Elder Scrolls V Skyrim: New details reveal 100% game completion time

Earlier on this week we brought you some much needed new details on the highly anticipated Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim game. Now we’re pleased to say that we have found some additional information on the game for you now, in particular the amount of time you’ll have to spend to finish the game 100%.

[Eternus]

Hoooolllyyy Shiiiiiiiit.

[warrior9988]

wow i need this in my computer now

[Danielmccue]

I need this inside me now....

[SephirothX21]

I've spent 400 hours on Oblivion (including Shivering Isles DLC) so I'm not surprised by this.

[pr0digyZA]

Not surprised ive spent 200 hours on 360 version and another 250 on the PC version. This will be a long game no matter what, and mods will make it longer.

[-Superman-]

300hrs?
Crazy...
I mean some game price is 60$ for 5hrs game, some game is 300hrs and even better game.

[TrevorPhillips]

That's it, imma built me a time machine and travel to November 11, 2011 :D

[TheColbertinator]

Then come back here to the past so you can play as much as you want before release, telling us how good it is.

[nanometric]

1. Build a time machine to travel to the future of November 11, 2011.
2. Purchase shipment of Skyrim.
3. ???
4. Profit!

[Kamikaze135]

I'm positive that it won't have that much content. Even with DLC there probably won't even be 100 hours worth of content.

[warrior9988]

trololololool trololol lololo

[persistentlobster]

oh hohohooooooooo

[emekcrash]

ayyayayayayayaya, trolololo

[Grown Folks Talk]

I'll get more than that due to the fact I will randomly do what I wish just as I did in Morrowind & Oblivion. Freedom is great.

[Neo Nugget]

No way laptop will be able to run this, so I'll probably get it on PS3 for now.

Either way, it's bound to be an epic experience.

[Darkseeker]

300-400 hours is probably for casual gamers. Hardcore gamers are always doing it faster then their estimates, It's a lot of time though. Last game I took this long were Star Ocean the Last Hope and White Knight Chronicles. Getting those platinum trophies took forever.

[Breostag]

Hardcore gamers/fans might do everything faster, but they'll spend a lot more time playing the game. (you know, cause their hardcore)

[pr0digyZA]

Agreed Breo the hardcore will take their time and will be the ones who are still playing the game when everyone else has moved on, not the guys who speed run through games.

[RedSky]

I feel like people unduly praise Oblivion because it's one of the first truly open world RPGs that came out on consoles.

Sure it was a huge and at the time, really pretty open world. But so much of it was full with copy pasted dungeons, identical enemies and dull quests. As far as the RPG elements go, it was a massive step back from Morrowind. Skyrim may end up everything Oblivion could have been but I'm not holding my breath.

[SephirothX21]

How was it a massive step back from Morrowind? Morrowind's combat was more annoying. There was no proper fast travel in the game. Dungeons were also copy and paste and there was as little variety in the enemies. The outdoor environments were dull and bland. The only thing Morrowind had over Oblivion was more freedom and the ability to kill everyone. Also, most of the main quests in Oblivion were a lot of fun. Do you remember the Dark Brotherhood?

[CommonSense]

he said the RPG elements were a step backwards. not the combat, not the travel system.

[RedSky]

Common sense wins again :)

Morrowind was far from perfect, I'm just saying that Oblivion was incredibly overrated.

I do remember the Dark Brotherhood quest, mostly because everyone raved about it and I ended up pretty underwhelmed at the end. In fact that, the Oblivion portals and mudcrabs is pretty much all I really remember. Whereas I can recount whole swathes of Planescape: Torment.

[SephirothX21]

What RPG elements pertain to can be perceived subjectively. Therefore, I might think fast travel and combat is inclusive within those elements simply because the combat was rpgish in nature and freedom of travel is also common among a lot of rpgs. Some unnecessary attributes and skills were not included in Oblivion which was a good move. I enjoyed the Dark Brotherhood quests and I don't believe the main Guild quests were dull. Certainly not most of them. Anyway, I'm sure Bethesda will look at the criticism and include the best elements of both games in Skyrim.

[tr00p3r]

Yeah.. it looks like around 300 hours going through the main story without stopping. I'd say add another 100-150 hours doing all of the side quests and so on.

Gonna be immense no matter how many hours.