The deliberate arrangement of its content, including its structure, its systems, and its narrative, in support of the game’s experiential goals. I use the term exposition as defined in a GDC talk by Greg Kasavin – in it he describes the working definition of exposition as: I helped co-write a video for a colleague on the site recently, and in that video I bring up the term exposition. It’s no secret that many don’t people enjoy Skyrim’s intro, and my main problem with the game’s opening is its awful exposition.

Plus skipping that poorly paced intro is something I’ve always wanted. Overall, this is a good mod for those who want to re-roll a new character but don’t want to play through the starting tutorial, or want more immersion for role-playing. What start you choose will also change your starting inventory and how difficult the game could be in the first few levels. There are many more options, as well as the option to do the default Skyrim intro. There are multiple ways to start a new game, ranging from choosing a faction to join, choosing a side in the civil war, being a property owner, or my favorite: a lore appropriate starting location based on your chosen race. Alternate Start essentially lets you to choose how you start a new game in Skyrim, allowing you to bypass the horrid opening scene of Skyrim’s default intro. However, one mod has quickly become my favorite and solves a few problems I have always had with Skyrim, and that is the problems relating to main quest urgency and the “Special Snowflake Syndrome” that permeates the game’s main story.īefore I get ahead of myself, I want to talk about the mod itself, which is called Alternate Start. So while I must say that Skyrim with expansion packs and mods is a much more enjoyable experience, it does not fix certain problems and critiques I have of the final product. I have modded the crap out of my Skyrim game, but it has not changed my own personal dogma about modding: that mods may enhance a game’s experience, but ultimately cannot fix issues that are inherent in a game’s systems and engine.

I’ve only had a console experience with this game, which until only recently with Skyrim: Special Edition has not had mod support. The Elder Scrolls Skyrim was released more than 5 years ago, and I have only recently gotten my hands on it for PC a few months ago. Skyrim’s intro is bad and this mod fixes it – thank goodness!

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