My Thoughts On An Oblivion Remake

[@ashbery76]

The biggest issue with remakes is they cant make you 20 years younger.

[@Based_Main_Character]

Time is an arbitrary human concept based on your distance from your local star. On Jupiter I wouldn't even be one years old yet, it's all about perspective

[@PandemoniumGameDev]

Nailed it. I'll play the remake and Skyblivion as well, but I'm fully aware that they'll never be able to recapture the magic I felt as a 14yo playing it for the first time.

[@flerbus]

one of the first games most people played in 1080p on their new plasma tv it was amazing

[@Based_Main_Character]

@PandemoniumGameDev some good bud helps recapture that magic, see if you have a dispensary near you with some high-grade medical

[@Eltener123]

​​@@Based_Main_Character time as a concept literally isn't "arbitrary" at all, that's like saying gravity or magnetism are "arbitrary concepts." using one particular measure of time over another is what's arbitrary and it's not dependent on "your distance from your local star" because plenty of measures of time have nothing to do with it e.g. a day, a lunar month or a jiffy

[@altimagobrrr3838]

People who are mad about a remake for Skyblivion's sake are forgetting a big thing. A HUGE number of people play Bethesda games on consoles. Even if every PC player avoided a remake and just played Skyblivion, an Oblivion remake would still be very successful

[@Hero_Of_Old]

They live in an echo chamber

[@YeetusMingus]

Would it though? Xbox owns Bethesda now so if this turns out to be an Xbox and PC exclusive, then what's the point? You can already play upscaled versions of Oblivion on both of those platforms

[@moncr79]

@@YeetusMingus No chance it will be exclusive, Microsoft wants their games on as many platforms now.

[@ikninja1hd]

Also, according to Bethesda only 6-8% of people mod their games. Contrary to popular belief, most players on PC do not mod.

[@altimagobrrr3838]

@@YeetusMingus by all accounts, this remake is quite a bit more than upscaled

[@DoomsdayMayBeOkay]

Oblivion was my first Bethesda game and it blew my mind back in the day, the fact that we may potentially get two remakes in the same year is crazy. I'm definitely playing both.

[@Bethany415]

Just this past year, I've started playing Fallout 3 and Oblivion, after thousands of hours in Fallout 4 and Skyrim. My biggest takeaway has been that the old games were simply more interesting. Things are complicated. You get the companion wheel to set a companion's following distance. Bits are intricate. The newer games have held my attention for thousands of hours, don't get me wrong, but I am *very* sympathetic to anyone who loves the earlier games. There's so much there to love. If someone fiddles with Oblivion, I would worry about losing that intricacy, and gaining shinier graphics. And that's not a trade I'd find compelling.

[@j72ashley]

Well said.

[@zeektexas73]

That's because games weee made by people who made games they wanted to play and the gaming crowd now wants directions and quick travel.

[@theobell2002]

@@zeektexas73 Oblivion literallly allows you to fast travel to the major cities the moment you exit the sewers. lol

[@barryh97]

​@@theobell2002Oblivion also had map markers for everything too lol

[@theobell2002]

@@barryh97 Yeah, they must have confused Oblivion with Morrowind. I also don't get how the "lack of quest markers" is a somehow a positive. Don't get me wrong, I love Morrowind but I'm definitely not playing Morrowind without a wiki on the side. The directions given by the game are simply too vague sometimes.

[@Rebelzize]

As long as you play Skyblivion too its allll goooood

[@Luca_Talis]

If only Skyblivion was on consoles 😢

[@Felipe-cq7wd]

Mount and Blade: Warband has an achievement for installing a mod, and its the most popular achievement.

[@gregallan4291]

The base game is amazing and the modding scene is amazing, so I'm not surprised 😅

[@reedk2402]

Great game however comparing Bethesda user base to there’s isn’t close to even.

[@Felipe-cq7wd]

@@reedk2402 Oh yeah, totally agree with you, that isnt my point, my point is that Taleworlds also supports modding.

[@adriac1291]

@@reedk2402It was about developer support to the game, not the userbase itself. Besides, the only series close to bethesdas userbase of quality and quanity mods is probabaly the MB series, more people play the modded versions of those game than the base game itself and have millions and millions of downloads on nexus and other sites.

[@twistedtxb]

average joe doesn't know that Mount & Blade exists.

[@shannonvial402]

I did some animations for Skywind (Morrowind remake) I can for sure tell you that we arnt doing it to be an absolute hit like morrowind is. We just love the universe and enjoy playing it and wanted to make it feel a bit newer. Nothing else is changing aside from Voice overs instead of reading and updating all models textures and a few other things but the core game and what makes morrowind what it is will always stay the same. No compatition in the teams at all. Just nerds wanting to make something cool others might find cool too. Ive learnt loads too working with different diciplines so its been a really positive experence.

[@twynstyck7807]

You don't see a benefit of a remaster, but console players would. For the PlayStation users, Oblivion has been stuck on PS3 without achievements / trophies. Slightly better case for Xbox. But a simple remaster would mean availability.

[@Scouali]

Yeah, on Xbox the game in on gamepass in 4K 60fps and of course PC as well. If they alter the gameplay that's be nice to justify the remake. Switch 2 could have this remake too.

[@r.graves5531]

@@twynstyck7807 availability? It's like a 10 dollar game just go buy it lmao?

[@r.graves5531]

@@twynstyck7807 availability? It's a 10 dollar game in the bargain bins of every second hand store in the country my dude. It's not a rare game.

[@CWombatt]

My biggest fear is that changes are made to the UI. This game set the tone for me for fantasy UI. I remember the immense disappointment I had when I was younger and Skyrim came out and I was so excited with what they would do with a Norse UI and then it was just default font black background.

[@AstralFrost]

Yes! I didn't like Skyrim's UI design at all. Oblivion had that rustic medieval look that was in keeping with the theme.

[@josephpurdy8390]

The active effects caused by equipment, potions, and spells are bugged in the Skyrim UI. The Oblivion active effects shown within the menus works correctly. It also shows each individual source broken down by hovering the cursor over it. Skyrim doesn't show the total amount from multiple bonuses that stack, either.

[@arellajardin8188]

Thank you! This is the first video on the subject that didn't immediately frame a remaster/remake as a "betrayal" of the modding community. As a console player, i envy PC players getting two products, and of having a choice.

[@Faunatic97]

Buy a pc

[@MrTohawk]

On additional content: I'd like to see cut content come back for this. Like the city of Sutch, a questline for the Legion/Elder Council and even a proper bridge Leyawiin.

[@sub-jec-tiv]

I’d like to see them cut about 70% of the Oblivion gates, since they’re monotonous as h3ll and interrupt whatever role play you were into in the moment "ah ok, time to go hunting in the woods. I’m on the trail of this rabbit.. oh no.. i know that sound effect.. another oblivion gate.. now this entire area is overrun with daedra, i either have to just do this boring oblivion gate, or abandon what i was doing to run off and find some other place…"

[@damienrichards9743]

Yeah.... Good luck with that.... 😂

[@MannElite]

@@sub-jec-tiv Awful take, they need MORE Oblivion gates. Usually when I play I use the console command that enables more gates to spawn. They have the best loot by far (sigil stones) and some of the toughest fighting.

[@sub-jec-tiv]

@@MannElite It’s almost like people have different opinions on what’s fun! Wow! 🤯 what a radical idea. People complain about Starfield having repetitive POI, gates are even worse than the repetitive POI in Starfield. My point is, Oblivion gates are frequently forced upon the player, which as a mechanic, is counter to the idea of a ‘choose what you want to do’ open world RPG. If you could specifically go to an afflicted region where you will get Oblivion gates if you want them, that’s good open world game design. Having gates spawn absolutely everywhere, is bad design because it forces all players to interact with them, even players who find them boring and repetitive. Or better yet, make the gates less repetitive and boring. I literally don’t care about how good the loot is if every gate is exactly the same.

[@MannElite]

@ Yes the game is called Oblivion. If you like other games better go play those and stop trying to get the Oblivion remake to have less Oblivion in it🙄

[@Kandisz_nora]

Also on the topic of no other company supporting modders but Larian and Bethesda: CDPR just released a complete modding toolkit for The Witcher 3 and I think they are going to do the same for Cyberpunk 2077 down the line.

[@kg30004]

People have begged for a remake for years and now complain that we’re getting one. No, Bethesda won’t delist the original or shut down fan remakes, and this is the only remake console players can get.

[@vanders4198]

Maybe the people who want one and the people who are complaining are different people. Imagine! o:

[@matronmalice9867]

Imagine thinking that Bethesda won't meddle with things. Lol they delisted Oldrim so...

[@FUJIIDEW]

I'm glad a remaster/remake is happening. I'm also glad we're getting Skyblivion. I love these worlds and I want to spend as much time in them as possible, and both options allow me to do so. I don't care what they change, I've already played the original to death and I'm down for some new experiences.

[@Noct_Snow]

I’m all for a remake as long as the charm of oblivion is retained. It’s a game I love but is almost impossible for me to go back to.

[@louisstanwu]

My goodness that does bring back memories from? Twenty years ago? I'm pretty sure I was still in my forties then. Thanks

[@dr.virus1295]

Until there's an actual announcement from Bethesda, I'm not believing any of this.

[@Zoroasterisk]

Same, but it's fun to think about

[@PopeDuwang]

Agreed.

[@dirtylefty727]

I just want another Elder Scrolls game with the depth of Morrowind 😤

[@huantruonginh2946]

Me too😊

[@AngryBuddha321]

A full remake of Morrowind would be amazing.

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

I know that there are more but the Spyro trilogy comes to mind in the remake/remaster field. The games are functionally a remaster as they built the games to be the same as before but, rebuilding them from the ground up allowed them to radically improve the visuals and give plenty of quality of life upgrades. It isn't perfect, no system is, but it's a great way to do a rekame that isn't 100% reliant on nostalgia but also doesn't abandon it.

[@forthgoever]

Very true . Yes- Build the new city and fill it with new quality content/characters/quests . Requires redoing that terrain area making it larger , adjusting other stuff around it . May even expand outside the normal bounds of Cryodiil with new content . It's still Oblivion , just has new content .

[@steveguyman]

willing to bet they remove Soule's soundtrack but man that would suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck

[@kentknightofcaelin4537]

That's a big no, probably wouldn't buy

[@MolotovMan1263]

Devestating

[@necrovervii1727]

To hell with them if they do it. Oblivion is not Oblivion without Soule's work.

[@jimsutter2748]

Oblivion Leveling: first pick your major skills as things you will never use.

[@Zero_Zone.]

Sometimes I just like to hear people ramble about video games.

[@thediamondprincechristian]

You know what I didn't expect to come back to Oblivion and I didn't think it was necessary but after playing again since 2008 I'm honestly recaptured by the music alone, being an elder scrolls fan and buying more time until Elder Scrolls 6.

[@goonerlee]

It's 2025 and I'm going to spend all year playing WOW classic and Oblivion. It's like the last 20 years never happened.

[@CasualKraken]

What a blessing that would be

[@EJDubbz]

If only

[@Zeroninja-j5c]

Would be interesting I loved the game back in the day. I would like a remastered with touched up graphics.

[@OutlawMaxV]

Whatever happens, I just wanna see the Shivering Isles again in all of its glory

[@oneandonlyJonnySad]

Oblivion is my favourite game of all time. I really hope this is just a 1:1 remake with improved graphics only. I don’t really need the systems updated. As long as the music, characters, side quests etc are all the same it’ll be 10/10

[@tiguilherman_plays]

especially the music should be untouched. jeremy soules greatest masterpieces are in this game.

[@AbstracttDaddy]

How wild would it be if Bethesda just left the leveling system and didn’t fix it

[@MortismalGaming]

Honestly that would be incredibly funny

[@alderic]

I played Oblivion a lot, it was the game which got me interested in mods (specially the posers, which people use to make cool screenshots). - One thing I can see they expand or add is companions akin to what Skyrim and Starfield have, because in Oblivion, while you could get followers, they were quite limited. - Another thing they can add or work is the cut content. - I wonder if they would work on the world itself, like expanding cities and so on, at the time, I remember people complaining that the Imperial City was quite small. But I guess a lot depend on what angle the remake will use. - I wonder the remake could be useful for Bethesda to test ideas for using in the next ES.

[@forthgoever]

Yes to all of these .

[@Aim54Delta]

I am somewhat glad they are going the remake route. There were two "has potential" categories for me. The first would have been a remaster of Oblivion into a modernized creation engine. It was my theory a while back that Bethesda would likely try to update all of their IPs into the same core game engine - so star field, fallout, and elder scrolls would all share literally the same engine with better file and script parsing. In this case, some asset/visual updates and ability to utilize features past and present in the engine would make for a great mod platform, even if oblivion has largely just been re-skinned and dropped into a much more capable engine. The second scenario is a full blown remake where we have the potential to see a re-envisioning of Oblivion and its systems/gameplay - which is a bit more risky in terms of choices, but if we are not running on the gamebrio/constructor/creation engine, then there is a lot of room for things to get interesting, as most modern games don't really seem to try and make an interactive world of real-ish people, but instead just create the sense of being in a very crowded place where very little matters. A remake which takes a shot at making a modern crowd system populated with individual NPCs within the world would be interesting. That may be asking a bit much - but, again, I would respect the effort to try it. Even just porting most of Oblivion into something like the Unreal engine would be a significant boon to the modding community - assuming it migrates almost fully away from using the gamebrio engine. I suspect, if they are going with alternate hit animations and reactions, that they will be migrating away from the gamebrio/creation engine almost completely. It is screwy to get two different engines to negotiate visuals and collision, and by time you get done fussing with getting things to act right between the two engines, you would be time and effort ahead to just code a parser to load the original assets into the UE5 engine.... And if you are going to be updating the assets, anyway - just as well to write a system to load in the updated assets into a UE5 world space according to their original layout and an import system for the scripts, triggers, etc. There's no real advantage to trying to float the visuals in a UE5 renderer and trying to re-code modern kinematics into an old engine. That... Or you are trying to fuss with translating oblivion's assets into creation - which is not as bad, but while resolving bugs in that translation, you also have to fuss with anything more you want to add plus adding a UE5 renderer ... Just makes more sense to bite the bullet and rewrite the game into UE5 unless there is some fundamental limitation of UE5 that prevents it from being able to do this, but ARMA's Real Virtuality has been capable of stuff like this for some time and a number of games using UE4 and 5 seem to be very close to being able to run similar types of large simulations. So, if they are doing UE5 at all, it makes more sense to just port everything into UE5 and script it to run accordingly. Especially if they have taken this long on it.

[@AlmightyPooFlingerVI]

I think Morrowind deserves a remake way more than oblivion does. Oblivion still holds up surprisingly well at least compared to Morrowind. Morrowind also had the best storytelling in the franchise imo. On the real though, i really wanna see a daggerfall remake. But thats asking for way too much i think. Lol I do agree with everything you pointed out here though. Cant wait to see if this is true and even though i cant touch it, im also interested in seeing what the modders do with skyblivion.

[@Zoroasterisk]

I trust them to faithfully remake Oblivion 1000% more than I do Morrowind

[@sub-jec-tiv]

Yep. Morrowind ‘need’s a remake much more. The problem is, the 2nd comment, they’d definitely take out all kinds of things that make Morrowind dark, adult and interesting.. including the more bizarre/spicy lore (which is the best part imo), and any reference to forced servitude, which these days is something nobody can talk about even though it was a real thing that existed in the past (and if you consider economic servitude, still kind of does). AAA games these days are made for kids, and any truly dark or difficult content is considered ‘too controversial’ for release, under fear of Twitter drama.

[@Chtigga]

There's a game being made by some of the old heads that developed Daggerfall nammed 'The Wayward Realms'.

[@AlmightyPooFlingerVI]

@Chtigga oh yeah. I can't wait for that game to release or even just learn more about it. Super hyped for it when I remember it. Thanks for the reminder. Lol

[@HunterOmbrégal]

I expected Skyrim to have good storytelling But then I took an arrow to the knee

[@coconutologist]

Thanks for the video. What are you trying to say here? That you don't like wet noodles? I kid. Personally, I would prefer a Morrowind remake. The lack of quality of life features made it more immersive. Onward to 400k. All glory to the algorithm.

[@jon_finn]

I really really want this to be real. My first was Morrowind, but Oblivion captured my imagination in a special way. Just out of college, still living with my dad. Had just met the woman that is now my wife of 14 years. I knew she was the one when she watched me play on launch day for 10 straight hours. When i finally was able to gets my first 720p lcd, the first thing i played was Shivering Isles... Those were the days!

[@ectogamut]

I hope people don’t consider becoming an unstoppable god that trivializes everything as being “flawed”

[@matronmalice9867]

Modern gamers will

[@devtheguy]

It’s funny that I was all interested in a remake of Oblivion, but in your discussion about what a remake could do, it made me realize I want a remaster instead. Oblivion is this interesting case where it was an epic open world RPG before developers had quite figured out how to do epic open world RPGs, and that’s what gives it its charm. I don’t think any open world RPG is doing radiant NPCs like Oblivion did. They’ve sacrificed that design so they can have huge cities with huge crowds. And while that’s impressive and exciting, it’s not Oblivion. I would really love a modern version of Oblivion that fixes the level scaling, adds workshop support, and makes the whole game a bit easier to get into without losing the janky appeal of the original game. I’m not sure that’s possible if you go the remake route.

[@matronmalice9867]

Agreed. I don't trust them to keep its unique charm. They'll take out anything their PR & lawyers say might offend people. I don't trust Bethesda.

[@anthonylittle666]

Yeah if true I would hope for a remake that addresses the level scaling. I love Oblivion but I really hate how the scaling ends up making you weaker if you keep leveling up or you end up seeing bandits run around in ebony/daedric gear.

[@Gargantis5]

Oblivion isn't Oblivion without Gamebryo/Creation engine. Radiant AI is a good example, but the engine in general feels purpose built for interacting with and exploring the environment. It can be very janky and comes with a lot of technical limitations like Starfield felt particularly affected by, but it does work well for the open world rpg formula. I can't imagine a remake would use the same engine given that wouldn't be far from a mod - so UE5 seems most likely, and I don't think that would feel even vaguely like Oblivion.

[@doellison]

I would love a remake of Oblivion. I remember seeing it running on a pc in Best Buy back when it came out and built a pc to play it. The good days...

[@SgtWilko1979]

As I've never been a min-maxxer (not insulting those who are.. Mortym) but the health scaling is the main thing I want fixed, also some balance to how quickly some skills level. Levelling an archer was almost impossible without a lot of immersion breaking grind. Also the oblivion gates began to get grindy too. They need to leave the radiant ai alone though... it's stupid but as you say it's exactly what gave it it's charm. I missed that silliness in Skyrim. Also if they both did come out this year a comparison review would be really nice (I know.. you don't review mods but this would be a different case I assure you)

[@fangus3194]

The more oblivion the better. Having a re-imagined skyblivion and a re-made oblivion that is less busted would be great imo. Oblivion is pretty special to me, I bought my first computer in high school to mod oblivion. This got me interested in computer science and has led to a pretty lucrative career. But man, going back and playing vanilla oblivion is rough due to all the broken systems. It would be great to have an official new baseline that fixes all of the wonky implementation issues.

[@JittikMieger]

Almost every year in the autumn period, I replay Oblivion (with some QoL mods). 2025 is going to be a busy Oblivion year for me: Skyblivion and the remake! A remake makes sense, the game is not a great performer on modern day PC hardware, because of it's 32 bits engine limitations. The amount of atrocious pop in, random crashes - even with optimization mods - break the immersion. The game has bad controller support on PC too and even tinkering with Steam input doesn't make it good enough IMHO. Another reason why a remake makes sense is that the game is stuck on Playstation 3. Would be great if it was playable again on modern day Playstations! ...and Xbox too, of course. Can't wait to get my hand on Skyblivion and the Oblivion remake!

[@VentoliN13]

Great vid man! Very insightul! 🙂

[@prestonwinters9656]

My only worry this far which is based on rumors, is that it said they were changing something’s and I worry if that will change the feel of the game

[@reedk2402]

If you’re talking about the HUD it’s important to know they don’t mean the UI just how it looks on the main screen. Probably to be more like Skyrim or such but the entire ui

[@reedk2402]

If you’re talking about the HUD it’s important to know they don’t mean the UI just how it looks on the main screen. Probably to be more like Skyrim or such but the entire ui

[@predragpesic5953]

"For Kvatch!" 🙂🙂

[@MrTohawk]

About support to modders: Paradox is doing a great job. As a publisher and a developer. Of course that's a completely different style of games

[@MrValkilmer35]

I think if they're going to fully remake the game, they should make Oblivion as a concept, story and mechanics as if it was a new game made today. So they would have a larger Imperial city and filled with new stuff that is in the spirit of Oblivion but different. We already have Oblivion 1 if we want pure nostalgia. I think a remake should be Oblivion 2.0--like A Song of Ice and Fire Novels compared to Game of Thrones TV Show, it's the same story but different storytelling, expression and focus.

[@seangarey3921]

Excellent commentary and analysis ❤

[@ArtofInteractiveStorytelling]

I have been enjoying Oblivion on my Xbox Series X; it still holds up remarkably well. I would be interested in a potential remake to give me another reason to play it.

[@NeverduskX]

I'm a bit confused by the "remake vs Skyblivion" angle - because Skyblivion is a remake. It's a complete conversion of Oblivion from the ground-up in Skyrim's engine, and nearly every asset but voice lines have been remade from scratch. Models, textures, lighting, weather, code, and nearly everything else has been reimagined by the volunteer team. There's even new music, UI elements, and levelling systems. For the most part, it won't even play like Oblivion. And I won't be surprised if, similar to another total conversion mod called Enderal, stores like GOG offered Skyblivion all by itself for owners of Skyrim. Bethesda itself is aware of the project and has communicated with them about it, concerning various guidelines to follow. If the discussion was instead, an official remake versus a modded remake - then that's a conversation that opens the door to console ports, physical copies, separate reviews, and so-forth. More importantly, Skyblivion is specifically a vision of 2006 Oblivion made in the Skyrim engine. An official remake could take a different angle, and instead try to create a more different vision of Cyrodiil.

[@flouserschird]

Skyoblivion fans seem to be mostly children who are jumping on the Bethesda hate bandwagon. If you look at the comments of the videos, everyone says they don’t believe Bethesda can properly remake Oblivion. True Oblivion fans want a proper remake from Bethesda.

[@strangestecho5088]

@@flouserschird Yeah it's possible to empathize with the Skyblivion team, while also accepting that Bethesda already gave them 14 years to complete their community project.

[@CrazyxEnigma]

If the leaks are accurate Bethesda aren't even the ones making it they outsourced it to another studio. Fixing the broken leveling system and making combat have more oomph I think most would be happy about. More radical changes like changing Cyrodiil to a jungle, as the province was described as such in previous games, would likely please old heads but piss off people who loved Oblivion's aesthetic. I know I'd personally be disappointed if the NPCs didn't come off as the schizophrenic weirdos that bark random lines at you and each other their behavior in the original game is iconic and has a unique charm all of its own. Some people are concerned that Skyblivion might be given a cease and desist order which so close to the finish line would be a huge slap in the face to all the people who've worked on it and the modding community as a whole even with Bethesda acting more and more like the typical greedy corporation as the years have passed I heavily doubt they'd do something so tone deaf and stupid, Microsoft though I could see doing it hopefully these concerns are nothing but fear mongering.

[@RonanAquilius]

10:50 I think it's fine, when it comes to remakes there are two ends to the spectrum, on one end there are faithful remakes and on the other there are the reimaginings. Reimagined remakes are not about making the game again as it originally was, these are actually my preferred type of remake. To take Resident Evil as an example, the RE1 remake is more of a faithful remake, RE4 remake is more of a reimagining.

[@SemperSalam]

Never played oblivion so looking forward to trying out either.

[@Odisseia-hh2td]

imho: map should be the same size but systems such as combat, leveling, etc would need overhauls. Afaik, Skyblivion is overhauling some systems.

[@hjalmiris4230]

The timing of this seems very off, for me, especially now that Skyblivion is near completion.

[@kingsolosound]

Tbh I think its a Microsoft decision. If I remember correctly, Bethesda has said they don't want to or like to remake their games. I think this game will be a test bed for how well their engine will work with ue5.

[@battlericky17]

Its probably insanely intentional on bethesdas part not wanting to lose anything to skyblivion

[@MrN1ckNack]

Why is everyone making it a competition between the two?

[@JohnyGaminguh]

Why would Skyblivion even matter? It's a mod which will only release for PC, while an Oblivion remake can be sold on PC and every console. I would love to have a decent version of Oblivion for Xbox/PS cuz the xbox360 version has performance issues even on a Series X

[@Hero_Of_Old]

​@MrN1ckNack that's why I don't get. Skyblivion is basically a new game. This remaster is mainly graphics and tweaks. You can play both.

[@Rhuowave]

Like you said by far the biggest thing that needs changed is the progression system. A game where staying at level 1 for the whole playthrough makes it easier is just silly. Other than that the only specific thing I wouldn’t mind getting is some new gloves or a kind of brawler enchantment like Skyrim had to make hand to hand builds stronger because I love punching things in games.

[@battlericky17]

I would love a remake as well. If its just a remaster, theyll still get me to buy it though 😂

[@MannElite]

a remaster would probably be better. All it needs is a graphical overhaul.

[@DreadArkive]

I can't wait for the remake. Been keeping up on Skyblivion for years.

[@gurjindersingh3843]

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[@MortismalGaming]

Horizon games are on my list

[@gurjindersingh3843]

@MortismalGaming Spiderman 2 is releasing on PC in 30 January. The Last of Us Part II in April 3rd. I look forward to your videos.

[@Kyle-zs4lt]

Happy birthday to your son!! Not sure if it’s still the 14th for you but he shares a good birthday with me :)

[@itzzaamia]

Happy birthday

[@MortismalGaming]

Thank you! Kind of you to remember :)

[@mitchellsummers6709]

I would argue GSC gameworld supports modders the same, if not more than Bethesda. Hell, they released the entire engine and assets to the stalker games online when they shut down years ago, which is why we have the free to play Anomaly and Gamma mods which incorporate all 3 games for free, plus a bunch of mods. It's how I got into Stalker, and they already said that they're going to release mod tools sometime later this year.

[@Zoroasterisk]

Oblivion was my 2nd Bethesda game, and yeah, my 2nd favorite Bethesda RPG behind Morrowind, but given how Bethesda is today, and how much it's changed over the years, I'd rather see them remake Oblivion than Morrowind. I think Oblivion is perfect for a remake. It would benefit tremendously from modern systems having enough RAM to have open towns & more people, which it sorely needed back in the day. It can't be understated how important it is for it to still be Oblivion, though. As you say, it's got a very unique vibe - I think of Havok engine oddities & tons of BLOOM, but there's more there than just aesthetics. Cyrodiil is a fitting world for them to go back to. They seem more comfortable in settings with more generic & universal presentation, which Cyrodiil 'now' clearly is. They've gotten super enthusiastic about procedural generation, and while I'm at best ambivalent about how they've done it recently, I think Oblivion gates are one place that it'd be actually fitting to have large, procedurally generated areas meant to be done on a repeated basis. It'd be cool to see size & complexity scale with difficulty level or main plot progression, but I realize this is probably just a pipe dream so I'll leave this bit there. RE:Leveling - I'd like to see them try to re-implement Oblivion's/Morrowind's progression system, just without the level scaling, and working without all the jank. There's a mod (NGC IIRC) that basically did it perfectly, imo. In vanilla, you already gain "skill xp" every time you did something. It made it so that you'd also gain "attribute xp", along with it. So, every once in a while, when your Archery skill went up, your Agility would go up, too. Each skill could give attribute xp to multiple attributes, so Archery would mostly benefit Agility, but to a lesser degree Strength and Speed, too. Every X amount of attribute levels, you'd go up in character level. So, everything was handled behind the scenes, but it preserved the whole paradigm that they were originally shooting for. Radiant AI seems like the most questionable game system to try to re-make. I honestly don't think they'll do it justice, just like how it kinda never really lived up to the hype in the original game. I'd want them to go big or go home, so I think they should just scrap it, honestly. Just setting NPC scheduled movements, maybe home>work>3rd space>home or something would be fine, and close enough to the original implementation for me.

[@johnstewart2981]

Also, am I forgetting that Skyblivion requires you to provide proof of purchase for Oblivion? Either way it seems like both Skyblivion and the Remake are profit opportunities. Plus, like Mortym said, a full-game release will always be more popular and widespread just due to the fact that it has the backing of a publisher. And not just any publisher - Microsoft. So there’s little room to be worried that profit margins won’t be reached because a mod for Skyrim pulls away too many potential customers

[@SuperLocrian]

Seems like Bethesda has other things they should be working on, but I have never played Oblivion. I picked up the GOTY edition during the holiday sale, might give it a go. Don't feel like messing with getting BG1 running properly - just gonna finish FO4 for now. Thanks Mortym!

[@MortismalGaming]

BGS is working on TES6 now, if this is actually real (which I am not completely convinced on tbh) its supposedly being made by someone else

[@SuperLocrian]

@@MortismalGaming that's exactly what I meant - they should be focusing in TES6!

[@eyesore21]

I kinda like how busted the leveling system is. It’s likely just nostalgia though.

[@PashShan]

I spent 2 hours standing on a rock punching the painted troll because of levelling 😂 lifetime memory

[@sjoerddondersteen1337]

Oblivion minus that distinct feeling of endearing charm, surreal dialogue interactions, comical character creation & (unintentional) comedy gold wouldn't work nearly as well for the long-term replay value. On a different note, can't improve either on an already perfect OST by Jeremy Soule. Above all, it's been over a decade since the latest TES title, not really looking forward for an even longer wait due to an remake (admittedly, might be wishful thinking to expect the same standard of previous titles being held with current day Bethesda). Curious if the remake will already include the expansion pack The Shivering Isles as well (classic).

[@Leahi84]

Also, the death of any extensive modding that we're used to like on Creation engine games.

[@theobell2002]

Nah, I'd love a more serious version of Oblivion. The game is entirely carried by goofy moments which tbf, are funny but it just ruins immersion.

[@erekzorn1777]

I’m going to lose it as soon as I hear “I was born 87 years ago.”

[@goransekulic3671]

Honestly, unless it is very faithful, don't think I want it. Or perhaps even that it is needed. Oblivion is Oblivion, let it remain such(crazy nonsense).

[@goransekulic3671]

@@benfubbs2432 Yeah, I do not want an Oblivion Remake that's not actually Oblivion and has 500GB size. Sorry, but no.

[@CvntForceDrama]

My favorite Elder Scrolls and probably favorite Bethesda made game. Fond memories when I was a young’n. Oblivion definitely can benefit from updated systems and graphics. What excites me the most is another development team is making it, supposedly. The last time that happened with a Bethesda RPG was New Vegas and that is better than anything Bethesda is capable of.

[@nacari0]

is the remake the same content as the skyblivion project?

[@vodkaman1970]

I'm looking forward to both. With anything like this there are always going to be people saying the original was better and for people who feel that the original is going nowhere and will still be there for those who enjoy it. Having played it about a year ago I did notice some real annoyances in it so I won't be getting too doe-eyed about the original game. I loved it at the time but it hasn't dated all that well particularly the dungeons that are very samey compared to Skyrim. I don't really see how Bethesda could change them to be more unique which is a bot of a shame. A new questline would be good to take advantage of the new stuff.

[@gurjindersingh3843]

I have started playing The Witcher series in preparation for the The Witcher IV and it is a daunting task as each game is massive RPG and can be occassionally difficult and feel clunky. I have played Skyrim for 180 hours but only reached level 37 or so I believe and also dabbled with Fallout 3 and a little bit of morrowind. Want to clear all 3 series eventually. Skyrim is the first ARPG I played so it is difficult to back to old school stuff. I know Elder Scrolls VI is coming out probably sooner than The Witcher IV and GTA VI will take most of my time at the end of the year.

[@clifcorcoran9917]

Theory-crafting KZbin Jazz 🎶

[@mektigkriger8732]

To add to your point in mods, Mojang are great at allowing/support mods for Minecraft.

[@audioish]

Wanna see the imperial city being a fucking massive filled place it should be.

[@Excal123]

Im super excited... I just played OG oblivion last year.... got a 200 modded game ready looks amazing then there's skyblivion later this year and now oblivion remake im playing this game 4 different ways lmao

[@MunuM77]

I just started playing Diablo 1. What do you think about the possibility of a diablo 1 remake? I know there are mods, but an official remake would be cool. (follow up video?)

[@Chtigga]

I just hope that the worlbuilding will be good, with the inclusion of the Nibenese, Colovian cultures,... that should have been in the original game 19 years ago.

[@brentbentKRFP]

Now I know why I won't see a Fallout London review here, cuz it's officially a mod. Hope you do some content on it, nonetheless, cuz it's worthy of the love.

[@MortismalGaming]

I made a video about it

[@brentbentKRFP]

@MortismalGaming And I searched before I commented but it was on the TV screen and not the phone, I've developed serious cataracts over the last year and my 👀 missed the words. It already had a thumbs up from me when I clicked on it just now. So awesome to see you still this involved in the comments section. You deserve your continued success from all your cleverness and diligence.

[@mr.penguin4614]

imagine not playing both the remake and skyblivion....

[@addaku]

I hope they fix leveling / enemy scaling.

[@onatgz]

free comment for the best day that's not a weekend.

[@chanm01]

I know AI is kind of near an all time low in terms of public opinion, but isn't Radiant AI sort of the same idea? i.e. Make NPCs more agentic so that they appear more lifelike/less robotic. I think using that sort of tech in an Oblivion remake would be cool, but I can see it pissing off the purists.

[@MortismalGaming]

Not really, the type of AI you're referring to in public opinion is generative AI which is trained but just straight up stealing people's work, no other way to put it. This type of game AI has been around much longer.

[@AstralFrost]

Well, if they're doing this, I have a couple of brief thoughts... I'd love to see changes to the level scaling in the game, which is just really bad as things stand. Also, the animations need a complete overhaul. They're really bad by today's standards and were even poor when the game came out. Just remembering the horse and, even worse, the way your character looks moving in third person. So I hope that is getting redone...

[@Dramn_]

Is it possible to play a 'good' liche in wrath of the righteous?

[@dependent-ability8631]

not really, no all of the lich specific choices are considered evil

[@Dramn_]

@dependent-ability8631 well yes I know that alignment wise

[@TheTrueReverseFlash]

While Skyblivion still interests me; like most mods, it's ultimately fanfiction. I just hope the Official Remake adds some new content, and looks better than Fallout 4 and Skyrim.

[@simondaniel4028]

Skyblivion for me, all the way. But, I'm a PC guy and I love me some VR. I think there are a ton of people who don't mod Skyrim PC [especially console people] who would eat up an Oblivion remake. Also, using Unreal 5 def has my attention, as divorcing itself from the Creation Engine opens up an entire world of What Could Be

[@flouserschird]

Being excited for a subpar eight year developed mod with no original voice acting, or gameplay mechanics is crazy.

[@simondaniel4028]

@@flouserschird The important thing is that you're let out of your hole for an hour each day to use the internet. You wanting to spend it like this is your choice, but to be sure, what matters is that they let you out.

[@EastyyBlogspot]

For me would much rather have a morrowind remake. Morrowind was the last game i ever bought where i got the physical pc release and i knew nothing about it lol

[@lorebiter]

OpenMW is pretty good for playing it today.

[@EastyyBlogspot]

​@@lorebiter did the combat get altered for that ? The weird combat the original had I could never gel with though granted later game was less of an issue

[@sub-jec-tiv]

@@EastyyBlogspotCombat is not altered with OpenMW, it just runs better. I usually mod it though, because i’ve played it several times through the years and the last time i just wasn’t feeling the ‘fail at everything for the first 20 hours as you build your stats up’ vibe. It’s my favorite RPG of all time, but i’m not above tweaking gameplay and graphics. There are some great graphics overhauls that don’t change the feel of the game, lore-accurate. Really it’s a great experience modded. People get into fights over this ("vanilla is always better!"), so this is just like, my opinion, man.

[@Dietghostscp2107]

Hm. Oblivion was what brought me to the dance with TES and it was such a hated game within the community at the time(i was on the forums prior to the release when i was really young.) Yet it is my favorite TES game and i adored the eay it approached deadric lore and man i want them to maintain the eay the dremora looked their. Even so, i eill est this up if they pull this off, i know theres another studio handling it and using unreal five. I wish them luck.

[@ISEESPACEMONKEYS00]

I play games on console even though I have a pc. I like playing on the couch and I tend to get stuck doing work or chores when on my pc lol

[@VortymLichbane]

So now that you're an industry gossip/leaks channel will you be commenting on the Switch 2? 😜

[@MortismalGaming]

Well seeing how I also dont really acknowledge Nintendo exists on this channel, no.

[@Justjoey17]

Runtime 13:37… I agree, oblivion is elite

[@winstongarcia3931]

I hated how oblivion looked but hopefully they can live up to expectations

[@blue-dragon]

Why do I get a feeling all there going to do is offer an enb like effect and move to a 64-bit client lol (Even tho 64-bit would be nice for mods). Can't wait for all the new bugs that will come form that :P

[@JDogDaBoy]

As long as this doesn't negatively affect all the people who have spent time money and effort working on Skyblivion, I'm cool with the Bethesda remake of oblivion. But if they're gonna shut down Skyblivion and just try and reap the benefits themselves, that's disgusting.

[@firebreather4192]

Let Oblivion rest, I want TES VI

[@MortismalGaming]

Well its in active development now, that one isnt a rumor, it's a fact.

[@RonanAquilius]

Thing is, while I did greatly enjoy playing Oblivion, I don't know if it's actually a good game or not

[@Scouali]

Well it was for it's time. Openworld, full voice acting (was not a standard in open world rpg before), NPC doing things on their own, better written sidequest than morrowind tons of content good DLC etc... Only in recent time people started to say it was a bad game, IMO morrowind or skyrim are not better games.

[@CrazyxEnigma]

For it's time? Definitely. Nowadays? Eh it's got some pretty huge flaws. The leveling system is outright broken, level scaling is pretty ridiculous and immersion breaking and combat hasn't aged well especially in comparison to some contemporaries like Dark Messiah. I personally can't go back to the vanilla game and it's been well over a decade since I've played it, mods would be the only way I could. Even saying all that I think it gets too much flak it gets unwarranted hate imo since people like to blame it for being the starting point for current day Bethesda.

[@Bauryman]

Khajit has remakes if gamers have coin ?

[@Parkjoonho18]

I dislike remasters when it just looks like they put a camera filter on the game and call it a new version. A remake would be great though.

[@arsenikritchever501]

Oblivion was a game I played at release for 5 hours and then returned for a refund. I know it got significantly better over the years with patches, DLCs, and mods, but I never went back to it. A remake would definitely interest me so I can experience a complete and updated version with QOL improvements.

[@KaosandRiot]

They have to fix the eyes!! If they remake oblivion maybe they’ll introduce mods.