amphibious_ReViews

  For a poor sucker like me, sometimes dreams of Skyrim are busted by realities like  Blades . As I already own the former on PC, I still haven't found it in me to buy it again for Switch . Unfortunately, I rarely have time to boot up anything more than a handheld, so my next best thing was Tamriel 's finest free-to-play adventure. For something that started it's life on smartphones, it does look pretty fantastic, and honestly, the combat is pretty exciting once you get past the lack of ranged weaponry. The story even kept me engaged for as long as I played. However, I kept finding it hard to pick the game back up thanks to the forced grinding of repetitive side-missions. Simplifying the Elder Scrolls formula to fit on mobile devices did require big sacrifices, such as the removal of the series-standard open world and developable skills. The result is a clean, streamlined experience that actually fits the platform pretty nicely, at least at first. All gameplay starts in a