This is not a new release. Anniversary Edition was already on the Switch. This is specifically branded for the Switch 2 and it includes features to take advantage of the existing hardware.
The real crime is that they want $60 for this, and it still doesn’t include basic bug fixes the community has freely shared for over a decade. Like how you can crouch in a certain area by the Dawnstar mine, or outside of Markarth and Solitude in a specific area, and open the Khajiit vendor chest, which is located about an inch below the surface. You can take all their money and wares, it does not count as stealing, and you can sell it back to other vendors. Granted, it’s a single player game and the exploit hurts no one, but they did the exact same thing in Starfield (also a single player game) and they fixed that one shortly after it was discovered.
Bethesda could implement all these features and more, like the Open Cities mod, IIRC from the same guy who does the unofficial patch. He has a bunch of mods that make Skyrim a bit more modern. I’d rather have that than all the Creation Club content. Also, Legacy of the Dragonborn, a DLC-sized museum mod (think Animal Crossing, but Elder Scrolls) that adds a new faction and even an alternate start that works you into that faction. Easily the coolest quest mod for Skyrim, and its museum even has a special hall for other DLC-styled mods, where you can collect their unique items as well. I’m not interested in playing the Anniversary Edition of Skyrim. It’s just a bunch of shovelware content (and a few good things like the elemental arrows). If they packaged up the Legacy collection (it and all the mods that plug into it), THAT would be worth paying for.
This is not a new release. Anniversary Edition was already on the Switch. This is specifically branded for the Switch 2 and it includes features to take advantage of the existing hardware.
The real crime is that they want $60 for this, and it still doesn’t include basic bug fixes the community has freely shared for over a decade. Like how you can crouch in a certain area by the Dawnstar mine, or outside of Markarth and Solitude in a specific area, and open the Khajiit vendor chest, which is located about an inch below the surface. You can take all their money and wares, it does not count as stealing, and you can sell it back to other vendors. Granted, it’s a single player game and the exploit hurts no one, but they did the exact same thing in Starfield (also a single player game) and they fixed that one shortly after it was discovered.
Bethesda could implement all these features and more, like the Open Cities mod, IIRC from the same guy who does the unofficial patch. He has a bunch of mods that make Skyrim a bit more modern. I’d rather have that than all the Creation Club content. Also, Legacy of the Dragonborn, a DLC-sized museum mod (think Animal Crossing, but Elder Scrolls) that adds a new faction and even an alternate start that works you into that faction. Easily the coolest quest mod for Skyrim, and its museum even has a special hall for other DLC-styled mods, where you can collect their unique items as well. I’m not interested in playing the Anniversary Edition of Skyrim. It’s just a bunch of shovelware content (and a few good things like the elemental arrows). If they packaged up the Legacy collection (it and all the mods that plug into it), THAT would be worth paying for.