User blog:Razorgirl/Remastered Skyrim (Observations and Thoughts)

I was given the Remastered Skyrim by a mate for Christmas, and I thought I'd document my thoughts/observations here.

Graphics
The first thing that leaps out is of course, the graphics. Soooooooooo purty! Foliage appears to be less flat and more three-dimensional, the whole colour pallet is more vibrant (perhaps they took a page out of The Last of Us' book?), but it's the clouds that stand out the most to me - so realistic and just gorgeous.

There are moments when I pause during gameplay to admire the work that's gone into it.

Saves Bundled by Character
Brilliant for those that like to play with multiple characters. Now all the saves that are relevant for each character can be bundled together. Yay.

Quick Save
This is a new feature where upon it's the top of the menu and it will save with minimal fuss. The only problem with it is that it's a little too easy to mistakenly touch on it when what I really wanted to do was to scroll down to "Load" so that I could go back to the previous Quick Save. Doh!

I can't help but feel that Bethesda need to have two different colours in their UI, one for Load, the other for Save. Blue and Orange, or something similar like that. Something that allows us to instantly go, "no wait, that's orange, that means I'm in the Save Screen, not the Load Screen".

Bugs - Some Old, Some New
You would think that a remastered game would have less bugs, but sadly this seems to not be the case.


 * Does Bethesda event test bro?

I kill something/someone and the body goes invisible (if I'm *super* lucky, I can figure out where to stand to be able to get the option to loot their invisible corpse)

Why aren't my Quest Markers showing up in my map?

Blood on the Ice is still bugged

All the DLCs (Crossbows)
I didn't own Dawn Guard before, so it's interesting how the game changes for a level 5 character with all the DLCs. I'm now spoilt for choice... Do I fight in the war or help to rid Skyrim of its Vampire menace? Crossbows are a major game-changer for low-level characters. I killed my first giant at level 9, which was previously not something I'd have considered - though maybe that's also because I'm now more experienced at playing and know how to dodge their attacks. Regardless, crossbows are a game-changer

Reset Achievements
Sadly, all my Achievements were tagged to the PS3 version of the game, so now I'm back to a clean slate.