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Skyrim Anniversary Edition priced at $49.99 ($19.99 upgrade for existing owners)
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It's not explicitly explained, but it'd be nice if there was an upgrade path for the Game Pass version of the game as well.
It should work fine. It's very normal to buy DLCs for games you only have access to through game pass.
It has some new content too; new 2-quest line + side quests and weapons/armor/goods.
Kahjiit stuff!
That content is being released free though as well; they claim it's the largest creation club expansion.
You get to fish! .. or you can just download the mod for free >.>
DLC's yes, but this isn't really being marketed as strictly 'DLC', so there may be some exclusions in place - like technically the Game Pass version of Skyrim isn't "owned" and instead is just subscription based, or etc.
I hope I can just upgrade from the Game Pass version though, seeing as it will never leave the service as its a 1st party game.
Here's an example list; an article showing Game Rants 12 favorite Creation Club contents:
Anniversary basically unlocks the entire paid mod scene for Skyrim.
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World War Z allowed me to upgrade to Aftermath even though I only have the game through Gamepass.
70 additional creation club mods (on top of the 4 given as freebies)
This list is not complete because all the new ones haven't been revealed:
It is a lot of stuff, and an easy way to add a bunch of mods without fooling with load orders etc (especially on console). Plus achievements stay enabled. Though I feel kinda bad for anyone who paid the ~$120 to get all of the existing ones before this happened.
Will wait to see what the general impressions are, but I'll probably drop the $20 for the upgrade just because I'm a sucker.
The Game Pass version is just the normal SE version of the game, the same as the one you can buy. If there's a DLC upgrade (which there is) you'll be able to buy it for your Game Pass version just fine.
Gamepass normally doesn't give you games' DLC, and this is basically a DLC.
There are some things they're giving for free to existing owners: a new questline, survival mode, fishing. This Anniversary upgrade is in addition to that and gives you all Creation Club content for $20.
Yes, $19.99.
Game Pass will be the Special Edition with the 4 Free Club Contents.
The rest of the Creation Club is $19.99.
Really? My understanding was that there would be a separate achievement list but the achievements would unlock automatically for those who played the Special Edition on Xbox and PS users would have to unlock everything again
Wonder how this might run on the Deck. Should be fine though. Too expensive for me anyways so I will wait.
I had no idea that they actually implemented paid mods for Skyrim! When did that happen?70 additional creation club mods (on top of the 4 given as freebies)
This list is not complete because all the new ones haven't been revealed:
It is a lot of stuff, and an easy way to add a bunch of mods without fooling with load orders etc (especially on console). Plus achievements stay enabled. Though I feel kinda bad for anyone who paid the ~$120 to get all of the existing ones before this happened.
Do we get the PS5 upgrade for free without the new content?
I'm not paying 20 bucks for a 60fps boost.
I'm not paying 20 bucks for a 60fps boost.
Is Creation Club content curated, tested, and integrated altogether? Or are they just selling the game with a bunch of pre-installed mods that can break the game if you enable them all?
Are those two new questlines made internally at Beth or are you talking about more mods?
Yeeeaaaars ago. It was to try and solve Sony's stance on heavily restricted mod access (no new assets in particular) while also providing popular modders within the community an opportunity to be paid by Bethesda for freelance work, essentially. Content was produced for both Skyrim SE and Fallout 4.
Reception has been incredibly mixed. Most people agree it's great for mod authors to have paid work opportunities, but a lot of the content produced (famous weapons and armour from previous TES/Fallout games for example) already existed as free mods on sites like the Nexus, so the value proposition wasn't always there for a lot of people. And in those cases PS4 users felt kinda shafted when their only option for that content was the paid version. But there were also a lot of large-scale mods created that most people felt were well worth the cost, and went above and beyond what most free mods offered.
It was a fun experiment, and it's certainly good to see all that content being bundled together in the Anniversary Edition for a significantly lower price than you'd normally pay for buying them all individually. You can always choose which to enable and disable too, in case there's some content you just aren't interested in having active in your game.
All curated and compatible. That was one of the main selling points.
Bethesda I believe:
Skyrim: Anniversary Edition adds a brand-new quest line inspired by Oblivion
Skyrim Anniversary Edition has Morrowind items and a new Oblivion quest line
www.pcgamesn.com
Then I find it reasonable, even more so if modders are making money from it.
£16 to upgrade is actually pretty reasonable considering all the extra CC stuff, especially if you've never purchased any of it before.
No new achievement list for SeriesXbox? Damn. Expected seeing how all the other upgrades have worked, but still disappointed.
imagine if you had clicked on the link
Is Skyrim getting a next-gen upgrade?
Yes! Owners of Skyrim Special Edition or the Anniversary Edition on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S will receive a next-generation upgrade for the game. The upgrade will be free and optimize the game with enhanced graphics, faster loading times and more."
On top of that, it already can run 60fps on PS5 with mods (that don't disable trophies).
No, you should still back up your install if you still want to play while SKSE is being adapted for the anniversary edition.
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/news/14578 this posts outlines what to do.