Skyrim - How To Enjoy It The Most?

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I've just bought Skyrim in the Steam sales and so far I'm both impressed and slightly lost. I'm struggling to settle on a play style I'll enjoy throughout the game. I quite like the idea of creeping about and shooting people with arrows from the shadows. Equally I like the idea of blowing things up with spells. Hitting them with big hammers also sounds ok but may be a bit boring in the long run.

The only thing I want to avoid is being a jack of all trades and ending up missing out on exciting perks or abilities because of it. If I hit something with an arrow and then burn it with a spell before finishing off with a one hander, will I end up too widely spread? Do I just do what seems fun at the time and see how my character turns out or do I focus?

I realise the game is old hat to many now, but how did you approach the game and were you happy with how things turned out?

 

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I'll not be modding the game for some time, if at all. There's no point in modding something before you know what needs improving!

I'm now liking the idea of sneaking about and then using whatever seems best in the situation, should I be discovered. So I'll try a few spells and a few sneak attacks to see what works.

And am I the only one that feels a tiny bit guilty when breaking into people's houses in games?

 

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Is it worth getting the legendary edition from steam or just stick to normal skyrim?

I ummed and ahhed for a while, but in the end just went for the cheaper basic edition. The dlc seems to have housing, the ability to adopt a child and a new area on the map. All of these seemed fairly superfluous, except for people who've already spent lots of time on the game and who already love the Bethesda open world franchise.

So far I've only seen one bug that was easily resolved, the graphics seem really good to me and I'm enjoying sneaking about with a bow, casting the occasional destruction spell or swinging a sword. Haven't seen the need for mods or dlc yet, though I've probably played just under 10 hours.