While nostalgia is a powerful selling point, the promise of getting ‘something new’ when you play a game is also a serious consideration. For some, that might be a reason to avoid Skyrim SE. This is all journey, all discovery (both literal and personal), so you need to accept that the rewards will come, even if you need to wait 50 or so hours. To do so with Skyrim SE, however, is to miss the point of the game.

That’s the danger with a remaster like this - you can easily ignore the journey because you already know that the destination is so damn lovely.

Even then, death came quickly and frequently to me because I tried to rush through tried to act bolder than I should have. Having spent several hundred hours with the original version, it’s a strange thing to go back to the beginning and not lose your training wheels for a good 20-30 hours. In some instances, I actually found this quite frustrating - not because I wasn’t instantly rewarded, but because I knew how it felt to be higher level in this game. We’ve grown even more accustomed to becoming the biggest, baddest dude in the galaxy / city / land after only a few hours of play, but Skyrim demands that you forge your legend inch by inch. Skyrim’s rewards are perhaps a little more understated by today’s standards. You need to try and hear how it looks to be mauled down by a bear screaming like a Wookie – it’s a truly enlightening experience.Īnd even though this mod is as far from the Skyrim canon as you can get, it’s also one of my favorites.The best Skyrim companions: Which are the best followers to join you on your quest? OK you can probably tell this is a goof mod, but I’m adding it to the list simply because of hilarity. Why use any custom shouts when you could just channel The Force?įind anything & everything you’ll ever need with mods that combine the classical world of Skyrim with the futuristic world of Star Wars. Why wield a huge axe when you can turn on your practical lightsaber? Most of these mods don’t adapt to the Skyrim or the TES canon, but boy do they make the game so much fun to play if you’re a fan of the Star Wars franchise. I’ve compiled a list of some amazing (and free) mods that will turn your Skyrim save into something out of the old Jedi Sacred Texts. Perhaps the weirdest fandom merger you could ever imagine is here on a silver platter.

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