Reptilian Rob wrote...
Ok, this is a great game no argument about that. But, it is no where NEAR as great as people are claiming. Due to the one thing all Bethesda games suffer from, game/quest breaking bugs.
I can't believe all the good reviews this game has received, staggering. The reviewers obviously did not give it more than a couple hours, or if they did had a perfect copy. Within ten hours of gameplay I had three broken quests and a few items in my inventory I could not drop due to the questline thinking I hadn't completed it, even though I had. I even have quests carried over into OTHER quests and now they are bugged. For instance I can't complete the Thieves Guild missions because Karliah is stuck at the Winterhold inn. Because of this, I cannot but upgrades to the Dark Brotherhood sanctuary in Dawnstar because Delvin is bugged at the Ragged Flagon thinking Karliah is there, when she is bugged at Winterhold. After twenty hours, my quest list is completely cluttered with quests I cannot complete with around thirty pounds of crap in my inventory.
How about a cancel or reset quest option, Bethesda? Or would that be too "game-breaking", because I can say with all certainty that this game is already broken to the utmost degree. And you know who's fault it is that Bethesda keeps shelling out bugged games? Us, the gamers. Because we tend to just pass by these buggs, being calmed by Bethesda's ridiculous excuse that Skyrim is a "big game" and "bugs are going to happen. That's some malarkey right there, because there are games much, much larger than Skyrim that have been released with absolutely no game breaking bugs. To name a few games that are as large or larger than Skyrim, that are well produced and tested...Mass Effect 1 & 2, Just Cause, Just Cause 2, Baulders Gate 1, 2 & 3, Dragon Age Origins, the list can go on and on. Because most reviewers and gamers take Bethesda's ridiculous excuse to heart, or worse coin the glitches as "cute" or "making the game ever better" Bethesda will keep producing buggy and glitches games, because they know they can get away with minimal effort.
Until they patch Skyrim considerably, there is absolutely no reason at all to nominate this for GOTY. And before someone comes in here and says "Well I haven't experienced any glitches so the game is fine." just remember that a product should work for ALL users and customers, not just some or most. If I am paying a premium of $60 for a game, I expect it to work. Some bugs and glitches are unavoidable, but game breaking or potentially game ruining ones are not acceptable, ever, at least not for a $60 product.
I have several bugged quests that hinged on each other and prevented me from completing multiple questlines too. The Thieves Guild want to make me guildmaster, but Brynjolf's speech won't trigger, which means I can't give the Stones of Barenziah to Vex since she is also waiting patiently for me to become guildmaster.
I decided to work on Companion's quests...and they sent me to rescue someone who was taken hostage. Guess what? It was one of the Thieves Guild members lulz, who is
also standing sround waiting for the guildmaster ceremony, so I can go no further with the Companions. *facepalm* I also have over 50 pounds of undroppable stuff in my inventory. It's gotten to the point where I save before picking anything up, just in case I can't drop it. If I can't, I reload. *sigh*
Nevertheless, I am now at level 60, completed the main Dragonborn quest, (Who loved Sovngarde and wished there had been more to do there?) and will soon be joining a civil war faction. :happy:
Oh yes, since I hadn't picked a side, I really liked the peace talks you get to do with the Greybeards before defeating Alduin. I enjoyed deciding who got which city and I LOVED ordering that Thalmor witch out of the proceedings.

Awesome. Also, despite Delphine demanding I kill my dragon buddy, I just ignored her and ended that questline with Paarthurnax as my friend. Later, out of curiosity, I went back to try to kill him to see what would happen and he couldn't be killed, so I guess that's either another bug, or you have to choose to kill him during the Dragonborn questline. The Blades suck anyway, and I never even did a single quest with them after installing them in the temple. Good thing I only gave them random followers I never intended to have accompany me.
The only quest I haven't been able to get which really makes me sad is Blood on the Ice. It just won't trigger for me, although everyone in town talks endlessly about the murders. It's the only house in Skyrim I don't own, and we wants it, precious! *cry*