Draws you in by its beauty and.. Dragons! Sadly though, after I was done, I sat back and said to myself. "meh"
Sound - 8 - most would say this game is an easy 10 in this category, everything from spell effects, to the clashing of steal, roar of the dragons, and the MUSIC is epic. My reasoning behind giving Skyrim a 8 for sound and not a 10 is the voice acting.. Soo many people in Skyrim (even in the same town/city) have the same voice. I realize that this seems rather trivial to rate a game down based on voice acting, but when it comes to an open world RPG, I like to immerse myself, and its hard for me to do so when I hear the same 8-9 voices from the thousands of people I speak too.
Gameplay - 7.5 - Skyrim's gameplay gave me many mixed reactions. I loved fighting dragons at first because of the sheer beauty of the game, and I mean come on.. who doesn't think fighting a dragon is awesome? After a while though, fighting dragons becomes more of a chore than an epic battle. I'm giving Skyrim a 7.5 for gameplay because I absolutely despise the perk/leveling system. I could go on at length as too why, but Its mostly my opinions so Ill keep them too myself.
Story - 8.5 - I don't really like to discuss the story of games in my reviews because I hate when I'm browsing reviews.. and I spoil something for myself. Anyway, overall I'd give skyrim an 8.5 for its story because its addicting, and sometimes bland.
Replay value - 6 -