I kind of want to play another game where you can make your own character and your choices can influence the narrative of the story, but I think I already own most of those types of games that I know about, and have played most of them a few too many times to be super-enthusiastic about doing it again.
This is kinda my third time playing Skyrim, although the second time (starting on the ps3) really doesn't count because I quit relatively early.
At any rate, Skyrim is large enough and content-heavy enough that I've forgotten large chunks of the game (although I remember bits and pieces of the larger storylines, including pretty much all of the Dark Brotherhood story). In fact, I can't even recall if I played Imperial or Stormcloak -- although I instinctively assumed I probably went Imperial (although the Stormcloak Rebellion is a shorter -- and ironically less important -- storyline anyway). One of the big things is that I didn't play the DLC stuff the first time around, which is what I had intended to do on the ps3 Legendary edition. The other major thing is the fan mods (and console commands), which I'll probably get more into down the line.
All that aside, the story isn't real the main draw for me. I like the exploration, customization, combat, etc. After I finish the big stuff, I'll go back to just randomly wandering and exploring (especially because one of the turn-offs is not being able to haul much loot in the early game)
My kinda big problem -- and the same thing I hit last time I restarted -- is just the fact that I enjoy a certain playstyle. I had a blast playing as a Khajiit rogue. I didn't want to do the exact same thing, so last time I tried to make a mage but... it wasn't all that fun. This time I was doing more of a generalist but I keep sliding into playing as a rogue because it's absurdly effective and makes the exploration a little more thrilling... and, I hate to say it, but I'm tempted to console command change my character into a Khajiit since I really like the night vision power, the unarmed buff (which iirc helps with werewolf mode), and the general look of the race. Granted, in general I tend to default to the least-human race when playing most RPGs. In Oblivion, I favored Argonians and might have gone the same route this time if their design was better.
If you like unarmed buff of khajhits. Also get steel fist perk. (Heavy armor perk)With that I've punched dragons to death with my orc. A khajhit would probably wreck shit.
I've lost count of my playthroughs of Skyrim. I've at least started a file of every race and some both male and female counter parts. ---
Cid- "looks like that overgrown lobster just got served!" Bartz-"with cheese biscuts AND mashed potatoes!"