Kinda makes you forget that there was only a 5 year gap between Oblivion and Skyrim. And 4 year gap between Morrowind and Oblivion. Now we are going +10years with Skyrim.
Who says we needs another elder scrolls. They probably bored developing es games for 15 years after skyrim and wanted to do some new stuff like starfield
TESXXX will have released and people will still be going back to Skyrim. Imagine the lewd mods for this game in 1000 years. We'd have been extinct by then and octopi would be playing it, but there'd still be plenty of mods to suit their needs, I'm sure.
And I gladly play them all, this is like one of the best games ever made! The story, the setting, the voice overs are just on top! even over recent games nothings compares. For me it has a special place in my heart, so yeah let’s go another 10 years
It's also worth mentioning that running the native PS5 app will save you about 15GBs in comparison to the PS4 app. The reason why, is because Sony's backwards compatibility solution creates some chunky files that are needed to emulate the PS4 apps, those files will be labelled as "Other" in your storage management screen, and you can't access the folder. That's a huge plus, since we only have 600GB to work with.
@@Devin11246 they didn't design the ps4 with forward compatibility in mind that's why. The Xbox works perfectly with it becuase it's modified windows. Not like every application in the world breaks on a new version of windows
Suppose in 10 years CP2077 might have most bugs ironed out. Skyrim over the last decade seems to fluctuate between a game with bugs and bugs that just happen to have a game too. Tom will be suffering forever, poor guy.
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has sold over 30 million copies. Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion never even hit 10 million sales. Though the upgrades have been plentiful except for Special Edition on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 they have been free upgrades.
ICYMI Oblivion just got patched with FPS Boost on Series X/S. Now the game finally runs at 60fps on top of the 4K resolution boost it got on the One X.
Free upgrade to PS5 version was nice. Wasn’t expecting that. Really loving Skyrim on the PS5. Just picked one up recently and decided to give Skyrim a try. Old save loaded right up no issues. Just had to download my mods but that only took seconds. The new 2 second load times into zones make everything so much smoother. Basically I didn’t have to pay anything and got a great upgrade in overall performance and appearance. Very happy with it so far.
Yes you get the upgrade for free, but the Anniversary Edition content has to be bought separately, and the game will pester you on the main menu screen forever until you buy it, and it will add at least 5 to 10 seconds to your initial menu load depending on how long the game takes to check the internet for whether you own the added content or not and display the pester message.
@@pulseofme6884 , Uh, HOW would you get the upgrade if you don't have an Internet connection? Just FYI, the "AE" edition is just the "SE" version but with CC downloads. I bought the upgrade and on restarting it just downloaded all the Creation Club content automatically before I was allowed to continue to the main menu. I'm seeing no added delay to launch the game though. The game didn't look any better because it's just extra armor options etc... I had a clean install of SE (then upgraded to AE) but I promptly reinstalled all my mods. So the AE version is rather pointless if you already mod unless there's some quest DLC you like that's in AE only. Also... I unchecked AMBIENT OCCLUSION as it was giving odd shadow textures on characters necks and under their arms. It's in the unmodded SE/AE versions. No idea if that's new but I never noticed it until recently. None of my mods got rid of it. Only unchecking it in game settings.
"It's been 10 years since Skyrim was released. And with 7 different releases afterwards, we dive into the 8th and most recent to see if this truly is the best Skyrim ever,"
the game plays so well on Series S. the short load times really help with the immersion and flow of the game and makes for such an enjoyable experience. locked 60 FPS is so smooth!
@@Tuxxxido 60 fps alone makes any game feel so much better. I got so used to 30 fps that when i finally got my ps5 and played games in 60 i was genuinely amazed.
Yeah, so awesome that Skyrim still uses the same old terrible menu system and most likely still has no (official) option to change field of view on PC. Incredible release.
Here are all the versions of Skyrim: Skyrim for Xbox 360 Skyrim for PS3 Skyrim for PC Skyrim Game of the Year edition Xbox 360 Skyrim Game of the Year edition PS3 Skyrim Game of the Year edition PC Skyrim Special edition Xbox One Skyrim Special edition PS4 Skyrim Special edition PC Skyrim Switch Skyrim VR Skyrim Very Special Edition for Alexa Skyrim Anniversary Edition Xbox Series Skyrim Anniversary Edition PS5 Skyrim Anniversary Edition PC There are now a total of 15 different versions of Skyrim
It is such a shame that a masterpiece like Skyrim did not get more love from Bethesda, why is it that machines like the Ps5 and series X do not run at maximum pc settings let alone not being a locked 60 when these machines outclass those pc requirements? Adding insult to injury is the fact that many mods now no longer work, thanks Bethesda!
Because their pc requirements are out of date/irrelevant and their engine is shit so running above 60fps can result in issues like broken physics(pc has a fix for that but you need to maintain high framerate, which these shit consoles can't do even at 60) and possibly scripts(also tied to framerate).
If you use the right mods you will be very impressed by how good it looks. I’m currently running mods that cover pretty much every aspect of the visuals and sound, and some gameplay mods. It feels like the game I always imagined it to be years ago, but it is soooo much better. Even on console the mod community is very helpful and I went from a complete novice to feeling like I have 100+ mod load out dialed in thanks to other people being being nice enough to offer advice.
@@SLX25 Yes it did, on PS5 before the AE update you could use Wrighton's 60fps mod to get THE SAME performance as demonstrated by DF, in addition there were mods that enhanced FOV scale and detail level LOD also by Wrighton but those are now nonfunctional which for me meant that Bethesda's update broke my game because the mods were suddenly no longer compatible and my save game was reliant on them resulting in giant holes in the world and other weirdness forcing a new game. On top of that because the aforementioned mods no longer work it also means far more LOD pop-in and a more narrow field of view with the only actual benefit being faster loading, which granted is nice but for me at least it is ultimately not worth it. To make things worse Wrighton has tried to fix the mods but Bethesda did something to Skyrim AE that has made .INI injection non functional which means that unless Bethesda fixes the issue which I fear they will that means that none of this will EVER work again, Skyrim AE should have been optional that would have solved everything.
Texture mods are still needed to bring it to a modern visual level, but I was disappointed to find there's still stuttering and frame rate drops when those mods are installed. 60fps unlocked, faster loading times - that's really the only thing we're getting. Would have liked to have seen keyboard and mouse functionality enabled, too.
This is Why i bought Skyrim on PC cause all these years later and the original PC version with Mods is still better then anniversary edition and cheaper to.
I haven’t noticed a lot of frame rate issues due to texture mods. Grass mods seem to be the only things that causes me problems. What texture mods are you using?
There's frame rate drops with the vanilla version with no mods. I experienced stutter and frame rate drops in and around Falkreath during a dragon battle.
its crazy it took this long to get a 60fps console version of skyrim. actually a really strong example of how anemic the last gen (ps4/xbone) consoles were in terms of cpu horsepower
I think its more of a lazy developer problem. There's no way that a PS3 game requires a PS5 to run at 60fps. Look at the recent GTA remasters. PS2 games running at 20-30 fps on a PS5. Ridiculous.
Yeah but you couldn’t tell them Ps4 and Xbox one were meager upgrades when they launched without pissing everyone off 😂 I was calling them Ps3.5 and Xbox 360.5 from the start
since microsoft bought the developer of course they give the xbox version more features. Sadly this is porbaly the last Bethesda work we will see on the sony consoles
@@aaronquarles3902 actually the lack of "feature" on ps5 is the result of Sony's rules about modding unfortunately. And the dynamic res comes from the One X version, Bethesda didn't bother upgrading it
“Its has already been ten years and a lot has changed” they really havent. The legendary, special and anniversary editions are just more of the same thing with new fluff with each re-release. The game plays and feels today exactly how it did back in 2011
People really need to stop counting the legendary edition as one of the money grabbing constant releases, it’s literally just the regular game but with the dlc. It’s like any of the other countless games that get a game of the year edition or whatever with the dlc bundled together. Nobody counts the goty edition of Arkham city as “another rerelease”
the engine is old and not very good. it probably wouldn't support this stuff by default and would take time and effort to implement but this is just a free upgrade not a real next gen port so it's not worth their time
YES! This is exactly what I wanted! :D I can't wait for next year's Skyrim to come out! Maybe we'll get lucky enough to get a limited edition scratch and sniff sticker on the game case or something equivalent that really changes up the gameplay experience or something as equally as cutting edge! Oooooohhh the possibilties!
You should really be blaming every other studio that haven’t been able to challenge it in this genre. Why would Bethesda rush to create a new game when they have basically 0 competition.
@@ThaMobstarrJRPGs are a different genre and Obsidian hardly deserves to be on that list anymore. CDPR and BioWare are fair but they don’t really offer the same open ended experience.
NOTE: After playing vanilla Skyrim again on my XSS (On the adversary edition) the game doesn't always run at 60fps, when there are heavy or lots of particles, the game may run at 40fps, and ESPECIALLY in the Dawnguard Black-Soul gem map, the game fluctuates between 20-60 fps depending on where you're at. I just had to note this with my experience. Before this never used to happen, even on the FPS boosted mode, and even on the Xbox one too. This version has shown the most amount of frame dips I've seen.
The game is amazing! Really enjoying it with mods on the PS5! Bought it also for PC (like 7 years ago) in a steam sale but only played it 10 mins 😅 but now it's one of my favorite games. I really love the NPC which all have their own Life with work/eating/sleeping and the incredible atmospheric environment 😍
I’m slightly confused how Bethesda have packaged this up. If I’m playing the Special Edition on PS5/Series X, am I getting 60FPS without the need to mod and the reduced load times?
You have to play the Anniversay Edition, although i guess the update is automatic? Remeber to download the PS5 version, otherwise you wont get the faster load times.
Ps5 you need a mod but it doesn't mess with trophies while series X has natural 60fps since Microsoft own them and will likely never fix Sonys version now.
Yeah, but think about what you said, 10yrs old, and still yet a new port. For every person that paid 60bucks way back when or just now picking it up. Could you imagine taking your date out for dinner for 60bucks and 10yrs later, they keep getting better looks and performance wise, all because you spend 60bucks 10yrs ago. All good games should be doing this practice...
Unpopular opinion but I've been playing this in ps5 and I'm absolutely loving it. In such a dissapointing time for gaming it's nice to go back to a classic in 4k 60fps. Genuinely feels much more fun to play.
Tom well, as much as I don't enjoy this game anymore...stretching assets optimized for 1080p to 4k looks awful imo. But this game has great music which no game really has matched in 10 years. I guess it's better than barfing out half baked buggy games annually to milk a franchise. At least the elder scrolls is not that
I can't believe the difference between PS5 native and back compat. With the series x i haven't noticed that native games and back compat have massive differences in speed, probably because of how incredible the back compat work as been on the series consoles. None the less, so impressed by load speeds on PS5. Can't wait to get my hands on one. Loving my series X but want to complete the set. My only criticism here is that they should offer two modes to favour either resolution or fps. I would be happy to drop DRS on series X in favour of a fixed resolution like the PS5. I don't mind a few more drops in FPS as a result as PS5 users will be getting. It's an odd choice and i bet it's a budget and time constraint problem on their dev team. Seems odd to make a decision to not apply DRS to PS5 when the FPS drops are more apparent. Spending time effectively creating a new solution on Xbox consoles but neglecting PS5 is pretty cheap. I'm sure theres lots of PS5 users that would appreciate more solid performance. None the less, it sounds like it's not a massive issue, and i think it's time we get something new rather than loads of devs always working on skyrim
In the same spot that PS5 drops 49fps at native 4k, Series X drops to 53fps with dynamic 4k so there isn't much reason for DRS on PS5 since it's 60fps everywhere else with native 4k.
It's possible this is due to the BC difference. You can use some of the ps5 power now but most of the tools were only recently unlocked and that's why rocket league's update was later. Overwatch we never got one. It could just be that.
Off topic: DF; suggest do monthly videos with short updates about games which where reviewd by DF at launch and issues where found but later fixed by the developers. There are plenty examples of games which run bad at launch, get a critical review from DF but later problems where solved. But the bad review stays untouched on TH-cam. The majority of the gamers won't buy games at launch but wait until the game gets cheaper. At that time the DF review is not reliable anymore. Don't get me wrong, I love what DF is doing but when you adres issues please also share updates when issues are solved. I'm aware DF post small notes on social media about fixes but would it be great to have a monthly video about this, it's also more fair towards devs and potential buyers of the game who can choose for which platform they want to buy a certain game.
Very time consuming unfortunately - there's a balance between covering more games and covering games that should have got it right first time around. I think if DF was to do that, they should only do it minimum 6 months after a game releases; publishers and devs should not be allowed to get away with releasing unoptimised garbage when just 15 years ago, releasing a broken game meant you couldn't patch anything and your game simply died. Customers should stop being beta testers.
@@tobzdaman619 You do have a good point. And I totally agree. But the reality is that we are living in 2021 and not 2005 anymore. Game dev companies will not change there way because of our opinion. They need to make money so games will get rushed and get patched later.
It's Bethesda. In 6 months they will release an "Ultimate Anniversary Edition" or something and then THAT will become the "Ultimate way to play Skyrim". the only thing that's been beaten to death more is possibly GTAV.
I've never played the remastered version but might give this a go for the 60fps. I felt the lighting in the remaster was off. The original felt cold not much sun warmth.
The lighting is off and much of the time it looks like you're viewing the world through a urine-colored filter. Reinstalled vanilla Skyrim on PC after playing the remastered on xbox for a while and was shocked at how much better the former looks.
@@mettana7448 It was definitely cleaner that's for sure. It's like they just added some post-processing effects in the "remaster" and enhanced water, can't forget about the water.
XSX is the best version. Far more stable frame rate thanks to DRS with a much better selection of mods. Not surprisingly I guess considering Microsoft now own Bethesda.
With DRS XSX drops to 53fps, at native 4k PS5 drops to 47fps in the SAME area. Everywhere else PS5 is locked to 60fps with native 4k. Not sure how you think one stress area makes XSX "the best version". This is no different than Hitman 3 where XSX had native 4k but had one area where it drops frames while PS5 was locked at 60fps but PS5 was 1800p...except here, even with a lower resolution for XSX it still drops frames in the same area that PS5 does. Why were xbox fans bragging about Hitman 3 if you think one section dropping frames means the other system has *"the best version"* ? So, you're saying you think that Hitman 3 on PS5 was the best version all along now? Or did you forget about that?
As a Series X owner, the dynamic res was the absolute best news. Both boost and the 60 fps mod dropped too much in dense forests and other places and made the experience choppy and annoying. And it also created tree branch flickering.
@@joshikus Good question. I guess If the anniversary is avaivable on GP then: Yes. I'd be surprised if it's not, since the acquisition of Bethesda by Microsoft. I haven't got around to upgrade my special ed yet.
@@pixeljauntvr7774 Then I understand the confusion. Try to upgrade I guess. If it works it works. Or google around first. Sry guys. I had a physical copy.
I still find the series S to be very impressive for how small it is at $300, I bought one for my girlfriends place and have a series X and ps5 at my place and had very low expectations for it, the storage sucks but besides that for $300 it’s a really solid and compact machine
Let's face it, the amount of storage space also sucks on the full consoles, as well. You really need at least 2Tb, due to the size of some games, these day's.
The FPS Boost Skyrim Version is native 4k 60 FPS and its pretty stable. I think they put DRS on the latest Xbox S/X Skyrim Version because of the Heavy MOD Situation, it can hit the Performance hard when you Install alot MODS. Playstation do not need DRS, because it barely support mods. It makes sense.
You're basically just making things up to justify why the "tWeLvE TfLoPs" gets outperformed by the "weaker"console. It's okay to admit you got played. I mean almost every game that's come out this year runs better on ps5 and you still make excuses LOL
@@ShakeNbake9106 umm no, it's obvious you don't know shit about mods. Enough mods brings my 3090 to its knees with a pretty well built load order. Mods impact performance period. Playstation consoles have barley any mods other than some value changing one which don't effect script running.
@@Sponch1 okay bro act like leading up to this gen xbots werent trashing PS5 for having less raw compute power now that it's proven Xbox has almost no advantage and in fact runs worse than PS5 on most games I'm definitely talking my shit
The FPS mod also had an FOV version, which is broken now and I'm just stuck at 55 fov, I feel like Bethesda just doesn't want us too happy so they can later go "Hey look, our Centennial Edition of Skyrim gets FOV slider on Xbox OX"
This has renewed my love for skyrim. I had around 3000 hrs on steam and stopped playing about 5 yrs ago. Id try to get back into it again but i couldnt stay interested, even with creations and mods. But i got the anniversary edition on ps5 and i discovered something i wasnt expecting. Anniversary edition forces you to ROLE PLAY if you want the new content! You have to explore and talk to everyone if you want the creations. I didnt realize how much i missed having to role play. This breathed new life into skyrim. Ps mods have come a long way too. Im having so much fun talking to everyone, discovering new things and getting amazing new gear. Plus there lots of town mods on ps, my favorite is the one that makes winterhold an actual ruined city. So much to find there. I do have to say though, this port is pathetic. The ps4 port was already pathetic, medium-low settings and awful 8 bit like textures which look even more awful because its 4k. All they did was uncap the frame rate. Absolutely ridiculous! The game is 10 yrs old... no excuse as to why ps5 cant have max settings. At least im having fun though.
@@infinitysynthesis Do you also install texture overhauls like the Graphics Pack? For some reason this mod seems to be very conflicting and causing me issues
@@Ozzianman , I can vouch for ELFX. Great mod! I went with the option that was darker than vanilla but not the darkest for interiors. May want even darker with a good HDR screen, I don't know. It really helped make everything pop a bit more, especially with all my other HD texture mods.
Remember when Phil Spencer, promised us all the MOST powerful console? 'Cause of 2 Terraflops. Even after the Devs got the "updated" SDKs we still aren't seeing gains, over 1 year after launch. WTF happened Phil Spencer?? Is it true or is it Used car salesman BS you are feeding us?!?!?!
Bethesda acting like this is some big achievement. Guys, all you did was include a bunch of worthless “extra” content, boosted the frame rate to 60 (on a 10 year old game) with drops, and upped the visuals to 4K on a 10 year old game.
Remember, you can play Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim in 60 FPS on Xbox Series X|S thanks to the robust backwards compatibility program. Fallout 3 and New Vegas are playable at 60 FPS also. Then there's Starfield and ES6 to look forward to. Team green has a lot to offer if you're a Bethesda fan!
@@thefury4815 as if those are the only games on the platform, upcoming or otherwise. Ironically, there are more games in development for Xbox than Playstation. I don't know why so many people are willfully obtuse about what's coming down the road for Xbox.
@@RaspberryBang I wasn't saying that's all that's coming. I'm saying those reasons alone are not that great. And at the end of the day it doesn't matter what's in development. It matters what's actually good. I recently got a series s but I'll admit I'm ignorant as to what's coming for it compared to ps5.
@@thefury4815 your comment reads like you were downplaying the whole console, but whatever; if you say so. If someone wants to be excited about some games, let them be, you troll.
@@RaspberryBang I wasn't trolling. I was being serious. And being excited about new games is never a bad thing. But I wouldn't hold out hope that ES6 comes out in less than 5 years.
As a PC player; NPC render distance is quite horrible on PS5, they appear way to close and the landscape looks empty/dead while running around. Hope there will be a mod for that.
@@riceeater79 trust me it does, I've had pretty bad performance drops on PS5, whenever there is dragonfire or lots of flames. Performance in the big towns is also bad, Windhelm especially is awful. DRS would have fixed all that but now we have an inferior version.
I was very confused about what the Anniversary edition actually contained. There was so much ambiguity in the released videos. Bethesda does look to have dialed down the hype meter and are now clearer in their website description , but all I needed was: - Free frame-rate and resolution patch to upgrade PS4 and XBox One versions of Skyrim Special Edition when played on Next Gen consoles. (fishing and survival included in the patch, but personally not my bag). - Paid Anniversary Edition contains the same patch plus all current Creator Club content. Let me know if i have missed anything.
I have it on PS4. There are no performance or graphics improvements over the Special Edition. Just lots and lots of official modded content including new armors, weapons, homes, followers and quests. Lots and lots of new quests.
@@yourmommasuqsdik918 these consoles have 8 core 3,5ghz ryzen cpu´s with 10 - 12 tf gpu power....this game should run with 4k/120fps on these consoles but this game is horrible optimised with massive engine bottlenecks and still full with tons of bugs from ten years ago...Bethesda is a joke in this regard
@@yourmommasuqsdik918 so why can i play tons of other games on these consoles that look 100x times better than Skyrim with up to 4k and locked 60fps or even 120fps in multiplayer games on these machines but not a old game like skyrim? it´s 100% bethesda´s fault
@@yourmommasuqsdik918 i mean you can play old games like the Witcher 2 on Xbox with a locked 60fps at 4k or tons of other old games with locked framerates on Xbox but Skyrim has massive problems...sounds like poor work from the devs to me also they have 10 year old bugs in this game which got fixed by fan mods on pc ages ago....so sorry but these devs are just lazy and here for the money and has nothing to do with how powerful these consoles are
@@yourmommasuqsdik918 it´s just poor optimization...look at Battlefield 2042 which runs even with a 3090 only around at 70 - 100 fps when it should be easy around 120 - 150 fps on medium to high settings...does it mean the 3090 isn´t as powerful as we thought? no the game suffers from bad optimization at the moment
Thanks for the video! Enjoyed watching it! I will get Skyrim for my XSX eventually, was waiting for a sale but this Black Friday weekend it wasn’t there, at least not for the Belgium Xbox Store. Got some other amazing deals though for Metro, Mass Effect, Gears of War, Halo and much more.
I love my Series X but I'm sick of all these Skyrim reboots. I played from launch on 360. I have 3 accounts with 500 plus hours. We need Elder Scrolls 6. Not remakes.
@@flaurocontino it will still have higher fidelity shadows and baked lighting and higher quality in-game models and stuff. All to prepare for the 4090s.
Are the in-game menus in 60 fps as well ? or they still remain at 30 fps as before the Anniversary upgrade ? It used to give me head aches when inspecting items, especially because of those menu sliding animations ...
@@SkankHunt007 it’s not about being too lazy I’m sure it’s more along the lines of why would they spend time developing a feature for a competing platform. Total waste of time and money. They don’t need to give people any reason to buy it on ps5 instead of Xbox/pc.
The scaling didn't help the Series X with alpha effects-heavy scenes with dragons where the framerate is the same as PS5, so I doubt that there's much of any difference. The lower bound for the DRS seems to be fairly close to 4K. It's just there for minor hiccups.
the only thing wrong with Windhelm for me, is what's always been wrong with Windhelm since the start and that's not being able to complete the 'Blood on the Ice' mission lol
Sad that it doesn't feature any haptic feedback or adaptive trigger support for DualSense on PS5. I probably would have actually bought the game again for that. Hopefully the VR version will get the upgrade when the next headset is available. I find it unlikely but that would definitely be my preferred way to play. Having free movement and the ability to use my hands in VR would be incredible!
Man on Xbox mods were considered lately broken for a couple of weeks but it’s seems to be sorted out. I wasn’t even mad because it was so expected from Bethesda.
Not necessarily, the SX got a res bump to 1440p. and the both series consoles and the PS5 got native 60 FPS. Yes it was the very least they could do but technically can still can hold up in the court of law as much as "it just works" did.. Lol
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Kinda makes you forget that there was only a 5 year gap between Oblivion and Skyrim. And 4 year gap between Morrowind and Oblivion.
Now we are going +10years with Skyrim.
Game companies just realized that they can make more money selling the same game, same thing happening with GTA
Development is also more expensive and time consuming
Who says we needs another elder scrolls. They probably bored developing es games for 15 years after skyrim and wanted to do some new stuff like starfield
I wish they would create another team to rotate franchises. At this rate ES6 will release in 2024/25 Fallout 5 2029/2030..
How much of this 10 year gap is due to Bethesda focusing more heavily on other IP's though in the meantime?
You can play a different version of Skyrim every year now for the rest of your life, no matter how long you live.
TESXXX will have released and people will still be going back to Skyrim. Imagine the lewd mods for this game in 1000 years. We'd have been extinct by then and octopi would be playing it, but there'd still be plenty of mods to suit their needs, I'm sure.
And I still haven't played any of them. I'm sure I'll get around to it when they release the 20th Anniversary edition.
And I gladly play them all, this is like one of the best games ever made! The story, the setting, the voice overs are just on top! even over recent games nothings compares. For me it has a special place in my heart, so yeah let’s go another 10 years
Can't wait for the PSVR 2 version!!!🤣😂
😂😂and GTA5
It's also worth mentioning that running the native PS5 app will save you about 15GBs in comparison to the PS4 app. The reason why, is because Sony's backwards compatibility solution creates some chunky files that are needed to emulate the PS4 apps, those files will be labelled as "Other" in your storage management screen, and you can't access the folder. That's a huge plus, since we only have 600GB to work with.
With m.2 expanded storage no problem.
Why do they need to emulate anything? They both run the same architecture.
@@Devin11246 they didn't design the ps4 with forward compatibility in mind that's why. The Xbox works perfectly with it becuase it's modified windows. Not like every application in the world breaks on a new version of windows
No one asked nerd
wow that's crazy you should go outside
Richard: Good news, Tom, we’ve hired more people so you can get away from Cyberpunk.
Tom: That’s excellent! What am I covering?
Richard: ……….Skyrim.
hahaha
Hey Tom, you're finally awake.
Suppose in 10 years CP2077 might have most bugs ironed out.
Skyrim over the last decade seems to fluctuate between a game with bugs and bugs that just happen to have a game too.
Tom will be suffering forever, poor guy.
@Gideon October or even worse a dark souls clone lol
Tom: FUCK!!
I wish Oblivion got the love Skyrim enjoyed over the years with upgrades. That game slaps.
100%!!
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has sold over 30 million copies.
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion never even hit 10 million sales.
Though the upgrades have been plentiful except for Special Edition on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 they have been free upgrades.
ICYMI Oblivion just got patched with FPS Boost on Series X/S. Now the game finally runs at 60fps on top of the 4K resolution boost it got on the One X.
I'm playing Oblivion at 1800p/60 on Series X now. It looks very good for 2006 game!
@@PeteC75 and HDR... That work to well and makes dungeons dark as hell)
So many years and so many versions..and we still can't change that incredible narrow FOV on consoles...
Mods. But yeah native option would be nice.
I literally start any game with FOV 100 command.
I max out FOV with a mod when I last played on ps5
@@AdityaKumar-qk9xofov mods don't work anymore do they?
@@damorichmond647 dunno haven't tried it in the anniversary edition
The soundtrack for this game is timeless
Yeah man, that Dragonborn song will slap for an eternity.
It’s fantastic. I do prefer Oblivion’s soundtrack though.
For me, it's the ambient background music in the open world. Always fills me with nostalgia
@@PeteC75 didn't ask plus ratio counter . Ratio dislike counter
Oblivion's soundtrack is better.
Free upgrade to PS5 version was nice. Wasn’t expecting that. Really loving Skyrim on the PS5. Just picked one up recently and decided to give Skyrim a try. Old save loaded right up no issues. Just had to download my mods but that only took seconds. The new 2 second load times into zones make everything so much smoother. Basically I didn’t have to pay anything and got a great upgrade in overall performance and appearance. Very happy with it so far.
Mod selection still sucks.
@@ResidentOfEvil81yeah… hope one day they fix that.
How do you load your old save? Seen some issues that people couldn't. Getting a ps5 and I can't give up on this game yet 😂
From the cloud or by using a memory stick
Yes you get the upgrade for free, but the Anniversary Edition content has to be bought separately, and the game will pester you on the main menu screen forever until you buy it, and it will add at least 5 to 10 seconds to your initial menu load depending on how long the game takes to check the internet for whether you own the added content or not and display the pester message.
So if I don't have Internet I don't get access to the creation content even if I got the upgrade?
I think they got rid of the upgrade message after the new patch, cuz I don’t see it on my series s and I only got anniversary on my ps5.
@@pulseofme6884 ,
Uh, HOW would you get the upgrade if you don't have an Internet connection?
Just FYI, the "AE" edition is just the "SE" version but with CC downloads. I bought the upgrade and on restarting it just downloaded all the Creation Club content automatically before I was allowed to continue to the main menu.
I'm seeing no added delay to launch the game though.
The game didn't look any better because it's just extra armor options etc... I had a clean install of SE (then upgraded to AE) but I promptly reinstalled all my mods. So the AE version is rather pointless if you already mod unless there's some quest DLC you like that's in AE only.
Also... I unchecked AMBIENT OCCLUSION as it was giving odd shadow textures on characters necks and under their arms. It's in the unmodded SE/AE versions. No idea if that's new but I never noticed it until recently. None of my mods got rid of it. Only unchecking it in game settings.
@@pulseofme6884 Well then you buy the AE as a physical copy.
@@ThaMobstarr nope coz the creation content isn't on the disc either
Digital Foundry been testing this game for 10 years, still showing off the first 10 minutes of gameplay
They are currently developing a 60FPS -4k Master System version of Skyrim in Brazil for hopefully Fall 2023.
Don't give Todd Howard ideas!
@@izzieb *Todd Howard has entered chat lmao
Still waiting for the Gameboy Color Version
LOL
Worth mentioning: Skyrim Anniversary Edition can run from an external HDD/SDD on Xbox Series even though it's labelled as optimized for Series X/S
Well yea lol that’s obvious any game can do that
@@kennypowers1945 No they don't. Most optimized games only run from the internal storage or Seagate expansion 🤨
@@stijnzwijnhow noticeable is the speed after doing so?
That's cause it was originally an Xbox One game, just optimized now. Same with Halo MCC, Fallout 4, Fallout 76, and others.
There are three things guaranteed in life: Death, Taxes…and Skyrim.
good one lmao
And 1 thing to never expect from life, Half Life 3
"It's been 10 years since Skyrim was released. And with 7 different releases afterwards, we dive into the 8th and most recent to see if this truly is the best Skyrim ever,"
"Some people call this junk. Me? I call it treasure."
Garbage
the game plays so well on Series S. the short load times really help with the immersion and flow of the game and makes for such an enjoyable experience. locked 60 FPS is so smooth!
Plays the same on both but yes even tho the games practically the same it still feels so much better to play
@@Tuxxxido 60 fps alone makes any game feel so much better. I got so used to 30 fps that when i finally got my ps5 and played games in 60 i was genuinely amazed.
I literally laughing as I see the title. Cant believe seeing Skyrim coverage again near the end of 2021
You wait til you hear about a game called GTA V
2024 here
Rockstar taking notes.
well..no actually :D Skyrim, even today, has loads of bugs ...
@@bes5164 Unofficial Skyrim Patch has entered the chat.
Yeah, so awesome that Skyrim still uses the same old terrible menu system and most likely still has no (official) option to change field of view on PC. Incredible release.
@@Winnetou64 :D :D
Bro loading times are seriously one of the best things about this gen
Only the OGs played Skyrim on the ps3 at 20 fps. I haven't played Skyrim for almost 10 years. Time to finally play this game with proper performance.
Here are all the versions of Skyrim:
Skyrim for Xbox 360
Skyrim for PS3
Skyrim for PC
Skyrim Game of the Year edition Xbox 360
Skyrim Game of the Year edition PS3
Skyrim Game of the Year edition PC
Skyrim Special edition Xbox One
Skyrim Special edition PS4
Skyrim Special edition PC
Skyrim Switch
Skyrim VR
Skyrim Very Special Edition for Alexa
Skyrim Anniversary Edition Xbox Series
Skyrim Anniversary Edition PS5
Skyrim Anniversary Edition PC
There are now a total of 15 different versions of Skyrim
And you’re still 100% best off with the original PC version lol
It is such a shame that a masterpiece like Skyrim did not get more love from Bethesda, why is it that machines like the Ps5 and series X do not run at maximum pc settings let alone not being a locked 60 when these machines outclass those pc requirements?
Adding insult to injury is the fact that many mods now no longer work, thanks Bethesda!
Because their pc requirements are out of date/irrelevant and their engine is shit so running above 60fps can result in issues like broken physics(pc has a fix for that but you need to maintain high framerate, which these shit consoles can't do even at 60) and possibly scripts(also tied to framerate).
Aw shaddap. The game never looked or ran better on console.
If you use the right mods you will be very impressed by how good it looks. I’m currently running mods that cover pretty much every aspect of the visuals and sound, and some gameplay mods. It feels like the game I always imagined it to be years ago, but it is soooo much better. Even on console the mod community is very helpful and I went from a complete novice to feeling like I have 100+ mod load out dialed in thanks to other people being being nice enough to offer advice.
@@SLX25 Yes it did, on PS5 before the AE update you could use Wrighton's 60fps mod to get THE SAME performance as demonstrated by DF,
in addition there were mods that enhanced FOV scale and detail level LOD also by Wrighton but those are now nonfunctional which for me meant that Bethesda's update broke my game because the mods were suddenly no longer compatible and my save game was reliant on them resulting in giant holes in the world and other weirdness forcing a new game.
On top of that because the aforementioned mods no longer work it also means far more LOD pop-in and a more narrow field of view with the only actual benefit being faster loading, which granted is nice but for me at least it is ultimately not worth it.
To make things worse Wrighton has tried to fix the mods but Bethesda did something to Skyrim AE that has made .INI injection non functional which means that unless Bethesda fixes the issue which I fear they will that means that none of this will EVER work again, Skyrim AE should have been optional that would have solved everything.
@@Slytalion Zzzzzzzzz
Texture mods are still needed to bring it to a modern visual level, but I was disappointed to find there's still stuttering and frame rate drops when those mods are installed. 60fps unlocked, faster loading times - that's really the only thing we're getting. Would have liked to have seen keyboard and mouse functionality enabled, too.
This is Why i bought Skyrim on PC cause all these years later and the original PC version with Mods is still better then anniversary edition and cheaper to.
I haven’t noticed a lot of frame rate issues due to texture mods. Grass mods seem to be the only things that causes me problems. What texture mods are you using?
There's frame rate drops with the vanilla version with no mods. I experienced stutter and frame rate drops in and around Falkreath during a dragon battle.
Its a bethesda game. No amount of hardware will make the engine stop being shit.
@@TechniqueSan nevermind it's still the best looking 8th gen console game
2055: "and is this now the true ultimate Skyrim experience?"
its crazy it took this long to get a 60fps console version of skyrim. actually a really strong example of how anemic the last gen (ps4/xbone) consoles were in terms of cpu horsepower
Yeah the fact developers got stuff like god of war or uncharted 4 to run on that hardware at that quality is some form of black magic
nope, just poor code, if u think skyrim couldn't run at 60 on a ps4 flat u're the problem.
I think its more of a lazy developer problem. There's no way that a PS3 game requires a PS5 to run at 60fps. Look at the recent GTA remasters. PS2 games running at 20-30 fps on a PS5. Ridiculous.
Yeah but you couldn’t tell them Ps4 and Xbox one were meager upgrades when they launched without pissing everyone off 😂 I was calling them Ps3.5 and Xbox 360.5 from the start
But its doing it in 4k dynamically so that’s impressive
For modding, the dynamic resolution on XSX is a huge benefit.
Exactly, finally someone with a brain in the comment section.
since microsoft bought the developer of course they give the xbox version more features. Sadly this is porbaly the last Bethesda work we will see on the sony consoles
@@aaronquarles3902 actually the lack of "feature" on ps5 is the result of Sony's rules about modding unfortunately. And the dynamic res comes from the One X version, Bethesda didn't bother upgrading it
@@femto8402 I'm pretty sure they never made an Xbox one x verison.
@@zq7246 I play the One X version myself. Digital foundry did a video about it too.
“Its has already been ten years and a lot has changed”
they really havent. The legendary, special and anniversary editions are just more of the same thing with new fluff with each re-release. The game plays and feels today exactly how it did back in 2011
Bar the better framerate at least if you played the original release on console.
SE is so much stable than LE. Im happy that they did that.
Maybe he's just talking about life from 2011 until 2021.
It is more stable and my game was already solid with near max mods.
People really need to stop counting the legendary edition as one of the money grabbing constant releases, it’s literally just the regular game but with the dlc. It’s like any of the other countless games that get a game of the year edition or whatever with the dlc bundled together. Nobody counts the goty edition of Arkham city as “another rerelease”
Was really hoping for a more extensive graphical update. Like RTGI, Shadows and Reflections. That would breath a whole new life into this game.
They did upgrade the dynamic shadows in the PS5 version. This video was a little barebones regarding inspection.
the engine is old and not very good. it probably wouldn't support this stuff by default and would take time and effort to implement but this is just a free upgrade not a real next gen port so it's not worth their time
Let's waste even more resources instead of using it for future games
Been done with mods already.
@@mikewade777 screen space. I’m talking about real RT.
YES! This is exactly what I wanted! :D I can't wait for next year's Skyrim to come out! Maybe we'll get lucky enough to get a limited edition scratch and sniff sticker on the game case or something equivalent that really changes up the gameplay experience or something as equally as cutting edge! Oooooohhh the possibilties!
A Nirnroot action figure!
Imagine being so salty about a beloved game being re-released that you actually type this comment ^
@@stillsyncing Seriously. Hopefully when ES6 releases we get a celebratory rererererelease of Skyrim too
@@stillsyncing you should be also. its not a re release, its a re re re re re re re re re re re release. You people eat this shit up like crazy
It's a REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE release
It's pretty laughable how much Bethesda have been able to milk this game, and with little to no upgrades to this version outside of load times.
You should really be blaming every other studio that haven’t been able to challenge it in this genre. Why would Bethesda rush to create a new game when they have basically 0 competition.
@@johnm91326 What? There are definitely a few RPG rivals like Obsidian, CDPR, Bioware and the many JRPG studios.
@@ThaMobstarrJRPGs are a different genre and Obsidian hardly deserves to be on that list anymore. CDPR and BioWare are fair but they don’t really offer the same open ended experience.
@@ThaMobstarr jrpgs suck
Its kinda sad that no other game can challenge skyrim, witcher 3 was epic but still far from skyrim.
I’m pretty sure they improved draw distance slightly - at least according to some other comparison videos.
Yes, I also saw that on ElAnalistaDeBits, at least on Xbox Series X it's pretty noticeable.
The load times alone make this infinitely better than the last gen edition
Skyrim: Omicron Edition coming soon. Love buying into all these variants!
Too soon!
@@godmagnus 😂
Omicron ? You mean Xi. Because they literally skipped it not to remind from where virus came from
Skyrim, Skyrim never changes
I see what you did there.👍 (Fo3intro)
10yrs of stealth archer/mage builds.
The amount of times I've played it and never tried a magic build, damn you because now I have to try 🤣
@@bboboneill Archer is too easy, mage is too boring, sword and shield always.
@@LionMob I always end up that way too
tbh I always stealth it rolling around daggering and using a bow while being a vampire lord no matter how hard I try to be different build
NOTE: After playing vanilla Skyrim again on my XSS (On the adversary edition) the game doesn't always run at 60fps, when there are heavy or lots of particles, the game may run at 40fps, and ESPECIALLY in the Dawnguard Black-Soul gem map, the game fluctuates between 20-60 fps depending on where you're at. I just had to note this with my experience. Before this never used to happen, even on the FPS boosted mode, and even on the Xbox one too.
This version has shown the most amount of frame dips I've seen.
mods?
i m playin on series s and its garbage. fps drops all the time and it looks like 720p literally
I was disappointed you didn't go to Windhelm. On PS5, Windhelm is the only area in the game where it is really stuttery and hovers around 40.
Windhelm always ran like shit for some reason
absurd. skyrim of all games should be capable of like 240 on this hardware.
@@Andrew-wb2zq what's even more concerning is the lack of optimisation on the platform they're owned by now
@@ShakeNbake9106 there's a ton of optimisation for the Xbox version of the game
@@Andrew-wb2zq That'd completely break the physics
Load times on PS5 are a game changer.
Would have been nice to get a version with ray traced global illumination like the one Metro Exodus got.
The game is amazing! Really enjoying it with mods on the PS5! Bought it also for PC (like 7 years ago) in a steam sale but only played it 10 mins 😅 but now it's one of my favorite games. I really love the NPC which all have their own Life with work/eating/sleeping and the incredible atmospheric environment 😍
Very grateful Thomas is doing more videos again!
I’m slightly confused how Bethesda have packaged this up. If I’m playing the Special Edition on PS5/Series X, am I getting 60FPS without the need to mod and the reduced load times?
You have to play the Anniversay Edition, although i guess the update is automatic? Remeber to download the PS5 version, otherwise you wont get the faster load times.
Ps5 you need a mod but it doesn't mess with trophies while series X has natural 60fps since Microsoft own them and will likely never fix Sonys version now.
@@malazan6004 You dont need a mod now, the Anniversay Update is free on PS5.
The game that just won't die. Digital Foundry talking about a 10 year old game now and it's a brand new port.
Yeah, but think about what you said, 10yrs old, and still yet a new port. For every person that paid 60bucks way back when or just now picking it up.
Could you imagine taking your date out for dinner for 60bucks and 10yrs later, they keep getting better looks and performance wise, all because you spend 60bucks 10yrs ago.
All good games should be doing this practice...
Unpopular opinion but I've been playing this in ps5 and I'm absolutely loving it. In such a dissapointing time for gaming it's nice to go back to a classic in 4k 60fps. Genuinely feels much more fun to play.
@David He really means it's a disappointing time for PS5 gaming
@David he bought a PS5
@David lol you know anything about gaming ? The state of gaming today is the worst it has ever been
@@SHAWSIE64 rly not ps5 runs awsome
Tom well, as much as I don't enjoy this game anymore...stretching assets optimized for 1080p to 4k looks awful imo. But this game has great music which no game really has matched in 10 years. I guess it's better than barfing out half baked buggy games annually to milk a franchise. At least the elder scrolls is not that
I can't believe the difference between PS5 native and back compat. With the series x i haven't noticed that native games and back compat have massive differences in speed, probably because of how incredible the back compat work as been on the series consoles. None the less, so impressed by load speeds on PS5. Can't wait to get my hands on one. Loving my series X but want to complete the set.
My only criticism here is that they should offer two modes to favour either resolution or fps. I would be happy to drop DRS on series X in favour of a fixed resolution like the PS5. I don't mind a few more drops in FPS as a result as PS5 users will be getting. It's an odd choice and i bet it's a budget and time constraint problem on their dev team. Seems odd to make a decision to not apply DRS to PS5 when the FPS drops are more apparent. Spending time effectively creating a new solution on Xbox consoles but neglecting PS5 is pretty cheap. I'm sure theres lots of PS5 users that would appreciate more solid performance. None the less, it sounds like it's not a massive issue, and i think it's time we get something new rather than loads of devs always working on skyrim
I don't think Bethesda really put that much time into this so I don't think it's a budget or time constraint they just didn't want to or care to.
In the same spot that PS5 drops 49fps at native 4k, Series X drops to 53fps with dynamic 4k so there isn't much reason for DRS on PS5 since it's 60fps everywhere else with native 4k.
It's possible this is due to the BC difference. You can use some of the ps5 power now but most of the tools were only recently unlocked and that's why rocket league's update was later. Overwatch we never got one. It could just be that.
It's "exceptional" that a 10-year old game drops to 50 fps? Strange choice of words.
Off topic: DF; suggest do monthly videos with short updates about games which where reviewd by DF at launch and issues where found but later fixed by the developers.
There are plenty examples of games which run bad at launch, get a critical review from DF but later problems where solved. But the bad review stays untouched on TH-cam.
The majority of the gamers won't buy games at launch but wait until the game gets cheaper.
At that time the DF review is not reliable anymore.
Don't get me wrong, I love what DF is doing but when you adres issues please also share updates when issues are solved.
I'm aware DF post small notes on social media about fixes but would it be great to have a monthly video about this, it's also more fair towards devs and potential buyers of the game who can choose for which platform they want to buy a certain game.
Very time consuming unfortunately - there's a balance between covering more games and covering games that should have got it right first time around.
I think if DF was to do that, they should only do it minimum 6 months after a game releases; publishers and devs should not be allowed to get away with releasing unoptimised garbage when just 15 years ago, releasing a broken game meant you couldn't patch anything and your game simply died. Customers should stop being beta testers.
@@tobzdaman619 You do have a good point. And I totally agree.
But the reality is that we are living in 2021 and not 2005 anymore. Game dev companies will not change there way because of our opinion.
They need to make money so games will get rushed and get patched later.
It's Bethesda. In 6 months they will release an "Ultimate Anniversary Edition" or something and then THAT will become the "Ultimate way to play Skyrim". the only thing that's been beaten to death more is possibly GTAV.
I've never played the remastered version but might give this a go for the 60fps. I felt the lighting in the remaster was off. The original felt cold not much sun warmth.
The lighting is off and much of the time it looks like you're viewing the world through a urine-colored filter. Reinstalled vanilla Skyrim on PC after playing the remastered on xbox for a while and was shocked at how much better the former looks.
@@mettana7448 It was definitely cleaner that's for sure. It's like they just added some post-processing effects in the "remaster" and enhanced water, can't forget about the water.
XSX is the best version. Far more stable frame rate thanks to DRS with a much better selection of mods. Not surprisingly I guess considering Microsoft now own Bethesda.
Pretty much.
Well not true runs not stable on ps5 and if you sant mods you play on pc lol 😂🤣
With DRS XSX drops to 53fps, at native 4k PS5 drops to 47fps in the SAME area. Everywhere else PS5 is locked to 60fps with native 4k. Not sure how you think one stress area makes XSX "the best version".
This is no different than Hitman 3 where XSX had native 4k but had one area where it drops frames while PS5 was locked at 60fps but PS5 was 1800p...except here, even with a lower resolution for XSX it still drops frames in the same area that PS5 does.
Why were xbox fans bragging about Hitman 3 if you think one section dropping frames means the other system has *"the best version"* ? So, you're saying you think that Hitman 3 on PS5 was the best version all along now? Or did you forget about that?
@@riceeater79 Everybody knows the X is a more powerful console and will Prevail in the end!! 👍
@@riceeater79 you know the FPS Boost Version on Series X runs this Game at 4k native and 60 FPS pretty stable.
As a Series X owner, the dynamic res was the absolute best news.
Both boost and the 60 fps mod dropped too much in dense forests and other places and made the experience choppy and annoying. And it also created tree branch flickering.
I'm kind of confused, is the new edition available with the Game Pass version of the game?
Agreed. No complaints here
@@joshikus Good question. I guess If the anniversary is avaivable on GP then: Yes.
I'd be surprised if it's not, since the acquisition of Bethesda by Microsoft. I haven't got around to upgrade my special ed yet.
@@Bathtubcrocodile It's not available on Gamepass. Only the special edition.
@@pixeljauntvr7774 Then I understand the confusion. Try to upgrade I guess. If it works it works. Or google around first. Sry guys. I had a physical copy.
I still find the series S to be very impressive for how small it is at $300, I bought one for my girlfriends place and have a series X and ps5 at my place and had very low expectations for it, the storage sucks but besides that for $300 it’s a really solid and compact machine
Serious Question? What happens to the series s if you two break up? Just wondering
He’ll have custody on weekends
Let's face it, the amount of storage space also sucks on the full consoles, as well. You really need at least 2Tb, due to the size of some games, these day's.
BTW, you're right. The SeriesS is a little beast, with a little price tag.
Yeah but you could've had 3 times the power by buying the PS5 digital. For 100 dollar more.
The FPS Boost Skyrim Version is native 4k 60 FPS and its pretty stable. I think they put DRS on the latest Xbox S/X Skyrim Version because of the Heavy MOD Situation, it can hit the Performance hard when you Install alot MODS. Playstation do not need DRS, because it barely support mods. It makes sense.
You're basically just making things up to justify why the "tWeLvE TfLoPs" gets outperformed by the "weaker"console. It's okay to admit you got played. I mean almost every game that's come out this year runs better on ps5 and you still make excuses LOL
@@ShakeNbake9106 lmao ps5 console warrior.
@@ShakeNbake9106 umm no, it's obvious you don't know shit about mods. Enough mods brings my 3090 to its knees with a pretty well built load order. Mods impact performance period. Playstation consoles have barley any mods other than some value changing one which don't effect script running.
@@ShakeNbake9106 Goodness, imagine being this blinded by brand loyalty.
Get help dude
@@Sponch1 okay bro act like leading up to this gen xbots werent trashing PS5 for having less raw compute power now that it's proven Xbox has almost no advantage and in fact runs worse than PS5 on most games I'm definitely talking my shit
I have been waiting for this video. Thanks Digital Foundry!
The FPS mod also had an FOV version, which is broken now and I'm just stuck at 55 fov, I feel like Bethesda just doesn't want us too happy so they can later go "Hey look, our Centennial Edition of Skyrim gets FOV slider on Xbox OX"
This has renewed my love for skyrim. I had around 3000 hrs on steam and stopped playing about 5 yrs ago. Id try to get back into it again but i couldnt stay interested, even with creations and mods. But i got the anniversary edition on ps5 and i discovered something i wasnt expecting.
Anniversary edition forces you to ROLE PLAY if you want the new content! You have to explore and talk to everyone if you want the creations. I didnt realize how much i missed having to role play. This breathed new life into skyrim. Ps mods have come a long way too. Im having so much fun talking to everyone, discovering new things and getting amazing new gear. Plus there lots of town mods on ps, my favorite is the one that makes winterhold an actual ruined city. So much to find there.
I do have to say though, this port is pathetic. The ps4 port was already pathetic, medium-low settings and awful 8 bit like textures which look even more awful because its 4k. All they did was uncap the frame rate. Absolutely ridiculous! The game is 10 yrs old... no excuse as to why ps5 cant have max settings. At least im having fun though.
You gotta play this version with mods on the Series X. They work so much more smoothly now. My game look amazing with Skyland AIO and SMIM.
Can recommend Enhanced Lights and FX if it is available on Xbox. Realistic Water Two does wonders for the water.
@@Ozzianman Yeah I use ELFX interiors. Not realistic water though as it seems to clash with Skyland. Oh and Vivid Weathers complete edition.
@@infinitysynthesis Do you also install texture overhauls like the Graphics Pack? For some reason this mod seems to be very conflicting and causing me issues
@@Ozzianman ,
I can vouch for ELFX. Great mod!
I went with the option that was darker than vanilla but not the darkest for interiors. May want even darker with a good HDR screen, I don't know. It really helped make everything pop a bit more, especially with all my other HD texture mods.
Remember when Phil Spencer, promised us all the MOST powerful console? 'Cause of 2 Terraflops. Even after the Devs got the "updated" SDKs we still aren't seeing gains, over 1 year after launch. WTF happened Phil Spencer?? Is it true or is it Used car salesman BS you are feeding us?!?!?!
The very root of the problem is using TFLOPS as the sole GPU metric relevant to game performance ignoring all the others.
@@lysandros765 Agreed, but that is how Phil sold it to us. In ultra simplistic terms. Why doesn't he come out and correct his stupid mistake?!?!
@@TheDomLouis Because he's a slimey salesman.
Tom my friend, glad you made this video. Keep the good work mate.
Bethesda acting like this is some big achievement. Guys, all you did was include a bunch of worthless “extra” content, boosted the frame rate to 60 (on a 10 year old game) with drops, and upped the visuals to 4K on a 10 year old game.
Remember, you can play Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim in 60 FPS on Xbox Series X|S thanks to the robust backwards compatibility program. Fallout 3 and New Vegas are playable at 60 FPS also. Then there's Starfield and ES6 to look forward to. Team green has a lot to offer if you're a Bethesda fan!
A bunch of old games and one game coming next year and another 3 years minimum after starfield doesn't exactly sound like a lot to offer.
@@thefury4815 as if those are the only games on the platform, upcoming or otherwise. Ironically, there are more games in development for Xbox than Playstation.
I don't know why so many people are willfully obtuse about what's coming down the road for Xbox.
@@RaspberryBang I wasn't saying that's all that's coming. I'm saying those reasons alone are not that great. And at the end of the day it doesn't matter what's in development. It matters what's actually good. I recently got a series s but I'll admit I'm ignorant as to what's coming for it compared to ps5.
@@thefury4815 your comment reads like you were downplaying the whole console, but whatever; if you say so.
If someone wants to be excited about some games, let them be, you troll.
@@RaspberryBang I wasn't trolling. I was being serious. And being excited about new games is never a bad thing. But I wouldn't hold out hope that ES6 comes out in less than 5 years.
To much colors. I miss the the mix of grey stone and snowy sky of the X360 version.This new version looks like during a warm springs.
Great video digital foundry! Now might be a good time to jump back into Skyrim...
Eh, no.
Lol seems you didn't get Xbox's marketing memo
As a PC player; NPC render distance is quite horrible on PS5, they appear way to close and the landscape looks empty/dead while running around.
Hope there will be a mod for that.
Really??? That’s sad!
PS5 = no mods
no good ones anyways
well you can chance hair color on PS4/5
I got skyrim on 360 then ps3 then pc then ps4, and cant wait to play on ps5, i never want to stop playing skyrim❤️
Why is there no DRS on PS5? ☹️
Clearly, because it doesn't need it. it's locked to 60fps 99% of the time.
@@riceeater79 lying again
@@riceeater79 trust me it does, I've had pretty bad performance drops on PS5, whenever there is dragonfire or lots of flames. Performance in the big towns is also bad, Windhelm especially is awful. DRS would have fixed all that but now we have an inferior version.
Wish they would do something similar for Fallout 4 😕
I REALLY hope a remake comes out for PS5 VR. I loved this on the first generation headset.
Me too. I have many hours of Skyrim for PSVR, haven't finished the game yet.
honestly , I think it needs a lot of mods to be workable. the pc vr version of skyrim vr is good because of mods, without them it's a bit lackluster
I couldn't do survival mode, not haveing 200 cheese wheels in my inventory just didn't feel like Skyrim.
11:15 he says "alas, not this time", it's an indication there will be a Skyrim: Haptic Feedback Edition guys!
This game still holds up well visually.
I really hope fallout gets an 60fps update on ps5 i really want to replay it.
I doubt that's gonna happen.
@@frankderossi795 it’s happening
I was very confused about what the Anniversary edition actually contained. There was so much ambiguity in the released videos. Bethesda does look to have dialed down the hype meter and are now clearer in their website description , but all I needed was:
- Free frame-rate and resolution patch to upgrade PS4 and XBox One versions of Skyrim Special Edition when played on Next Gen consoles. (fishing and survival included in the patch, but personally not my bag).
- Paid Anniversary Edition contains the same patch plus all current Creator Club content.
Let me know if i have missed anything.
I have it on PS4. There are no performance or graphics improvements over the Special Edition. Just lots and lots of official modded content including new armors, weapons, homes, followers and quests. Lots and lots of new quests.
Great video brake down 🙏
I know nothing about the next-gen version, but this is a great game even on Switch. I’m having a blast!
You guys need to test Windhelm on the PS5 the fps tanks hard unfortunatly.. Hope they patch it but I somehow doubt it :(
@@yourmommasuqsdik918 these consoles have 8 core 3,5ghz ryzen cpu´s with 10 - 12 tf gpu power....this game should run with 4k/120fps on these consoles but this game is horrible optimised with massive engine bottlenecks and still full with tons of bugs from ten years ago...Bethesda is a joke in this regard
@@yourmommasuqsdik918 so why can i play tons of other games on these consoles that look 100x times better than Skyrim with up to 4k and locked 60fps or even 120fps in multiplayer games on these machines but not a old game like skyrim? it´s 100% bethesda´s fault
@@yourmommasuqsdik918 i mean you can play old games like the Witcher 2 on Xbox with a locked 60fps at 4k or tons of other old games with locked framerates on Xbox but Skyrim has massive problems...sounds like poor work from the devs to me also they have 10 year old bugs in this game which got fixed by fan mods on pc ages ago....so sorry but these devs are just lazy and here for the money and has nothing to do with how powerful these consoles are
@@yourmommasuqsdik918 it´s just poor optimization...look at Battlefield 2042 which runs even with a 3090 only around at 70 - 100 fps when it should be easy around 120 - 150 fps on medium to high settings...does it mean the 3090 isn´t as powerful as we thought? no the game suffers from bad optimization at the moment
Not accurate. The PS5 version drops less in areas with a lots of transparency effects like fog and snow storms than it did before with the mod.
0:16 *takes one look at the visuals. Yeah I can believe it.
Dynamic resolution on such an old game?
Thanks for the video! Enjoyed watching it! I will get Skyrim for my XSX eventually, was waiting for a sale but this Black Friday weekend it wasn’t there, at least not for the Belgium Xbox Store. Got some other amazing deals though for Metro, Mass Effect, Gears of War, Halo and much more.
Wtf
I love my Series X but I'm sick of all these Skyrim reboots. I played from launch on 360. I have 3 accounts with 500 plus hours. We need Elder Scrolls 6. Not remakes.
Elder scrolls 6 is officially in early development
Remastered isn't a remake.
@@flaurocontino it will still have higher fidelity shadows and baked lighting and higher quality in-game models and stuff. All to prepare for the 4090s.
500 hours isn't much. You've barely scratched the surface
@@flaurocontino Point is the games been played to death and relaunched a million times. Nice try 🤡
ME: i want to play Skyrim anniversary edition.
Bethesda: which one of all the anniversary editions?
It doesn't matter what year it is. There's a new version of Skyrim out there.
Are the in-game menus in 60 fps as well ? or they still remain at 30 fps as before the Anniversary upgrade ? It used to give me head aches when inspecting items, especially because of those menu sliding animations ...
Wonder what the next edition of Skyrim will be called
Skyrimming
Skyrim: Buy It Again, Dumbass. Edition.
Skyrim….retirement party edition.
Revolutionary edition
Hype to see if there's any real update (maybe use of DualSense?)
Haha no
@@YDINO69 then no upgrade then.
Bethesda is too lazy to actually look into that, sadly lol Missed opportunity with bow draw trigger resistance or something.
Daddy Phil be like “no Dualsense goodness for you.”
@@SkankHunt007 it’s not about being too lazy I’m sure it’s more along the lines of why would they spend time developing a feature for a competing platform. Total waste of time and money. They don’t need to give people any reason to buy it on ps5 instead of Xbox/pc.
“I swear we will remaster it only 10 more times”-Bethesda
"And we will keep buying it only 10 more times" - gamers
Any technical reason the ps5 does not use DRS?
Doesn’t need it.
No, the devs were just lazy, the PS5 has terrible performance at times.
I heard rumor Betseda is remastering the remaster of the remastered complete remaster for PS6
Lmaooooo
Its the only version PS will get from now on.
Skyrim remasters
Something wrong with the performance in Windhelm, I have to say. I'd be interested if it's better on Xbox than on PS5, what with the scaling.
I didn't see any noticable dips myself, but I do concur that on PS5 it's not that good in that area.
doubt thered be much difference, drs helps in gpu heavy areas, windhelm certainly isnt one
The scaling didn't help the Series X with alpha effects-heavy scenes with dragons where the framerate is the same as PS5, so I doubt that there's much of any difference. The lower bound for the DRS seems to be fairly close to 4K. It's just there for minor hiccups.
the only thing wrong with Windhelm for me, is what's always been wrong with Windhelm since the start and that's not being able to complete the 'Blood on the Ice' mission lol
Sad that it doesn't feature any haptic feedback or adaptive trigger support for DualSense on PS5. I probably would have actually bought the game again for that.
Hopefully the VR version will get the upgrade when the next headset is available. I find it unlikely but that would definitely be my preferred way to play. Having free movement and the ability to use my hands in VR would be incredible!
i have some bad news about Skyrim on PSVR2... 😢
Ah shit, here we go again...
Great video!
Did they fix the sound bug with the multichannel audio that was present on PS4?
We all joke about how many times Skyrim has been re-released, but I wish more games enjoyed this kind of long life.
What about games that got remade from the ground up? Like Demon's Souls or Shadow of the Colossus? I'd take that over the Skyrim treatment any day.
Glad I have the PC version with mods, and yes, mods finally work again. Bethesda went full you know what and broke mods.
Man on Xbox mods were considered lately broken for a couple of weeks but it’s seems to be sorted out. I wasn’t even mad because it was so expected from Bethesda.
Thankfully the VR version wasn't touched... yet.
I hope they leave it alone.
So, much when Bethesda said the Anniversary Edition for next gen will be sporting "enhanced graphics", that was a straight up lie?
Not necessarily, the SX got a res bump to 1440p. and the both series consoles and the PS5 got native 60 FPS. Yes it was the very least they could do but technically can still can hold up in the court of law as much as "it just works" did.. Lol
I'm liking the detail of analysis
hearing the music gives me the chill.
There is also a storage advantage, the game is around 33Gb on PS4 and 15Gb on PS5
DF doesn't like to talk about this specific PS5 advantage.
@@lysandros765 The power of Kraken!
Mark Cerny and his team = geniuses
@@MisterReen geniuses because they convinced you that a 2020 console that still cant lock 60 in skyrim is good?