Anniversary Edition worth it?

[mr.921]

I'm playing the special edition, but today I saw many videos on yt for levelling up your character in skyrim. So is the anniversary edition upgrade worth it? It costs $6 in my country.

[alexander_dougherty]

That's a choice you have to make for yourself.
I bought it and don't regret it, but you have to see what it adds and ask if that amount is value for money.

[mikk011]

The Upgrade is a cost-effective way to get the content, especially on sale. I've personally never bought any SSE or FO4 Creation Club items because none of them appealed to me.

[Sairek Ceareste]

Everything offered on AE you can get for free on PC through much better alternatives.

But as I keep telling people, if money is no object for you, then go ahead. I personally don't like how it kind of kills the balance of the game by giving you powerful novice spells and a bunch of free properties, though. I like starting from nothing and working my way up.

[SIMelissa]

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

That's a choice you have to make for yourself.
I bought it and don't regret it, but you have to see what it adds and ask if that amount is value for money.

Ditto to everything Alex said.

Is it worth full price? Depends. I'm not a fan of armor and weapons mods. But for those who are, the DLC offers some nice choices.

I do think the DLC is well worth Steam's sale price -- especially for players who want to take Skyrim to the next level without the hassle of modding the game.

The DLC adds a survival mode, camping and fishing in addition to a couple new player homes, new quests and horses you can tame.
(Note: I turn off Survival Mode because there are mods on Nexus that I prefer over what's available in the DLC. It's a personal choice)

This page gives images of the content to give you an idea of what's included to help you make your own informed decision:
https://www.pushsquare.com/guides/skyrim-anniversary-edition-all-new-content-all-creation-club-dlc-listed

[psychotron666]

Originally posted by Sairek Ceareste:

Everything offered on AE you can get for free on PC through much better alternatives.

But as I keep telling people, if money is no object for you, then go ahead. I personally don't like how it kind of kills the balance of the game by giving you powerful novice spells and a bunch of free properties, though. I like starting from nothing and working my way up.

Yes, you can get alternatives to all 70 mods for free. You just need to spend 20+ hours finding them all, downloading and installing, patching them for compatibility and then testing load orders until they work.

You can either spend 6 dollars, or you can spend the equivalent of 300 dollars at minimum wage in hours in order to not pay the 6 dollars.

Stonks.

[Geeks On Hugs]

Originally posted by Sairek Ceareste:

I personally don't like how it kind of kills the balance of the game by giving you powerful novice spells and a bunch of free properties, though. I like starting from nothing and working my way up.

I actually don't like that in lots of games' special editions where you start with more stuff. I usually come up with a role play reason for having it in my head-canon but I like starting with nothing and working up like you.

So I think I might get the SE instead of AE. I was just concerned if it added any enhancements to graphics or anything like that?

[wildguy]

i think it's worth it. I never regretted getting it. never started playing skyrim till 2018 and love the game, 3000 + hours so far and still playing. the amount of money i've spent on this game vs the time/enjoyment i've gotten makes this the best game i've ever bought. I don't use mods in any game i play but this one. tried modding skyrim on my own and it was a fail, i am retired and not very computer savvy and using mods that are supplied with the game are easy to use. i use over 30 mods and i like the creation content.......best game ever.

[Mblaze]

Originally posted by SIMelissa:

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

That's a choice you have to make for yourself.
I bought it and don't regret it, but you have to see what it adds and ask if that amount is value for money.

(Note: I turn off Survival Mode because there are mods on Nexus that I prefer over what's available in the DLC. It's a personal choice)

https://www.pushsquare.com/guides/skyrim-anniversary-edition-all-new-content-all-creation-club-dlc-listed

The only upside of CC Survival Mode I can find it's very stable and well it's official? Apart from that it feels very half-baked like frost resistance passive doesn't give you additional warmth against cold and snowing/raining doesn't reduce your warmth rating xD

[Duneman]

Originally posted by mblaze:

The only upside of CC Survival Mode I can find it's very stable and well it's official? Apart from that it feels very half-baked like frost resistance passive doesn't give you additional warmth against cold and snowing/raining doesn't reduce your warmth rating xD

Warmth bonuses are their own thing. Khajiit get it, due to having fur, as do Nords for their innate frost resistance. Holding a torch will boost it as well. Generally armor or clothing with fur trim will provide a boost.

Cold and snow are handled as a general weather condition, and either will make an area colder than it would be otherwise. I.e. a clear night might be Frigid but the moment snow starts to fall it becomes Treacherously Cold.

Flames alone won't warm you up, unless you're on fire. That bonus is tied to the light radius around specific flames. You can test that with the old bugged out light radius for the Thieves Guild quest location near Snowveil Sanctum: no camp is present but the light source is already there and warms you up.

The half backed part of the mode was how it worked for Werewolves and Vampire Lords. For a long time any spot less than Warm would sap your warmth until you were a moving popsicle. Then the moment you transformed back it was instant death. Regular Vampires, despite being described in the lore as hiding under frozen lake beds, would freeze to death just as any living person would. So it resulted in having to rush to a flame with light around it before transforming back to avoid an instant death... Or in basic vampires rushing from flame to flame in the dark to avoid death. Because of that I usually turn the mode off after becoming a werewolf or vampire.

[Mblaze]

Thank you for specifying.

[Sairek Ceareste]

Originally posted by Duneman:

Originally posted by mblaze:

The only upside of CC Survival Mode I can find it's very stable and well it's official? Apart from that it feels very half-baked like frost resistance passive doesn't give you additional warmth against cold and snowing/raining doesn't reduce your warmth rating xD

Warmth bonuses are their own thing. Khajiit get it, due to having fur, as do Nords for their innate frost resistance. Holding a torch will boost it as well. Generally armor or clothing with fur trim will provide a boost.

Cold and snow are handled as a general weather condition, and either will make an area colder than it would be otherwise. I.e. a clear night might be Frigid but the moment snow starts to fall it becomes Treacherously Cold.

Flames alone won't warm you up, unless you're on fire. That bonus is tied to the light radius around specific flames. You can test that with the old bugged out light radius for the Thieves Guild quest location near Snowveil Sanctum: no camp is present but the light source is already there and warms you up.

The half backed part of the mode was how it worked for Werewolves and Vampire Lords. For a long time any spot less than Warm would sap your warmth until you were a moving popsicle. Then the moment you transformed back it was instant death. Regular Vampires, despite being described in the lore as hiding under frozen lake beds, would freeze to death just as any living person would. So it resulted in having to rush to a flame with light around it before transforming back to avoid an instant death... Or in basic vampires rushing from flame to flame in the dark to avoid death. Because of that I usually turn the mode off after becoming a werewolf or vampire.

Survival mode doesn't respect timescale either. So if timescale is set too low, you're needing to sleep 8 hours every hour, and if you do sleep, you will probably wake up dead from starvation despite going to bed on a completely full stomach.

[AbatedFawn]

I love it just for the stability of the new mods.

[SyrupyCarp00NBG]

I opted to purchase Anniversary Edition Add-on, and have regretted it ever since... It plays havoc on the original game load, and causes crashes and conflicts with Nexus MODs, andI have asked for a refund, but I need to know where the files are in my files, to delete them, and stop it from popping up to install, anymore...
Does anyone know what the file name is, or where it's located, so I can remove it?,,,

[FauxFurry]

Absolutely, though more so if one purchases the DRM free version from Good Old Games. It is all of the benefits of Anniversary Edition but without the unexpected updates or requirement to use a launcher to play it.

[Sairek Ceareste]

Originally posted by SyrupyCarp00NBG:

I opted to purchase Anniversary Edition Add-on, and have regretted it ever since... It plays havoc on the original game load, and causes crashes and conflicts with Nexus MODs, andI have asked for a refund, but I need to know where the files are in my files, to delete them, and stop it from popping up to install, anymore...
Does anyone know what the file name is, or where it's located, so I can remove it?,,,

\Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim Special Edition\Data


Anything starting with "cc" is creation club content. That includes the free stuff like fishing, survival mode, saints and seducers, and Hearthfire stuff though.