Rellik
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You'll make a crap load of money through the Thieves Guild as well. And if you fully upgrade it, you'll have access to a bunch of stores.
It's a little boring to fully upgrade though.
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Digital Foundry - Skyrim on Switch Hands-on Look
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You'll make a crap load of money through the Thieves Guild as well. And if you fully upgrade it, you'll have access to a bunch of stores.
It's a little boring to fully upgrade though.
You are so wrong.
The switch version is more like the enhanced version of this generation than the vanilla game of last gen.
Look:
.I know the quality is shit... Here is a small comp.
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Toadthemushroom
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Updated the OP to reflect new findings. Thanks, all!
Jaded Alyx
Member
That's no different from FIFA and Ultimate Team.
Well, it is reasonable (and to be expected) that not everything would make it through.
mugurumakensei
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IIRC Snake Pass also removed the DoF field from the PS4/XBOX ONE version.
AndrewDean84xX
Banned
It could be exclusive to the eShop.
There is definitely some DOF in Snake Pass on Switch. Maybe the other versions have more, or in other situations, but i know i've seen the effect on the Switch version in certain cases.
An upgrade on its own.
After playing splatoon a bit and getting used to using motion controls when I returned to play minecraft I was really really frustrated that I couldn't use them on the game. Just controlling the camera with the joycons adds a lot to the fps/tps view.
I really hope we get some Docked gameplay footage soon.
I think GTA V more so then CoD with the direction CoD is going in. I still think Destiny would be a far better fit. Especially if they can somehow include a local co-op (multiple Switches in a room) aspect that reports back to the main servers once an Internet connection is established and then issues rewards. The cooperative gameplay options offered in Destiny I think is more appealing to a bigger range of people.
I think GTA V more so then CoD with the direction CoD is going in. I still think Destiny would be a far better fit. Especially if they can somehow include a local co-op (multiple Switches in a room) aspect that reports back to the main servers once an Internet connection is established and then issues rewards. The cooperative gameplay options offered in Destiny I think is more appealing to a bigger range of people.
ShadowFox08
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I know the quality is shit... Here is a small comp.
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How come the lighting on the roofs for the switch version look worse than 360 and PS4? Is there a day and night system?
LordOcidax
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Robin64
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VyechnayaSlava
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Looks pretty great
HackTheSlash
Member
I think this is indication there are no mods in the game. Right at the beginning when they start the game up, there should be a section titled 'Mods' right under add-ons. Its not there. Unless it changes before release.
Skittzo0413
Member
Looks great, thanks!
Someone seriously needs to ask them about mod support though.
I've only played on PC, what are the "add-ons" if not mods?
How ? Every unit available was portable.
Nintendo routinely does this with Switch demos: if undocked, you have to show the player's hands. If you're playing docked, you gotta show the screen. It was the same with ARMS for and Splatoon 2 for instance.
HackTheSlash
Member
Thats the spot for the 3 DLCs
Skittzo0413
Member
The DLCs are included with the base game in this version, do they list them separately like that in the other Special Editions?
ThisIsMyDogKyle
Banned
I imagine Gamexplain gets some special treatment as they're pretty popular with Nintendo fans.
kingkaiser
Member
Damn, it looks really good in docked mode.
Colour me impressed if it turns out to be 1080/30 while docked with most of the PS4/One enhancements.
Colour me impressed if it turns out to be 1080/30 while docked with most of the PS4/One enhancements.
HackTheSlash
Member
Yes. In case for whatever reason you want to disable them. On Ps4 and X1 there is a header for Mods right under the Add-ons section. So...dont look good at this moment.
Ill still buy it to support it. And i like the game. But this is a bummer.
Skittzo0413
Member
I think it will be, mainly because I don't think the SE really pushed the PS4 or XB1 very hard. It's a game that was made for consoles with 512MB of RAM after all.
Ah I see. Yeah that would be a real shame, hopefully it's just something they're not ready to talk about yet for whatever reason. I'm still holding out hope.
What kind of mod we will miss?
HackTheSlash
Member
There is literally thousands of different mods for ps4 and x1. New weapons. New followers. New homes. Graphics enhancements. Just about anything you can think of really.
There are mods that add whole questlines and characters and such. Though I don't think you can add any assets to the game like you can on PC, which would allow for revamping the game itself with graphical upgrades and QoL improvements and such to allow the game to continue to evolve along with tech.
Mithos
Member
Unofficial Skyrim Legendary Edition Patch, that fixes so much in Skyrim, I'd personally say Skyrim is broken and unplayable without at least this mod.
AlexFlame116
Member
Bethesda really should just license this mod and insert it into future releases.
HackTheSlash
Member
Yeah im crossing fingers it will be added sometime before release. I wouldnt be surprised though if it isnt cause of that new mods program Bethesda said they were gonna roll out during E3. Not sure exactly when that takes effect.
AndrewDean84xX
Banned
That Docked video has me hyped as hell.
Admiral Woofington
Member
I'll probably play the shit out of this. I tried to get into pc Skyrim but all of the mods I wanted refused to work properly and playing vanilla again in a desktop didn't appeal to me. Playing mobile while I have background TV though? Yes please.
UncleSporky
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Disagree. Changes tons of things that are extremely debatable "fixes" for no reason at all other than huge leaps of logic as to developer intent. Just a couple that I remember being annoying:
mavericktopgun
Member
Damn.... That looks gorgeous in portable and docked mode.
Seems like a great port.
Seems like a great port.
UncleSporky
Member
A couple vanilla Skyrim tips that can be gamechangers:
- If you are interested in min/maxing, Altmer are kinda sorta the best player race in the game. While all races have different benefits and bonuses, Altmer have an additional hidden one: the way the game is coded, the player's size impacts movement speed and attack damage, and Altmer are the tallest race with a height multiplier of 1.08. They move 8% faster and hit 8% harder than almost everyone else (Nords are 3% and Orcs are 4.5%). If you spend 100 hours of your playthrough walking, playing as an Altmer saves you 8 hours. And their racial bonus is great as it is anyway, it's like starting with 5 levels already invested in magicka.
- Dragons are both a boon and a curse in Skyrim. Souls are great to have for unlocking shouts and their bones are great for crafting, but it gets very annoying being harassed by them constantly when you're just going about your business. Talking to some townsperson and he stops to run off and attack a surprise dragon, which might kill him, etc. You could hold off on starting the main quest and keep dragons from ever spawning, but that means you get none of the benefits above either. So what's the solution? Well there is one specific quest, part of the main quest called A Blade in the Dark, which pauses random dragon encounters for as long as you are on that quest. Also, it doesn't stop dragons from showing up in their nests at word walls, so you're still able to farm them whenever you like, but you won't have to worry about getting ganked every time you fast travel to the Mage's Guild anymore.
- If you don't want NPCs to be at risk of getting killed by vampires every time you enter a major town, you may want to turn off the Dawnguard add-on until you are prepared to play through it.
- If you are interested in min/maxing, Altmer are kinda sorta the best player race in the game. While all races have different benefits and bonuses, Altmer have an additional hidden one: the way the game is coded, the player's size impacts movement speed and attack damage, and Altmer are the tallest race with a height multiplier of 1.08. They move 8% faster and hit 8% harder than almost everyone else (Nords are 3% and Orcs are 4.5%). If you spend 100 hours of your playthrough walking, playing as an Altmer saves you 8 hours. And their racial bonus is great as it is anyway, it's like starting with 5 levels already invested in magicka.
- Dragons are both a boon and a curse in Skyrim. Souls are great to have for unlocking shouts and their bones are great for crafting, but it gets very annoying being harassed by them constantly when you're just going about your business. Talking to some townsperson and he stops to run off and attack a surprise dragon, which might kill him, etc. You could hold off on starting the main quest and keep dragons from ever spawning, but that means you get none of the benefits above either. So what's the solution? Well there is one specific quest, part of the main quest called A Blade in the Dark, which pauses random dragon encounters for as long as you are on that quest. Also, it doesn't stop dragons from showing up in their nests at word walls, so you're still able to farm them whenever you like, but you won't have to worry about getting ganked every time you fast travel to the Mage's Guild anymore.
- If you don't want NPCs to be at risk of getting killed by vampires every time you enter a major town, you may want to turn off the Dawnguard add-on until you are prepared to play through it.
Third person...
Optional breh. Can play either 100% 1st person or 3rd person.
No, but...it'll probably be 1080p.
MosquitoSmasher
Member
I honestly didn't expect that. I mean the PS4 and X1 versions of the SE are already 1080p but Switch isn't nearly as powerful.
Skyrim is extremely scalable though. If there's one good thing about their engine it's that.
Skittzo0413
Member
I really doubt the Skyrim SE pushes the PS4 or XB1 at all. I wouldn't be surprised if it's basically running at the same settings, though I expect some settings to be reduced a bit.
Thunder Monkey
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Given what has been said in this thread, it doesn't seem to have the DoF seen in the PS4/XB1 versions.
There do seem to be some cutbacks. It'd be impressive if it was to achieve 1080p docked. Less dense foliage and missing effects like DoF would still be an impressive achievement for what is in essence mobile tech.
I mean really. I've been saying this a lot since I held one, but Switch is an incredible little piece of kit. Insanely powerful for the form factor, and staying shockingly close to parity with PS4/XB1 releases.