Recently, the Elder Scrolls got an update of Oblivion: Remastered, developed by Virtuos and Bethesda Game Studios and I thought I would talk about it a little bit and give it a review.
Some back story, Oblivion OG released in 2006 and was a huge hit, especially in my family. The graphics and game play were great especially with the open world concept that it followed. Yes, Oblivion may be known for its hilarious glitches, limited voice acting (even over recorded lines that weren’t clipped lol) , and their now-a-days not so great quality ( the green hue that you see in the game) but The Elder Scrolls series is something unmatched, and hearing that they were remastering one of the best games in the series got a lot of the fan base excited and nervous. It was one of the first games I fell in love with on the PS3 and XBOX 360, so I am eagerly writing this review.
Honestly, Bethesda is known to push back dates, very often. There have been rumors of an Elder Scrolls 6 since 2014, and they rarely talk about it. But when they shadow dropped Oblivion Remastered, the whole world had officially shifted its gaze back to our good old Oblivion. Bethesda released a statement talking about how much they wanted to keep so much of the game, but bring it up to todays standards of graphics, and it has truly lived up to it. They have kept all original dialog, voice actors, storylines and so much more which has made people thrilled to keep going back in for more. If you haven’t played the original, I can honestly say (even though I love modded OG Oblivion) you don’t have to worry about playing the OG first, its all, and more in the remastering. And yes.. a majority of the game still has it’s glitches (thank you Bethesda I feel right at home hehe).
Bethesda and Virtuos collabed in 2021 to use Unreal Engine 5 to update only a bit of the game play, but a majority of the graphics. The landscapes are not even compared to Skyrim’s anymore (which honestly hurts to say, but needed to be said.) they are beautiful, the water, animals, and people are so much more life like now, it’s good that they’ve gotten the love they’ve so deserved.
I haven’t played enough through the remaster to tell you everything, but I can tell you that it has a whole new life to it that gives goose bumps down your arms feeling not only at home, but a new love put into it.
Highly rated 10/10 game, please go buy it if you haven’t and if you love fantasy based games like me, and if anyone has play through it more than I have please put your input in the comments!! I would love to hear more thoughts about how others feel.
“go back to the chess club” -todd howard