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The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered revealed, it's out now and Steam Deck Verified (www.gamingonlinux.com)

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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New animations, voices re-recorded, etc.

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (27 children)

Alternatively enjoy the original experience at a fourth the price, available as game of the year edition that includes expansions.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/22330/The_Elder_Scrolls_IV_Oblivion_Game_of_the_Year_Edition_2009/

Or buy on sale for only 3 Euro!!
https://steamdb.info/app/22330/

€55 Euro for just a graphics remaster is bullshit IMO.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The original is also required to enjoy Skyblivion, the fan-made remake with much more love and care put into it, when it comes out later this year.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Oh it's finally releasing as a finished game?!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Yes, it's about to be released as well! Skywind is not extremely far behind, too!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Morrowind modded in OpenMW is actually quite fun to play, the main thing I'd really appreciate in a remake would be getting rid of the D20 system for a more modern hit mechanic. Striking time and time again an enemy only to never do damage is so frustrating.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

If Bethesda handles SkyWind the same as SkyBlivion I am actually quite stoked to play a UE5 version of Morrowind....

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

They announced a 2025 release date back in 2023, and as of the last video update a few months ago it seems they're still hoping to hit it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Why do you think Bethesda threw this out the door with no warning? It's their last chance to milk oblivion before more competent people step in

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'll just wait for skyblivion

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, it feels scummy that Bethesda's leaks started right after the Slyblivion team said they were almost done.

Almost like Oblivion remastered wasn't actually finished but they wanted to release it first.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago

Deck Verified

[x] Doubt

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

It runs like shit in the open world. Sub 20 fps. The person who verified this probably played only the tutorial in the sewers. On top of that you have to run it on the lowest settings and subjectively, the old version on the highest settings looks better than the new version on the lowest settings in my opinion, while running with locked 60 fps.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Reminder that Bethesda is owned by Microsoft and is therefore one of the core BDS targets.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

BDS?

[–] buffysummers 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boycott,_Divestment_and_Sanctions

Microsoft is perhaps the most complicit tech company in Israel’s illegal occupation, apartheid regime and ongoing genocide against 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza – which is why Microsoft is a now priority BDS target. (source)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Playing this as we speak. Runs great on Fedora 42. (R7 7700, 9070XT and 32GB ram)

Also feels just like the original with better graphics and a few QOL changes that I’ve noticed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Did you get any stuttering or frame pacing issues in the open world sections? I was playing on Fedora 42 too, but ended up refunding because of performance issues. Not sure if it’s just my computer getting a bit ‘old’ though…

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago

Sometimes, but it’s Oblivion running in UE5 so I didn’t exactly expect perfect performance at launch.

Doesn’t bother me much. Lack of FSR4 bothers me more, but that’s a «linux issue» and not the game’s fault.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

voices re-recorded

How did they get all 5 people back?! ducks

Edit: I was watching a channel comment on the trailer and they apparently brought in more voice actors at least for the different races now that 'the storage requirements aren't as strict' (paraphrased).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

The live stream thing had the voice actor for the Imperial guards and Sheograth.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

As far as I know, the game is also a good remaster. Friend bought and is enamoured, people in reviews are happy. The only downside is that it's resource intensive, but welp...

Funniest review I've seen for now was dude that bought it being below specs and still managed to moan that game works like shit. xD

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Meta/NewsBethesda gave all Skyblivion developers free keys for Oblivion Remastered

Bethesda gave free keys to all developers of Skyblivion: Link Here

Huge thanks to our friends @bethesdastudios.com for their continued support of #Skyblivion! As massive fans, we're beyond grateful for the generous gift of Oblivion Remastered game keys for our entire modding team! This means so much to us. Thank you for everything, @bethesda.net

Now that is awesome.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

But nooooo, every single time I mention that Bethesda supports them as much as they legally can I get hated on. -.-'

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Didn't they just announce it a few days ago? I was not expecting it to release already, wow

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

It's a marketing tactic called "shadow-dropping". It's a risky tactic that relies on word-of-mouth for marketing instead of an expensive ad campaign. It tends to be used either when the company isn't confident in their product, or if the drop is so desirable that it'll sell well regardless of marketing.

We can assume this is the latter, though it's possible Bethesda were also hedging their bets due to the remake's lack of mod compatibility since long-tail revenue from modding basically carries them for the several years between game releases.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

They teased it yesterday and announced it today. Everything before that was leaks, which have been trickling out for months but accelerated last week.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

125GBs doesn't jive with my 8Mbps internet lol

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Where do you live and how much do you pay for that? I'm at 1Gbps for the equivalent of $35 USD ~22-04-25~

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Pacific Northwest in the US and $45. Which is much better than the $65 I had to pay Centurylink for 500kbps where I lived previously. There's fiber 2 miles from my house but it doesn't come down my road.

Yay America

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Incredible. I'm guessing population density is really low, your money is not enough 😭

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

As long as you don't have a data cap, just leave it running for two days

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Yeah, that's what I usually do. It just sucks no one in the house can use the internet for 2-3 days when these bloated messes cone out.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Loved Oblivion and on PC just wanted no frills gamepad support. I'm good with this. I'll try out Skyblivion when it comes out too. Oblivion is probably my favorite in series for questing. Solid enough voice acting, more varied in this one, while being more entertaining than Skyrim and TESO

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Hellyeah nice. I didn't know they were making this.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

Me either. The trailer is awesome and well done.

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