the elder scrolls v skyrim special edition review

#The elder scrolls v skyrim special edition review full

Impressive as they are, you do have to question whether or not it was worth remastering the game only five years since the original release simply for these graphical upgrades.Īll of the DLC that was released for the Xbox 360 version is now included with the remaster, making the game good value by including this extra content rather than making you pay extra for it like you had to do first time around. You'll no doubt find yourself stopping and admiring the scenery at certain points along the way. The hidden oasis and ruins that you'll explore and the various caves and towers are even more mesmirising with the bright colours that they throw at you. The dragons look brighter, bolder and more terrifying. The trees and forests look larger and greener than they used to do and the stonework on the castles and palaces feels more intricate. On top of small things like character's faces, the whole world of Skyrim has been overturned and upgraded to look even more beautiful than it did the first time around. Although this may seem minor, it really adds to the experience of playing when each character looks even more detailed and unique. When you close in to talk to someone, you'll notice that the background slightly blurs in order to focus on the other character. The characters and NPCs look a lot clearer and more detailed. Although the difference may not be obvious straight away, the clearer these improvements become the more that you play and explore.

Where the remaster obviously thrives is the graphical upgrade. There's always time for tea, when you aren't murdering, stealing or fighting off dragons While you will likely have played through and completed all of the questlines before, murdering people and stealing things never stops being fun. Each of the guilds has a set of quests that you must complete, as well as menial jobs that you can complete for extra gold and rewards. All of the usual suspects are back, including the Dark Brotherhood, Thieves Guild, Companions and the Mages Guild. The remaster offers you the chance to find new quests or to simply play your favourite quests all over again the fact that these can have different outcomes means that you have the chance to see other endings from your last playthrough, giving you more of an incentive to play through them again.Īside from the general side quests, there's also the various factions to find and join, should you want a whole load of extra quests to be added to your list.

#The elder scrolls v skyrim special edition review full

Whether it's the 'haunted house' that sees you become buddies with Molag Bal, being trapped in a mine after sticking your nose in someone else's business, playing investigator for various murders in various cities, or having a little too much to drink and trying to retrace your steps, there's quests full of debauchery for you to complete. Due to the sheer amount of side quests in the game, there will likely be a quest that you haven't come across yet even if you completed the game the last time around. Skyrim offers fun, exciting and unique questlines. The chances are that you'll still get distracted by side-quests, miscellaneous objectives, dragons and more along the way, just like you did first time around, and this is what makes Skyrim so addictive and so great. The story itself was already lengthy with plenty of quests to complete before you reached its final conclusion, so nothing really needed to be changed. Ok, so it may be a little more complicated than that but most of you will go into the game knowing what to expect. There's a war going on between the Imperials and the Stormcloaks, while dragons are rising from the dead you, as the Dragonborn, must deal with it all by shouting a lot (unfortunately not physically this time, as there's no kinect support anymore). Unsurprisingly, Skyrim has the same story that it did five years ago.

Time to revisit Skyrim, but has much changed in the last 5 years?