The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is
an action
role-playing video game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and
published by Bethesda Softworks.
It is the fifth main installment in The Elder Scrolls series,
following The Elder
Scrolls IV: Oblivion, and was released worldwide for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 on November 11, 2011.
The
game's main story revolves around the player's character, the Dragonborn, on
their quest to defeat Alduin the World-Eater, a dragon who is prophesied to
destroy the world. The game is set 200 years after the events of Oblivion and
takes place in Skyrim, the northernmost province of Tamriel. Over the course of the game, the
player completes quests and develops the character by improving skills. The
game continues the open-world tradition of its predecessors by allowing the
player to travel anywhere in the game world at any time, and to ignore or
postpone the main storyline indefinitely.
Skyrim was developed using the Creation Engine, rebuilt specifically for the
game. The team opted for a unique and more diverse open world than Oblivion's Imperial Province of Cyrodiil, which game director and
executive producer Todd
Howard considered less interesting by comparison. The game was
released to critical acclaim, with reviewers particularly mentioning the character advancement and
setting, and is considered to be one
of the greatest video games of all time. Nonetheless, it received
some criticism, predominantly for its melee combat and numerous technical
issues present at the launch. The game shipped over seven million copies to
retailers within the first week of its release, and over 30 million copies on
all platforms as of November 2016, making it one of the
best selling video games in history.
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