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Archery in Video Games Part 4 – Skyrim

By Matt Latimer What do you suppose the Ulster-Scots for dragon would be? At the risk of my ancestors haunting me, I’m going venture, Quare Beece Burd. I’m confident the word quare would be a part of it. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim was first released in 2011 by Bethesda Softworks, and was huge at the time of its announcement in 2010. In 2016 a remastered version was released for the then next-gen consoles. This game series was always popular, and Skyrim advanced the series into greater graphics and more sophisticated gameplay features – though with a Viking-esque theme and dragons across a huge open-world environment, it was always going to be popular. Of course there is more to it than Viking cosplay and flying lizards. A sophisticated fantasy narrative functions as the bones of the game, surrounded by a huge world teaming with character and complex stories – and lots of bows and arrows….

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