Enderal: Forgotten Stories is a total conversion for TES V: Skyrim: a game modification that is set in its own world with its own landscape, lore and story. It offers an immersive open world, all for the player to explore, overhauled skill systems and gameplay mechanics and a dark, psychological sto...
Enderal: Forgotten Stories is a total conversion for TES V: Skyrim: a game modification that is set in its own world with its own landscape, lore and story. It offers an immersive open world, all for the player to explore, overhauled skill systems and gameplay mechanics and a dark, psychological storyline with believable characters.
Enderal is free and can be played by anyone owning a legal copy of TES V: Skyrim. (No DLCs are necessary.) It is developed non-commercially by SureAI, the team behind the renowned Oblivion mod "Nehrim: At Fate´s Edge" (and various other projects).
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An open world with its own lore and hand-crafted, detailed and diverse landscapes – explore deserts, heathlands, forests, jungles, mountains, and more.
An unconventional story with believable characters and psychological undercurrents.
German and English voice acting by professional voice over artists.
Multi-faceted, believable characters with own ambitions and motivations.
Overhauled gameplay with classes, experience points, survival mechanics and challenging combat.
An overhauled skill system with classes and new special abilities.
A housing system allowing the player to design their own homes.
30 to 125 hours of expected playtime.
Added in Forgotten Stories
Two "crafting classes" that utilize alchemy and enchanting for combat – use potions to shapeshift into a werewolf as the Lycantrope, use enchanting to craft spirit companions as the Phasmalist.
Improved performance and stability for a smooth experience.
Twelve new sidequests and two non-linear guild questlines: Work your way up the Golden Sickle, Enderal's merchants guild and infiltrate the ranks of the Rhalâta, the enigmatic cult ruling the Undercity.
Reworked and improved crafting, spells, and much more.
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I have just finished the game. It is flat out excellent, the writing is almost the best I have ever seen, it is only surpassed by Torment (which is straight out literary quality). The scenery is outstanding, very beautiful, the atmosphere is great. The voices are extremely nicely done and the characters give a feeling of depth which is rarely seen. Striking storyline. I have quibbles about the skill system but it just doesn't matter since the overall game is so good. Skyrim was one of the best but they built upon it to take it to the next level. Thanks to the team for bringing that gem into being.
This game is not only a total conversion mod for Skyrim, it does everything in better than Bethesda did with its own engine. The only drawbacks for some players may be the near complete absence of fast travel and a reworked skill system that relies on your abiltity to spend (game) money to level up your skills. But I can tell you that tolerating these major changes is well worth it for a game that puts Skyrim itselsf to shame. Highly recommended!
I own Enderal on Steam and have yet to finish my first full playthrough, but that's clocked in at about +100 hours.
Enderal and is not Skyrim. Enderal is it's own game, and, in my opinion, that game gives Skyrim a run for it's money if not blows it out of the water.
To elaborate on why I give this four stars instead of five: Despite it having several patches and being an entirely different game, Enderal does contain some of the jank that Skyrim has. Combat is slightly better through some of the tweaks and additions made by SureAI, but it's still Skyrim combat. There's also a few "meh" writing moments in the main story and side quests. Sometimes NPC and player dialogue leave a bit to be desired. Voice acting is fine for the most part, but many of the secondary characters in the story are solid. Some creature/enemy models/meshes are also "meh" and you feel compelled to "de-Skyrim-ify" them with additional mods. It's also a shame regarding the limited scope of the game, as there's moments where it feels like opportunities were missed out on for more content.
Aside from those few things, Enderal is a vastly better experience than Skyrim. The progression system and skill trees feel, while still tied to Skyrim's boring combat and crafting systems, much more thought out. Exploration and progression are actually tied together. Your character can eventually gain a class, which is incredibly refreshing that you can actually somewhat role play. While leveled areas in the world might seem odd to the casual Skyrim player, they make sense in the interesting world SureAI created. Magic, while still OP, actually has a bit more to it gameplay and lore-wise compared to Skyrim.
In short, Enderal is a good game, not a good mod. The most disappointing thing about this game is that there's an end, and you wish the end wouldn't come as quickly as you'd like, so you will likely find yourself really trying to squeeze out 80-100 hours to delay the end and explore the world.
I have played Enderal for about 100 hours now, and I have loved every minute of it. The writing is spectacular - the quests are engaging, the characters are believable and compelling - and the landscapes are stunning. All in all, I would say that this is an amazing game, well worth your time!
Enderal is just as incredible as Skyrim, I can't even compare the two. I always cry at the end because of how amazing it is! The soundtrack is also awesome too. I highly recommend this game <3 you really form connections with the characters in ways you can't in Skyrim, it actually has some perks that Skyrim doesn't too on that aspect, which is nice.
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