The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition

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7.8

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  1. Fra-k
    Jan 26, 2019
    5
    terrible framerates. long loading times. glitchy textures. fan spinning because overheating ps4pro.
    This game deserves to be played on pc, where can shine also with mediocre hardware. On ps4, optimization and performances are terrible.
  2. videogamefan64
    Jan 23, 2021
    9
    Skyrim is a game that is far better than the sum of its parts. On paper skyrim shouldn't be as amazing as it is but here we are. The game has some issues such as glitches samey dungeon design and stilted combat but Skyrim nails the most important thing for an open world game, the world. Skyrim is a vast land full of people to see, things to do and the best lore I have ever seen in aSkyrim is a game that is far better than the sum of its parts. On paper skyrim shouldn't be as amazing as it is but here we are. The game has some issues such as glitches samey dungeon design and stilted combat but Skyrim nails the most important thing for an open world game, the world. Skyrim is a vast land full of people to see, things to do and the best lore I have ever seen in a video game. No other game has engrossed me so much in it's lore that I read hundreds of books learning about skyrim and its history. Fantasy elements run wild in skyrim allowing for encounter with demon deities that have build up present in books you can find as well as the many dragons that can swoop down at any time. There are other such events like finishing one quest you find out about a researcher that stole the work of another who has since died. I ran into him on the road with the results of her research and he tried to kill me to silence me, which caught me extremely of guard has i had never really had a scene like that before in a game . Skyrim the place is a character in itself and it was executed to near perfection. The game has a huge volume of quests but it is startling how good they are. The main questlines for each faction in particular are highlights as they introduce you to groups of new characters, facets of the world it takes place in as well as giving you the most varied quests. When your walking through towns people talk about big events that have happened such as the murder of an important person. These little lines add so much to the world of skyrim that they can't be understated. Combat is something you spend a lot of time doing in Skyrim and while I was initially unimpressed by it when I started mixing and matching using all the tools in my arsenal I came to found the combat highly enjoyable, as while each individual method of fighting has little depth using all of them is incredibly versatile. The dungeons are filled with puzzles enemies and most have some kind of quest that anchors them in the world. While they aren't amazing by any means they are enjoyable videogame junk food. There are events that happen in the world that aren't due to the actions of the player that makes skyrim feel alive. Skyrim is full of choices big and small like taking a side in the civil war which the game never lets you forget about as every character has a say. Skyrim's leveling up system is tied to how much you do a specific action which fits perfectly for such a roll driven experience as it allows you to make your the character the way you want them to be. Being able to make your a character into a thief, warrior mage or even a smith creates so many avenues for a player to go down and gives the game replayability. Skyrim in short is a flawed masterpiece that excels in so much that the warts present are almost forgotten and even though my character's journey has come to a fitting conclusion with a wife and adopted children I still find myself itching to hop back in and see what else this world has to offer… Expand
  3. e1000io
    May 5, 2017
    9
    Uno de los mejores juegos de la anterior generación. Lastima que no hayan sacado una oferta para los que ya lo teníamos en PS3. Lo compraré, sin duda, pero cuando baje a un precio razonable.
  4. MaxPayneIsGod
    May 24, 2022
    8
    Its Skyrim, by now you've either played it or you haven't, you either like it or you don't.
    I like it, despite never progressing very far in the game.
    The amount of quests to do, places to go, people to talk to is overwhelming and is probably, in my eyes, more of a hinderance than an benefit. You can literally lose yourself in this game and I can see why people have put 100s and 100s of    Its Skyrim, by now you've either played it or you haven't, you either like it or you don't.
    I like it, despite never progressing very far in the game.
    The amount of quests to do, places to go, people to talk to is overwhelming and is probably, in my eyes, more of a hinderance than an benefit.
    You can literally lose yourself in this game and I can see why people have put 100s and 100s of hours and played through it multiple times.
    Basically, if you're thinking about playing it but still can't decide, just play it, chances are you'll love it    … Expand
  5. filipers
    Jan 10, 2020
    9
    I played the ps3 version back in 2011 when the game came out (11/11/11 never forget), and I played the damn game for 4 straight years, until I bought the PS4 in 2015. Back then I gave Skyrim a 10/10, for me was and still is the best game that I ever played in my life. 4 years after I terribly missed the damn game, so I bought for very cheap this version of the game for PS4. Now....howI played the ps3 version back in 2011 when the game came out (11/11/11 never forget), and I played the damn game for 4 straight years, until I bought the PS4 in 2015. Back then I gave Skyrim a 10/10, for me was and still is the best game that I ever played in my life. 4 years after I terribly missed the damn game, so I bought for very cheap this version of the game for PS4. Now....how does this 8 year old game compares with current gen gems like The witcher 3, Red dead Redemption 2, Outer Worlds, etc?

    Short answer: It is still one of the best games of all time.
    Long answer: You don't play Skyrim for Its story (It's only Ok), neither for Its interesting deeply complex charecters (because there is none), neither for Its amazing gameplay (It is still Okay or good depending on your class, but It is visible that It aged quite a bit), You play Skyrim because of the incredible immersion that It gives you! You can play whatever class you want (knight, thief, nightblade, battlemage, etc), roleplay the type of guy you want to be (evil, good, whatever), in a highly detailed world where you can interact with almost everything. You can even be a vampire or a werewolf. This game is the apex of exploration games, the map is highly densed with interesting sites (caves, nordic ruins, dwarf ruins, etc) each of them with a deep lore and interesting stuff to see. The world of skyrim feels alive and not empty like 90% of most open wold games, during your journeys on the road you can even find a series of random encounters that help keep the wold fresh and alive. The leveling system for me is still the best one in all games that I played, the skill trees are diverse, and each one of them very deep! The Crafting/enchanting/smithing system remains the best and more complex one! The weapons and armours are diverse and very nice looking.

    Skyrim day-to-day life to my character is like this: I wake up in my homestead that I bough and build it from the ground, i pack my stuff and go out to the world to see If the jarls have interesting jobs to give, or if the guilds that I belong (dark brotherhood, thieves guild, the companions and college of winterhold) have jobs for me too, or just wander in the wilderness to lose myself in some cave or bandit camp.
    This is a example:
    Yesterday I found a lighthouse in the frozen northern coast of skyrim, It was the first time that I saw It in all these years, I entered in It expecting to find some npc's, it happens that i found some bodies on the ground covered in blood and pierced by arrows, and the room was chaotic. By reading their journals I found out that there was a family leaving there, and that the siblings suspected of something living in the basement due to strange noises in the night. It turns out that their basement led to a falmer (elves that became blind and savage after being enslaved by the dwemer race ) cave. In that cave I found the body of the 2 siblings, one of them with a knife that her father gave her, as appointed in her letter, so that she avoided a painfull death by being eaten by a giant chaurus that the falmer kept as a pet. Her father however was given to that monster as a meal, as his remains were right next to It. This is just one example of the more than hundred adventures that you can have in this game.

    Finally, well this review turned out to be a love letter to skyrim, sorry for that, the game has now some aging issues, but that for me were not ground breaking. The combat has not aged well but it is still fun, the graphics are not on the same level as current gen graphics, however there is something about the artstyle/graphics in this game that make the views very.....beautiful. The landscaped are truly wonderful to witness. Fortunately, the bugs are (finally) pretty much resolved, so they wont be a issue. If you haven't played the game......you own It to yourself to play It, It is a mandatory game. If you played on ps3/xbox360 and miss skyrim, buy It because the graphics/framerate and loading screens are very improved, and the game is very cheap. Only pc users gain nothing by buying this game.    … Expand
  6. TK4EVA47
    May 23, 2023
    6
    I played The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim in 2023 and thought it was an above average game that I liked.
    However, I dislike the "Creation Club" microtransactions.
  7. ascedentevil
    Jan 5, 2017
    7
    (ignore my review for the Xbox version I accidentally chose the wrong platform)

    After debating whether or not to get this for a while (bearing in mind I have bought it twice before) I finally went for it and for the most part I am glad that I did. I have played through this game twice and then some, yes if you already have played it there isn't much new for you to experience less the    (ignore my review for the Xbox version I accidentally chose the wrong platform)

    After debating whether or not to get this for a while (bearing in mind I have bought it twice before) I finally went for it and for the most part I am glad that I did.
    I have played through this game twice and then some, yes if you already have played it there isn't much new for you to experience less the mods. the mods are fairly good but there isn't as big a range with the Ps4 vs Xbox or PC as the PS4 has limited file sizes or something meaning the mods are sparse/not as good, the ones I did download were pretty good but most graphics and high end mods are not available.
    Visually, there is some improvement, better lighting a textures as well as draw distance improve the overall experience and, whilst it will never hold a candle to the Witcher or highly modded PC Skyrim, it does give just a little breath of fresh air and the densely detailed world has made me stop to stare a good few times.
    I've already put many hours in and as elder scrolls games it's a different experience every time, a with a fresh fantasy character and random experiences, I am free once again to live out a new characters life and sample some of the different things that I was never bothered with before, I may even start a different one to try out more things.
    Overall there is of course not much extra content but with a rich world filled with things to do, you're surely to find things you haven't seen before and generally experience new things, whilst enjoying the same character freedom that is to be expected.
    For anyone who hasn't played this before it's a must buy, hundreds of hours gameplay are available and with the price sat at around £20-25 it's a massive bargain.
    For those who have played it and enjoyed it, it's still worth a pick up but there are other games out there in this price range (Witcher 3 GOTY) that will perhaps suit you more.    … Expand
  8. europepro
    May 5, 2020
    10
    Para mí es un juego de 10 ....cada año qué pasa , me hace meter más en su universo .
    Comencé no entendiéndolo , venía de juegos rápidos y online , para las primeras veces , pero el tiempo pasó y me hizo reflexionar y mucho.
    Creo que es una enciclopedia en el mundo de los videojuegos ....es ese juego que cada céntimo que gastes te lo va a devolver ....y ni hablar de si le pones mods , esto    Para mí es un juego de 10 ....cada año qué pasa , me hace meter más en su universo .
    Comencé no entendiéndolo , venía de juegos rápidos y online , para las primeras veces , pero el tiempo pasó y me hizo reflexionar y mucho.
    Creo que es una enciclopedia en el mundo de los videojuegos ....es ese juego que cada céntimo que gastes te lo va a devolver ....y ni hablar de si le pones mods , esto le cambia totalmente la jugabilidad .    … Expand
  9. VieRus8u
    Dec 10, 2016
    9
    By far one of my favorite new games to play. Stunning world, great graphics, and huge open world that I even get lost in sometimes.
    Only reason this isn't a ten....is all the bugs they left in from the PC version. It seems not one of them were fixed before the release.
    This is still my goto game for the next six months or so :o)
  10. Fudgeberry
    Feb 12, 2018
    4
    The combat is an unintuitive bore. The writing is, in all areas, terrible at worst and merely bad at best.
    Quests and dungeon design are unimaginative and stale. RPG aspects are entirely hamfisted.
  11. daryl83
    Jan 27, 2023
    1
    Buggy mess with performance issues and crashing. I have never played a game that crashes this much and is so poorly optimised!
  12. Eduarfin
    Jan 2, 2017
    10
    Quem dera fosse a primeira vez jogando esta obra prima. Se nao jogaste, nem pense duas vezes. Até hoje nenhum jogo foi tao imersivo quanto este, gostaria que nao fosse assim, mas se depender das atuais franquias tamo fudido.
  13. Sscimia
    Jan 2, 2017
    6
    The story and combat system are some of the best I've ever seen. You'll find yourself immersed in the world and there's a good feeling of progression. The combat system is fair, and a plethora of classes and abilities make the way you, and your enemies engage in combat very unique and compelling.

    However this games suffers greatly from bugs. I have played around 40 hours so far. Around    The story and combat system are some of the best I've ever seen. You'll find yourself immersed in the world and there's a good feeling of progression. The combat system is fair, and a plethora of classes and abilities make the way you, and your enemies engage in combat very unique and compelling.

    However this games suffers greatly from bugs. I have played around 40 hours so far. Around 30 were spent unmodded, and 10 were spent with mods enabled. They both suffered greatly. Missing NPCs, glitched quest items, and quest events not registering has frustrated me to the point where I feel the need to check that I've saved every 5 minutes, which feels more like a chore than it should. I understood the transition between last gen and current gen wouldn't have been flawless, but the last gen were vastly superior in my experience. That being said, I have heard rare cases of people playing through the game bug free. I've had no such luck.

    You're taking a chance on this product. That's for sure. But when the game is working it's nearly flawless. I wouldn't recommend purchasing unless you're a die hard elder scrolls fan. If you do purchase, you'll have a better time with no mods (not that there are many worth downloading on PS4 anyway).    … Expand
  14. venomlocke
    Jan 23, 2017
    8
    It's still a fun game despite the lack of mods and SONY screwing up the system.

    The game also has great characters and a good game considering it's a 5 year old game. However, this game is still riddled with bugs and this shows that Bethesda doesn't care about fixing their games.
  15. JyroJyro
    Dec 22, 2017
    8
    Whilst Skyrim obviously feels a little outdated now in terms of graphics & gameplay, there is still nothing that comes close to rivalling it for the sheer adventure. Definitely overpriced for a remake, but if you never had the original then this is a must-have.
  16. Malef
    Mar 5, 2021
    6
    Blunt, flat, mostly boring, bad AI pathfinding, boring fighting, mess of typical fantasy tropes. Sometimes beautiful visually.
  17. TheSpideyReview
    Dec 25, 2017
    10
    A fun, open-world game that gives the player so much freedom, so much. There are even dragons, DRAGONS THAT WE CAN RIDE!!! There are some bugs, but it's only because of your freedom. There's freedom in your fighting, choices in story, and even how you travel. So much freedom and choices.
  18. Sagnol
    Jun 28, 2020
    9
    Once Bethesda knew how to make good games...

    Skyrim! One of the best games out there... Such a honor to play the remastered edition... It doesn't have many differences with the first edition but it gives it a pretty good refresh with the textures and the god rays! Mod support also makes it look a better.
    DOVAHKIIN! DOVAHKIIN!
  19. cottandy
    Oct 13, 2017
    4
    It's not a new game, no more than a graphics mod without any changes for a new price like for a full game we have never seen before.

    You will find here nothing new. They promised that graphics will become better. Not good even in this aspect. Nothing. Maybe some little story changes? No. Rename it as a mod please! These so-called Special Editions, DLCs have already becomen an easy    It's not a new game, no more than a graphics mod without any changes for a new price like for a full game we have never seen before.

    You will find here nothing new.
    They promised that graphics will become better. Not good even in this aspect. Nothing. Maybe some little story changes? No. Rename it as a mod please!

    These so-called Special Editions, DLCs have already becomen an easy way just to take money from the fans. If there was something new, it would have been an another story, but what we see here is just the same old game for which developers want some additional money like for a competely new one.    … Expand
  20. shinymusic21
    Nov 17, 2016
    8
    Got another 60 hours our of this version which felt fair. Game play is still great and graphics are much improved. Mod support on console is a nice touch.

    Paid 67 CAD which was fair. Should not be priced as a full price game @ 80 CAD.
  21. CoinOpTV
    Nov 28, 2016
    9
    The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim Special Edition plays and feels mostly the same as the original but what has been enhanced greatly is the scenery and the way some things behave in the wild like how water now moves naturally along the shores. Vistas, mountains, trees, snow, roads and more will all strike your eyes as shockingly refreshed and pretty to look at – especially if the first time youThe Elder Scrolls V Skyrim Special Edition plays and feels mostly the same as the original but what has been enhanced greatly is the scenery and the way some things behave in the wild like how water now moves naturally along the shores. Vistas, mountains, trees, snow, roads and more will all strike your eyes as shockingly refreshed and pretty to look at – especially if the first time you saw this game was on an Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 (as opposed to PC). The migration to current generation consoles wasn’t 100% upgraded as character models only got slight enhancements making them look a bit ‘muddy’ and out of place especially in contrast to the improved landscapes.

    For those who may be new to the Skyrim experience – know that this video game yields many different outcomes and ways to play as an RPG adventure. Like a well-crafted video game, Skyrim allows you to focus on being a fighter or use stealth, you can spend time crafting weapons or find loot in dungeons and these are things other video games in the past have done but The Elder Scrolls V manages to blend the overall experience into a complete package. If you skipped on playing The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim the first time around then this is the perfect time to give the video game another chance.    … Expand
  22. amnhhg
    Nov 23, 2016
    10
    THIS GAME IS PERFECTION. If you have played the original from PS3 and just want more its great with mods. THIS IS NOT PC. For PS4 its great. Mods enhance it
  23. glados1432
    Nov 30, 2016
    9
    This game shows an improvement from the original. Graphic are amazingly detailed and mods are cool. Some controls options are a bit clunky at the start but have proved it self.
  24. Arctus
    Dec 1, 2016
    9
    Skyrim is Skyrim :) Awesome and all. I was not expecting something new, just a good port of Skyrim with better graphics and this is exactly what I got. It was too expensive though. Bethesda got greedy on this one. No bugs after like 50 hours of gameplay (after a patch though), almost no loading time, good controls. Now I can relax in my couch and play one of the best open world games.
  25. Gamesearcher1
    Dec 7, 2018
    10
    When has an open world ever felt so open-ended, packed with content and also so fun? Skyrim is a beautiful amalgamation of these things. The open world is one of the main aspects of the game. As soon as your first mission ends, you can just roam around at your leisure. And what damn fun it is to explore the world. From the snowy peaks of a mountain, to the icky, spider-infested swamps, toWhen has an open world ever felt so open-ended, packed with content and also so fun? Skyrim is a beautiful amalgamation of these things. The open world is one of the main aspects of the game. As soon as your first mission ends, you can just roam around at your leisure. And what damn fun it is to explore the world. From the snowy peaks of a mountain, to the icky, spider-infested swamps, to an ancient, underground city built by a race thought to be extinct. There is nothing to complain about the world of Skyrim, apart from the reliance of fast travel, which is a problem faced by almost every open-world game, but it’s estentuated by the fact that, unless enemies are nearby, you’re falling or inside a building, you can always fast travel, with nothing stopping you. Back to positives, every location and side-quest has a backstory, that can be accessed by one of the hundreds of books. On the topic of quests, they’re another thing Skyrim nails on the head. The sheer quantity of quests is mind-boggling, and, yes, you do find rand, miscellaneous fetch quests. But everything not listed under the Misc. tab is extremely solid. The main questline is about you, the sacred Dragonborn, a brother to dragons, bringing down the harbinger of the end times, the world eater, Alduin. And I’m just going to say, the final boss fight is extremely disappointing. It’s just a normal, re-skinned enemy, but this time you have three people assisting you. There are also guild questlines, which conclude much smoother than the main campaign, but it faces a problem this game has; it tries to make you feel like a chosen one. This does detract from the experience as a victory feels more given than earnt. The game also has slightly sloppy combat, with swordplay feeling weightless most of the time. Also the necessity of a bow to stand a chance against a dragon, before Dragonrend, is slightly annoying, although Archery was one of my favourite methods of combat. Magic was also varied, and I fondly remember looking up how to find new spells, and the journeys that I took the find them. While I found schools such Illusion to be useless to me personally, I can see the true appeal in it. Shouts are a new concept that are well-implemented, and bring brand new things to do, and Fus-Ro-Dahing a poor goat off the Throat of the World will never be boring. The game also looks quite nice for a seventh-generation open-world game, and I still have an extremely fond memory of exploring the outside of Winterhold, Masser and Secunda high in the sky, an aurora floating in the sky, and me fighting off a frost troll. Those gaming memories never leave you. The music, composed by Jeremey Soule is a fine example of how a calm soundtrack is made, with a bombastic main theme, which a masterful rendition of Morrowind’s. Oh, and it’s by Bethesda. Which means that this game contains more bugs than the Amazon. From horses that manage to climb 90 degree, vertical slopes to characters not showing up until you wait an in-game hour, this game has it all. And while Sony didn’t really like the idea of large mods, smaller ones that greatly tweak the game are there. And now we get to the end. This game is one that will be remembered for decades, or until the next Elder Scrolls game releases, and everyone disses Skyrim as trash. Either way, it will still always remain on my list for its beautiful world, its memorable characters and quests and elegant soundtrack.… Expand
  26. visiblelight7
    Jan 5, 2018
    9
    I don't get it. So many low reviews from people who played it on the PS3.
    Why do you say it sucks if you HAD to re-buy the game a second time? That says it all right there.
    It's exactly the same damn game. Nothing changed except better graphics. If you are totally new to Skyrim and have never played it before and you love RPG games, then this game is really special. Don't worry    I don't get it. So many low reviews from people who played it on the PS3.
    Why do you say it sucks if you HAD to re-buy the game a second time? That says it all right there.
    It's exactly the same damn game. Nothing changed except better graphics.

    If you are totally new to Skyrim and have never played it before and you love RPG games, then this game is really special. Don't worry about the negative reviews. Honestly, the game is repetitive and quests can get boring actually. If all you do is complete quests and have zero interest in reading the books and getting immersed then yeah the game will get dull fast(and I can't blame you, it's not for everyone).

    Also, the bugs people are reporting and giving a 0/10 to the game is ridiculous. I finished the whole game and encountered at most 2 or 3 crashes for an entire playtime of 40 hours. There's no way this game is so buggy as people report here. Some reviews highly exaggerate things just to justify giving this game a low score. Perhaps they are disappointed to find out the game bores them after all these years. Sure you can give it a low score for that reason but don't tell everyone else it deserves low scores because it was unplayable because of bugs or because it's somehow totally different than the ps3 version(lol, it's literally an exact copy with slightly better graphics).    … Expand
  27. JonathanSBE
    Mar 6, 2017
    7
    As a remaster I am not willing to rate it as a new game, I will in fact be extra critical to it due to me allready knowing it from top to bottom, in short the original is an easy 10. Now for the actual remaster...

    Its okay, the graphical work is outstanding, and the new effects reinvigorates Skyrim as never before, but the bugs that break quests are still there, the framerate on PS4 is    As a remaster I am not willing to rate it as a new game, I will in fact be extra critical to it due to me allready knowing it from top to bottom, in short the original is an easy 10. Now for the actual remaster...

    Its okay, the graphical work is outstanding, and the new effects reinvigorates Skyrim as never before, but the bugs that break quests are still there, the framerate on PS4 is somehow worse now due to a PS4 pro patch, and the mod support laughably subpar for being a main feauture.

    Still better than most open world rpgs though.

    7/10    … Expand
  28. Verwey
    Nov 21, 2017
    9
    i never got around to playing Skyrim when it came out so I played the special edition without playing any previous Elder scrolls games and I absolutely love it!
  29. CoreGamer1408
    May 22, 2020
    8
    Well I played Skyrim on PC and Xbox 360 back in the day so when this PS4 version came along I was more than happy with this visual upgrade. Still a fun open world APRG after all these years and nothing else on the market that comes even close to Skyrim. Compared to Fallout 4 well Skyrim is a technical dream. The base games two main stories one about the rise of the Dragons and the otherWell I played Skyrim on PC and Xbox 360 back in the day so when this PS4 version came along I was more than happy with this visual upgrade. Still a fun open world APRG after all these years and nothing else on the market that comes even close to Skyrim. Compared to Fallout 4 well Skyrim is a technical dream. The base games two main stories one about the rise of the Dragons and the other about religious persecution was interesting enough. Skyrim was a beautifully land to explore back in the day and more so now in the special edition . The leveling and crafting is fairly accessible and easy to understand as in ARPG-lite. The combat with the melee, ranged and magic is very fluid with some nice kill cams. Good game for people who have the wanderlust bug who want to do cool stuff on the way to seeing cool stuff.

    My personal console version gripe was/is with the limited two real time quickslots. Way to much pausing to swap in and out stuff really disrupted the gameplay flow. Shame they didn't stick to the old eight quick slots way like in F03/FNV, Morrowind/Oblivion format. On PC you do get 8 quickslots via keyboard, but not with controller, oh well.    … Expand
  30. Verderame
    Sep 8, 2017
    1
    Skyrim was one of my favorite games ever on Xbox 360 where it ran like a dream gave you the full ememersive experience. However I made the mistake of buying the so called "special edition" for PlayStation 4 where I thought I would be able to enjoy the same level of experience but with updated visuals, mod support, etc. Needless to say, I was incredibly disappointed with the product. ISkyrim was one of my favorite games ever on Xbox 360 where it ran like a dream gave you the full ememersive experience. However I made the mistake of buying the so called "special edition" for PlayStation 4 where I thought I would be able to enjoy the same level of experience but with updated visuals, mod support, etc. Needless to say, I was incredibly disappointed with the product. I bought a brand new copy of the game for 30 bucks and couldn't wait to load it up and experience all the great quests and interactions that the world had to offer. However, the PS4 version of the game just crashes whenever it wants and as a result it's basically impossible to go on any lengthy adventures in game because the game will almost certainly crash before you can get anything notable done. Skyrim still remains one of my favorite games ever and I highly recommend it to anyone who even remotely enjoys gaming. But do yourself a favor and don't buy this game on PS4 (or PS3 for that matter). If you have a PC, Xbox One, or even an Xbox 360, please do yourself a favor and purchase Skyrim on one of those systems. I promise you won't regret it.… Expand
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Awards & Rankings

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#52 Best PS4 Game of 2016
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#18 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2016
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#31 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2016

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 40 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 36 out of 40
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 40
  3. Negative: 0 out of 40
  1. CD-Action
    Jan 12, 2017
    85
    Special Edition is a boring remaster – there’s no new content and the visual update is modest. Nonetheless it’s the best way to play Skyrim on a console and a good reason to spend another couple hundred hours in one of few games that are truly worth it. [13/2016, p.67]
  2. Playstation Official Magazine Australia
    Jan 8, 2017
    90
    Thankfully, the base game itself remains as utterly essential as always. [January 2016, p78]
  3. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Dec 27, 2016
    90
    Five years on and Skyrim's quality still stands head and shoulders above all RPGs not named The Witcher 3. It's well worth a revisit, even if the mod support is sorely lacking versus other formats. [Christmas 2016, p.94]
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