Release Date: November 11, 2011
Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
Developer: Bethesda Game Studios
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (typically simply Skyrim) is an action role-playing open world video game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. It is the fifth installment in The Elder Scrolls action role-playing video game series, following The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Skyrim was released on November 11, 2011 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
Skyrim's main story revolves around the player character's efforts to defeat Alduin, the firstborn of Tamriel's primary deity Akatosh. Alduin is prophesied to destroy the world. Set two hundred years after Oblivion, the game takes place in the land of Skyrim, which is in the midst of a civil war after the High King fell in a duel against the leader of the Stormcloaks. The open world gameplay of the Elder Scrolls series returns in Skyrim; the player can explore the land at will and ignore or postpone the main quest indefinitely. Following its release, the game received universal acclaim from critics.
Features:
- Skyrim is set two-hundred years after the events of Oblivion in the eponymous land of Skyrim. The country has erupted into civil war after the assassination of its King. Concurrently, the god Alduin, which takes the form of a dragon, arises to destroy the world.
- Within Skyrim lie five cities, comparatively larger to those in Oblivion’s Cyrodiil setting, and expanses of wilderness and mountainous ranges. When visiting cities, the player can complete activities such as farming and mining, and is able to smith weapons from a forge.
- A new feature introduced in Skyrim is the use of Dragon Shouts — powerful skills gained by slaying dragons, examples of which include teleportation, slowing down time and summoning a dragon to aid the player. There are roughly twenty different Dragon Shouts to be gained throughout the game
Minimum System Requirements
- OS: 7/Vista/XP PC (32 or 64 bit)
- CPU: Dual Core 2.0GHz or equivalent processor
- RAM: 2 GB
- HDD: 6 GB
- Graphics: 512 MB card
- Sound Card: DirectX 9 Compatible
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Internet for Steam activation
Recommended System Requirements
- OS: Windows 7/Vista/XP (32 or 64 bit)
- CPU: Quad-core Intel or AMD CPU RAM: 4 GB
- HDD: 6 GB free disk space
- Graphics: 1 GB Graphics Memory
- Sound Card: DirectX 9 Compatible
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Internet for Steam activation
Supported Graphics Cards:
- Minimum – nVidia GeForce 8800 / ATI Radeon HD 3850.
- Recommended -Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 or higher; ATI Radeon 4890 or higher.
