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[ValiantInstance]

Deserved. The game is fantastic as better than I remembered.



The 2023 Microsoft leaks mentioned the Oblivion remake and Fallout 3. Since we now have Oblivion and everything else on that list has come true so far, I think it's safe to say Fallout 3 is next. Probably next year if I was going to put money on it.

The world still holds up. I spent days in Bruma doing quests I'd picked up just from talking to people. You get to really learn each town and it's people. I never really felt that in Skyrim apart from Whiterun.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Oblivion is buggy and boring.

So is your mom

 

[Loboxxx]

Let's be real here. This was a GOTY awarded 94 Metacritic game in 2006. Now it's the same awesome game upgraded with UE5 visuals and gameplay improvements. And for people in the 20s it's literally like a new The Elder Scrolls since they were to young for Oblivion when it released, and the last one they played was released 14 years ago.

There is nothing to be surprised at here. Besides how awesome it is as a remaster. Normally we just get higher resolution and framerates. This feels like a remake. It's fantastic

The least they could do was update the graphics to Unreal 5. It costs 60€, which is more expensive than the newly released Expedition 33, a game built from scratch over five years.

In 2006 it was a great game, today it is a game with a very burnt formula (Fallout, Skyrim, Starfield, etc.) In 2025 I see it much inferior to an Avowed for example and it is not exactly a GOTY.

Anyway it's just a thought, because I was surprised to see so much enthusiasm.

 

[Holammer]

Oblivion remaster got 25k user reviews on Steam after three days on sale. Avowed on the other hand, MS's "We have Elderscrolls at home" scored 9.1k in 67 days.
MS should put Virtuos on remastering Morrowind next.