Hah, now I remember what bothered me the most about Oblivion. Getting out of the initial Dungeon at the upper limit of my encumbrance with an inventory full of neat shit, then limping towards a shop and selling everything for pennies. Then walking a couple of steps further and once more maxing out the upper inventory limit again because I just can't leave crap lying around. Fucking loot whore compulsion.
Oh well.
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My first trip through
Skyrim on Switch is going about as well as I expected so far. Grabbed the elite heavy armour from the woman that wanted me killed despite me not being on the fucking list. Teabagged her naked corpse for good measure. Gained three levels of sneak in the opening area alone because why walk when you can sneak. Snuck past the tutorial bear as instructed, then promptly walked back and headshotted it because fuck that bear in particular. Then crammed one of my four bows up his dead ass to be able to carry his skin with me. Which is a weird thing to do, admittedly. Forgot to teabag it, sadly. Dug out a necromancer uniform in a random ash heap out in the woods and found a precious gem in an animal skeleton nearby. The fuck. Do I even wanna know.
Probably shouldn't have chosen wood elf. I'm in heavy armour and can facetank entire rooms full of spiders, yet at the same time happily sneak up to a guard at a mine and rob him blind without getting busted. Why wear shitty light armour then? However, it's crazy how peaceful villages seem to be full of clairvoyant people that can spot you from across the map. Also, jeebus, those sneak strike skills and multipliers look absolutely ridiculous.
Complaints so far:
WHY IS EVERYTHING SO DARK.
I can't see shit. Seriously. Playing this in broad daylight on the go will probably become challenging. I won't be very active at night (in Skyrim), it seems. Ran right into a bunch of wolves because I couldn't make them out. Didn't matter, heavy armour lol.
Close Combat is still sucky. Magic is kinda weird, but seems at least workable (if inconvenient - is magic swapping really done in the favourite or pause menu?). Least amount of trouble so far: the bow. Aiming is a breeze, stealth crits to the head are quite deadly and supply with arrows is not an issue so far. Seems best - well, small wonder, wood elves come with an archer bonus apparently.
Also, the character creator is ass. Pure, unfiltered ass. Quelle surprise. Still: Why would you offer realistic lighting with excessive shadows during character creation. Half of the face is constantly nigh invisible unless you have it look at the light, at which point you can't see half of the face anyway. Also, cripes, why are these people still so ugly. I thought Oblivion was bad, how come it barely improved?!
Things to do: rewrite the letter the nasty elf gave me for framing the bard by adding to it so that he doesn't get the woman either, then seduce the gal myself and ravage her in front of them to assert dominance. Which button do I press to fart and dance? How do I buy a house I can lead her to?
Notable achievement: killed a chicken and silenced the last witness (...namely, the chicken). Simultaneously gained and lost 45 multipurpose crime units. Much role playing. So wow.