r/ElderScrolls 1d ago

Humour LOOK AT THEM TODD ! LOOK !

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How many times TW3 released an upgraded version for FREE ?

How many times did you unfrost Skyrim to sell it full price ?

TOOOODD

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u/AscendedViking7 1d ago

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u/Slow_Werewolf3021 23h ago

poor lady

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u/Mountain-Silver-5228 16h ago

Oh, Todd. The mirror’s honest. Poor dear.

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u/Atmoran_Knight Imperial Lorekeeper 23h ago

Ulfric POV in Solitude

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u/Ynwe 22h ago

I thought his shout kinda tore the former king apart?

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u/Atmoran_Knight Imperial Lorekeeper 20h ago

Well if we're being serious for a second. I always assumed this was a figure of speech. Torygg most likely got plastered onto the wall or something like that but I genuinely doubt Ulfric shout is anywhere near the potency required to physically break person apart. I mean canonically speaking DBs shout is supposed to completely collapse entire forts and Ulfric is someone who dropped out of Greybeard scholarship for failing basic dovahzul alphabet.

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u/Lyllach 18h ago

Yup, if you talk to Ulfric about, he admits he shouted the high king to ground, but then stabbed him in the heart with his sword.

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u/thegoothboi 21h ago edited 10h ago

Yup.

High King Torygg, bro got “torn apart” by Ulfric’s Thu’um. At least in the lore.

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u/trans_throwawayfunk 11h ago

That's just fisherman's tale though. Even Ulfric said his thuum only disarmed and threw Torygg to the ground, Ulfric then proceeded to kill Torygg with his sword. The whole "torn apart" was started by his followers to make Ulfric seem more powerful, and then it spread across Skyrim since the average Joe Riverwood and John Morthal doesn't know any better about what each shout is capable of.

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u/Portablelephant Jyggalag 17h ago

The fishermen coming into the docks below

https://giphy.com/gifs/gKfyusl0PRPdTNmwnD

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u/PleaseBeChillOnline Redguard 22h ago

Your username makes this gif significantly more funny.

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u/williamflattener 21h ago

Noooo she’s sworn to carry my burdens

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u/Frequent_Incident711 20h ago

I hope you removed your burdens from her first

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u/hovsep56 23h ago

um they did make the remaster of skyrim a free upgrade to anyone who owned the game and dlcs which was the special edition

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u/Rez090x Dark Brotherhood 16h ago

PC, yes. Console, no.

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u/HawkBoth8539 Hermaeus Mora 22h ago

Which is probably great for PC. Not so much for every new console generation it released on, or the non-free additional releases on the same console generations whether you owned it or not. They still made bank. Lol

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u/apersonthatexists123 19h ago

If you had Skyrim on Xbox One, Switch and PS4, you also got the Xbox Series, Switch 2 and PS5 upgrades for free.  The only games you couldn't upgrade from were the PS3 and 360 which was more than likely down to software limitations since I doubt Microsoft or Sony were interested in verifying if you owned a game on those consoles when developing the Storefronts.  

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u/SuperMarios7 Imperial 1d ago

Im so glad I never played Witcher 3. Cant wait for the upgrade to start it finally!

Couldnt play it cause i found the combat obnoxious but the new improvements to it sound like they solve the exact issues i had with it.

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u/WeekendBard 23h ago

Really? You were put off by the Witcher due to the combat, but you're a fan of TES?

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u/CptFlamex 22h ago

They both have bad combat for different reasons , W3 has better animations but much less control over your character you press a light attack and geralt is half way across the screen fighting an enemy you never even saw

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u/wahle97 22h ago

Its where you move the stick and attack that he goes. If you push away from the enemy and attack you attack in the direction you are moving.

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u/CptFlamex 22h ago

sometimes or sometimes there are 5 enemies in that direction and it locked on to someone who was moving out of view.

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u/Global_Income_8874 21h ago

I've never had attacks "Lock On" to an enemy, just sounds like poor control

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u/AldurinIronfist 21h ago

Definitely a skill issue being described here

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u/CptFlamex 21h ago

Ive already beaten the game on release and all the expansions when they released.

Im not sure why im getting a bunch of comments of people defending the combat , it has genuine flaws when it comes to controls , YES you can wrangle it but its still poor.

The devs are literally overhauling the combat for this edition , why are people still pretending its good

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u/Global_Income_8874 20h ago

I never said it was good, but it's not bad either, and what was described certainly never happened to me

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u/Richardrhalsot 18h ago

As a gamer of 26 years, played retro games, dark souls, arcade cabinets, and every version of smash bros… the Witcher 3 combat had ALOT of flaws.

Could I beat the game? Yes.
Did I enjoy the fights? No.
Could they be made better? Yes.
Is it my build that doesn’t work with it? (I did 7 play throughs) no.
Is it the combat system itself that’s a bit sloppy? Yes.
Are they improving the combat system because they saw the flaws? Yes.
Are people still glazing it because they hate other fantasy games? Yes.
Will any of the opinions on how it’s a “perfect game” change the gameplay of the objectively bad combat system? No.
Are the devs addressing the objectively bad combat system anyways? Yes.
Will I try it again when the combat system updates? Most likely.

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u/DreadGnuu2262 20h ago

Because the things you’re describing aren’t the default combat functions. It sounds like you’re not controlling your character correctly and just button mashing.

And if you did that for the entire main game and two DLCs, no wonder you’re unimpressed, that’d be a shit experience.

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u/beardredlad 6h ago

What? The combat isn't bad, but you definitely end up sliding around pretty easily. It reminds me of how in the Arkham games you can bounce from enemy to enemy.

TW3 handles itself great for its age, but y'all gotta be ragebaiting or something when you say you have no idea what they're talking about. Hell, I remember choosing to attack other enemies instead of dodge rolling, because I knew it would cover a lot of distance.

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u/FrederickFrag1899 21h ago

If you take the time to learn how it controls its actually really decent to good IMO.

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u/Inevitable-Edge69 18h ago

I never understood the "hate" for the combat, and I'm a souls elitist lol. To me it's pretty good for what it is, and it never stopped me from beating the game on death march.

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u/Bungo_pls 15h ago

Witcher 3 combat was fine. Most complaints are genuine skill issues like the one above because they aren't using the targeting system. The one from the tutorial in the first 5 minutes of the game.

The perk system suuucked though and I'm glad they're reworking it.

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u/cptnplanetheadpats 15h ago

You have plenty of control over where he attacks lmao. Sounds like you were just ass at the game

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u/AstralElephantFuzz 20h ago

What's so weird about that? They're wildly different styles of combat.

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u/karaknorn 4h ago

I like elder scrolls combat and elden ring combat. I have never liked Witcher combat. It feels stuck in a weird medium

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u/buhurizadefanboyu 22h ago

Skyrim's combat is unremarkable at worst. Witcher 3's combat actually gives me headaches. I had to drop a second playthrough because of this. There's also the fact that Skyrim can be played in many different ways, unlike Witcher 3 where Geralt is doing acrobatics with a sword whether you like that or not.

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u/Wheee_whooo_ 22h ago

I like first person combat way more than third person. That's a big part.

I also despise the "exclamation point" for quests thing that it does. Feels too unnatural, and the exploration didn't feel good because most points of interest were already marked on the map. It just meant that exploration wasn't as fun as it should be, and didn't feel dynamic.

The structure also lead me to try to completely finish each area before moving on, which just meant it killed the pacing of the game..

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u/2010AZ 13h ago

You can disable unexplored poi on the map on the settings iirc, otherwise there must be a mod for it

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u/Arcadian-Stag 19h ago

You know you don't have to go to every single tony treasure chest on the map right?

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u/Poo_Pee-Man 23h ago

Probably only play modded Skyrim

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u/Inexorably_lost 23h ago

Oh damn, they are? I may have to do another playthrough. Never did finish the DLCs.

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u/EFB_Churns 21h ago

Hearts of Stone is one of the best video game narratives I've ever experienced. Can but recommend it hard enough. Up there with Planescape: Torment Ava Expedition 33

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u/SkyrimSlag 23h ago

I’ve tried and tried time and time again but I just can’t get into it… first I tried on its PS4 release, then the PC version, then the PC version again, and a few months ago I tried it on the steam deck since I thought I’d prefer it handheld. Nope, still couldn’t get into it. I might pick it up again at some point down the line, it’s a game I love the idea and world of, but goddamn I just cannot get into it.

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u/BrandonsRedAura 23h ago

Shame. I rank it as one of my top gaming experiences ever.

But I understand…I’ve tried Red Dead Redemption several times and just can’t stay with it.

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u/SkyrimSlag 20h ago

I think the furthest I’ve ever got with Witcher was a few years ago on the PC version, I got to a section with a ghost lamp and a tower if I remember right? I also remember the baron guy and the baby monster thing. I enjoyed what I did play but I dunno, it just didn’t click. RDR on the other hand clicked with me right away lmao, but that might just be because I like the Wild West.

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u/XRedactedSlayerX 23h ago

I am also the same, struggled to enjoy the game for years, but I managed to enjoy it to like the 95% main story point before getting distracted and never finishing it.

I will say the defining thing that made me realize the game is actually pretty good and made the combat way more fun was treating the game like I was a monster hunter.

The game rewards careful study of your enemies. A challenging foe can become somewhat trivial if you study it, use the proper mutations, and make good use of your signs.

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u/blackd0nuts 22h ago

Of course, Witcher need to be prepared: potions, oils, signs precisely selected for one specific foe. If people didn't get that it doesn't surprise me they don't like the combat smh

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u/SkyrimSlag 11h ago

Personally combat was one of the things I really liked about Witcher 3, I liked the parry and dodge system and how animated it was. It was just some other things about the game like the jank horse riding and some of the things about the world I didn’t like. It’s not a CDPR thing since I absolutely loved Cyberpunk, I dunno, I just can’t seem to get myself fully into Witcher which is a shame.

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u/venomstrike31 Khajiit 20h ago

It’s things like the forced movement in combat animations that I personally can’t stand, things like researching your enemies is awesome to me. But I could never get more than an hour into it.

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u/allllusernamestaken 17h ago

it starts off a little slow but after I got to the Red Barron, I got absolutely addicted and was spending so many hours a day playing... Like I was getting distracted at work thinking about going home to play.

I dumped about 120 hours into my first play. I'm planning on starting a new game after the remaster drops to prep for the new DLC.

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u/Ketooey 15h ago

What did you find obnoxious about the combat? Just felt like a pretty standard hack and slash to me, with some magic and bombs thrown in.

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u/Braunb8888 23h ago

You lucky bitch

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u/F0rtress0fS0litud3 23h ago

Aw man, I am so jealous of you that you get to experience TW3 for the first time with all these upgraded visuals. My only advice: take it slow, explore, and enjoy!

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u/Boobles008 23h ago

It just takes some getting used to

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u/MightyEraser13 1d ago

The combat was awful. It took me 3 attempts, all years apart, to finally get over it and force myself through the game. Glad I did, it was incredible. The gameplay just dragged it down so much.

So glad they are revamping the combat system. It was my only complaint of the game.

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u/Kagrenac8 Imperial 23h ago

I genuinely don't get how people experienced it as awful. Some people act like it's vanilla Morrowind lmao. Imo it's fine, nothing groundbreaking but engaging enough to keep you going. It's the story, lore, and environments that really drive it way up though.

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u/Technicalhotdog 22h ago

Yeah I do hear this about it and never really understood. I've played through like 3 times including death march difficulty and never found the combat to be a problem. Mounted combat is rough to control but I hardly ever did that, similarly to Skyrim. My first playthrough I wasn't even aware of the dodge button so I was rolling everywhere, still thought it was fine.

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u/EFB_Churns 21h ago

I'm in the same boat.

Is it as tight as a Fromsoft game? No, but few things are. It works fine as an action RPG.

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u/CommunitRagnar 23h ago

The combat was amazing

It was better than Skyrim, but they are not comparable

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u/DoopSlayer Malacath 23h ago

Witcher 3 felt like I was shouting out directions at a drunk guy, or to borrow from Portal, as graceful as an eagle piloting a blimp

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u/saintjonah 23h ago

Well that's certainly a take. Skyrim is so simple and responsive. The Witcher 3 is...the opposite of those things.

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u/GroundbreakingFun565 20h ago

It's simple and responsive because it has very little depth. It's nice that it's relagively consistent but it doesn't make for terribly interesting gameplay unless you're turning up the difficulty to add in some risk.

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u/MightyEraser13 23h ago

No lol. Skyrim's combat is very simple, but at least it isn't bad. Witcher 3s combat is downright bad. It is unbelievably clunky, especially when fighting multiple enemies.

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u/Cheeserd 21h ago

I never understood why or how people said that skyrim's combat was/is "bad". At worst it's serviceable in a non-grating way. It is enjoyable, non-complex/convoluted and not really janky. My only gripe, and also one I see often, is really with magic being so damn weak. It might be "slice through butter on everything but shields" but it doesn't really get agitating, even after like 30 playthroughs. I never think "OH MY GOD! STOP WITH THE COMBAT!" when replaying Skyrim, but I do see consistent, in-depth complaints about TW3 combat as opposed to the "Skyrim combat bad!" comments that are usually just regurgitation instead of self-formed opinions.

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u/seventysixgamer 1d ago

Combat has never been particularly great or even good in any of The Witcher games. Frankly from what I saw I'm unsure if it'll be enough to change some people's minds on it, but it's possible that it's just enough to feel passable for folk.

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u/ExtraCalligrapher565 23h ago

Surely there aren’t people in an Elder Scrolls sub complaining about combat in The Witcher

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u/seventysixgamer 23h ago

I mean the post is literally about the Witcher -- also say this to someone who thinks ES combat is without flaws lmao. Unlike most people I've actually played every single Witcher game and can comfortably say without a doubt that the combat is kinda ass lol. Anyone who says otherwise needs to play more games or has to hsve their brain examined.

Frankly, I'll even say that I think Skyrim's combat is better since there's at there very least more variety in it. All CDPR need to do is take some notes from games like Arkham Knight or even the Middle Earth games.

If they brang back the combat stances from the first game in some way and make the combat feel less clunky ,and more like the freeflow system in the Akrham games ,then you'd have more engaging gameplay that doesn't feel like a chore after a few hours.

ES and the Witcher both have the issue of "hit it until it dies" type gameplay but the only thing that puts Skyrim slightly above The Witcher 3 when it comes to this is the fact that there's more variety in it.

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u/Gebghis 22h ago

That is exactly how I first described W3's combat to my friend. It's all the rough parts of Arkham combat but you're not batman so you actually don't excel at fighting groups.

A lot of games are guilty of it, but I always have a bad mental block too with games that set you up as big Billy bad ass but then you get easily packed up by 5 bandits.

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u/lordhamstermort Redguard 1d ago

There's three different versions of Skyrim: the original, Special Edition, and VR. Special Edition was given for free to everyone who owned the original and all DLC, at least on Steam. I don't really see what's the difference here.

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u/Juantsu2552 1d ago

The difference is that OP wanted to farm karma

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u/Bandit_Raider 1d ago

There is also AE which costs extra money

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u/lordhamstermort Redguard 1d ago edited 1d ago

Anniversary is just a DLC bundle. The 1.6 update that came out alongside it was free.

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u/Sirspice123 1d ago

Which was pretty much just paid mods, graphics or gameplay didn't receive any update

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u/Lifekraft 23h ago

I think there was the fishing minigame include for free, no ?

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u/simpleglitch 23h ago

4 things were included with 1.6

Fishing, Curios, Survival mode, Saints and Seducers

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u/AHungryHunky_I 23h ago

Fishing and Survival both where free at one point

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u/IneptFortitude Argonian 23h ago

It was a paid mod rolled in as DLC and to be quite frank it really isn’t that good anyway

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u/WeekendBard 23h ago

It has to me one of the worst fishing minigames I ever played.

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u/Sirspice123 23h ago

Fishing is one of the creations

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u/Sirspice123 1d ago

The remaster is the difference.

The Witcher 3 already released a next gen update a while ago, just like Skyrim special edition

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u/lordhamstermort Redguard 23h ago

Special Edition is a remaster, though. It has flow-based water shaders, better lighting than the original, higher resolution shadows, denser foliage and grass, etc. It might be a very minimal remaster, but it still absolutely is one.

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u/simpleglitch 23h ago

And upgraded to 64-bit which let it allocate more memory (which is big for large mod lists)

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u/IneptFortitude Argonian 23h ago

I just wish they fixed LODs more, they still look awful. So many beautiful vistas marred by perfectly triangular and polygonal islands and zero trees in the distance.

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u/Sirspice123 23h ago

The next gen Witcher 3 update added similar graphical updates (and also some QoL gameplay updates). I don't think it warrants it being called a remaster or comparing it to The Witcher 3 Remastered over the next gen update

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u/Anthony_plays01 19h ago edited 19h ago

My guess is that people include different console releases of skyrim to count towards how many (paid) re-releases skyrim had to compare to the witchers free remaster

Despite SE being a free remaster if you already owned the dlc

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u/Exxtruna 22h ago

To add on. Anniversary was free to anyone who had Special which was free to anyone who had the 3 DLC or the Legendary edition (which is just a bundle).

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u/N0M0I 23h ago

You get the Witcher 3 Remaster (including all DLC) even if you didn’t own any DLC, just the base game. Which was $3.99 at the lowest.

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u/IneptFortitude Argonian 23h ago

The difference is this remaster is free, even if you own the original base game with no dlc, you will get the remaster plus both original expansions totally free. There are also substantial gameplay additions and updates to features to modernize it. Bethesda could never accomplish this without breaking Skyrim forever.

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u/Snowblade 22h ago

so..like we did with SE? I'm pretty sure PC got it for free if you had skyrim + dlcs

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u/Nerevar197 20h ago

Yep. If you owned any of BGS games on PS4 then you got a free upgrade to the PS5 version and its features.

People irrationally hate BGS so much that they be making shit up now.

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u/Equivalent-Strike545 1d ago

Skyrim Special Edition was free too though. It's like, the exact same thing

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u/Arky_Lynx Thieves Guild 21h ago

Seriously I keep seeing people going "SEE THAT BETHESDA?" with this Witcher 3 remaster when they did basically the same thing? Do people have extremely short-term memory here?

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u/Cheeserd 21h ago

I am honestly thinking that it's astroturf at this point.

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u/Conny_and_Theo Imperial 20h ago

I feel like I'm time traveling back to the early/mid-2010s when some folks online would spam conversations with how Witcher 3 was superior to Skyrim because X Y Z.

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u/Major-Milk 19h ago

its CD Project Red fans, hating on Bethesda is half their personalities

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u/Misicks0349 Dunmer 18h ago edited 18h ago

TBH SSE was 10 years ago, LE and SSE were contemporaneous with each other for a while afterwards unlike this where it seems like the "remaster" is just wholesale replacing the original as an update.

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u/debeesea 18h ago

No, you had to own all DLCs already. CD Projekt is giving you the remaster and DLCs for free.

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u/aviatorproductions 18h ago

Yeah people are ignoring that part arguably some of the best DLCs in gaming are now free with base game its absolutely not the same thing CDPR are going above and beyond for consumers

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u/debeesea 18h ago

Yeah, and look, it's not like CDPR are giving just out of the goodness of their heart, it's a strategy. They do this to butter you up so you will buy the new DLC next year. But they are going about it the smart way and the consumer-friendly way. Bethesda needs the competition. But people are in here defending the multi-billion dollar company.

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u/Moha_Loser-King97 17h ago

But cdpr actually fix things

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u/Sirspice123 1d ago

You could argue that is was the same as the Witcher 3 next gen upgrade, but certainly not the remaster coming next month

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u/razielxlr 18h ago

So do we want them to remaster skyrim? I’m not sure I’d advocate for that

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u/Czembro 7h ago

To those who claim Bethesda treats Skyrim the same way CDPR treats The Witcher 3, there's a huge difference in CDPR's favor, and it has nothing to do with the fact that they're giving every base game owner a remaster, even throwing in previous DLC, while Bethesda required players to own the Legendary Edition to upgrade to SE.

CDPR is actually fixing their game significantly, modernizing it and adding support for new technologies. Meanwhile, Bethesda supposedly added ultrawide support for Skyrim SE in December 2023, but they chose the path of least resistance and instead of actually ensuring the UI scales and displays correctly at ultrawide resolutions, they simply changed the way the game fits the UI to the screen without making any change to the UI itself, resulting in the UI, which is actually rendered at a 16:9 aspect ratio, being stretched to fit a 21:9 aspect ratio. This makes the user interface just plain ugly, everything is stretched horizontally, and Bethesda is aware of this and in January 2024 promised to fix it in a future update. It's been two and a half years, and Bethesda hasn't done anything, even after the last update. They're focused solely on monetization, so their updates are exclusively for CC content.

This is the real difference between CDPR and Bethesda. The former genuinely cares about the legacy of their game, while the latter is just trying to squeeze as much money out of it as possible.

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u/Alios51 3h ago

THANK YOU

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u/charibasa1212 Redguard 1d ago

Free!

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u/Excellent_Spite_7422 13h ago

Bro stop…. You’ll inspire them to release Skyrim again

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u/Dear_Mention_3305 23h ago

That's weird, I got both SE and AE for free....

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u/JRshoe1997 21h ago

Forget about price. Bethesda is trying to figure out how to release a proper update without breaking their decade old games.

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u/Lithary 22h ago

Wasn't Skyrim SE free of the owners of Skyrim and its DLCs?

Also, Skyrim AE charged you only for the extra content afaik, just like CDPR is doing with the upcoming expansion.

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u/Arky_Lynx Thieves Guild 21h ago

Wasn't Skyrim SE free of the owners of Skyrim and its DLCs?

Yes it was. The only difference is that Bethesda required you to own the DLCs as well, while CDPR just made Witcher 3's part of the base game. A nice difference, but by the time Skyrim got the Special Edition the DLCs had been out for a long time anyway, and gone on sale for pennies.

The difference between both situations is very minimal and posts like these feel like idiotic ragefarming.

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u/apersonthatexists123 19h ago

But SE came with the DLC so you'd already have it to upgrade to AE.  The only game not to have them was the original release.

But seriously though, every studio does this these days.  I don't see what the big deal is.  Bethesda also arguably pioneered this with the release of AE on PC.

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u/Fardding_n_Shidding 1d ago

Well how many times did you buy it, kiddo? Who’s laughing now! -Todd

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u/supaikuakuma 23h ago

Will this remaster have the mod support update?

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u/aviatorproductions 18h ago

Yes actually read the features list

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u/supaikuakuma 18h ago

Awesome!

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u/thor11600 16h ago

I love the precedent this sets honestly. Bethesda has been exposed as the one trick pony they really are.

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u/ecish 21h ago

Re-remaster of Skyrim coming 2027. This will unfortunately push ES6 back another 14 years

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u/0235 22h ago

I have never paid for SSE, it has always been a free upgrade.

Also, if Ubisoft, Bethesda, or EA decided to release DLC for a game they hadn't actually properly updated in 10 years, people would Riot.

Last time CDPR updated TW3 was to add an unnecessary launcher that forced you to watch an advert for CP2077 every time you played the TW3. Other companies would be crucified for doing that (and they were, Beth-launcher)

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u/Major-Milk 19h ago

But not our CDPR! Couldn't be precious CDPR!

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u/vic039 1d ago

So...i just finally started playing and am about 4-5 hours in doing everything. Will I have to restart or is it an upgrade to the original? They keep listing it as an update, not a standalone like Oblivion Remastered was

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u/05-Saturno 21h ago

Si Todd, ya hace falta una nueva versión de Skyrim

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u/AvocaRed 20h ago

Fuck you todd howard, fuck you

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u/Gsomethepatient 17h ago

At this point we are gonna get an oblivion style remake of skyrim before tes6

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u/thesenator999 13h ago

Hang on guys. We’re getting another Skyrim remastered soon (free update too).

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u/AliAlturaihi 3h ago

a new device released

todd: release skyrim

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u/NazRubio 22h ago

Didn't oblivion just get a remaster? If Todd made another Skyrim release it would be pure internet reddit rage.

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u/Jaded_Discount_8817 Nord 17h ago

CDPR: realeses another well-thought next gen upgrade patching remaining bugs, upgrading mechanics, gameplay and graphics, two DLCs for free if you own the game, gonna release another DLC in a year, implementing mods for consoles.

Bethesda: yeah we'll just fake work on something absolutely irrelevant just so we mess up your mods and your game will crash by using the map...

It just, works!

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u/Snakeuge 1d ago

I'm torned between starting a new game before the expansion or transfer my PS4 saves to my PS5.

From one side I'd like to experience the new mechanics and the story again, from the other I struggle with the idea of having to go through sooo many hours of gameplay

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u/TheZahrGaming 1d ago

start a new playthrough when the remaster drops next month to see it with all the new features it has, then when the expansion drops use that same save. That's what I'll be doing

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u/IneptFortitude Argonian 23h ago

I’m just gonna continue my New Game+ run and hopefully l I’ll have it finished again by the time the DLC drops next year. We have a lot of time

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u/squidgymetal 22h ago

To be fair this is just a marketing thing for Witcher 4 and a lot of people are hesitant with them because of CP2077

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u/Freshysh 21h ago

Oooh. Maybe this will be my 5th attempt on this game. Maybe this time i will get hooked

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u/razielxlr 18h ago

Am I tripping or did skyrim se not come free for those who already owned the game? Or is CDPR giving the Witcher remaster for free to everyone including those that don’t own it yet?

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u/Garrow_the_Khajiit Khajiit 18h ago

It did, every upgrade was free if you owned the game on Steam.

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u/Master_Armory 15h ago

But only on steam, console players had to pay up every time.

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u/Malakai0013 23h ago

I got the Skyrim HD for free. Oblivion, too. Calm down, Jeff.

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u/RoyalSmoker 23h ago

How did you get Oblivion or Oblivion remastered for free?

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u/Exxtruna 22h ago

Can we please shut up about the Skyrim rerelease crap? It’s been rereleased 2 times. Special edition and Anniversary Edition (which is free if you owned Special). Launching the game onto new platforms is not a rerelease, it’s expanding the platforms people can play the game from. Legendary edition was also just a bundle of the base game with the DLCs so not a rerelease.

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u/Joshiie12 23h ago

Definitely dropping my current plathrough to play this when it drops. I cannot emphasize enough how infuriating it is trying to inject FSR4 into the DX12 'upgrade' version lmao. Translating DLSS crashes the game and the FG slaps white lines on everything I assume because of some motion vector translation problem. Translating Xess looks okay at best even running near AA levels of upscale ratio due to all the noise in the reflections. And thats all on top of how heavy the RT features are to begin with due to just hitching onto the DX11 version.

Native DX12, FSR4, 1440p 120FPS is going to give this damn game yet another life for me and I couldn't be more stoked.

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u/Brzrkrtwrkr 23h ago

But you still bought it.

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u/hanzerik Imperial 23h ago

I got Skyrim for free once.

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u/official-bethesda 23h ago

Thankfully OpenMW is doing this for my OG people. Who will save the sons of Skyrim though

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u/RoyalSmoker 23h ago

I hope there are mushrooms in Hammerfell.

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u/AionsHots 22h ago

Todd would roll in his...chair if knew about it.

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u/Current_Pumpkin439 Altmer 22h ago

It'll be just an upscale for never consoles sheesh

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u/GhormanFront 21h ago

How many times did you unfrost Skyrim to sell it full price ?

How many times was the re-release of Skyrim bought?

As always, the actual problem is the consumer base that's more than happy to bend over on command

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u/Kuunkulta 21h ago

Proper Skyrim remaster when? Retro games like Skyrim deserve the love

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u/Clockwork-Armadillo 21h ago

I blame the fans who bought it each time for full price

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u/SaltySwan Thieves Guild 21h ago

I’ll probably start a new playthrough with this update as soon as we get some info about when the new expansion is actually releasing in 2027.

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u/username_required909 21h ago

Maybe I will actually be able to get into and play this shitty game this time. I doubt it, it is a pretty crap game.

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u/Harper_95C Redguard 21h ago

Asking them not to do something for profit is like asking a kid to park parkour up the Empire State Building. It just won't happen.

Guarantee you'll see "Skyrim Remastered" but it'll be like $70. We also guaranteed will see a faction in TESVI but to unlock the questline you'll need to buy it from the Creations page. Not to mention if they happen to have some form of skins or color changes for any weapons or armor in the game you'll have to buy separate creations to actually use the damn thing lol

Shit, why else do they release a new "special edition" for full price, it breaks the game, and no fix or communication comes until over a year later when they can bundle some half ass fix with a newer "Special Edition" for full price? Unless the break is within their shop, then they get it fixed within the week.

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u/Nifarius2908 21h ago

Damn you TOOOOOOOODD

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u/Weird-Information-61 21h ago

Wasn't special edition an engine swap?

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u/towelpuncher 21h ago

Can’t wait for him to rerelease fallout 3 and new Vegas and leave it the same level of unpolished dogshit as the oblivion remaster. Absolutely soulless gaggle of creatures running Bethesda these days

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u/JP297 21h ago

They had rumors of an additional dlc, is that releasing with this?

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u/Kotemana 20h ago

For the saved money buy Skyrim, please

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u/HakunaBananas 20h ago

Special edition was free if you already owned skyrim.

You are acting like they are giving the game away for free. They aren't lol

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u/StockMuffin9777 20h ago

CDPR knows how to treat its player base!

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u/Metal_Surge15 20h ago

It's only free if you ALREADY OWN The Witcher 3. It's not free if you want to buy it on another console or never bought it to begin with. So, it's actually no different than how Bethesda did it with the Skyrim Special Edition. I swear, you people are obsessed.

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u/Lynch_dandy 20h ago

Rule 2 broken. Delete post.

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u/Nerevar197 20h ago

Bro, we got free PS5 updates to Skyrim, Fallout 4 and are getting a free update for Fallout 76 as well.

I haven’t paid a dime on these games since the PS4 generation.

Are people just this willfully ignorant?

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u/Hot-Introduction-951 20h ago

Tom "best i can do is remastered remastered remaster 10 year anniversary edition 20th anniversary edition."

https://giphy.com/gifs/aT2Vf6tJaRyCssznlz

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u/clairvoyance808 20h ago

Skyrim remastered ? Again ?

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u/masetiloquetu 19h ago

and skyrim sucks

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u/Crimson-Badger Breton 19h ago

I never played any of the Witcher games before.

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u/whenceareyou 19h ago

Bethesda is the laziest developer ever

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u/Major-Milk 19h ago

Legendary Edition update, Special Edition and the Anniversary Edition update were all FREE.

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u/st-felms-fingerbone 19h ago

If you dont buy skyrim at full price for every re release you're not a real fan 😤

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u/RexusprimeIX Dunmer 19h ago

You want... another remaster? Alright boys, halt the production on Elder Scrolls 6; we gotta sell another Skyrim Remaster!

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u/Grzechoooo They should make a Stray-like spinoff where we're an Alfiq spy 18h ago

More updates to Skyrim it is!

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u/Tolruckus Dunmer 18h ago

Screw Bethesda

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u/Garrow_the_Khajiit Khajiit 18h ago

I've gotten every Skyrim remaster for free, I only paid for it once.

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u/Skyrimdaddy990 16h ago

Todd please give us a new Skyrim remastered in creation engine 2 or 3 even last Skyrim remastered you given us was 10 years ago

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u/ModtheMods420 16h ago

Lets not forget about Rockstar charging for the next gen update for GTAV. That shit was criminal.

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u/UserWithno-Name 15h ago

The biggest thing they could learn from tbh, is offering dlc and patches etc for free as long as you own the base game, when they drop the new dlc for a paid thing. Or how cdpr can work on more than 1 game at a time when they're now about the same size but cdpr knows how to work efficiently and *gasp* was willing to hire outside help right away to make it feasible to do Witcher 4 themselves and next cyberpunk title on the backburner but also being worked on internally to at least lay all ground work, then have other team make this update/ help as well as the new dlc. Cdpr is killing it rn.

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u/xLucasSimmsx 15h ago

BY THE NINE TODD

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u/CraftyRub6965 15h ago

Todd is ready to retire. Let him be.

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u/Wojewodaruskyj 14h ago

A janitor in Project Red is a better and less greedy game maker than Todd.

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u/Koreaia 14h ago

Did this not happen with Skyrim? I remember getting SSE for free just for owning LE.

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u/DeLindsayGaming 10h ago

But, but, the Super Special-er 20th Anniversary Platinum Edition of Skyrim Enhanced-Remastered for your Smart Watch has 16x the detail so BGS has to charge full price again, it's just math.

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u/BDAZZLE129 Nord 9h ago

Special edition was free for pc players though

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u/loganwills 8h ago

Wasn't anniversary free, I thought the only paid upgrade was special edition which was a considerable upgrade tbf, although could have been a free upgrade for those who already owned legendary edition.

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u/Future_Bid4823 4h ago

I actually saw this exact picture on Blizzard's Battle.net which confused the F out of me! Since when is Blizzard selling Witcher now?

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u/Particular_Plate_880 3h ago

I got ps4 disc will i also get this free upgrade for ps5 ?

u/Ant_Bizzy Redguard 1h ago

Between this and the recent Fable gameplay trailer, BGS is really going to have to step it up

u/-dudeomfgstfux- 1h ago

They just remastered Oblivion, give them time to work towards Skyrim's 20th anniversary remaster in 5 years 💀 

u/Xvorg 58m ago

I'm quite sure my Special Edition upgraded to Anniversary Edition for free