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[ValiantInstance]

The difficulty is borked. If you play on hard mode you take 3x damage instead of 1.5x. If you play on the hardest difficulty you take 5x damage and deal 0.2x.

 

[TMLT]

Should I just play Kingdom Come Deliverance instead?

Yes. Its far, far better in just about every way.

 

[Buggy Loop]

Yes. Its far, far better in just about every way.

I mean, in every way that is not a fantasy RPG.

I don't understand peoples who mix KCD with fantasy RPG genres. When I crave a fantasy RPG, KCD is at the bottom of the list. If I want to play a sim RPG based on reality, KCD is pretty much... the only choice.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Really?

Fuck I started my build with my old OG oblivion reflexes. Could have built differently then. What's the system now?

You pick and choose which attributes to improve and by how much. In the original game, the "how much" was determined by your major skills, which made it kinda easy to fuck up your build.

 

[Hollywood Hitman]

yeah, pretty much my thoughts

it still has the jank / charm of a Bethesda Videogame .. and .. it just works

I would absolutely foam at the mouth if we got a Fallout 3 remaster of this quality

Same, it's just been so long for these games and they are imo vintage prime Bethesda games. It's nuts that 20 years ago we had oblivion even tho I was there for it all it still is wild how the jump from the 90s to early 2000s was crazy.

Oblivion needed this so bad.

 

[Buggy Loop]

You pick and choose which attributes to improve and by how much. In the original game, the "how much" was determined by your major skills, which made it kinda easy to fuck up your build.

So what's majors for then?

 

[adamsapple]

So what's majors for then?

Bigger upfront boost and increasing major skills has a much bigger impact on the overall Lv up bar. The higher your major skill, the higher it increases the Lv up bar every time you increase it.

Increasing Minor skills maybe only adds a sliver to the Lv bar comparatively.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Bigger upfront boost and increasing major skills has a much bigger impact on the overall Lv up bar. The higher your major skill, the higher it increases the Lv up bar every time you increase it.

Increasing Minor skills maybe only adds a sliver to the Lv bar comparatively.

Exactly. Imo a much better system than Skyrim, since in that game you could level up by using the "wrong" skills which sucked.

 

[The Infectious Paradox]

Oof. Old school combat doesn't do it for me sadly. Gotten so used to responsiveness with parrys. Looks great but I'd rather play Tainted Grail. Hopefully ES6 is more my speed

 

[rodrigolfp]

I'm reading a lot of negative stuff, are these the usual exaggerations from people bitching because of some frame drops here and there or a color filter they don't like or is the remaster currently broken?

The first.

 

[SirKicksalot]

Watching the Oblivion game logic under the surface like



Even the stutters are the same.

 

[TMLT]

I mean, in every way that is not a fantasy RPG.

I don't understand peoples who mix KCD with fantasy RPG genres. When I crave a fantasy RPG, KCD is at the bottom of the list. If I want to play a sim RPG based on reality, KCD is pretty much... the only choice.

They're both open world predominantly first person RPGs with a strong medieval vibe. Theres obvious crossover appeal there and I dont think "well Oblivion has goblins" is enough to avoid comparison.

 

[ValiantInstance]

Watching the Oblivion game logic under the surface like



Even the stutters are the same.

Ultimate Engine Tweaks (Anti-Stutters - Lower Latency - No Film Grain - No Chromatic Aberration - Lossless)

Definitive Unreal 'Engine.ini' changes with the goal to remove most stutters, improve performance and stability, decrease input latency, improve picture clarity. All with no visual loss.

www.nexusmods.com

 

[poodaddy]

what do you guys think of my lil guy? his name is herbert

 

[Aguero9320]

Played the opening of this just out of curiosity (must not get sidetracked on my Avowed completion) - as someone who never played it originally, I was really impressed. Looks great and seems to play great too.

Fallout 3 please Virtuous.

 

[ValiantInstance]

Played the opening of this just out of curiosity (must not get sidetracked on my Avowed completion) - as someone who never played it originally, I was really impressed. Looks great and seems to play great too.

Fallout 3 please Virtuous.

FO3 is being made in house apparently. After the huge success of this I wouldn't be surprised if a New Vegas remaster was greenlit.

They're familiar with the engine now so it shouldn't take anywhere near as long.

 

[Aguero9320]

FO3 is being made in house apparently. After the huge success of this I wouldn't be surprised if a New Vegas remaster was greenlit.

They're familiar with the engine now so it shouldn't take anywhere near as long.

I could never get into New Vegas for some reason, but loved Fallout 3...

 

[Denton]

They're both open world predominantly first person RPGs with a strong medieval vibe. Theres obvious crossover appeal there and I dont think "well Oblivion has goblins" is enough to avoid comparison.

Precisely. KCD is distinct in its historicity and systemic depth but people who like first person RPGs regardless of setting will enjoy both (or have in 2006 in case of Oblivion - in my opinion it aged pretty badly and the remaster does not really fix that).

 

[adamsapple]

Exactly. Imo a much better system than Skyrim, since in that game you could level up by using the "wrong" skills which sucked.

Makes Trainers even more invaluable now, lol.

Since you can focus on your major skills and get bigger bumps to the level up chunks.

I'm trying to get to LV 10 as reasonably quick as I can, so I can unlock the Skeleton Key quest.

 

[Zuzu]

 

[Roman Empire]

I want to play this but I'm just with my hands full. Happy to hear good things about this remaster/remake.

 

[Krathoon]

I wonder if they upgraded the randomly generated Oblivion maps. It would be cool if they improved that.

 

[Solarstrike]

Anyone know proper way to play in 4k (3840 x 2160)? What I've tried that hasn't worked:

-desktop resolution set to 3840x2160
-Set game properties on Steam: - w 3840 -h 2160
-%USERPROFILE%>Documents>MyGames>Oblivion Remastered>Saved>Config>Windows>
edit GameUserSettings; Resolution X and Y file 3840 x 2160
edit AltarGameUserSetting; Resolution X and Y 3840 x 2160
-Punched the King

4k or no k I will not compromise especially with a masterpiece such as this. Wtf with this engine man it needs an enema

 

[TintoConCasera]

Anyone know proper way to play in 4k (3840 x 2160)? What I've tried that hasn't worked:

-desktop resolution set to 3840x2160
-Set game properties on Steam: - w 3840 -h 2160
-%USERPROFILE%>Documents>MyGames>Oblivion Remastered>Saved>Config>Windows>
edit GameUserSettings; Resolution X and Y file 3840 x 2160
edit AltarGameUserSetting; Resolution X and Y 3840 x 2160
-Punched the King

4k or no k I will not compromise especially with a masterpiece such as this. Wtf with this engine man it needs an enema

Review GHG post history, he found a solution and afaik he posted it ITT.

edit: think it might be this one.

 

[Solarstrike]

Review GHG post history, he found a solution and afaik he posted it ITT.

edit: think it might be this one.

Thanks a lot for the prompt reply! I just want to add for posterity that I do not recommend punching the King.

 

[gtabro]

That glow up though

 

[Buggy Loop]

I dont think "well Oblivion has goblins" is enough to avoid comparison.

It really should

goblins, arachnids, atronachs, daedras, ghosts, zombies, wraiths, lich, minotaurs, ogres, skeletons, spriggans and others, and attacking them with spells or conjured minions or weapons/armor, and explore magic ruins or parallel worlds, etc, is anywhere near sword clashing with the 100th dude in metal armor or bandit you encounter and explore to find "cabins in the wood".

Really not the same craving. As much as I love KCD, really not even in the same recommendation range.

 

[Solarstrike]

Ok PC bro's, after fiddling around with a few more things I found a solution:

Step 1:

Set a custom resolution in your nvidia control panel. If you have a 4k display then literally just one vertical pixel less than 2160 will do (e.g. 2159) but I went for 2020 since that creates a nice cinema widescreen resolution that looks nice on the OLED.

Step 2:

go to: C:\Users\%username%\Documents\My Games\Oblivion Remastered\Saved\Config\Windows

Open GameUserSettings.ini and change the following settings to the custom resolution you previously created:

ResolutionSizeX=
ResolutionSizeY=
LastConfirmedResolutionSizeX=
LastConfirmedResolutionSizeY=

DesiredScreenWidth=
DesiredScreenHeight=
LastUserConfirmedDesiredScreenWidth=
LastUserConfirmedDesiredScreenHeight=

Also scroll down to the bottom and find the following line:

bUserDesiredScreenHeight=

Set that to =True

Save the file and exit.

Step 3:

In the same folder that you found the previous file, find a file called "AltarGameUserSetting" and open it.

Find the following lines:

ResolutionSizeX=
ResolutionSizeY=
LastConfirmedResolutionSizeX=
LastConfirmedResolutionSizeY=

DesiredScreenWidth=
DesiredScreenHeight=
LastUserConfirmedDesiredScreenWidth=
LastUserConfirmedDesiredScreenHeight=

Set all of the above to your custom resolution settings.

Also find the following lines in this file and set them as follows:

FullscreenMode=2
LastConfirmedFullscreenMode=2
PreferredFullscreenMode=1

Save the file and exit.

Step 4 (IMPORTANT):

Set your desktop resolution to your desired custom resolution you created in the Nvidia control panel (you will need to do this before starting the game every time if you switch the resolution back to your native one after).

Step 5:

Start the game. It should now be natively rendering in your custom resolution in windowed mode but without the window (or window panel) itself showing.

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I'm now off to actually start playing the game myself, but hope this helps @Itchy Tickles and anyone else who might also be suffering this resolution problem.

Thank you GHG and thanks TintoConCasera for the help!
edit: It's not working for me. I'll figure it out

 

[Darchaos]

"Just gonna play for a bit" and then its 6 hours later....i lovet it! And its hard to belive that thrash like Awoved released not long ago

 

[Aesius]

Already got a few mods up and running on PC.

Better difficulty slider (Expert is a much smaller jump over Adept), leveling up speed cut in half, rebalanced quest reward items, and a ReShade preset that increases the color vibrancy and restores the original's dreamy pastoral look.

Reminds me of the OG release in March 2006 when new essential mods were releasing daily.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Better difficulty slider (Expert is a much smaller jump over Adept), leveling up speed cut in half

Might look into those 2, thanks.

 

[SiahWester]

Serious question, cannot you mod games from windows store? Unless you are referring to xcloud.

Yeah you can't mod games on the cloud unfortunately. I'm not sure about the Microsoft store but I'd assume you could. I only buy games through Steam.

 

[sloppyjoe_gamer]

Precisely. KCD is distinct in its historicity and systemic depth but people who like first person RPGs regardless of setting will enjoy both (or have in 2006 in case of Oblivion - in my opinion it aged pretty badly and the remaster does not really fix that).

I was wondering why the body type thing was added......Vavra must have recommended it

 

[Celcius]

Is this like the ninja gaiden remake where it has the old game logic running under the hood with UE5 running on top of it for visuals?

 

[TintoConCasera]

Is this like the ninja gaiden remake where it has the old game logic running under the hood with UE5 running on top of it for visuals?

Yeah. Mods don't seem to run "out of the box" but they still seem to use the same .esp filesystem.

 

[CrimsonTide]

Is this like the ninja gaiden remake where it has the old game logic running under the hood with UE5 running on top of it for visuals?

Just based on my 3 hours or so, yeah.. mostly. Apparently they tweaked leveling system and such.

But it's just a modern Oblivion and for me, I am perfectly happy with that. Enjoying being back in that world.

 

[Calverz]

Downloaded this on gamepass. Looks absolutely stunning. Very pleased. Also happy to see it's a play anywhere title as well.

 

[Chuck Berry]

 

[amigastar]

I love when you pick up herbs and mushrooms they get a nice pick up animation, slightly strechted.

 

[CrimsonTide]

Looks good, not near as good as my pics I posted from my Steam Deck of course (I kid)

Really can't wait for the weekend to dive in proper and get lost all over again!

Games should only release on Friday, should make it illegal for Tuesday releases.

Nintendo used to release only on Friday, not sure if they do now or not. Now days, hardly buy anything on launch days, so out the loop.

 

[Bigfroth]

It's so good and nostalgically comfortable . I'm enjoying the hell outa of it.

 

[Raven117]

We have a consensus on whether the game runs better on ps5 (base) v Xbox x?

 

[mathello]

I think I still have muscle memory of how to dogde enemies because I barely needed health after 4 hours.

 

[saintjules]

We have a consensus on whether the game runs better on ps5 (base) v Xbox x?

 

[Raven117]

Thanks man!

 

[twilo99]

Downloaded this on gamepass. Looks absolutely stunning. Very pleased. Also happy to see it's a play anywhere title as well.

Is GP version "moddable"?

 

[adamsapple]

RE: Order of the Virtuous Blood quest

Spoiler

I like that the increase in fidelity lets you easily see that the guys giving you the quest to kill the vampire are the vampires themselves cause of their bloodshot eyes.

 

[simpatico]

I'm so confused by this game having played only Skyrim.

Is loot supposed to be just absolute shit? It feels like a chore to even open chests in this game because all I'll see is a pair of black smith pants and a piece of bread.

Nothing good from any dungeons.

Game just feels extremely unsatisfying in every aspect of a RPG so far. Bad loot. Boring dungeons. Weak side quests.

Combat is good but like I posted earlier the challenge is just so boring on adept but too fucked up on expert.

I love the visuals, music, monster design, armor design. The rest just is… bad.

That's Oblivion man. It came out in a simpler time when we weren't conditioned for a constant stream of great loot.

 

[Raven117]

Is there just an answer?

 

[GHG]

Thank you GHG and thanks TintoConCasera for the help!
edit: It's not working for me. I'll figure it out

If you've followed all the instructions I posted make sure it's set to "windowed" mode in game and then select the custom resolution you've created from there (while also having your desktop set to the same custom resolution).