Skyrim: Special Edition

[Baler]

Skyrim: Special Edition Oct 28th, 2016.

Remastered art and effects
Volumetric God Rays
Dynamic depth of field
Screen-space reflections
New snow shaders
New water shaders
Mod support for consoles*
Includes all downloadable content
Will be running an a 64 bit engine (PC)
+more

Anyone else hyped?
(PC master race)

They've said most mods for skyrim as-is should work with the special edition.
But there is talk that mods will have to be 'updated' via the new tool kit and uploaded to Bethesda's 'newer' mod service.

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[big_ole_jpn]

im holding out for the fifa 2016 remaster, i think its releasing january 1 2017

[Baler]

Skyrim: Special Edition will be available on Steam in your region:

5pm Pacific Time (October 27)
8pm Eastern Time (October 27)
1am British Summer Time (October 28)
2am Central European Summer Time (October 28)
11am Australian Eastern Time Zone (October 28)
1pm New Zealand Time (October 28th)

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anyone that owns the main game and all three DLCs (Dawnguard, Hearthfire, and Dragonborn), you will receive Skyrim Special Edition separately in your Steam Library at no additional cost.

Eligible Skyrim purchasers include:

* Anyone that owns Skyrim Legendary Edition on Steam.
* Anyone that owns Skyrim and all three DLCs (Dawnguard, Hearthfire, Dragonborn) on Steam.

To ensure eligibility, you must own all Skyrim content on Steam on or before October 28th.

[georgie]

Is owning prior to date for getting it free or to purchasing period. The latter doesn't make sense

[Swish]

I went hard on Skyrim for 2 weeks when it was first released... literally lived it the whole time, cleared all the quests I could find, got all the achievements, then sold it on eBay for about the price I paid for it. Never felt like going back for the 3 expansions or anything, as good as the game is.

Maybe I need to enlighten myself with regards to modding to make me come back and give it another try.

[Angushjalmur]

Skyrim was fun for a while, but Morrowind is still the best.

[Daywolf]

Originally Posted by Swish [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I went hard on Skyrim for 2 weeks when it was first released... literally lived it the whole time, cleared all the quests I could find, got all the achievements, then sold it on eBay for about the price I paid for it. Never felt like going back for the 3 expansions or anything, as good as the game is.

Maybe I need to enlighten myself with regards to modding to make me come back and give it another try.

On the steam edition I have about 500hrs with all the expansions and 60 achievements which I don't really try to get. I had the pre-steam release box from launch, was over 500hrs there, yeah prolly same box like you had. Around 1300 or so in total. sad... [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] heh

The only thing I've modded myself were followers which isn't too hard to do. But for workshop mods, the two best are the followers mod, gives them more options, and the hunters guild mod (Hunting in Skyrim). But having yet to do the really good expansions, I'd highly recommend doing the expansions first, they're really good, even doing them before the main plot for the benefits and equipment. Though the followers mod is good to drop in at the start, so you can reequip your followers and issue them a few additional orders. I always used a give item for hearthfire though, I like crafting but it's a little beyond that having serious gathering time.

imo best side plots are the civil war and the dark brotherhood. I pref to fight the civil war for the Stormcloaks, but both sides are worth a play for sure. There is also a civil war mod, it's suppose to be good, but it's only offered at some mode site (I think Nexus) and requires a sing-up which I never did. Oh and Joining the Companions is worth the rime too, it has some pretty different quests hehe Hooowwwlll! And the werewolf status is nice if you don't care about the refresh bonus. Offers some decent followers out of it too, not so generic.

My fav build has been based on the Oblivion assassin build. Mainly bow, dual wield daggers, stealth, and alchemy for making poison. It's funny, once you get stealth up high, you can own the game nekid, they can hardly detect you standing right next to you while you fill them with arrows. There is an assassin follower in that first tavern to the left in whiterun.

Then there's this.

[Ruinous]

If you own this on PC I don't really understand the hype. I've modded mine to look far better than the remastered edition will. You can literally download mods to make every visual aspect of the game better for however powerful of a PC you have.

I mean, I understand a little bit if you're afraid to try modding on your own, but idk why that would be. Plenty of guides out there to walk you through the steps to make the game look absolutely amazing.

[Ahldagor]

Originally Posted by Ruinous [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If you own this on PC I don't really understand the hype. I've modded mine to look far better than the remastered edition will. You can literally download mods to make every visual aspect of the game better for however powerful of a PC you have.

I mean, I understand a little bit if you're afraid to try modding on your own, but idk why that would be. Plenty of guides out there to walk you through the steps to make the game look absolutely amazing.

Same. Not sure what the hype is other than Bethesda not having a new one ready for the next gen consoles.

[Pokesan]

bunch of ingrates bashing a free game

how dare you