Bethesda has finally put an end to a pretty severe glitch in the Anniversary Edition of The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim. Despite the RPG's stance as one of the highest-grossing video games of all time, it does have a reputation for being somewhat broken in places. In fact, it's almost become a meme in itself, whereby players will demonstrate some of the more amusing issues they've come across while out and about in Tamriel, and such glitches seem to exist years after the game came out.
Even Skyrim's Anniversary Edition has some game-breaking bugs. Given that this re-release came out just last year, with the studio implementing some additional features, such as Creation Club mods, many would be forgiven for thinking that Bethesda would have tackled some of the major defects that have been plaguing the game for nearly 11 years. Fortunately, it looks as though at least this one specific issue has now been taken care of.
In a post on the Bethesda help page, the developer revealed that a recent update for Skyrim has now fixed a severe problem with the game that prevented some players from accessing the main menu. It also bugged out the mods and Creation Club aspects of the menu as well. Up until this point, the developer offered up advice on how to fix the problem, which included turning off and unplugging the console, in this case the Xbox, and waiting 30 seconds before powering it back up again. Failing that, deleting some older saves and/or going offline was another solution. As can be imagined, this would have been quite the inconvenience for those experiencing these issues.
As game-breaking as some of the bugs are, it is possible to encounter some helpful glitches in Skyrim, such as the one that decreases the cooldown period between Shouts or, perhaps the most famous one, placing a basket or cauldron over a shopkeeper's head so the player can steal without any repercussions. Despite the usefulness of some of these, it still highlights just how buggy the epic open-world title can be at times.
With The Elder Scrolls 6 now in development, albeit likely years from completion, many in the gaming community are ready for the next game in the long-running series. Skyrim has had a lengthy shelf-life, but many probably feel it's time to move on. Whether TES6 will be just as riddled with bugs upon release cannot be said, but fans are well aware of the reputation that Bethesda games have.
The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim is available now for PC, PS3, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
Source: Bethesda