Skyrim special edition. how are people enjoying it?

[pookie101]

Well I have jumped back into Skyrim, realised i REALLY miss skyui but otherwise its a good update.

walking round a corner and seeing whiterun in the distance along with the north coast even further out is awesome.
im loving the ground clutter in forests, it makes them much more alive.

so what do you guys think of it? worth the money if on console?

 

[baddude1337]

I'm quite content with my super heavily modded Skyrim as is (65gb worth, actually), so I don't see myself taking the plunge any time soon. Particularly as I find vanilla Skyrim pretty meh. Give it a year or so for the vast majority of mods to be ported over and it might be different, although it took me god knows how many hours to get my Skyrim to where it is now!

It's great for console players to be getting it alongside mod support, especially as the console versions had pretty poor performance (PS3 especially). Mod support on consoles is also great, but like FO4 seems sadly extremely limited compared to PC.

 

[BoogieManFL]

Not at all for now. Unless you want play the game pretty much stock, it's useless at this point. And I'd wager 90% of PC players use at least some mods.

 

[DeliveryGodNoah_v1legacy]

I'm just happy it runs more stable. No framerate drops, even at 1440p or higher. Shadows look considerably better. Textures are a minor improvement, but one nonetheless. I really like the new lighting so far.


I don't tend to mod my game too much. Most mods just don't seem worth it. Weapons that are either already comparable to existing in game weapons or entirely overpowered. Armours that are the same way. Some NPC and character design changes are nice, while others are creepy. I'm not too concerned with downloading 30 different mods just to make sure clutter based graphics look better.

The only major mods I usually download are a all-in-one texture mod, iNeed, first person mods (animations, models, etc.), a water mod, and maybe an ENB if I don't mind even more framerate drops. However in this new version the ENB is basically already in place, just needs to be tweaked a bit and runs pretty well.

However I haven't actually played through Skyrim since about 2012, so I'm pretty much the target audience for this remaster; Those who haven't played in a while/at all.

I can understand why people wouldn't want to completely abandon their hours of modding though for a lesser version. Basically, until most of these mods get transferred over, I don't think many people will be playing this version outside of seeing what's changed since they got it for free anyway.

EDIT: Wait, people are experiencing worse performance than the original?

Can anyone confirm this? Is this in comparison with original unmodded Skyrim and SE Skyrim, or are people actually applying an ENB to original Skyrim to fairly compare it to SE Skyrim?

Because at least in my experience, with the increased draw distance, enhanced lighting (ENB) effects, and foliage coverage, Skyrim Special Edition is running quite a bit better than simply modding these graphical increases to standard Skyrim.

 

[WolfThomas]

Waiting to buy it after I finish an exam tomorrow. Nord male. A spell sword build.

Light armour (because who cares once you reach armor cap and those staminia perks), block and one-handed. But with bound blades from conjuration for soul trapping, a bit of alteration (magic resist, candlelight), restoration (especially that once a day healing perk) and the destruction perks that increase enchanted weapon damage.

And enchanting and smithing.

 

[BarryMcCociner]

It's Skyrim with a defunct and outdated early 2013-tier weaksauce ENB. Looks like a gimped RealVision to me. http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/30936/?

Translation: It's not bad considering I didn't have to pay for it.

 

[Kyrian007]

EDIT: Wait, people are experiencing worse performance than the original?

Can anyone confirm this? Is this in comparison with original unmodded Skyrim and SE Skyrim, or are people actually applying an ENB to original Skyrim to fairly compare it to SE Skyrim?

Because at least in my experience, with the increased draw distance, enhanced lighting (ENB) effects, and foliage coverage, Skyrim Special Edition is running quite a bit better than simply modding these graphical increases to standard Skyrim.

It is stable. I've heard complaints about performance, but I've also heard it is mostly one easily fixable problem with just one specific NVIDIA card. The NVIDIA card I use runs it perfectly and it is much more stable than the original version. And it was free... if you weren't a snob who didn't want to "waste" money on Hearthfire. I'm hearing a lot of "it isn't as good as MY modded Skyrim meh meh meh..." and in my head I'm hearing it in the same tone from the same corner as "why pay money for a couple of houses and the ability to adopt kids... go play minecraft if you wanna build houses... plus mods let me do that too." And there's just a touch of bitterness in the tone, as if they realize those who did buy Hearthfire got something worthwhile and are now seeing an even bigger return for that investment.

And this is from someone who doesn't even really care about the visual upgrades (I thought the vanilla was fine.) If weather effects occlusion or more realistic running water is a make or break immersion problem for someone... perhaps videogames aren't your thing. For me, that stuff is neat but I wouldn't have paid for it. But regardless of that I have made the switch to the SE. Its free, its stable, and it looks nice. And eventually it will have the same level of mod support as the original... AND they will have more and better tools to mod with. I don't see any downside really.

 

[Bad Jim]

I'm hearing a lot of "it isn't as good as MY modded Skyrim meh meh meh..." and in my head I'm hearing it in the same tone from the same corner as "why pay money for a couple of houses and the ability to adopt kids...

I think they're saying 'meh' because if you play unmodded it is really hard to tell whether you are playing the original Skyrim or the Special Edition. And the original has lots of mods that make the game look noticeably better. The Special Edition will be better once all the interesting mods are ported because of the 64 bit exe, but it isn't right now.

 

[Kyrian007]

I'm hearing a lot of "it isn't as good as MY modded Skyrim meh meh meh..." and in my head I'm hearing it in the same tone from the same corner as "why pay money for a couple of houses and the ability to adopt kids...

I think they're saying 'meh' because if you play unmodded it is really hard to tell whether you are playing the original Skyrim or the Special Edition. And the original has lots of mods that make the game look noticeably better. The Special Edition will be better once all the interesting mods are ported because of the 64 bit exe, but it isn't right now.

Admittedly I'm someone who really doesn't care about graphics... but actually its pretty easy to tell the difference between vanilla original Skyrim and unmodded Special Edition. And frankly SE looks as good as any pc mod I ever looked into and decided against because most absolutely killed loading time and framerate. And it does so while improving the loading time and framerate. Like I said, I still don't see any downside and am still catching the whiff of sour grapes in the naysayers.

 

[sanquin]

I certainly miss certain mods. Like Skyui, far better for pc. And Convenient horses. I always set my horses to 20% more speed, double the stamina, and invulnerable and avoiding combat. Plus the inventory on your horse is nice.

That being said, I do notice the improvements. And I like it overall so far.

 

[Dragonlayer]

I want to get worked up about it, but each time my excitement begins to stir, I consider that I've basically done everything I want in a vanilla version of the game. Are there any particularly amazing mods available on the PS4 version?

 

[Zombie Proof]

It's been a while since I've played Skyrim so it's like putting on an old, comfortable pair of shoes. There are a few mods I miss but overall I'm having a blast once more. Really dig the new lighting and better performance.