The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition

A wonderful recreation of Skyrim, which remains - despite rough edges and badly-aged elements - one of the greatest RPGs ever made.

If you’ve never experienced The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, it's certainly an adventure you can’t afford to miss and still one of the all-time great RPGs. However,while the Special Edition’s world benefits from improved lighting and effects, it has no new content and still includes many of the original version’s ugly character models and weak combat animations.

While all of these enhancements and additions are nice, I still don’t feel like it is worth it for a double dip. Skyrim is still a masterpiece of a video game, but for those that spent hundreds of hours already digging through, there really isn’t enough here to recommend jumping back in. I like the mods, the new visuals are lush, but the core game remains the same. However, for those that skipped out the first time around, there has never been a better time to take an arrow to the knee. Please forgive me for that.