

I certainly had some grand adventures and got my money’s worth, but they just didn’t have the same pull as the previous games for me. I would say I’ve spent maybe 45-50 hours a piece on those last two. But while I certainly played a fair share of Skyrim and later Fallout 4, the dropoff was pretty significant. I’ve spent hundreds of hours between Morrowind, Oblivion, and Fallout 3. I’ve played a ton of Bethesda open world games. So how much does the ability to take Skyrim on the go add to the game? For me personally, a lot. the Switch version of Skyrim is the definitive one? That depends on how much you value access to mods.īesides portability, the other unique feature added to Skyrim for the Switch is what else but motion controls! You can swing the Joy Cons to attack or defend and also to aim your bow! For what it is worth, these work as intended, but especially given that combat in this game is somewhat clunky to begin with, I can’t imagine anyone using them for an extended period of time. The game does autosave quite often minimize any loss of progress, but if you also regularly save on your own it probably would rarely be an issue. In my time with the game, it only crashed once, and I have certainly had the original versions crash way more often.

I would see things occasionally floating in mid-air, mammoths magically drop out of the sky, etc.

The Nintendo Switch didn’t escape this either, but for the most part, it was just amusing stuff. Skyrim is also a massive open world game, and every version has had some bugs. But that’s always been true, so if it didn’t really bother you before, it shouldn’t be a problem now. A lot of the colors are drab, the character models are dead-eyed and stiff, etc. Admittedly, against more modern games like Legend of Zelda: Breath of The Wild, which was heavily influenced by Bethesda’s open-world RPG, you might notice some things didn’t age all that well. But yes, Skyrim looks and plays on the Switch like a little smoother version of the 360/PS3 versions. Skyrim is a six-year-old game that while very impressive for its time, ran pretty well on the Xbox 360, so it running well on the Nintendo Switch isn’t that impressive of a feat.
