It turns out Skyrim makes for a truly funny live-action comedy

[Cal Jeffrey]

In context: The Elder Scrolls IV: Skyrim is a great action RPG, but it has often been justifiably criticized for its weak NPC AI. Non-player characters are often seen walking into walls, repeating dialogue, and generally having a hard time with player interactions and pathfinding.

Skyrim’s AI can be annoying while playing the game, but it is hilarious when acted out in real life. A TikTok user going by the handle JinnKid has created a series of shorts called “Skyrim IRL,” where he acts out the game’s shoddy NPC mechanics, and they are hysterical.

JinnKid began posting the clips late last year, and the second one he put up went viral. For the new year, he posted a compilation of his mini skits on YouTube (above), and so far, the video has racked up over 1.6 million views in just a month and a half.

Whether you are a diehard fan of Skyrim or not, JinnKid’s 10-minute compilation is worthy of a watch, which is why we are featuring it in Found. Leave it to Bethesda to become the butt of yet another joke.

Found is a TechSpot feature where we share clever, funny or otherwise interesting stuff from around the web.

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[Evernessince]

I'm a firm believer that 90% of Skyrim's popularity is due to mods. Otherwise the base game is medicore at best. I just hope they have an actor pool of larger then 8 people for the next game.

 

[Burty117]

This dude got the AI behaviour spot on.

 

[Rayneofpayne]

I'm a firm believer that 90% of Skyrim's popularity is due to mods. Otherwise the base game is medicore at best. I just hope they have an actor pool of larger then 8 people for the next game.

Uhm, yeah 100%
That's why we always say it's best on PC.
We are long from the days of daggerfall and arena where they actually pushed PC tech to it's limits.
Elder Scrolls in general has always been a great springboard into game development, as the toolkits are the same the devs use to create the game, many Oblivion modders we're actually hired by Bethesda, it's relatively wired but game development is a thing where maybe 30% of professionals are educated with degrees in the field the rest tend to be self taught individuals.