How Can We Fix Skyrim?

Five suggestions for refining a messy masterpiece.

By: Jeremy Parish
February 8, 2012

Love it or hate it, the latest Elder Scrolls epic, Skyrim, continues to hold gamers’ attention. Almost three months after its release, people are still trading tips; sharing their confessions of how they love Lydia (even though she doesn’t quite grasp the importance of moving out of the way of massive swinging doors covered with spikes); and creating viral videos featuring startlingly accurate sports predictions and lamentations of knee-embedded arrows.

We can all agree that Skyrim is hardly perfect. In fact, it could use a lot of improvements. The Skyrim lovers may never convince the game’s detractors of its greatness, but at the very least we’d have an easier time selling others on the game’s greatness if Bethesda would take the time to fix the following issues — and we’d welcome your input, too.