![]() It may sound strange to say that, given that your character is always lopping the heads off bandits or burning mages alive, but through gameplay it’s an incredibly soothing, almost therapeutic experience. The next iteration of the Elder Scrolls series was an MMO, The Elder Scrolls Online, and when it was revealed, the mantra among fans was that Zenimax didn’t understand the series if they thought that what it needed was a hundred other heroes like you running around the map with little names over their heads. Despite the enormous impact of Skyrim, few other games have been content to exist without some form of multiplayer attached to it. There’s been a huge shift to multiplayer, multiplayer, multiplayer. Hell, even the Elder Scrolls series itself did. There are longer games too, but only if you start repeating yourself in a grind for better gear or higher levels.Īs a whole, the industry looked at Skyrim and essentially ran in the opposite direction. There are bigger video game maps out there, sure, but ones that are far less populated with content. ![]() Almost no other game has been able to replicate its breadth and volume. ![]() ![]() And yet, despite its success, it has few true imitators. The first to crack the chart that isn’t from one of those three categories is Skyrim, with 20 million copies sold by last count. When you look at the list of the best-selling video games of all time, almost all of the top 25 are either Nintendo games, Call of Duty installments, or Grand Theft Auto sequels.
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