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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition

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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
Description
Winner of more than 200 Game of the Year Awards, Skyrim Special Edition brings the epic fantasy to life in stunning detail. The Special Edition includes the critically acclaimed game and add-ons with all-new features like remastered art and effects, volumetric god rays, dynamic depth of field, scree...
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4.4/5

( 870 Reviews )

4.4

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Product details
2016, Bethesda Game Studios, ESRB Rating: Mature 17+...
System requirements
Windows 10 (64-bit Version), Intel i5-750/AMD Phenom II X4-945, 8 GB RAM, NVIDIA GTX 470 1GB /AMD HD...
DLCs
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Upgrade
MODs
The Elder Scrolls: Skyblivion, Enderal: Forgotten Stories
Time to beat
26 hMain
112.5 h Main + Sides
204.5 h Completionist
116 h All Styles
Description
Winner of more than 200 Game of the Year Awards, Skyrim Special Edition brings the epic fantasy to life in stunning detail. The Special Edition includes the critically acclaimed game and add-ons with all-new features like remastered art and effects, volumetric god rays, dynamic depth of field, screen-space reflections, and more.

EPIC FANTASY REBORN
Skyrim reimagines and revolutionizes the open-world fantasy epic, bringing to life a complete virtual world open for you to explore any way you choose.

LIVE ANOTHER LIFE, IN ANOTHER WORLD
Play any type of character you can imagine, and do whatever you want; the legendary freedom of choice, storytelling, and adventure of The Elder Scrolls is realized like never before.

YOU ARE WHAT YOU PLAY
Choose from hundreds of weapons, spells, and abilities. The new character system allows you to play any way you want and define yourself through your actions.

BATTLE DRAGONS
Battle ancient dragons like you’ve never seen. As Dragonborn, learn their secrets and harness their power for yourself.

Please note that the DRM-Free version of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition does not include the Creation Club feature. The entire Creation Club content (74 items) is included in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition





GOG notice about the DRM-free version




You can also check out Enderal: Forgotten Stories – unofficial, standalone total conversion mod created by SureAI



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Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
26 hMain
112.5 h Main + Sides
204.5 h Completionist
116 h All Styles
Game details
Works on:
Windows (10, 11)
Release date:
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Size:
24.7 GB
Rating:
ESRB Rating: Mature 17+ (Blood and Gore, Sexual Themes, Language, Use of Alcohol)

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Posted on: September 29, 2022

Burzag

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Games: 1313 Reviews: 36

XD ... no ****** way

Here? I didnt expect. Now Everything! is possible :)P Instant buy. For sure. All the other words I have in mind every gamer already knows in his heart xD Thx GOG. Kiss and Hugs and you made my year !


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Posted on: September 30, 2022

fil-cat

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Games: 1895 Reviews: 41

Awesome must have for your collection!

The best decision that Bethesda ever made, was to open the game to the fans for modding. Skyrim is one of the most moddable games and thus deep, versatile and beautiful games with awesome freedom. Through this it improved over time and still manages to stay relevant. The fans poured in years of improvements, game fixes, extra content and functionality. Get this base game of Skyrim Special Edition that also includes all the AddOns. Avoid the unnecessary Creation Club content through the "Anniversary Edition". That just adds the notorious Creation Club in which you can buy mods that are freely available through the community (e.g. Nexus Mods) and includes some previous Creation Club content with it. You don't need that. Plus if you already run a modded version of SSE, this AddOn will usually break your Modlist and bork your applied mods. You can get all the mods and more that you could ever wish fore elsewhere.


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Posted on: September 29, 2022

GR11

Games: 55 Reviews: 23

Early Christmas Present

I didn't know my birthday, christmas and easter was today ^^


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Posted on: January 17, 2023

mmeeks

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Games: 1129 Reviews: 11

GOG - Skyrim V - Thank You

Wow, I've waited for years to get this game. Don't spend much on steam or other outlets. But Gog has most of everything I need and one of the best to Support! And Now - we have Skyrim V. A huge thank you for GOG for getting it here. After playing the game for over 100 hours - it's very addictive and fun. Although I love the Witcher 3 More and play it several times a year - Skyrim gives me something to do until the Witcher 4 comes out. I'm an old-man gamer. Well over 60. But I had time to play games until I retired two years ago. Now I can play until my hearts content. Skyrim V has something for everyone. Highly Recommend it anyone that loves the Witcher Series! Thank You!


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Posted on: October 1, 2022

Deviancy77

Games: 5 Reviews: 3

Bad Timing

As much as I like Bethesda's games, they do rely heavily on the modding community to make them better, Skyrim is no exception. Bethesda already made one mistake, they did the Second Edition, this made a lot of mods obsolete, and the modders had already moved on to new games, so they did't update for the new Skyrim. Some were backwards compatible, many weren't. The second issue, GOG just got the game way too late, while SKSE has made a GOG version, some of the SE mods just won't work right with the GOG version of SKSE, such as racemenu, which is an essential mod, it is required for many body and armor mods, without it, those mods won't work and there's no guarantee those modders haven't retired. In short, GOG just got this game too late. I mean it would be like GOG finally getting Sims 2, there'd be no point since Sims games are all about modding, and most Sims 2 modding sites are gone..


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