Elder Scrolls Oblivion remaster/remake

[al_infierno]

How does Oblivion compare to Skyrim? I never played Oblivion.

Can't speak to the remaster yet as it's still loading up, but the original Oblivion still held up pretty well when I messed around last night.  The combat is a lot worse, very floaty and the enemies tend to be spongey, and there's not much in the way of special combat moves.  That said, it has an old-school RPG style character class system, where you pick from a huge list of DND style classes like Barbarian, Knight, Rogue, Paladin, and so on -- and you can even create a custom class.  Your character is less "one size fits all" compared to Oblivion, which is kind of nice for that classic RPG nostalgia.

Also, it's been a while, but I remember the quests in Oblivion being generally more creative and interesting, rather than Skyrim where tons of quests just boil down to "go to this cave and kill a bunch of stuff."

[al_infierno]

Oblivion is, indeed, back my friends     Meet my new character, the honorable knight Lord Sir Duckingsworth

[al_infierno]

For any Game of Thrones fans in the house, I gotta say -- I hadn't read the series when I played this game back in 2007 when it first came out, but replaying it now, it's friggin' surreal hearing Sean Bean -- the righteous heir of the recently assassinated monarch -- say the line "I'll come with you to hear what Joffrey has to say" in regards to a guy that wants to put him back on the throne.  Especially considering the HBO series wouldn't be made until 2011.

I'm guessing the devs must've been GRRM fans!

[Jarhead0331]

I remember feeling that Oblivion was a step down from Morrowind, which I recall really loving. I felt it was more restricted and limited as to what you could do and I hated how the world leveled up with you. It made it feel as if you never really progressed and never became very powerful or skilled. Wish they would remaster that old classic too.

[Rayfer]

I remember feeling that Oblivion was a step down from Morrowind, which I recall really loving. I felt it was more restricted and limited as to what you could do and I hated how the world leveled up with you. It made it feel as if you never really progressed and never became very powerful or skilled. Wish they would remaster that old classic too.

A big plus 1 for what JH posted. It was a huge disappointment for me with its level scaling and stripped out Morrowind features.

[DesertFox]

Don't know if you guys have tried it or not, but https://openmw.org/ is a really good project that attempts to modernize the engine and fix a lot of issues with Morrowind.  I have actually used it some and it's a big improvement over the original.  I think I remember reading that it supports VR also, although I haven't tried it yet.

[solops]

I remember feeling that Oblivion was a step down from Morrowind, which I recall really loving. I felt it was more restricted and limited as to what you could do and I hated how the world leveled up with you. It made it feel as if you never really progressed and never became very powerful or skilled. Wish they would remaster that old classic too.

A big plus 1 for what JH posted. It was a huge disappointment for me with its level scaling and stripped out Morrowind features.

+1  +1

[Pete Dero]

The first mods are starting to appear.


This Oblivion Remastered Mod brings back the colors of the original :

https://www.dsogaming.com/mods/this-oblivion-remastered-mod-brings-back-the-colors-of-the-original/

More mods : https://www.nexusmods.com/games/oblivionremastered/mods

[Pete Dero]

https://x.com/BethesdaStudios/status/1915889058024222801

We are so grateful to the over 4 million of you that have already ventured into Cyrodiil with Oblivion Remastered. Thank you!

[Redwolf]

https://x.com/BethesdaStudios/status/1915889058024222801

We are so grateful to the over 4 million of you that have already ventured into Cyrodiil with Oblivion Remastered. Thank you!

4 million is so few days? Sounds wrong. Or impressive.

[Sigwolf]

4 million is so few days? Sounds wrong. Or impressive.

It's likely that a very large percentage of those users are playing on GamePass, rather than purchasing the game outright.  Still a very impressive number, but a very different picture than 4 million units sold.

[Father Ted]

The first mods are starting to appear.

This Oblivion Remastered Mod brings back the colors of the original :

Let me get this right:  people are paying £50 for a remastered version of an old game and then modding it so that it looks like the original?

[undercovergeek]

The first mods are starting to appear.

This Oblivion Remastered Mod brings back the colors of the original :

Let me get this right:  people are paying £50 for a remastered version of an old game and then modding it so that it looks like the original?

Exactly what I asked a colleague

But not quite - the new one is in a slightly different hue apparently and the mod tweaks the colours

[al_infierno]

The first mods are starting to appear.

This Oblivion Remastered Mod brings back the colors of the original :

Let me get this right:  people are paying £50 for a remastered version of an old game and then modding it so that it looks like the original?

The remaster is a bit desaturated, the mod just brings back the iconic bloom effect