Why You NEED To Play Skyrim In 2024... 

I'm 48 and have been playing since the beginning, welcome to the family 😊

Eh, I'm 42, tried it several times, and it never took. We have such shit to play today, so I may give it another go.

It's honestly amazing what they were able to accomplish in 2011 with only 100 people. Despite the many flaws of Skyrim, it's still one of my favorite games that I go back to once in a while. Less so now due to new games and Bethesda stuffing it with Microtransactions, but I got like 5 different characters to play through currently so if I'm bored I know what I can do.

You lucky bastard... To experience it for the first time again..

@@nathannininger2498 Exactly what I was thinking. What I'd give to play Skyrim for the first time again...

How has this comment gone unnoticed. Thank you for the Mod Pack, aside from a few crashes here and there your mod pack has been amazing!

This is incredible - would love for this to be done for the Skyrim VR version (if it's not already compatible and, of course, you are up for the challenge/are interested).

I can get only an average of 60 fps and less than that in cities with Nolvus with my 4070, it's gonna be near impossible to run this looking this good on vr unless maybe FSR 3 frame gen is used

Downloaded your modpack a couple of days ago, what you've put together is incredible!

If you have never played it then I would say vanilla is absolutely the way. You might be late to the party but I would assume you will replay just like the rest of us!

I've never uninstalled skyrim, I've only ever taken a break (longest was 6 months) and play for another 500hrs in a single save file then take a break again

This exactly, I tried again, remembered why I stopped playing, and just uninstalled it to replay Dragon's Dogma again, which aged like fine wine might I add. I can't wait for DD2, it's going to be spectacular.

Never uninstalled it maybe once , I’ll be in the middle of a play through and already have an urge to restart it after finding out more mods. Definitely a cycle

you forgot install it mod it until it crash, unplayable, uninstall, cleaning mod reinstall again lol

i put 10,000 in this game within the last decade and i have taken a year off from playing it and it still beacons me like no other, currently i'm playing FO4, but i will admit i still love skyrim way more.

Yup unfortunately I cannot run it. My pc is melting just by me looking at vids of it lol

@Ecthelion3918 They have a few different mod packs to install and give pc requirements for each. I think the balls to the wall version calls for a 4090, but they have performance packs that just change game play and do lighter tweaks to visuals

Same I can't go back to starfield now. lol

i personally used it to find new mods for my list you don't need all the mods on there@@Ecthelion3918

Not a nolvus guy but i second this notion lol

Lol good one

😂

Or...perhaps Skyrim is just THAT good... well waddayaknow...

Nolvus is actually genuinelly just that good, this mod pack specifically is freaking amazing.

@@The.Dark.Dominion. no,skyrim is an empty dull husk,its the fact it can be extremly modded that makes it good

Yea same, last year I had several spinal fusions from a very very bad fall and couldn’t move for about 5 months, Skyrim on steam deck got me through that

Wait, Skyrim has mods on PS5!? Are they robust are very minimal? I don’t PC game, but I got to kinda see what it was like playing Fallout 4 w mods on Xbox & loved it. Doubt I’d have played through it without the mods though

@@coreyveggies9894 Bethesda recently renamed them to “creations,” but yes. I’ve got a few mods that improve the lighting, mesh of objects and some that just improve gameplay and such. Maybe like 25 total. Just click on the creations tab and make sure you aren’t looking at the paid mods!

Enjoy your Skyrim and get better 😄💪

😂😂😂😂😂😂 ☠️ 🔫

And that's why we get shit piles like 76 and starfield

Was it really though? Bad wiriting bad combat horrible magic system. The only thing it had was atmosphere.

If that's a masterpiece than I'm convinced it's the only game you've ever played. It is boring generic slop with some of the worst combat known to man. This is why we got starfield next people like you call shit games like Skyrim a masterpiece

Have you bought it for your refrigerator yet?

I’ll keep buying trash* there fixed it.

Skyrim VR blew my mind!

I'm really interested In this. What is the companion system like? Companions are like my favorite part of rpgs. Maybe romance but nothing brutal. Just want to be immersed

@@Imthebadguy1120 Try Serana dialog Add on

I can also recommend Septimus! Currently in the process of installing Gate To Sovngarde because it works with shaders rather than ENB (better optimization for lower end PCs), and because it is fully compatible with the latest Skyrim AE update.

@@metasamsara Wasn't Septimus removed from Wabbajack?

@@celticfrost86 idk i didn't keep up lately with modlists I just resubbed to nexus premium today ^^ haven't modded skyrim in a few months.

Nolvus is notorious for needing a beefy pc to run it. It's probably the most strain for any pc of any mod list. There's also almost 400 gb of mods lol.

Yesssiiiirr

me too, Skyrim in VR is amazing (well as long as you take the time to mod it first). When I first got to Whiterun I just went into the Bannered Mare, pulled up a bench in real life, and sat on my seat in VR to match and just took in the atmosphere, it was incredible.

I need the civil war and magic to have a massive overhaul

Buy the house in Whiterun, adopt a couple homeless kids, marry an orc, and I'm a happy camper.

It's always better to simply put in the time to figure out the exact mods you want. After the initial setup it is an easy matter of maintenance with occasional updates or adding another mod here and there. I have always been fundamentally opposed to mod packs, especially considering how incredibly easy it is to mod. In my experience, most people that use mod packs are just scared of modding. In the beginning of the video Matty mentions having issues with 50-100 mods and from my perspective I cannot even imagine what someone would be doing to have issues with so few mods. I have an entry level computer and I can easily run over 500 mods, many of which are very large. I have NEVER had an issue with save files or CTDs. In the very rare occasion of a conflict, I can typically resolve it in a couple of minutes.

The problem with this is that you'll have to play through the entire game to know if the modlist works without issues. If you're unlucky, the game crashes or some other issue occurs mid-playthrough. When using a mod collection like Nolvus or any other collection from Nexus, you'll know it's been well tested and confirmed to work on a playthrough (at least for the well known, high rated collections).

@@StationaryEarth Nobody wants to waste time to learn and do this crap, is it that hard to understand? Why on anybody on earth would be against a simple, harmless thing like mod packs is beyond me...

@@rolf1819 It is profoundly difficult to understand why anyone would be upset by the thought of having to learn something that is so simple to do. Are you like that with everything in your life? If modding is crap anyway, why waste your time even with a mod pack? Also, if you have so little time to spare that you can't take 45 minutes to learn the fundamentals of modding you probably shouldn't be playing games to begin with. Mod managers basically do everything for you. Why on earth were you are railing as though I was advocating for violence against mod packs or their compilers. Are you okay? Do you need some help? It is absolutely better to do it yourself. Mod packs make the game into what someone else wants, not what the player would otherwise build if given the option on their own to choose individual mods. I just want the player to have the most personalized experience possible. I can't even imagine why someone would not want a completely tailored experience when it is at their very fingertips to achieve.

@@StationaryEarth bc people have a life dude, nobody cares about ur subjective feeling about the matter

So are there Mods available for Skyrim in Series X? If so, what version do I need to buy to try those?

@@mattpenix8438 either special, legendary or anniversary edition. Between the series X or ps5 I recommend playing on the X. There’s way more mods to choose from

@@mattpenix8438 Yes there are. I had the special edition and upgraded to the Anniversary Edition.

He says in the video how his performance was hindered by all the mods, even with a beastly PC, he struggled lol.

Nolvus uses a completely separate installation of Skyrim (assuming you have the Steam version), so you can have both installed at the same time

@mahominishiyama124 if what you say is true, then perhaps there's hope. Im not gunna pretend I know exactly what you said, but thanks for the info.

Which upscaler?

@@lordspamify the one widely spread on nexus. It's the thing that adds dlss, fsr etc

The best platform of course

I've been loving Wildlander, it was my first experience with Requiem. After I actually beat some endgame content I also want to try Arkay's Commandments or Lalaland cause I've heard they're good and introduce a new leveling/XP system.

A fellow wildlander enjoyer. Imo, that modlist (or requiem in general) improved half of skyrims flaws, and made it much better, to play.

Wildlander is like how the game should have always been. Its crazy how good it is

I’ve not bought Starfield yet after buying Skyrim 4 times since 2011. but I hope you’re right and I’ll gladly buy it at that point or even half as far as Skyrim is at this point.

@@TheBbrstanggt All things considered, I start to wonder if a game can win GOTY after it's initial release, with Skyrim being the perfect example of the implied possibilities.

Unfortunately a lot of big modders are giving up on the game already. I don’t think it will have nearly the support of Skyrim

@@oliverkick915 That just means new blood will become the "big modders" for Starfield. They've already got mods that do things like building your own space station before the creation kit's been released.

@@StygianIkazuchi Bingo. Give it time

It's worth it.

Nolvus uses the downgrade patcher to return the game to return it to pre-AE while keeping the AE content, and it copies your Skyrim files to a new location so updates can't mess up an existing Nolvus install.

He said he was running it on a 3080. I just wonder what settings he applied and if he optimised his Nvidia settings for Skyrim because I use a 3070 on ultra with performance LODs and I get a steady 30fps outside except in The Rift.

@@JackCooper243 Hmm interesting. It looks like he could also be running out of vram, especially if he's using a 10GB model although it's hard to say. I may have to benchmark it on some of my hardware and pinpoint what it could be.

@@TerraWare The max graphics settings version basically requires 32GB of RAM, but the installer does have performance options and suggestions on increasing performance.

Last time I played Skyrim (SSE), I had EnB-mods installed, and played in ‘survival-mode’. Basically no fast-travel (except wagons), backpack with tent and living off the land. Getting a horse and use it for ‘fast-travel’. Matty likes 2Handed sword, while I like playing as an archer.

Would not be possible, Nolvus Skyrim takes up waaaay too much space…it’s literally 2000+ mods

The Modswell RU-vid channel and r/SkyrimModsXbox have a bunch of tested modlists.

Yeah Premium is basically required

Xbots coming for you

I think 90% of the game is inherently good. But it's just the 10% that is bad is the most impactful. The amount of loads is just too many and it really hurts the rest of the game. If starfield was more fluent then it would help everything else

@@ryanyoung752590 percent um no 90 percent bad 10 percent tiny ok

Even when the video doesn't mention starfield ppl still do.

"Stop! It's already dead!" 😅

How is it for crashes especially on big save files?

@@da_ocsta1452 It is extremely stable, have had only 2 or 3 crashes in the entire period which I suspect are not at all list related since even unmodded Skyrim has random crashes. The 1990's called me and asked for their game engine back :P

You don’t need a mod list that’s the entire point of collections. Just click a few buttons and you’re done.

Bro mods on console are a new thing, and honestly will never be as good as PC mods, get over it

There's objectively nothing awful looking about it. You just don't like it

@@MyNindo2000 It "objectively" has extremely choppy animation and crazy bad framerate drops. Vanilla Skyrim looks beautiful in comparison. BUT if Matty says it's fun I believe him.

@@TheDiamondSea Considering that vanilla doesn't have half as many animations, that's a false equivalence. Bad framerate drops. Get a stronger rig to improve it. Nolvus is making vast improvements across the board on the game as a whole, plus adding new things. It's working with a hell of a lot more than vanilla skyrim. In general, it's objectively better looking than vanilla and plays better due to what's possible with nolvus.

@@MyNindo2000 I'm only reacting to what I see on this video. If it looks good on your system, good for you.

You can mod on Playstation. No upgrades required.

@@aposterioriunum4782 only certain mods not all mods