In-game shadow work receives a substantial alteration, for example, with a far more diffuse appearance - more in line with how shadows actually look in real-life. It's as though Bethesda is veering away from the often-harsh, more CG look of the original game when you consider some of the other changes made to the presentation. But there's no downgrade here - it's simply a new spin on Skyrim's aesthetic. It's interesting to note that these additions to the renderer can actually serve to give the game a somewhat softer look compared to the original presentation, which often resolves more detail in the artwork. Also evident is the inclusion of a tasteful depth of field effect, giving a slightly more realistic look to the field of view. It's a nice-looking feature that appears to have been ported over from Fallout 4.
Beyond the texture work, the actual enhancements come from tweaks to the Creation Engine that affect both level of detail and the post-processing pipeline.Īs the adventure begins and our hero is on the path to his execution, what's immediately clear is that Bethesda has been lavish with its utilisation of both volumetric light and god rays, as sunlight punches through the forest canopy. Indeed, modders aren't too impressed at all with Bethesda's approach to the art, suggesting that the original top-end assets have simply been put through an upscaling filter. To begin with, in terms of artwork quality, the remaster appears to retains the core ultra quality texture seen in the original release, but enhancements beyond that seem non-existent. The good news is that in virtually every regard, Bethesda has managed to bring the top-tier PC experience to the current generation of consoles and has indeed delivered the range of enhancements promised, but there are some limitations.
To what extent does Skyrim Remastered offer an actual improvement over the original release maxed out on PC?
Secondly, after the release of only the most limited of comparison shots pre-launch, we really wanted to get to grips with the quality of the remaster itself. Our initial objectives here were pretty straightforward - we wanted to get a grip on PS4 and Xbox One performance metrics after the various issues that have befallen Fallout 4, not to mention the profound problems encountered in the last-gen PS3 release. It's early days with our analysis of the new Skyrim Remastered, with work only beginning proper on the day of release.
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