<P> The game's main story revolves around the player character's quest to defeat Alduin the World - Eater, a dragon who is prophesied to destroy the world . The game is set 200 years after the events of Oblivion and takes place in the fictional province of Skyrim . Over the course of the game, the player completes quests and develops the character by improving skills . The game continues the open - world tradition of its predecessors by allowing the player to travel anywhere in the game world at any time, and to ignore or postpone the main storyline indefinitely . </P> <P> Skyrim was developed using the Creation Engine, rebuilt specifically for the game . The team opted for a unique and more diverse open world than Oblivion's Imperial Province of Cyrodiil, which game director and executive producer Todd Howard considered less interesting by comparison . The game was released to critical acclaim, with reviewers particularly mentioning the character development and setting, and is considered to be one of the greatest video games of all time . Nonetheless it received some criticism, particularly for its numerous technical issues present at launch . The game shipped over seven million copies to retailers within the first week of its release, and over 30 million copies on all platforms as of November 2016 . </P> <P> Three downloadable content (DLC) add - ons were released--Dawnguard, Hearthfire, and Dragonborn--which were repackaged into The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim--Legendary Edition and released in June 2013 . The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim--Special Edition is a re-mastered version of the game released for Windows, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 in October 2016 . It includes all three DLC expansions and a graphical upgrade, along with additional features such as modding capabilities on consoles . Versions were released in November 2017 for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation VR, and a stand - alone virtual reality (VR) version for Windows was released in April 2018 . </P> <P> The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is an action role - playing game, playable from either a first or third - person perspective . The player may freely roam over the land of Skyrim which is an open world environment consisting of wilderness expanses, dungeons, cities, towns, fortresses, and villages . Players may navigate the game world more quickly by riding horses or by utilizing a fast - travel system which allows them to warp to previously discovered locations . The game's main quest can be completed or ignored at the player's preference after the first stage of the quest is finished . However, some quests rely on the main storyline being at least partially completed . Non-player characters (NPCs) populate the world and can be interacted with in a number of ways: the player may engage them in conversation, marry an eligible NPC, kill them or engage in a nonlethal "brawl". As in previous The Elder Scrolls games, killing certain NPCs can make some quests or items unobtainable . Some NPCs cannot be killed due to their importance in later storylines . If witnessed, crimes like murder and theft accrue the player a bounty which is tracked independently in each of Skyrim's nine holds . Should the player be stopped by a guard, they may wipe their bounty with gold or jail time or may resist arrest which will trigger an aggressive pursuit . NPCs may offer the player additional side - quests and some side - quests have parameters adjusted based on nearby dungeons which the player has yet to explore . Some NPCs who are befriended or hired by the player may act as companions who will accompany the player and aid them in combat . The player may choose to join factions which are organized groups of NPCs--for example, the Dark Brotherhood, a band of assassins . Each of the factions has an associated quest path to progress through . Each city and town in the game world has jobs that the player can engage in, such as farming . </P>

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