The ability to play PC mods on consoles (most important for many).

It features everything that LE does, as well as: Skyrim SE is basically a much better version of Skyrim, no matter what someone else tells you. So Bethesda allowed everyone who owned LE to automatically acquire SE at no additional cost up until a certain point, via STEAM. This version of the game was met with a lot of criticism from players who already paid for the game previously and all DLCs in one way or the other.

Hence the confusion a lot of players had between ‘ Skyrim Remastered‘ and ‘ Skyrim Special Edition‘ – which is basically the same game with two different names players used interchangeably. Skyrim SE (Special Edition)ĭuring 2016, Bethesda announced a remastered version of Skyrim. This version is what is playable on Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. That’s still basically the ‘ base‘ game of Skyrim + other goodies that came after it. So essentially it was a ‘ package‘ that included everything up to that point and you could just buy it and have ‘ everything‘ installed at once.

Legendary skills (you can master every perk and level up all your skill trees).

On June 4th 2013 the LE version was released and it was simply a packaged version of the game containing all 3 official DLCs as well as additions such as: Shortly after, the first DLC came out – Dawnguard. Although it is easily one of the most critically acclaimed games of all time, let’s not forget just how crash-prone and full of bugs it was. The base game launched on Novemand was a buggy mess. Let’s start in a chronological way, it’s the easiest way really. Players need to know what they’re buying and what’s the better product.

It’s not that there are a dozen Skyrim editions or so, it’s just that Bethesda has somehow managed to make it very hard to understand the differences between them, for those who are just now coming into contact with any of them. In the video above I will talk you through the differences, but in case that you prefer to read at your own pace here is a written guide as well. This question has been asked so many times and yet rarely will you see a comprehensive and thorough explanation between all the different versions of Skyrim that there are today.

Skyrim special edition vs regular mods