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Rumor: The Elder Scrolls Oblivion Remake announcement set for January
Stuart360
Member
I actually think Metro Exodus (maxed out on PC obviously) looks better than Stalker 2. Quite a few other games too.
Unless you're not talking about graphics.
UltimaKilo
Gold Member
If it’s a full blown remake, are we looking at a 2027 release?
DownLikeBCPowder
Member
I really, really don't like hearing that it's in Unreal Engine 5. Bigger than ever, cost cutting on engine. The end of Bethesda. It should be considered as to whether or not the proper "feel" of Oblivion or Elder Scrolls in general will be captured in this engine, furthermore a game like Oblivion is special for many reasons. I find it to be exceedingly unlikely that any "official" remake will maintain the qualities that make Oblivion, Oblivion.
But we'll see.
But we'll see.
Evil Calvin
Afraid of Boobs
I hated the enemy scaling in the game. Didn't matter how powerful you got....they always were just as strong.
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
#1 wish is that they completely rework the retarded leveling system that punishes you for playing the way it seemingly wants you to play.
My memories of that shit still trigger my OCD to this day.
My memories of that shit still trigger my OCD to this day.
Trogdor1123
Member
Agreed, running into a random bandit with dope armour was stupid
amigastar
Gold Member
Yeah, we will see how all this turns out. If the official Oblivion remake makes Skyblivion obsolete.
iHaunter
Member
I agree. Oblivion looks okay enough with mods... Shoulda done Morrowind.
amigastar
Gold Member
But we get Skywind which looks amazing.
StereoVsn
Gold Member
That’s a remake as it will significantly change (on PC at least) the game due to lack of similar modding capabilities.
It’s going to be interesting to see how Bethesda will handle it and especially if they fix level scaling and character leveling issues.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Morrowind is way too fucking old, a graphical coat alone won't be enough.
Humdinger
Gold Member
I might give this remake a spin, when it comes out. Like others, I was let down by Oblivion after experiencing Morrowind, but I still enjoyed the game. It was nearly 20 years ago, so it'll feel like a new experience. Modern-day Bethesda seems to have lost their old magic, so maybe this is a way of re-experiencing some of it.
Yeah, they'd have to re-do that combat system, at least. Swing a sword and it would just go swish, swish, swish, like you were just swinging through air - because whether you connected was based on dice rolls. You'd get an occasional "clank" when you connected - very exciting stuff, lol. They'd need to overhaul the journal, too. That was a mess and made tracking your quests very difficult, especially as they accumulated. And the cliff racers...
Yeah, they'd have to re-do that combat system, at least. Swing a sword and it would just go swish, swish, swish, like you were just swinging through air - because whether you connected was based on dice rolls. You'd get an occasional "clank" when you connected - very exciting stuff, lol. They'd need to overhaul the journal, too. That was a mess and made tracking your quests very difficult, especially as they accumulated. And the cliff racers...
Orbital2060
Member
I 100%ed the game on 360, and still today its the best Elder Scrolls game and possibly also a paradigm shift in terms of bringing a PC RPG over to a console snd controllee. Its somewhat of an Ocarina of Time for PC/console that not even Bethesda has managed to replicate in later games. Something was lost moving to Skyrim especially with the map and user interface. Oblivion had an awesome map and quality to the user interface that made it feel like reading a 1000-page leather-bound book. The closest thing to reading a volume of LOTR as a videogame. With great feel on a controller. With Skyrim and elsewhere Starfield its as if some staff left, and the people taking over maps and UX have no idea how to make a game for controllers. Both Skyrim and Starfield are awful on console with a controller. They went from tight and aesthetically pleasing UX to a bloated, too-clean looking mess in Skyrim forwards.
Morrowind, as great as it was to experience, is probably too ancient by design to really benefit from an official remake now.
Morrowind, as great as it was to experience, is probably too ancient by design to really benefit from an official remake now.
Trogdor1123
Member
This is what I’d want way more too.
IDKFA
I am Become Bilbo Baggins
Clealry Skyrim is the best. Don't let nostalgia blind your judgement.
phant0m
Member
This is the correct take.
JerryinSoCal
Member
I loved being able to create your own spells.
OctopusBox
Neo Member
I own them all and play them very often. Morrowind is a better game than Oblivion in terms of freedom and just having the systems wide open to use and exploit however you see fit. Skyrim was the one that dumbed it down for a mass audience. They’re all 9s though,10s even if you’re playing on PC.
ZoukGalaxy
Member
Translating Creative Engine mess to UE5 ?
indigoSociety
Member
you must be awesome at parties bro
Chiggs
Gold Member
I just think it would require some time and money. If Capcom can Remake RE2 with success, Morrowind can be done, too.
genesisblock
Member
Got the feeling it will be a soulless cashgrab. At least with Skyblivion, they are attempting to re-do some of the towns and add new content.
Rockondevil
Member
Oh I so hope this is true.
Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
True, but Skyrim’s engine just is not fit for Oblivion’s aesthetics. This was Bethesda dropping the industry standard for vegetation tools because they had it “at home”… Oblivion has a huge huge focus on lush vegetation in its environment and it is not Skyrim’s strength at all.
genesisblock
Member
I'm happy from what I've seen for their development update. Now, if Oblivion UE5 remake turns out to be good I can double dip again
Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
I am glad for you but the vegetation of Skyblivion is just a big step back from Oblivion (trees particularly so :/ )…
Spearheadz
Member
Daggerfall or gtfo
Perrott
Member
More likely a 2025 launch. This remake has reportedly been in the works at Virtuos for several years - maybe even half a decade - according to internal documents released during the FTC trial for the ABK acquisition from last year.
BouncyFrag
Member
I’m happy with the OG Oblivion.
gamerEMdoc
Member
For the love of god remake Morrowind first.
Buggy Loop
Gold Member
I love the oblivion real life memes
Two of my all time favorites, I often revisit them
Badlucktroll
Member
i hope my hornse armor purchase carries over
Giallo Corsa
Member
I love the oblivion real life memes
Two of my all time favorites, I often revisit them
UltimaKilo
Gold Member
That would be quite a welcome surprise for Elder Scrolls fans and would give them something before ES6 in 2026 or 2027.
Matt_Fox
Member
Elder Scrolls Oblivion was one of the most atmospheric games of its day, and back in 2006 its green hillsides, mossy boulders, diffused lighting, and day/night cycling captured the natural world better than any other title before it.
Outsiders mistake the appeal of 'Fantasy' as being about desperate hi-octane battles with orcs and dragons - the macho stuff you see on old heavy metal album covers... but anyone who has become smitten by the genre knows that it's actually a more gentle allure. It's about exploration of ancient and musty places, walking through myth, and occasionally - as any good adventure needs - some danger. I think that's the essence of Oblivion, it's a surprisingly chilled and zen-like game. If this remake understands that and brings up to date; the immersion, the naturalism, the sense of discovery and antiquity, the evocative soundtrack, cutting-edge visuals, then Oblivion this has an honest-to-goodness chance at going from Game of the Year 2006 to Game of the Year 2026.
Outsiders mistake the appeal of 'Fantasy' as being about desperate hi-octane battles with orcs and dragons - the macho stuff you see on old heavy metal album covers... but anyone who has become smitten by the genre knows that it's actually a more gentle allure. It's about exploration of ancient and musty places, walking through myth, and occasionally - as any good adventure needs - some danger. I think that's the essence of Oblivion, it's a surprisingly chilled and zen-like game. If this remake understands that and brings up to date; the immersion, the naturalism, the sense of discovery and antiquity, the evocative soundtrack, cutting-edge visuals, then Oblivion this has an honest-to-goodness chance at going from Game of the Year 2006 to Game of the Year 2026.
emivita
Member
VanCityGamer
Member
Elder Scrolls Oblivion was one of the most atmospheric games of its day, and back in 2006 its green hillsides, mossy boulders, diffused lighting, and day/night cycling captured the natural world better than any other title before it.
Outsiders mistake the appeal of 'Fantasy' as being about desperate hi-octane battles with orcs and dragons - the macho stuff you see on old heavy metal album covers... but anyone who has become smitten by the genre knows that it's actually a more gentle allure. It's about exploration of ancient and musty places, walking through myth, and occasionally - as any good adventure needs - some danger. I think that's the essence of Oblivion, it's a surprisingly chilled and zen-like game. If this remake understands that and brings up to date; the immersion, the naturalism, the sense of discovery and antiquity, the evocative soundtrack, cutting-edge visuals, then Oblivion this has an honest-to-goodness chance at going from Game of the Year 2006 to Game of the Year 2026.
I’m sure that looks great by 2006 standards but it looks like shit by today’s. It’ll need to be a massive graphical overhaul to be an open world I actually want to explore.
Aesius
Member
Yes, yes, yes.Elder Scrolls Oblivion was one of the most atmospheric games of its day, and back in 2006 its green hillsides, mossy boulders, diffused lighting, and day/night cycling captured the natural world better than any other title before it.
Outsiders mistake the appeal of 'Fantasy' as being about desperate hi-octane battles with orcs and dragons - the macho stuff you see on old heavy metal album covers... but anyone who has become smitten by the genre knows that it's actually a more gentle allure. It's about exploration of ancient and musty places, walking through myth, and occasionally - as any good adventure needs - some danger. I think that's the essence of Oblivion, it's a surprisingly chilled and zen-like game. If this remake understands that and brings up to date; the immersion, the naturalism, the sense of discovery and antiquity, the evocative soundtrack, cutting-edge visuals, then Oblivion this has an honest-to-goodness chance at going from Game of the Year 2006 to Game of the Year 2026.
Oblivion turned the sense of awe and wonder I felt when watching the nature scene of the 3DMark 2003 demo into an actual massive playable, explorable world:
Its game world is significantly more pleasant to explore than Skyrim's. Of course, Oblivion had plenty of problems, and as an owner on release day, I started modding it as soon as possible to fix random issues (leveling in particular). But the game world itself is still special. I think The Witcher 3 came close in parts to replicating the pastoral bliss that existed between dungeons and enemy encounters, but still never quite captured the magic of Oblivion (especially for early 2006).
Madserb2023
Member
Sounds like Combat Evolved Anniversary. Oblivion as is but with an Unreal 5 graphics layer on top. Unless I am misunderstanding things, this will be terrible. I can't think of anything worse than combining Creation/Gamebryo and Unreal 5. It will run at 15 fps and crash every 10 seconds. Should completely rebuild it in the latest version of Creation on something else.
Hugare
Member
Yeah, nah
I doubt this isnt fake
1st: I doubt Virtuos has the manpower for a remake of this size while also developing MGS 3 Remake
2nd: Bethesda had never changed its engine due to the stuff it can do, like knowing that you have thrown a piece of cheese in the middle of the woods and it will still be there when you come back hours later. I doubt that UE 5 could do stuff like this without being heavily modified, and I bet Virtuos wouldnt be capable of such thing.
So yeah, I'm pretty sure its fake
I doubt this isnt fake
1st: I doubt Virtuos has the manpower for a remake of this size while also developing MGS 3 Remake
2nd: Bethesda had never changed its engine due to the stuff it can do, like knowing that you have thrown a piece of cheese in the middle of the woods and it will still be there when you come back hours later. I doubt that UE 5 could do stuff like this without being heavily modified, and I bet Virtuos wouldnt be capable of such thing.
So yeah, I'm pretty sure its fake
Aesius
Member
A double dose of nostalgia for me was watching gameplay clips on early YouTube posted by people who had received their copies early.
Laptop1991
Member
i hope they do the Skyrim approach of making Daedric Armor rare, until i used some mods everyone and their dogs and cats were wearing at higher levels, it was everywhere lol.