How to Play Skyrim: a Very Special Edition With (or Without) Amazon Echo
Oh Bethesda, you trolls, you. I say this fondly as the trailer the company showed off during Sunday’s E3 press conference was a tribute to its hugely successful Elder Scrolls franchise. The joke, if you didn’t get it, was that Bethesda dumped Skyrim , the latest installment in the series, on just about every modern platform they could – except for your TI-83 calculator andyour car (sort of). So why not have a version of Skyrim for Amazon Echo devices?
But here’s the fun part. You can actually play Skyrim: Very Special Edition on your Echo. And if you don’t have Amazon devices, that’s okay – you can also play it on any iOS or Android device with a little creativity.
How to Play Skyrim: Very Special Edition on Amazon Echo
If you own any of the devices in the Amazon Echo family, including its larger flagship speaker, smaller Dot, or the more expensive Echo Plus, getting a Skyrim -style game is easy.
First visit the ” Skyrim Very Special Edition ” skill on Amazon and enable it for your Echo device (assuming you have connected your Echo to the Amazon account you are using when viewing this skill. You have it, I’m sure of that.) but I just wanted to be careful.)
Once you’ve done that, walk up to your Echo device and (Dragon) shout “Alexa, open Skyrim.” The “game” can begin by asking if you want to explore an isolated hut or an ancient standing stone, for example, and set off on your adventure. We won’t spoil the rest, including a few silly Easter eggs that you stumble across as you explore, but it’s a pretty fun experience – as if someone were reading a text RPG aloud instead of displaying your narrative inmonochrome. computer screen .
And just like the real Skyrim , you can keep your place on the adventure simply by telling Alexa to “stop.” When you reload Skyrim: Very Special Edition , you will immediately be taken back to where you left off – no doubt to page 34 of The Lustful Argonian Maid.
How to play Skyrim: Very Special Edition if you don’t have Echo
Don’t worry less equipped adventurers. If you haven’t created an Echo during your travels yet, you can still play Skyrim: Very Special Edition . Just install the Amazon app on your iOS or Android device (if you haven’t already). Click on the speech bubble circle icon to summon Alexa. It looks like this:
From there, ask Alexa in your Open Skyrim app. You will not need to activate the skill in advance, as you will be asked to do so if you have not already done so. In a few seconds, your adventures in textual Tamriel will begin. Good luck, adventurer in the living room.