Five years ago, video game developer Bethesda released one of the greatest games of all time to players across consoles and PCs.

Its influence carried on so much that it became one of the highest requested remasters of all time. That game was The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

On June 4, the people’s request was met at the annual E3 Press Conference. Skyrim Special Edition was announced to be released to newer generation consoles with all downloadable content and player access to mods.

It was also set to be released as a free game to all PC gamers who had already owned the game prior to the remastered version release. This was mainly due to the existence of mods on PC’s that could already apply graphical enhancements to the original game.

“I was pretty excited to hear that they were going to remaster my favorite game Skyrim,” senior Waleed Awad said. “The original had so many bugs and I am glad they’ll get that sorted.”

Skyrim Special Edition plays exactly like the original version did but just looks even more beautiful than it did in 2011. This may be hard to believe for many, because the original game looks better than most games do today.

The real divide between whether you should buy this game or not is found in what you would play it on.

For console gamers, Skyrim Special Edition is a must buy. For PC gamers, not so much.

As mentioned before, PC’s already had mods applied to the game that could already apply graphical enhancements to the original game.

“I’m not going to get the remastered version,” senior Dontae Johnson said. “My PC already runs mods on the game that make it look just as good or better than Skyrim Special Edition.”

It’s hard for long time players of Skyrim to say they don’t miss the game. It wasn’t uncommon for people to put in 100+ hours of gameplay into Skyrim at all. People loved the game, and a lot of times it really brought the gaming community together.

Bethesda knew that remastering Skyrim would replicate the same emotions from its initial release and that’s why the remaster was a perfect choice.