Skyrim's Hotter Sister | Enderal Analysis

[@VladePosting]

Nice to see you, friends! Thank you for watching my Enderal tribute. I hope you enjoyed your time spent here. If you'd like to see more stuff like this, please do consider supporting the channel on Patreon www.patreon.com/VladePosting or just leave a comment here to charm the YT algorithm. You and I are going to make it together. Have a wonderful day, everyone.

[@lolexplosions4214]

you really inspired me to play this game after watching this video. I will check it out I love your videos ❤❤

[@pedoping7604]

Why don't you just make your own game if you think u are that great.Smartass.

[@jebathehutt4287]

The only thing that prevented Enderal from becoming THE best open world dark fantasy game was time. The developers themselves confessed that they rushed things and had so much cut content, one of which are the "cities" like Duneville, Thalgard, and even the area near Frostcliff Tavern, the developers planned on having large settlements there like Ark that would've been filled with hundreds of sidequests and side characters that would've affected the ending. Still though, Enderal should be the benchmark of how a dark fantasy open world game should be

[@ZorotheGallade]

I think Enderal is due a remake. No matter how long it takes, even if it ends up coming after TESVI it would still be better.

[@samettrabzon9558]

The developer sure ai is just a bunch of people now. They all went their own way@@ZorotheGallade

[@ZorotheGallade]

Bummer @@samettrabzon9558

[@overdev1993]

@@samettrabzon9558 they always were just a bunch of people, the core team was around 7 people, with volunteers about 12

[@FosterC144]

I honestly like the ending in enderal, it's not a generic "the hero conquers all" its bittersweet.

[@brezocnikmichael]

Haven´t you played the "Forgotten Stories"-expansion? They include many quests to locations the main story left out. And they are as goog as the main quest

[@minij7bobcats]

No video game moment will ever compare to me carrying Calia back to the Frost Cliff Tavern after her personal mission and hearing the song of the winter skies for the first time.

[@SephonDK]

Your point about memory is so poignant, the point that in Skyrim is so milktoast that you can't really recount moments from it that stick with you. Some, sure, but they're few and far between. Enderal, however, I have so many memories of things big and small. Of course, most of my memories were the questlines, which all stick with you forever, but there's also some interactions during exploration that still stick with me. I won't spoil anything here for potential players, but I think one memory is fair to share because the reason it was so impactful was because of overcoming it, not because of what it actually was. I'll just write it out in generic words. There was an area in the snowy mountains where there's a few, abandoned buildings filled with dangerous Vatyrs. I remember it because it really took *a lot* of care just to manage to beat it, because my summon bow build, while competent, had issues with hard-hitting melee enemies, and there were *a lot* of Vatyrs. I died many times, and each time, I went like... Okay, that didn't work... What do I have in the arsenal... Which poisons, scrolls, talents, spells, weapons, etc. How can I use the terrain to my advantage here. How can I use my apparition best. How can I use the buildings' doors to get in and out safe. It took many tries, and was brutal and awesome. I wanted to beat it because of the exp and loot! Skyrim hands you so much that even its good stuff gets overshadowed; you have too much money, and you faceroll too much content. But I still remember that small area with the Vatyrs, trying different ways of handling it, until the sheer release of realizing I had finally beaten all of the Vatyrs. I felt great for the rest of the evening, and it still feels great. And it was such a small moment. Enderal has not only more compelling story beats, but the open world is just better. You remember small things like this, you remember areas, and you remember things you find. I hold that Skyrim being bad is still somewhat unfair. Like, it's definitely not great, don't get me wrong. It's like McDonald's. It's stupid and cheap, but sometimes you just want to turn your brain off and enjoy yourself. I usually compare Enderal with Skyrim saying that Enderal is a novel, and Skyrim is a playground - with the note, of course, that Enderal's playground is great, it's just more difficult to handle, and sometimes you're in the mood for something that doesn't demand anything from you. But still, when I play Skyrim, I'm always somewhat melancholic, I always feel like... This would have been better in Enderal. And then I'll realize I've already explored everything in Enderal. And then I get sad. :D So yea, these days I mostly play Skyrim because I want more Enderal moments, and I'm never gonna get that...

[@liltick102]

I don’t know how much you’ve explored Enderal / how much you’ve discovered narratively / pertinently / lore and theory related, etc But there are so many thing’s that are unlisted anywhere online And after 30+ playthroughs I can say with absolute certainty there is always more to find, locations, books, creatures, interpretations of events. It’s so convoluted with detail, I cannot imagine if they’d worked on it for a few more years how insane it’d be even moreso I can talk for years (and have) about Enderal - but comparing the way’s in which Enderal is memorable to Skyrim, is like comparing losing your virginity in a threesome to 10’s, to remembering a 30 digit number from a mnemonic test. One is simply vastly better narratively. Skyrim has excellent merits, such as the environment, and cohesive population - but as you said, and I agree - the Enderal landscape is better, in the sense that it is denser, and obviously (though unrealistic) has many different climates that really give great variety depending on your mood. Small interactions such as one line of dialogue from a random farmers wife Elagonas Brewstrong left me in tears. People complain about the difficulty, besides the intro- Iron Path is too easy when you learn how to play well, Skyrim’s combat system is to bend to you, and the money and rewards redundant. Obviously in Enderal, food, chilling around bards- playing immersively, it all feels so much better / necessary Survival mode is also genuinely insane on Iron Path. Alduin on level 5 vs the walk to the Living Temple on survival mode, no contest there

[@ZorotheGallade]

One nitpick: Arcane fever only goes up when staying in "contaminated" places and when using *HEALING* potions, scrolls and spells. You can cast Life Drain all day and the fever won't go up a single tick. Also Ambrosia reduces arcane fever by a fixed amount, so once you have access to its ingredients you can craft a good supply of it even if you never invested a single point in Alchemy. The best healing potions will give you 4-5 points of Arcane Fever, which means you only need to bring one Ambrosia every 4-5 healing potions, and if you do you can spam healing freely.

[@joker6558]

I love Skyrim. I also love Enderal. There’s No need to shit on it for so much of the video. Each game does different things and, to me, they both excel. Not to mention, there would literally be no enderal without Skyrim and all the systems that Bethesda created.

[@sandeshjha5906]

These people are clowns, they don't know that open world sandbox is why Skyrim is loved so much which doesn't exist in edernal. Comparing edernal with Skyrim is like comparing fable or Gothic with skyrim, which is just dumb because they are action rpg meanwhile Skyrim is open world sandbox rpgs. I was very disappointed in edernal because these clown fans made me hype for something which isn't like Skyrim while comparing it with skyrim. That's why I ain't touching that game again anytime soon.

[@joker6558]

@@sandeshjha5906 too bad. It’s still a really good game and it does have a lot of open world exploration. It took me a couple times to get into it too though. It’s definitely a lot more narratively driven and that does restrict some of the open worldness of it.

[@sandeshjha5906]

@@joker6558 don't worry I will play it. I am not the type of guy who hate somthing because of fandom. But not right now because I played witcher 2 and dark souls back to back so I am pretty bored of action rpg for now. But I love rpg so I will eventually crave more then I will play it. I mean it's a free seems good too so why wouldn't I. The only thing I disliked was combat, because the enemies were too hard even at start and combat seems just like Skyrim. I do love hard games but only when it is based on skill (like dark souls and hollow knight) but Skyrim combat isn't skill based, I died 10 times from wolves alone. So that part was a little disappointing but still I will try it but not right now.

[@joker6558]

@@sandeshjha5906 I had to download a lot of mods for the combat like dodging and a timed block system to make it more enjoyable. Luckily, most of the mods that work with Skyrim also work with enderal. You just need to use the mods built for skse 1.59.something or other rather than the current skse

[@liltick102]

Enderal is my favourite game ever made I’m not really a gamer, like much at all - but I write endless theory and replay this over and over and over. Masterpiece. Masterpieeece.

[@AnthonyAdrianAcker]

I never wanted to be "The Dragonborn" in Skyrim. I like the Live Another Life mods for ES games that start you off as a blank character with no responsibility to immediately begin the main quest line.

[@ayoo_wassup]

Skyrim is just a place I like to hangout in vr lol. With enough mods it becomes really immersive. Especially with ai npcs these days. And I totally don't use sex mods. Not at all

[@justsomeguywithlasereyes9920]

"Skyrim's more intellectual sister" fits better considering Skyrim has all "the mods".

[@troystutsman1400]

I’m 61 and SkyRim is my favorite game… Been playing since the beginning…

[@jesseblackmore8338]

It's been a little bit since I played it but that music during the opening bit brings me right back, gives me chills. One of the few games with a story that left me feeling drained at the end. Absolutely epic story. Great music, superb voice acting (except for maybe a couple of characters if I remember correctly), and an excellent story come together to create a masterpiece.

[@BlasfemiaExpo]

Yep, finished it today, feel pretty drained too. Actually, I feel a lot drained. It's like how I felt after the Rhalata questline, but amplified.

[@Instafail]

​@@BlasfemiaExpo I felt much the same. It was taxing. I found myself emotionally engaged in pondering choices made, fates observed and questions of responsibility, morality and the like.

[@CaptainPerfect]

Loved the analysis, but I must disagree, games do not have to have a message always. Games can just be games sometimes. And probably others told you already, there is the mark and recall (I dont remember what they are called in enderal) They help with the travel immensly. Just mark the ARK marketplace or something so you can pop there and back to sell items.

[@altarf2582]

Todd isn't going to like this... This is my new favourite of your videos. Was enthralled all the way through, the passion and quality is incredible, especially your take on the end. Nice job man

[@carolthe13th60]

I love your commentary, but I would like to dispute one thing. In this game, if you buy the spells mark and recall from Ark in the business district from the little stall that sells spells, it will allow you to "mark" a place in the world, as long as it's not in a dungeon, and you can use a scroll to teleport back to Ark, to store things in your chest, sell things you don't need, cook more food in one of two houses you can purchase or in one of the inns, sleep to gain back health, buy more supplies, buy learning and crafting books, if you leveled up and then use the spell "recall" which will instantly transport you back to your "marked" point. It requires very little magic to cast, so even if you play as a fighter or archer and don't use magic, you can still use mark and recall. The marked point can be moved anywhere in Enderal. There really isn't much backtracking at all with those two spells. To be fair, you can only "mark" one place at a time, but that's fine. I can't believe the number of people I've talked to, who've played Enderal, that never realized there was such a mechanic in this game. It saves hours of backtracking and makes the game more enjoyable.

[@PKDeviluke25]

This video is actually a Skyrim critique video.

[@jonny-b4954]

Such a fantastic game. It's better than Skyrim honestly. EVERY location has a story, has intrigue, has good loot. Combat is better. Story is incredible, complicated and mysterious. Doesn't follow the typical tropes. Characters are good. The exploration is just fantastic. The game is fairly linear with tons of side missions. I recommend following the main story as it takes you EVERYWHERE on the map. I found it was taking my quite literally everywhere I had just went on my own and explored. So after a dozen hours I learned to just do the main story and branch off while out and about and do some exploration. It goes hand in hand with no fast travel outside of from certain point of interests or through limited transport scrolls. It's really a great game. 36:20 Say what? You can run across the ENTIRE map in like 20 minutes. Hours from the nearest town? And there's scrolls to transport that are cheap as hell.

[@millesabords1654]

In Enderal you have to play with your heart and your life, instead of your fingers and your RPG experience. You are more engaged in the story of Calia, of Esme, of Lishari and Tharael, of that poor little dreaming boy... than in your own destiny This game ask you who you are. Listens when you answer. And remembers your answer next time you meet. Do you know other games who do that ? Do you know PEOPLE who do that ? And hey Vlade... tell us about the music

[@Vasilefs_Terranorum]

I honestly can’t think of any way in which Enderal isn’t better than Skyrim.

[@sadpee7710]

i mean they have totally different goals. one is focused and narrative driven, the other emphasizes scale and exploration. can't really judge them based on how well they accomplish the same things.

[@obba40]

@@sadpee7710 the thing is i would say Enderal has also better exploration because the dungeons dont suffer from the same problem and the world is more divers. Maybe Skyrim has a bigger scale with its mountains and overall size but thats about it. I guess it has more towns if you can call it that which gives you quests

[@ZorotheGallade]

@@obba40 When enemies in a Skyrim dungeon are too hard you think "Well shit, I leveled up too much and didn't raise the right skills" When enemies in an Enderal dungeon are too hard you think "Cool, I can either come back later or beat them now and grab better rewards than I would elsewhere"

[@obba40]

@@ZorotheGallade raising different skills in Skyrim makes barely any difference since everything is scaled and not tied to attributes so the difference is only damage numbers which again gets countered by scaling. Also Enderals dungeon are just more well built

[@ZorotheGallade]

@@obba40 In Skyrim though you can be screwed over if you gain your early levels from raising noncombat skills (like smithing or lockpicking) and don't catch up in combat skills enough for enemies that start scaling. And even if you do tough it out and defeat those scaled enemies your reward is the usual randomized, scaled end-of-dungeon loot chest.

[@MisjonenKomi]

Yeah Enderal and Outer Wilds remains my top 2 absolute favourite games of so far. Been a while since I played either to a greater extend, but I nip back into them now and then to hear the wonderful music, get immersed and relive my past hehe. Sadly can't play them for the first time ever again.

[@tasorodri]

I played OW because someone on enderal reddit said it was the only game that made them feel something similar, and joined enderal in my top 2 too hahahaha

[@MisjonenKomi]

Wow that is so awesome to hear!

[@veemouth]

Yes!! I'm so happy that someone else reviews Enderal, and specially you!! Thanks man.

[@Kyfow]

Amazing video, I can hear the love you have for this game!

[@kurovro]

I'm glad I randomly decided to download and boot up enderal one random night. It really was an amazing experience, I don't think I've played a game like it since I was a child. It was such an unique game that I don't really feel like it was a game, every mission and questline I did really felt different yet important in its own way, I've yet to experience a game that makes me feel the same way that enderal did. I haven't even finished it so I'll come back here and watch the rest when I do. It's good to see that this gem isn't going unappreciated, I need more enderal appreciation in my feed. subscribed :)

[@joeyxl3456]

Nice

[@liltick102]

30:10 also worth expanding, characters go off to handle their issues on their own - we only give the intervention we see fit, they resolve them ultimately alone- and it’s great that we didn’t just settle over Adila so quick for example, there is evoked concern and time that must pass for the background world to occur- and fitting changes when something dramatic occurs. The ripple effects are always felt, and as you say- The main concerns of Enderal extend across the map everywhere contextually 36:00 the reason is also because they had to cut a lot- I agree though,I really wish there was more going on in the continent, when I get a new pc I want to make a large mod to fix this.

[@johncolson1817]

The Dragon commet is kinda old by now and I don't see the reason why they cannot be dragons

[@soradowty9187]

"A fleshless, clean slate." I love this so much. I took to watching the endings of LetsPlays just to hear players experience That Moment. Honestly, I think of Enderal as everything that Skyrim could have been. It had the elements for limited, unique classes and builds. It had the backdrop of a previously explored world and culture to tell a full narrative. Enderal doesn't do anything but push what Skyrim could to its peak, and the result was a game I would have given a 7/10, fun and engaging, would play again. And then the story kicked in and rocketed the game to my top 5 of all time. I adore the dark storytelling, the notion that everything might not go your way, that your actions are having horrific consequences you can't even see not because of willful blindness, but rather from a simple change in perspective that could come to you in the quiet hours of the night if you would just think. The twist literally twisted every storybeat you play a part in without actually altering what is happening, and that moment of realization, of comprehension, was so masterfully crafted and delivered. Maybe even more so for me, since I played the three DLCs before finishing the main quest the first time around. I sunk around 160 hours doing everything I could, then immediately did 60 more on a 100% playthrough because I wasn't done loving everything about this game. I hope your analysis reaches many people and introduces them to this absolute gem.

[@orxy5316]

Also there is no fantasy rule book that says all dragons must have four legs, you can have you know, creativity and design your dragons differently and still call them dragons from the lore perspective

[@lucyarisato6850]

Well, shit. Somehow didn’t get the notification that it was posted, but within the first segment alone I know two things. 1) this is going to be an excellent video. 2) Despite somehow in 12 years having never played Skyrim…I’m going to play this mod.

[@liltick102]

Really wish there were more immersive first person no-commentary’s while I’m computerless. I miss playing this af

[@Juhius]

24:00 Hard disagree. Set bonuses are the bane of player creativity. Why customize and design a gearset which matches your playstyle when it's always objectively better to dawn a single set of gear? If a specific type of armor has some unique stat, I'd much prefer it to be spread across each piece of the set. If you want to fully spec into that stat you can get the full set, but you aren't punished by preferring a certain piece of gear from some other gearset. For example, an armor set in a game with 5 pieces of armor per set has a +10% max health gearset bonus. You'd split into +2% max health between all pieces. Or maybe split it unequally so something like the chestplate has the highest gearset benefit. If the set has some sort of active ability, then tie it to a single piece of the kit instead of the entire kit.

[@ZorotheGallade]

I would be fine with it if Enderal kept the perk for adding two custom enchants to an item. Armor that have a set bonus have 3-4 separate enchants each, so they are objectively better than anything you could craft. Really, the only reason to pick up other gear is just to melt them down to craft the endgame armor sets

[@vayce2970]

Great review. Just played the game and it definitely leaves a void. There are not many games like this one that truly sink their teeth into you. A phenomenal accomplishment from such a small team. I was also really let down by the main story but expected to be when the game started with a dream sequence. The immersive world, beautiful music, companions and side quests (although a lot of them too were just "and everyone died, the end") more than made up for it.

[@danizen]

Another great video. Makes me want to try it! Looking forward to your next project! The intro scene with daddy is cursed, I love it .

[@sonjaR2]

Inspired by the recent release of Fallout: London (I'm waiting until the kinks are ironed out before playing that one), I decided to give Enderal a try, finally. Enderal has been been on my radar for years, but this was a good time to properly investigate it... especially since it's now stand-alone, making for a nice, easy installation. And...wow...from the very first moment of booting it up, I was awed. This is an odd analogy, but if we imagine Witcher 3, or maybe a Souls game, as a parasitic bird, it's as though that bird came along and laid its eggs in Skyrim's nest. I mean that in the best possible way. Or, in other words, Enderal's devs took everything from Skyrim that was good, and then added all of the ingredients that were missing.

[@fabianplunser5351]

Fantastic video! Enderal remains my favorite RPG. This video gave me nostalgia. :)

[@chrisg5219]

Vlade! Loved your channel since the first video. I was one of those first 72 and I hope you keep going you've got some real skill.

[@VladePosting]

Chris, my man. Having you come here and leave a message for me is all I could ask for. You're one of the "original 72", so I value your opinion immensely. You should drop by our Discord, if you feel like it. I will continue making videos and only death may stop me

[@jaakkopalojarvi4739]

Thanks for video. This game should have dozens of millions of players and fan cosplayers should be playing the bard songs everywhere, plus a filmatization should be on it's way.

[@vagiel]

Just bought skyrim for the first time just to play this. Great video looking forward to more excellent choices from you.

[@ChevalierdeJohnstone]

I ignored this because I thought Skyrim was bad for exactly the reasons you present. You’ve sold me on giving this mod/game a try.

[@TheGameDomeGuy]

Man you are just pumping them now is amazing!

[@luxaz9032]

Good video. Enderal reminds me about the case of Fallout 3 and Fallout NV in a way

[@Ignatius-ok5kv]

You asked if I could recount any truly emotional response from playing Skyrim for the first time and I can... it was wonder. Skyrim was my "graduation" game when I started playing those "M-Rated" games and moved on from my beloved Lego Star Wars. As such, I never knew the scope games could really achieve until I played Skyrim and it absolutely enraptured me. But as I said, Skyrim was a gateway into other games. From there, I started playing things like Dragon Age, Witcher, Dark Souls. All these other popular RPG titles and slowly but surely the cracks began to show to me in Skyrim. Subsequent playthroughs weren't as magical and not just because I had already played the game, but because I could see faults that it's contemporaries simply didn't have. I didn't want to let go that initial feeling exploring through Skyrim gave me, but it was clear I was never going to perfectly relive that feeling again. Honestly, a part of me thought that it was just a part of growing up. That games simply wouldn't hold the same appeal to me they did as a kid. Mods alleviated the issue somewhat, but it still wasn't the same. However, this game and Elden Ring both made me realize that those experiences are still out there. And the feeling I get from rolling credits isn't just one of genuine wonder at the worlds these developers create, but of reflection on a truly superb story that I know will stick with me. And it's free. It's a mod. A fan project. And I love it.

[@Digger-Nick]

Elden ring was such a barren and lifeless experience, to even compare it to any elder scrolls game or mod is a slap in the face. Not to mention it has 0 rpg elements

[@Ignatius-ok5kv]

@@Digger-Nick Elder Scrolls offers a different type of experience to the Souls titles. The only thing they have in common is "open world fantasy". The world of Elden Ring may be more robotic and less immersive than anything Bethesda has produced, but it's strength is in it's environments, exploration, and combat. Just because it chooses to focus on different aspects than TES doesn't mean it's a shallow experience. I could point out that all the TES games have terrible, no impact combat, but that's not why you play TES now is it? Also, your opinion on this matter is entirely subjective so if you disagree that is alright. We can go our separate ways. However, saying Elden Ring has 0 RPG elements is objectively incorrect. I mean, what does it have to have to qualify as an RPG to you? It has character customization, deep character progression and builds, a whole host of stats to level up as you see fit, side quests, and main story with multiple endings (which is more than can be said for Skyrim or Oblivion). The Witcher 3 doesn't let you make a character or level up stats yet it's considered one of the greatest RPG's of all times. So tell me, what RPG mechanics are you exactly looking for that TES has that ER doesn't?

[@Digger-Nick]

@@Ignatius-ok5kv You do nothing in elden ring but mindlessly kill lobotomized drone enemies, of course it's a shallow experience. Especially when you can just reload the area and use the half baked, jank stealth mechanic to backstab the same enemy 100 times in a row to farm xp. What character customization? What deep progression?? You can try every build and do every poorly implemented quest in a single playthrough. Armor and hp are redundant in this game because the entire point of the combat is to never get hit, so half of said "customization" is completely pointless. On top of that, quests don't even change anything about the gameplay or world. For example you would think becoming the frenzied flame would do something unique for you and your madness build, or the world around you, but no nothing happens. "Multiple endings" are pointless when it's just a 10 second custscene and nothing else happens and again, can be chosen on demand because you did every quest. Not even mentioning how lazy and uninspired the main quest is, which doesn't give the player any reason or motivation to do it. Nobody cares about becoming elden lord because nothing happens and even the current elden lord has no impact on your gameplay or the world up until the last 10 minutes of the game. It's simpy just another lazy copy paste souls game when it could have been SO much more.

[@Ignatius-ok5kv]

@@Digger-Nick You're going to complain about the broken stealth in Elden Ring while not comparing it TES... Skyrim is notorious for it's stealth gameplay. And unlike Elden Ring, stealth is so much more optimal in that game, it's no surprise everyone ends up running a stealth archer their first playthrough as per the meme. Unlike a Souls title for instance, where a dozen people will have a dozen different builds because there's more varied and viable options. Especially now with the amount of balancing they've done on the game since release. And for the record, no one is forcing you to engage with the stealth in Elden Ring. It is far from an optimal way to farm xp or deal with enemies. So if you're complaining about it, maybe just don't use it...? I know the same can be said for Skyrim, but this philosophy can literally be applied to any game. Is there an aspect of it you don't like or enjoy that's not integral to the mechanics of the game or fits your style of play? Then don't use it, it's single player for god's sake! Armor may be redundant, but the same is true for all the TES games as well. Just having one crafting stat maxed out allows any armor or weapon to be viable for the rest of the game so you use what looks best. Really want a paladin vibe but don't like how evil daedric looks? Wear steel plate and either smith it, enchant it, or make potions allowing you to do either. Case in point, armor is redundant in TES as well since it's so stupidly easy to reach the armor cap. HP on the other hand is NOT redundant in Souls and saying as much is something I've never heard before. The difference between 30 vigor and 45 is massive because even though the goal is not to get hit, you inevitably will mess up and the difference between surviving one and two hits is huge. I can point to two examples off the top of my head where quests do change the world and geography. Burning the Erdtree, and killing Radahn which unlocks Farum Azula and Nokron respectively and leave permanent changes to the geography of your game. I literally cannot think of anything similar in the TES games. Obivion gates I suppose? The stormcloak/imperial conflict but that's just a color swap for the banners. Windhelm and Solitude become destroyed after the war, but that still is comparable to what ER does so I still don't see your point. No quests in TES change anything remotely interesting about the gameplay either. Having ten second cutscenes for different endings is still more effort than what Oblivion or Skyrim decided to do. No matter what character you play, the ending is always the same. Not only that, but the journey and steps you need to take to get those different endings are where the real differences are. Morrowind and Oblivion had cool concepts for their main quest that gave the player incentive to complete them. Skyrim did not. It's still widely considered a masterpiece (including by myself. I have more hours on Skyrim than all the FromSoft titles combined). Point being though that the game doesn't have to have a gripping main quest to be good. The draw of Skyrim wasn't the narrative. It was the exploration, world, and immersion. For Elden Ring, it is the exploration, world, and combat as I said before. Something like Witcher would be story, side quests, and immersion for instance. I keep harping on TES but that was the comparison you initially used. If you went into this game expecting an Elder Scrolls like experience and then got pissed when that wasn't the case, that's on you for not doing your research. Maybe the game just isn't for you. As I said, the draw to the game isn't it's narrative, or characters, or immersive world. It's alright to simply not like that style of game.

[@Digger-Nick]

@@Ignatius-ok5kv You're misinterpreting what I'm saying. Stealth is broken in elden ring because the mechanic is nowhere near as easy to pull off as in sekiro, and was a half baked, half assed attempt to throw it together. It feels awful to try to use and isn't a viable strategy outside of backstabbing the same guy and reloading to farm xp. Also claiming a dozen different builds are varied and viable apply to elder scrolls as well. Stealth archer is identical to playing bleed-dex-arcane. 95% of the builds in the game are completely useless in comparison to this playstyle, your logic is EXTREMELY skewed it seems. This gets turned up to 11 when you dual wield something like twinblades and jump attack perma stagger every non boss enemy making the entire game trivial. I never said anyone was forcing anyone to engage in stealth, again, it was a lazy attempt at implementing it into the game, and a MAJOR downgrade from their previous title's stealth mechanic, not even including the basic combat. I'm simply pointing out how useless and tacked on it was and you're twisting it into something else. I wonder why? Armor isn't redundant in elder scrolls... Combat in that game revolves around mashing the attack button while you get hit repeatedly, compared to elden ring's combat where you get buffs for not wearing armor and can roll through every single attack. In parallel, this makes hp redundant as well because again, you are rolling through every attack anyway. If you're getting hit, that's a skill issue and entirely on you for putting points into a handicap crutch to cope with your poor gameplay lol. All of your arguments so far have been in extremely bad faith and pretty disingenuous. Nothing you're saying makes any sense... Burning the erdtree is part of the story and has nothing to do with branching rpg mechanics for a sidequest... Neither does killing radahn because he's a major boss. that simply opens a new area when he's dead, literally the equivalent to killing morgott the first time and being able to move to a new area, or killing godrick to go to the lakes. Becoming the LORD OF FRENZIED FLAME has literally 0 impact on anything you do, which is the entire point of my argument for something so monumental and role playing driven. Having 10 cutscenes is the least fromsoft could have done to make up for their lazy game design, seeing as how nothing else had any thought put into it. The journey to get the endings is literally all the same because again, you can do every quest in a single playthrough and pick the one you want. You're right, the story doesn't have to be good, so long as everything else is well thought out and immersive and engaging, which elden ring is not and fails at everything outside of combat, and even that has major limitations as described above. I didn't expect it to be elder scrolls. All the delusional fromsoft fanboys pretended like the game was some grand rpg adventure when it was just another lazy dark souls copy paste clone.

[@ayemate2945]

Great review! I was hooked from start to finish. Is fun to see how some mods can surpass the original product 👏

[@orxy5316]

Skyrim cities are small, no doubt, but they do have indoors pluming, like the old sewers in Riften indicates. In fact Solitude itself also has it, you can see the manholes in the streets and the Solitude Sewers system is a location you can visit. The Devs just didn't felt like designing toilets in every house

[@SkillBill1000.]

True but Ark in Enderal shits on every Skyrim city combined

[@Digger-Nick]

​@@SkillBill1000.Yeah cause Ark is basically the only city in enderal lol. Easy to do when you only have 1.5 cities to make

[@SkillBill1000.]

@@Digger-Nick Ark has so much content that I spent at least 5 hours in Ark without leaving. Not only it it a huge city on its own but it also has a massive underground area. Enderal also has Duneville the starting town which is about the size of an average skyrim city.

[@Digger-Nick]

@@SkillBill1000. Starting town? It's a late game area. What are you on about... Duneville is entirely in a cave and is nothing but small clusters of people on rafters. It's a cool concept but there is nothing there lol. Ark better have content when it's the only mentionable city in the game

[@SirZipper]

@@Digger-Nick Every "city" in Skyrim are cool concepts too but sadly there's hardly anything to em either

[@christianlachner3253]

Nice video Vlade. Glad to see you cover a game you truly love. The tonal and content shift of the regular content was a bit jarring, but overall it was a nice video to watch.

[@VladePosting]

Thank you, Christian! I hope you don't mind me making serious videos once in a while in the future!

[@csharpcoffee]

As one once said: BRING ME A NICE, CRISP PIECE OF MEAT! BRING ME A NICE, CRISP PIECE OF MEAT! BRING ME A NICE, CRISP PIECE OF MEAT! BRING ME A NICE, CRISP PIECE OF MEAT!

[@Desgaroth]

a nice analysis. also a nice accent to listen to. Please do continue with what you're doing, Sir.

[@daniilsilverstone9294]

I liked the part where you tested Todd on knowledge about dragons and wyverns. Because by God, they sure do feel like some annoying wyverns, which don't know when to stop appearing on my screen every time I fast-travel somewhere. I would love to play Enderal, but it is Skyrim's battle mechanics that throw me off. Not a single mod can fix the shitty animations and not feeling impact from your attacks. And don't start me on how basic the magic is. ;(( But, to be fair, I am not feeling anything for games lately. It's like I lost any passion for them. For old and new ones. Just can't feel invested in them and I really don't know what can be done with my state right now. It is... quite sad for me, to be honest. And strange.

[@liltick102]

Even on Iron Path I find low difficulty, combat in Enderal is entirely different and being locked into one play style completely requires a lot of extrinsic from class abilities to be utilized. In skyrim you can just charge, in Enderal, you have to prepare, utilize enchants, potions, affinities, techniques, spells, synergetic effects, powers and abilities, class talents, left to right around enemies, or use abilities, to kind of dance around them. I just believe firmly both games combat systems, though technically identical- are not actually similar to a knowledgable Enderal player. Besides that, I’m not a gamer besides a few old ones- but man do I ever recommend this one.

[@ZorotheGallade]

@@liltick102 I thought going two-handed was a meme build. But relatively early in the game I found a pretty powerful two handed sword that freezes enemies when it deals a critical hit, and a two-handed perk that guarantees a critical hit when doing a running power attack. Soon one-on-one fights became way easier on any difficulty since I could get a hit in, back up, and hit again as long as I had stamina.

[@miguelcondadoolivar5149]

Add Enderal Gameplay Overhaul (Enderal Nexus) and Combat Gameplay Overhaul (Skyrim Nexus). I'm playing Enderal with those two mods and, while Skyrim's ugly face still shows up sometimes, combat is now more engaging and faster, with dodge rolls free of script lag, fixed enemy attack trajectories (no heat-seeking power attacks) and a new dual-wielding system that allows you to use two-handed weapons along with magic seamlessly.

[@simonblusk6900]

I remember a lot from skyrim, I think you are being a little too harsh because of your subjective view.

[@ZorotheGallade]

Skyrim has a lot of flaws. Enderal has a fair share of flaws too. Is Skyrim still memorable despite those flaws? Yes, it can be. There are some memorable setpieces like the Soul Cairn, the climb to the Throat of the World, the giant camps to name a few.

[@Enzo_honey]

Such a good video! Just gonna go download Enderal now

[@talus9663]

I’ve been searching everywhere to get the same hit I got from playing this game and still can’t find it. Though, that urge did get me to start playing crpgs.

[@beccagirly9397]

Enderal is possibly my favorite game, favorite story for sure. And i absolutely agree that skyrim is nothing compared to it. It just bugs me when people get so upset about the dragons. Many people consider wyverns to be a species of dragon and to get hung up on how many limbs they have is crazy to me. I mean Chinese dragons dont have wings but its still a dragon. Theres so much more to be upset about when it comes to skyrim. I'm glad to see this gem get more recognition tho. I hesitated for so long to play it and regret that so much.

[@Josian-ps7fb]

You're right, that doesn't make sense... since when all fantastic worlds are normalized? Are they bothered by the differences between trolls of Arda and those of Nirn? Dragons in Nirn have only two legs and two wings, and Wyverns just don't exist, that's all, and that's not a problem...

[@user-lr8pk7un1x]

DONT SHOW BETHESDA THIS

[@ibrahimalessa9364]

Legendary review, remarkable. Subbed and liked.

[@ShiningOmega]

Vlade, I say this as someone who subbed after you shilled your F&H video on a Mongolian basket weaving forum over a year ago, has watched the rest of your videos (most multiple times), and picked up Infra because of you. I hope you’ll believe me that my criticisms here are as a fan who wants to see this channel blow up more. Your passion for Enderal is clear and your initial pitch about this being the reason you started the channel, and recreating the joy of the games from our childhood got me excited, but around the 20 minute mark I closed the video and didn’t intend to come back to it, but decided instead to write this comment since you said you’d be reading them. I’ll finish the video only so I’m not writing this in total ignorance, but I think it’s a useful data point for you that a random anon who is a fan of yours dropped a new release halfway through. And not because of length - I’ve gladly sat through vidya-themed video essays around the 8-hour mark. I was not really being told about how Enderal plays or what its merits are, nor was there humor to keep it interested for its own merits aside from a bit of Toddposting. By the point I stopped at, I’ve seen an uninterrupted 5 minute scene with no player agency, you’ve assured me it is atmospheric and story intensive with environmental storytelling, and I’ve seen some very slow, vanilla Skyrim combat against health sponge enemies. My genuine current impression is that it is to Skyrim what Dear Esther is to Source. That’s probably wrong, but it’s the impression I’ve gotten from your first 20 minutes. It feels like most of your time has been spent tearing down Skyrim, discussing the decline of Elder Scrolls in general, praising KotOR2, and lamenting about nostalgia and the lost joys of childhood wonder. It feels like fluff compared to your previous videos. Having now finished the video, I really wished you’d given more for us to latch onto at the start. Show a bit of Ark and its landmarks, or the unground vista from 35:12, or some of Jespar or Tealor’s better quotes to demonstrate the voice acting and writing, or some interesting gameplay that emerges from good choices in the RPG trees. I’m glad I decided to stick to the end, but only because I very deliberately decided to, to accompany this comment. Thanks for your work regardless. Great channel.

[@VladePosting]

Hey, Aristotle, my guy. KZbin was showing me your nickname as a one of the "big subbers" due to your sub count, so I was well aware of your presence for the longest time. Thank you for taking your time to write this informative review of my review. Allow me to repay in kind with my own thoughts on the matter. It was a very difficult script to write. I love the game to bits and maybe that's clouded my vision. I operated from the point that everyone loved Enderal like me, so it would be an easy video to record, but I was wrong. I was rewriting it five times and removing more than adding to it, as you've seen. The structure is shaky at best because it's a patchwork of five different scripts at once. It was making me angry, it was making me sad. But most of all, it was paralyzing me for one whole year to make this video. It decided to go along with it anyway, because it was affecting my writing of other videos. As for the lack of humor, there are two reasons. First one is "Familiarity breeds contempt", I wanted to try something serious for once, because Enderal is something special and I wanted to try something new. Secondly, and this is more relevant, I couldn't write any jokes. As in "I tried and I failed". Don't know why, brother. We just don't know. That's all she wrote, really. I tried writing something and it didn't work out as intended. I promise to improve and do better next time. This channel means so much to me, I always try my best. But sometimes it's not enough. My only wish is that I managed to convey all my love through my voice. And I'm sending much love to you, anon. Thanks for everything.

[@ShiningOmega]

@@VladePosting Wow man. I really respect how receptive you are to such negative feedback. I should have made it clearer how much I like your channel, and this was basically the first negative thing I'd had to say about it. You're making magic. The scripting process explains a lot - I totally get what you mean in terms of the paralysis. I've been working on a script for like 4 years now that I've never had the push to actually make happen. Serious respect to you for actually doing it for something you love so much. I sincerely hope you're proud of the video and glad you made it! My reaction is just one data point. It matters way less than your satisfaction with your own work. Your love definitely shone through - I'd barely heard of Enderal and I definitely am interested in it from your passionate advocacy of it, even though I probably won't ever play it myself. Thanks again for being chill, Vlade. Yours is a great channel, and I'm glad you're making the most of it as an outlet. Genuinely sorry to hear about your recent loss of job that you mentioned in the intro. I hope you find another quickly that is fulfilling, and enjoy this along the way. Thanks again man.

[@necromater6656]

Good job mate.

[@Zittylol]

Very interesting take on the gaming "INDUSTRY" vs Story telling and what is fun? I have played thousand of hours on all version of skyrim. Then adult mods got me back into skyrim till the mods ruined the games. Spending more time fixing the mods isn't my idea of fun. What would make adult mods more fun is if the "realtionship" actually existed and your actions had consequences. Like breaking-up because somebody did somebody wrong song? Adult mods got boring because it was just sex over and over again...no babies? No relationships, no talking, no intimatcy other than the sex act? Ever wonder why woman like romance novels and now romace adult mods? The dialog and verbal emotions of intimacy via dialog, and the sex is just the icing on the cake.

[@baaLsecundus]

Be charmed algorithm!!!

[@solidhyrax]

Good thing I never played ME so I have no idea what the hell you talked about.

[@GamerRoman]

Great video as always I hope you can put something under your voice like ambient music. And I will not believe you never touched lewd mods for Skyrim.

[@sonjaR2]

"And I will not believe you never touched lewd mods for Skyrim." ~~~ Some gamers, believe it or not, actually have the ability to touch grass, and do so frequently. Not to mention, while wannabee porn mods do (unfortunately) proliferate at Nexus, plenty are about actual gameplay, interesting quests/companions, better graphics and so on.

[@primarybiomass1060]

Best advert for skyrim

[@davehiggens3827]

I liked it! Good video.

[@liltick102]

Noteworthy: being evil and killing everyone in Skyrim is fun and easy to go do. In Enderal, it is difficult to find a replayer who has ever had the nerve to make the main characters dislike them, or answers to what happens when you are a dick on purpose to Jespar for example. I’ve had this talk a good few time’s and people genuinely find it difficult to disrespect the npc’s - and highly recognize themselves, and the prophet as the prophet, you are questioning from both perspectives as you go along. Not only Mass Effect, but apparently development of Enderal began before Skyrim was even announced

[@ZorotheGallade]

Enderal tbh doesn't hold up to a replay very well, which is a pity since there's a lot of different builds to try. There are a few quests with multiple endings (almost all of which have a death, trauma, betrayal or last minute lesser-of-two-evils choice) but other than that the constant railroading and walling start to chafe.

[@dzejrid]

I was enthralled with Enderal until the moment I realised the whole plot is basically a rehash of Mass Effect... So at this point I kinda knew was going to happen next. Let's just say my enjoyment of this mod dropped significantly from then on and I stopped bothering with he story. The setting is interesting but is in no way unique, and the area design is basically a cleverly concealed system of single progression corridors, wide as they may be and with points of interest along the way, but without the ability to branch out and go literally anywhere, like in vanilla Skyrim, save for pre-designed nexus points. Felt more like a system of separate areas but not separated by a loading screen if you know what I mean. It bothered me, because I love open world sandbox games and hate all sorts of obstructions, so this suddenly became a huge negative for me. Have to hand it to SureAI though, I only realised that after I carefully analysed the lay of the land. Still it felt like I was playing an upgraded version of Gothic. The whole design felt very Gothic and Endereal is very German in that aspect. You can tell it if you have had any prior experience with those types of games before. All of that is nicely put together but contrary to what some say this is not the second coming of Jesus or the next best thing after the sliced bread. Or maybe I'm just too old, played too many games over the past 4 decades and got too cynical to have anything new to enchant me anymore. Who knows? As a Skyrim mod - Enderal certainly is an achievement. As a standalone game - it's mediocre to above average at best.

[@notcherbane3218]

All I can say is after glimpsing the beginning I'm not necessarily interested in this version of Skyrim now that's not to say there are people that like horror filled and graphically gory video games Diablo is an example but that's not what one everybody to love playing Skyrim though modding has added the ability to turn the game easily into a clone of Diablo to a certain extent

[@izabellnemilindfors2566]

Love this enderal is amazing much love too the azum devs ho made it ❤❤❤

[@Proctor_Conley]

"They shouldn't preach or have a agenda." What?

[@TerraCorvusEntertainment]

Tahnk you so much for this video ^^ More People need to know about this Gem. Enderal is a masterpiece and needs more attantion. I´m not with you on one thing though. XD I hate Thealor. I love how he is written but i dont like him as a person. No, he wouldnt die for you. At least not, if you would be still a, how he called it, noboddy. he would try to help you to survive because he thinks that you are importatnt for his goal. And as much as he has the whole worlds interest in mind he also has the desire of becomming a legand in history books. he knew about the trap system for the undercyti and dind´t show any concern about this. in one of the first conversations he says something like, "Inteligent cydisents arent the best for a stable structure." i cant recall the eccackt santence but it was something that basacly said, "Dumb people are more easy to controll" he really thinks like a politition. So, yes, I think it was planed out from the start to have this demastating reveal about him at the end. he is a person and therefor has layers that will slowly unfold infront of you over time and not all of tem will be great. Again, i love how complex he is written but i dont find him sypaphetik. But that also just shows how real the charackters are written. they are so 3D that everyone has their own view on them, like in real life. Theanks again for this. i want to make something like this in the near future, jut with the difference that it will be amixture about a rewiew and a draw with me XD wouldt fit to my channel otherwise. But videos like this help me to figure out what i want to talk about and how to actually structure it. Let me know if you have any tips for it. Oh and btw. i had the same wish of more citys, but i understand why there are so few. It is sopose to be like that. To show us that even Enderal is on the brink of diing..diying? how do you spell that again XD Anywasy, even if not it feels intentional.It shows, there were greater times but now not much is left. It reinforces the feeling of emptynes, hoplesnes, the feeling that something is wrong here. As iI came to the quest with silverhain i was so exitet that there is actually another village to explore. only to get there and emedatly get punched bye the feeling, that something is off.

[@THEFRISKIESTDINGO]

Ooooooh just in time

[@izabellnemilindfors2566]

Love the game and good video ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@DTinkerer]

Commenting for the algorithm

[@ArtenixBlack]

Always happy to see videos on Enderal. BUT I think you spent too much time on Skyrim/Mass Effect, like if Enderal had to be compared. I do not think that is the case: there is some bad things, some good things. It is not bad just because others do better, and it is not good just because others do worst. Sad you did not speak about bard songs and music in general. If you are reading this but have not played Enderal, know that it is never too late, it is free, and you may never forget this game.

[@originalw01theonlyone]

Skyrim's hotter sister absolutely correct

[@neato2765]

Games shouldn't always have a message.

[@gregtronica3569]

Wyverns are a kind of dragon

[@grey5178]

Sold. What build would you recommend?

[@VusziBelmont]

It is more like a hotter daughter than a sister

[@sadpee7710]

i feel like the first 5 - 10 minutes ish rely on the assumption of shared experiences, which if missing means that entire segment just doesn't connect at all. ig that just means the video wasn't made for me? at the same time i don't understand targeting such a small amount of people for such a long period. video seems really good after that though edit: also the focus felt a little all over the place, you spend a lot of time talking about skyrim which idk could have been it's own video maybe? instead of trying to talk about enderal and skyrim (and star wars) at the same time. i'm guessing that's my own misunderstanding and this is a more general essay about game concepts, what makes something good, using a comparison as aid. enderal being a piece of the whole, rather than this being a video about just enderal itself. i kinda don't like general essays tho but that's a me-problem.

[@obba40]

he sets up skyrim naming points he doesnt like and then using Enderal as a counterpoint which he likes and how it is an improvement over Skyrim subjectively. Where is the problem?

[@sadpee7710]

@@obba40 did you read my comment? i literally said what you said and then that it's not a problem. i just had the wrong expectations. prolly maybe cuz of the title

[@obba40]

@@sadpee7710 wrong expectations based on what ? How does the title create any expectations ?

[@sadpee7710]

@@obba40 that it would be about enderal only as a standalone, seperate game. the title didn't give wrong expectations, i took wrong expectations from it. i never said otherwise

[@obba40]

@@sadpee7710 it is a total conversion of Skyrim. Of course Skyrim would be used as a comparison.

[@doshirakova]

Nice video

[@muchossaugus9927]

Great video! Loved the part about games that we remember well like from childhood and Enderal is definitely in that list. Skyrim not really. I mean I have played this game many hundred hours but honestly wouldnt have much without mods. Vanilla Skyrim is darn boring and missed the RPG aspect. Same goes for Fallout 4. Really disappointing games for me, especially with Bethesda having made Morrowind. All the later games feel more like downgraded casual games, though I loved Oblivion and Fallout 3 and especially New Vegas but that isnt from Bethesda. Back in 2016 Enderal blew my mind and I have never replayed Skyrim since then but instead replayed Enderal 3 times! As launch edition, with forgotten stories expansion and finally as Special Edition. It has been quite some time since I loved a game that much, think last before was New Vegas. Though I also added Cyberpunk 2077 to that list. I loved it and played through it within a few weeks on PC when it launched. Its a shame they released it in a rushed state but despite that flaw I still loved it but I was pretty alone with that opinion in 2020 since everyone ranted over it. I really wonder if we will ever get game experiences like those again. They seem to get more rare or with many years in between. I dont even know if I should be excited about any upcoming Bethesda or other developer games... Instead I look towards Skywind and Skyblivion. Remakes of Morrowind and Oblivions by the modding community. Though I also wonder how the Gothic remake will end up. Yes, there is Starfield but I got no opinion on it and looking at the crap Bethesda has released over the past decade, I am doubtful.

[@smolgobbo3826]

Almost had me until the ending part, that’s gonna be a pass from me

[@fbbf2932]

U did a good video! U inspire Me. I will give a chance to this game (I have had played Morrowind, Oblivion and Skirym). The Morrowind was the best. The online TES is not interesting for me. I am a sigle player stlye PC nerd type of player.

[@cameronleehorace]

I think you are being too harsh on Skyrim, it seems you never even played it and just explored the world and did none of the quests or any of the story. I am interested to try out Enderal which I did not even know existed and especially being it is free. But as someone that remembers pretty much everything about Skyrim and got to rolled credits, I feel this is way too harsh on a game that was so excellent in almost every way. My problem now is I remember way too much about it that gameplay is no longer much fun.

[@disguyovaheere8140]

disney isn't star wars old EU is far different and diverse kotor 2 is overrated its a great story but not a great star wars story

[@dennisgordon7767]

good thinking, just like a european should be :)

[@UpInSparks]

spoilers to mass effect fuck didnt paly that yet

[@orxy5316]

Skyrim had some pretty unique dungeons tho, you really have a hate boner for it. Most mentally stable Morrowind fanboy

[@irascible5119]

you happened to have made a good video.

[@AzatskyDungeonMaster]

Oh that's hot! That's hot!

[@kubagar339]

did you play stalker?

[@VladePosting]

Yeah, of course. All three of them. Currently have Anomaly on my PC

[@cantonnierbethcepourlavhy6343]

I found the writing not really interesting, with side quest feeling always kinda samey in their developments, and the main quest not that great either. But damn the rest was fun ! Gameplay, world building...

[@ZorotheGallade]

Yeah, the side quests feel unnecessarily edgy. As if the writers forced in a negative twist into each of them no matter what so that the player can't ever feel like they did something entirely heroic.

[@stanalex4544]

Clicked off the video when you mentioned how Skyrim dragons aren't actually dragons because they're "actually wyverns". Wyverns are dragons. The distinction between the two came from D&D. Before that wyverns were just a type of dragons. I have absolutely no idea why you felt the need to nitpick(wrongly mind you) to such a degree to emphasize how much you dislike Skyrim, but you do you I guess.

[@ZorotheGallade]

Yeeeeah that part of the video really sounds like an "ACKSHUALI". That or just parroting the usual Skyrim memes.

[@simonthedevil452]

Strongly disagree. Enderal doesn't feel as polished. The graphics, especially the environment, look unnatural. I hate the magic in this game, it feels weak and clunky to use. The physics are off, when I attack or interact with things I have to be almost inside it to perform the action correctly. Then there's the unnecessarily long and disjointed introduction where you are railroaded through some confusing events that are often poorly animated. To be fair skyrim did the railroad start too but it's short and somuch less noticeable. 4/10

[@dominicdraven7683]

Promo SM 🙈

[@Agora13]

More like Skyrim's identical twin sister with make up. 2/3 of Enderal is still Skyrim, it's a mod not a game. We get it Todd bad but as you said yourself, if Skyrim is so bare bones is because it's a product and the kind of decisions you have to make when money is at stake are different than when you write free fanfiction.

[@Kermit_61]

If you want to define it exactly, Enderal is a total conversion of Skyrim and not a mod. A mod merely adds new content to an existing game. Enderal is based on the Skyrim engine(s) (Skyrim classic or Skyrim Special Edition - depending on the version you play). About 30% of the objects/models were taken from Skyrim, all others were newly created by the developers at SureAI. Enderal was never allowed to become commercial because Bethesda would not have allowed it because their engines were used. For legal reasons, it has to be offered as a free mod on platforms such as Steam or, more recently, GOG. Anyone who wants to play Enderal must first own Skyrim.

[@SosKok]

As someone who sympathizes with any form of Gnosticism, I was upset by the lack of an ending with joining the Rhalâta ritual. Matter, time and space are a prison cage, The Father is based, btw.