Difference between Skyrim and special edition?

[Cyrus: Emperor of Mankind]

I'm planning to buy Skyrim, but does the special edition include any workshops? Is it better to make a purchase with the Skyrim game and plus all DLCs? Does the special edition hold all DLCs?

Thing is though Skyrim offers like a thousand mods - loads! Which is worth the better purchase?

[jancawa55]

the mods for SSE will grow

[velvetsanity]

Special Edition comes with all DLCs included.

The difference is that SE is 64-bit and directx 11 while regular Skyrim is 32-bit and directx 9.

At this point, SE only has a handful of mods available and the new CK for making mods for it has only been released to a handful of beta testers (which does include several big-name mod makers like Arthmoor and Chesko).

If you want lots of mods right away, go with regular (get the bundle with the DLC, though, a lot of mods at this point require you to have them all). Aside from number of mods currently available, the experts here have already figured out what it takes to get tons of mods to play nicely together (load order, resolving conflicts, fixing tech support type issues, and so on). With SE, they're just getting started in figuring all that out.

Quick note, SE's minimum and recommended system specs are about the same as Fallout 4.

[False&True]

-Skyrim the original will have the workshop for mods and other mod sites. And it's an older vertion so you will have more fixes for things quicker.

-Skyrim Special you will have to make a Bethesta acount to use mods and mod sites, BUT achevments will be deactivated. you will ether have to install a mod to fix this your not play with mods at all. And some people are having problems with it runing on there computers.

Thats all I know.

[Aisar]

I have played vanilla extensively with mods and checked out the beginning of SE, there's very little difference. If you have the money you could go for the slightly better version but there's way more mods for regular edition and you can just use texture mods and all that for regular. Tough to say, knowing what I know about both editions I would buy the cheaper one myself.

edit: just looked and noticed legendary isn't for sale anymore. That's pretty crappy, especially since there are not a whole lot of mods for SE.

[Cyrus: Emperor of Mankind]

Thanks for the replies guy, I was considering buying Skyrim special edition just because of its remaster.

However, having a look at Skyrim's VAST amount of mods, I think it may not be worth it if the mods are already now.

How many scenario style mods does the workshop contain? Like Age of Empires II custom scenario?

There's also Skyrim Oblivion, elder oblivion? What's that? Is it a sequel of Skyrim? Or is Skyrim just the base game with the DLCs, or is there more standalones for the Skyrim experince?

[False&True]

There are also mod sites like Nexus they even have a mod mannager.

[velvetsanity]

Nexus is preferred over workshop for getting mods.

Skyblivion is a work in progress, a team is working on converting Oblivion to use Skyrim's engine.

Oblivion is The Elder Scrolls 4, Skyrim is The Elder Scrolls 5.

@Aisar, They replaced Legendary Edition with the 'Skyrim Bundle' (same great taste, new name)

[HiTmAn]

normal version will probablly work better on most pc....SSE bit better graphic.. lower performance......have both will stick with normal version

[Mringasa]

SSE screams on my computer. Very fast, excellent FPS and it's a ton more responsive. Waiting on the mods to get updated and more to come out to play seriously though. Going to be like a kid in a candy store when I get started modding it. Probably check in a month or so. Bugfixes may take a bit to get smoothed out.

[Cyrus: Emperor of Mankind]

Thanks, so which is worth purchasing? Skyrim with all DLCs or SSE?

[Delta 1038]

Originally posted by The Triumph of Rome:

Thanks, so which is worth purchasing? Skyrim with all DLCs or SSE?

Well Skyrim on its own is a pretty good game and we (egocentric right there) generally recommend first time players to stick to the vanilla version before they start modding so that they get a better feel on what they want in their game.

I would personally that you get SSE but let us know your specs first if you want better feedback.

[Mringasa]

Originally posted by Delta 1038:

Originally posted by The Triumph of Rome:

Thanks, so which is worth purchasing? Skyrim with all DLCs or SSE?

Well Skyrim on its own is a pretty good game and we (egocentric right there) generally recommend first time players to stick to the vanilla version before they start modding so that they get a better feel on what they want in their game.

I would personally that you get SSE but let us know your specs first if you want better feedback.

Yeah. I wasnt around for the original launch, but all the bad FPS and no load posts I've seen, better to check specs first. You can make original look better than SE with a low end system right now, whereas youll probably need a much better rig to prettify SE in the same fashion once the mods are out.

If your computer can handle it, go for SE. Once the mods take off itll be a much better experience.

[Cyrus: Emperor of Mankind]

I've played Total War and Civ Games - so its decent enough.

I5-3570 Intel processor
16gb ram
GTX 760
Windows 7 64 bit.

[Tsuku~]

so, is it worth buying the 20$ reg. skyrim or the Special edition?

[BamsheK]

Originally posted by Aetherium_182:

so, is it worth buying the 20$ reg. skyrim or the Special edition?

i would buy The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Legendary Edition its the old skyrim with all DLC and a lot mods in the workshop but you wont find this version in the steam market but you can still activate the key for this game