

Now, factions will roam the land – leaving their headquarters and hideouts to embark upon new conquests and achieve their aims. Improving the ebb-and-flow of Skyrim’s faction behaviour is yet another way in which Ultimate Skyrim has improved immersion. Skyrim’s multi-factional conflict is made much more convincing, with factions seemingly pursuing their own agendas with free will. It should be noted that the great outdoors has been remade, complementing the fact that you’ll have to find shelter and survive Skyrim’s hostile weather and wildlife. Ultimate Skyrim remoulds the map, adding entirely new segments of outdoor expanses, along with indoor locations such as stores and dungeons. Ultimate Skyrim brings miles of new landscape to scavenge and survive upon. You’ll be scrounging to survive the harsh Nordic wastes, like a magical Bear Grylls. Skyrim basically becomes a survival thriller – as well as a fantasy epic – ramping up the stakes of every battle and encounter by potentially making each one your last. Whereas in the vanilla game: you could instantly revert to a Save after having your head bashed in for the fifth time by a passing Frost Giant, Ultimate Skyrim introduces a strict zero-death policy.

The Quicksave button will not help you now. Ultimate Skyrim’s combat system is far grittier – a fact largely inhibited by making each playthrough a one-life affair. A new playthrough could spawn you as a Redguard bandit – for example – with a bounty on your head, awakening in a hideout filled with villains and thieves. Every time you begin a game, it essentially rolls a dice for you – determining which race you are, what appearance you have, and in what situation you find yourself right at the start. Ultimate Skyrim does away with Skyrim’s ordinary 30 minutes plus intro. Ultimate Skyrim does away with Skyrim’s original, lengthy intro sequence. Below is quick guide to the 10 biggest changes Ultimate Skyrim makes to an already epic RPG – just so you don’t get lost. Ultimate Skyrim changes just about everything – from how you’re first dropped into the Nordic homeland, to how you survive in the game’s lush wilderness (which looks even lusher with the addition of the mod’s total graphical overhaul), along with much more – essentially transforming Bethesda’s fantasy epic into a gripping survival thriller.

Priding itself as a total rehash of the 5th Elder Scrolls: The Ultimate Skyrim mod is a major step-up in total immersion. Bethesda’s Fantasy Epic Turns Survival Thriller
