The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR

 PlayStation 4
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 285 Ratings

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  1. masaldiz
    Apr 29, 2018
    4
    Skyrim VR, por lo menos a versión de PS4, no aprovecha la realidad virtual para garantizar la inmersión total. Su meta es introducir la cámara del personaje en el casco VR. Lo peor del juego son los controles con move y el combate cuerpo a cuerpo. Impreciso, sería la palabra que utilizaría para denominar a "esta experiencia", debido a que es bastante complicado jugar bien al videojuego conSkyrim VR, por lo menos a versión de PS4, no aprovecha la realidad virtual para garantizar la inmersión total. Su meta es introducir la cámara del personaje en el casco VR. Lo peor del juego son los controles con move y el combate cuerpo a cuerpo. Impreciso, sería la palabra que utilizaría para denominar a "esta experiencia", debido a que es bastante complicado jugar bien al videojuego con el visor puesto. Si disfrutasteis del juego con anterioridad no merece la pena probarlo, pues sigue siendo el mismo juego, a mi parecer menos inmersivo que la versión normal. Si no lo probaste, recomendaría hacerlo con la versión remasterizada o la de Switch, ya que garantiza disfrutar del juego tal y como lo diseñaron los creadores. Por el contrario, si decidís hacerlo con esta versión, hay que remarcar que no está mal del todo, pero personalmente no creo que sea la mejor forma de hacerlo; cansa y en algunos puntos puede llegar a marear un poco (casi nada, pero apreciable). En conclusión, un gran paso en la disposición de videojuegos para esta plataforma, pero no está completamente adaptado a la realidad virtual.… Expand
  2. ozjohnd
    Dec 3, 2017
    4
    Profoundly disappointed. Having spent more hours than I am prepared to admit on the original Skyrim and a revisit with the enhanced version (via Xbox) to experience the gorgeous graphics I simply had to purchase VR (yes I have migrated from an Xbox over to PS4 Pro and VR)

    The massive drop in graphics quality, the clunky controls and the "look to aim" / "look to loot" mechanic was too    Profoundly disappointed. Having spent more hours than I am prepared to admit on the original Skyrim and a revisit with the enhanced version (via Xbox) to experience the gorgeous graphics I simply had to purchase VR (yes I have migrated from an Xbox over to PS4 Pro and VR)

    The massive drop in graphics quality, the clunky controls and the "look to aim" / "look to loot" mechanic was too much for me to manage. I tried, in fact I deleted after about 2 hours of game play .. had a break and thought, I really must give this another attempt so reinstalled. The overlay of the standard 2D UI at times was near impossible to manage.

    Nope, this was not a good experience. I had hopes, maybe too high given the 3D quality of some of the VR Pro items currently available.

    The VR experience has to be seen to discover how bad it is ... it is the same disappointment I had after seeing Avatar in 3D and then cringing at the poor fabricated CGI efforts of some "3D" movies released afterwards. The true depth of field is missing .. Skyrim VR looks like it is VR elements pasted over the 2D background.

    The best I can say about this is that it is a proof of concept ... grand open world gaming can be done in VR, but it needs better than a reworking of low res graphics badly converted into 3D for me to be excited over this one.    … Expand
  3. Tritonio
    Jun 9, 2018
    0
    Was the reason I got PSVR. Was the best game I had ever played (in general, not just in PSVR) even though it's still a bugfest. Until I realized I was hit by a main questline breaking bug which forces me to go back to a savegame from 2 and a half months ago.

    If I manage to fix it I will revise my rating a bit. Currently this was a huge waste of time. I've spent more than one quarter of    Was the reason I got PSVR. Was the best game I had ever played (in general, not just in PSVR) even though it's still a bugfest. Until I realized I was hit by a main questline breaking bug which forces me to go back to a savegame from 2 and a half months ago.

    If I manage to fix it I will revise my rating a bit. Currently this was a huge waste of time. I've spent more than one quarter of my time by now trying to fix bugs rather than actually progressing in the game.

    I'm never touching Bethesda again on a console or without mod support. 7 years and we're still battling game breaking bugs in Skyrim. On the PC bugs are minimal with the mods that fix them.    … Expand
  4. ignore78
    Nov 23, 2017
    3
    do not buy this if you are used to play the pc version or ps4 version. This is blurry and really bad looking. i think the 3d effect is bad and i dont feel that it is real. and when i am holding a weapon it feels cheap. and the controls are horrible. the only thing that is good is that it runs smooth. i dont want to continue playing in VR, the game is soo much better non VR. And when youdo not buy this if you are used to play the pc version or ps4 version. This is blurry and really bad looking. i think the 3d effect is bad and i dont feel that it is real. and when i am holding a weapon it feels cheap. and the controls are horrible. the only thing that is good is that it runs smooth. i dont want to continue playing in VR, the game is soo much better non VR. And when you are attacking with motion controllers you are just poking the enemies. maybe the first enemy you are swinging the sword like a real swing, but you are not going to want to keep doing that much longer. and often when you are waving your sword at the enemy, sometimes the move controllers appears and the weapons are gone for a sec, and then they comes back. No! i dont recommend skyrim VR at all. if you dont have played skyrim at all. please dont play this before you have played the real thing. this is just a fun experiment for those who love skyrim and wants to look inside VR.… Expand
  5. Aidenb
    Oct 19, 2020
    4
    I know I am a bit late to this party, but Skyrim is one of my favorite games of all time. And even as an adult who can recognize all the blatant flaws in the game design, RPG Systems, quests and story etc. At the end of the day it is a great videogame that I used to enjoy playing over and over again.

    But over time, my nostalgia blew away to the wind. My cynicism kicked in and I can't    I know I am a bit late to this party, but Skyrim is one of my favorite games of all time. And even as an adult who can recognize all the blatant flaws in the game design, RPG Systems, quests and story etc. At the end of the day it is a great videogame that I used to enjoy playing over and over again.

    But over time, my nostalgia blew away to the wind. My cynicism kicked in and I can't play the game now without noting the useless skill trees, the simplistic writing, the stilted character designs and facial animations. Even the quest design, which in an RPG is crucial to the experience, is fundamentally flawed from the ground up. The once lovingly nostalgic "Hey, you, you're finally awake..." line at the beginning, was now a repetitive moniker, symbolizing a played out formula Bethesda had been using for decades.

    Skyrim had lost it's magic for me. It's wonder. As you can see, I am not exactly in love with this game anymore.

    A couple weeks ago I picked up a PSVR, and a few games, Batman Arkham VR, Star wars Squadrons, Iron Man VR, and Resident Evil 7.

    I don't get motion Sickness. Ever. Batman didn't make me sick, (mostly because your just standing around) Star wars Squadrons didn't give me Motion sickness, and keep in mind that squadrons, is very intense, and insanely fast moving game. Iron Man VR was the same, and Resident Evil? Well, let's just say that was an utter nightmare, but in a good way.

    Skyrim however was a nightmare in a different way.

    At the beginning you are asked to choose your look settings, movement settings and other things. I chose to just move along with a walking pace, no teleporting.

    And as soon as I woke up on that carriage, glancing at the nostalgic world I had fallen in and out of love with for so long, I couldn't help but feel...glee...

    A childish wonder I haven't felt in so very long. And when the leather-faced stilted dolt sitting across from me said "Hey, you, you're finally awake..." I just smiled like an idiot.

    After making a character, being saved by a dragon and running into the tower, the overwhelming sense of nostalgia came over me so quickly. It was magic again, it was fun. The combat sucked but it was still Skyrim.

    Then while going through the dungeons of Helgen, around the part where you get the potions from that little room, I felt my head spinning, the ground moving from underneath my feet, my stomach doing backflips. I just wanted to rip off the headset and lay down. But I'm not a quitter, it wouldn't be fair for me to judge this kind of game based on it's gameplay without actually playing it for two hours.

    So I switched it to the teleportation mode and that helped a bit, I also opted to sit down for the rest of my playthrough, but it didn't help much, by the time I fought the giant spiders, I had been feeling miserable.

    But then I left the cave and witnessed the blinding light, the mountain housing Bleak Falls Barrow, the running river, the insects polluting some bushes nearby, the gorgeous soundtrack and the sound of the wind blowing right by me, and of course that magnificent dragon that soars over me, roaring it's distinct shouts. This is what Skyrim VR gets right, the world truly is, alive.

    But at the end of that playthrough I couldn't even get to Riverwood, the first town in the game you happen upon.

    The next week I tried again. And still got sick, I do not know what in the hell causes me to get sick during this game and not a space dogfighting simulation like Squadrons. I think it has to do with the framerate. But anyways, moving on to Whiterun, something horrible happened, the nostalgia went away, the motion sickness went away and was instead replaced by immeasurable Disappointment.

    I was disappointed in Skyrim VR. Not just because of the frame rate. But because at the end of the day, it is still Skyrim. Skyrim, this beautiful game with absolutely terrible graphics.

    Skyrim, one of the most immersive games ever made, but is still buggy and glitchy to all hell.

    Skyrim a world full of a thousand characters that are as deep as a puddle.

    Skyrim this confusing, ugly, beautiful, unique mess of a game, is not better in VR.

    Some people believe VR is the definitive way to play this game. It is not, it was made as a regular game, and it barely does that right. Please don't get it, please don't try and replay it again. Just live in it, because the definitive way to play The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, is through nostalgia.

    And PSVR does not have a rose tinted glasses setting.    … Expand
  6. CoreGamer1408
    Jun 27, 2023
    4
    Skyrim VR has Pixelation and FOV like am back in the PS1 era. The PS/VR technology is just quite not there yet and this being an old game doesn't help. So the items/buildings close up look like a painted 3D pictures on cardboard. The enviroments could of been amazing to look at, but again the pixelation makes everything in the background blurred. Close up the dated NPC are not detailedSkyrim VR has Pixelation and FOV like am back in the PS1 era. The PS/VR technology is just quite not there yet and this being an old game doesn't help. So the items/buildings close up look like a painted 3D pictures on cardboard. The enviroments could of been amazing to look at, but again the pixelation makes everything in the background blurred. Close up the dated NPC are not detailed enough so everything looks and feels gamerfied. I feel more like am in a studio set than a live open world. RE7 tricked my brain enough so I felt I was in a creepy old house. Skyrim looks and feels all so very fake and so blurred out.

    After trying several different VR games the motion sickness has finally gone. Still with all that plastic and rubber on the head? Head overheat happens pretty quicky. Yeah even when using a massive floor fan to try and counter it. Maybe I need to use PS/VR in the winter or something?    … Expand
  7. shad0w101
    Jul 1, 2019
    3
    So this game was released way back into 2017 and they fail to acknowledge or fix all the game breaking bugs you experience and mid-end game like the known "Black sky bug" even after countless people had reported it. This is very shameful business practices

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 44 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 34 out of 44
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  1. Worth Playing
    Dec 27, 2018
    72
    While it's not the best VR game, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR is the most massive RPG on PSVR, and it's just as addictive as it's always been. Regardless of whether you play the main quests, chase down all of the side content, go hunting, go dungeoneering, be a smith and forge your own weapons, or go wherever you want to go, Skyrim works well enough, and that should be good enough for most players.
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  2. CD-Action
    Feb 8, 2018
    75
    VR really lets you experience Skyrim on a whole different level of immersion. Even despite PS VR’s low resolution it’s really easy to forget about the real world. The problem for me was that although I’m usually resistant to VR-induced nausea, after ca. 40-60 minutes with Skyrim VR I was starting to feel sick. [01/2018, p.50]
  3. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Feb 6, 2018
    80
    It's not perfect but there's no other PS VR game with this level of depth and detail. Even if you think you've seen it all before, you've definitely never see it like this. [Jan 2018, p.96]
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