Skyrim Now that the Special Edition is out and it's been getting 'mixed' reactions I think is fair to say. I think overall people are happy with it, just not the price tag, but anyways I wanna know if anyone thinks this was worth doing on Bethesda's part? Not if it was worth it to us. The Special Edition comes bundled with all three DLC and it's actually cheaper than having to buy all three DLC separately for 'Oldrim'. So from that pov. It's definitely something worth considering, also because expansions such as 'Dragonborn' and 'Dawnguard' are very good and add a ton of new stuff to explore & discover. Page 1 of 2 - Is it worth it to mod Special Edition? - posted in Skyrim Special Edition Discussion: Hello, I was wondering if playing on the Special Edition had some perks that would make it worth modding instead of staying on the old modded version. If it is, how far can I go with modding S.E. On this machine: CPU: i5-4670 GPU: RX480 GX 8Go 8Go RAM Windows 10 Thanks!

1. I personally think the Switch edition of Skyrim is well worth the money because it’s awesome taking Skyrim everywhere you do. Nearly every steam sale there is you’ll see Skyrim sitting there at a reduced price. Now the full price of the game would be worth it for most people, but you can get it for much cheaper if you wait for a sale.
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As PSN had it on sale, I finally decided to get the upgrade and re-purchase Skyrim for PS4. Was it worth it? In short… hell yes.

The original Skyrim had several major problems bugging it. The loading screen times were unacceptably long (particularly once you got past Level 30), the save files took up a ridiculous amount of room, and the game was prone to crashing when trying to save or load at high levels. This got so frustrating I finally threw out the PS3 version earlier in the year, as I was wasting 10 mins on loading screens for every hour of gameplay once my character had got up to level 40. Not the case anymore.

The Special edition fixes the loading screen problem completely. The longest I’ve had to wait so far was about 10 seconds, and this makes the game a lot less frustrating. The number of glitches is down as well (noticed two minor glitches and had one crash by level 26, which is a vast improvement on the original). The quicksave feature also helps speed up gameplay, while the game no longer risks crashing everytime it tries to autosave. The PS4’s vast memory also means the large save-file size is no longer an issue.

In short, the Special Edition fixes 95% of the original games problems. It also gives the graphics a welcome upgrade – the game always looked good, but the landscape almost feels real now in a way it didn’t before. The light and shadow effects are something truly special, especially the way that sunbeams and moonlight visually change the light level outdoors. Water, plantlife and weather look more realistic too, while sunrise and sunsets are truly beautiful. One side effect of the improved graphics is that character creation is now actually worth your time – (Argonians, Elves and Khajiit are now far more worth customising than previously, and you can see the effect minor changes make much more easily). Previously you could be done making a good-looking character in 1 minute, now you can take 5-10 to perfect all the details (or 20-30 mins if you’re like my friend Molly 😉 The new version also adds full mod support if that’s your thing.

The Special edition also comes with all 3 bits of DLC attached (Hearthfire, Dawnguard and Dragonborn), so if you never brought those its definitely worth the upgrade. For those who don’t know, Hearthfire allows you to build your own houses/manors, adopt children and, most crucially, helps you level up that Smithing skill really easily! While it’s a fun addition, the other two expansions are far more worthwhile. Dawnguard introduces two new factions: the Dawnguard, an order of vampire hunters armed with Crossbows, tough armour and a few armoured trolls, and the Vampire Lords, ancient vampires (with some really irritating drain health spells) and their minions (mindless thralls, Death Hounds and living Gargoyles). If you side with the vampires you gain Vampirism and the attached strengths and weaknesses (immunity to poison and disease, weakness to fire, improved powers, no health/magicka/stamina regen in sunlight), including most notably the Vampire Lord form, which features a truly brutal drain health spell and complements mages extremely well. Dawnguard also makes the Werewolf much more useful, as the new Werewolf perk tree allows you to make your bestial form much more powerful for every human you slay and feed on (a must for anyone doing the Companions Questline!). Dragonborn adds an entirely new area to explore (the Island of Solstheim), new enemies and a boss fight with Miraak, the original/first Dragonborn. Oh, and the ability to tame and ride dragons.

To sum up, the Special Edition fixes a lot of problems and really beefs up the graphics, but adds little in terms of gameplay. However, if you never brought the DLC for your previous gen version, would like to try out some mods or are just sick of frequent crashes and slow loading screens, get the upgrade. Just maybe wait till its on sale on PSN or Xbox Live. It’s worth a £20 spend, not the full price £35 it came out for.

Rating: 4 out of 5 (A worthwhile if overpriced upgrade)

I’m in a gaming mood atm, so expect reviews of Injustice 2, Horizon Zero Dawn, Assassin’s Creed Origins and Star Wars: Battlefront 2 over the next month, though I will find time for Thor Ragnarok and Justice League as well.

Skyrim’s remastered special edition has finally been released. Depending on which platform you purchase it on, you will have access to many mods (more are available on the Xbox One than PS4) which will change how you play the game. The big question however is: will it be worth it to drop another $60 for a five year old game?

When The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim released on November 11, 2011, I got it for PC. At the time, my PC was more than capable of running the game at the highest level settings for this game. Within the first weekend, I sunk at least 30 hours into the game and I was very impressed with the graphics. The story line was pretty decent but it was the tons of side quests that kept one busy. The subsequent mod support for the PC game is what kept many of us playing well beyond 2 years after the game’s release. Skyrim set the bar for open world fantasy RPG games for last gen gaming while it looks like The Witcher III has done so for this generation. From a technical standpoint, Skyrim could not do a lot of the things that The Witcher III is doing now, but the game has aged well in some areas.

Graphics
I think this is the primary area of what gamers would like to know if it’s worth getting the update. Since playing it on PC and actually running it again, I can say that there are certain nuances in which gamers will notice changes. There are areas in which the lighting has improved and some of the textures are sharper but, you can still tell it’s a last generation game. However, even then it was one of the best looking games in the past 5 years. Using a few of the mods however has slightly improved some of the faces of the NPCs as some tended to look ‘mushy’. One of the minuses is that in some of the conversations you have, there is a synchronization loss between the mouth movement and voice actors. One other minus is that occasionally you may get a loss of framerate if there are too many moving elements onscreen. The game may stutter a bit but, this is still a holdover from the previous generation. I still think that overall, the game still looks great but if you played it on PC with the highest of settings, you are only getting a slight improvement. There are still many places such as high vistas, crumbling castles and dank dungeons that still lend an otherworldly immersive feel that few games could reproduce.

Loading times
This was an area in which I had hoped was vastly improved and where games like TheWitcher III excels in. The biggest knock on this and many other Bethesda games is there are times when you enter a building, room or city, there are long loading times that break the immersive nature of the game. However, when it comes to the loading times for this remastered edition, it must be noted that it’s a really mixed bag. Some areas may load right up under 15 seconds while others may take as long as a minute. My hope for future Bethesda games is that they take cues from CD Project RED (the team that developed The Witcher III) and load an entire region all at once allowing players to enter buildings, settlements, etc. without breaking up the flow of the game. Again, this is a 5 year old game so it’s to be expected.

Mod Support
Mods for Skyrim are still being produced even 5 years after this game’s release. One of the best parts of owning this game on PC was after modding so much of this game many of us were playing this the way we really wanted to with improved graphics, gaming objectives, companions and so much more. While initially Sony stated that the PS4 would not support mods at all for Skyrim, they walked backed part of that decision and have allowed a few mods to come out for the game. At last check there were at least 75 mods for PS4 and well over 200 mods (as of 10/31/16) for the Xbox One and both could see substantial growth as time goes on.
If I could recommend at least 4 mods that you should immediately try out ( I am playing on the Xbox One and some mods may not be available for the PS4) I would say try the following:

ALTERNATE START – LIVE ANOTHER LIFE – This mod allows you to jump immediately into the game without having to go through the entire prison process. If you still want to get the main quest you still have to make your way back to Helgen to get the clues to begin.

THE FORGOTTEN CITY – This is a fan created expansion in which it gives players a few extra hours of play time, new story segments and multiple endings

RICH MERCHANTS OF SKYRIM – Finally a mod in which you can sell all of your junk and merchants won’t run out of money!

OPEN CITIES OF SKYRIM – This is a must have mod. Earlier when I discussed the load time issues, one of them happens to be when trying to walk into a new city and upon entering the gates you have to wait for the screen to load. This mod eliminates all of this.

Knowing that some mods may come along in the future, these are a few that I hope to see that are available only for PC at the present.

QUALITY WORLD MAP – This map mod improves the World Map and contains accurate hand drawn roads. It also works with the DLC on the PC version.

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WARZONES CIVIL UNREST – Want to really make this game feel like a Civil War is happening? This mod will fix you up. There are skirmishes, ambushes and random encounters that gives Skyrim a feeling like it’s a truly unsafe place to be.

CLIMATES OF TAMRIEL – This mod actually gives life and breadth to the different areas of Skyrim. With this mod, different areas will have different weather and lighting aspects.

So as you can see, there still a lot of life left in this game after 5 years. I would say that if you are truly a fan of the game and can still overlook a few shortcomings, this is still worth getting. Although some will balk at the 60 dollar price tag, you have to consider that this game comes remastered with all of the DLC. So far, I am happy to go back to this world again and re-experience it again although I wonder what can be done with the next Elder Scrolls title.

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