Live Magazine September 2014 Volume 9/2014 | Page 22

THE ELDER

SCROLLS
My favourite game series of all-time,
The Elder Scrolls is the ultimate
RPG series. While it has slightly simplified over time and lost a lot of what
has made it unique, it continues to
grow in popularity as well as stand
as a shining example of a brilliant
AAA RPG series. 2011’s The Elder
Scrolls V: Skyrim was easily the most
successful in the series, largely due
to the series long being a favourite
among RPG fans, and a very wellorchestrated marketing campaign. I
remember being in a movie theatre
and seeing a live-action (real actors,

and not animated) trailer for Skyrim
play. It looked amazing and it created quite a stir in the cinema, people
turning around to ask me more about
the game as I was familiar with it.
What else makes the Elder Scrolls
AAA? For one thing, each and every
game has always looked gorgeous,
in fact, sometimes too gorgeous.
When The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind released on PCs in 2001, a large
number of PCs couldn’t actually run
it. Many gamers spent hundreds of
dollars upgrading their PCs to expe-

SPECIAL REPORT: aaa games

rience the game, which went on to
win many awards and receive countless nominations. I spent over 1200
hours on Morrowind and its expansions, and while the combat may
seem simple, there isn’t one aspect
of the game I would consider weak.
Since the series’ debut in 1994 with
The Elder Scrolls: Arena, each and
every one of the Elder Scrolls games
(with the exception of some poorlyreceived mobile games) has outperformed its predecessor, and cemented the fact that The Elder Scrolls is
AAA RPG royalty.

Written by Nick Getley

www.stickytriggerentertainment.com