Great game. You are in charge of making a space faring civilization thrive while eliminating the aliens. You have to make them all get along. But you don't deal with individuals. You deal with giving direction and guidance to the ships, planet development, research, and government. Worth playing. you don't get bogged down in the fine details of civilization building.

Ah, vanilla. What's more to love than getting a special edition release of that game you have spent more time with than your date? Start up the game and admire the slightly higher graphics and new game play. With this slightly higher resolution of Skyrim, you can see more details from all angles. Oblivion wanted to make sure you could see the enhanced resolution on the flying mammoth species from every angle so they put back in all the original bugs and don't allow all the mods from the "regular, paid version". But don't worry if you still remember them all and were getting bored of them. For you, Oblivion has also added new ways for the scenery to kill you.
There is even a new hidden skill for you to master: the "Aerobatic Horse Mount/Dismount" skill. It's a hidden skill so you won't be able to see your progress, but it's easy to test. The mammoths still fly more than the horses .....unless you are south east of Riften. There's a really special mountain range where you can level up and test your new hidden skill. When you are following the marker to Fort Dawnguard on horseback, the marker will start moving. Now this is it! Hurry up and try to catch it while mounted on your trusty Skyrim steed. You will encounter a mountain pass where you and your steed will bounce.
You can achieve some skill points by perfecting the dismount here. But if your horse is too high, you will die or get hurt. So remember to save, save, save! Unmount from your steed and enjoy the scenic view of it as it bounces like a super ball. You can level up your skill by trying to mount your horse while it is dribbling around the mountain pass. You will notice it becomes easier to catch your horse as your skill points increase. Your horse will start to walk and bounce so you don't get bored while you master your new hidden skill. Be wary though, there are creatures that will attack you if you focus too much on perfecting your technique. Don't worry about your horse. While it is bouncing around, it can attack, and evade counter attacking.

I don't recommend the special edition because it is hard to find, and master the hidden skills. So far, I have only been able to find and master 2 new hidden skills. And the second seemed like a rip off from Molag Bal's haunted house special ability. I am pretty sure I already learned the hidden skill to avoid random flying housewares in Markarth when the Vigilant Tyranus suckered me into going into the abandoned house. I did everything Molag Bal asked of me and even made his mace my primary weapon! So why does he continue to make random houses attack me? I think Oblivion could have come up with a new plot here rather than revisit one they already did.

As a plus, they did put in some new areas to explore. I stumbled through a secret portal outside of Whiterun when werewolves exit that transports you to another dimension just under the city. You can fall right off the planet there if you aren't careful. And in Windhelm, in Candlehearth Hall, there is a hidden door on the second floor that transports you to a room shaped like a Cross that is full of all those NPC's that died. You see piles of the dead, but they can also revive and talk to you about death. Or just turn into what looks like the living dead zombies. They are friendly-ish, but if you attack them and kill them, they just disappear and fall from the ceiling into another place of the room. Sometimes they don't disappear, but spawn another instance of them. Way to creepy! What's worst is I couldn't find any door to get back to the normal Candlehearth! I am doomed to live there forever! But there's Wi-fi so I can go online.....If you are reading this, please come to Candlehearth and let me out, please?