Fortunately, this issue was less of a problem in an album context that detached Soule's music from the games, and particularly the former remains one of Soule's better high-fantasy scores. Soule's soundtracks for Morrowind and Oblivion still remain favourites among many game music fans, although both scores have been frequently accused of being too short to properly accompany their vast games. The title took the free-wheeling RPG gameplay that the Elder Scrolls franchise is known for to new, dazzlingly complex heights, but early buyers also had to put up with a range of sometimes game breaking bugs (and the occasional backwards-flying dragon).Īs highly anticipated as the game itself was Jeremy Soule's score.
Japanese magazine Famitsu even handed out its first perfect score for a Western game. The game's critical reception was equally ecstatic, with many publications declaring Skyrim a sure-fire contender for Game of the Year. Sales figures easily surpassed those of million-sellers Oblivion and Morrowind and, about a month after the game's release, stand at almost seven million copies. The general hype around the game built up throughout 2011 and finally culminated on November 11. Easily one of the most anticipated Western RPGs of this current console generation, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim followed five years after its revered predecessor Oblivion had been released.
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