The modding community has transformed Skyrim over recent years, adding DLC-sized lands and overhauled combat into the game. Skyrim SE on PC is now the definitive means of playing Skyrim, both for casual players and modding enthusiasts. Mods that didn't require a script extender mostly worked out of the box for this version, but the lack of a script extender significantly hurt the modding scene for the first few years.
Many PC fans were skeptical that this remaster of Skyrim would be a complete cash grab, selling users an unrefined version of what was already possible on PC thanks to the passionate modding community.įortunately, Bethesda did the noble thing and gave Skyrim: Special Edition out for free to anyone who had both the base game and all of its DLCs, which is most of the community. This can make these new additions jarring to play through, even if the rest of the creation matches Skyrim's quality. Most agree that the alternate armor and weapon packs fit right in with Skyrim's vanilla offerings, yet the Creation Club's quest mods all lack voice acting.
PlayStation users are still unable to install mods with user-created assets, making the Xbox Series X|S and PC ports the definitive versions when modding is considered.Īs for the added content, its quality is mixed. Excluding mods, this is the first time consoles have been able to run Skyrim above 30 FPS. The port itself is impressive, allowing these consoles to run Skyrim SE at 4K 120 FPS, although users will experience physics bugs when above 60 FPS. With that said, the Anniversary Edition is technically a Skyrim: Special Edition port for the Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5 consoles. Related: Skyrim: Beginner's Guide To Modding On PC And Console Unlike the Special Edition, the Anniversary Edition did not remaster any content it is effectively a Creation Club DLC bundle. Special Edition owners on PC could also purchase the contents of the Anniversary Pack for $20.
Players who already own the Special Edition of Skyrim received a free update that included four Creation Club mods for free- one of which added fishing to Skyrim. To celebrate Skyrim's tenth anniversary, Bethesda released a DLC of sorts that includes all Creation Club content released up to November 2021. Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC We also reranked a few entries that we felt didn't get enough credit for how good (or bad) they truly were. We've updated this list to include the recently-released Anniversary Edition for Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5. Most of that is due to the passionate modding community, but the myriad of ports Bethesda has made are partly to blame as well. Two new generations of consoles have been released, a new Half-Life game released during that window, yet people still play Skyrim to this day. It's been a decade since Skyrim took the RPG landscape by storm. Updated November 21st, 2021, by Charles Burgar: The more things change, the more they stay the same.
From home consoles to portable devices, here is every Skyrim port ranked from worst to best.
Each platform gives a surprisingly different experience as well, ranging from better or significantly worse than Bethesda intended. While you can't play Skyrim on your microwave just yet, there are a variety of platforms you can experience this RPG sensation on.
Related: The Elder Scrolls: The Best Dark Brotherhood Quests In Skyrim It was originally released on the seventh generation of consoles, but it has found its way to the eighth and ninth generation of consoles thanks to the Special and Anniversary Editions, respectively.
There is a long-running meme in The Elder Scrolls community that Bethesda wants to release Skyrim on every platform possible.