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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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[–] vulgarcynic@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

This game is a technical mess. Oblivion is top 3 of all time for me. I'm the target audience for a litany of reasons, yet I refunded it after 3 hours.

It runs like shit on everything. Windows? Check. Linux? Check. Steam Deck? Check. GeforceNow? Check.

As soon as you leave the prison it all falls apart. Hopefully the next few months of patching can salvage it. I'll keep an eye on reports. Until then though, the console versions seem to be the only way it's worth trying to run this release.

Specs for anyone interested:

PC running Win 11 23h2 and PopOS - Ryzen 5900x, 5080FE

Laptop Running 24h2 and Mint Ryzen 7945HX, 4080

Both of those should be able to run this game at 240 1080p, 120 2k or 60 4k and unfortunately none of that happens. Its just a see saw of random drops and stutters not matter what settings I use.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 8 hours ago

I was wondering if it was just my 1660 Super being basically the minimum requirement. Runs nice when in interior cells; lose half my frames in the exterior, unless I use the Ultra Performance setting for FSR, which then makes the game look uglier than the OG.

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 1 points 9 hours ago

Definitely never spending a penny for this.

[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

All of the old DLC is available in the base game. The deluxe edition adds new horse armor (and a few new weapons and armor sets). But to be clear, the old horse armor is 100% available in the base game.

Source: I’m fuggin playin it right now.

[–] who@feddit.org 5 points 1 day ago

Anyone know if the save game files are compatible with the original?

[–] LaserTurboShark69@sh.itjust.works 56 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Creating new horse armor to lock behind the deluxe edition is possibly the greatest piece of video game irony ever

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah, pretty pathetic in my opinion.

[–] FlihpFlorp@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Oh my god your right

Also knights of the nine and shivering isles aren’t included

[–] drcobaltjedi@programming.dev 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

All original DLC is included in the base release.

[–] FlihpFlorp@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah I see that now I originally misread

[–] LaserTurboShark69@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

My understanding is that they are included? Unless I read it wrong

Edit: oh my god you're right

[–] FlihpFlorp@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Maybe I read it wrong, but this is what I saw from the steam page so I’m assuming that’s what you get from the upgrade

In my defense I haven’t had coffee yet

Edit I think I read it wrong because for shivering isles it says included and on the right column it says deluxe content

[–] LaserTurboShark69@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The text blurb just below seems to imply that the expansions are only included in the deluxe edition. The fact that it's so hard to tell isn't very promising lol

[–] FlihpFlorp@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah idk if you saw my edit but I think I misread the image the first time around

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 14 hours ago

Massive cash grab

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 22 points 1 day ago (4 children)

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

[–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org -1 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 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 15 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 -4 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] ominouslemon@lemm.ee 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org -2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 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 3 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 -1 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

[–] FlihpFlorp@lemm.ee 18 points 1 day ago

I hope this means my Skyrim modlist is finally safe and they’ve moved on to milk a new cash cow

[–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 15 points 1 day ago

54,99€

Yea… I’m gonna wait for that discount lol

[–] nova_dragon@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Crazy marketing and release strategy for this one, making it just vague enough to inspire drama between those-who-believe and those-who-didn't; from what I can tell, it has generated A LOT of interest, and the Steam numbers are super high right now. We might see more of these slow-leak-surprise-drop releases going forward, based on the success of this.

[–] kbal@fedia.io 6 points 1 day ago

Brilliant marketing trick: Keep people waiting for the next game in the huge blockbuster series for 14 years and they'll be eager for whatever they get

[–] kbal@fedia.io 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The AI-generated speech animations are strangely exaggerated like it's some kind of lip reading training program. There's no hair physics. You don't get a shadow in first-person mode. The persuasion minigame UI looks worse than it used to. Sometimes the NPCs look off to the side while they're talking to you as if the camera's in the wrong place. Considering that the main point is to make the old game look nicer, they seem to have neglected a lot of little details.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I'm pretty sure the main point was getting another million or ten sales for relatively little development cost.

[–] rehydrate5503@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I’m currently listening to Sir Patrick Stewart’s memoir audiobook, and totally forgot that he was the voice actor for Uriel Septim! Quite drastic change in his voice these past twenty years unfortunately.

The game looks gorgeous, but I’m going to wait until Skyblivion is released, just to make sure Bethesda doesn’t pull some bs and block the creators from releasing their passion project.

[–] Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

They gave each of the creators of Skyblivion a free key for the deluxe version. Last I heard they were being friendly

[–] rehydrate5503@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

That’s great to hear!! Glad they did that.

[–] twinnie@feddit.uk 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I’m surprised they’re remastering this one when Morrowind seems to be remember more fondly. I was around when Oblivion came out the first time and it was good but not great, Skyrim seemed like an upgraded version of the same thing.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 14 hours ago

Because when you're trying to maximize money, you work your way to the good stuff - save the best for last.

[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago

I think it's because of this TC mod that these volunteers have been working on for 10(?) years. It's due for a 2025 release

https://skyblivion.com/

[–] HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone 3 points 1 day ago

Alright, for those who got it. How fucked up can you make your character look?

[–] neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Anyone test it on steamdeck?

[–] darkecho@feddit.org 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes, I have already refunded it.

Runs great until you get into the open world. Then it barely manages to keep 30fps on lowest settings while everything looks blurry and debateably worse than the original.

[–] djsaskdja@reddthat.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Runs fine on my decently powerful Linux desktop via Proton at least. I was at like 80 FPS on high settings 1440p in the overworld. maybe like 50 FPS on ultra. In smaller dungeons the FPS was significantly higher.

[–] dditty@lemm.ee 1 points 7 hours ago

Yeah moonlight game streaming from the gaming rig to the steam deck is the way to go if you want to play handheld. That's what I'm doing at the moment

[–] kbal@fedia.io 1 points 1 day ago

Eribees and Mortalbeef will be streaming it on Twitch as soon as they can download it, along with many others. Might be interesting.

[–] BroBot9000@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Taking bets! Now that it’s on unreal engine, is it gonna support mods?

I’m calling that it won’t have mods and this is them shutting down future Skyblivion and Fallout UK projects without pissing off the fans.

Slowly boil the fanbase frogs and they won’t notice that the creation club is the only option left. Be sure to buy their micropayment currency! 🤮

[–] lath@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

No official mod support, unofficial mods have already started rolling in though.