Skyrim Special Edition is for those of us who are console gamers first and foremost. In fact, we never got to mess around with mods at all. We never got a chance to improve the game's graphics through mods. Some of us – myself included – first experienced Skyrim through the Xbox 360 or, Akatosh help us, on the PlayStation 3.
There's a simple answer for that: Console gamers. Want to solve an eight-hour murder mystery outfitted with professional voice acting and new characters? You can! Want to play as a Super Saiyan? You can do that, too! So why does Skyrim Special Edition even need to exist? Dragon problems? The Skyrim modding community says 'Let them eat Spirit Bombs!' Not only do said mods make Skyrim look great, but they add innumerable quests and content tweaks. Fans of the five-year-old open-world RPG fairly pointed out that Skyrim has already been improved through mods. How do we slake our thirst for a Bethesda-brand open world if we don't want to sign up for The Elder Scrolls Online? Our best option for now is The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition.īethesda's decision to apply some spit and polish to Skyrim and re-release it stirred up many reactions, some positive, some less so. We've polished off Fallout 4, and The Elder Scrolls VI is still one million years away from becoming reality.
