"Highly compressed" shouldn't mean "low quality." Verified versions keep all textures, music, and voice acting intact.
The "highly compressed" Skyrim wasn't a lesser version. It was a defiant one. It was a middle finger to planned obsolescence, to AAA bloat, to the idea that you needed a $2,000 machine to escape a world that felt too heavy. This was a version of Skyrim held together with duct tape and willpower, a digital golem that had no right to walk, yet walked. "Highly compressed" shouldn't mean "low quality
: Another secure, official platform for purchasing the Special Edition. System Requirements to AAA bloat