Skyrim Very Special Edition

Skyrim Very Special Edition is a adaptation of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim for Amazon Alexa produced by Bethesda. The game is entirely controlled via voice or text chat with Alexa, and allows the player to dungeon crawl on a variety of fetch quests in the Skyrim setting.

Get it by asking Alexa to play Skyrim, or see its skill page on Amazon here. A trailer can be watched on YouTube here. Despite being somewhat of a joke game, it is real, and was released around 2018. It continues to be available as freeware.

Tropes used in Skyrim Very Special Edition include:
  • Bandit Mook: These can harass the player as a basic enemy encountered on a quest.
  • Big Badass Wolf: A single black wolf is one of the enemies the player may encounter, and can be rather resistant at lower levels.
  • Continuity Nod: Just as in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, an adoring fan can stalk the player character.
  • Dungeon Crawling: Most of the quests involve the player doing this.
  • Fetch Quest: Most quests take the format of an NPC asking to retrieve an object important to them.
  • Healing Potion: The player can find these to recover health.
  • Hit Points: The player character has a limited number of these, starting at 100.
  • Loony Fan: An adoring fan can be encountered, with the description noting that he is harmless, but extremely annoying.
  • Make Me Wanna Shout: The player character can shout as an attack.
  • Playing with Fire: One of the spells the player character can use sends flames at the enemy.