The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition

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6.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 659 Ratings

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  1. Scentless
    Feb 10, 2023
    0
    You can't find the original version of Skyrim in the steam application but you can through this link https://store.steampowered.com/app/72850/The_Elder_Scrolls_V_Skyrim/ I advise you get the original here because I wouldn't support Bethesda being greedy and lazy on this one. Plus if you're going to mod this game there's way better mods for the original
  2. BloodyCorrey
    May 25, 2022
    0
    I find it just shameful from a company like Bethesda how they add a few graphics and effects but the mistakes from 2011 remain. Just unbelievable and a slap in the face for the honest buyer. I hope Microsoft does better from now on.
  3. elinngare
    Mar 7, 2022
    0
    Йо-хо, черт нас
    Ждал у адских врат
    Йо-хо, прочь от игр,
    В которые играет пират!
  4. DezerII
    Feb 11, 2022
    0
    Too boring game. The story is too boring when example hero don't have a voice and don't have emotional moments (Ok. Example in "Fable" hero don't have a voice, but this game is more emotional). The system of fighting isn't interesting. I ended this game but I thought I will go sleep in chair. Bethesda must learn create games from Witcher, Fable, Elex ot Two worlds.
  5. Chef_Atico
    Jan 7, 2022
    0
    Спасибо, Bethesda, что выпустили обновление "ANNIVERSARY EDITION". Причем выпустили его частью, поэтому чтобы полноценно играть в скайрим(который вы купили...я без понятия сколько он сейчас стоит) вам придется купить дополнение за 799 рублей. Зачем же? Теперь, без этого дополнения не работают моды, да и сам скайрим работает через *********). Отдельное спасибо за текст в русскойСпасибо, Bethesda, что выпустили обновление "ANNIVERSARY EDITION". Причем выпустили его частью, поэтому чтобы полноценно играть в скайрим(который вы купили...я без понятия сколько он сейчас стоит) вам придется купить дополнение за 799 рублей. Зачем же? Теперь, без этого дополнения не работают моды, да и сам скайрим работает через *********). Отдельное спасибо за текст в русской локализации. Настоятельно не рекомендую покупать эту игру официально. Лучше "купите" ее на других сайтах.
    Отдельное спасибо стиму, который обновил игру без моего разрешения.    … Expand
  6. ROGUE_Jr
    Aug 28, 2021
    0
    Only money on your mind?! Remaster of remaster, and there will be another remaster... Fricking douches
  7. J_Voron
    May 7, 2021
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game itself is just great! But the developers were negligent about the special edition. I can't recommend this particular edition. Look for a repack.… Expand
  8. Tenarus
    Feb 15, 2021
    0
    0/10 just for the way, bethesda worked with mods. Taking the workshop (steam) away and putting in an ingame store to purchase mods from - which creators are fine, putting out for free in the normal edition - just so bethesda can earn money from other peoples work is disgusting. Play vanilla, show bethesda, that we dont want mod-stores.
  9. Nihl
    Jan 31, 2021
    0
    2021 and still no fix for the Marked for Death/Drain Vitality glitch. Are you f***ing serious!? FIX YOUR DAMN GAME!
  10. rafaeal
    Dec 11, 2020
    4
    Quase R$ 200,00 na Steam, um game extremamente bugado e com gráficos pouco melhores que sua versão de 2011, basicamente a única mudança foi passar dos 32 bits pra 64 bits, apesar de eu gostar muito do game, não vale a pena nesse valor.
  11. ADEGaming
    Oct 1, 2020
    2
    What I don't understand about this special edition is that they did not even bother to fix the bugs in the game! They rely on the modders so much to fix their **** for them. Terrible! Let alone how dull the story was and the unlimited amount of fetch-quest that are supposed to be the side-quest. The combat was so clunky it's just like, click click click yey -- opponent is now dead.
  12. RareFroggy123
    Dec 15, 2019
    4
    I wanted a full remaster not a water graphics mod. They're charging $50 for a game that came out in 2011.
  13. xetelian
    Mar 26, 2019
    0
    I cannot recommend getting this version of the game if you already own the 2011 version. You can actually mod the 2011 version to be BETTER than this updated edition. Also, the 2011 version has mods that fix a bunch of bugs, Bethesda didn't even fix the glaring issues with Skyrim with this re-release so you should expect to have to download SE version of the community update patch whichI cannot recommend getting this version of the game if you already own the 2011 version. You can actually mod the 2011 version to be BETTER than this updated edition. Also, the 2011 version has mods that fix a bunch of bugs, Bethesda didn't even fix the glaring issues with Skyrim with this re-release so you should expect to have to download SE version of the community update patch which fixes a lot of the bugs left in the game.

    Like all Bethesda games, it is just better to wait for the community to fix it than it is to buy it at launch for full price.

    I got this for free but I still think I paid too much for it.

    Also creation club is a horrible idea and in practice a horrible practice.    … Expand
  14. BoomPUP
    Feb 9, 2019
    2
    The improved graphics.
    The same skyrim only of resources eats twice more...
  15. Avoidedknave
    Jan 21, 2019
    0
    the game itself is still very enjoyable, but the creation club is just horrible, the first sign of what bethesdas future will be. I gave the normal skyrim a high score but this is just atrocious
  16. VendonJura
    Dec 1, 2018
    3
    Skyrim is definitely one of the best games of 2011, but my main problem with this game is the fact that if you want to use mods then your achievements will be blocked. The problem with this issue is that this game is by far one of the best rpg for the pc but it has so many game breaking bugs that it is rlly hard to play it without to have to modding it to reduce Bugs, Glitches and muchSkyrim is definitely one of the best games of 2011, but my main problem with this game is the fact that if you want to use mods then your achievements will be blocked. The problem with this issue is that this game is by far one of the best rpg for the pc but it has so many game breaking bugs that it is rlly hard to play it without to have to modding it to reduce Bugs, Glitches and much more. There are so many quests which are bugged and does not work. You can not finish them and what else can you do as a gamer? use mods to fix it BUT this will break the ability to earn achievements. Thanks to the guy with this idea. Also many modder can do the job much better than the dev itself that's a weird mystery. My biggest issue with this game is the PAID Mods system. You will not get an achievement block IF you pay for mods. Really???? I would rather pay the modder for a good mod than paying the dev who even made this horribly situation with mods and achievement issue. I love the game and I would totally give it max points but these 2 points are totally destroying the game for me. I never finished it, game breaking bugs did not allow me to do so because I am doing ALL quests in the game. 1st when finishing all sub quests then I am starting to do the main quests. I had reached lvl 60-80 on the xbox 360, bought this game for pc with the hope to mod the bugged quests but yeah..... This here is a Special Edition but it has the same old bugs which the normal Skyrim had. Also same issue with achievements and mods. The funny thing is that this games graphics looks like 2013 or something. Don't know why this is a remastered version when the graphics looks much worse than you can make with mods in Skyrim normal edition. The sad thing is that they've just copied the old bugs and posted in in the remastered version there is no excuse for doing this.… Expand
  17. Wineneeder
    Jul 30, 2018
    0
    I already reviewed Skyrim.

    Basically it went something like.. this TES barely let's you effect the world in any meaningful but especially personal way, nothing about your character matters (besides annoying quips from guards), and the dungeons were mostly an improvement over Oblivion's five or ten layouts per theme, but enemy variation was pitiful and themselves all pretty dull (lol    I already reviewed Skyrim.

    Basically it went something like.. this TES barely let's you effect the world in any meaningful but especially personal way, nothing about your character matters (besides annoying quips from guards), and the dungeons were mostly an improvement over Oblivion's five or ten layouts per theme, but enemy variation was pitiful and themselves all pretty dull (lol dragons and zombies).

    Aside from some legitimate complaints about bad writing, enormously nonsensical quests and bland setting choices, I also complained that the mod community hadn't quite stepped up to Oblivion/Fallout 3/New Vegas level of quality. I gave it a "5" for being half of a game in my honest opinion (not yet somewhat salvageable with mods, a familiar tune).

    All these still stand. So this gets a fat effing zero for the possibility that garbage releases like this may cost me actual money.

    Oh I guess I would also add after having now played good games like Dark Souls and **** the combat system is very, very bad, magic is boring and usually weak when you use it, the setting is stock fantasy and I never completed this game because the quests were only getting worse.    … Expand
  18. winars1
    Feb 9, 2018
    1
    Fck this game... Worst gave i have played in my life >:( I start the game and the sound is 300% and i almost died bcs of that. What game starts on max volume ffs :( I WANT A REFOUND I SPENT 98$ ON G2A FOR THIS GAME
  19. ilyaspirin
    Oct 6, 2017
    3
    Loved game at the beginning, but this was primarily because of the large choice of mods. Without mods this game is 3 out of 10, not 8. I hoped for the best, but now I see only mobile games business mindset, which doesn't bring value. Plus Bethesda just copies work of great mod makers - and this I can not forgive.
  20. Barmaglott
    Oct 5, 2017
    2
    Creation Club will ruin everything in next Beth's games. Microtransactions in AAA singleplayer games should be gone and paid mods as well. Nothing else to say.
  21. FluttershysPet
    Oct 3, 2017
    0
    To start this was never worth buying, as of recent though it has microtransactions which in this ones view is stupid, so in short do not buy this game.
  22. mew12623
    Oct 2, 2017
    0
    A cash grab. Paid mods. Minuscule graphical improvements. Far more difficult to run than even a heavily modded Skyrim Legendary Edition with better graphics.
  23. 19bufordcarl
    Oct 2, 2017
    0
    I'm being overly dramatic on the score, the game is fine, but rereleasing a 6-year-old single player game to add microtransactions is frankly unacceptable and that's why it deserves a zero.
  24. Oxkill
    Sep 30, 2017
    0
    What the hell happened to Bethesda?

    I refuse to support what this company is trying to gain with the Creation Club. Every gamer should stand up and attack this type of GREEDY conduct. This impacts everyone! The more you enable this kind of behavior with microtransactions, the more you're actually going to see it in THE WHOLE INDUSTRY in the near future. Bethesda, PLEASE, you used to be    What the hell happened to Bethesda?

    I refuse to support what this company is trying to gain with the Creation Club. Every gamer should stand up and attack this type of GREEDY conduct. This impacts everyone! The more you enable this kind of behavior with microtransactions, the more you're actually going to see it in THE WHOLE INDUSTRY in the near future. Bethesda, PLEASE, you used to be my favorite gaming company, get this right. PEOPLE HATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
    Now I'm really concerned that The Elder Scrolls, my favorite series, will get worse in the future. Please, I beg you, reconsider the dark path you're taking for all the people that actually want to stay by your side.

    Listen to your fans, your family.    … Expand
  25. Arroyo_man
    Jun 8, 2017
    4
    The most boring game i've ever played. Endless and all the same dungeons, full of draugur's (lack of creatures!), repetetive way beyond good taste. Side quests sucks, they are mostly fetch quests with no story whatsoever. Main quest is tedious, childish and boring. Hard to believe this game was done by the folks who made Morrowind.
    Can't complain about graphics tho. With couple of mods it    The most boring game i've ever played. Endless and all the same dungeons, full of draugur's (lack of creatures!), repetetive way beyond good taste. Side quests sucks, they are mostly fetch quests with no story whatsoever. Main quest is tedious, childish and boring. Hard to believe this game was done by the folks who made Morrowind.
    Can't complain about graphics tho. With couple of mods it looks pretty nice but it doesn't help enough, game is still hard to enjoy.    … Expand
  26. arislaf
    Jan 14, 2017
    0
    They could at least fix the bugs. But no, this is too much for bethesda. Minimal improvements on graphics and nothing more. Avoid it at all costs. You can make skyrim (original) with mods more beautiful than this **** version.
  27. Satisfaction
    Nov 2, 2016
    2
    "Remaster" leaves bugs from the original release as they were in the original and makes textures blurry. Sorry Todd, but your money is in another castle.
  28. sefrabu
    Nov 2, 2016
    4
    My "original" version with a few basic mods (which I still play from time to time) looks better and runs smoother than the Special Edition. I see no reason why this should be sold as a full-priced game. Fortunately I got it for free as I owned the Legendary Edition, but still utterly disappointed to be honest.
  29. night4
    Nov 1, 2016
    0
    This is a terrible, shameless cash grab. The same bugs are there. The map is still so bad you can't click on Fort Dawnguard if you're in the northwest. It looks exactly the same, if not worse.

    Why not work on the next Elder Scrolls instead of pushing it back to 2019?
  30. Braduk
    Oct 31, 2016
    4
    There is zero reason to purchase this if you did not get it for free.

    The game runs fairly poorly even on high end PCs. People with 1060s can be seen on forums reporting poor framerats and other problems, and my own computer experiences the same despite blowing the recommended specs out of the water and being able to run more graphically demanding games perfectly. The "better stability"    There is zero reason to purchase this if you did not get it for free.

    The game runs fairly poorly even on high end PCs. People with 1060s can be seen on forums reporting poor framerats and other problems, and my own computer experiences the same despite blowing the recommended specs out of the water and being able to run more graphically demanding games perfectly. The "better stability" that should come with 64 bit does not exist.

    There is no reason the game should run poorly, either, when the graphical differences between the new game and the original are hardly there. Turn off the god rays and you won't be able to tell a difference. The only thing they changed was lighting and adding god rays everywhere, for the most part. I have everything set to max and the game still doesn't look as good as pre-release gameplay.

    Finally, since there is a current lack of a script extender you won't be able to use a lot of the best mods from the original, so the experience won't be as good as it is when modding the original either. But even when the script extender comes out, the game will never be worth paying for because it's an overall terrible remaster that adds nothing new and hardly has a new coat of paint with the graphics.

    It's fine if you got it for free, but never buy it.    … Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. Games Master UK
    Jan 1, 2017
    80
    The original version with graphics mods installed still looks better, so it's not worth the upgrade. [Christmas 2016, p.73]
  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Dec 12, 2016
    60
    Purely graphical upgrade with support of the Gen4 console modes that PC owners of the original game and all expansions get for free. [Issue #269]
  3. GameGrin
    Nov 11, 2016
    80
    Skyrim is still a great place to get lost in and the visual upgrade is welcome. It perhaps doesn’t go as far as it should and it’s a shame no other aspect of the game got looked at but it’s still well worth your time.
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