Skyrim SkyrimSE on sale

[fragonard]

Skyrim SE is on Steam sale now for $16. I have the regular edition which I enjoyed for a few years but don't play anymore. Is there much difference between the two? Are there new mods which require SE which might be of interest? Any thoughts?

 

[crpgnut]

Skyrim Special Edition is 64-bit and DirectX 11 while regular Skyrim is 32-bit and DirectX 9. There are hundreds of mods built for special edition. However, if regular Skyrim has been played to death, this isn't going to resurrect your interest.

 

[JFarrell71]

No, there is not much difference between the two. All of the mods I've seen for SE are either ports of LE mods or mods that do overlapping things.

 

[Couchpotato]

Yeah the SE edition was an engine upgrade that improved performance, but I didn't like some of the render changes. Some of my favorite mods never got ported either.

Look on the bright side the newer version doesn't crash as much.

 

[fragonard]

OK, thanks all. I guess I'll skip it.

 

[Couchpotato]

OK, thanks all. I guess I'll skip it.

Do you qualify for the free upgrade? I don't know of it's still being honored though.

 

[fragonard]

No, I stopped playing before I got all the expansions.