Does Windhelm from SKYRIM have realistic defences?

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Published 2017-04-21
In This video I'll use my historical knowledge to analyse and review the city Windhelm from the video game The Elder Scrolls 5, SKYRIM, for it's practicality, realism and effectiveness.

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Special thanks to the Open Cities mod for Skyrim: www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/8058/

Intro and Outro Music by Dragens

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All Comments (21)
  • @vhoro4514
    "Force the enemy to approach the castle the way that you want them to approach. AND PUNISH THEM FOR IT!" I like this guy....
  • I like to imagine that Shad's Dragonborn took over Skyrim himself out of frustration so he could fix these cities' defensive designs.
  • @starslayer8390
    I was an imperial and I can personally attest that the bridge ISN'T EVEN IN THE SIEGE! You just... SKIP IT! Like was no one on it or what? That would have been great but apparently the stormcloaks would rather kill you inside the wall cus reasons.
  • I'm making castles in games and using your videos to help make them realistic and they are much more visually appealing and fun now
  • If your castle can be taken by such a small force of troops....Something is wrong.
  • @iamjegger508
    next time do markarth everyone in skyrim says that markarth is very defensive and i want to know if it really is
  • @mikiroony
    I guess Bethesda had already a fortress by the mountain: Whiterun. Although the mountain by Windhelm is fairly inaccessible and it's already protected on the far flank by a fort, Fort Kastav.
  • @smeefbeef367
    what do you call an elf made of plastic? Poly-mer
  • @cory6266
    Markarth or Fort Dawnguard next.
  • @TheAgamemnon911
    Hands up: Who wants a mod that fixes all the city defenses?
  • @aronenark8184
    God, Shad. You should become a modder; you would make the BEST castle overhaul mods for video games! Better yet, you keep making great videos! -- I'll try to learn to mod and turn your ideas and constructive criticisms into game improving mods!
  • @BlackBirdOni
    So, the best protected place in Skyrim is High Hrothgar.
  • There is a better Windhelm in ESO, it's much bigger and much earlier in time so a lot of the rampards are still in place.
  • What does Shad call a dwarf on the gatehouse? A shrimp on the Barbican
  • @silphaer5353
    You should be hired to design cities for Bethesda. Also, you do have to remember that Windhelm is meant to be the oldest city in Tamriel, so defences wouldn't have been as advanced when it was built.
  • @jacobmarton1670
    I wanna see Shad build a Castle from scratch in his own image