Anyway, think I'm going to try again soon, but look for a mod to skip the intro.
One of the most popular mods for skipping the beginning is
Alternate Start-Live Another Life by Arthmoor:
Alternate Start - Live Another Life - SSE at Skyrim Special Edition Nexus - Mods and Community (nexusmods.com)
There maybe others in the "Gameplay" section of mods of Skyrim SE on the Nexus, but this is the most popular with over 5 million downloads.
What I find strange, is that Arthmoor's mods are still listed on the Nexus. There was a PCG article about modders leaving because of the mod collection policy they were starting. Something must have changed there, but I haven't heard or read anything about it. If he's back, and he's one of the major contributors to the Skyrim modding community, maybe others will come back too.
I installed the co-op mod thinking it would be easier to get into with a co-op partner, but the mod (at that time, at least) had some bugs that were difficult to work around.
That must have been
Skyrim Together, which is no longer on the Nexus, but is still being worked on and available on GitHub:
Releases · SkyrimTogether/issues-launcher · GitHub
It still seems a bit shaky to me, but that's just my personal opinion. If I were going to experience the world of the Elder Scrolls with a friend or friends, I'd try the Elder Scrolls Online.. But that's an MMO (and another version of Skyrim to purchase), and I've never tried an MMO. If I ever did, this would probably be the one.
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Oh, is that where it was going? I don't have any clear memory from my 36 minutes of play years ago. But yeah, totally in favor of mods to skip intros!
Oh, Brian. It's much more than an intro. There's the cart ride, character creation and appearance changes, a dragon attack (which you can only dodge), and a tutorial dungeon where you learn the mechanics of gameplay. Then you escape out into that whole wide world and can go absolutely anywhere you want. The world is huge, and all the choices are yours. Exploration & experimentation are the heart of Skyrim.
I hear the world is beautiful. Anyone know how possible is it to explore, without being drawn into melee combat?
The world is huge and incredible beautiful (even without mods) with so many towns, dungeons, ruins and caves that hold who knows what. All kinds of people, quests, and random events await you. You don't have to be a melee-type fighter, you can specialize in archery or magic, and sneak/thief skills are always good to have as you can avoid a lot of deadly combat situations.
Early on, some melee situations maybe unavoidable, but that changes depending upon how you build your character. Fights with animals, and eventually dragons, will be combat situations that you can't avoid. But with the humanoid population, many options exist to avoid combat altogether.
Well, enough about Skyrim. As you can probably tell, I'm quite fond of this game. As to what I'm playing this weekend, I've reached that wall with Diablo 2 Resurrected. I've got 2 bowazons in chapter 4, 1 bowazon in chapter 3, and 1 in chapter 2; and a bunch of different characters in chapter 1.
I love ARPGs, but I always hit a point, like I have now, where I need to play a game with a bit more story to it. It's become a game of constant combat and inventory shuffling between characters. I love it, but I need a bit more story right now.
I've purchased and installed Solastra so I may play that. But right now (yesterday) I've started Mass Effect Legendary with ME1. I don't plan to go into ME2 & ME3 until certain mods are updated, but I really wanted to see some of the improvements Bioware has done with ME1. I'm hooked again. So many great personalities and companions in this game.