The Real Size of Solitude: Skyrim in UNREAL ENGINE 5!

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Part of an ongoing project to visualise a more realistic and lore accurate scale to Tamriel’s cities - so here’s Solitude, capital of Skyrim - now with sixteen times the detail!
Check out my other videos in this series!
Whiterun: • The True Scale of Whit...
Dawnstar: • Skyrim in UNREAL ENGIN...
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I tried to keep to the overall mood and feeling of the original Solitude - but obviously - well - bigger - and with some ... creative license applied. These are ending up more and more like tourism videos for the Tamriel Tourism Board …
From a playability standpoint, I’m not sure that you’d actually want something this big - it’s a lot of work for the artists and you run the risks of making a big, empty world with not much to do. But for lore visualisations like this - not really an issue!
Rendered out in Unreal Engine 5.3.1 on a 3060ti. Using a mix of third-party models and custom assets modelled in Blender, textured in Mixer. Nanite was used for all models and foliage; Lumen for global illumination and reflections.
Please NOTE: This is a FANMADE cinematic lore visualisation for Skyrim. It is NOT a mod!
Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound.
0:00 - Cinematic
1:19 - Walkthrough
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@lion_towers3d 7 ай бұрын

For those asking, the soundtrack is: 'Winds of Winter' - Jo Wandrini. ArtStation: www.artstation.com/artwork/RyQVrD

@derakon4791 7 ай бұрын

You must make lvl design tutorials, not for free of corse. this is brilliant, everything hare is amazing water, Mountains, fog, sun lightning. architecture.

@olavops1000 6 ай бұрын

Just here to say this is magnificent, and the shot of Solitude in the rain with the waterfalls is one of the most amazing I've seen. If you ever want to make a walkthrough of the city, it would be spetacular.

@coolcarlgaming2005 6 ай бұрын

My man, you did not have to make me start drooling!

@_S_o_l_o_m_o_n_ 6 ай бұрын

man i would KILL for you to even just make a full render of the true size of skyrim and than even more so i would love if you let some mod team like skyblivion take that and than turn it into a ACTUAL skyrim remastered..... honestly ashes of creation being a mmorpg made in the unreal 5 engine and being a world which will have a total world space of 1200km sq AND 10000 people on a server at once AND all the systems like world bosses, dungeons, world events, seasons, and nodes all taking their piece of performance but still seeming like it running on less buff pcs is still a possibility makes me SO fucking wanna see and playthrough skyrim AS IT SHOULDA BEEN with also maybe even a fun removal of all the bs dragon cult stuff and turning the badass thu' um into just the dragons language with the civil war being the one and only main focus....

@joshhardy 6 ай бұрын

What’s the best way to learn how to do what you’re creating here? How did you learn, and do you have recommendations for someone learning?

@rakkasaniron1696 7 ай бұрын

The funniest part of Skyrim is walking into Solitude and realizing it's just like eight buildings, and 5 people walking around.

@julianfull280 7 ай бұрын

Exactly, I mean Solitude is supposed to be the capital but Whiterun is way bigger and more beautiful. Whiterun is the symbol of Skyrim.

@EmblemParade 7 ай бұрын

Indeed. You can mod the game to look like a 2020 AAA title, but the engine definitely shows its age. Also archaic is the loading screens between "Skyrim" and each location. These limitations are pretty much gone in contemporary engines.

@KumsalObuz 7 ай бұрын

Hence the name, they live in Solitude :)

@StArShIpEnTeRpRiSe 7 ай бұрын

@@julianfull280 In Switzerland Bern is the offical capital, yet Zürich is bigger.

@Okarabouzouklis 7 ай бұрын

Like almost every other "city"?

@bigladjoelad2345 5 ай бұрын

i think i would actually cry if skyrim got remastered like this, its so beautiful

@awm918 4 ай бұрын

nolvus is pretty damn good

@Sudo_kali 4 ай бұрын

It would put me in a coma and I wouldn't be able to play it!!

@badunius_code 4 ай бұрын

Sure. First you would cry at 2fps. Then you'd cry turning in another fetch quest.

@new2yougaming141 4 ай бұрын

id drop 120 for it ps5

@Ac0ustics0ul 3 ай бұрын

if this is a remaster then I'm the Queen

@juanjomoscoso9397 4 ай бұрын

I'd pay full price and some change for a Skyrim remaster like that

@teleportingpotatoe 3 ай бұрын

no this is what the next elder scrolls should look like.

@DrAhzek 3 ай бұрын

@@teleportingpotatoe Well, we've all seen Starfield...don't get your hopes up xD

@Opachki69420 3 ай бұрын

keep your eyes peeled for skyblivion, it looks amazing

@jazzochannel 3 ай бұрын

in 2043?@@Opachki69420

@gamertech9871 3 ай бұрын

Of course you would, hence why they keep releasing instead of making good games or even finished games

@fruitygangles Ай бұрын

"Forgive me. I mistook you for Skyrim." "I am Skyrim- the Skyrim that should have been."

@dwestman62 7 ай бұрын

The birds flying under the arch gave me chills. Most amazing work.

@rjbld 7 ай бұрын

Exactly the same thing with me, that was the spot! perfect.

@hunterh3d 7 ай бұрын

Something straight out of Game of Thrones - just impossibly large medieval fantasy landscapes and structures that took thousands of years to inhabit.

@TheJwwinter 7 ай бұрын

That was the only part that gave the true sense of scale.

@adeusexmachina 7 ай бұрын

yeah, and this is interesting creative angle of bird flight, unlike to any UE5 video that have fetish moment when birds are flying from left to right, like everybody just drag and drop standard asset/preset. And question to UE5 users: where are single and coupled birds flying like real birds above sea or city? Is it too hard to create?

@IKIGAIofficial 7 ай бұрын

the birds do that too in the real game right?

@ChrisM541 6 ай бұрын

Superbly done. Those birds flying under the arch gave it a massive sense of scale - you done this perfectly.

@lion_towers3d 6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@gremlinchet 6 ай бұрын

my favorite part! I got chills watching those birds.

@lion_towers3d 6 ай бұрын

@@gremlinchet Thanks!

@sporehux8344 5 ай бұрын

I got a primal sense of awe in that scene

@charleshartshorne8904 5 ай бұрын

I agree, until we saw those birds, just could not really judge the scale of what we were seeing.

@danielevans8910 6 ай бұрын

The way it’s envisioned here with the draping vines and the waterfalls down the rock, the birds flying underneath the natural arch. You took the idea and made a masterpiece.

@lion_towers3d 6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@numberonedad 5 ай бұрын

unfortunately in elder scrolls 6 we'll just get starfield with a fantasy setting

@FrankWest2006 3 ай бұрын

@numberonedad dude the games not out yet

@numberonedad 3 ай бұрын

@@FrankWest2006 yes it's a prediction in the future tense buddy lmk if you figure it out

@FrankWest2006 3 ай бұрын

@@numberonedad your from the future then

@Stryker_VR 28 күн бұрын

If your renders and reconstructions of Skyrim cities doesn't convince a studio that a Skyrim movie would actually pop off I don't know what will. This far surpasses gorgeous and just may be the one thing I can truly describe as cinematically perfect.

@monkaeyes3417 2 күн бұрын

Just as long as its an original story set in skyrim/tamriel and not another poor adaptation of the game's plot.

@tozai9222 6 ай бұрын

That’s what I loved so much about Beauclaire and Novigrad in TW3, those cities felt naturally because they weren’t as drastically scaled down as Skyrim’s city’s

@ThisChannelIsAbandoned300 6 ай бұрын

Skyrim was released in 2011. I don't think they had the technology to develop a full city.

@rcu1995 6 ай бұрын

Skyrim had more cities though. I wish at least Whiterun was a lot larger.

@christianrobloxserver7282 6 ай бұрын

@@ThisChannelIsAbandoned300the technology was there. Bethesda just makes crappy games. And I don't mean that in the way that probably reads. TES games are legendary and massive games with infinite replayability because of their A-tier exploration and roleplay potential. But they are all objectively crap tier in virtually every other category like graphics, voice acting, writing, performance and stability etc. Bethesda as a developer is very low to middle tier for their size and scope.

@ThisChannelIsAbandoned300 6 ай бұрын

@@christianrobloxserver7282 Bro I love Bethesda.

@DeathnoteBB 6 ай бұрын

@@ThisChannelIsAbandoned300It was 2011 not 1989

@SeanMasters 6 ай бұрын

This could have all the same characters, questlines, story, etc., and I would still play the hell out of it purely because of how damn good it looks. Spectacular work.

@lion_towers3d 6 ай бұрын

Cheers!

@spdzodzo 4 ай бұрын

you would need fast travel points even from the gate to the shops as it would be too far away to just walk there everytime :)

@Kridstal 4 ай бұрын

Even with that graphics, you can't escape "I heard they're reforming the Dawnguard. Vampire hunters or something-"

@Valhal1776 4 ай бұрын

@@spdzodzonever. Fash travel ruins immersion. And, when the world is that beautiful, I want to forget which world is the real one.

@boyinthemirror Ай бұрын

@@spdzodzothats why you have a horse

@autumn702 6 ай бұрын

The waterfalls during the rainfall was a nice bit of attention to detail.

@lion_towers3d 6 ай бұрын

Cheers!

@bobdolesrevenge 5 ай бұрын

Absolutely gorgeous. The waterfalls cascading down during the rain was breathtaking. The one thing I would change would be to scale up the Blue Palace, Castle Dour, and the tower outside the main gates so the city has more of the original's skyline. That said, this truly has the scale and majesty that we would expect from a nation's capital city.

@lion_towers3d 5 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@MSCCA Ай бұрын

I would also add cranes for unloading the ships below

@princekalender2154 6 ай бұрын

My PC: "I'm tired, boss."

@Morfalath Ай бұрын

that's the funny thing about UE5, it is much less demanding than you would expect due to the new technology of processing those polygons

@princekalender2154 26 күн бұрын

@@Morfalath You're kidding

@ogaimon3380 15 күн бұрын

@@Morfalath what are you smoking bro

@AdiusOmega 7 ай бұрын

This is such a shame to see because this level of fidelity will NEVER be realized in a Bethesda title. What an excellent presentation of such a stunning location. Bravo!

@lion_towers3d 7 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@yumri4 7 ай бұрын

Just imagine the hardware requirement jump they would have to do this in a game when really nothing is optimized. When optimized it seems to use all the features in UE5 for it to look good requires a 4060 16GB or better. So a mid end card but the part of 16GB is the important part as lots of unoptimized parts take up a lot in VRAM. Lots of UE5 games do not do by hand optimization and use the optimization tool that don't really understand what it does.

@AdiusOmega 7 ай бұрын

@@yumri4 It doesn't even necessarily need to be so high of fidelity. Just the scale in general is something that would enhance the experience ten fold in terms of immersion.

@Redisia 7 ай бұрын

@@yumri4 I figure that you need way more to keep this level of detail on top of endless animations of countless characters (assuming they have they have the same level). This would not be a pre-render, but games need to be rendered on the fly.

@khymaaren 7 ай бұрын

The video showcases an environment and that alone needs a beefy PC to make it look like how it does. Also, it's pre-rendered. Add in scripts, NPCs, AI, a multitude of other systems a game like Skyrim is running in the background, all in real time, and you have a mess on your hand. I do wish we could have world spaces like this in games but unless there comes a massive leap in computing power for consumers, I think it's still just wishful thinking.

@PPterminatorPP 5 ай бұрын

The waterfalls created by the rain are a seriously amazing detail, and the birds flying under the arch are just phenomenal, now i envisioned the invasion of solitude by the stormcloaks, with battering rams breaching the gates and grappling hooks trying to scale the cliffside and walls 🤤

@lion_towers3d 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@Fiyera 3 ай бұрын

Solitude is my favorite city in Skyrim. I would try and make it more... lively(?) by decorating the city. Things like bowls with flowers near the graveyard, a kettle with swords in the practice yard for soldiers, a book on a bench, ect. This vid represents what I want Solitude to look like. I love it.

@elliotbyrne6180 6 ай бұрын

If they ever made a movie based in Skyrim I'd like to see Solitude look exactly like this

@halimardayldz3572 6 ай бұрын

they forgat the blue palace

@user-en8nm4kw9z 6 ай бұрын

Ну да, жди))

@adamb89 6 ай бұрын

Imagine what it smells like. That's a lot of people, all crammed together in a tight space. A lot of butts producing a lot of poop, and no indoor plumbing.

@ElmaXC 6 ай бұрын

@@adamb89I- why are you thinking about that?? Lol

@adamb89 6 ай бұрын

@ElmaXC Background in civil engineering. Nobody ever thinks about toilets. I guarantee in the real world, these towns and cities would REEK! I mean in the real world people would shit in a bucket and toss it out the window. Skyrim wouldn't be much different! How many toilets you recall seeing? Any outhouses? None. But buckets to shit in, those are all over even in the game.

@thargs9184 7 ай бұрын

ok this is your best work so far. Everytime solitude is mentioned into any in game books or older game books, its always described as a city rivalising the imperial city in grandeur and size. Amazing work ^^ and now I cant wait to see Windhelm, my favorite city in skyrim ^^

@lion_towers3d 7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@HitodamaKyrie 7 ай бұрын

Amusingly I think it's The Imperial City that needs an upgrade now.

@kooroshrostami27 7 ай бұрын

In Vanilla Skyrim Solitude is actually just the size of a relatively large castle, as fellow KZfaqr Shadiversity has pointed out. The capital of Skyrim is...a castle. It's a joke. Now don't tell me it wasn't possible for games to create somewhat believable cities. Ofc they will always be downsized, but they can still feel like cities. Novigrad in the Witcher 3 actually felt like a city.

@pelinalwhitestrake3367 7 ай бұрын

@@kooroshrostami27 Witcher 3 came out 4 years after Skyrim. And Skyrim was also very rushed just to get to the neat 11/11/11 date.

@Okarabouzouklis 7 ай бұрын

@@pelinalwhitestrake3367 wow you're right it was released November 11 2011

@blankspace998 4 ай бұрын

That's what I always wanted to see! The real size is according to the lore and not the game with its limitations. I hope there will be more videos about other Skyrim cities and provinces.

@NPCLiam Ай бұрын

The birds flying under the arch is pure art. Holy snap that was a great shot but also my goodness this whole environment and cinematic was gorgeous.

@lion_towers3d Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@axophoria 6 ай бұрын

This is amazing, it actually made me feel a bit emotional. When I was playing Skyrim as a kid in high school, walking into Solitude obviously didn't look like this, but it's what it looked like in my mind. For whatever reason I just can't do that with games anymore, but this just brought back some of that joy.

@GraveUypo 6 ай бұрын

it only gets worse as you age. it takes a whole goddamn lot to tickle my fancy nowadays. even so called "goty" aren't doing it.

@attentionlabel 6 ай бұрын

I totally relate to this man :( @@GraveUypo

@branchyapple 6 ай бұрын

Life was simple as a kid

@albo2591 6 ай бұрын

The Witcher 3 is good for bringing back the magic … I have recently played both final fantasy 7&9 and got a great feeling of accomplishment from completing them as it really felt like an adventure whilst playing those games. I’m currently playing Disco Elysium and it’s enjoyable so far… I have found the older I get the less I am interested in fast pace shooters and need a more relaxed approach to gaming.

@moonjunimo 5 ай бұрын

i haven’t played it yet, but i hope baldur’s gate 3 will bring back this feeling for me. none of the modern games feel as magical anymore

@TooLateForIeago 7 ай бұрын

The water runoff in the rain was great. I’d never thought of how the city would drain itself.

@K4R007 6 ай бұрын

Imagine if Bethesda had the ambition to do even a fraction of this.

@spikedpigeon5740 5 ай бұрын

personally I could care less about graphics and more about performance. It would never run good at that level of detail and it just blocks off low end gaming setups.

@monalisa5390 5 ай бұрын

@@spikedpigeon5740 Then play it on lower setting. Wow, you are not very bright are you? You want all games to look bad so you can play them and to hell with the people that actually saved money and bought a good computer.

@daniel4647 5 ай бұрын

@@spikedpigeon5740 So are you're trying to tell us that you're sad about your computer sucking or that you prefer retro gaming? How much less could you care exactly?

@BrandonPoirierBlair 5 ай бұрын

@@spikedpigeon5740 On console you're absolutely right but on PC UE5 is very much possible to run. It's actually very well optimized for what it brings to the table, one of the biggest steps in modern gaming if you ask me. What constitutes a "low end gaming setup'' in 2023 for you? I'm fairly certain most adult PC gamers have 1070s/1080s and up (I've had my 1080 for nearly 10 years now) and as long as you have an i5/i7 from the past 5 years you're definitely capable of running a UE5 game. With many countries entering the market recently (china, south america, etc.) if we have to wait for everyone to have top gear, technology is gonna stagnate like it did for the past 10+ years.

@spikedpigeon5740 5 ай бұрын

@@monalisa5390 I spent $1300 on my PC a couple years ago, and I have no intentions of spending more on it. Maybe get some bitches loser.

@Korry_Night 12 күн бұрын

This guy puts in more effort than the whole Bethesda at this point.

@JayJay-uw9tt 7 ай бұрын

This needs to happen. Skyrim on a real scale would be the game of the century. Truly outstanding work!

@jeangreyfan4148 7 ай бұрын

Agreed

@axlfrhalo 7 ай бұрын

sounds like a job for a 100+ dev team minimum

@oyahzi 7 ай бұрын

@@axlfrhalotry 1000+

@poetryismyting8854 7 ай бұрын

Yes but… would still prefer elder scrolls 6 or an entire revamp of skyrim with bunch of new DLC for the story

@justsurfin5013 7 ай бұрын

Oh heck yeah.

@sirthomasfishnchips2477 7 ай бұрын

Now this looks like Solitude, the seat of the High Jarl of Skyrim!

@JoeVanGogh 5 ай бұрын

I would pay a lot of money if this was a playable re-remastered version❤

@radioface86 27 күн бұрын

Bro that's insane, extremely awesome and talented work especially the scene with the birds. If Skyrim looked like this I'd never put the game down lol.

@lion_towers3d 27 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@alswearengen4769 7 ай бұрын

Truly amazing, we can only hope to replay Skyrim on this scale one day. Would love to see Riften next.

@lion_towers3d 7 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@colonelace2901 7 ай бұрын

I mean you technically can.....If you're like me who runs like 2500 mods, Its always an experience. One thing i love about modding is that it always enhances your experience week after week. The only is for me just getting them mods to work. Is why i am appreciative of Vortex mod manager

@piratehunter1 7 ай бұрын

Any mods you would suggest for skyrim vr? For reference i have a rift s, i know i am a boomer, and a 4070@@colonelace2901

@khymaaren 7 ай бұрын

Imagine walking to Riften from Solitude. Or even just from Whiterun, as that's where the story puts you first. The run from Riverwood to Whiterun would already take you longer than crossing the entire map as it is now in game. I mean I wouldn't mind it but Skyrim would still be in development if they had scaled it like this.

@triarchpope 7 ай бұрын

@@khymaaren nay, with all of their remakes it would have been out by now.

@UstedTubo187 7 ай бұрын

Yet another masterpiece! I'm jealous I don't get to make a character and spend hours exploring this place you made. So cool!

@lion_towers3d 7 ай бұрын

Haha - thanks!

@CinnimonCrew 5 ай бұрын

Mouth dropping video this one, never have i been so filled with nostalgia and hope for the future of Elder Scrolls. Giving myself the same feeling as my younger self had a long time ago.

@pantsarmstrong7518 5 ай бұрын

This is beautifully done. Great job!

@pulkit1437 7 ай бұрын

The scale, the detail the whole things composition just out of the world like I was mesmerized by it! One of the best artists out there. Thank you for sharing such a great piece ^^

@lion_towers3d 7 ай бұрын

Cheers!

@AmyraCarter 7 ай бұрын

Turning a fortress into a walled city, as Solitude is described to be. Nicely done.

@hoatzinn3106 5 ай бұрын

This goes so hard. Thank you so much for making this!

@tiaanesterhuizen6641 5 күн бұрын

my eyes watered up bro.....this is enough to make a grown man cry...my top one favourite game and would love to see this level of graphics in ES VI

@ubidoo9906 7 ай бұрын

It's said that Winderhold was meant to be on a grand scale like this before the collapse. I like to imagine this is what it was like. Amazing work as always!!

@lion_towers3d 7 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@boreanknight 7 ай бұрын

I'd love to see Morrowind landscapes like this.

@nathanielpitts2788 7 ай бұрын

Vivec city would be awesome

@daviddragonheart6798 7 ай бұрын

@@nathanielpitts2788 It needs to be done now. Bonus points if it's ALL of Vvardenfel

@josephmichael214 6 ай бұрын

@@nathanielpitts2788sotha sils city too

@StacieMMeier 6 ай бұрын

Indeed, the swamps would be alive with life. You'd hear buzzing and birds and all types of strange sounds not allowed with Bethesda's engine. With UnReal animals would grow silent when you approached them, but in the distance, you be hearing life being what it is, life.

@EveliaInfinity 6 ай бұрын

just play tamriel rebuilt

@leonardotrindadeperformance 6 ай бұрын

I really love, i hope see your project completed.

@wickedinked 6 ай бұрын

This would make the perfect beginning of an Elder Scrolls movie! Amazing work, absolutely stunning!

@lion_towers3d 6 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@cafelatte1124 4 ай бұрын

Todd would have hundreds of lies for PR from the trailer alone 😂

@brianb8003 4 ай бұрын

Any Skyrim movie would pretty much fail. People love Skyrim because of what *they* get to play in it. And with the addition of hundreds of thousands of mods, no one's Skyrim experience is the same as someone else's. If you were to go to a movie and the guy had generic nord metal armor and used shouts to defeat dragons, you'd be asleep in the theater by the second act.

@jacqueshoogenboezem442 7 ай бұрын

Man!! We really need an epic fantasy movie based in Skyrim. Breathtaking!

@lion_towers3d 7 ай бұрын

Thanks! And yeah! Wouldn't that be something?

@nitro6267 7 ай бұрын

Beautiful, the scale of the whole thing is almost frightening. Definitely would love to see how Blackreach and Markarth would look!!!

@lion_towers3d 7 ай бұрын

Thanks! And yeah - Blackreach would be wicked!

@dylanraewulf4272 8 күн бұрын

This is so beautiful and you’re right. Solitude should be three times it’s size maybe five. I’ve always thought there should be a settlement below the Palace and other the side of the water.

@the_part_time_geek 6 ай бұрын

Thi slooks absolutely amazing. Very well done!

@helux5644 6 ай бұрын

If I didn't know the subject matter, I would have thought this to be a real place. Uncanny quality and vision, unreal realism.

@mattyice2099 6 ай бұрын

Alot of this looked real. I can't imagine how cool a skyrim remake in UE5 would be

@MiltonRoe 6 ай бұрын

Slow down bro, we need to see even one actual game using UE5 first. This thing has been vaporware for most of my natural life 🤣

@atrocious_pr0xy 6 ай бұрын

@@MiltonRoe..everyone wants their game ran through it..i want DayZ

@themythicfire7560 6 ай бұрын

mgs3 remake looking good on UE5.. @@MiltonRoe

@allenbro9900 6 ай бұрын

@@atrocious_pr0xy this is the correct response to this video. well done

@u1849ka 6 ай бұрын

It wouldn't be this enormous, I can basically promise that. Once you have to make NPCs who live in those houses, each with their own personalities and stories, their own faces, outfits, relationships, inventories, many with quests that interweave with other NPCs and places, daily schedules for each and every one of them, complete house interiors detailed down to the nick-knacks in their cupboards, keep it playable at a good framerate, and then do the entire rest of the game at that level, too... It just becomes impractical. About the only way to do it would be to have most of it AI auto-generated, and then we get into debates about how much of our games do we want to just be AI-automated or procedurally generated just to have more stuff, vs. pairing it down so it can be hand-made and help ensure everything that's there is meaningful. . I love these videos, but I'm concerned that they'll set unrealistic (heh) expectations for the next TES game, because people don't understand the difference between a visual art piece and a complete, playable game.

@bikehunter82 5 ай бұрын

God.... let me live long enough.... to see a video game that looks this good while playing it.... a game so wide, open and full of content.... just long enough.

@masonicperkins 5 ай бұрын

It’s called real life bro

@CherryPanther 5 ай бұрын

@@masonicperkins >real life Immersion ruined

@cosmic_gate476 5 ай бұрын

Less than 5 years I guarantee you

@MoonLightHAB 5 ай бұрын

act 3 of baldurs gate 3 almost feels like this, it fakes the size of the city really well

@theelderswear 5 ай бұрын

Skyblivion dropping next year

@Kaustich 4 ай бұрын

I was waiting inline at my game store on 11/11/11 for this game, seeing this is something brand new. You've my undying gratitude.

@evenjohansen4584 7 ай бұрын

Amazing!

@lion_towers3d 7 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

@folgado7424 7 ай бұрын

a truly masterpiece, makes me want a live action series of the elder scrolls

@spacegirl226 5 ай бұрын

Very nicely done. Thank you for sharing it with us.

@lion_towers3d 5 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@KryptosGames6680 15 күн бұрын

You have gained a sub my friend. This is amazing. And I see, that you've done the other cities in Skyrim too! Thank you for your work.

@lion_towers3d 14 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@TheHighBear 7 ай бұрын

I shed a tear when I saw this, oh the memories - very good recreation of one of the most iconic skyrim cities!

@lion_towers3d 7 ай бұрын

Cheers!

@LoyalDeathEater 7 ай бұрын

It's never too late to play skyrim again

@DrRussPhd 5 ай бұрын

Very impressive stuff. Thanks for posting.

@Western_1 Ай бұрын

Amazed this wasnt in my recommends earlier. There's some wild speculation out there about the real scale of some of these places including Imperial city being the size of all of Southern England.

@IdrinkSoup-phrog- 7 ай бұрын

I love it, but I would also imagine slums, markets, and more docking under the rock arch.

@isoid 6 ай бұрын

This is absolutely amazing. I've always entertained the thought of a real scale skyrim, even though that'd be near impossible to make in a game. This is the closest I've ever seen and mayne ever will see. And it looks beautiful.

@lion_towers3d 6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@hairytentacle3924 5 ай бұрын

World of TES:Daggerfall was orders of magnitude bigger. Graphics is a little bit outdated, though.

@XGD5layer 4 ай бұрын

TES V is about 5000 times smaller than TES II, when really the territories are about the same size. Source: other internet comments

@benmuzz 5 ай бұрын

This is breathtaking, amazing job

@Khaotic_Karibo 5 ай бұрын

Smashed it, yet again. This is what's missing from Skyrim vanilla - the sheer scale of things. Yeah you see the Throat of the World from every corner of the map with your render distacne all the way up, but that's to be expected with a literal mountain. Calling the cities in Skryim "cities" is really disingenuous and not very accurate. A populated area with 25 people isn't a city, it's a populated area with 25 people. These "The Real Size of X" videos are my favorite thing to watch and an inspiration to me to potentally make my own games in the future. Keep up this AMAZINGLY FANTASTICAL work!

@lion_towers3d 5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@izzwizzers 6 ай бұрын

as someone who started a recent playthrough and rediscovering the wonders of this game, it definitely hits different than when you’re a kid how small everything actually is. i was always disappointed going to these main holds with impressive aesthetics and realising just how small they really were. i understand they only added the amount of buildings you actually need to go in for merchants and places for quests, but god i always wish of what it could have been. and THIS is what it could have been. such impressive videos, looking forward to the next!

@TheCSC017 6 ай бұрын

Watching your videos got me back into Skyrim, 12 years after its release. A lot has changed in my life in 12 years, but I feel the same at 23 when I watch your videos and boot up the playstation once more. Thanks mate, you've made this married dad feel like a kid again.

@user-dy2cg3hj6m 6 ай бұрын

Life goes by fast doesn't it?

@TCWRebelsResistanceWords 6 ай бұрын

That. Was. BEAUTIFUL!!! You just got a new subscriber

@lion_towers3d 6 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@PirateStory Ай бұрын

It’s wild i just got recommended this video. Just yesterday I learned Skyrim is 1:10 the scale it really is meant to be. Meaning for every building you see in game there would be 10 in real life. For every distance you walk in game, in real life it would be 10x longer. Wild.

@akiraraiku Күн бұрын

It is more than that. One tenth on each axis. This means the cities are 100 times bigger ! Plus think of all the rural villages and farmland that exists in canon but isn't in the game. The mountains must also be enormous. To me this allows to make sense of the ancient crypts for instance, that they would be bigger and lost in some remote location, filled with ferocious undead. Thus why they haven't been sacked and looted by the time we as the dragonborn come around, after they have existed for millenia.

@drizztiley8740 6 ай бұрын

This video caused such an emotional reaction in me that i didnt see coming. My dad was a big fan of the elder scrolls games. Showed me everything sbout oblivion and helped me make choices that fit "my character" and the like. Was very much into history and the (at the time) unconfirmed viking history his family had. He wanted to see a game set in Skyrim or Hammerfell. Unfortunately he took his life in 2010 but when Skyrim first got announced in December 2010 i immediately ran and grabbed the phone to call and tell him about it, my excitement making me forget he wouldn't answer until I heard the voicemail Every time I play this game now, i feel like I've got him next to me and now its me explaining all sorts of tips and tricks. This video made me feel like i played skyrim for the first time all thise yesrs ago. So much nostalgia and pleasant memories I've now revisited. The timing is perfect as this past week has been incredibly trying for me mentally and emotionally. Thank you for this. I think I'll poke around sround to see what else you've created

@moviemaker2011z 6 ай бұрын

BEAUTIFUL!! absolutely stunning! there are not enough way i can say how perfect this was. reading all the lore, reading and imagining the size, the visuals of what a true Solitude would look like and this captured it without a doubt perfectly. THIS is the true capital of skyrim right here. now all we need is markarth, morthal, riften, winterhold, windhelm, falkreath and of course high hrothgar / the throat of the world. absolutely beautiful work and never ceases to amaze me just how gorgeous they are.

@dmj271095 5 ай бұрын

This is why the creation engine needs sequel, not an update

@RabidicusNollis 13 күн бұрын

What a wonderful rendition of Solitude as it is in lore vs the scaled down game world. My one comment would be that its missing the docking yard under the arch for the east empire shipping company and all incoming ships; but honestly, the scale of this is ENORMOUS. marvelous work!

@jackskellingtonsfollower3389 7 ай бұрын

It's insane how far graphics have come. I remember having my mind blown when I played PS2 for the first time. The transition from 40 polygons to over 100 was astounding at the time.

@GarfSnacks 7 ай бұрын

Amazing work as usual Leo, can't wait to see more from this series!

@lion_towers3d 7 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@AliothAncalagon 3 ай бұрын

Its kinda funny how I just now started questioning the decision to build so much defensive wall including defensive towers on a cliff that can't be attacked anyway.

@PL-du8gq 2 сағат бұрын

This is a really good advertisement to pitch to Bethesda to pick up the Unreal Engine 5.

@boulldeer 7 ай бұрын

Nice work man, keep them coming! I can't get enough of these skyrim creations of yours. My most favourite is Dawn Star. I would love to see more videos of you walking in these cities too. ❤

@lion_towers3d 7 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@MatthewRumble 6 ай бұрын

This is insane! Bits and pieces of this remind me of the first time I was blown away playing the unreal engine medieval town tech demo seeing how detailed the graphics were on an old iPhone

@anthonyrobertson4272 5 ай бұрын

This looks incredible, I really want to play this!

@keulron2290 Ай бұрын

This is what it felt like to walk around the Imperial City in Oblivion.

@ollieambience 7 ай бұрын

Wow this is spectacular! Amazing work 🤩

@lion_towers3d 7 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@lasagnasux4934 6 ай бұрын

I can imagine how much time this had to have taken. Absolutely beautiful.

@hylianflower9681 3 ай бұрын

This was so beautiful. Oh my god. If they gave us this, and photomode, i would be SO FREAKED

@lion_towers3d 3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@fandojumbovsky8639 5 ай бұрын

This is so amazing! Beautiful.

@lion_towers3d 5 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@ivarblaauw 7 ай бұрын

This is exactly how I imagined the city. I just hope we'll see sizes like these in TES VI (or at least Novigrad size). My god, this is breathtaking

@lion_towers3d 7 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@mikew466 7 ай бұрын

You won't. While this art is very well done, you have no characters, animation or AI involved. Spider Man 2 is about the best you can do currently, and the street level NPCs are mostly graphic fill with no true scripting.

@ivarblaauw 7 ай бұрын

@@mikew466 that's why I referenced Novigrad from The Witcher 3. If we get sizes like that, it will FEEL realistic, while still being very playable.

@mikew466 7 ай бұрын

Oh absolutely. There is no excuse not to have at least one major city the size of the one's Assassin's Creed or Witcher put out.

@DrMcMoist 7 ай бұрын

@@mikew466Of course there is an excuse. The continued use of the Creation Engine.

@Valensiakol 7 ай бұрын

Gorgeous. I wish there were games that went true full scale with their worlds like this, just for the exploration and immersion factor.

@costelipe 6 ай бұрын

I'm crying. Thank you! Awesome job.

@lion_towers3d 6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@schrotthandler1648 29 күн бұрын

i just straight up stood up and screamed for a second while applauding

@lion_towers3d 28 күн бұрын

haha - cheers!

@Vantud391 7 ай бұрын

The realism is off the chart. Feel like a movie.🎉

@TheBakerZen 6 ай бұрын

Skyrim will always be in my top 3 favorite games because of the sheer number of hours spent and love that I have for it. But the scale of the cities has definitely shown its age, the witcher 3 blew my mind with the size of Novigrad seamlessly integrated into the world, and even Oxenfurt dwarfs any city in Skyrim.

@TheChroniclesofLouie 5 ай бұрын

Nice work, Leo! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and yours. May 2024 bring great things. Subscribed.

@williamgregoriopalpal3238 4 ай бұрын

Sheeesh, those birds flying under the arch indicates just how massive the Arch is.

@sirlee5264 6 ай бұрын

It’s to good to be true boys. Modders have never ceased to amaze me, but this, we will never have this.

@WebbstreMain 7 ай бұрын

Watching this is like seeing a picture of the moon if it was terraformed. The feeling in your brain as you recognize landmarks that look the same and completely different. Amazing

@liammarsland268 3 ай бұрын

This is what I hope elder scrolls 6 is gonna be like, proper scale cities with lots of detail and something in every house/building

@blarggimblies2008 28 күн бұрын

If Bethesda ever actually cared about their games, this is what the anniversary edition would've looked like.

@lyrithvalthier2236 7 ай бұрын

@Bethesda - Please Please Please stop using shitty creation engine and having shitty animations with glitchy combat, and GIT GOOD with UE5. @Leo Torres - HOLY SHIIIIIIIIIII PLEASE SHOW US MORE OF SKYRIM AND MORE of the city of Solitude, and I hope you can do all the other cities, OMG THIS IS AMAZING -

@OffMetaProfessor 6 ай бұрын

In about 20 years I think we will see games that look like this regularly, It's cool that the Witcher 4 is being developed on Unreal Engine 5 as well.

@LabTech41 5 ай бұрын

Yeah, we won't see it from Bethesda though, because they've been using the same engine, more or less, for the last 20 years. If innovation to this level, where fidelity and size at that scale can be maintained on the average Joe's rig can be established, it won't be from the AAA studios that get fat and grow inflexible; it'll be from smaller, independent studios that become more and more common as the tech to create impressive experiences become more ubiquitous. Starfield is proof that at the very least under Todd Howard's leadership, you're never going to be blown away by the graphics or game experience of an Elder Scrolls game.

@neilbamford6532 5 ай бұрын

Now THAT is a capitol! Stunningly good.The birds, waterfalls and the drainage rill down the centre of the street give it scale and bring it alive. Amazing work, man. As you say, it's big for an in-game city, but if it looked like this, I'd play Elder Scrolls VII: Solitude .... release date 2041?))

@DedmanDoesStuff Ай бұрын

Elder scrolls 6 really needs BIG cities like this and not just 5-7 buildings in a walled in area

@TheStupidGuyWithBlip 7 ай бұрын

Just absolutely incredible! Love the scale of both the city and the surrounding environment. Only piece of feedback i have is that there probably wouldn't be that much moss and grass growing in an inhabited city lol, even though it looks awesome

@theace8502 6 ай бұрын

I wish i could give this video a thousand+ likes. Its so incredible. I've always wanted to see what the cities in all the emder scrolls games would really look like to scale