The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered revealed, it's out now and Steam Deck Verified
The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered revealed, it's out now and Steam Deck Verified
New animations, voices re-recorded, etc.
I'll just wait for skyblivion
Yeah, it feels scummy that Bethesda's leaks started right after the Slyblivion team said they were almost done.
Almost like Oblivion remastered wasn't actually finished but they wanted to release it first.
Reminder that Bethesda is owned by Microsoft and is therefore one of the core BDS targets.
BDS?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boycott,_Divestment_and_Sanctions
Microsoft is perhaps the most complicit tech company in Israel’s illegal occupation, apartheid regime and ongoing genocide against 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza – which is why Microsoft is a now priority BDS target. (source)
Deck Verified
[x] Doubt
voices re-recorded
How did they get all 5 people back?! ducks
Edit: I was watching a channel comment on the trailer and they apparently brought in more voice actors at least for the different races now that 'the storage requirements aren't as strict' (paraphrased).
The live stream thing had the voice actor for the Imperial guards and Sheograth.
It runs like shit in the open world. Sub 20 fps. The person who verified this probably played only the tutorial in the sewers. On top of that you have to run it on the lowest settings and subjectively, the old version on the highest settings looks better than the new version on the lowest settings in my opinion, while running with locked 60 fps.
Meta/NewsBethesda gave all Skyblivion developers free keys for Oblivion Remastered
Bethesda gave free keys to all developers of Skyblivion: Link Here
Huge thanks to our friends @bethesdastudios.com for their continued support of #Skyblivion! As massive fans, we're beyond grateful for the generous gift of Oblivion Remastered game keys for our entire modding team! This means so much to us. Thank you for everything, @bethesda.net
Now that is awesome.
But nooooo, every single time I mention that Bethesda supports them as much as they legally can I get hated on. -.-'
Didn't they just announce it a few days ago? I was not expecting it to release already, wow
It's a marketing tactic called "shadow-dropping". It's a risky tactic that relies on word-of-mouth for marketing instead of an expensive ad campaign. It tends to be used either when the company isn't confident in their product, or if the drop is so desirable that it'll sell well regardless of marketing.
We can assume this is the latter, though it's possible Bethesda were also hedging their bets due to the remake's lack of mod compatibility since long-tail revenue from modding basically carries them for the several years between game releases.
They teased it yesterday and announced it today. Everything before that was leaks, which have been trickling out for months but accelerated last week.
Hellyeah nice. I didn't know they were making this.
Me either. The trailer is awesome and well done.
125GBs doesn't jive with my 8Mbps internet lol
Where do you live and how much do you pay for that? I'm at 1Gbps for the equivalent of $35 USD 22-04-25
As long as you don't have a data cap, just leave it running for two days
Yeah, that's what I usually do. It just sucks no one in the house can use the internet for 2-3 days when these bloated messes cone out.
As far as I know, the game is also a good remaster. Friend bought and is enamoured, people in reviews are happy. The only downside is that it's resource intensive, but welp...
Funniest review I've seen for now was dude that bought it being below specs and still managed to moan that game works like shit. xD
Loved Oblivion and on PC just wanted no frills gamepad support. I'm good with this. I'll try out Skyblivion when it comes out too. Oblivion is probably my favorite in series for questing. Solid enough voice acting, more varied in this one, while being more entertaining than Skyrim and TESO
Loved Oblivion and on PC just wanted no frills gamepad support.
There's a mod for that. If you don't like the reskinned UI you can just choose "NorthernUIAway (Vanilla Style)" from the Files tab to get a version with only bugfixes and the added gamepad support.
Playing this as we speak. Runs great on Fedora 42. (R7 7700, 9070XT and 32GB ram)
Also feels just like the original with better graphics and a few QOL changes that I’ve noticed.
Did you get any stuttering or frame pacing issues in the open world sections? I was playing on Fedora 42 too, but ended up refunding because of performance issues. Not sure if it’s just my computer getting a bit ‘old’ though…
Sometimes, but it’s Oblivion running in UE5 so I didn’t exactly expect perfect performance at launch.
Doesn’t bother me much. Lack of FSR4 bothers me more, but that’s a «linux issue» and not the game’s fault.
Unfortunately that is the target frame rate for steam deck most of the time.
So runs like crap is more like "runs as intended"
Anyone know if the save games are compatible with the original?
I installed it using Lutris under Arch, no issues and looks fantastic. I haven't played much yet, created my character mostly. I had to let the shaders do their thing with initial setup, so we will see if I get any stutter in the open world.
P/S, just checked Nexus Mods and there is already 900+ mods for Oblivion Remastered? I may have to spend some time modding.
Alternatively enjoy the original experience at a fourth the price, available as game of the year edition that includes expansions.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/22330/The_Elder_Scrolls_IV_Oblivion_Game_of_the_Year_Edition_2009/
Or buy on sale for only 3 Euro!!
https://steamdb.info/app/22330/
€55 Euro for just a graphics remaster is bullshit IMO.
The original is also required to enjoy Skyblivion, the fan-made remake with much more love and care put into it, when it comes out later this year.
Oh it's finally releasing as a finished game?!
Don't feed the parasite folks!
This should have been a free upgrade to people who already own the game already.
The remastered version is also incompatible with the 32,000+ mods that have been made for the original version.
Absolutely, €55 is like a completely new Tripple A title.
Free however is a bit much to ask, but maybe €15 complete including the original, and €5-10 as an upgrade.
I agree, which is why I actually linked the SteamDB page for the original GOTY edition, to show the occasional €3 price.
And you can see the increase in price from 15 to 20, although it's still €15 when I visit the Steam page?
Also don't forget that the original version has mods that make it look as good, if not potentially better, than this one.
Let's not get too crazy, there are some graphics mods but Oblivion will still look like a PS3 game at best