Trogdor1123
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That would be amazing
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Rumor: A Remake of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion in development at Virtous Games
badblue
Gold Member
I don't believe this at all. Not one bit.
I'll eat anything anyone wants if this turns out true
I'll take that wager.
MrTroubleMaker
Member
EDMIX
Writes a lot, says very little
Well I don't know how much of them are doing that remake tbh.
To my understanding, they are assisting Konami, they are not doing 100% of the remake.
So I feel, this could be true. Many studios can some times help in a remake that many gamers don't really know about if they don't look at the credits or something, like United Fronts working on Halo MC along with many other teams (I know this cause a good friend of mine worked on that project for that team lol)
Apocryphon
Member
How expansive a “remake”?
Agent_4Seven
Tears of Nintendo
Heimdall_Xtreme
Hermen Hulst Fanclub's #1 Member
dotnotbot
Member
In-house studios are busy with other stuff. Cheaper and faster this way.
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
The og has certainly aged poorly.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
OH DAMN. THEY TEASIN' !
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Mr.ODST
Member
Think with all the negativity around Xbox atm, stuff like this is good.
Hopefully its true
Melon Husk
Member
If this is real, I would imagine Microsoft were the ones paying for it.
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Well, they own the IP now, so yeah they're the ones who will pay Virtuous (or any studio) to make this remake-ster, regardless of if its just Xbox/PC or if it comes to PS or Nintendo as well.
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Romulus
Member
That's a big 'doubt' for me fam. If true, that fuckin stupid and a waste of resources, plus a middle finger to the modding scene who worked years on this.
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Respons from the modding team:
I always thought it was weird to be excited for an Oblivion update that brings it up to 2011 standards...with a released date of 2025
rofif
Can’t Git Gud
I love oblivion. It's fantastic. WAAAAAAAAY better than Skyrim. Especially the amazing brotherhood quest.
but Morrowind is still better gameplay wise. No level scaling. You can go to the north, pick up best sword in the game or go to vivec, steal the vault key, get all that shit from the vault, sell it in caldera for 5k per day and then level up with balmora trainers. I PLAYED MORROWIND YOU GUYS.
The story in morrowind? no fucking idea.
but Morrowind is still better gameplay wise. No level scaling. You can go to the north, pick up best sword in the game or go to vivec, steal the vault key, get all that shit from the vault, sell it in caldera for 5k per day and then level up with balmora trainers. I PLAYED MORROWIND YOU GUYS.
The story in morrowind? no fucking idea.
Kamina
Golden Boy
Literally my thoughts exactly.
The best game they ever made needs a modern makeover.
DownLikeBCPowder
Member
Oblivion would be easier to remake is probably the reason. Morrowind would likely have to be rewritten to translate to a voiced dialogue system and a lot of the flavor text would be cut sadly. At least that's one major reason I can imagine they would be hesitant to remake Morrowind since the abundance of text is one of it's core identities.
demented waffle
Member
The bolded might not even be the best quest line in the game. The quests were insane in the game. Although the level scaling needs to go. That and the weapon and armor damage needs to be toned way down. Like a good 75% or more.
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Trogdor1123
Gold Member
I’d buy morrowind or oblivion remakes, if they changed the leveling system in oblivion
Operations66
Banned
The problem in Morrowind with no level scaling is that you can become god-like at some point (especially by exploiting training), and the game loses its challenge.
Oblivion had level scaling, but you could still become fairly god-like by leveling up your skills to high levels, which the enemies couldn't do, even if they could match your overall level.
I love both games. Would love to see them both remastered without messing with the core gameplay too much. The games' quirks and weaknesses are also part of their charm. I don't want them "improved" and "balanced" into blandness.
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rofif
Can’t Git Gud
yeah it takes 1 hour to speedrun into godhood if you are 14yo rofif with too much time to learn the game in and out.
No internet so I remember checking out locations of items THROUGH THE EDITOR
StereoVsn
Member
Personally I would go with Skyblivion since mods would work.
StereoVsn
Member
That doesn't sound promising. Either they will butcher Oblivion with most item persistence gone or the remake will be of GTA trilogy "quality".
Torrent of Pork
Banned
I would literally rather they give it the Skyrim SE treatment with a fresh set of textures, effects, and console mod capabilities. I also don't trust the developer after The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice edition.
Dr. Wilkinson
Gold Member
I think this is real. Because, Elder Scrolls VI is still ~4 years away at least, the gap in Elder Scrolls games has already been 12 years now, they might be breaking from their usual rule of “no remakes, only new games” and making an exception to have an Elder Scrolls for us to play to help tide people over 
. That would make sense to me.
Also, Oblivion is so old, it no longer runs easily or well on modern platforms outside of Series X|S, so even just an update for that reason alone would be worthwhile. Skyrim’s gotten so many updates and re-releases on new consoles. Makes sense to give that same opportunity to Oblivion.
. That would make sense to me.Also, Oblivion is so old, it no longer runs easily or well on modern platforms outside of Series X|S, so even just an update for that reason alone would be worthwhile. Skyrim’s gotten so many updates and re-releases on new consoles. Makes sense to give that same opportunity to Oblivion.
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IntentionalPun
Ask me about my wife's perfect butthole
Nice necro bump.I think this is real. Because, Elder Scrolls VI is still ~4 years away at least, the gap in Elder Scrolls games has already been 12 years now, they might be breaking from their usual rule of “no remakes, only new games” and making an exception to have an Elder Scrolls for us to play to help tide people over
Also, Oblivion is so old, it no longer runs easily or well on modern platforms outside of Series X|S, so even just an update for that reason alone would be worthwhile. Skyrim’s gotten so many updates and re-releases on new consoles. Makes sense to give that same opportunity to Oblivion.
There's no way they are moving to UE5.
Creation Engine is just so embedded in what Bethesda does with these games.
An updated Oblivion is possible but it would just be Oblivion with Starfield level graphics not UE5.
BouncyFrag
Member
My go to chill music:
This is all I need from Oblivion.
This is all I need from Oblivion.
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Bergoglio
Member
Attenzione is italian. What the hell is this
Elder Legend
Banned
Wait why is he blacklisted? Let me guess, some dumb SJW shitstain decided to make up some BS right?
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MMaRsu
Member
He was accused of rape by one person and of sexual harassment by another.
Jeremy Soule - Wikipedia
Not sure if blacklisted or self imposed blacklist. Doesn't seem like he really went against it.
Two Women Accuse Skyrim Composer Jeremy Soule Of Sexual Misconduct
Two women, an independent game developer and a vocalist, on Monday night accused famed video game composer Jeremy Soule, best known for his musical work on games like Guild Wars and Skyrim, of sexually predatory behavior and, according to the game developer, rape. Soule denied the game...
web.archive.org
I dunno man. Love his music, seems like a fucking douchebag tho.
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64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
a scenario where a remake replaces the original is basically nigh impossible, outside of a few (Metroid Zero Mission, Crash remakes, Tony Hawk remakes, RE1R)
Most of the time, the original is just as worthy of your time as a remake, mostly because remakes don't always get everything right. they do all the big stuff but you may miss some content or some minor stuff could be underbaked. The original game will always have the full experience while the remake will have a prettied up version of all the biggest best parts you remember.
Remasters are the ultimate IMO and they take the least effort. just port the game over to a newer platform with a newer rendering engine and better assets. Unless you got a really good reason to remake something, or you managed to do so well that it replaces the original, you should just stop and work on something new instead
Elder Legend
Banned
Was it proven though or taken to court?He was accused of rape by one person and of sexual harassment by another.
Jeremy Soule - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Not sure if blacklisted or self imposed blacklist. Doesn't seem like he really went against it.
Two Women Accuse Skyrim Composer Jeremy Soule Of Sexual Misconduct
Two women, an independent game developer and a vocalist, on Monday night accused famed video game composer Jeremy Soule, best known for his musical work on games like Guild Wars and Skyrim, of sexually predatory behavior and, according to the game developer, rape. Soule denied the game...
I dunno man. Love his music, seems like a fucking douchebag tho.
MMaRsu
Member
Im just stating what happened. It wasnt disproven or taken to court. Like I said, it doesnt really seem like he went against it.
These type of accusations is enough for most employers to not want to work with you either way.
He hasnt done anything in years.
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LavitzSlambert
Member
It's a better game than Skyrim in a lot of regards. If they fix a few of its big problems, Cyrodil has been my favorite region. The quests were top tier (Dark Brotherhood GOAT quest line).
1. Leveling major/minor skills.
2. Oblivion gate spawn rate/randomization.
3. QoL improvements from Skyrim and other mods.
1. Leveling major/minor skills.
2. Oblivion gate spawn rate/randomization.
3. QoL improvements from Skyrim and other mods.
Badlucktroll
Member
So we know Virtuous is doing MGS3.....Maybe they are also doing Oblivion
dotnotbot
Member
Why? If they were able to re-release Skyrim with music intact I don't see the problem with Oblivion. Looking at other games/movies, it seems like once they paid composer for their work they can do whatever they want with his music, i.e. recompose, remix, remaster, hand over the themes to another composer for another game/movie etc.
Dr. Wilkinson
Gold Member
is
Agree that it was a great game. Sunk a lot of time into it myself. Two major issues I had with it were that dungeons were too samey, like mostly all the same two or three templates, with slight variations in layout. Got old real quick. And the environments had no variety; which thankfully was addressed in Skyrim. Also, the oblivion gates were always awful and I detested having to do them.
Agree that it was a great game. Sunk a lot of time into it myself. Two major issues I had with it were that dungeons were too samey, like mostly all the same two or three templates, with slight variations in layout. Got old real quick. And the environments had no variety; which thankfully was addressed in Skyrim. Also, the oblivion gates were always awful and I detested having to do them.