After seeing a streamer playing The Elder Scrolls V with Wildlander mode, I installed the Wildlander mode, to experience it in first person.
I confess that I’m still exploring the mode, but from what I’ve done and experienced, I can say that it’s a very realistic mode, in terms of real life, such as, for example, we have to sleep, eat (where we have to hunt and cook food), drinking water (where we have to fill our bottle with water from the river), having warm clothes for the coldest areas, we can get sick, actions like removing the fur of the animals will “cost”, time, among other things.
The mode starts by creating our character to which the race has a certain influence because of the passive skills of each race, after that we choose the class we want where we can, take a quiz or create my class, where the mode gives us the possibility of choosing our starting place.
The characters I created to test the mode were always more focused on melee and range, so in terms of magic I don’t know very well how it works, but I know that there is a research process for spells so as not to be too dependent on buying spells on the vendors.
The character’s progression can be slow, since the first goal when we start is to have gold so we can buy supplies (food, weapons and gear) and for that, we can earn by cutting wood (where we can use it to make items related to survival), fishing, hunting, among other options. The perks here in this mode if they are at 0 are practically useless and we have to evolve them in order to make them useful.
Also in this mode you have to pay attention to enemies, because enemies have their level and difficulty in killing them, that is, not all enemies die with normal weapons, there are enemies that need a type of weapon, spell to kill them, so it is necessary to be careful with whom we fight.
Having warm clothes and not getting wet is VERY important because the character gets negative states because of the cold which can make it difficult for us to survive.
As in the vanilla version, there are side and main quests to do, but it’s not guaranteed to be able to do all of them because it will depend a little on the character’s build.
In relation to the vanilla version of The Elder Scrolls V, this mode IMMENSELY improves the visual level and sounds of the game, being more engaging where we take our day to day at a time, where we explore the surroundings, live with the inhabitants of the place, among others. things compared to the original.
If you like a game that takes realism to a wider level, I think Wildlander mode is a mode to try.