Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Morrowind has the fantastic all in one Overhaul which will install a group of mods step by step for you and makes the whole game look and play very well. I don't mind the skill based combat as much as others might and it's not addressed in the overhaul so be warned. I am currently playing through Morrowind and I think it looks great. It's easily the best and most interesting world Bethesda have created to date and it is enormous. Playing morrowind makes you much more aware of how the series has taken small but significant steps backwards in my opinion since then.

I like MrBTongue's video on the series myself (check out some of his other videos):-



Oblivion took my life when it came out but it had many problems like the levelling of enemies with you and so on. It can be modded to a much better state (Oscuros Oblivion Overhaul being mandatory imo) graphically and gameplay wise but there is no overhaul a la morrowind that will do it all for you and believe me with all the guides in the world you will have difficulties. I recently decided to have a go at modding it and settled on a series of mods that I could get working well together and it took some trial and error to settle on it. Thats with the Oblivion Mod Manager alongside helping (do not use the Nexus Mod Manager with Oblivion). If anyone is interested in how I did this I would be happy to post a thread (in the RPG forum - yes there is one).

Skyrim addressed a lot of the issues with Oblivion particularly the level scaling although they couldn't quite bring themselves to remove it entirely (I'll be installing the Requim mod for my next play I think). they have yet to really get past the shallowness though and it remains the weakest part of all their games. NPCs really are cardboard. We have basically gone from NPCs that stood pretty much in the same place to ... em NPCs that go to bed at night and return to that same place again through 3 games.

For all of that they remain some of the best playgrounds created and I can't for the life of me think of a developer that makes games that are remotely along the same lines in terms of scale and how much you can do in one large open world.

Fakman87 wrote: »

Is there any chance in the future of some sort of all in one mod? New to pc gaming and it all sounds very complicated

Unlikely but you could check out STEP which is a pdf you can download that will take you through the steps to install various graphical mods. Going through that process might also help to demystify the whole thing a bit. Installing mods isn't that complicated. It's when there are clashes or recommended install/load orders, compatibility patches between mods and so on. A good rule starting out is to hold of on mods that might clash with your the main mods you plan to install. Basically install unofficial patches, then perhaps a texture pack, then start looking at the main mods to improve graphics then delve into other mods all the time checking how they work with the main mods you have already installed.

A lot of guides I see recommend absolute crap imo like mods that make the females look like some kind of teenage boys fantasy and hair mods? I could care less.