Immersion vs Skyrim's Baffling Surrender System
Skyrim is a legendary game, with one baffling mechanic that has been perplexing and vexing me for well over a decade. This irritation has lodged in me like a bit of grit in an Oyster. Except rather than making a beautiful pearl I instead made this rambling video. ======================================== CONTENTS: 00:00 - Opening 00:35 - Intro 04:40 - How Skyrim Works 08:54 - Fighting and Feelings 15:07 - Overthinking Surrender 21:42 - The 'Who Cares' Twist 27:17 - Immersion, Improv and Expectations 32:00 - Closing
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I Was Wrong About Skyrim
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Game Design Cruelty
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The Stealth Archer Was Inevitable
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The Lost Art of Collectivist RPGs
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Where are all the Skyrim killers?
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The Narrative Failure of Silksong
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Selling YOU the WORST Homes in Skyrim
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The Greatest Quest in World of Warcraft (imo)
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Weird Elder Scrolls Retcons and Inconsistencies
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One Year Later: Oblivion Remastered Still Makes Me Sad
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Scrolls-Likes: The Unexpected Rise of a New Genre of RPG
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Skyrim’s Werewolves Are Really Stupid
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NEO Scavenger - Clumsy Brutality Perfected
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Oblivion's Incredible Hidden Mechanic
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Why Skyrim’s Cities Feel Realistic (And Starfield’s Feel Fake)
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10 Skyrim TOP SECRET CHOICES Most Players MISS
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The (Over)Hype of Balatro
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...Why Skyrim?
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Unofficial Skyrim Patch | Down the Rabbit Hole
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