Back when it was released towards the end of 2011, The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim was quite breathtaking, with its incredible vistas and visual attention to detail at the micro and macro levels, but over the years, it has aged a little, which is to be expected given how long it's been out. While there are many mods that tweak the graphics of Bethesda's epic, it's still limited by its engine. However, one artist has decided to use a different engine to recreate one in-game town and make it look absolutely stunning.

According to a recent report, which links back to an account on ArtStation.com, environment artist for Icelandic studio Myrkur Games, Christian Gomm, has redesigned Riverwood, the first town that most players encounter in Skyrim, to see what it would look like in Unreal Engine 5. A video uploaded to YouTube shows the gorgeous visuals in this faithful re-adaptation of one of the most well-known locales in the game. There are no interiors, unfortunately, but the exterior shots are something to behold. Many already know that UE5 is a powerful engine, but it is an interesting project taking something that's already known for being graphically beautiful and turning it up a notch.

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Gomm is already familiar with the engine, especially given that Myrkur Games' own Echoes of the End is built in Unreal 5. It's one of the most popular game creation toolkits in the world, with the likes of Unity being a close second, and it does beg the question of how much better Skyrim could potentially look if it was built in this engine, instead. Of course, that means recreating the entire thing from scratch, and that would not only take a very long time, but could incur the wrath of the game's original studio.

Of course, this isn't the first time someone has taken the epic RPG and rebuilt segments of it in a different engine. Recently, another user managed to use Unreal Engine 5 to recreate Skyrim's Whiterun city, which is even bigger than Riverwood. It shows the power of this software, and of the desire for some to reimagine what this decade-old game could look like in a different engine.

That's not to say the game isn't still fantastic looking, especially with the new Anniversary Edition and fan-made mods. Bethesda's own Creation Engine software is still being used by the team, albeit with reworks for the upcoming Starfield, but it's always interesting to see what the modding community, especially those who are already professionals working in the industry, can come up with.

The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim - Anniversary Edition is available now for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.

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Source: DSO Gaming, ArtStation (Gomm's profile)