Today’s game is some more of the Oblivion Remaster. I went ahead and finally put the Arena quest on hold for a minute to finally go help close the first Oblivion Gate.
The remastered oblivion gate design is really cool. It has this depth thing going on with it and I tried jumping into it like the Mario 64 paintings despite knowing that they haven’t changed the way they work. I wonder if it would be possible to make a mod that makes it work in that way or if it would run into engine limitations.
After the gate though, i went back and did the Arena some more. Because god forbid my character do anything other than that for longer than a day. When i entered the Arena the first thing i’m met with is this guy half-naked and practicing archery. Not the outfit i’d pick for Arena battles, but more power to him I guess.
After the arena battle i had to go to an inn to sleep and level up, and as soon as i stepped into the market section i was greeted by this swarm of NPCs, giving me the usual Oblivion treatment. They all were talking to eachother. I heard one of them mention a side quest i did where i discovered this guy’s lineage as a Vampire. It was kind of at that moment it clicked for me why everybody really likes this dialog system despite being clunky, because that’s really fucking cool. I hadn’t played much of this game in the past, namely because i always had issues with the controller. I had also done a mostly complete playthrough but i was too young to really appreciate this kind of detail behind it.
One last thing i wanted to show off was these stained glass windows on the Oblivion plane. It’s a similar detail too the Gate in the sewers from my last post, but i love the way the lighting is done. It’s really soft and feels like a natural evolution of the Oblivion Art Style.
Anyone know if the original save games are compatible with the remaster?
God the Oblivion Remaster is seriously one of the best looking games I’ve ever played. I love the new looks for almost everything, but the window effect on Oblivion gates still feels a little off to me. It still looks cool though.
I still can’t get over just how good everything looks though.
It’s amazing how good it looks. It’s honestly one of my favorite remasters in recent memory
Is everyone posting about Oblivion simply new to it? Seems weird to me that everyone’s so excited about it but it’s probably just because I played it to death the last time it came round.
honestly i’m not surprised. now i look at the old graphics my eyes hurt, even though i remember it looking like the remake, my mind’s eye really had to work overtime on that. makes sense that people were put off by the bright textures with both over and under saturates colours and decided to not play it
It’s the consumer bandwagon.
Your best post so far!
But maybe that’s because oblivion has to be my favorite game so far and might be the only reason I’m now paying for GeForce Now 👀
It’s a very good game, so i wouldn’t blame you for thinking that lol. A family member is paying for Xbox Gamepass just to stream the game too so i get the GeForce
How well does it run on Geforce Now? Because the performance on my pc is absolute crap
So much nostalgia. I still remember my roleplaying character- An imperial arena fighter dude wearing nothing but pants, fistfighting everyone from mudcrabs to minotaurs, then it was Altmer mage with Atronach sign, who was forced to delve into Ayleid ruins to loot mana crystals to cast spells… so much fun.
I might try the remaster once Im done with Veilguard
On an older run on a shared save me and a friend did a Priest we called Father John. His whole thing was that he was the town crazy man trying to get everyone to join his cult, and he was in prison for spreading his gospel on the streets in the beginning. We ended up making him basically a diet knight with a custom class. The way the game is set up really makes it easy to RP lol
I have such memories of Oblivion! Would love to give it another try, but have too much other stuff to play before that.
i know how you feel lol. I actually picked up Starfield on discount because i really wanted to give it a try myself, but ended up giving in to the oblivion remaster and playing that
