it's nice to see a review of skyrim in current year that isn't just "erm morrowind was better" even though morrowind was better

@bigPauliee

3 ай бұрын

LOL

@ion4393

3 ай бұрын

Don't forget the "Skyrim sucks cause it's not Dark Souls" crowd. You can insert any popular game there like The Witcher 3 a few years back

@Slavesforsale1

3 ай бұрын

As someone who hasn't played Morrowind, it was leagues better than Skyrim.

@4bschaum

3 ай бұрын

​@@Slavesforsale1honestly i would recommend rebalancing mods for a first time playthrough these days. makes playing the game just way less of a chore in the early game

@rickyrain7773

3 ай бұрын

Morrowind was definitely better but I love skyrim

In order to land, Dragons actually need special chairs all around the game world. Looks pretty cool in the level editor. Every building has a dragon on top of it.

Regarding diplomatic immunity, there are multiple ways to cause a distraction at the party by asking other npcs you know but it depends on certain quests you completed for them. Also if you keep Malborn alive you can meet him later in Windhelm and help him escape from a thalmor agent. Wish the game had more stuff like this.

@M2TWhierarch

Ай бұрын

double that, if you can frame the bosmer girl Brelas to distract the guards, then you'll be able to save her while escaping the prison. Triple that, if both Malborn and Brelas survive, they will live in Windhelm together. And quadruple that, after the Thalmor assassin dies, they both leave Skyrim like a couple.

@db5094

9 күн бұрын

@@M2TWhierarch wtf i ve gotta do that

Skyrim is a timeless classic and the music immediately takes me back to Summers playing it as a kid. Epic review King Kung.

Vanilla NPCs make for a good jumpscare if you're used to modded looks.

@mikeity2009

2 ай бұрын

Ah yes, normal npc's vs modern hairstyle, big breasted jiggly underage bimbos. Yes jumpscare for sure.

Love listening to these reviews. I was a major ES fan myself. Played 100s of hours into morrowind , oblivion, and Skyrim. I do disagree that Skyrim lvl 1 characters feel the same as high level ones. Yeah the swing animations are largely the same but the spells become way more intense, you can do cool things like slow time with your arrow shots, charge through enemies with your shield, and even turn invisible briefly when you switch to stealth. It’s a massive jump. Also I felt Skyrim didn’t level to your character as much as oblivion did. Yes you will encounter stronger enemies with better gear, but you still consistently find weaker ones as well that you will easily dispatch as a high level character and as a low level character you can still stumble upon hagravens, wisp mothers, frost trolls, falmer, all of which will wreck weak characters. In oblivion, you literally start seeing NPCs with daedric daggers on their hip in the imperial city at endgame level.

Owen I edge to you

@itstiny.

3 ай бұрын

i tried and failed many times, i envy you

@CockusTheFifth

3 ай бұрын

@@itstiny. I was about to say something so harrowing and absolutely morose but I now decide against it because I don’t want my glorious Owen Kung to hear what comes out of this virtual mouth called KZread.

@sampsqwantch4612

3 ай бұрын

delish

@itstiny.

3 ай бұрын

@@CockusTheFifth your restraint is admirable

@themaskedman757

3 ай бұрын

Absolute W comment

While combat with dragons isn't really anything special by itself, the dynamic element of being able to encounter them anywhere at anytime and their hostility to pretty much everything allows for so many cool and unique encounters. I personally haven't seen anything like it in other games.

@stoneragan3870

18 күн бұрын

I second this. There's nothing more fun than fighting a dragon with two giants or having the entire town of dawnstar come out and try to slay this dragon with you.

Only 600hrs total in skyrim across both editions? Lmfao. Casual

Jarl Ballin'... hahahaha, man of culture over here! 😂

The fifa/cod gamers hopping on Skyrim truly proves it’s goated status

@disabledfalafel

3 ай бұрын

Well, it's the best selling "RPG" game for that exact reason, how accessible it is. It's a great open world/adventure game, but the RPG elements have been dumbed down severely from its predecessors.

@Ethman16

3 ай бұрын

@@disabledfalafel I agree 100%, Skyrim is probably the best mid game ever created

@TannerLindberg

3 ай бұрын

Actually that proves how bad it is. If a normie fifa/ cod only person can get into your rpg fully. Then it proooopably doesnt have enough depth or mechanics

@bowaster57

3 ай бұрын

​@@TannerLindberg errrm ackshually🤓

@mannymushies5241

3 ай бұрын

⁠@@TannerLindberghow is that a bad thing it’s good if casual gamers can get into it there’s thousands of more complex rpgs you could play if you wanted.

The Gray beard truce councel slander is crazy. It was an awesome moment to have the most prominent characters in skyrim sit down with each other. Esbern'e speech that lead to Ulfric and Tulius to put aside their differences for Skyrim was an awesome moment.

@vanyadolly

2 ай бұрын

Yeah idk why people complain about it so much. It's a really good opportunity to learn more about the key characters in the story, and you get to negotiate for which jarls you want to keep.

@ogrimzyz8643

Ай бұрын

It’s one of my favourite quests in the game

Intriguing review! I think labeling Skyrim as both the best and worst Elder Scrolls game encapsulates the love-hate relationship many of us have with this iconic title. On one hand, Skyrim's expansive open world, rich lore, and freedom of choice provide an unparalleled adventure that keeps us coming back years after its release. The game's DLCs only expand on this foundation, offering new lands, stories, and challenges that enrich the overall experience. However, the aspects that make Skyrim remarkable are also sources of its shortcomings. The vast open world sometimes feels overwhelming or empty, with quests and characters occasionally lacking depth. Technical issues and bugs have also marred the experience for many, although mods have stepped in to fix or improve upon these issues. Despite its flaws, Skyrim holds a special place in the hearts of RPG fans. It's a testament to Bethesda's ambition and the community's creativity, where the worst aspects are often transformed into the seeds for the next great adventure or mod. Skyrim exemplifies the beauty of video games as an evolving art form, where even the imperfections contribute to the tapestry of the gaming experience.

@benjaminking5454

3 ай бұрын

Very interesting take! love the analysis.

@michaelschifano4100

3 ай бұрын

im losing my mind

The holy trinity is complete 🙏 can't wait for the TES6 review in 10 years

My girlfriend and and I went to Boldt Castle last year and also noticed they were playing songs from Skyrim and Oblivion. We both froze and looked at each other the second we heard that music. I've been there a number of times before, and that was my first time hearing it. I either never noticed, or they hadn't added that heat to their mixtape yet.

Honestly i didnt expect a meme page admin to be a competent and even cool youtuber lmao, i love the fact that you don't make the annoying ass youtuber voice. keep up the neat work, dude

Regarding dragon fights. You can shield bash them if you happen to be a shield user, which staggers and interrupts their breath most of the time. Added to the shield perk that blocks elemental damage, this is pretty great for fighting dragons. This way you don't have to resort to chugging potions all the time.

@vanyadolly

2 ай бұрын

One of the most fun discoveries I made was with a restoration build when I realized you can tank the dragon breath with ward. It felt pretty awesome to stand face-to-face with a dragon and neutralize it with the palm of your hand.

@Iggy_From_Jojo115

Ай бұрын

Spellbreaker does both​@@vanyadolly

Literally have been binge watching your videos all day, love the content my

I think one of ky favorite parts of this game was landing on Solstheim for the first time. The almost completely different landscape with the Morrowind feel was super cool

@Darth_BNT

2 ай бұрын

Yeah amazing I was on my first playthrough on the special edition PS4 and I was just around the docks and paid 500 to a guy in the boat and next minute am in Morrowind and I never knew it was even in the game I totally stumbled on it . I noticed the quests was a lot more difficult then I did the mine quests and got to the hermas moura boss and then stumbled on the sanguine rose quest just from starting in Xbox 360 as a young teen just playing untill the end of alduin and not realizing the game is not finished after the main quest I fully experienced it PS4 years later . It's not even possible to sum up the games dynamics and escapism to a new player . I love this game a single player game on 2000s engine

I remember being mega-disappointed with sovngarde not doing anything special with Lorkhan or lore-dumping on me.

@vanyadolly

2 ай бұрын

I was just disappointed they kicked you out after defeating Alduin. I was waiting for the epic after party.

"No one can rais the alarm if there are not witnesses, right?" My approach to every stealth seaction in every game, ever! And the "Atmoran Jihad" made me giggle, hard. Nice work, here mate. Worth a like on the video.

This game was so good, me and my friends in 2012 went across the state of Florida to a friends house for spring break and we brought Skyrim and ended up playing it for half the week we were supposed to be on vacation at the beach 😂

Kung stock is rising invest in the Kung coin now 📈📈📈📈📈

20:25 There's quite a bit to learn about Balgruuf by talking to everyone in the keep other than him and by just exploring the place. You learn of a mystery that the children in the keep may not be his by talking to one of his sons, Nelkir who may have been fed this info by the deadric price Mephala who is looking to cause familial chaos in the keep. You also learn a bunch more about him by breaking into his private quarters and reading notes and journals strewn about

Speaking of the soundtrack, I did a video on what I thought were the 10 best game soundtracks oat. Skyrim fell at no. 6

@owenkung5000

3 ай бұрын

I think I watched that! All elder scrolls games have great soundtracks but Skyrim is just on another level

@BillyCobbOfficial

3 ай бұрын

@@owenkung5000 Oblivion’s soundtrack makes me want to frolic whimsically through nature while Skyrim’s makes me want to fight a bear

Alduin doesnt actually die. He is the one dragon soul you dont absorb. His soul is taken up to the sky… the prophecy of him bringing about the end times is still inevitable. Like the three nordic heroes from the past, we just postponed the end times.

Such cool video cover:) 🐱

Bro how you putting these out so quick, Quickly one of my fav reviewers. Keep being you bro! love it :D

Skyrim is a fun game to experience for the first time, but sadly every playthrough after that just doesn’t hit the same. I recently got Skyrim with all the DLC thanks to a sale on steam, and I plan on revisiting it when I escape the rabbit hole called Persona 5: Royal that my friends recently trapped me in.

@asa9528

3 ай бұрын

That’s with any game though.

@vanyadolly

2 ай бұрын

Do something you haven't done before and it'll feel new. There's thousands of hours of content in Skyrim even if you never touch the main quest.

skyrim’s shouts were directly inspired by Dune’s the voice, specifically the voice from david lynch’s 1984 Dune where the voice could have a physical projection

@agnosticlibertarian175

2 ай бұрын

I think some of the inspiration comes from the Kalevala and the legend of Vainamoinen

Do you plan on making any vidyas about old school fallout and elder scrolls for us boomers?

Why people hate my favorite city? There is the master conjurer, ghosts, vampires. Also most people miss the fact that claw and simbol puzzles its to keep the draugr in, not people out.

@vanyadolly

2 ай бұрын

Morthal is the best. And the homestead has the best view.

I put this on in the background while replaying skyrim and got paranoid for a sec when you started describing stuff i had just done 20 minutes earlier

cool video. i liked it. thanks.

It’s crazy how i just started a new play through like last week and you dropped this epic review that just furthered my creaminess I have built up for the game

I’m 27, I started playing this for this first time on the 360, a month ago and I’m so sad I missed out on so much.

31:36 why did the subtiles say “gay Beards” 😂😂🤣

great vid owen keep it up -your favourite top gun jacee

very well done sir. im going to play skyrim

The Companions was so short it was criminal. There was a huge over-reliance on radiant quests in this game overall. A major problem that would, instead of being fixed, made worse with the cold, dry turd that was Fallout4.

15:06 There is also flame cloak and fire runes. Technically flame atronach is fireful, but is different school of magic.

Another certified Owen Kung banger

i first played Skyrim back in 2013 and ive been playing on and off every other year since then and i only just played skyrim for the first time on pc this year of 2024

I’ve been playing since 2011 and still love watching these types of videos! Thanks Owen

I love how he describes and shows the game off the proper way to play and progress 😅 I remember playing through the game like 8-10 ish times with few exploits used maybe just horses to mountain climb and jump out whiterun to steal the skyforge loot so the nostalgia of my early struggles was a fun trip down memory lane 😅 But I've definitely done at least 10 or more playthroughs while using the perfectly balanced spiffing brit approved Todd Howard implemented gameplay features to make immortal gods, very over powered but still killable demi gods and all around exploity fun bois where the normally well balanced enemies are simply a plaything for my sadistic character and who I've decided he will be haha.

Owen I find it very cool that you and I have many of the same interests

Thank u, I needed something new to sleep too

Great video as usual. Some goober named Groober, and total Yinzer death lives in my head.

Owen, Have you watched the patrician videos?

Dude this long form content... 👌👌👌👌

The first time i played Skyrim on the ps3, i didn’t know the solution to the door was literally on the claw. I just tried to guess the correct order every time. I only knew about the solution on the claw a few years later on the ps4.

Shout out to Boldt Castle, that place is awesome!

I must be smooth brained ive followed your instagram page for years and had no clue therbwas a channel jeez

I used to be an adventurer like you, but then I took an arrow in the knee.

Owen Kung THE GOAT of youtube rn

The only thing I like about archery is I do like to see how gst I can accurately shoot . Theirs something satisfying about hitting a target with a long distance shot . But overall fun wise I do enjoy the dual wield the most , swapping between shield and weapon and weapon and magic and shield and magic etc . Very enjoyable especially anniversary edition.

Skyrim was great back in highschool around 2012. That was the only time I ever bothered finishing the main quest. Every other time I played, I got bored and quit

I will say mage gameplay feels like it changes the most as you level up

I love how you tried to make 530 hours sound like alot of time, lol. My last playthru was over 600 hours alone. Times that by idfk how many times lol

I'm so in love with OWEN KUNG!

honestly i found skills like armsman a bit op so i only put in like 1 point into it because i want to fight my enemies not 1 tap them and it works quite well on expert diff

a good perk mod goes a long way

Just KUNGED everywhere couldn’t even OWEN, cleanup aisle BLACKREACH😂

45:12 On my first playthrough, i just used slow time and ran through before he grabbed the staff

Expanding on the dialogue and NPC interactions, one thing that bugs me in Skyrim and Bethesda games is the voice actors for the civilian's not so much for important characters for the main quests, you can recognize them by the voice and it doesn't make them unique or their own person if that makes sense

it says a lot about me that my initial reaction to you saying how many times you've played the game through was "only 5?"

5:21 some people aren’t a fan of the easier levelling which is why it’s good to note in the survival mode they added it as an option again so people who wanted to do it that way still can

@eternalsummer8409

Ай бұрын

The bed leveling i mean

New kung content? We up

I can’t even remember how I started playing Skyrim. Must have been a random pick up at a video game story. Put in hella hours and bought it on every Xbox 360-1, and PC

i like enderal soundtrack mix with skyrim perfect combo

Thanks for nice video. I have never played Skyrim myself but I have watched tens of hours of content from Skyrim and I love it, it just gives me such nice warm feeling to be part of it even distantly :) Reason I have not played it myself is that I know I definitely would sink hours of playtime there and I can’t afford it. But still, yeah, dispite its flaws, it is quite a masterpiece and one of legends of game world.

Idk man, after starfield I expect nothing for ES6.

24:40 my alchemist ass loves morthal for the foraging. Also I heard morthal used to be a good place for vampires and draculas.

16:52 Stepout moment moment.

Bro I follow you in instagram since probably 2019 and never knew you had a youtube channel

I like these longform videos, thank you

I love Skyrim and it’s one of my favorite games of all time, but I do hope TES6 has an improved leveling system. For example, if there’s a skill that is passively leveled up really high but has no perks invested in it (lockpicking is always one of those skills for me), then I think you should at least get those boring “20% more effective” perks automatically every 25 or so levels. That would’ve given Them more room to add more interesting and rewarding perks that are worth grinding for. Of course, they’d also need to increase the overall difficulty of the game to address this change, but they could essentially combine the static perks you got in oblivion for reaching certain levels with the perks you get in Skyrim that really augment your playstyle. As is, skills can be basically useless unless you heavily invest in them. Also, with the dawnguard using crossbows, I think there should be a way to make sunhallowed bolts. Just my two cents though.

The only thing I don't like about Skyrim's combat is how kill cinematics on the player work. Basically, any attack that would kill your character as if you weren't wearing armor has the chance to do a kill cinematic on you. Which can be annoying if you're trying to heal, but a kill cinematic on you already started.

Does this video contain spoilers? I didnt finish the story yet.

The amount of time is till put into trying different mods in Skyrim is pretty respectable. So many kudos to all the AMAZING, INCREDIBLE, PHENOMENAL, SEXY ASS modders cause wow. My skyrim is a dark souls rn.

haha for real though, i’ve been a kunghead for a few years now and you knocked it out of the park with this one

The Owen Kung 5

Skyrim is probably my favourite game of all time I’ve put thousands of hours into it. It’s not perfect and definitely has a lot of issues but there’s a certain magic about Skyrim that other games don’t have.

Wonder if there's some argument to be made that Skyrim is actually a lot like Daggerfall, kind of like how Fallout 3 borrows some problems from Fallout 1. Also, at the time, Dark Souls 1 fans were pissy about Skybabies, just like Morrowboomers today.

@gucciguy3408

3 ай бұрын

True My Morrowboomer triggers every time someone praises Skyrim as the best game since sliced bread basically.

Ayy bolt castle i live like 10 mins from it 😮

When the Kung is Owen

The Main Quest is just painful to replay in sections :(

@owen kung have you heard of route 96

27:20 begs the question, where & who is Balgruuf's Wife?😅

Are you they meme page from instagram

Only 500 hours?

This Bethesda series was highly entertaining and enjoyable. Thanks for it all.😊

Just started playing this game, for some reason i hated this game as a kid. i mean, i tried it on ps3 but didn’t even make it out of riverwood lol. I realize now that this game is a banger 🔥 i’ve been playing for 22 hours and have only touched the side quests, there’s so much i have left to see and to find around the map, the amount of detail is insane.

I'm still playing legends, playing rn

A ghostly meatball 😂😂😂

Keep it coming kung!

2:49 Both figuratively and literally it seems

Im gonna actually for once play thru Skyrim all the way 😮

Really enjoyed the video and style, also you talk like styropyro

thank you Owen kung