Skyrim was my first time playing TES.

I've heard fantastic things about 'modding'.

You can fix technical problems, add new quests, weapons, spells, and can just create way more game content.

I'm going to buy the best computer available when the creation kit is released.

PC version also has problems.

Xbox version also has problems.


Stop thinking only PS3 does.

Skyrim having been made for consoles, you don't need the best computer to play it well. My aging system (2 cores, 1 gb gpu and only 2 gb RAM!) is running it on full ultra (except AA but on fxaa) WITH more than a few texture mods and still doing an average 30 fps.

PC has it's share of problems (just look at the PC hardware forum), the least of which is the UI, though you probably wont have a problem with that coming from console gaming. But it sure has a winner in mods.

I'm curious though, if you have the means to get the best computer available, why stick with a PS3?

Like ImSoJoe said, all platforms have had their problems, although from what I've heard PS3 has had the particularly rough end of the stick. I think it's definitely worth playing on a platform other than PC, seeing as if you don't run into a game breaking bug then it's an incredibly fun experience. Hopefully this new patch fixes your big problems for you and online troubleshooting helps with the rest.

I never feel silly, ever, playing my PS3. If I used PC's I would have brought it on that, purely for the modding but I know nothing about PC's or modding so I'm stuck with consoles.

True, but at least PC users have the option to fix it themselves. It's nice not having to rely on official patches.

Take the LAA patch for example. It was out day one, Bethesda finally decided to add it, but it's coming this week, over a month longer than it took Wench to do it.....though admittedly it was just an "'official' port of my tool that did the same to Fallout NV".

I just don't understand how people do this ... I have a better PC (but a GPU with about the same power) and it keeps on CTDing me. :shakehead:

OP: It's worth it IF you're lucky enough to not have too-bad glitches. If you do ... sorry for you. :shrug:

Others have basically covered it already, but to recap - Skyrim was not made specifically for the PC, and lacks certain basic functions expected of a PC game. If you want to buy a PC for it, don't get confused on Bethesda acting caring particularly about us as a market. However, I'd still suggest doing so anyways given the choice due to both more rapid patching, and the ability to fix the problems ourselves.

I strongly believe it's not worth it.

Mods will always make any game a jillion times better.

id feel more silly if i bought a xbox... just sayin

Anybody who says 'every platform has it's problems' have apparently not seen some of the youtube videos I have.

I think that moving to PC is a wise descision, if you take the time and have the patience to learn. I did it about a year ago and have no regrets, I actually consider it one of the best decisions I've made.

Make sure you do some shopping around on 'build your own pc websites' and find out the basic components of a PC rig and don't be afraid to ask for advice. There are a lot of misconceptions about PC gaming like you can't plug it into a TV like a console and use a controller or that a good rig costs $2000 bucks and needs to be upgraded every 6 months.

I think it has something to do with being built for consoles (less powerful) in mind. i have a friend running it on much better specs and he's also having problems. On the other hand, I have a cousin who's playing on considerably worse specs is running on med-high but without stability problems

My xbox version runs flawlessly. So yes to your point... I would feel silly owning/playing on a PS3 =)

aye

how were we supposed to know they didn't even test this game

Because Bethesda is highly "communist" in mind.

No matter how good or how bad, how new or how old your PC is, they guarantee you that every PC will run with the same/similar framerate/performance.

Take my rig for example, it can also only run on an average of 45fps, varying from 30 to 60.

Skyrim is still a good game, and worth playing, IMO. However, Skyrim on PC will have a shelf life of years due to the mod community. I mean, you can still play Morrowind on PC and have fun.

i don't understand this, i have 2 core , 1gb gpu, and 3gb RAM and I can't even play on all low with tweaks to turn extra [censored] off. even then its runs like crap in indoor areas

Best available computer, eh? Well that's fine if you have a couple of thousands laying around. Yes, these games (TES, Fallout) are much more well suited to PC, with the mod support at the head. But I dont think you should fork out some quite a bit of money for mod support. At the cheapest, you'll be looking at atleast ￡150 or so for a computer that can run it. Try it on your computer, it's not that hard to run on low.

But otherwise, just stick to PS3.

Also, Kuba17; you're telling me. I have a quadcore, 1gb gpu and 4 GBs of RAM and I can only just run it on low, with textures on high. I found a old thread on the forums saying the settings to have and it massively increased performance. PM me and i'll PM you the details.

On a side note, try mods out before buying. People make them sound really really dope, and a lot of them are, but added content usually stands out heavily. its almost guaranteed that any mod containing custom creatures, spells, weapons etc will look blatantly lower in quality. In oblivion, I downloaded mods to add monsters to the game, and I could always tell if it was a custom model because the poly count, textures, and animations where just not up to par with the rest of the game. also mods like midas magic will add awesome spells to the game, but they're gonna look like trash. I mean its to be expected but some people like me would rather have the spells visually up to par or not have them at all. Same with creatures, theres something very imersion breaking about running into a giant that is solid peach with literally no texture.There are mods that will look great too though, they are just not as common. Especially mods that revolve around improving visuals and textures, oblivion had soem great ones. But yeah just be careful of ones that add completely new [censored] because usually they aren't made by professionals it seems.

My PC is 3 years old and I can play it on High with no problems at all. I only had 2 crashes and it was due to a graphical mod I installed and it was solved by removing said mod.

So if you have the money to buy a half decent PC don't think twice.

Just keep in mind that PCs require maintainance to be stable. If you install stuff on it without much care you're bound to have problems not just in gaming but pretty much everything else.

Depends on what you want. I personally am not interested in a game that cannot be extensively modded, but some people just aren't interested.

I voted no, because mods make the game.

E2140(iirc), e7200 and i5 2500 are all dual core CPUs, but they vary greatly.

GT530 1gb and GTX560ti 1gb are both 1gb gpus, but they also vary greatly.

I think it is just the contrary. Original textures and spell effects are much low poly and lower quality than those modded ones.

It's only sometimes the modded ones feel out of place. This is understandable as the other monsters are made with the game world but those newly added ones are not. And sometimes you just get used to the old spell effects and not used with the new ones.

Skyrim Better Performance mod. http://www.curse.com/mods/skyrim/skyrim-better-performance

Totally does what it says. My sytem's pretty anemic, and as long as I don't run an-iso (which boosts speed at the cost of LOTS of memory, which I don;t have) or anti-alysing over 4, I can run max textures. Looks great, and the motion is smooth enough that I haven't tested frame rate.