As far as success stories go, they don't get much bigger than Minecraft. Totaling hundreds of millions of sales since releasing in 2009, with this number increasing all the time, Mojang's open-world title has gone down as one of the highest-grossing video games ever. It's hardly surprising really, seeing as it enables so much creativity, affording players the chance to build whatever project or construction comes to mind, with relaxing music to accompany them. Sometimes fans go one step further and recreate something from another game.
That's what Reddit user Single_Cantaloupe_34 has done. Uploading a single image to the Skyrim forum, this person has shown off their build of a very recognizable building from Bethesda's game, as reimagined in Minecraft. Specifically, they've done their own blocky version of the overturned longship Jorrvaskr. Given its unique shape, it has a very distinctive look and fans of the 2011 RPG will immediately be able to distinguish it.
For those who are not as familiar with the game, Jorrvaskr is located in Skyrim's Whiterun city. Players encounter this during the Companions side quest. The Companions are a band of warriors who have formed a faction in the city and essentially act as this game's version of the Fighters Guild, a staple in The Elder Scrolls series. What's interesting about Jorrvaskr is that it's the oldest building in Whiterun. Single_Cantaloupe_34 has done an excellent job of Minecraft-ifying it, and one person in the comments has suggested using this as a reference point to build the rest of the city around it.
This is by no means the first time the two games have come together under one roof. A while back, one fan recreated Skyrim's Bleak Falls Barrow in Minecraft. Again, much like Jorrvaskr, Bleak Falls is a well-known location in this chilly region of Tamriel. It serves as one of the first dungeons, aside from escaping Helgen at the start, that players go through during the early moments of the game's main storyline. One person has also done a Minecraft version of the city of Solitude, and there are no doubt many more examples of Skyrim being given the blocky treatment.
The vanilla experience of Mojang's open-world sandbox title is already immense as it is, with near-infinite creative potential. However, there are also many interesting Minecraft mods out there that add even more content, or tweak the experience overall. For this reason, it seems as though the game will continue to be a resounding success for many more years to come.
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