Skyrim's got NPCs like a dragon's got scales. Which is to say: it has many. Spend a bit of time with them, however, and you'll start to realize that Skyrim's NPCs are a bit dumb. They're not strategic ...

For me, it's the dumber the Skyrim mod, the better. That's not to say silly changes can't completely overhaul the Bethesda RPG game and make it feel fresh - I love seeing what the community does to ...

Andrew is a freelance writer from UK who specialises in video game news. He has written for What Culture, Rock Paper Shotgun, and PCGamesN. In 2023, he finally caved and bought an Xbox Series X. If ...

Sarah has been an editor and contributor for GameRant since 2015. After meeting her first Chocobo, she never looked back. After years of playing them, she decided to major in game design in college ...

The way NPCs open doors in Skyrim has always been a bit silly. When they're crossing load screens they can't open them all ...

If you play The Elder Scrolls V: Skryim long enough, you'll inevitably run into repetitive dialogue, such as every guard with a sob story about having taken an arrow to the knee. Beyond that, however, ...

If you've always wanted the NPCs of Skyrim to be smarter, one of the best modders in the community is back with exactly what you asked for. While it's often all too easy to snipe NPCs with a bow or ...

Kyle has a degree in Film, Television, and Cultural Studies and has loved video games for as long as he can remember. He's owned every PlayStation, dabbled with the occasional Xbox, and even owned a ...

AI mods are paving the way for a much more dynamic gaming experience. Modders have been striving to make their worlds more interactive and realistic, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been the key ...

The best Skyrim Special Edition mods exist thanks to the resilience of this 2016 remaster. What made it an essential upgrade is that the 64-bit version remains stable even under a heavy mod load.