The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information
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A true, full-length open-world game for VR has arrived from Bethesda Game Studios. Skyrim VR reimagines the complete epic fantasy masterpiece with an unparalleled sense of scale, depth, and immersion. Skyrim VR also includes all official add-ons.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR is a open world, rpg and vr game
developed by Bethesda Game Studios
and published by Bethesda Softworks.
Released on April 02nd 2018 is available only on Windows
in 9 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Russian and Traditional Chinese.
It has received 11,333 reviews of which 8,523 were positive and 2,810 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.4 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 59.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 12.40€ on Instant Gaming.
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Windows
- OS *: Windows 7/8.1/10 (64-bit versions)
- Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K or AMD Ryzen 5 1400 or better
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 / AMD RX 480 8GB or better
- Storage: 15 GB available space
- VR Support: SteamVR
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Thanks to the modding community, this is the best VR game out there, and it only takes a couple of mods to make it so. You can have a body, with arms and legs. You can holster weapons all over the place; wrists, hips, back, etc. You can reach back and realistically pull your bow or greatsword off of your back. You can realistically lift potions to your mouth to drink or load your backpack. You can use gestures or draw runes in the air to cast or equip spells, or conveniently bring up your potions in a spell wheel around your hand to quickly drink one mid-battle, not even interrupting the flow of things (or configure it to slow or pause combat if you need the extra moment). Skyrim VR feels very immersive, and the more you mod it, the further you can take it. To get a good VR experience, people typically just want to grab VRIK and HIGGS, as well as maybe also Mage VR and Spellwheel. (I'm not 100% sure that I spelled all of those properly) While playing Skyrim VR, there are really some breathtaking gameplay experiences that will just hit you a lot differently than viewing your gameplay on a normal screen. My favorite so far is probably Blackreach. The immensity of the underground cavern, the aesthetics of the glowing tentacles and scenery, the immensity of the huge underground waterfalls and hearing the water crashing down in both ears; it's all very impressive and you feel like you've just walked into this fascinating and huge underground world. Personally though, I find each new environment to be something exciting to take in though. The peaceful serene environment of Eldergleam Sanctuary is an example of a nice VR experience, for example, and sometimes the experience is a little different than just captivating ambiance and scenery. For example, there's the haunted house, where you get trapped in the middle of a big steel spiky thing, and as you look around, there are literally spikes all around you as you turn your head around to view your predicament. It looks so deadly, and convinces you just how terrifying the predicament that you've found yourself in is. Combat is a fun and unique experience in VR as well. Just a basic flames spell is a whole new satisfying experience, putting your hands out in front of you and seeing the flames billowing out from them. Spellcasting is very fun and exciting. Also. Pure mage builds are trickier to set up, but VR makes you want to di it, I think that combat in general is much more fun and engaging when playing in VR. You can really feel the difference between the reach of a greatsword, and having to get in there physically close to an enemy to hit them with your daggers. At the same time though, it makes it just a little more satisfying to get in there and get those dagger hits. I love the feel of a really quick right, left, right when dual-wielding daggers. The most interesting combat mechanic for me in VR is probably parrying. In VR, I actually enjoy it a great deal. Actually holding up my arm to parry the attack is just really satisfying to me, and being in VR I think helps to really telegraph those incoming attacks to you as well, making it something most anyone can handle. If you want to add a challenge to it though, just install the Realistic Combat Overhaul mod, or another combat overhaul. This will make enemy combat more challenging to react to. For my next experiences, I'm itching to try some of the mods that are described as horror mods, that mention things like jump scares in their descriptions or dark and scary themes. I'm certain that VR will be a next level way to experience them. Some of the mods in this area that I think will be great to try, and that I'll be trying myself, are Clockwork, Beyond Reach, and Vigilant, along with the two follow up mods to Vigilant. Even if all you do is give yourself enough mods so that you have arms, legs, some holsters, and collissions to interact with things in a real-feeling way, Skyrim VR is a truly enjoyable experience, even if you've played normal Skyrim many times. I would say that the only con is the time it takes to set up and troubleshoot. Right out of the gate, you might not like your image quality or your performance. Most people can get pretty good improvement to both with a little time and effort. It will be an investment of your time, but in my opinion, it is well worth it.
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thank god for mods -- do not even try without them. here are some tips i wish i knew before hitting play: 1.) after much digging on my own i found this guide to be a great base to build from https://youtu.be/wOMpH2IZnMw 2.) the vortex launcher will direct you to skyrim legendary but that is normal. 3.) before adding mods check the version. if it say anywhere that it requires version 16 or higher, you cannot play it on VR. my ancestors are smiling on me imperial, can you say the same?
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The fact that Skyrim VR supports Skyrim Special Edition's mods effectively makes this the greatest game I ever played in my entire life. I cannot even begin to tell you how much I modded the heck out of this game to a point where it's almost indistinguishable from vanilla Skyrim. I'm talking about 1000+ hours of new content to a point where I'm convinced now that I won't be able to complete this game in my lifetime (that’s no exaggeration) and that this game is LITERALLY a different experience every time I start it up because I’m constantly encountering new things and locations literally everywhere I go. And the craziest thing of it all is that it’s virtual reality. Imagine all those crazy mods you’ve seen on YouTube and you are now experiencing it as if you were actually there. The unique and bizarre adventures I’ve had are so out of control and fun, it has effectively canceled out and RUINED any and or ALL other VR games on the market for me. I’ve basically molded and fashioned Skyrim VR into everything I could ever want, it’s literally the perfect VR game for me. Here are some of the the real adventures I experienced in my modded Skyrim VR world (I'm a horror and From Software fan BTW): -I conquered DRACULA'S CASTLE with my companion the Dancer of the Boreal Valley from Dark Souls 3 while wearing my BERSERK armor and using Cloud’s Buster Sword. -I purchased a functioning pirate ship and actually sailed out into the vast ocean to fight Cthulhu and other sea monsters from the ship's deck, and then sailed to a new island to face new unique monsters, terrors, and quests. -I fought undead werewolves, zombies, and other horror themed monsters while looking for Bloodborne bosses in the gothic horror themed woods with REALISTIC night darkness and a torch in one hand while the moon from Majora’s mask looks down at me (viking horror music replaced the vanilla OST). -I traveled to HELL to fight demons in gothic castles and then later traversed tunnels underneath Skyrim with rifle guns fighting all sorts of underground horrors and abominations, and then went back to my steampunk mansion home to display all my new weapons and Dark Souls armors I acquired. -I’ve traveled outside the borders of Skyrim to visit all sorts of new lands, creatures, and quests, all fully voiced acted and made with so much care and devotion that it feels like real life genuine DLC (I get to see morrowind again!?) And that is all just scratching the surface, I assure you there is far more content than that in this game now, And not to mention that the base game quests themselves also have had new creatures and ideas expanded upon them, so even the normal story mode has more and more new things to experience. Well there you have it, essentially the greatest VR game ever made (personal take) I hope that this persuaded some of you to go and get this and mod as much as possible (yes I understand the price can be a bit steep for a game as old as this but, I assure you, the mods and experience are completely worth it). Also should be mentioned that modding this game is literally the EASIEST thing on the planet. I could do it almost blind folded, it’s just a simple program (Vortex) and a website of dedicated users and fans of Skyrim (shoutout to Nexus Mods!!!). Just keep in mind I believe the mod limit is 255 which may or may not sound low at first but, I’m at 202 mods and that is MORE than enough. I've added so much I don't no what else to add (but the community is still very active! I'm always surprised by the new mods and locations almost everyday!) So go out there and please experience the craziest VR experience ever made! I'm so happy mods exist to this level! UPDATE: I just implemented ChatGPT AI Voiced characters to EVERY NPC in the game now. I can have hour-long conversations with characters that they will remember and learn from as well as convince them to follow me as companions and tell me the lore of Tamriel on our Journeys. Oh, and you can alter their text created memories and fill them with lore from Elden Ring to convince them they are Elden Ring characters (while they are dressed as them from the game since the armor is in my modded version) and basically have them talk to you about Elden Ring… GREATEST. VR. VIDEO GAME. EVER. MADE. 10/10
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The VR version of this is quite poor. ...... However modding it with the Mad God Overhaul it becomes one of the best things I have ever played or experienced. So with with I would be giving it 2/5 for standalone, 5/5 with MGO mod
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With the FUS modpack on Wabbajack, which is a literal one click install, this game goes from a mediocre VR port to one of the best VR games hands down.
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Developer
Bethesda Game Studios
Publisher
Bethesda Softworks
Release
02 Apr 2018
VR
VR Only
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