Hello, i have recently just bought a PC, and have considered buying Skyrim to play on it, as it offeres the modding side. I just want to know from any current PC players; Is it worth it? I've already bought Skyrim for xbox on release date, so is it worth spending another ￡40 to get it off Steam? I know the mods are quite desirable, but do they take up a lot of space? (i only have an avarage PC, with an "Intel core i3 thingymajig"). Another thing is that i really cant imaging playing skyrim with little arrow keys and wsad, and i have experience playing TF2 on PC, i can hardley move on it. I just want to know whether a first time PC gamer like me should spend a heap of money i already spent on Skyrim.

what size is your harddive? and mods do not take up taht much space unless you do total revamps essentials like SkyUI are small. The "HD" DLC is 3gb in size

Also if you know your GPU I can determine what settings you will run on do such by going to start menu > run > dxdiag > it will tell you all the information of hardware 2nd tab "Display" tells the GPU

Personally I'd say it's more then worth it, tough 40 pound might be a bit to expensive to your tastes, if you have the patience you wait for a steam sale or look for a store carrying it cheap.
Also, you can just hook up a xbox/ps3 controller if you so desire, they should work without much hassle.

Still, you describe your computer as not being really that good, maybe if you where to give us more details we could help you more with that.

You can hook a xbox controller up with your computer.

Buy a controller that is wired. But yeah I would say it is worth it even though I don't have it for pc. I have the 360 version and the PC version has better graphics and I have read PC handles the gaem great.

Then there are the mods + Creation Kit.

Totally worth it.

I concur, absolutely worth it for the mods!

Ask yourself how many hrs of entertainment that same amount will get you, by going to the movies or renting some videos, compared to hrs of playing Skyrim.

Totally worth it, had it for xbox and then switched to PC. My PC isn't that great, but i still runs the game smooth with high settings (patch 1.4 for some reason made me go back to mid settings) but it still runs smooth.

Give us the specs to your PC and then we can tell you if it'll handle it.

Yes. I did this for oblivion. I got a 360, played a little cod 4 then bought oblivion. Played oblivion for 4 months on the 360 then saw the mods. I bought a gaming PC 2 weeks later then sold my 360 .

Skyrim is worth it the same. The mod support is amazing.

Absolutely worth it.

Your PC runs windows 7? If so, you can just straight plug your x-box controller in and play using that. (You may need an IR receiver, costs like $20.) Movement problems sorted.

And yeah, the mods are worth it. My machine is totally bottom-end for this game (I don't need a fast processor or card or the work I do, just a big fast hard drive) but there's plenty of mods I get great use out of. Anything that's just new model (extra swords & armor, sixy bodies), location, or scenario is rarely a problem. Obviously I stay away from anything "hi-res", but there's actually some performance boosting mods that I run that raised my frame rate without forcing me to drop to low res modes. I get a respectable 30+ fps in most locations now, without ever sacrificing medium or better textures, and run a couple dozen mods with no serious buggage to date.

Edit - by "take up a lot of space" I'm assuming you ere asking if they gobbled up (video) RAM "space" or maybe processing power. Hard drive space on a PC is crazy cheap, you'd have to work at it to over-tax that resource with game mods.

Yes it is worth it. You can plug your Xbox controller into your PC if you dislike Mouse&Keyboard. Although you do get more hot keys on the keyboard, so if you can spend a little time getting used to it then you will benefit from that.

Steam Workshop makes installing mods easier than installing the game its self. See a mod you like just click subscribe and the next time you load up Skyrim they will download and install.

well i think it really depends i mean I got mods for oblivion and was like meh some other people don't really enjoy then either your going to get alot of "yes it's absolutely worth it!!" but that's probably because these forums are pc dominant

Yes its worth it if you have a good pc. Its not worth it for me x) if i am going to get skyrim for pc wich i really want,i need to buy a good pc first wich costs much D:

As most people have said worth if for the modding, I have not modded Skyrim myself as i just can not motivated myself to play it again.

it is worth it, but only if you have a nice pc, example: i5, 6 or 8gb ram, 2gb video card, (GTX460 its great) with that ur set!, i personally like more the graphics on the PS3, maybe my ps3 its blessed or maybe cuz i know how to tweak my TV with the secret menu, but i love the way it looks on my TV. i have it for pc too, and love the mods and all. but it isnt enough to leave the great graphics that my HDTV and my PS3 give me =D

Yes.

In the long run, totally worth it. Since you have it for the 360 already though, I would wait. I was actually on sale on Steam last week. I would lurk for a sale because the mods will always be there and the list of them will just grow.

Take the used Xbox version back to a resale store that also sells the PC version and swap them that way you don't have to pay the full price -- since once you have the PC version and add your mods your not going to want to use the xbox version any more !

You should get into PC gaming. It is far superior to what consoles can offer. As for buying Skyrim for PC, I would hold off until you see some substantial mods that make it worth it. I don't see the point in buying it really for PC now. For the future though, unless the game is action adventure, you are probably better off buying the game for PC. Get used to playing with a keyboard and a mouse, it dwarfs the capabilities a gamepad has and is way more precise.

likely reason for such is because your getting minor headaches playing on the PC because the default FOV is very small and the same FOV is on PS3 that is suitable because you are sitting away from the TV unlike the monitor.

Or your using one of the old white box transistors monitors xD

First, don't listen to the people who say that you need a Core i5 or i7; your i3 might be enough - it depends on which core i3 you got. There are like 20 different chips in the i3 line.

I have the i3-2100 which is a bit higher-end CPU in that line (3.1 GHz). It does absolutely fine with Skyrim at 1680x1050 resolution on high settings (I can play it on Ultra settings, with the HD pack, but I notice that the game starts to get a little choppy/laggy).

I'm not saying you definitely *can* play with your computer - don't have enough details about your machine. However, I wouldn't just give up because you have a core i3 - figure out *which* core i3 you have first. Also, on most modern games, while the CPU is important, the GPU is actually more important (or, at least, equally important). What kind of video card do you have? How much RAM (if your mobo supports it, and you are running 64-bit Windows 7, I really suggest 8Gigs - RAM is pretty cheap these days, and that will ensure you always have plenty of memory for 32-bit games and programs).

Not going to get into a long post but i will leave this here.

yes it is, infact never play an rpg or rts heck even a shooter on console, different world there, so much better on PC.

If you have a PC that can handle it (actual specs would help) then definitely yes, but judging from your unwillingness to go into detail, I'd assume you don't know a lot of tech stuff, which then leads me to the conclusion that it is a stock build that you can get from a PC manufacturer website or a store like Best Buy.

I got a platinum on my ps3 when Skyrim first came out and just recently got skyrim for my computer. When I first started it up on ULTRA video I was thinking to myself "This is going to look so much better than my ps3!" (I play on a 60'' plasma for my PS3 and a 15'' LCD for computer) So it started up and I thought "wow this looks great!" But then I remembered that... thats exactly what I said about the PS3 version... The grapics are only better when I get really close to something and stare at it... To me, they are not better at first glance. So far the only thing I like better about the PC version is the mods (havent even used any yet) and loading times...

Other than that I prefere to sit on my comfortable couch and play the game with my PS3 controller and watch the game on a 60'' tv..... So to me "is skyrim for PC worth it?" NO... But thats just personal preferance...

If your computer can manage it then yes.

I have it on PC and it is great. I have discovered mods recently and they are fantastic ^^ (I love my basemant mod ^^ )