game Skyrim is and would like some details be sure to check out this great summary on NeoGaf.
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