The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim player poll puts character creator to the test

All of the Skyrim videos, trailers and posters we've seen so far have featured the same hulking Nord bloke, but when the game is released we'll be able to pick and choose from a selection of races and classes. Bethesda post to say they're going to release a new screenshot of one of those classes later this week to show what the new character creator is capable of. The fun part? We get to vote on the screenshot that gets revealed.

There are a couple of polls running right now on the Skyrim Facebook page . There's a poll to let you vote on the race of the character, and another to decide the class. The dark elf thief is currently in the lead. It's not a bad choice, just a wrong choice. The correct choice, of course, is Khajiit mage, which is essentially a giant cat wearing a dress. Come on people, let's make it happen.

Part of the UK team, Tom was with PC Gamer at the very beginning of the website's launch—first as a news writer, and then as online editor until his departure in 2020. His specialties are strategy games, action RPGs, hack ‘n slash games, digital card games… basically anything that he can fit on a hard drive. His final boss form is Deckard Cain.