Skyrim is all about the players. Everything you put into Skyrim is what you will receive from it. If you enter it with an open mind to learn from the game and understand the game, then you will receive much. Yes the game can be approached from the same angle from many players and the same choices will be made, but the ways players invest themselves and approach the issue in the game will be different. No one plays this game with the same mindset and reason that any other player does. Different play-throughs of the game offer players a different experience, a different way to learn about the games rich lore and world. Interacting with everything in the game allows in-sight into a very lovingly crafted world.
In conclusion Skyrim gives us a mirror to look at our world through the lenses of something just less real. We face many relevant issues in the game that can be applied to our world. While racism is given a fantasy treatment in the game, it parallels to how racism is still around in our own world and that is indeed based off more on history and stereotypes than personal relations. Personal growth and pursuit of knowledge which is treated as character and skill progression in the game is akin to students struggling to gain more skills, experience and academic knowledge to out beat others in a competitive major field. War will never leave the humankind, it's something engraved in our history just as war is as engraved in Skyrim's world. Morality? While Skyrim does give a rather hyperbolic view on this aspect of life, it allows an outlet for players to really define their own morality and allows players to reflect on how these decisions would compare to their own personal choices.
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