I Turned Skyrim Into A Completely Different Game

[@Dan-bk2gd]

I’m probably the only person who thinks Skyrim looks good (not the best, but I like it), there’s still times were I stop and just look at the world.

[@winterburden]

Most people think Skyrim looks good- it's just very unpopular to admit it

[@rumelingecristescu6046]

I played both Skyrim and Oblivion on vanilla everytime. Although there are some issues, somehow it just works and at times I feel extremely immersed on the game.

[@bvyup2112]

The sky has always looked good in it. Morrowind was the first example where I just kind of stared at the sky

[@lpvrooom6714]

I love skyrims version of realistic. Just wish it was a bit less jittery in distance and wish the lighting was a tiny bit more dynamic

[@victoriasrandomstuff]

You are not the only one. I think Skyrim is one of the most beautiful game I have ever seen. Even after all these years I just have to pause and look at how beautiful the world is.

[@deni6943]

07:27 honestly could not disagree more, if skyrim was first person only or god forbid TES VI, a lot of people (including myself) would be very upset, a lackluster 3rd person mode is WAY better than having none at all Edit: this doesn't mean I dislike 1st person, I much prefer it actually, I just want the *option* to switch between the two, outside of combat I like to look at my armor, and my character walk and blend into the environment

[@RobertSchippers]

I've always enjoyed 3rd person games, Gothic / Risen, Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Jedi Knight, GTA, Mount and Blade, Dungeon Siege, AC series ... The only times I'd use 1st person for an Elder Scrolls game is to have a closer look at something in the world. I want to see my character doing things and have a sense of space (what actor is where), especially during combat.

[@_zealos_8213]

with the amount of customization there is and focus on making a living, breathing character in the world of Skyrim, as limited as it is I'm glad I have a 3rd person mode to at least check out my character. I catch myself doing it a lot actually. There are no working mirrors in Skyrim, so you'd only really see yourself during certain interactive actions, or if were being strict on no 3rd-person then never again after character creation

[@glitchframe6784]

The only tes games ive played 1 person were arena, daggerfall, and battlespire. Morrowind ive played a mix of both, and oblivion i leaned more towards 1st person. Skyrim i stayed 3rd person the entire time, and had no issues with.

[@pandawhokills]

I like playing in first person but I also like being able to look at my character when I want

[@iyziejane]

No worries, look at how much effort they put into improving 3rd person from Oblivion to Skyrim, it was a big priority. Also Witcher 3 sold even more copies than Skyrim, and it is a 3rd person game. The chance of them removing 3rd person mode is zero.

[@kimhyunwoo8983]

Honestly, with this video, mostly made me realize is that people outside the modding community really don’t understand modding at all

[@StationaryBeggar]

That was also my takeaway.

[@Vexcron]

That’s how it works

[@Fauxvale]

@@romeohio19 Yeah. The comments about ENB physically hurt me lmao

[@ju1iaN36O]

Yep. Such a large amount of bad takes… 😂

[@crus_crus]

​@@romeohio19 ur annoying lol 😁

[@mateodemicheli2420]

The reason for the Map having some extra lines it is because the map it is not a map, is a cámara super far away of the game (of course this camera activates a lower poly version of the meshes). You can prove this if you are absorbing a soul of a dragon and meanwhile you open your map.

[@keepitclean8791]

Also if you use the clear sky shout and open the map it's easier to see the landscape

[@giaaaacomo]

I'VE BEEN PLAYING SKYRIM SINCE THE LAUNCH TO FIND THAT OUT ONLY TODAY AFTER LIKE 12 YEARS WTFFFFFF

[@akumacv2075]

the third person view is almost exclusively how I play Skyrim. First person games have always made me dizzy or given me motion sickness to play or watch, so having the option for a game of this type where I could actually play it was one of the deciding factors on my initial purchase in 2011. Even if it's janky, I'll take it over first person anyday haha

[@jacksonh7009]

Skyrim’s default field of view for first person makes me nauseous sometimes, it’s so zoomed in, I wish there was a field of view slider in the base game

[@Optimusprime56241]

@@jacksonh7009pretty sure you can change it in the files

[@jacksonh7009]

@@Optimusprime56241 I’m on Xbox though 😭

[@Optimusprime56241]

@@jacksonh7009 unfortunate

[@samuelh9581]

I now exclusively play Skyrim in VR. It feels like a whole new game.

[@JP-dv7rf]

"full time Elder Scrolls apologizer" really caught me off guard.

[@TheCantinaChannel]

lmao

[@SwooshJush83]

Ya that shit was funny😂

[@grimm256]

“It’s essentially like a sketchy mailman while tells you he’ll take your homework to the teacher and then changes some answers behind your back” probably the worst analogy I’ve ever heard in my life....dear god, man.

[@icamwun]

‘Everything is going smoothly’ said the man with no head 😂 10:34

[@TheElephantChumpkin]

Bro turned skyrim into a unity game

[@nintendork1396]

I would definitely notice if there was no third person in an elder scrolls game. I only use first person if I’m using a bow.

[@sazo1st]

Same. And then I found a mod that properly simulates the crosshair for bows and spells in third person, and also used bows in third person lol.

[@DripzEU823]

@@sazo1stProper spell casting direction?🤣 must have definitely.

[@sazo1st]

@@DripzEU823 what?

[@DripzEU823]

@@sazo1st The mod bruh

[@sazo1st]

@@DripzEU823 nah I'm pretty sure it was smoothcam with the raycasting cross hair feature. I didn't take "proper spell casting directions" as a mod name so it just seemed like an incromprehensible sentence to me lmao

[@Uncommon_Valor]

I was like “tf is this guy talking about, you can make Skyrim look like a modern game with like minimum effort maybe the videos old” then I realized it was a month ago.

[@DarkoOG]

3:30 This technique in game design terms is called edge detection, and is not just used in game development but in the medical and law fields also to find bacteria through pictures rendered on the computer and fingerprint scanners to name a few.

[@willianyano8596]

The us army developed new night vision goggles that do just that, but in real life. Pretty cool. "Enhanced Night Vision Goggle (ENVG)"

[@Esirre]

1:45 that Prince of Persia attempt at a reboot had a lot of promise even though it was hated on at the time, one thing that was bad about it was no actual deaths, it would be interesting to imagine an alternate timeline where that game had done well and we would have seen more open world games later in that style

[@theghost8914]

Blocking is not pointless. I consistently abuse shield and block bashing to get through legendary difficulty. As for dodging all you have to do is bait the enemy’s attack and step back. Once they finish the swing you can usually get about 1-2 hits in before reading the next attack and walking backwards again. Or you can bash them and skip their turn.

[@RigmanZ11]

The ENB I'm using is fully customized over hours of gameplay - It definitely makes Skyrim look better than vanilla I can promise you that lol. It's a love child between Rudy ENB and Visceral ENB that I've spent hours tweaking to perfection for nights, mornings, interiors, etc. I've added a few weather ini's for some interiors that needed a bit of an extra boost. I used the default values from my exterior adjustments and tweaked them from there to keep a similar look to the rest of the environment. I'm using Rustic Weathers and Lighting which I feel is the best weather mod available.

[@RigmanZ11]

@@ThickmoidYeast I saved my Config files to a folder in my Google drive lol

[@lapaba1236]

Willing to share?

[@RigmanZ11]

@@lapaba1236 yeah once I get home from the gym I'll send you my Google drive link with my modlist which includes my ENB preset files and some additional settings! I have no feedback on it yet so let me know what you think lol

[@RigmanZ11]

@@lapaba1236 docs.google.com/document/d/1dEeGx13xMUOWgr9lV4Lnelz6sAAif9DLwqkeEtgCti8/edit?usp=sharing Let me know if you can view it and access the enb files! I think the permissions are set up correctly.

[@letemsinkaj932]

The blocking function is like, my main combat staple. It works great.

[@bacchus9579]

I would like it to kind of be a simplified Cheverly 2 blocking system.

[@iBloodxHunter]

​@@bacchus9579 A mix of that and For Honor or Mount n' Blade

[@gratuitouslurking8610]

The point about mods breaking is a very pertinent one. When I was starting to get the urge to maybe attempt another Skyrim deep dive, maybe see if I could get MXO and other mods that drastically change the combo flow and such up, that's when the big update they did last hit, with a bugfix patch about a week later. Mod scene was in chaos, and a few modders also jumped ship or threw drama tantrums during that point as well, which hasn't really helped any desire to triple check the current state of some of those advanced plugins that aren't just fixed with a version number. With games like Oblivion and New Vegas, the support cycle's long over and it's less unpredictable. Of course, I don't think anyone was expecting patches 11 years after Skyrim's release either so...

[@jonharkins1719]

Ya it's so depressing how destroyed the modding scene is, especially when combat mods were getting so good

[@WarPigstheHun]

I wonder what they updated?

[@thehousealwayswins8398]

That's why all mod authors recommend switching auto updates off for Skyrim on Steam. That way Bethesda's goofy updates don't wreck your mods.

[@makeshiftusec992]

Coming across your comment a year later and rolling rn because they fuckin did it again

[@Zalinth]

That Prince of Persia game was underrated and deserves a sequel.

[@SenorGermaine]

MY BOY! LOOK HOW THEY MASSACRED MY BOY!

[@khamayounes5426]

A elder Scrolls game with the gameplay of dark Messiah would be fantastic

[@beeperbugs6535]

100% 👍

[@nicholasmorgan7609]

So skyrim but with a kicking meta? I think fixing the underpowered magic so a pure mage would not just be viable, but actually fun and rewarding would be nice.

[@khamayounes5426]

@@nicholasmorgan7609 ironcally the sole sucky build in dark messiah is the stealth one

[@nicholasmorgan7609]

@@khamayounes5426 I haven't played Dark Messiah, I just know that kicking is a big part of many playthroughs.

[@supersoaker317]

@@nicholasmorgan7609 wait magic is supposed to be bad I went for a full mage build a couple months ago I never really had problems

[@lolwateva53]

Tbf, your take on enb is a 50/50... just dont use bad enb presets. Enb can and will enhance the visual quality of skyrim - just dont use the bad/outdated presets.

[@Eskaroots]

This show how much a good comic book style rpg could be great. I really like the whole setup

[@gamechaser94]

Dick Grayson before his parents were murdered?ouch

[@patrickiamonfire965]

Good to see another video. Always enjoyed the new videos. It’s clear you put in lot of effort just by watching. Seriously the amount of editing and going through several 6 hours recorded footage and picking the best one while hoping the software doesn’t crash. As someone with ADHD as well knowing you can do it gives me quite lot a lot of motivation. Especially the amount of research put into these.

[@ArmoredarmadilloX]

God I hate the shouldercam, It's why I REFUSE to ever play any game that has it. It messes with my minds idea of what's in front of me, and the fact it usually makes the left of the screen on hell of a blind spot. Simply Loathsome.

[@Zaanse_Mayo]

I always play skyrim in 3rd person lmao. I generally hate the first perspective in most games so it would definitely have bothered me had the game been exclusively first person.

[@matejbosela9093]

3rd person is great, but Skyrim did that quite poorly. Camera feels like you are in a car, doesnt follow anything and I had some issues with camera being irresponsive to mouse movement once in the 3rd person (needed to restart the game). On top of that, melee feels mediocre with it (absolute average, its just there while not being unlocked - you cant change direction while not turning the camera at the same time unless you use mods like shown in the video), but anything ranged was an absolute nightmare due to no locking system and overall targetting cursor misplacement (especially on my caster playthrough, needed to always remember that Im targetting about 2mm above the cursor in the vanilla). Not a fan of Skyrim 3rd person camera, fan of Dark Souls/Witcher 3rd person camera style though.

[@Zaanse_Mayo]

@@matejbosela9093 Oh yeah I agree, especially for combat it's terrible. But I do prefer it over first person when I'm traveling

[@matejbosela9093]

@@Zaanse_Mayo thats true, I use 1st person in combat and when "climbing" without horse

[@Matesso]

bro just turned skyrim into borderlands 2

[@user-ky4qk2ye2g]

With the title the first place my mind went was Endearl, then you went mad, i love it.

[@1doobiedoo]

The rate at which bad Skyrim modding takes fall from your mouth is astounding.

[@dylandias7185]

My first Skyrim playthrough I played primarily in 3rd person and loved it

[@harshit1570]

now it looks like borderlands

[@teddys5775]

skyrim but replace the stormcloaks with the legion, the imperials with the ncr, and the dragons with enclave vertibirds. complete the mainstory to unlock your own vertibird and skyrim themed power armor. secret side quest to side with the enclave to magic nuke the two faction capitals and bring super mutains into the elderscrolls

[@curser63]

me: "I don't see an issue with skyrim's combat system" also me: archery 100 stealth 100 illusion 100

[@marc-uc1vg]

I wouldve agreed with your opinion on ENB years back, but honestly they just look stunning now. In every situation, albeit with a massive performance loss.

[@sonderbain]

Honestly, stuff like picho and rudy rival games being released today

[@springheeljak145]

I played Oblivion and Skyrim on console for years, so mods are a newer thing for me and I still barely run any. Thank you for posting the list

[@saber2802]

Honestly, the people that say "Just use mods!" Don't understand that the game itself is supposed to be complete and that mods are just additions too it, not complete overhauls Also why do so many modders try to copy Dark souls in a game that does not work well with it's combat style?

[@Melixathon]

it does work well if you mod it right and the fact is skyrim is lacking in so many departments compared to for example morrowind or oblivion for example i use a vanilla plus modlist enhancing the graphics whilst keeping a vanilla style and aesthetic adding more immersive lore friendly armour , weapons , gameplay mechanics that make the game more like morrowind and a proper rpg and indepth , improved cities and towns aswell as ai and quests making the ai feel real not just mindless zombies infact skyrim has less unique npcs than morrowind which is dissapointing and the cities are so small

[@cluntbaby9735]

Personally not a fan of the graphics mods that were applied, but I am really impressed and intrigued by the 3rd person combat mods

[@山本-n2x]

"SSE Reshade Helper" will ensure the UI and maps will be left untouched and only renders the game world.

[@Zaeithlyn]

there are great overhauls on Wabbajack that might as well be different games, if not outright so. check those out if you are interested in switching it up.

[@SPKRFRKRMPLS]

Your understanding of ENB and what it does couldn't be more wrong

[@sarge5431]

Sheen this is 7th time this cycle you have turned skyrim into a different game

[@GrowwithCourt]

“Crashes into Oblivion” I see what you did

[@eternity_UwU]

6:07 i actually choked on my drink when i saw vortex

[@Squantanamo]

The worst parts of Skyrim's art direction are the lack of color in many areas and the character models.

[@dillonlol7409]

“The art style/graphics is terrible!” *proceeds to make the game look like shit*

[@ynweepro3377]

I love your videos, man, they're so good. Congratulations from Spain

[@JackMooo]

Always funny to me how another mod has to be installed to fix a problem from a previous, while causing more problems

[@lancepowell2032]

modder's skyrim is the modern jason's ship conundrum

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Vanilla Skyrim: Wide as an ocean and deep as a puddle.

[@benjaminharmon6541]

I have spent a fair amount of time trying to make Skyrim feel more like Morrowind, with the music, font, attributes, racial powers, and birth signs. Some mods also make the world a lot less leveled (though it's already much less leveled than Oblivion). Hit chance combat is probably not possible in Skyrim, at least not in a playable form. I know lots of people hate it, but as a DnD fan it really doesn't bother me. Something I do like is that Skyrim's various DLC like Hearthfire and Fishing are bringing back the old life simulation aspects of Arena and Daggerfall. A banking system and horse carriages for loot would go a long way towards giving the series a feeling of returning to its roots!

[@MZZenyl]

If playing through Steam, making a copy of the game's directory and using that for your modded install means you can play it without having the game auto-update from under your feet. That way, your mods don't just suddenly break, because updating the base game will now be an active decision you have to make. Also worth noting: MO2 makes modding, and tweaking of mods, a breeze.

[@jmjedi923]

Also the experience mod updated like a week after this video came out, I'm also using it rn and it's really nice! Makes questing and new lands mods really great to use since I'm not leveling up as quickly

[@EvilXero359]

The one thing that I really wanted in the game without mods was the option of being able to redo your houses because there's times when I'm not comfortable with the final layout

[@DanielBerthellemy]

I guess Enderal answers the question.

[@sukemobile4458]

The final score SpongeBob cut was great

[@joshshultz1250]

Man is seriously criticizing the art of an 11 year old game.

[@eltrew]

The priority of an elder scrolls games's camera and conbat is immersion. I would never secrifice the immersion of a first person rpg for "better combat" and people don't play elder scrolls games for the combat it has more of a thing you do rather than a main feature it's more immersive than something that you should be focusing on, if i had to focus on combat in an elder scrolls game it would take away from the game and nor add to the experience.

[@TechnoMinarchist]

Enbs can also inject new shader systems into your game, not just tweak existing shaders. For example, texture parallaxing.

[@TheCantinaChannel]

It doesn't actually add parallax to Skyrim since it's already capable of it, just for whatever reason it doesn't use it.

[@krystelbeaulieu-thibault3621]

I'm so glad to see my irl friend's mod in this video, Kanj (not his real name obviously) is a good friend of mine and i sometimes give him mod ideas.

[@mr_tete]

Gotta disagree with ENB. It all depends on the ENB itself. Some enb with change the weather, lighting, coloring, Edge Smoothing etc. Which can and will completely change the way the game looks.

[@jmjedi923]

I'm playing skyrim rn and trying to do a similar thing, and wildcat is a godsend. I spend one minute fighting a regular enemy because both our health bars were so huge and we did no damage, so I upped my damage to 2x and enemies to 3.5, really made the game feel great.

[@user-ky4qk2ye2g]

I know that im abit late but Dragonborn Voice Over + Alternate Conversation Camera for that true convo experiance

[@BeLikeNexus]

The problem with Skyrim graphics is not that they don’t have the man power. It’s that they had to release a game that was compatible with consoles. At release the most powerful console had 0.5GB of RAM.

[@lop90ful1]

This is highkey skyrim diss video

[@2thumms487]

Dude my xbox mod load order combat by itself is 4 times immersive as yours here and i definitely have like 30 different animation mods, dude i even have Bf2s parry system mod where the melee combat i shit you not is open word "hero showdown"

[@darkzen134]

WHY doesnt anyone use the oil painting version of Artistic skyrim OVerhaul? it has detail

[@ryder6526]

Bro turned it into a mobile game

[@nickelakon5369]

They aren't emulating dark souls, if anything their emulating how skyrim does difficulty. Playing dark souls you'll realize most enemies actually don't have much health.

[@aether3456]

Finally, I can make Skyrim into a Shoddycast video🙏

[@Pietro_MS]

I love the style of Borderlands and cel-shaded games and actually modedd New Vegas to look like it

[@unusualtune8328]

"Skyrim is ugly" *proceeds to make Skyrim look abhorrent*

[@TC-th1ey]

Was that Micky D ordering pizza?

[@TheCantinaChannel]

yes lmao

[@Regnbuesolv]

Crossover when?!

[@theredcinder7437]

This looks dope, as someone who loves skyrim and borderlands this is pretty neat

[@brennancurrier806]

To combat the constant updates breaking my mod lists, on my last mod list, I used the downgrade patcher when modding. I update to AE and download all the content then use the downgrade patcher and it well patches the game to Pre-AE version all while you having the ability to still use the AE content. Is it more of a pain in the ass to do yes, and you also gotta find that specific SKSE Version for that game version too. But you get access to more mods.

[@OgieSifter]

Personally I like the texture and lighting mods that make the characters look like painted in textures. I love the anatomy of races, with the painting textures is tops. True directional movement and smooth cam are the greatest gift to skyrim

[@MatheusPacheco1]

The only reason I can no longer play vanilla skyrim is because of TK dodge lmao

[@dprzeesy8278]

Bro turned skyrim into borderlands

[@marcusbergman6116]

"Map for some reason also gotva drawline." That's because the map is the entire world zoomed out (unless you use fwfw) so if you zoom out when a dragon spews fire you see it if you zoom in

[@johanneskaiser8188]

As long as Sykrim's NPCs, quests and dungeons are boring (and quests lead into a dungeon, without exception), Skyrim will always be the same-y goo that it is. Cuz while the dungeons were hand-made, they use a limited set of assets, and humans as opposed to an algorithm can get bored and out of ideas when using said assets.

[@BusinessWolf1]

I absolutely LOVE the borderlands 2 cell shading style

[@PretendingToListen]

7:30 the point of 3rd person is completely lost on you if you think it should only affect combat.

[@kazaam502]

FYI: For DAR mod (Dynamic Animation Replacer) V1.1.0 Actually works for Skyrim SE 1.6.640 (the latest version)

[@TheCantinaChannel]

wait what??? SKSE kept telling me it couldn't load it

[@1who4me]

@@TheCantinaChannel this is why we can’t take your mods videos seriously. You have no idea how to use the basic skses and their dependencies. You also use old combat mods that have been upgraded. MCO is better than CGO. Valravn is better than Wildcat.

[@cloakedz]

*walks up to a woman* “what’s wrong with this man’s face”

[@ultralevixz5912]

It's been a month and the goat is finally back

[@vodkice2416]

God, all those mods that require DAR are so appealing. I don’t have the patience to revert my game version just to do it, though, as I’d have to redo every other mod too..

[@devdutdutta8796]

11:17 I can hear the shots being fired at DAR and felinsky XD

[@lofi-files9948]

Me who played Oblivion and Skyrim full 3rd person

[@SamFisher007]

For the pointless fucking updates Bethesda keeps releasing for Skyrim, you can manually stop Steam from updating the game permanently. And most mods now work for the same specific version of Skyrim SE, so you can just revert your game back to a previous version/update using a patcher. Doing this is highly recommended and will save you a lot of heartache in the future with modding.

[@blayneofficial]

That Mario loading thing gave me hella nostalgia

[@brendonjacobs7839]

This made me wipe all my mods and attempt turning Skyrim into an 80's cartoon

[@Benzen96]

Have you heard of the high elves?

[@TREEBXY]

the jokes in this like the oblivion joke and the dick grayson joke are honestly what secured my sub 😂 plus this content is amazing, i love how you're explaining yourself along the way!!

[@MoneyMakinMichh]

Skyrim was the most fun I had as a kid, I can't take the disrespect towards it.

[@aarongibbs2260]

There is a certain uniqueness to the graphics of skyrim and oblivion. They're a standout of their generation.

[@darkranger116]

at this point im just convinced that AAA corporate studios just make modding passive aggressively impossible so they can strategically reign in their communities ability to create their own DLC content

[@Mern]

entertaining video! but the information regarding ENB is wrong dude! 😥

[@TheCantinaChannel]

All ENB's do is take advantage of the built in systems, I don't know what to tell you dude. It's possible to add in lighting systems but it's a nightmare and they usually don't look quite right since the world wasn't built with them in mind. But that's not an ENB. Ultimately there's a reason why people use Reshade.

[@Diactia]

@The Cantina There's also a reason why people use ENB as well. Pair it with a good lighting mod like LUX and the game can look incredible. I dont know where you got this impression that ENB doesnt look right from but it's just straight up wrong.

[@Mern]

@@TheCantinaChannel Sorry dude but you have no idea what you're talking about ENB adds in features like complex parallax, lighting, grass and even allows for deffered screenspace lighting, this isn't just taking advantage of the built in systems Depending on your ENB preset you can also benefit from a whole range .fx files to improve or add effects from lens reflection/dirt to color correction, LUTS and godrays Judging from your recorded footage it doesn't look like you have an ENB preset installed, did you just use the default binaries?

[@shrimpfry8657]

>skips to the end >still looks like fucking skyrim

[@zambekiller]

When the sketchy middle man changes some of your answers on your homework and you end up with perfect scores

[@lordbrobert1884]

Maybe close up, or with the characters specifically, sure. The game definitely looks like it came out when the boomers were conceived. But outside of that? Skyrim is a stunningly beautiful game. Everybody remembers the first time escaping Helgen and stepping out of the cave to see the sprawling mountains in front of you. It was jaw dropping then and still holds up 11 years later.

[@Blackread]

If you truly want to mod Skyrim's combat downgrading to an older version is pretty much required at the moment.