The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim Special Edition is a remastered and enhanced version of the venerable Bethesda RPG that was released across consoles and PC on October 28th, 2016.
advertisementThe Special Edition of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim provides players with a bunch of enhancements, tweaks, and features. Below is a list of new features that are found in the remastered version:
Images from the announcement trailer showed gorgeous comparison shots of natural vistas between PS3/PS4 and Xbox 360/Xbox One, with new-generation hardware reflecting far greater details, sharpness, and a richer color palette.
Skyrim Special Edition will support mods for Xbox and PS4. A teaser at the E3 2016 press conference revealed a mod interface similar in design to that deployed in Fallout 4's console mod edition, including push-button implementation and a star-based rating system.
After temporarily pulling support, Sony agreed to support mods in the PS4 Edition of Skyrim Special Edition - although Microsoft will allow external assets (user-created models that don't appear in the game) while Sony will not.
In addition, the Xbox One allows for up to 5GB of mods to be installed, while PS4 only allows for 1GB, although most mods that use no external assets fail to exceed over 1MB in size.
Beyond the new console mod support and graphical enhancements, Skyrim Special Edition will not include any new significant quest content DLC.
