Skyrim Special Edition or Regular

[razerkeyboard]

I want to buy skyrim. I have seen many different opinions on this topic. However, it seems like everyone has different opinions. I want all the DLC so their wont be a price difference. Why is specail edition better or worse. Please tell me why the game you think is better with facts. I also want opinions from people who have played BOTH games. Maybe a comparison chart as well? Just tell me which is better not which you would prefer.

[76561198218426745]

This should go without saying, but the system requirement to run the Special edition are considerably higher than the original version. This won't be too much of an issue if you have a newer, decent PC however it may cause problems if you have an older, low-end PC.

[Ogami]

Gameplay wise they are 100% identical. The Special Edition looks a bit nicer but has, like already mentioned, way higher system requirements.
The main reason to get the SE over old Skyrim would be modding. Since the SE is now 64bit in comparsion to the old Skyrim which was 32bit you can in theory create much larger mods.
More characters on screen, more things getting calculated in the background and so on.
At the moment there are still FAR more mods available for the 32bit version then the SE though.
Over time the SE will have some great mods that would not be possible on the old Skyrim version.

If you want tons of mods NOW, go for the old version of Skyrim. If you are not that interested in mods, or willing to wait till some popular mods get ported over or some amazing new mods come out then go for the SE.

[razerkeyboard]

Originally posted by Ogami:

Gameplay wise they are 100% identical. The Special Edition looks a bit nicer but has, like already mentioned, way higher system requirements.
The main reason to get the SE over old Skyrim would be modding. Since the SE is now 64bit in comparsion to the old Skyrim which was 32bit you can in theory create much larger mods.
More characters on screen, more things getting calculated in the background and so on.
At the moment there are still FAR more mods available for the 32bit version then the SE though.
Over time the SE will have some great mods that would not be possible on the old Skyrim version.

If you want tons of mods NOW, go for the old version of Skyrim. If you are not that interested in mods, or willing to wait till some popular mods get ported over or some amazing new mods come out then go for the SE.

Yea that was what all my friends were telling me. They were saying original has more mods. When do you think SE will have alot of mods?

[Cathulhu]

As soon as Script Extender is available for Skyrim SE. The modders plan to release a beta this month.

[razerkeyboard]

Originally posted by Cathulhu:

As soon as Script Extender is available for Skyrim SE. The modders plan to release a beta this month.

Do you think the beta is going to be good. Cause i heard its gonna be trash. Also when it does come out will people start making mods for se.

[Cathulhu]

I can't see into the future. And what you've heard is pure conjecture.

[Bun.E]

special edition is just the normal game with better textures and lighting I think.

but you can easily mod the original game to have better textures and lighting than the special edition has.

you have to take into cocideration if you will mod the game or not to the limit your computer can handle.

if your computer is quite new and decent you should be able to run the special edition without any fps drop if you don't want to mod.

[AH-1 Cobra]

Original Skyrim heavily modded with graphics mods & texture packs runs smoother than SE does with no mods. I get a periodic stuttering with SE, that doesn't happen in the original Skyrim, and it's an issue that's unresolved. In fact, I've given up finding a fix for it and just moved back to playing original skyrim + mods. There are a lot of people who've made mods for the original skyrim who aren't going to port them to SE.

[Reepus]

They are both just skyrim.

[~Ren~]

The SE is still awaiting more mods but it does run a lot smoother than the 32 bit version.

I've played both and currently prefer the SE version as it runs much better, mods will be added over the coming months and at the moment that's the only reason I haven't played it more as certain mods I use are not yet available.

[zboz]

Originally posted by 3.14159:

skyrim is cringe

Blasphemy

[The Burning One]

True that SE might have better graphics buy I saw mods for original skyrim that look a little better than SE

[Denyiir]

Its same but Special Edition has better graphics and it runs better. I played both and i think SE is worth buying, its just an upgraded version of Skyrim + All DLCs. But if you dont have a good PC stick to original Skyrim.

[bearsboi]

Skyrim regular has a lot more mods available, so if you want a game you can mod the hell out of, get the regular edition. If you just want to play vanilla or only want a couple mods, then special edition is a far better and much smoother experience.