I’ve got a bit of a confession to make: when I move on from a console, I don’t really look back.Don’t get me wrong, I’m no stranger to busting out myGameCube or Nintendo 3DSfor a long weekend of passion (andZelda), but myPlayStation 3? MyXbox 360? Those things are gathering dust up in the attic. I’m a monster, I know.I have often wondered how my older consoles are doing, of course, and what some of my older save files are looking like after all this time. I’ll just never know for sure because I’m far too lazy/terrified of spiders to go up to the attic and dig through boxes until I find what I need.AdvertThank goodness, then, for one braveSkyrimplayer who decided to check in on their original PlayStation 3 save file afterseven yearsof inactivity and a console reset. When they booted up the game they were met not with old friends and happy memories, but what can only be described as some kind of purgatory.As you can see in thevideo below,Skyrimhas turned into a wasteland of scattered NPCs and one poor soul who appears to have merged with the player’s character and can only say “stop”. Is he begging for death? I’d be willing to bet yes, because that would be preferable to whatever nightmare he’s currently stuck in.Advert"If you leaveSkyrimfor long enough,Skyrimwill leave you," one commenter wisely observed. Others added it was basically a miracle the game worked at all, if you could describe what we see above as working.The moral of the story? If you’re keen to check in on older consoles and games to see how they’re holding up, maybe don’t. Ain’t nothing but nightmares down that path.Featured Image Credit: BethesdaTopics:Skyrim,The Elder Scrolls,Bethesda,PC
I’ve got a bit of a confession to make: when I move on from a console, I don’t really look back.Don’t get me wrong, I’m no stranger to busting out myGameCube or Nintendo 3DSfor a long weekend of passion (andZelda), but myPlayStation 3? MyXbox 360? Those things are gathering dust up in the attic. I’m a monster, I know.I have often wondered how my older consoles are doing, of course, and what some of my older save files are looking like after all this time. I’ll just never know for sure because I’m far too lazy/terrified of spiders to go up to the attic and dig through boxes until I find what I need.AdvertThank goodness, then, for one braveSkyrimplayer who decided to check in on their original PlayStation 3 save file afterseven yearsof inactivity and a console reset. When they booted up the game they were met not with old friends and happy memories, but what can only be described as some kind of purgatory.As you can see in thevideo below,Skyrimhas turned into a wasteland of scattered NPCs and one poor soul who appears to have merged with the player’s character and can only say “stop”. Is he begging for death? I’d be willing to bet yes, because that would be preferable to whatever nightmare he’s currently stuck in.Advert"If you leaveSkyrimfor long enough,Skyrimwill leave you," one commenter wisely observed. Others added it was basically a miracle the game worked at all, if you could describe what we see above as working.The moral of the story? If you’re keen to check in on older consoles and games to see how they’re holding up, maybe don’t. Ain’t nothing but nightmares down that path.Featured Image Credit: BethesdaTopics:Skyrim,The Elder Scrolls,Bethesda,PC
I’ve got a bit of a confession to make: when I move on from a console, I don’t really look back.Don’t get me wrong, I’m no stranger to busting out myGameCube or Nintendo 3DSfor a long weekend of passion (andZelda), but myPlayStation 3? MyXbox 360? Those things are gathering dust up in the attic. I’m a monster, I know.I have often wondered how my older consoles are doing, of course, and what some of my older save files are looking like after all this time. I’ll just never know for sure because I’m far too lazy/terrified of spiders to go up to the attic and dig through boxes until I find what I need.AdvertThank goodness, then, for one braveSkyrimplayer who decided to check in on their original PlayStation 3 save file afterseven yearsof inactivity and a console reset. When they booted up the game they were met not with old friends and happy memories, but what can only be described as some kind of purgatory.As you can see in thevideo below,Skyrimhas turned into a wasteland of scattered NPCs and one poor soul who appears to have merged with the player’s character and can only say “stop”. Is he begging for death? I’d be willing to bet yes, because that would be preferable to whatever nightmare he’s currently stuck in.Advert"If you leaveSkyrimfor long enough,Skyrimwill leave you," one commenter wisely observed. Others added it was basically a miracle the game worked at all, if you could describe what we see above as working.The moral of the story? If you’re keen to check in on older consoles and games to see how they’re holding up, maybe don’t. Ain’t nothing but nightmares down that path.
I’ve got a bit of a confession to make: when I move on from a console, I don’t really look back.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m no stranger to busting out myGameCube or Nintendo 3DSfor a long weekend of passion (andZelda), but myPlayStation 3? MyXbox 360? Those things are gathering dust up in the attic. I’m a monster, I know.
I have often wondered how my older consoles are doing, of course, and what some of my older save files are looking like after all this time. I’ll just never know for sure because I’m far too lazy/terrified of spiders to go up to the attic and dig through boxes until I find what I need.
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Thank goodness, then, for one braveSkyrimplayer who decided to check in on their original PlayStation 3 save file afterseven yearsof inactivity and a console reset. When they booted up the game they were met not with old friends and happy memories, but what can only be described as some kind of purgatory.
As you can see in thevideo below,Skyrimhas turned into a wasteland of scattered NPCs and one poor soul who appears to have merged with the player’s character and can only say “stop”. Is he begging for death? I’d be willing to bet yes, because that would be preferable to whatever nightmare he’s currently stuck in.
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“If you leaveSkyrimfor long enough,Skyrimwill leave you,” one commenter wisely observed. Others added it was basically a miracle the game worked at all, if you could describe what we see above as working.
The moral of the story? If you’re keen to check in on older consoles and games to see how they’re holding up, maybe don’t. Ain’t nothing but nightmares down that path.
Topics:Skyrim,The Elder Scrolls,Bethesda,PC
