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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered on Steam (store.steampowered.com)
submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
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For those who may be interested.

Oh and horse armor is locked behind the deluxe edition...

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[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 21 points 1 day ago (4 children)

$50+!? Isn't this like a 20 year old game?

[–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 6 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I mean ... not really, they all but rebuilt it. New assets on a new engine.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org -2 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

Yes, assets and fancy graphics but the gameplay and story are still the same?

[–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Story is relatively cheap to develop. A lion share of the cost of making a game is the coding (which with this being moved to another engine, there almost certainly was a lot of that) and art (which it seems they redid like all of that and there's a good chance a lot of the animations had to be tweaked).

Basically the only thing wouldn't have to pay for was the story writers and some level designers (people still had to touch up the maps even if there was some automated conversion that pulled most of the map into Unreal Engine 5).

https://youtu.be/1jZXzv1-CmA -- like this isn't just a texture upscale and some minor tweaks to the animations, it's a large scale remaster.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org -5 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

As a consumer, the costs of development are irrelevant to me.

[–] ominouslemon@lemm.ee 6 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

And that's why you don't understand why it costs 50$

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org -3 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

As I just said in the comment you just replied to, I don't care why it costs $50. I'm not paying $50 for the same game, no matter how pretty it is.

[–] GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's like an classic car. After 20 or 30 years it starts to go up in value again.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago

But classic cars are finite. This is infinite.

[–] arudesalad@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And it doesn't even include the DLC of the original game like skyrim se did, you have to buy the deluxe edition (an extra £10/$10)

[–] radix@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The original expansions are included.

Experience everything Oblivion has to offer with previously released story expansions Shivering Isles, Knights of the Nine, and additional downloadable content included in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered.

The deluxe edition includes some new stuff and cosmetics, as well as non-game extras.

• New quests for unique digital Akatosh and Mehrunes Dagon Armors, Weapons, and Horse Armor Sets

• Digital Artbook and Soundtrack App

Edit: The MS store makes it even more explicit regarding the "additional downloadable content" included in the standard edition:

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered Standard Edition includes:

  • Digital base game
  • Shivering Isles and Knights of the Nine story expansions
  • Additional downloadable content: Fighter’s Stronghold expansion, Spell Tome Treasures, Vile Lair, Mehrune’s Razor, The Thieves Den, Wizard’s Tower, Orrery, and Horse Pack Armor
[–] arudesalad@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago

Cool! I was just looking at the poster they made and it looks like the DLCs are part of the deluxe set but it is designed badly or I misread it