Skyrim is about to get its fourth re-release since launching 10 years ago

Date:
Thu, 19 Aug 2021 22:27:42 +0000

Description:
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition will drop on November 11,
2021 and adds *checks notes* fishing? Wow. Just wow.

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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim will soon hit its 10-year anniversary, and to celebrate Bethesda plans on releasing an extra special edition of the game that includes fishing. Yep. Fishing.

The 10th Anniversary Edition will drop on November 11, 2021 on PC,
PlayStation 4, PS5 , Xbox One, and Xbox Series X |S, though youll be able to get free next-gen updates on the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S if you own the Special Edition of the game.

Included in the fourth re-release of the game yes, unbelievably Skyrim is on its fourth re-release will be a new fishing mini-game and 500+ Creation Club elements that offer pre-existing and new quests, dungeons, bosses, weapons, spells and more".

The obvious advantage to buying the game for the FIFTH time is that it will take advantage of the Xbox Series X and PS5s upgraded hardware, but Bethesda has yet to say which exact features the game will take advantage of. Frame rate? Faster loading times? Spatial audio? Who knows all we know is that theres going to be fishing. Opinion: Theres not much new here but Im too big of a fan to pass on it

So how did we come up with the number of remasters? Well, youve got the Legendary Edition of the game that came out two years after launch that combined all the expansions plus the main game into one box, then came the Special Edition that ported the game to Xbox One and PS4 in 2016. We got a VR version of the game in 2017/2018 and finally we come to the Anniversary Edition thats dropping on November 11.

Each of the remasters brought something new to the table and two of them the VR version and Special Edition helped adapt the game for current hardware at the time.

The latest version of the game will do the same thing but it feels a bit like a cash-in of a cash-in a port of a port that weve already played through. That said, because its a free upgrade for Special Edition owners it doesnt feel all that egregious, even though itd be great had Bethesda added
something a little more than a fishing mini-game.

Regardless, Skyrim remains one of the better-known, widely regarded entries
in the open-world RPG genre, and is a personal favorite of mine. So, yeah,
Ill probably buy it. But I swear I wont buy it a sixth time. Need something
to play right now? Check out our guides to the best PS5 games and best Xbox Series X games



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