Posted on 05/17/2022 10:35:03 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Yet another version of Skyrim is here, as one fan has remade a portion of the acclaimed RPG in Unreal Engine 5.
Skyrim’s Riverwood has been rebuilt in Epic Games’s recently released top-of-the-line engine, which is the prefect fodder while we wait for The Elder Scrolls 6. The Redditor responsible shared their creation in a 5-minute video (spotted by GamesRadar).
The clip walks through the classic Skyrim settlement, showing off a few of its buildings and streets in dazzling graphical fidelity. It then cuts to what looks like the Western Watchtower in Whiterun, although this ruined outpost is a lot more detailed than the one you might be used to seeing.
The graphical upgrade is remarkably impressive. All the textures are rendered at a higher resolution, the lighting is crisper, and the shadows punchier. It certainly doesn’t look like a game that was released on the PS3 and Xbox 360.
The video doesn’t only serve as an impressive tech demo; it’s an exciting glimpse into what games could one day look like. As developers become practiced with Unreal Engine 5, its technical potential will only be pushed to the limit.
However, it’s unlikely we’ll be seeing any Elder Scrolls game that looks like this anytime soon. Bethesda tends to use its in-house Creation Engine to construct its games. And while Starfield will use a new version of the software, we don’t expect it will match the graphical potential of Unreal Engine 5.
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That’s pretty cool. I have no interest in computer games, but I love looking at these things.
Great game. Unfortunately, I’ve got only 230 hours invested.
Looks good. Detail is unreal.
Back in the day I was addicted to Unreal Tournament. Don’t play computer games anymore but it looks like those guys are the top in graphics engines.
Yeah but what about Skynet?
I have about 800 hours invested in Breath of the Wild.
Amazing.
We know…..🤚🏿
I was an adventurer like you, but then I took an arrow to the knee…
Fallout in this engine would make me withdraw from society and only game.
Given the way the world is going playing Fallout is going be a simulation of the not too distant future.
That's why I'm already hoarding bottle caps....
But they will still steal your sweet roll.
lol me too- half-life too-
Dang..... with 50 hours average run-through time, that’s a lot of exploring. Gonna have to emulate that one over to PC and give it a whirl in the not to distant future.
It's just going to work.
I only know about skyrim because I watch Viva LA Dirt League.
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