The character ‘Dragon Born’ from The Elder Scrolls game IV, is a linear character made by the player themselves to explore the very flavor of the world of Skyrim. The player takes part as the salvation of the world, because he or she hones the skill of the ‘Dragon Tongue’ the ability to speak the same language as dragons, and is competent with the powers of dragons, being able to learn new abilities, to save the world. The character personality itself depends on the player, how the player wants to play the game is completely up to them, the player can be ‘evil’ or ‘good’ depending of what the players intentions are. The developer Todd Howard states “the world in our games is the main character” in this case I agree with him, a games personality is not just based on the character, but also the world, the areas, the inhabitants of that area, and it’s completely true in Skyrim’s case,but the game was so mesmerizing on its release, that gamers were posting videos, making comics of this game, thousands and thousands of fan art being generated.
In the game items help create a visual story, ‘the items try to tell the story with their placement’ [Anon states in page 173]. In this book there are plenty of fictional elements ‘Orcs’ are seen as primitive, less educated creatures, difficult to reason with in the game. The character at points needs to choose carefully, because certain elements can cause other characters to be hostile to the player. The player is faced with a difficult choice at the very beginning of the game, were he or she has to choose one of the two sides which are in war in Skyrim, which will lead, to half of the world being against the Dragonborn's decision
Howard, T. First edition 2011, Bethesda, The art of Skyrim. Maryland, United States, publishing: Bethesda.
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