The lore of the vampires, and the scrappy band of vampire hunting Dawnguard, each have their own rich history.

The changes to both the world and my character seemed permanent and meaningful.Īs overdone as the vampire motif may be, Dawnguard does manage to infuse it with some of Skyrim's familiar fantasy charm. I was happy to find that the content created new nooks and crannies of Skyrim to explore, folding into the main game elegantly. Rather than venturing off into isolated areas for new story content, Dawnguard adds a host of new areas that are (mostly) integrated into the world proper. In fact, this is more like an expansion pack, in the classic PC sense of the term.

This set some weighty expectations, but at double the price tag, 'Dawnguard' feels like much more than double the content of Fallout's DLC packs. Bethesda Softworks had a generally good track record with its Fallout 3 downloadable content packs, but stated up-front that it wanted more meat to its content for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

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