I tried the Skyrim game for Amazon Echo that everyone thought was fake - here's how it went

The game itself is pretty simple: here's how it works

You start off at a crossroads, Alexa asks you to decide which way to go after a few choices are presented, and you'll meet someone at the end of that road. That someone will always have some important quest for you that they can't be bothered to do themselves, and you can choose to accept or deny the quest. Then, you will inevitably get into some sort of combat. You can choose to use your weapon, cast a spell, use a shout, or flee the battle. You don't have many other choices to make, and answering is as simple as saying "weapon," or "spell" — you don't ever actually choose which weapon, spell, or shout to use.

After getting the hang of the game (which took about 3 minutes), leaving it for a while and then coming back, Alexa greeted me and reminded me where I had left off. I was working on a quest where someone had asked me to retrieve a priceless work of art.

I chose yes, and walked further into the cave (or at least Alexa told me I did).

I didn't feel like fighting, so I chose to flee.

“The mighty dragonborn manages to scamper off successfully," Alexa said, mocking me. Inside the cave and past the Khajiit that I ran from, I fought a few spiders. After that, I was finished with the cave.

I tried the Skyrim game for Amazon Echo that everyone thought was fake - here's how it went

I quickly found myself in the middle of another quest, in which I needed to retrieve a golden chalice for someone I met in a tavern. Of course, along the way, I met people and creatures who didn't want me to do that.

The apprentice ice mage proved no match for my ability to say commands to an Amazon Echo.

"Weapon," I replied.

I tried the Skyrim game for Amazon Echo that everyone thought was fake - here's how it went

After I continued, another apprentice ice mage tried to fight me. After quickly dispatching of him, Alexa informed me that I had inexplicably and automatically replaced my waraxe with the small iron dagger I found on his body — something that happens every time you find a weapon on a body — even though different weapons didn't seem to preform differently.

Regardless, I continued on, only to be met by a third apprentice ice mage who died the same way as the previous two. I could tell I was getting closer to the end of the quest — because Alexa told me that.

I tried the Skyrim game for Amazon Echo that everyone thought was fake - here's how it went

"Flee," I said. There is nothing more terrifying than a mudcrab, especially a giant one. I wanted nothing to do with it.

I tried the Skyrim game for Amazon Echo that everyone thought was fake - here's how it went

"Flee," I repeated.

I tried the Skyrim game for Amazon Echo that everyone thought was fake - here's how it went

"Flee," I said for a third time.

I tried the Skyrim game for Amazon Echo that everyone thought was fake - here's how it went

I realized that this wasn't getting me very far, and I would have to fight this mudcrab.

"Spell," I said — which for some reason caused Alexa to close out of the game, making me think I had lost my progress.

"Safe travels, adventurer," she said to me as she shut down Skyrim Very Special Edition.

After having Alexa launch the game again, she luckily gave me a recap of where I was, and once again made me choose my method of attack. I killed the mudcrab, which was actually pretty easy, and then completed the quest.

I tried the Skyrim game for Amazon Echo that everyone thought was fake - here's how it went

I tried the Skyrim game for Amazon Echo that everyone thought was fake - here's how it went

I ended the game here, because the game gets quite repetitive after a while. It mostly serves as a self-aware joke — a nod to the gaming community that says "we get it, we're in on the joke too," but nothing more than that. It's a fun way to spend a few minutes, and sometimes hearing Alexa make Skyrim-related observations and prompts can be pretty amusing.

You can try the game for yourself by asking Alexa to enable the "Skyrim Very Special Edition" skill, or adding it manually via the Alexa app.