The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (better known as just Skyrim) is the latest installment of the Elder Scrolls series, and has received countless awards and praise since its’ release back in 2011. The game was first released on PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360, but has recently been re-mastered and re-released on the Nintendo Switch.

The Switch was an instant hit with Nintendo fans, selling over ten million units before the end of 2017 (compared to the Wii U, which has only sold 13.5 million units to date). The console’s popularity rose with every new game released, and the recent re-release of Skyrim caught the interest of veteran PC, Xbox and Playstation players. With updated graphics and all 3 in-game DLCs included, you bet your bottom dollar the game is worth every bottom dollar you pay for it.

Skyrim is famous for its’ open-world play style, and simply ‘dumping’ the character in the middle of the action with little to no tutorial. The player is given freedom to choose their playstyle, and customize their world and character how they prefer. There are heaps and heaps of stuff to do in the game; one could live their whole lives in front of a TV playing the game as thoroughly as possible and would perhaps complete half the given quests by the time they passed from age.

The game became popular with even those who didn’t play it through memes, which of course spread like lice in a wig factory across the Internet after the initial release. The most popular, a quote spoken occasionally by a passing city guard, “I used to be an adventurer like you. Then I took an arrow in the knee…” painted the web as foully as Michelangelo painted profanity on the Sistine Chapel ceiling.

Skyrim has contributed greatly to the Switch’s popularity (alongside Super Mario Odyssey and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, of course), and players new and old have gotten the chance to visit and re-visit the spider/dragon/two-legged cat/two-legged lizard/vampire/demon/werewolf/sweetroll-infested landscape that is Skyrim.