Scharf: There were a bunch of options we were considering from the very beginning of development.

PSU: For many, the allure of revisiting Skyrim in a VR space will be difficult to resist what steps have you taken to ease the potential for motion sickness among those new to PS VR who might find themselves unfortunately afflicted? Was any thought given to allowing players the option to use PS VR’s in-built microphone to perform these shouts themselves? I’d imagine the satisfaction of nailing the pronunciation to be quite considerable indeed. PSU: Anyone who has played Skyrim in any of its various incarnations will know that the now iconic Dragon Shouts are an essential part of the game. You can fire the bow and arrow as fast and you’re able to nock and release, you can hold up a shield with your left hand while swinging a weapon with your right, and my favorite is being able to attack two targets at the same time with weapons or spells equipped in each hand. Part of the fun of making combat feel natural in VR is now you have some tricks up your sleeve that you didn’t have before. Scharf: You feel more powerful in combat, for sure. PSU: How is combat against multiple foes handled in Skyrim VR? Is it easy for the player to deal with numerous foes, or, does the game make these sorts of encounters a little easier to deal with in some other way? We worked on making very natural-feeling yet obvious combat actions such as nocking, aiming, and firing the longbow, firing off spells with both hands, and holding up the shield to put you in a block stance. Scharf: We spent a lot of time letting the player do with their hands via the PS Move controllers what would traditionally be button presses on a gamepad playing preset animations. PSU : Invariably, Skyrim has never shied away from combat how was this adapted to work in Skyrim VR, and what steps were taken to lend such conflicts the sort of gravitas that PS VR players would expect? The Skill Menu, we took a similar approach, we wanted the player to feel like they were looking up to the heavens, viewing the constellations in 360 degrees, deciding which perk to enable. With the World Map we wanted to not only give the player a bird’s eye view, but the feeling of flying around Skyrim to choose where to explore.

Scharf: We found that there were some good opportunities to redesign parts of the game to not only help the player feel more immersed, but also look great in VR. With Skyrim VR, and given how well aged the base game is at this point, has there been an effort to provide some additional nips and tucks so that the game can withstand such intimate inspection?

PSU: By its very nature, VR encourages a natural curiosity on the part of the player to micro scrutinise the game world that they find themselves in.

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