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I must admit, it's not "just" a remaster, but they somehow managed to capture the spirit of '06 when this first came out PERFECTLY. Picture this: I was still in college and studying at home when Oblivion was finally released. I had been waiting for it for a long time (to my young mind back then) and I remember it was a perfectly beautiful, sunny day and I was home alone with no obvious way to get to a game store.

So I asked my elderly neighbor if I could borrow her clunker of a car for "an errand" and drove over an hour to the nearest game shop.

From the game itself I mostly remember how drop-dead gorgeous everything seemed - and how terrible my PC's performance was back then, especially in outdoors areas.

Today, I experienced the exact same form of awe, followed by the most gorgeous graphics I could imagine, and... 15 fps outdoors. EXACTLY how things used to be when I was a young man.

Magic. Truly a win for Bethesda (after Starfield). Now all I need is a PC who can actually run the damn thing on high with over 60 FPS.

This looks like a very solid remaster where they also fixed some glaring issues with the original like the outragious leveling (and therefore to some degree the scaling-) system. I am not a huge Bethesda fan but they did many things right with this. I hope that this remaster will be available on GOG at some point as well.

They did a great job with this remaster. You can tell another studio with actual passion for the game did most of the work.

So far I'm loving it, and I say this as someone that has played Oblivion every few months since release. I had to move the original to my external drive to make room for the remaster. Still just getting, started but so far it's a very faithful upgrade.

I'm playing it on the Series X and it runs smoother than the OG while looking like a modern AAA game.

I don't understand fully. I haven't played the game since it first came out and I played it on the 360. But this remaster almost feels like a half UE5 conversation with an AI generateded character updates. Like it half looks like absolute trash except for the scenery.

I know it's not a remake or a complete overhaul. But did the character movement slide this much on the original? Did all the NPCs you talk to look like they're in late stage face cancer?

So did they fix the magic system? One of my biggest problems with the original was that magic was near pointless. After like 30 levels magic felt like throwing rocks at a tank.

Wait, it's already out? I heard a bunch of rumors about it just the other day and I went on Steam to look it up, and I could swear it was still targeting a release in 2026.

They must have been working overtime on this to beat Skyblivion to the finish line.

On the plus side, it is a spectacular story and just masterpiece of a game, even for its age.

On the other, first Hollywood couldn't get over the whole remaster and release to milk that cow, and videogames are all onboard the milk train.

Cause, new ideas are too expensive and it's easier to repackage and upscale I suppose.

Still, feels exciting and disappointing at the same time.

I'm enjoying it quite a bit!

... except for the fucking lockpicking...

Whyyy did they have to make it so much harder?! It's so unforgiving now and they took away the noise cue! I used to be able to do it without even looking at the screen because you could hear a distinct sound when it clicked into place. Now there are 3 different drop speeds and the sounds are so minimal...