The best Skyrim Special Edition mods exist thanks to the resilience of this 2016 remaster. What made it an essential upgrade is that the 64-bit version remains stable even under a heavy mod load.

Skyrim's combat has not aged well. Weapons and magic are the weakest part of Bethesda's crowning RPG, and after a decade each is more akin to hacking at a tree stump or clapping your hands together.

A new Skyrim mod will dynamically change NPCs hairstyles in time with in-game seasons, automatically excluding baldies.