Is that game worth playing? I’ve had it for awhile, but got a strong whiff of the stench of Euro-RPG from it.
Two Worlds II? It has its charms. I don’t think they’ll win over someone who uses the phrase ‘stench of the Euro-RPG’ :)
My opinion and other disclaimers, it’s horrible. The combat is just…really really bad. I found the quests/story to be fairly frustrating as I remember as well…lots of running around trying to find whatever needle in a haystack while a quest marker kept telling me I was still 50 units away…this is all a bit vague but…something like that.
Shockingly, I actually played the first one to completion, so it’s not that I don’t have some tolerance for crap games, but I gave up on this one about 10 hours in.
Two Worlds II has the best magic system in an RPG EVER. Play as a mage. Its a good game. Not a great game, but definitely good.
I would also suspect that part of the delay is the developing a new engine. With Skyrim and Fallout 4 I think they’ve taken their current engine as far as they could. They really need a new one now.
You think they’re hard at work retooling that Id engine? Ok, just do one texture - it’s 100 square miles…
I kind of thought that’s what they were doing with the Skyrim engine moving to 64 bit.
I am more cynical on the delay. I think they are just trying to figure out new ways to monetize games so they can have that baked in from the start. Maybe the new game will not support mods unless they are from the mod store.
They’re clearly spending a lot of effort on also making Special Edition Skyrim, the Switch Skyrim port, Skyrim VR, Fallout 4 VR. Probably PS4 Pro and XB1X versions of Fallout 4. None of that stuff is trivial. Especially the VR versions of the whole games, that’s gotta require a fairly substantial effort. And you’re right, the Special Edition version of Skyrim having this creation club and everything, that can’t have been a simple plug and play either, I bet that required quite a few resources too.
They’ve been pretty busy since Fallout 4 came out.
've been wanting a world to explore and there aren’t a lot of games that cut it in this area. Even though I’m not a big fan of the actual mechanics in Skyrim - there aren’t many games that can match it for just finding interesting geography, or tidbits of story, dungeons, etc. Too many games follow the UBISoft icon chase model.
The Witcher 3 was very good in this regard too, but I’ve played it more recently than Skyrim and not ready to jump back into it.
In any case, these are the mods I have so far. Can anyone either confirm they are good choices or recommend additional ones? I’m mostly looking for things that enhance the game graphically. I’m using Skyrim Special Edition. I plan on playing a sneaky archer - something I have never stuck with before as I’m usually sword and shield, so if there is something that improves playing that type of character a lot I’d be open to it.
Here are my mods so far.
Static Mesh Improvement Mod - SMIM
Vivid Weathers Special Edition: I’ve used Climate of Tamriel with an ENB in vanilla Skyrim.
Realistic Water Two
Skyrim Flora Overhaul SE: I also used this in vanilla.
Enhanced Lights and FX: In vanilla I used Realistic Lighting Overhaul. I’m only going to use the indoor lighting for this since I’m using Vivid Weather.
Footprints
Enhanced Blood Textures SE
Immersive Armors
Total Character Makeover
Book Covers Skyrim
Some other mods I’m using
Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch
Unread Books Glow SSE
Achievements Mods Enabler
A Quality World Map
Open Cities Skyrim
Cutting Room Floor
Even Better Quest Objectives.
skyBirds SSE Edition
SkyUI recently went alpha for SE thanks to SKSE having a release, so definitely check that out.
Also
This list still works for me. Graphics, immersion, survival. Some older versions because it’s a few months old. Install Mod Manager, click the links and it willl install and / or update for you:
One big update was Scarcity being released for SE:
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/8647/?
I really enjoy the Morrowloot + Scarcity combo. Or else the mid to late game equipment power level gets a little ridiculous.
It depends on if you want to be an epic hero of Skyrim or just some normal adventurer trying to make their way in the world. :-)
That is quite the list. I’ll have to take a look. I’m not looking to really change the gameplay too much, mostly just looking to make it look nicer and maybe add some convenience improvements.
Have you tried this one:
Other than Gothic 2 (I think, it may have been 1) I haven’t enjoyed anything from those devs. I can’t get past the writing and voice acting. Thanks for the suggestion though, because it would probably be good for exploration if I liked their stuff.
Any update on when the Xbox One X enhanced version is going to be available for the Skyrim SE. I already have it for the PS4 pro and PC…and am buying the PSVR version for sure…and yet I still feel like I’m going to play the non-VR version quite a bit and am thinking of getting the Xbox One X version since it’s likely better than the PS4 Pro iteration.
No date given, but apparently Microsoft changed the enhancement designation from “In Development” to “Coming Soon”.
I can’t play Skyrim anymore without Smart Cast and Forgotten Magics.
Update out for X1X, Anyone care to comment on these recommended mods (I don’t care about cheevos, I just want the best looking Skyrim I can get).