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PC Gamer
Jody Macgregor

If you spend more time downloading Skyrim mods than actually playing them, 'Vanilla Plus' modding is the excuse you need to dive back in

A Nord in a horned helmet stands in front of some mountains.

Sometimes I like to spend an afternoon messing up Skyrim with a Korean mod that drops an entire modern-day city into it, complete with motorbikes that replace the horses but still neigh disconcertingly when you ride them. Maybe I'll try out that banned mod that turns Skyrim into World War 2 next.

But when I go back for a longer playthrough, my tastes get much more plain. I don't want dragons that look like "Macho Man" Randy Savage. I want dragons that look like dragons, and a Skyrim that feels like Skyrim—just tweaked to seem a bit fresher.

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