The game allows you to take a side in rebellion, and ultimately win the war for either the Stormcloaks or the Empire. Ulfric’s rebellion was highly nationalistic, revolving around a few key issues, including the Nords’ right to worship the god Talos (recently outlawed by the Empire as part of a peace-treaty signed after its defeat at the hands of the Thalmor), the idea that the High King of Skyrim had been reduced to a puppet of an incompetent empire, and the principle that the Nords should rule themselves. He was leading a rebellion against ‘the Empire’, a cosmopolitan polity ruling territories across the world of Tamriel, and within the confines of which all Elder Scrolls games have been set.
Ulfric Stormcloak belonged to the native race of the province of Skyrim: the Nords (a race of tough Viking-like blonde white guys). An official ‘Special Edition’ of the game with enhanced graphics came out recently, in October 2016, promising to extend the games longevity for even longer.īut why am I talking about Skyrim now? Cast your minds back to 2011 (and try to ignore whatever cringe worthy school drama you may have been involved in) and you may remember the appeal that the mighty Jarl Ulfric and his Stormcloak rebels held. But just as important is the quality of the game itself, the massively complex lore that surrounds its universe, and the games mod-ability. The game’s longevity perhaps owes itself partly to the fact that we haven’t yet seen an Elder Scrolls VI, getting in its place a lacklustre MMORPG and trading card game.
Still harder to believe, perhaps, is the fact that today the game still holds the imaginations of many fans, who just can’t keep themselves from returning to the epic adventure again and again. It’s hard to believe that The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim came out exactly five years ago.
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