Reviews
Any post in this category has review commentary, sometimes as a standalone review, and sometimes as review commentary mixed in with active playthrough session commentary. Any post in this category with "review" in the subject line is a standalone review post; anything else is out of an active playthrough, but with review commentary mixed in.
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Mod review: The Tools of Kagrenac
Review of the mod The Tools of Kagrenac, as played by me in the Tuxborn load order. Contains spoilers for the mod, as well as one spoiler relevant to running it in the Tuxborn load order in particular.
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Mod review: The Wheel of Time
A review of the mod The Wheel of Time - Fully Voiced Follower and Quests. This is a mod that does a crossover between Skyrim and the Wheel of Time books by Robert Jordan, and includes a main quest line as well as a follower. Ultimately, it's not for me, but players who are fans of the books may get a lot more out of it than I did.
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Mod review: The Wheels of Lull – Unwound Edition
My review of the Skyrim mod Wheels of Lull - Unwound Edition, now that I've completed playing it in my Tuxborn 0.5.2 run. Found it very much a mixed bag in terms of my player experience, but ultimately did enjoy running it, and expect I'll get better at the difficult parts with practice. No spoilers.
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Mod review: Project AHO, revisited
Followup review commentary on the Skyrim mod Project AHO, since I've run it a few more times as part of playing (and playtesting) Tuxborn. As a result, I'm more kindly disposed to this mod now. Here's a post about where I am with it.
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Mod review: Carved Brink, revisited
I already reviewed the mod Carved Brink on my blog. But since I've playtested it a few more times in Tuxborn's various builds, I discovered things about it I hadn't realized before. So here's a followup to my original review!
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Initial impressions of Oblivion Remastered
My initial impressions of the new Oblivion Remastered release, in comparison with the original. TL;DR: not as graphically awesome as I was hoping for on the Steam Deck, but otherwise still pretty awesome. Includes screenshots and some notes on things I want to investigate further.
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In Which Elessir Slays Alduin in Sovngarde
In which Elessir becomes Guild Master of the Thieves Guild; brings about a peace council between the Imperials and the Stormcloaks at High Hrothgar; solves a rash of murders in Windhelm; forces the Blades to stand down from insisting he kill Paathurnax; traps the dragon Odahviing at Dragonsreach, then lets Odahviing fly him to Skuldafn; quests through Skuldafn into Sovngarde; slays Alduin the World-Eater; and adopts a child after his return to Whiterun.
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A review about followers available in Tuxborn
While I work on getting caught up on my main playthrough posts, here's a roundup so far of my thoughts on followers available in the Tuxborn modpack for Skyrim. LOTS of interesting followers, but I can't run them all, so I've had to cut down on the number of active followers I have! This post is a roundup of what followers I've tried so far, who's made the cut to remain an active follower, and who hasn't.
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Mod review: Carved Brink (with spoilers)
Since I have concluded playing the mod Carved Brink in my ongoing Tuxborn playthrough, here's a review post about that. Picoreview: very mixed bag. Gorgeous visuals and a fun travel mechanic, but a plot I found ultimately weak and unsatisfying. Post contains spoilers for the mod, so read with caution if you haven't played it yet.
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Mod review: Legacy of the Dragonborn (version 5)
I have finally finished Kendeshel's Skyrim run--which means I can now finally post a proper review of version 5 of Legacy of the Dragonborn. This is as spoiler-free a review as I can make it! TL;DR version: I loved the hell out of it, and am looking very much forward to playing version 6.