The more I play this the more I am disappointed. The graphic quality is very bad. Guess I am used to the newer games like the Witcher.
 
 

Shockjockey
The more I play this the more I am disappointed. The graphic quality is very bad. Guess I am used to the newer games like the Witcher.
 
 

That's probably what it is. I'm in the same boat. The game was made in 2010 era (released 2011) after all.

I never played Skyrim.... is it really this awesome?

gutcheck
I never played Skyrim.... is it really this awesome?

Yes and no.  
 
Pros
 

• Huge area to explore.  You can literally spend hundreds of hours exploring the map and still end up not finding or seeing everything.
• Tens of thousands of available mods.  As of today there are nearly 50,000 mods available for this game.
• Intriguing and impressive amount of history to be found and learned about.  See below about story line.

 
Cons
 

• Dated graphics.  As previously mentioned, this game was released in 2011 and the graphics reflect that.  Though this can be corrected to some varying degrees with mods.
• Mediocre story line.  If your looking for a revolutionary story line, you won't find it here.  
• Everything that was fixed in vanilla Skyrim seems have been broken again in the special edition.   

 
Setting graphics aside and focusing on overall game play, Oblivion smokes Skyrim in many aspects. 
 
 
As I've stated prior.  My modded 32bit Skyrim is leaps and bounds beyond the special edition.  But it would be easy enough to take the SE to the same level.  
 

If only Bethesda would use CD Project as their lead example....

stalinx20
If only Bethesda would use CD Project as their lead example....

I would agree.  And I have yet to even play a single Witcher game.  
 
They need to abandon that game engine for something newer and it wouldn't hurt if they brought in someone who could write a decent story. 

It's actually pretty decent. I'm at level 20 now (no mods). Apparently if you activate the mods, it disables you from getting the achievements within steam. However, I can see this version being more intense with a lot of mods, and could potentially put more stress on one's PC (depending on their setup).

The graphics looks the same because all they did was increase the texture resolution from 720p(if you used the HD texture DLC) to 1080p. They made shadowing slightly better as well. That's it visually.
 
 Compared to modern games like Witcher 3 which use tons of post processing effects, Skyrim is going to look poor.

fearpoint
The graphics looks the same because all they did was increase the texture resolution from 720p(if you used the HD texture DLC) to 1080p. They made shadowing slightly better as well. That's it visually.
 
 Compared to modern games like Witcher 3 which use tons of post processing effects, Skyrim is going to look poor.

Yep, exactly that. In order for them to make Skyrim "look good" (which is what you all were expecting), it would require a whole new do-over with textures, movements, visuals, etc., basically a whole new game. Then, at that point, they might as well call it Elder Scrolls 6.

stalinx20

fearpoint
The graphics looks the same because all they did was increase the texture resolution from 720p(if you used the HD texture DLC) to 1080p. They made shadowing slightly better as well. That's it visually.
 
 Compared to modern games like Witcher 3 which use tons of post processing effects, Skyrim is going to look poor.

Yep, exactly that. In order for them to make Skyrim "look good" (which is what you all were expecting), it would require a whole new do-over with textures, movements, visuals, etc., basically a whole new game. Then, at that point, they might as well call it Elder Scrolls 6.

Much of which can be done with mods.  Textures and some visuals anyway.  It's entirely possible to make Skyrim almost photo realistic.