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The release of Skyrim: Very Special Edition for Alexa technically means you can play the game using a $6000 smart toilet.

We all laughed when Bethesda revealed Skyrim: Very Special Edition, a version of the game playable with Alexa. Then we were surprised when it turned out to be a real thing. Now it turns out this unintentionally means Skyrim is literally playable on a toilet, and the world becomes a little more like a Black Mirror episode.

And you thought the Switch version was as good as it would get, now Skyrim literally runs on a toilet. Time to Flush Ro Dah

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Oct 26, 2017
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Just let it die. Todd, if this is what you meant by always taking risks then you went into completely wrong direction.
 

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Wow, it finally reached its target audience and where it belongs!
 

AlexFlame116

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I...really like the Skyrim re-releases lol. It's always a thrill to play the game again for me.
 
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I...really like the Skyrim re-releases lol. It's always a thrill to play the game again for me.
Hey man, I've bought the game four times, and I'll buy it a fifth time when it goes on sale on Xbox One again. So yeah, lol. I love the game, it's one of my all time favorites, I've no issues buying it again, if only to get an excuse to replay it.
 

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User Warned: "Lazy Developers" rhetoric.
We keep playing Skyrim because your lazy ass can't give us TES6, not because we are so thrilled with re-releases.
 

Nerdkiller

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"Toilet, warm up the rim."

"Playing Skyrim."
 
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I can't argue with that logic. Money is money, lol
I just love that he's openly challenging people to stop buying Skyrim lol

We keep playing Skyrim because your lazy ass can't give us TES6, not because we are so thrilled with re-releases.
Two things: a) speak for yourself, I buy Skyrim because I love it, and b) Todd Howard and Bethesda are literally anything but lazy. You may not like what they do, but "lazy" is the most incorrect classification there ever will be for BGS.
 

Tobor

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I've been playing Skyrim off and on for almost seven years and I don't see stopping anytime soon. I'm replaying it on Switch right now, and I'm going to pick it up on PSVR soon.

I'll keep playing it until TES VI comes out.

Hopefully after TES: Blades they release Skyrim on iOS. I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
 

Aters

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Two things: a) speak for yourself, I buy Skyrim because I love it, and b) Todd Howard and Bethesda are literally anything but lazy. You may not like what they do, but "lazy" is the most incorrect classification there ever will be for BGS.
I was just joking, I don't give a damn about Bethesda game.
 
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I've been playing Skyrim off and on for almost seven years and I don't see stopping anytime soon. I'm replaying it on Switch right now, and I'm going to pick it up on PSVR soon.

I'll keep playing it until TES VI comes out.

Hopefully after TES: Blades they release Skyrim on iOS. I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
Yeah haha, same. It's just... I honestly, legitimately think it is one of the greatest games ever made (and the bulk of the gaming industry clearly agrees with me, given the sheer number of developers, including fucking Nintendo, who have admitted to being influenced by it).
I don't think they will put Skyrim on iOS though. For good or for bad, Bethesda likes making original games for mobiles.
 

Derrick01

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I don't know what irks me more skyrim existing on this when it should have been left as a joke or "smart" toilets existing. Do I want to find out what that means? You do your business and get out, toilets didn't need to get more complicated than that.
 

Tobor

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Yeah haha, same. It's just... I honestly, legitimately think it is one of the greatest games ever made (and the bulk of the gaming industry clearly agrees with me, given the sheer number of developers, including fucking Nintendo, who have admitted to being influenced by it).
I don't think they will put Skyrim on iOS though. For good or for bad, Bethesda likes making original games for mobiles.

We shall see. Hopefully Blades "scratches that itch" like Todd Howard said. The Switch isn't portable enough. I need some Elder Scrolls while out and about. The Switch is great for bed or while traveling though.
 

Dunban

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I want to upgrade my toilet to play this, but I've also heard that a new set of porcelain bowls are dropping later this year.

What do I do, toiletERA?
 

Drelkag

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Oct 25, 2017
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Was thinking a thread on the realization you can play a Switch on the toilet was late.

Didn't expect this.
 

Nelo Ice

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Well this just got me to try it on my echo dot again. Was actually pretty fun lol. Completed the first quest and my first kill was an adoring fan.
 

JJH

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When you eat all the cheese but forgot what the doctor told you about dairy.
 

Remember

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We shall see. Hopefully Blades "scratches that itch" like Todd Howard said.

Elder Scrolls Blades is a game from an alternate universe where Elder Scrolls 1: Arena was a best seller back in the day and received a sequel 20 or so years later. For people who loved Arena like me, this will be an incredible throwback. For people expecting portable Skyrim, Blades will disappoint them.

Edit: I'm hoping they include a graphical mode that uses the sprites from ES 1 and 2.
 

Shengar

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We keep playing Skyrim because your lazy ass can't give us TES6, not because we are so thrilled with re-releases.
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People agreeing with his reason is just maintaining this sad state of Bethesda creative bankruptcy. It is a sign of complacency from both Bethesda and their player base.

Hey man, I've bought the game four times, and I'll buy it a fifth time when it goes on sale on Xbox One again. So yeah, lol. I love the game, it's one of my all time favorites, I've no issues buying it again, if only to get an excuse to replay it.

How do you able to replay Skyrim that much? This is an honest question since I'm always baffled with people seemingly able to replay it so many times while I'm not. My first and only playthrough lasted for 100 hours, loving every second of it. Since I played it during launch day, I only installed few mods along the way. When I consider myself to be finished with my first playthrough, I installed many mods from texture, weapon packs, to overhaul. But I never get past the tutorial stage. This happened again, and again for like 4 goddamn times. My burning desire to try modded Skyrim is extinguished as soon as I remember the quest quality and the fact that I finished most of them, sparing only the Thieves Guild line on purpose but that single quest alone didn't managed to hook me even past the tutorial. It turned from my GOTY of that year, into my most mortally hated game of all time. I sworn I never play Bethesda game on release again so I can play it to the fullest with all shit being fixed by mods.

How do people keep playing it, especially on console when there is no mod to spice things up and fix shits that should be Bethesda job in the first place? I admit, the world design and atmosphere is astounding which makes exploration feels as a reward on its own. Even when the landscape isn't as diverse as Cyrodill or Morrowind, the northern vastness of Skyrim is still as much as engaging. But the thing with exploration is that they only lasted for your first or second playthrough, and any subsequent play after that need something else to hook you up.