Topic: Skyrim: Special Edition discussion thread

@kyleforrester87: If you would have had "load times are quite a bit shorter" as the first thing, you possibly would have had me at that

@RPE83: haha they are shorter. Honestly the old ones didn't bother me much but going in and out of buildings is pretty speedy now.

Scrolling through menus is also nice and quick now, no delay opening the upgrade screen etc

Yeah, loading times are without a doubt better. I'm about 5 hours in and no crashes or framerate drops. The graphics aren't night and day different but they are better forsure. The water and sky is where I notice it the most. I can't wait to play this on the PS4 Pro.

I took the plunge, I'll be playing later since I might have burned myself out on Destiny finally.

I heard people complaining about the Dawnguard dlc because it's effective from the very beginning of the game. What's wrong with that?

@RPE83: i'm still not sure if i'm gonna get it myself, i already have the Legendary Edition on PS3 and while this one does look better and have mods i'm not sure if that's enough to warrant getting it again

Anyone having a wee problem with the image being just outside the screen? Can't adjust it in the options, either.

@kyleforrester87: Did you try to set TV to "Just Scan" instead of the most common "16:9" or "Original"?

@andreoni79: I am having the same problem, and I realized that although my tv is a "HDTV" it is almost 10 years old, and it does not have any of the settings i need to fix the problem...ugh!!! So being it is a small 32" I may just buy a newer one so I can see my games better, if the wife will let me.

@scubydo: Mine is a 2009 LG. It seems I've been very lucky finding one of this. I spent € 250 and it was on a 50% sale so maybe this was a middle-high model for the times (fullHD and more settings that now are useful!).
EDIT: an example of the different zoom.
This is the minimap in TW3 in 16:9 mode

And this is in "just scan" mode

Hmmm had a quick look last night but can't see where to change this on my TV. Not had this issue before!

@kyleforrester87: Consider that the Just Scan option offers a bigger image than 16:9 with every game and with all the systems connected via HDMI. When I play with GameCube (scart) that optional is grayed out. First time I noticed the optional was with Fallout 3 on 360. I wonder if the Skyrim thing is due to the upcoming 4K compatibility.

@FullbringIchigo:
I can't say I've been "blown away" so far and I'm not sure I'll play it as much as I thought as it does feel VERY familiar. Too familiar even; i still know the dungeons so well its just a case of sprinting through every trap. Still, chopped in three games that were gathering dust and got it for under a fiver so nothing really lost.

I think my biggest issue is whether I play as a character I like byt have done to death in Skyrim before or do something like a mage I've not had too much interest in doing in the past. The problem being I've never had too much interest in magic characters.

Well, I switched out the tv's (same size) and it is better now, because I can set it on Normal, but I still can't find the scan option...

@RPE83: If I'd done all the quests before there's no way I'd bother again to be fair - I only played about 1/4 of the game before so I'm doing stuff I didn't do last time.

Anyone tried the rebalancing (difficulty/loot etc) mod btw? Worth it?

Okay now that i almost have the whole screen in view apart from one letter in the upper left corner, what is a good beginner class?

@andreoni79: If I remember the vampires from it can be much more powerful than the towns they attack, effectively wiping quest hubs from the main game, but I think they only trigger once you start the dlc quest so you should be fine.

@scubydo: Skyrim is pretty forgiving on what path you take so a stealthy bowman, a swordsman, a caster or even a hybrid can do well. Crafted items and enchantments are also good things to learn, although they can make the game too easy. As for race, Brenton is probably the best, but the advantages are so small I wouldn't worry. Just play the game in a way you find fun and you should be fine.

this is hilarious.... http://kotaku.com/skyrim-never-changes-1788307521 a horse got in the way of the openning sequence.

@andreoni79: well, I tried playing around with my TV's regular menu today, and even our newer (yet older) HDTV still doesn't have the overscan option. But I was able to get it to where at least my menu's are not cut off on the sides. and in the upper left when it notifies of "You can't do that here" or "Auto saving" the Y and A are the only thing that is cut off now. I suppose I can live with this till we can afford for me to get a better gaming tv.