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Bethesda Gifts Everybody in the Skyblivion Mod Team a Copy of Oblivion Remastered (www.thegamer.com)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hopefully people can stop with the "I bet Bethesda will take down skyblivion!1!!" comments now. It's very clear there's good will between modders and the devs.

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[–] [email protected] 153 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Always be suspicious of corporations.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago (3 children)

What is the point of this cynical comment in this context. Everyone is winning here.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (14 children)

"We beat you to it bitches. And while you've spent 9 years on your labor of love and and made nothing from it, we will make tens of millions. Here's a couple copies of our shittily optimized remaster just to rub it in :)"

Sincerely Todd

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Yeah they spent years working on a remaster just to dunk on a small mod team. Next time, Bethesda should ask for fan's permission to work on the franchise they literally own! ~/s~

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[–] Grass 71 points 2 months ago (8 children)

sounds PR stunt-y

[–] [email protected] 72 points 2 months ago (2 children)

OK but still good

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[–] [email protected] 70 points 2 months ago

Still wildly suspicious timing.

[–] [email protected] 59 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm suspicious, but overall more relaxed. Only wish other companies would be a gracious

[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 months ago (8 children)

Why? Bathesda is probably THE company that supports modders the most. People will still play skyblivion when it comes out.

[–] [email protected] 88 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Of course they support modders, after all, someone has to finish and patch their unfinished games! 😄

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

I've always joked about that. Why do the work when a modder will do it for you. For free

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Yes. It is also the company that tried to charge for mods.

The millionaires don't need your to defend them.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago

Succeeded actually, they still sell paid mods.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

The most? Nah. Yes they're fairly friendly to modders, but there's been other cases of publishers going way out of their way to embrace a modder or mod group. I can think of one right now where a massive localization mod team actually had their work used as the basis of the official Western release of a game.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

No, that would probably be Valve. Several fan mods became full games in their own right (Counter-Strike, Black Mesa). Others were mods of non-Valve games (Team Fortress, Dota 2 (sort of)).

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What about gestures everywhere suggests that I should ever fully trust a company?

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[–] [email protected] 56 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They want them to be busy playing this and never finish Skyblivion hahaha

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Honestly that's probably true. Killing them with kindness. If they all have this for free, they may not have much motivation to continue.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I seriously doubt they'd give up this close to the end after years and years of work.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I have been waiting so many years now for Skyblivion that I am not going to bother with the Remaster. And to be honest, something with the Remaster and UE5 feels off visually.

The Skyblivion Teams attention to detail and love for the project makes me believe that it will also be the superior version of Oblivion.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 months ago

We can eat both

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Why would anyone think that it would be taken down? The one thing Bethesda is good at is encouraging people to mod their games. It's the only reason why I didn't give up on them as a company after those two disasters called Fallout 76 and Starfield. (But to be fair my patience is running thin. ES6 and FO5 both have got to be absolute smash hits.)

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

eehhh they allow modding, but do nothing to support it.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Nothing? What about the development and free public release of the Creation Kit?

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

I hear they just gave everyone on the Skyblivion mod team a copy of the remaster.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The remaster is good. I hope Skyblivion is good. More games for consumers, the better. People here are commenting as if Bethesda has a responsibility to handhold the entire modding community. They are just doing their thing to make some money with employees that want to get paid and also make good games. Bethesda has had some downs but also some ups. This remaster is an up so I enjoy more Elder Scrolls.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't get why some people think Skyblivion is some threat to Bethesda Elder Scrolls games at all. Mods are always going to be more niche than fully marketed and funded maintained commercial storefront releases.

Skyblivion is going to be limited to what the latest Skyrim release engine supports while this remaster has Unreal Engine 5 stapled on top as the graphics renderer. They added new voice acting. People are developing mod toolchains for the remaster. It's more substantial than the vast majority of remasters we've seen

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

I don't think many people believe that Bethesda views skyblivion as something that will compete for market share. I think it's more of a surprise to people that in an age where so many major companies are quick to go after modders, Bethesda has not only allowed skyblivion to exist but has also officially acknowledged their work in a positive light.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (18 children)

Anyone play Fallout London? I couldn't rollback the pointless update that cockblocked the mod. This time, they just make an attempt to squeeze out money before skyblivion offers the option.

Unless Bethesda actually fully embraces and supports the modding community, I'll never buy another one of their games.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (9 children)

God so many people on here act like Todd Howard personally killed their child. It's fucking insufferable. You guys don't crucify other companies like this when it comes to mods. This only happens with Bethesda who is realistically one of the only companies that has supported mods in the mainstream. Games can also be good without mods. Get over yourselves and just enjoy a fucking game.