23rd August 2024 Hello! Welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we've been playing over the past few days. This week, we enjoy Delta Force coming back in a big way; we try out the new character creator for pretty Sims-like Inzoi; and we wince a bit as Skyrim shows its age. What have you been playing? Catch up with the older editions of this column in our What We've Been Playing archive .
The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, PS5 It's strange going back to Skyrim because it's one of those obelisk-like games that hovers imposingly in my - and many other people's - mind. It's a biggun, and I remember being very impressed by it at the time - impressed by how it looked, how it played, how it everythinged. But it's old now, and I've never been more keenly aware of this than when I revisited it on PlayStation 5 at the weekend.
I wanted to properly introduce my partner to it. Skyrim's a name she's heard over and over, muttered like legend - could the reality of it really live up to the legend? It wasn't a great start. I've always loved that opening - I think I've loved all of Bethesda's openings - but to someone who didn't see it at the time, and whose biggest modern RPG experience was The Witcher 3 , and then Baldur's Gate 3 , it looks dated.
It's not just the technology, it's the acting and whole thing as a holistic package. I found myself quickly making excuses for it. And yet.
And yet it doesn't take long for Skyrim to work a bit of that old.