Skyrim is the fifth fantasy role-playing game in the Elder Scrolls series. It’s one of those games for the stereotypical nerd; you know, where you play as a wizard and fight goblins. Skyrim has taken the role-playing genre to a whole new level. This game is so customizable; it could take an hour just to make a character. You pick the character’s race, such as orc, elf or strange cat person. There are 10 total different races, and each has different starting abilities. After you pick a race, it could take another hour before you actually play the game. Now it only took me about five minutes; it all depends on how long you spend making your character’s face. This game has the most elaborate character creation to date. Let’s say you’re picking ears for your character; you can pick the style, the size, the color and the position on the face. This counts for all main facial features, like the eyes, nose, cheek bones, eye brows… the list never ends. So Skyrim has an amazing character creation, but that’s just the beginning. Game play itself is unlike anything I’ve seen before. In the game, you have all the basics of any role-playing game: swords, magic, archery and heavy knight armor. However, there is a huge leveling system. So, in any role-playing game you fight monsters, level up, then get new skills. In Skyrim, there are a total of 18 different skills that each level up as you use them, these include things such as destructive magic or one-handed weapons. Each skill can go to a maximum level of 100. Your character’s level increases a little when one of the 18 skills goes up. When you completely level up, such as going from level four to five, you get a perk, which you can then put into a skill to make it stronger. There are endless hours of things to do in this pretend world. For example, there is the main story-line. This would be like the campaign of the game. Basicall y, dragons return to the world of Skyrim, and your character is the only one who can permanently kill them; you’re referred to as a “Dragonborn.” The story is pretty interesting, but a little predictable. Outside of the story-line, though, you can do whatever you want, such as join one of seven different guilds. Each guild has its own little story line. I have only completed three of them so far, and I think they are the most fun thing to do. You can join any guild, and be in multiple at the same time. I like guilds, mainly because you get cool stuff from them. For example, one guild can turn you into a werewolf. You also can change back into human form, so no need to worry. Besides guilds, when you talk to people in towns, they always need your help. I’m pretty sure that the makers of Skyrim stopped counting the amount of quests in Skyrim during production. So, on to my review, I give Skyrim 9 out of 10. I can’t give it a ten because there are some problems with the game. Perfect games are just impossible; there are still glitches and ways to cheat. Also, because this is the first Elder Scrolls game I played, I thought it was really confusing in the beginning. The game doesn’t really have a tutorial or tips or anything, it just starts, and you’re on your own. This game is still amazing, and I suggest you play it if you like role-playing games.