Skyrim
This game has single-handedly altering not only the life in the flat but the style of conversation, natural reactions and thought processes....
For those who haven't had their lives completely remolded by this game, it was released just over 2 weeks ago (although total household play probably already amounts to around over 250 hours (as usual incase my mum is reading, only about 10 hours of that is me... Honestly)
For those who have escaped the grasp of this game thus far, it is a RPG style game set in times when nords existed and swords and shields were the weapons of choice (or the most advanced) and magic was not only believed in but also possible. This might not sound like a particularly good game at first with the pretence but what if i threw the thought of fighting dragons! Now do I have your attention?
I think reading that back I should give up on being a game reviewer...
Anywho back to what i was saying
Skyrim is one of those games that can completely take over your life, the map is huge.... I will try and give you some scale, it takes a good 20mins to walk across from one side to the other in real time, well closer to 4 hours by the time you get repeatedly distracted/attacked/pummelled by a giant/ set on fire/ had an ice spike fired through your shoulder/picked up all the random bits of foliage to see if it is good for you/looked for a shop with some gold to buy stuff off you/ WAIT FOR ALL THE BLOODY LOAD SCREENS. Gets pretty deep
But the most worrying thing is it does change how you see the world around you. an example of this is I was working in the lab in uni last week when someone picked up a glass stirring rod behind me. Now this is a standard thing to hear in a chemistry lab so no one really reacted, well I say no one, my natural instinct got me to pick up my steel dagger (ok spatula but play along) and prepare for a fight.... Also there are far too many game references popping up in day to day conversation. My flatmates no longer say that I am a chemistry student, but a potion master apprentice... And walking along the street seeing flowers in other people's gardens is making me want to 'harvest' them in order to eat them on the off chance I will get a stamina boost.
It's times like that which make me consider whether the game is addictive or I have mental problems.... And no I am not asking for you to suggest which is true.
For those who have escaped the grasp of this game thus far, it is a RPG style game set in times when nords existed and swords and shields were the weapons of choice (or the most advanced) and magic was not only believed in but also possible. This might not sound like a particularly good game at first with the pretence but what if i threw the thought of fighting dragons! Now do I have your attention?
I think reading that back I should give up on being a game reviewer...
Anywho back to what i was saying
Skyrim is one of those games that can completely take over your life, the map is huge.... I will try and give you some scale, it takes a good 20mins to walk across from one side to the other in real time, well closer to 4 hours by the time you get repeatedly distracted/attacked/pummelled by a giant/ set on fire/ had an ice spike fired through your shoulder/picked up all the random bits of foliage to see if it is good for you/looked for a shop with some gold to buy stuff off you/ WAIT FOR ALL THE BLOODY LOAD SCREENS. Gets pretty deep
But the most worrying thing is it does change how you see the world around you. an example of this is I was working in the lab in uni last week when someone picked up a glass stirring rod behind me. Now this is a standard thing to hear in a chemistry lab so no one really reacted, well I say no one, my natural instinct got me to pick up my steel dagger (ok spatula but play along) and prepare for a fight.... Also there are far too many game references popping up in day to day conversation. My flatmates no longer say that I am a chemistry student, but a potion master apprentice... And walking along the street seeing flowers in other people's gardens is making me want to 'harvest' them in order to eat them on the off chance I will get a stamina boost.
It's times like that which make me consider whether the game is addictive or I have mental problems.... And no I am not asking for you to suggest which is true.
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