Can we all have a moment of silence for our first Skyrim characters..

I hope when I die, there will be a voice saying "Hey you, you're finally awake."

i remember sneaking to the living room at 11 years old, turning on the ps3 and playing this game for the first time. my dad told me not to; i was too young for it, he said. I didn't realize the volume was on, and when the title screen came up, I woke my father up. He walks in and I'm scared ill get grounded, but instead, he laughs quietly and sits with me, lowers the volume, and teaches me how to do the first mission. 12 years later, it's still one of my fondest memories. We still play together !!!

I always abused fast travel when I was younger but now I’ve realised that taking time travelling the roads and experiencing all the sights, sounds, ambience and encounters on the journey is really what makes the game shine.

I think one of the best feelings is when you spend hour fighting in some nordic or dwemer ruins where you have to constantly be on the lookout for danger, but then you exit that place and it's finally a moment of peace: there's no danger, no horrible death sounds, just a clear starry night, the sound of crickets and an amazing soothing soundtrack.

Isn't just mind blowing how we all share a shit-ton of sweet memories about this game, even when we don't know each other?

Once you’ve gotten into Skyrim you never really stop being into it; be it weeks, months or years between builds, you always go back.

Secunda gives me a level of nostalgia I cant describe

Man, I remember when this game came out. I robbed a bunch of houses, got married, got arrested and had to break out of prison. I also played a lot of Skyrim, as well

"What is better - to be born good, or to overcome your evil nature through great effort?" ―Paarthurnax

It's funny, my wife and I fall asleep to Skyrims soundtrack every single night. And this year we checked out apple music stats to see which songs we had listened to the most and we had hit top 100 Jeremy Soule listeners in the world with 164,000 minutes of Skyrim music listened to this year, and top 100 listeners of video game music in the world. It's just crazy to me that even though I'm not always in Skyrim, I truly make my real home feel like Skyrim with it's music and atmosphere. What a timeless masterpiece this game will always be.

One of the best things in Skyrim is to just walk the roads at night. Even if you get attacked in random encounters, or get a greeting from a stranger, it's just so nice walk. I guess nighttime in games feels the same way it does in real life if you're free by then. You're alone and enjoying yourself in solitude, events left in the day will shine though eventually, but they can wait, because the night is yours to conquer.

Wish i could forget this game... ...so i could explore it again for the first time.

Anyone who grew up on this game knows this music makes you feel some type of way

This game was, and still is, an escape for me. It's nice just being able to wander the roads and take in the sights. Thanks, Skyrim, for being part of my life.

I play Skyrim with my seven years old son on a regular basis now. And he absolutely loves it. he absolutely wanted to play as a wizard Argonian and his favourite activity is to swim in the ocean or in the rivers of Skyrim. Everytime he sees a waterpoint he deviates from his quest and just enjoys the moment. That's so cute. The game is so immersive. And when we finish a quest and i tell him "ok boy that's enough play for the day", he absolutely wants to go to an INN, take a meal and then sleep for 7-8 hours. The rest of the warrior ! I guess. 😃This is so cool. I 'm so happy to share this with him. I never imagined that this would happen when this game launched in 2011.🤩

**falls asleep to the music** **slowly begins to wake up** **hears a voice while freezing cold on a wagon** "Hey you, You're finally awake"

Cool thing about the internet is finding others, who hear and feel the same. Such a shame we don't know each other.

I love how my parents would always tell me that I was wasting my time playing skyrim. That I wasn't making good memories, and will regret not doing something else when I'll get older. 11 years later and Boy were they wrong. Just hearing this game music brings a sense of peace and nostalgic joy that I've pretty much never experience before. I love video games. I love skyrim.

Part of me is sad that I never experienced Skyrim during the initial craze, but I'm grateful to be experiencing this masterpiece for the first time now.

I have quite possibly spent 10,000+ hours on this game. I was a poor kid, and we couldnt afford the dlcs back then. I just played the base game, and was satisfied for literal years. On the xbox 360, my first character was a nord who was named "Prisoner" because I pressed the enter button on accident. Back then I never would have guessed that I would eventually know literally everything there is to know about this game. I would completely max out dozens of characters, never getting bored. I would find every location and do every quest, hundreds of times over. I would buy every house, get every daedric artifact, and become thane of every hold, and I would always love every second. When the ps4 came out, i bought dragonborn and dawnguard, and another thousand hours went into mastering everything I could do in that content. It was never a chore, spending hours sneaking around the bear and attacking ralof or hadvar in the helgen cave to max my sneak and one handed before ever leaving helgen. Then leaving helgen and speedrunning through embershard and anises cabin to get the smithing book and potion of invis. It was just fun. One shotting the ebony warrior on legendary is an indescribable sense of accomplishment. No game has ever provided such profound memories and fun as Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and I still play to this day. I have a very deep emotional connection to this game, and it has certainly helped make me into the person I am today. Thanks Bethesda.

If only Skyrim could be the place where you live after death.

I have terrible depression and anxiety, have most of my life. Skyrim was my escape, and now the music is the only thing that can put me to sleep. I’ve got a better control of my life now, but this takes me back. It’s nice having this to turn to when I’ve been up far too many hours. If you ever need someone to talk to, respond. I may not be able to give advice, but I will listen.

Skyrim really feel like home . when thing get bad in my life i play the game or lisen to the ost just to remember how much joy that game bring me

_"A Nord last thoughts... Should be of home."_ *Ralof*

the last time I touched my skyrim save, I left my Nord Knight in lakeview manor, with his children and wife. He had slain Alduin, subdued the Blades, the Stormcloaks, and the vampires of the Volkihar clan, and conquered Miraak: the first Dragonborn, as well as Karstaag and the Ebony Warrior. He now lives a comfortable existence, being quite possibly the most powerful being in Tamriel, who simply wants to live a quiet life amongst his loved ones now. but, one day, I know i'm going to boot it back up, for one last adventure. And that alone gets me excited. edit: thanks for all the mod recs, i have actually played through quite a few, faves being Forgotten City, Falskaar, Vigilant, and Bruma. looks like retirement's on hiatus for a while lmao.

I am 35 and hope that I'm still listening to Skyrim music when I'm 65.

Those very first notes of secunda is straight up magical. Like youre being transported into a whole new reality.

Skyrim is a game that you'll never get bored of playing, at times I'll just pop it in and just enjoy walking around listening to the beautiful music, killing bandits, dragons and draugr, it's a timeless game that'll hold a special place in everyone's hearts

Vanilla Skyrim is just beautiful

One day we will have another Elder Scrolls with as immaculate beauty.

For some reason I’ve got this feeling that my original character on my 360 is still waiting for me to log back on and go on one last adventure.

"A Nord's last thoughts... Should be of home." Ralof

You know how people often enjoy and still play ancient computer games? Skyrim is going to be one of those games once I'm old.

Skyrim is one of those games that doesn't feel like a game at times

I feel like I almost lived a second life in this game.

“Looking to protect yourself? Or deal some damage”

I played this game when it first came out when I was 15. I'm 27 now, and this is a game i've returned to countless times again, always enjoy playing, and never get tired of. This game is a masterpiece, and this music is just amazing. I'm using it now to put my 4mo old daughter to sleep, because it's just so calming and beautiful. I hope one day, she will enjoy this game as much as I did, on the same gaming PC I played it on.

Just started Skyrim. Can’t believe I missed out on playjng this when I was a kid. The world feels so alive and real.

Over the years Skyrim has definitely became more than just a game. Its home.

“We didn’t know we were making memories we only knew we were having fun”

Damn 12 years this game has broken records.

Kyne's Peace is so deeply moving. It evokes feelings older than the Earth.

I'm forty years old and have just started playing this. I'm going through the heartbreak of loss and have discovered a place of refuge for the soul in this world of Skyrim.

I was 13 when this game was released. Now i am 25. The years have passed, but Skyrim will always be the same... *always be there* ...waiting for me.

I don’t know a single other game that treats every single area as such a core part of the game including the music as well as Skyrim does.

Man, Secunda brings back a lot of memories, of traveling through Skyrim at night and just admiring the beauty of the auroras, stars, and planets. What a game. I'll never forget my first character I completed the game with: Bodvar Bear-Heart. A Nord warrior with long blonde hair and a beard, tribal warpaint on his scarred face, heavy armored and weilding a greatsword. I'll never forget all the journeys across Skyrim, finally slaying Alduin, and then later on Harkon and Miraak, saving the land countless times. Then, finally, hanging up the dragonbone armor and sword, settling down in Solitude with Aela and two adopted children, Lucia and Sophie. Corny as it may sound, Skyrim was a big part of my life at one point when I was fresh out of high school and still finding myself. I still come back to it, even today.

"Do come baack!" We'll all come back home eventually.

Roses are red Skyrim is fun You are carrying too much to be able to run

I still have my first character. Glad I can revisit the game and remember how my life was when this game came out.

I feel home, thank you skyrim

Skyrim truly is a timeless game. It's one of those games where you won't play it for months maybe even a year or so, but when you load it up, you're drawn right back to it. Like you never left. Masterpiece.

I remember like it was yesterday ... I was only 10 years old when a friend of mine from swimming classes recommended this game to me. Without knowing much about it, I asked my mom for it in my birthday and received a gift that totally changed the course of my life. I started playing Skyrim and little by little I became enchanted by the game, the beautiful snowy landscapes and the welcoming atmosphere made me love the same. I remembered every corner of the map, knew the npcs by name, loved all the music on the soundtrack and there was always a new adventure to explore, from the stone valleys of Markarth to the remote island of Solstheim, I fell in love with it all. I could build a house, get married, have children, learn more about that mysterious world and become the great hero that everyone needed, it was like a dream coming true. I remember spending several mornings at school sad and without mood because of constant bullying, but always being able to come home and having a moment of fantasy, a home in that game ... Over time, I became interested in lore, and consequently, I became interested in the medieval period. I started to read several books about the medieval period and I became interested in general history, and therefore, today I study to become a diplomat and be able to not only study history, but make history. And it wasn't just this, loving the music of the game, I started to become interested in classical music, listening to an old CD of Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" and falling in love with classical music, which made me change as a person. Skyrim changed me, I can no longer go back to the game and play normally because I have spent an eternity in that fantasy world and today I no longer have time for it, but I will never forget the times in which I became a werewolf, fought dragons, helped an ancient vampire to prevent the sun from being destroyed, raised a family and several other adventures that I witnessed in this masterpiece. Thank you very much, Skyrim.

This Skyrim specifically, was way ahead of its time. With graphics, and even music, Combat and crafting was a little glitchy if you know how to break it. Even the world map, but damn did the night sky and the theme it different at 3am on a Friday or at night after school.

I used to use this to help me sleep but ads have started running. Ugh I hate when this happens.

To those scrolling through the comments, “Watch the skies traveller”

Can’t wait to get dementia and play this game again.

with all the action, death, destruction, and fighting this game has, it’s always been so peaceful.

Its crazy cuz i started playing this game a couple of days ago and it still gives me special vibes. But im sure those who played it back then have a way stronger feeling

“Isn’t it funny how day by day, nothing changes, but when we look back it’s completely different?” C.S Lewis Edit : Jesus 3k likes thanks so much everyone

Ah... Skyrim, old friend, may you never be forgotten.

40:47 - Kyne's Peace I literally cannot be at peace more, it's impossible

Hello guys, idk why I’m writing this comment but I feel like I have to. Well I’m not old enough maybe to be considered an OG of Skyrim or The Elder scrolls saga (I’m 17), since I got Skyrim in my 10 birthday this game just became my favourite. I’m not lying when I talk about Skyrim it’s very far away than being just a video game. Idk if I’m the only one, but every time I listen any song of the Skyrim soundtrack my heart starts beating heavy and my mind feels like floating. Skyrim was just a before and after in my life.

“Need something?”

It's weird, and pretty amazing, when a game feels like home

When TES VI Releases, I hope that Jeremy Soule will be a part of it too. He gave life to Skyrim, the same as with GW2 and other games.

I listen to this at night with a fan on so I feel the wind you hear in the background

1-Close your eyes 2-Think about the good old times 3-Cry...

Installing skyrim feels like the drive on your way to a vacation.

This literally hits different when you play late at night the vibe of this game was different it feels like im home again.

Tonight I walked my dog while listening to this. It was dark, my light only reaching a few feet in front of me. I had clear vision in front of my steps, but beyond was just shapes and shadows. The forest surrounding both sides of the road, the snow and ice around us. I would stop sometimes because I thought I heard something in the woods, or footsteps behind me. Seeing shadows ahead, imagining it is an animal or someone else. But I walk ahead and reach the point, and it was just the night and shadows tricking me. Walking while listening to the songs of skyrim and the wind around me, I felt like I was transferred back to when I first played skyrim. The world is beautiful and the unknown can be fearful. But it is worth exploring forwards and explore, to see what is out there. Just like skyrim. Sometimes it feels like we go through life on legendary difficulty and it can be hard to move forward. But on that walk, everything felt simple. Even if it was only for a little while, I had this moment with myself, my dog, the woods, the night sky and skyrim. Thank you for reading my cheesy story.

"Someone may call this junk, me I call them treasures"

If it's one thing I love doing in Skyrim is wander around at night. Random Guard: "Watch the skies, Traveller." Yeah, because it's so beautiful.

Whoever plays an instrument at the highest level, my respect and gratitude. You all are under appreciated, and you deserve respect for your craftsmanship and/or dedication.

I meditated once to Secunda. I didn't know the music was from skyrim. When I discovered it years later, and listened to the music again after such a long time, the moments of peace I'd gone through with it suddenly relaxed me to the point where I wanted to sleep. Beautiful track

Sometimes the Skyrim night sky is so amazing, I stop playing just to stare. When the moons are out, I'm incredibly entranced. That is until a sabrecat sneaks up and bites my bum. 😕⚔️

There's really nothing quite like the first few times you play Skyrim. The sense of wonder at such a vast world, how your choices feel almost endless.

Skyrim is a home that the heart wants.

i remmeber those times in 2012-2013, when i first played skyrim it was the first time i played 4 days straight to it, without taking a shower or even sleeping, it literally felt like another home

I’ve realized something looking at these comments, People can be such assholes and tear each other apart until there are humbled by something and they meet someone who likes what they like and people can literally become the most humble and kind people on earth, I want to spread more positivity on this comment section so if your seeing this listen to this music and I hope your doing okay, We only live once and so do the best do make everything worth while.

I used to be an adventurer like you. Then adult life hit me in the knee.

There is nothing like playing Skyrim, it turns night and you realize its 3 am in real life. hits different... like reality kicks in... its peaceful but engulfs your whole being.

17 year old entrepeneur here, resting from work by being in peace here with the nostalgia and fellow past enjoyers in this amazing comment section. 🙏For some reason i decided I will do updates on my life/business achievements here.

Ya'll depressing me with the nostalgia here, mates.

What hurts is that one day we’re all gonna play this game for the very last time without knowing it 😪💔

my comfort zone is this.

I read dnd books while listening to this,the music is incredible,whoever made the music did a damn good job.

This game will be known as something mythical, legendary.

Damn, I would like to forget all I know about Skyrim and start playing it again.

This feeling of homesickness. I'm afraid when i'm an old man, i'll somehow think that i was grown in riverwood.

*I honestly wish I could meet my Skyrim character*

I’m not crying, you’re crying. This game was there for me through so much, bullying in school, to the deaths of family members, abuse and assault, i wrote my first book and published it to Skyrim’s ambiance. I wrote my university dissertation to it and the first song I listened to after my graduation was the Dragonborn comes. Elder scrolls became a way of life, an escape from the bad and I remember less on the bad moments, the really horrifying moments in life and remember more of Jarls, joining the dark brotherhood, riding shadowmare and sitting by a fire in whiteruns travel listening to endless bard songs and who can forget Lydia... and her annoyingly standing in your way...all...the... time. Skyrim is a whole other life. If I die and I wake up on my way ton helgen... well... I’d be so damn ready.

I can’t listen to this without feeling incredibly nostalgic.

I love Kyne’s Peace. Makes me want to ball my eyes out lol. This has to be one of the greatest Game soundtracks of all frickin time.

NASA may have put a man on the moon But Bethesda gave us Skyrim

Still remember like it was yesterday: Imagine a warm summer evening, the window was open and a light breeze crawled through my room. I didn’t worry about school, holidays just began. I spent the whole night exploring cave after cave, climbed the highest mountains and fought off giants and trolls. Then i found out i just played the „intro“, i just found out i am the dragonborn. Suddenly it hit me like a truck. I just couldnt stop playing, a feeling that i Never felt again until this day came over me. The urge to explore, i forgot about time and completely indulged into it. The night was over and the sun slowly started to rise. And i knew, this will be an epic journey. Thank you for this video. It brought up memories i completely forgot about even existing. Life became so hectic, but i guess this comes with growing up, its an unevitable change that everybody needs to get through. But these, damn these were simple times, and most definitely one of the best phases of my entire childhood. Whoever you are, wherever you are reading this, i hope you had the privilege to experience the same feelings i did and always will do. Have a great day. Cheers from Germany.

This game can feel like a dream sometimes.

I was 11 years old on release in 2011, and I remember exactly how it all started. I was on a computer on youtube, and got a video recommended about a guy transforming into a werewolf and being in whiterun. I instantly fell in love, the realistic graphics and just the thought of being able to be who I want, and transform into a werewolf made me think about this game all the time. One day just a few weeks after, me and my mom went to Saturn, a shop in Austria and I saw Skyrim for the xbox 360 standing there. And so I went and asked my mother and begged her, the game was for 18+ so my mom thought about it at first, but she knew that I was pretty grown for my age and I was always a good boy and so she bought it. I had only 2 friends in school, and I was always bullied for being very thin and overall they were extremely childish while I was a very silent and introvert guy thinking about how they were so unfunny and dumb, but I didnt care once I had skyrim. I knew after school, I would go home, boot up Skyrim and fall into the world for hours. I wasn' t bullied there, I could choose who I wanted to be, I was treated as a grown man, I was respected, I was able to marry and to achieve my dreams. Because of that, I never got mentally destroyed or depressed by these kids and all others who tried to break me, I loved my life because of these things I loved. Now, I am going to get a tattoo of the Skyrim logo, and I am almost crying always when just listening for the soundtrack and typing all this.There is always a place you are welcomed, and appreciated. And I hope that I can be that for someone one day.

Crying right now, my stepbrother that I lost when I was 7 introduced me to this game and a lot more. I wish he was still here, its crazy to think that a video game can mean so much to me and other people. Thank you guys so much for your kind words, they mean a lot.

"Watch the skies , traveler"