Enderal: Forgotten Stories on Steam

Bishie · 15 Feb 2019 at 00:12

I've been looking forward to this, especially since it's now a stand-alone game. The only prerequisite is that you own Skyrim, but you don't need to have it installed.

Enderal: Forgotten Stories is a total conversion mod for Skyrim that is set in its own world with its own landscape, lore and story. It offers an immersive open world, all for the player to explore, overhauled skill systems and gameplay mechanics and a dark, psychological storyline with believable characters.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/933480/Enderal_Forgotten_Stories/

BradShort · 15 Feb 2019 at 08:42

I might have to check this out. Skyrim mechanics were very good, but the animation is starting to look a little dated.

monkentage · 15 Feb 2019 at 12:47

Has it been improved? The mod was like Mass Effect had sex with Skyrim and the product was slightly retarded.

Thekwango · 15 Feb 2019 at 12:48

monkentage said:
The mod was like Mass Effect had sex with Skyrim and the product was slightly retarded.

that's a film i'd definitely watch.

Paul_cz · 15 Feb 2019 at 13:15

From what I read this has better narrative than most AAA games, and from the first 10 minutes I played, that seems to be the case. I will definitely play it this year.

Pighardia · 15 Feb 2019 at 14:09

Oh yeah, I played this. It was alright. There was a really good massive city in it iirc. Story was... Meh(can't tell you a single thing about it other than you find an underground train I believe), but it had a few interesting characters. I don't think I finished it though as I lost interest.
EDIT- a tually I remember, I stopped because they were going to add some factions to the game so I waited and just never went back to it.

monkentage said:
Has it been improved? The mod was like Mass Effect had sex with Skyrim and the product was slightly retarded.

Yes, If I could be bothered(which I can't) to look through the skyrim thread, I'm pretty sure I compared the story unfavourably as a cheap Mass Effect copy.

Paul_cz · 26 May 2022 at 11:08

Hah, three years ago I posted here that I will play it "this year", but I only started playing it now, finally. Since the SE conversion is out and patched.

So far I played only first hour but it already seems lot more interesting/intriguing than Skyrim.

DanF · 26 May 2022 at 14:14

Started playing last weekend, it's been good so far. Have to run it in windowed mode as it's not supporting widescreen formats but it's not a big issue
The beginning is much harder than vanilla Skyrim. Using a couple of mods to slightly tweak stuff but not really affecting difficulty too much

Paul_cz · 26 May 2022 at 14:55

DanF said:
Started playing last weekend, it's been good so far. Have to run it in windowed mode as it's not supporting widescreen formats but it's not a big issue

you mean ultrawide I assume? On my 16:9 TV it is fine, in 4K fullscreen.

DanF · 26 May 2022 at 18:38

yeah I've set it to 2730 x 1536 and it plays fine now. Any wider and some bits of the menu's are missing and couldn't get passed the character creation bits

Paul_cz · 3 Jun 2022 at 00:18

8 hours in. So far so good. It’s funny how it runs on Skyrim engine and uses its assets, but actually reminds me more of Kingdom Come than Skyrim. The world design is so distinctly unSkyrimlike. And it even has a dice game!

This bard has like 10 different well sang songs I can ask her to sing, ridiculous

SureAI’s “environmental storytelling” skeleton game is on point

Darujhistan · 3 Jun 2022 at 18:38

More effort gone into that than a lot of AAA games.

Paul_cz · 4 Jun 2022 at 08:04

Darujhistan said:
More effort gone into that than a lot of AAA games.

Indeed, it is quite astonishing. If I was Bethesda (or now MS) I would hire this team immediately, gave them latest version of Gamebryo and let them go wild.

Nate--IRL-- · 4 Jun 2022 at 18:26

Enjoyed this more than Skyrim itself. Can recommend.

Nate

Matty8787 · 4 Jun 2022 at 20:21

First I have seen of this! Looks very good so might give this a go.

taB · 5 Jun 2022 at 18:40

Very interested in this. Have installed and when I click start from its launch window I get punted into the Skyrim steam page and nothing else happens. Thoughts please?

[HB]Rugrat · 5 Jun 2022 at 19:57

taB said:
Very interested in this. Have installed and when I click start from its launch window I get punted into the Skyrim steam page and nothing else happens. Thoughts please?

I've just installed it and run it successfully - aside from the usual driver updates etc. I assume you noticed that it doesn't work if you only have Skyrim: Special edition?

Hell of an opening... really got my attention!

Matty8787 · 5 Jun 2022 at 21:18

Which version of Skyrim do I need to install to be able to play this then?

I am downloading Skyrim SE and the MOD SE, correct?

taB · 5 Jun 2022 at 21:22

[HB]Rugrat said:
I've just installed it and run it successfully - aside from the usual driver updates etc. I assume you noticed that it doesn't work if you only have Skyrim: Special edition?

Hell of an opening... really got my attention!

So it looks like I've bought Skyrim twice (PC & Switch) but not through Steam. Not sure I can do so again; would take it over £100 for the game if I did.

Paul_cz · 5 Jun 2022 at 23:33

Matty8787 said:
Which version of Skyrim do I need to install to be able to play this then?

I am downloading Skyrim SE and the MOD SE, correct?

You do not need any Skyrim installed at all. You just need to own it in your steam account. If you own the SE version of Skyrim, just go to enderal page and download it:

Enderal: Forgotten Stories (Special Edition) on Steam

Enderal: Forgotten Stories (Special Edition) is a total conversion mod for Skyrim SE. It offers an immersive open world, new skill systems and gameplay with a dark, psychological storyline and believable characters. SE features a new rendering engine, improved lighting, performance and stability.

store.steampowered.com

It is completely standalone.

taB said:
Very interested in this. Have installed and when I click start from its launch window I get punted into the Skyrim steam page and nothing else happens. Thoughts please?

Skyrim on PC, even if you bought it on non-Steam shop, requires Steam. If you own Skyrim on PC, then you have it on steam.
If you have the SE version, go to the page above and download it from there.
If you have standard version, you can download it from here

Enderal: Forgotten Stories on Steam

Enderal: Forgotten Stories is a total conversion mod for Skyrim that is set in its own world with its own lore and story. It offers an immersive open world, all for the player to explore, overhauled skill systems and gameplay mechanics and a dark, psychological storyline with believable characters.

store.steampowered.com

However, I strongly recommend the SE version. It is more stable and runs better (I am running Enderal in 4K 60fps maxed out, and had zero crashes in 15 hours playtime).