The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition

This has to be one of the best news on GOG, in what feels like an eternity. If you owned the game before or at least you've heard of it, you're in for a fine treat. If not, it is about time to go and get this gem. Especially if you are someone who is into modding. Since Skyrim SE modding is on the rise, with new and innovative mods that change core mechanics or add to them, you won't be disappointed. If you are not, you should still consider to at least go to a modding platform like Nexus and get the unofficial patch, which not only fixes lot's of problems, but is also constantly maintained and updated. So...what are you waiting for? Get this old gem and relive the glorious days of old.

This version has a bunch of extra incompatibilities thanks to Bugthesda breaking mod support, the only thing keeping their games alive. It would be less of a headache to pirate an older copy that actually can be used without a million workarounds. It's absurd mods need 3+ versions just to cover the different versions of Skyrim.

I love seeing Bethesda games on GOG! Please bring Fallout 4 here next!

Skyrim reaching the land of the (drm-)free is like the final stone in the infinity gauntlet. Hundreds of hours in this game over on Steam, one more Steam game to uninstall.

I'll say it up front; this is my favorite computer game. It's nice to finally be able to buy the actual game instead of just the right to ask Steam for permission to play the game. Skyrim may be over 10 years old, but it's aged well. You might find better graphics in certain games these days, but Skyrim's graphics are still pretty solid, especially with the improvements in the Special Edition. In addition, the open world design lets you play the game the way you want. If you want to rush through the main quest early and fight an epic battle every 5 minutes, you can. Or if you want to practice your crafting skills to improve your equipment so much that you can one-shot dragons with a sneak attack from your bow, you can do that too. (Admit it. You always fall back to the stealthy archer play style too) I would give it 5 stars except for two issues. First, no Creation Kit. You can't create your own mods unless you also have the Steam version. Second, the game doesn't make it easy to install mods or disable Creation Club creations. Survival mode enabled by default with no way to disable it inside the game? Did no one involved in this release consider that some people might find this "enhancement" frustrating and tedious, and maybe giving players an easy way to disable it might be a good idea? After digging around online I discovered you can add mods and disable Creation Club content by editing text files manually, which I'm not afraid to do, but come on! Players shouldn't have to do this in order make use of one of Skyrim's greatest features. Despite my whining, I'm still overjoyed that Skyrim is now on GOG. It's still my favorite computer game of all time, and these issues don't change that. Play the game the way you want, but be prepared to do some manual tasks outside the game if the way you want doesn't quite fit the default configuration of the game.