The Elder Scrolls IV : Oblivion REMASTERED

ApoAlaia · April 22

icapital wrote: »

Can you help me understand how this is ESO related?

It takes place in The Elder Scrolls universe.

There are references to TESO that have been included in the game.

...

Oh wait, that wasn't a good faith question was it? sorry, my bad.

zaria · April 22

Ragnarok0130 wrote: »

zaria wrote: »

Dojohoda wrote: »

I enjoyed playing Oblivion way back when it was new. This looks and sounds amazing, huge nostalgia factor

Agree, spend a lots of time in it. Wonder how true it is to the original? Loved many of the weird stuff in it.
I obviously assume level scaling is more like Skyrim and FO 4, it exist but is much more local and restricted. Now it need Oblvion's spellcrafting.
And hope dialogue has improved.

Wes Johnson said they just reused all of the current voice acting. I also hear that they layered the UE5 engine over the original engine so it should be mostly the same game with improvements in areas like archery from what I read. I hope level scaling was addressed because that was the worst part of the original (but awesome) game. Game size is 120GB on disc and I’m installing it as soon as I get home tonight.

That is a bit disappointing as the Oblivion dialogue was jumping between multiple voice actors talking to an npc, from an old poor lady to someone much younger because of dialogue choice. AI would probably do wonder here filling out minor npc dialogue like the one you had in Morrowind, you talk to an guar herder and he talks for 10 minutes how awesome guars are while you tries to focus him on the murdered lady he found.

JaxontheUnfortunate · April 22

And unless I missed it pretty sure I saw zenimax referenced in the EULA that I am sure we all completely read and understood right

TX12001rwb17_ESO · April 22

The abbreviation for Oblivion is also ESO

Elder Scrolls Oblivion
Elder Scrolls Online

ApoAlaia · April 22

Warhawke_80 wrote: »

I wish ESO looked this good..if only we could gate a full remaster instead of the barley noticiable graphic upgrades we're getting.

Be careful what you wish for... the graphics are... intensive.

If they did something like this with ESO they'd be writing off a good chunk of the player base.

And is not like most people can quickly get an upgrade...

With things as they are with GPUs at the moment, good luck purchasing one without getting a 2nd mortgage.

jaws343 · April 22

I spent a ton of time playing Oblivion 20 years ago. And I remember trying to play it again after playing Skyrim and the jump in gameplay and graphics made it incredibly difficult to go back.

Fired up the remaster to do the tutorial bits at lunch and it looks and feels great. Can't wait to sink another 100 hours into the game.

AzuraFan · April 22

zaria wrote: »

Ragnarok0130 wrote: »

zaria wrote: »

Dojohoda wrote: »

I enjoyed playing Oblivion way back when it was new. This looks and sounds amazing, huge nostalgia factor

Agree, spend a lots of time in it. Wonder how true it is to the original? Loved many of the weird stuff in it.
I obviously assume level scaling is more like Skyrim and FO 4, it exist but is much more local and restricted. Now it need Oblvion's spellcrafting.
And hope dialogue has improved.

Wes Johnson said they just reused all of the current voice acting. I also hear that they layered the UE5 engine over the original engine so it should be mostly the same game with improvements in areas like archery from what I read. I hope level scaling was addressed because that was the worst part of the original (but awesome) game. Game size is 120GB on disc and I’m installing it as soon as I get home tonight.

That is a bit disappointing as the Oblivion dialogue was jumping between multiple voice actors talking to an npc, from an old poor lady to someone much younger because of dialogue choice. AI would probably do wonder here filling out minor npc dialogue like the one you had in Morrowind, you talk to an guar herder and he talks for 10 minutes how awesome guars are while you tries to focus him on the murdered lady he found.

In the livestream they said they expanded on the voices that are there, so now each race has a unique voice. So while some of the voices are the originals (like Johnson's Sheo), there is new voice stuff. I'm glad they left most of the original stuff because part of Oblivion's charm is the voice acting, IMO.

Also they said the level scaling is a combination of Oblivion's and Skyrim's, so I'm curious to check it out.

The visuals looked like a huge improvement.

I instantly bought the game but won't be playing it right away. Looking forward to getting into it soon.

And yeah, saw that some ESO lore has been included, at least when selecting an origin for the character. Funnily enough, I recognize all the origin regions from playing ESO, not from having played the SP games.

Pevey · April 22

ApoAlaia wrote: »

Warhawke_80 wrote: »

I wish ESO looked this good..if only we could gate a full remaster instead of the barley noticiable graphic upgrades we're getting.

Be careful what you wish for... the graphics are... intensive.

If they did something like this with ESO they'd be writing off a good chunk of the player base.

And is not like most people can quickly get an upgrade...

With things as they are with GPUs at the moment, good luck purchasing one without getting a 2nd mortgage.

Yeah, I don't think it's the graphics that have turned people away from ESO over the years. It's (1) the monetization approach. Monetization is necessary, but some forms feel much worse than others. People don't like playing a game that makes them feel bad, kind of defeats the purpose. And (2), the combat team. Initial combat design of ESO hit upon something very interesting, but the changes and swings back and forth... this team is just throwing darts blindfolded. Thank goodness this game is based on Elder Scrolls, or no one would have put up with all this over the years.

NotaDaedraWorshipper · April 22

The faces are nightmare fuel. Even more so than in the OG

NotaDaedraWorshipper · April 22

Warhawke_80 wrote: »

I wish ESO looked this good..if only we could gate a full remaster instead of the barley noticiable graphic upgrades we're getting.

I do not want my characters to look like that!

I like my dunmer staying handsome.

Syldras · April 22

I think the emperor looks fine:
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9n7xk8DNrRgZyzn5jjeRzC-970-80.jpg.webp

I'm not sure what happened to this guy, though...
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bjuS64myBMQRVDgD9yrQ55-1200-80.png.webp
He doesn't seem to be from Hackdirt...

colossalvoids · April 22

Spent tens of thousands hours in the old days on the original, wonder if the remaster would be able to squeeze at least a hundred on top. If subclassing goes live it probably will, lol.

icapital · April 22

Pevey wrote: »

ApoAlaia wrote: »

Warhawke_80 wrote: »

I wish ESO looked this good..if only we could gate a full remaster instead of the barley noticiable graphic upgrades we're getting.

Be careful what you wish for... the graphics are... intensive.

If they did something like this with ESO they'd be writing off a good chunk of the player base.

And is not like most people can quickly get an upgrade...

With things as they are with GPUs at the moment, good luck purchasing one without getting a 2nd mortgage.

Yeah, I don't think it's the graphics that have turned people away from ESO over the years. It's (1) the monetization approach. Monetization is necessary, but some forms feel much worse than others. People don't like playing a game that makes them feel bad, kind of defeats the purpose. And (2), the combat team. Initial combat design of ESO hit upon something very interesting, but the changes and swings back and forth... this team is just throwing darts blindfolded. Thank goodness this game is based on Elder Scrolls, or no one would have put up with all this over the years.

And (3), THE LACK OF CAPES OR BACK SLOT IN GENERAL

DP99 · April 22

Elvenheart wrote: »

I puttered around in Oblivion when it first came out, but never did much of anything in the game actually. But one of my current characters in ESO is a remake of the character I tried that game with, with the backstory that later on ended up accidentally getting sent back through time to the time of ESO. Now I can finally make that character again in Oblivion Remastered and play through his former life in the future. 😊

Same here.

MJallday · April 22

icapital wrote: »

Can you help me understand how this is ESO related?

Oblivion > Skyrim > ESO

Hope that helps

old_scopie1945 · April 22

I think I will hang on for Skyblivion, it will be free and it is worth supporting the team. That being said, my seven year old PC will struggle a bit with the remastered one, maybe when I upgrade, but my present PC is still good enough for what I want to do.

old_scopie1945 · April 22

Pevey wrote: »

ApoAlaia wrote: »

Warhawke_80 wrote: »

I wish ESO looked this good..if only we could gate a full remaster instead of the barley noticiable graphic upgrades we're getting.

Be careful what you wish for... the graphics are... intensive.

If they did something like this with ESO they'd be writing off a good chunk of the player base.

And is not like most people can quickly get an upgrade...

With things as they are with GPUs at the moment, good luck purchasing one without getting a 2nd mortgage.

Yeah, I don't think it's the graphics that have turned people away from ESO over the years. It's (1) the monetization approach. Monetization is necessary, but some forms feel much worse than others. People don't like playing a game that makes them feel bad, kind of defeats the purpose. And (2), the combat team. Initial combat design of ESO hit upon something very interesting, but the changes and swings back and forth... this team is just throwing darts blindfolded. Thank goodness this game is based on Elder Scrolls, or no one would have put up with all this over the years.

Personally I like ESO's graphics, I find them much more pleasing than Skyrim's. Aggressive monetization is a turn off as are some of ESO's development decisions.

ArchMikem · April 22

This stupid remaster just pushed me into dropping $110 on a CPU upgrade... My GPU however will have to learn to live with rendering Unreal Engine 5 graphics while on fire.

TaSheen · April 22

I'd really like to see some screens of the new character faces.

old_scopie1945 · April 22

TaSheen wrote: »

I'd really like to see some screens of the new character faces.

They are an improvement, which is not saying much, but personally they are still quite not right to my eyes.

ArchMikem · April 22

It should also be of note the game requires 125GB of space on an SSD.

I'm personally still in the "The only SSD I have is for my Operating System" camp. However I can still play it on Xbox using a $20 Gamepass Ultimate sub, so at least i can "try' it that way.

I'm now counting the gigabytes until I can see what an Oblivion Remastered female Khajiit looks like.

Xarc · April 22

Even though I understand English, the fact that there's no French version of the game (audio) is honestly a scandal, and the French community isn't happy, I want to say.
It's an RPG, and audio is very important.

ArchangelIsraphel · April 22

Ahhh, my beloved Cyrodiil and Imperial City in all of it's glory

Time to go buy another 21537532628 terabytes of hard drive space so I can mod it to kingdom come

I'm sure the character creator is going to need it

Cobble123 · April 22

Been playing it all evening. It’s fantastic!

spartaxoxo · April 23

Anyone got some comparison shots of Skingrad in ESO vs Oblivion: Remastered yet? It's kind of cool we can actually compare Skingrad in three different versions of the game now!

Syldras · April 23

ArchMikem wrote: »

I'm now counting the gigabytes until I can see what an Oblivion Remastered female Khajiit looks like.

Here you go:

Gal bursten it.

JemadarofCaerSalis · April 23

Syldras wrote: »

I think the emperor looks fine:
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9n7xk8DNrRgZyzn5jjeRzC-970-80.jpg.webp

I'm not sure what happened to this guy, though...
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bjuS64myBMQRVDgD9yrQ55-1200-80.png.webp
He doesn't seem to be from Hackdirt...

Where I am from, we usually say that he 'got hit in the face with a shovel' :P

I was slightly excited for this, but seeing the requirements means I won't be getting this anytime soon.

Will be excited to see how much, if any, they changed things around in it though.

TheMajority · April 23

How do they justify selling a content pass for this game for $49.99 while selling a whole complete remaster also for $49.99...

spartaxoxo · April 23

TheMajority wrote: »

How do they justify selling a content pass for this game for $49.99 while selling a whole complete remaster also for $49.99...

Because that's what people will pay. I ain't no better, I got both. 🤷🏿‍♀️

basketcaseNZ · April 23

The good news is its just like Oblivion. The bad news is its just like Oblivion. The graphics are gorgeous but mechanics don't seem to have been updated; can't zoom in with a bow for example.

Personally I was really hoping for some face presets and different voices for the player character, but sadly no.