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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MarkB" data-source="post: 6250465" data-attributes="member: 40176">That's a criticism which could have been levelled at Morrowind, but I'm surprised to hear it of Skyrim. It's not exactly saturated colours, but it's got plenty of nicely-rendered towns and forests.If you're speaking literally here, is your son by any chance playing a Khajiit (catfolk) or a spellcaster? There's a night-vision spell in the game, which Khajiit can use at-will as a racial ability, which greatly enhances vision at night, but does render it monochrome as a side-effect.Some do, lots don't. Skyrim is about on par with D&D here - you have a weight limit based upon your stamina, but within that limit you can stuff your bags full of looted weapons and suits of armour and not worry about it.Horses are a fair investment, and not really worth it. Between having decent on-foot movement rates and fast-travel options, a horse is often more trouble than it's worth.The big investments in the game are houses. Depending upon where you buy, they go for anything from 5,000 to 20,000 gp, plus more to furnish. It's entirely possible that's what he's saving towards.At level 7 he's probably not yet ready to reliably take on dragons, though he'll have faced at least one successfully if he's seeing more. Some character builds are also more suited to dragon-combat than others - if he's heavy on melee, he may have to wait until he acquires some decent Shouts or a ranged sidekick before he tackles dragons head-on.Well, first of all, is he enjoying it? Watching a game isn't always as interesting as playing it, and Skyrim supports a wide range of playing styles, which will appeal to different people.Personally I've never got into the Elder Scrolls games' melee combat system, and never bother with melee weapons bigger than a dagger. But other players love the system, and will play warriors by preference.There are several schools of magic which play out differently in game, options for stealth and subterfuge, and loads of different paths to follow through the game world - it's entirely possible to reach high levels and complete dozens of major storylines without touching the game's main plot.It's generally been only a moderate draw for me - I don't tend to play it as obsessively as I have some games - but it's consistently moderate, and I've gone back to it several times over the couple of years I've owned it, always getting a couple of weeks' good, enjoyable play out of it.</blockquote>

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