{"id":10593,"date":"2011-11-15T11:28:51","date_gmt":"2011-11-15T19:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?p=10593"},"modified":"2011-11-15T11:28:51","modified_gmt":"2011-11-15T19:28:51","slug":"your-daily-mcmaster-skyrims-only-real-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2011\/11\/15\/your-daily-mcmaster-skyrims-only-real-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Daily McMaster: Skyrim&#8217;s only real failure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"fancybox\" rel=\"10593\" href=\"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/arnold-schwarzenegger-conan.jpg\"<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10600\" title=\"arnold-schwarzenegger-conan\" src=\"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/arnold-schwarzenegger-conan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"382\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m surrounded by beautiful terrain. A brook babbles idly as I stalk through the bush. I&#8217;ve been following this party of Imperials for the last half mile. They have a Stormcloak captive that is, most likely, bound for a rather unpleasant evening. I was in that same place not too long ago and I can&#8217;t let a fellow rebel meet that fate.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a few dozen yards away from my prey. I can almost taste their acrid clothing, coated with days of road dirt and hardship. The prisoner stumbles, prompting the guards to halt. I&#8217;m close enough now to hear them speak. Oh my God, what the hell is that?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m no longer in the woods; I&#8217;m in my living room. The illusion is completely gone. When the guard opened his mouth, it sounded like Arnold Schwarzenegger&#8217;s &#8220;slow&#8221; cousin. We went from Patrick Stewart to this?<\/p>\n<p>Now that&#8217;s not to say the entire game is voiced poorly, it isn&#8217;t, but there are quite a few moments that range from odd to flat out laughable. I suppose this next bit could be considered a spoiler, but it&#8217;s a spoiler in the same way that saying there&#8217;s a Thieves Guild in the Elder Scrolls games. The leader of the Thieves Guild in this game sounds like he suffers from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hulu.com\/watch\/276438\/saturday-night-live-weekend-update-jacob-silj\">an angry version of VI<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That being said, Skyrim is on my short list for Game of the Year. 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