Three Whole Years Afterwards, Skyrim Modded Remains One Of The Most Beautiful Games To Date

It’s been almost three years since the release of Skyrim. Three whole years and thanks to the modding community, Bethesda’s RPG looks just as good - if not better – as most modern-day games. In fact, you’ll be really shocked if you compare the vanilla version with the modded one. Modders have introduced new ENBSeries mods, textures, new female 3D models, as well as a host of numerous graphical improvements

[GeofferyPeterson]

Those modded Skyrim girls look good enough to eat!

[Magicite]

Girls are totally amazing.
But its time for next TES game announcement.
And lets pretend TES:Online have never happened.

[UltimateMaster]

*Looks at huge breast*
Wow, that modder is very lonely.

[Roccetarius]

It just proves that Modders are carrying this game. Bethesda is only providing the foundation. It could've been better as well, if they didn't use an old engine for it.

[Spotie]

That's one thing that always gets me about the good looks of PC games. They rely so much on the modding community, and that, to me, takes away from the impact of a game's graphics.

How can you brag about how good a game looks when you need certain hardware and certain mods for it to even look that way?

[Einhert]

Nice attempt to downplay mods peasant,

Now off with thee

[GameSpawn]

The developers have to cater their game to run on a variety of hardware and usually have to set a "minimum spec" to make sure they get enough sales. So don't blame the devs for being lazy and relying on the modding community.

What is the point of making a PC game for high-end $5000+ hardware as the minimum when less than 1% of the PC gaming community would be able to play it. That would be financial suicide.

Having games open to modding like this allows those with the hardware to push the game beyond its initial limits, but it also adds almost infinite replayability because of what you can change or add. You are obviously still limited by what the game engine is capable of, but Skyrim's engine is good enough for the time being judging by some of the high-end mods that have been made.

[AndrewLB]

Yet the stock unmodified version of these multiplats still look better than the console version.

You act as if they only look better on PC because of mods. Which is categorically not true. They always look better on PC, and when modded... FAR FAR better.

[edqe]

Unfortunately even the mods doesn't rescue bad foundation. The game is still empty, shallow, repetitive, etc.

[General Shrooms]

Theres a "Modded Skyrim looks Good" article almost every day.

[Vantage]

Skyrim's vanilla graphics are the graphics up for scrutiny, modded textures and HD packs do not count.

"Skyrim MODDED Remains One Of The Most Beautiful Games To Date" is incorrect.

[sorane]

They may not count for you, but I can assure you they count for me. Not my fault the consoles can't use them. Even the devs seem to think they count since they include the editor in the first place.

""Skyrim MODDED Remains One Of The Most Beautiful Games To Date" is incorrect."

I fail to see anything incorrect about that. It's an amazing looking game on PC.

[Vantage]

No, Skyrim doesn't look amazing, Skyrim with a mod looks amazing. Calling modded Skyrim a game is incorrect. Therefore, "Skyrim modded Remains One Of The Most Beautiful Games To Date" is incorrect.

[sorane]

"Calling modded Skyrim a game is incorrect."

Uhh what????? You make zero sense......

"Therefore, "Skyrim modded Remains One Of The Most Beautiful Games To Date" is incorrect."

Nope it's still correct. Just because you add a mod to a game doesn't mean it isn't a game anymore. I know from experience. I've modded many games in my day and not once has it turned them into something else. The only thing they've turned my games into is better games.

[geddesmond]

FF14 looks better than those. But the mods do look great

[isarai]

It may have fancy lighting, bloom, and textures but the world is still boring and bland IMO

[Father__Merrin]

some of the mods are to much cost to your specs, I just use the better lighting/saturation mod and it looks terrific

tried real vegetation my fps dropped

[Razputin]

Can I get a list and links to these mods?

I played and beat the main storyline with some mods near release. But I would love to play the entire game and all DLC with these improvements.

Someone seriously needs to make a list of the best and most robust mods for Skyrim.

[JackOfAllBlades]

Like this?
http://www.skyrimgems.com

[Razputin]

That is a ridiculous list of mods.

I'd like a simple list to get the most beautiful mods to enhance graphics more than UI/Gameplay.

But still thank you very much.

[Xristo]

Just follow this video. Yes, it's an hour long but he walks you step by step.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[cyril sneer]

@Razputin
Here is a website site for all your skyrim mod needs and most are auto install if you download the nexus mod manager from that site.

http://www.nexusmods.com/sk...

[urwifeminder]

I don't really play the game I just try the mods they do look sweet.

[AnEwGuY]

I've played through Skyrim in it's entirety...DLC included...1 time on 360, and 2 times on PC since launch. And yet,I was excited when my wife recently told me she'd be interested in playing it again, if we started from scratch, with the full ENB treatment + Falskaar and some other content additions. So, I took an entire DAY (that's the one drawback to PC...it takes patience and dedication) doing a fresh install of TESV:Legendary Ed. , and going through the process of installing SKYSE + ENB + Skyrim Beautification Project. Over 8 hours and 200+ mods/plugins later, and it's like we're playing a brand new, next-gen RPG on steroids. And I'm happy to say that...thus far, with over 30 hrs played (lvl 31 currently), not 1...not ONE single CTD. That's unheard of with a Bethesda/Gamebryo game. All of the patches, .ini tweaks, and optimization walkthroughs were 1000% worth the time. I HIGHLY recommend trying this, for anyone with a proper PC gaming rig.

[Mr Tretton]

Cool. I'll try modding it big, the next time around.