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Honestly, Skyrim should be like RE4, where it is released on every system. Every system deserves it in its library.
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Skyrim released eight years ago today
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Even considering the issues, I had a really good time with this. A lot of cool and funny moments with my brother.
This is probably one of my favorite PS3 games ever.
This is probably one of my favorite PS3 games ever.
I think if they are to release it on the PS5 generation, it's time to modernize the graphics a bit more. It still looks okay but I'm already playing it in 4k on my One X. It's going to take something more to make me buy it again.
Best thing about this game is the modding community. I remember uninstalling this game so fast after I strafed into a crate and that drained all my health. I only ever came back a year ago - I've had the game since launch - and mods truly expand, and dare I say it, "fix" the base game.
tbh i would buy it every time, i adored skyrim when i played it on the ps3 and 360, and i adore it on xbox one and ps4. Something about that world keeps bringing me back, its why elder scrolls as a series is special, top notch atmosphere
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Yup, same. I have bought it five times so far, and I will keep rebuying it as many times as they re-release it.
That 20% was a better magic/combat system and more unique world IMO. Dual wielding spells, daggers, etc felt very good in Skyrim. Also, 2011 release allowed the Macho Man Dragons mod to make full cultural impact via social media.
Skyrim is great but please no. Time to move on already TES VI is already 5 years past due and it probably not releasing for another 4 years.
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Skyrim re-releases don't have to mean no new games in the series are made.
Starfield has been in development since Fallout 4 released, and it's been planned for much longer.
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They're identical, just get whichever one is better suited for you playing it.
Skyrim is janky (it was janky on release), but in terms of what makes it so appealing to begin with, it still holds up, so I still recommend it.
They might be identical content-wise, but they are not identical graphics wise. If you're primarily playing on a big screen, definitely get the PS4 version over Switch.
I believe I bought it 5 or 6 times.
Xbox 360
360 Legendary Edition
X1 Special Edition
PC
PC Special Edition
I'm going through it now against on PC. Probably put near 1000 hours into it. I remember when it came out I had a couple of friends in party chat on Xbox playing it too. Easily one of my favorite games of all time.
Xbox 360
360 Legendary Edition
X1 Special Edition
PC
PC Special Edition
I'm going through it now against on PC. Probably put near 1000 hours into it. I remember when it came out I had a couple of friends in party chat on Xbox playing it too. Easily one of my favorite games of all time.
Given the history of the last 8 years and the forecast of the next few years, I would say it does...
Which mod did you make?
Skyrim is what got me into working on sound design seriously. I was so disappointed with the audio in the game it drove me to try and improve it myself. Worked on Immersive Sounds mainly between 2013-2016. It's now one of the most popular Skyrim mods with nearly 1.5 million downloads.
A lot of things happened for western rpgs in general to breakthrough in the console space. also, controls, UI, and QoL improved massively from Oblivion to Fallout 3 until we finally arrived at Skyrim.
Skyrim is one of the best games ever made, and to this day no western rpg offers the same insane amount of freedom to play literally the way you want. storytelling definitely should be improved in the future though.
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The graphical difference isn't that substantial. Unless you are hell bent on having the absolute best looking experience possible, I'd say it can be easily ignored.
Oh, but the PS4 version does support mods, and Switch version doesn't. If that factors in.
Well, it hasn't been Skyrim re-releases that have kept TESVI from releasing, though.
Happy birthday!
I loved Skyrim when I got it. I bought it for a Steam sale... I wanna say during Christmas 2011. That's really soon after release so maybe I just bought it on Christmas lol. I played it for 120-something hours until early February when a quest glitched out on me and I couldn't complete it. I tried fast traveling away and back, reinstalling, and reloaded and earlier save. I've never played it since, and honestly I have no motivation to do so anymore.
They did give me a copy of the remaster on PC for free because I already had the old version I guess, but I never tried it.
Skyrim is still a fantastic game. Sadly, I don't believe we'll ever get anything close to it from Bethesda Game Studios again.
We can argue about that, but you can't argue that the Switch version is still a ridiculous $60 and the PS4 version is usually considerably less. It's on sale all the time.
Game of Thrones TV show came out in 2011. Skyrim had dragons and was set in a snowy region so it sort of ticked some boxes there I think that Oblivion didn't.
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Sure, the price is a good point too.
I'm not arguing for or against any version. I am saying that both are the same product. If you are playing Skyrim for the first time, pick whichever one is likeliest to cause least friction. I don't care if it's Switch, PS4, or even PS3. (Okay, maybe don't pick it up on PS3).
Shits on things like Planescape Torment and all the other overated Iso RPGS. Skyrim is the best Western RPG ever made, along with Dragon Age Origins.
Tie with Dark Souls as the best game of 2011 though.
Tie with Dark Souls as the best game of 2011 though.
In itself, the game is shallow as an RPG, poorly written with a below average main story and characters with some laughably bad side quests (my god the thieves guild one is bad).
It's a shame Bethesda learned nothing or didn't even take any notes how to make a proper RPG or even write from Obsidian when they made something good out of one of their games (FV:NV).
As a platform for mods however, golden. Gave me Enderal which I am happy with.
It's a shame Bethesda learned nothing or didn't even take any notes how to make a proper RPG or even write from Obsidian when they made something good out of one of their games (FV:NV).
As a platform for mods however, golden. Gave me Enderal which I am happy with.
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I'm a bit curious what patches and improvements they will have on PS5 PSVR for Skyrim. The game feels so good in VR but the graphics setting on current PSVR is a bit blurry and jaggy.
The people porting over Skyrim aren't the people working on TES VI - Iron Galaxy handled the Switch port for example, so about 12 or so people for aren't even employed by Bethesda.
I still play this with mods frequently. A great title and great template for an open world filled with concurrent stories and things going on. Few games have really come close to offering as great as an experience in open world design to me personally. It's amazing that the game (even Vanilla) has so much going on in it at any given time scripting wise and programming wise that it's still comparable to modern open world games. I'd say Witcher 3 is the main one that's surpassed it in terms of characters/quest designs.
Yeah of course, unless you you value portability.
Lowkey the Xbox One version is the best one because it has a way bigger selection of mods.
I love Skyrim, but I've never beaten it. There's something about this game where I have an absolute blast with it out of the gate. I'm doing quests, I'm talking to as many NPCs as I can, I'm going with a different build each time, and then ... WHAM. I hit a wall, and I just never pick that file back up again. I don't know if anybody else experiences the same as I do, but as much enjoyment as I get out of it, I seem to have my fun immediately and instantly stop every time I play through a class build.
This is probably what will will make me buy this fucking game AGAIN..
Ps3, Pc, ps4Psvr version... if they do a super pretty ps5 VR version, i know i will cave.
AGAIN.
I'm part of the problem.
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Hopefully. I'd settle for Skyrim VR getting a PS5 patch. Which I think is fairly likely.
One of my favourite games of all time. Can't think of another title I've bought on three different platforms and enjoyed as much each time.